Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 67 The Power of a Single Word

The following morning, at the Zihu Chamber of Commerce Building.

Chen Ziping walked into the office with a beaming smile.

"Good morning, Manager Chen," the pretty receptionist greeted him as she passed by, asking curiously, "I heard you recently bought a spirit beast?"

"It's just a low-grade first-tier spirit beast, not worth mentioning."

Chen Ziping smiled and took out a lively and cute contracted beast that resembled a squirrel from his pocket.

"A two-year-old Pine-Rhythm Rat, with a tail as black as a pine cone, can enhance the quality of medicinal herbs. It's priced at 1,500 spirit coins on the Immortal Alliance's official website. However, my cousin has connections and can get it for only 888 spirit coins."

"So cute!"

"That tail looks powerful."

"With the Pine-Shaped Rats as his contracted beasts, Manager Chen might be able to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining in the future."

The chamber of commerce employees in the office are all knowledgeable mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and they often discuss topics related to the Fellowship Beast.

However, the spirit beasts sold on the official website of the Immortal Alliance are too expensive, and it is impossible to afford them with just a fixed salary.

Therefore, even if they know everything about the spirit beasts, they can only look at pictures to satisfy their curiosity.

Now that it was a rare opportunity to observe a spirit beast up close, they couldn't resist gathering together to watch.

"So-so," Chen Ziping waved his hand and sat down at his workstation with a smug look on his face.

Clearly, the flattery from his subordinates made him extremely happy.

Opening the QQ Pet chat app, Chen Ziping frowned, turned to his subordinate not far away, and said with displeasure, "Didn't you send a message to that online influencer who sells goods yesterday?"

"I sent it, and I even specially placed the Corrosive Needle at his doorstep."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ziping scrolled through the Q-Pet news again, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

He's stubborn and unwilling to back down, like someone who won't listen to reason but will have to suffer the consequences.

To do business, you need power and connections. How dare a nobody at the seventh level of Qi Refining refuse his offer?

It seems he needs to teach the other party a lesson so that the hothead will understand the harsh reality.

Just then, the receptionist noticed two leaders walking into the office from the direction of the elevator.

"President Yu!" "Director Li." She smiled brightly, and the chamber of commerce employees behind her stood up and saluted in unison.

Chen Ziping took a deep breath, quickly walked up to the two senior executives, and put on a polite smile, trying to leave an impression on the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce.

Yu Yong'an nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping across everyone's faces, and asked calmly, "Which of you is Chen Ziping?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy flashed in Chen Ziping's eyes, and he thought to himself, "Could it be about a promotion?"

He recently spent a lot of spiritual energy to smooth things over, all in order to get rid of the sales supervisor position and become the sales manager with real power in the chamber of commerce.

He stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "President Yu, I am Chen Ziping."

Yu Yong'an glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Very well, you can leave now."

Chen Ziping was stunned for a moment, his mind went blank, and he instinctively replied, "Where to?"

Yu Yong'an ignored him and turned to leave under the respectful gazes of the many employees.

Meanwhile, Director Li stood there, waving his hand dismissively: "Can't you even understand what Chairman Yu is saying? It's simple, you're fired. Now you can pack your things and get out of here."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ziping's expression changed wildly, and the back of his clothes was even soaked with cold sweat.

What a joke. To pull strings and meet the requirements for promotion to manager, he even went so far as to take out a cultivation loan.

Tell him now that he's been fired, why?!

"Why?" Chen Ziping asked unwillingly.

"Is it acceptable to say that you stepped into the Chamber of Commerce with your left foot today?" Director Li asked coldly.

He worked diligently for so many years before finally climbing to the position of director, only to be almost brought down by this incompetent subordinate.

If Chen Ziping isn't dealt with severely, he might also be punished today and slink out of the Zihu Chamber of Commerce Building in disgrace.

The next moment, to everyone's astonishment, Chen Ziping suddenly lost control of his emotions, grabbing Director Li's sleeve like a madman, spitting everywhere.

"Why? Tell me why!"

Even if he couldn't be promoted to sales manager, he could still barely pay off his cultivation loan by embezzling money from his position.

However, if he were dismissed by the Zihu Chamber of Commerce, he would not be able to repay the huge cultivation loan and would die at the hands of debt collectors sooner or later.

Director Li remained calm and whispered in Chen Ziping's ear, "There's no reason why. Blame it on your carelessness. You offended someone you shouldn't have. I can't protect you, and neither can Chairman Yu."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ziping's mind raced, recalling the task he had instructed his men to complete yesterday.

He has been working diligently lately and hasn't done anything else. The only person he could be said to have offended is just one.

"Just because of a social media influencer selling products..."

Before he could finish speaking, Director Li's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Pfft!" A wound exploded on Chen Ziping's chest.

Under the horrified gazes of the chamber of commerce members, a wooden arm with five fingers as sharp as steel cones pierced through Chen Ziping's chest, easily crushing the pine rat they had just admired.

"Fool! How dare you attack a fake cultivator in public! According to the laws of the Immortal Alliance, you should be executed." Director Li straightened his tie, turned around with a normal expression, and walked towards the elevator.

Behind him, a strange spirit beast, no bigger than a palm, covered in dark brown bark and resembling a wooden child, smiled contemptuously and retracted its disproportionately large right arm, which accounted for two-thirds of its height.

"thump."

Chen Ziping fell to the ground, his eyes filled with resentment.

The receptionist, who had witnessed everything, covered her mouth with her left hand, not daring to make a sound, for fear that the strange beast might kill her too.

"The floor is dirty, what are you all standing there for? Hurry up and clean it!" an employee said quickly.

He didn't understand what chamber of commerce struggles were; he only knew that his chance to prove himself had come.

……

On the other side, Chen Beiwu was writing furiously, adjusting the sales plan for Dendrobium nobile while continuously checking for omissions and deficiencies.

He needs to go through the entire sales process thoroughly, leaving no loopholes, otherwise those loopholes could easily become points for the Zihu Chamber of Commerce to attack him.

"Ding-dong!" The doorbell rang downstairs.

Chen Beiwu got up, went downstairs, and opened the door. What came into view was a middle-aged man with a powerful aura whom he had never met before.

He was dressed in a dark-colored suit with a subtle pattern, the emblem of the Zihu Merchant Guild embroidered in silver silk on the lapel, and a mutton fat wood pen tucked diagonally into his collar that gleamed with spiritual light, clearly a valuable second-tier spiritual artifact.

"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to bother you." Director Li placed his right hand on his chest and gave a gentlemanly bow.

"Who are you?" Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted.

He could clearly sense a dangerous aura emanating from the other person.

However, this aura was not deliberately emitted by the other party, but rather came from the crushing power of life level, the instinctive awe of a Qi Refining cultivator facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

(End of this chapter)