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In his previous life, Li Ping had seen it on the news.

Some companies are adept at using female employees like male employees and male employees like animals, causing employees to suffer from various illnesses at a young age, and even resulting in sudden deaths on the job.

When something like this happens, it's a lose-lose situation for both the company and the individual.

In light of this, some clever individuals have come up with two solutions.

1. Make more use of dispatched outsourced employees. If an outsourced employee dies suddenly, it will have nothing to do with our company.

Second, once employees get older, such as over 35 years old, their physical functions decline, they can no longer be used like cattle, and the risk of sudden death is high, so they will all be asked to leave.

As for treating employees well and improving the working environment, that's impossible.

Cai Baixuan's situation was different. Li Ping was in seclusion most of the year and had no time to care about the specific work of the two old cultivators, nor did he set any performance evaluations for them.

Therefore, their daily tasks are very relaxed and there is not much pressure.

However, others are unaware of this. If they were to pass away within Caibaixuan, it would inevitably bring some criticism to Caibaixuan and Li Ping.

The two old men resigned voluntarily because they were grateful for Li Ping's care over the past thirty years and did not want to cause him any trouble.

Thinking of this, Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Yes, I agree to your resignations."

"Thank you, senior." The two old cultivators spoke tremblingly, but there was a hint of melancholy in their eyes.

Having worked at Caibaixuan for over thirty years, they successfully resigned and no longer needed to work. At this moment, both of them felt a sense of emptiness.

After Li Ping agreed to their resignations, he took out a pile of spirit stones from his storage bag, placed them on the table in front of him, and split them in two with a single stroke of his hand.

He then smiled and looked at the two old cultivators: "You two have worked hard in Caibai Pavilion for over thirty years. Now that you've retired and returned home, I can't leave without showing some appreciation. So, I'll give each of you five hundred spirit stones as a reward for your hard work over the years."

"Senior, this is unacceptable! Please don't flatter this junior!"

"You have taken good care of us over the years, how could we dare to accept your spirit stones again?"

……

The two old cultivators repeatedly declined the spirit stones bestowed by Li Ping, but at Li Ping's insistence, they eventually accepted them with gratitude.

Five hundred spirit stones were not a lot for Li Ping. The reward he received for casually refining a batch of third-grade pills far exceeded that amount.

However, compared to cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, this amount was equivalent to more than ten years of their income, so the two old cultivators were naturally extremely excited.

After smiling and watching the two old cultivators leave, Li Ping called Meng Wanjun over.

"Young master, do you need to hire more people?" Meng Wanjun asked with a smile.

Li Ping shook his head: "We're not hiring anymore. Go to the market and sort things out. Sell Caibaixuan. In a few years, we might need to find a new place to cultivate."

After more than thirty years of experience, Meng Wanjun is now a mature businesswoman. She can handle these small matters on her own, and there is no need for Li Ping to step in.

"Yes, young master, I understand." Meng Wanjun nodded.

She didn't care whether she changed places to cultivate or not; as long as she could stay by the young master's side, she would be content.

Li Ping instructed Meng Wanjun to handle the transfer of Caibaixuan, while he himself went to the courtyard to check on the two spirit beasts.

The Earth Spirit Rat has stabilized its realm and is currently cultivating its natal magic weapon, the Spirit Sealing Rope.

The Wildfire Sparrow is not far from advancing to the mid-stage, and spends most of its time sleeping with its eyes closed, further awakening the bloodline within its body.

The two bronze corpses absorb earth energy at a moderate rate, so they cannot be used for the time being.

Li Ping turned around and went back into the training room, where he sat cross-legged.

He consciously looked toward the two sacred trees on the second grey island.

The Soul-Nourishing Wood planted ten years ago is already five thousand years old, and the Yaoji Star Wood, which is over sixty feet tall, is still far from being ready for use.

On the sacred tree, two clusters of Yin Cold Flame greedily devoured the aura emanating from the Starry Divine Tree.

When Li Ping forcibly separated them, both flames were only of the third-grade upper level. However, over the long years on Gray Island, both flames rose to the fourth grade again.

Everything was fine. Li Ping closed his eyes and once again immersed himself in arduous cultivation.

……

However, this seclusion lasted less than four months before he received an urgent message from Meng Wanjun, forcing him to emerge from seclusion.

At first, he thought there was a problem with the transfer of Caibaixuan, but when Meng Wanjun handed him a Heavenly Secret Box, his expression immediately became serious.

"Who sent the Heavenly Secret Box?" Li Ping asked Meng Wanjun.

Meng Wanjun noticed the change in Li Ping's expression and dared not be negligent. She immediately said, "The person who delivered the box was a Foundation Establishment cultivator I don't know. He said that a Senior Feng ordered him to deliver it to you, young master."

"It really was them."

After listening to Meng Wanjun's words and seeing the familiar mark agreed upon on the Heavenly Secret Box, Li Ping finally confirmed it.

This secret box was a gift from Wei and Feng.

Instead of entering the city, the two planned to send a message to a stranger using a celestial box.

Li Ping had a vague premonition that something had happened to the two of them.

Without much hesitation, he opened the Heavenly Secret Box using the agreed-upon secret method.

With a "snap," the Heavenly Secret Box in his hand was flipped open by Li Ping.

The box was empty except for a purple jade slip lying at the bottom.

After putting away the Heavenly Secret Box, Li Ping beckoned and grasped the purple jade slip in his hand, immersing his divine sense into it to read it carefully.

But as he looked at it, his expression suddenly turned ugly.

Seeing the change in the young master's expression, Meng Wanjun couldn't help but wonder what was written in the jade slip.

Just as she was speculating, she heard the young master's calm voice: "Wanjun, how is the matter at Caibai Pavilion being handled?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Wanjun quickly replied, "Reporting to you, young master, I have found someone willing to take over, but we haven't reached an agreement on the price yet. They hope we can offer some discounts."

Li Ping nodded and said, "Go and handle this matter as soon as possible. It's okay to lower the price a bit."

"Yes, young master, Wan Jun understands!" Sensing that Li Ping's tone was off, Meng Wan Jun quickly agreed and hurried to the market.

After watching Meng Wanjun leave, Li Ping silently pondered the matter described in the jade slip that Feng Xishuang had entrusted to someone to give him.

The Datong Society's exorcism missions initially targeted Core Formation stage evil cultivators, then gradually shifted to Foundation Establishment stage evil cultivators, and this time, even Qi Refining stage evil cultivators and bandits and villains among mortals have appeared.

At the beginning, Wei Yiling and Feng Xishuang were very vigilant, and they had to verify the identity of each target before taking any action.

However, as the target's cultivation level gradually decreased, and the information from the Great Harmony Society remained accurate, the two gradually relaxed and lost their previous vigilance.

Not long ago, they killed a group of ordinary people who were marked as "cultists" in the mission description of the Great Harmony Society.

As a result, after submitting the task, the Soul Devouring Restriction in Wei Yiling's mind immediately erupted, causing her soul to be severely damaged and she fell into a coma.