The Leisurely Life of a Young Man in the World of Cultivation

At that moment, several more families walked in from the entrance in a grand procession.

"Excuse me, I'm just asking. Since it's an auction, am I also eligible for a share?"

Now everyone's attention was focused on Lu Changfeng.

He pondered this for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"That's absolutely right!"

"Who else wants to participate in the Wangxian Pavilion auction?"

Soon after, two more companies joined in.

After acquiring five companies, Lu Changfeng felt that was enough, so he instructed Li Mingfei to take these people to the back to hold the auction.

After finishing dealing with matters outside, Lu Changfeng finally arrived in front of the five families.

"Alright, the Wangxian Pavilion auction is now beginning!"

"The item being auctioned this time is a five-day usage right to Linxian Pavilion. The starting price is 200,000 spirit stones, and each bid must be at least 10,000 spirit stones higher. After three inquiries and no further bids, the auction will end. Any questions?"

The five families were immediately alarmed when they heard that it was only a five-day usage right.

At 88,000 a day, that's 450,000 in five days. I didn't expect the starting bid to be only 200,000. If I can get it like this, it feels pretty good.

Immediately, contestant number one spoke first.

"25! I'm taking Guanxian Pavilion!"

The other four companies clearly didn't want to give up so easily, so they all raised their bids.

30, 35, 40, 45

The price soared to 45 in just a few seconds, which is the original price.

However, Lu Changfeng could sense that numbers three, four, and five were simply there to cause trouble.

Now, only the two royal brothers, Number One and Number Two, are on top.

"500,000! I'll offer 500,000! Guanxian Pavilion must be mine!"

"Brother, don't be so angry! Getting angry won't save you! 51!"

"55 million!"

"60 million!"

"65 million!"

Seeing that no one else responded, Lu Changfeng knew that the price had reached its limit.

"Anyone else want to raise the price? First bid, second bid, sold!"

"The five-day usage right of Wangxian Pavilion will belong to contestant number one."

As the auction ended, even though No. 1 knew he had been ripped off, he still accepted the price.

65 low-grade spirit stones may sound like a lot, but when converted to mid-grade spirit stones, it's only about 650, so it's just average for a member of the royal family.

After everyone left, Lu Changfeng sighed.

"As expected, the new era is different. They actually spent 65 low-grade spirit stones just to save face. Tsk tsk tsk! Damn rich people."

"Whatever, it has nothing to do with me anyway!"

Then he looked at the storage bag containing 650 mid-grade spirit stones and smiled.

"Hehehe, it's such a waste to hand over so many spirit stones to Su Ziyuan."

"If you can exchange a contract for a Core Formation treasure, then it's perfectly normal for me to keep some spirit stones for myself!"

Thinking of this, he immediately summoned all his employees.

Looking at Li Mingfei, Xie Duo, Cleaner A, Cleaner B, and Security Guard in front of him, Lu Changfeng slowly spoke.

"Alright, I called you here today to share spirit stones!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was completely bewildered. Spirit stones? What spirit stones?

Lu Changfeng explained this with a smile.

"I have seen your hard work during this period. The reason why Luoyun Inn is in its current state is entirely due to everyone's efforts."

"Especially just now, we even rented out Wangxian Pavilion."

"Then a reward is indispensable! Come on, Cleaner A, Cleaner B, and Security Guard, each of you three will receive five thousand spirit stones!"

hiss!

Five thousand spirit stones?

Keep in mind that they are all level two employees, earning only 150 low-grade spirit stones a month.

As a result, Lu Changfeng rewarded everyone with 5000 spirit stones at once.

At that moment, their hands trembled as they received the spirit stones.

"Thank you, store manager! Thank you, store manager!"

Lu Changfeng smiled and waved his hand in response to the three people's thanks.

"Next up are Li Mingfei and Xie Duo. You two not only completed your work and solved the major problem of the inn having no customers, but as a reward for your initiative, you will each receive 10,000 spirit stones."

The two were immediately overjoyed.

As expected, Brother Lu wouldn't mistreat his own people.

"Hehehe, thanks, Brother Lu!"

"Thank you, Brother Lu!"

After everyone had received their rewards, Lu Changfeng looked at the group and slowly spoke.

"That's just the kind of person I am. I'm fair and just in terms of rewards and punishments. If you do well, you'll definitely get a good reward!"

"However, there's one thing you need to remember: the reason the guesthouse rooms are rented out at such high prices is due to our marketing efforts."

"So the extra spirit stones are our inn's own, understand?"

Everyone present gasped in astonishment.

Now they finally understood what Lu Changfeng was planning.

I have to say, this is a brilliant plan! It's an excellent one.

Although Lu Changfeng took most of it, didn't they also get a share?

That's a full five thousand spirit stones. At their level two employee salary, it would take them two and a half years to save that much.

And don't similar things happen at the shopping mall?

Take Foundation Establishment Pills for example. They do cost 20,000 each, but they're limited. Guess why they're limited?

The higher-ups didn't distribute the extra spirit stones to them, but Lu Changfeng did, which speaks volumes.

Moreover, this doesn't count as breaking the rules. After all, you set the price of 888 spirit stones for the Wangxian Pavilion yourself, so you can't blame anyone else.

"Understood, don't worry, manager, we promise we won't say anything wrong."

In the end, Li Mingfei was the first to express his opinion, and the others followed suit.

Seeing this, Lu Changfeng nodded in satisfaction.

"Great, keep up the good work! If you can rent out the remaining eleventh and tenth floors, I'll give each of you another five thousand!"

Sure enough, the group immediately sprang into action upon hearing this.

Lu Changfeng's lips curled up in a crazy smile at this.

Although he doesn't lack spirit stones, and these spirit stones can't be recharged into the cheat system, it doesn't mean he can just watch a large amount of spirit stones that originally belonged to him be handed over.

Since I'm not going to get a promotion anyway, what's rightfully mine will stay mine.

After all, once these spirit stones are invested and turn into dividends, they can be used to recharge, right?

Besides, you can't expect to pay for employee rewards yourself, right? That would be like paying to work.

As expected, Su Ziyuan's face darkened upon learning of this, but she ultimately didn't say anything, since she herself had done it.

As the Spirit Testing Conference officially began, to everyone's surprise, a super genius with top-grade five elemental spiritual roots and a special physique was discovered on the first day.

Lu Changfeng was stunned when he heard about this.

Top-grade five-element spiritual roots, and a special physique—weren't the first batch of children supposed to reach ten years old next year? How come it's happening now?

However, this was just the beginning.

Unexpectedly, according to statistics, more than 100,000 people underwent spirit testing on the first day, and a full 20% of them possessed spiritual roots!

That's more than 20,000 people!