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

Twenty thousand people, what does twenty thousand people even mean?

Even in a year with a very high number of spirit readings, this is still the only figure.

But what was the situation then? All the children within the Tianxing Sect were tested for their spiritual roots. But now, it's just the Little New Year, which means that less than one in a thousand children will come to Tianxing City to have their spiritual roots tested.

The news was quickly spread on the jade slip.

This is actually a change in the new era.

Previously, everyone believed that only from birth, at the age of ten, could one's spiritual root truly stabilize and be detected by the spirit stone.

However, children in the new era seem to begin developing their spiritual roots from the ten months of pregnancy, which means that their spiritual roots will manifest a year earlier than normal.

At first, many people didn't believe it, but they were stunned when the spirit testing was completed and a total of 10 children in Tianxing City were found to have spiritual roots.

Now everyone understands why three-story houses are enough in Tianxing City, but six-story houses are built in the outer sect of Tianxing Sect. How can they live there if they don't build them taller?

This year alone, there were already 10 people. Next year will be a big year, and they can't even imagine how many new disciples will join then.

It is said that some elders are now considering whether it is too extravagant for each disciple to have a house, and that one room per person is just right, since one can cultivate in bed after all!

However, the matter was quickly dropped.

A few days later, as soon as Lu Changfeng arrived at his office, Li Mingfei informed him that Su Ziyuan wanted to hold a short meeting.

After sitting down in the conference room, he looked around and saw that the operations department, the first-floor stewards, and the second-floor stewards were all present. He then found his seat and sat down.

Li Bing happened to be right next to him, so he immediately asked in a low voice,

"Li Bing, what brings you to this meeting today?"

Upon hearing this, Li Bing immediately whispered,

"It's a promotion for the assistant store manager employee; this should be the official announcement today!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng suddenly realized what was going on.

Although Duan Yu was previously the deputy store manager, he did not have any actual responsibilities; his purpose was simply to monitor the store to ensure that it did not harm the interests of the headquarters.

Later, although he gained half of the power with the support of the Gao family, it was only in private and the headquarters did not recognize it. So, theoretically, Su Ziyuan controlled everything in the mall.

However, he knew that this must mean the deal with the Gao family was completed, otherwise Duan Yu would not have been able to become a store manager.

Soon, Su Ziyuan, Su Qingzhu, Su Qingmei, and Duan Yu arrived one after another, and the meeting officially began.

"Alright, there are only a few things I wanted to discuss in this meeting with all managers today!"

"First, here are the arrangements for Duan Yu from headquarters: starting today, he will be responsible for the daily operations of the first floor, as well as the procurement and transportation tasks for headquarters!"

"May I ask Deputy Store Manager Duan to say a few words?"

Then Duan Yu slowly stood up with a smug look on his face.

"I'm sure you're all quite familiar with me, so I won't go into too much detail about myself. From now on, we'll be working together to make the mall even better, and I hope you'll all support my work!"

As he spoke, he looked down, or more precisely, at Lu Changfeng.

This guy used to always target me, but now that I've finally been promoted to store manager, he must be furious!

However, upon seeing Lu Changfeng's reaction, he couldn't help but frown.

There was something strangely calm about him; it was almost unbelievable, as if he already knew about it.

At this moment, Lu Changfeng also sensed Duan Yu's gaze and immediately revealed a provocative smile.

So what if you got promoted? You still haven't beaten a Spirit Sound in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

Upon realizing Lu Changfeng's meaning, Duan Yu's face immediately darkened.

Although Lu Changfeng also cut off one of his arms, it was under the circumstances of a sneak attack, and there was no one around, so it was not a big deal.

But Lingyin was different. Not only did she defeat him, who was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but it also happened in Tianxing City, with so many people watching. That was truly shameful.

Therefore, he will definitely take matters into his own hands and get back all the face he lost!

He immediately snorted coldly before sitting down.

Then Su Ziyuan announced the second thing.

"Next is the second thing, which is Luoyun Inn. As everyone knows, Luoyun Inn has received very little support from the shopping mall for certain reasons!"

His words immediately drew everyone's attention back to Duan Yu.

There's nothing we can do about it; everyone knows that the opening ceremony of Luoyun Shopping Mall was canceled because Duan Yu stopped it.

If they can't deal with Lu Changfeng, they resort to such disgusting methods.

This assistant store manager is not even worth a hair on Su Ziyuan's head.

After receiving a wave of disdainful looks from everyone, Duan Yu's face darkened even more, but Su Ziyuan continued.

"However, under these circumstances, Luoyun Inn, under Manager Lu's command, turned the tide and became what it is today, entirely because of Manager Lu Yuange!"

"Everyone, give us a round of applause!"

Immediately, applause filled the conference room. Lu Changfeng smiled and nodded to everyone.

Although this was caused by Li Mingfei and his group, as the store manager, it was only natural for him to enjoy the applause.

After these two matters were resolved, Su Ziyuan shifted the topic to the mall's operations.

"Everyone, you are probably aware of the changes in the environment. Many mortal kingdoms have seen the emergence of numerous miniature spirit mines due to the flourishing of the immortal path!"

"Even the smallest of these spirit mines will contain tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones and dozens or even hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones! That adds up to a large sum of spirit stones."

"So headquarters is currently discussing whether to raise the prices of all products!"

"However, considering the specific reasons, each shopping mall needs to vote to make this decision!"

After he said that, everyone unconsciously started discussing it with people they knew.

Even Lu Changfeng and Li Bing were discussing this matter, but Li Bing was quickly persuaded by Lu Changfeng.

After all, spirit stones aren't paper money. Too much paper money leads to inflation, but spirit stones can be directly absorbed for cultivation and have many other uses, so there's absolutely no risk of devaluation!

Most importantly, many of the items in the mall are stockpiled by the headquarters. If they don't clear them out now and wait for the new era to grow, when they face even more amazing products, these items will be so cheap that nobody will want them.

So after a heated discussion, most people finally felt that there was no need to raise prices.

But at this moment, Duan Yu stepped forward and publicly stated that the prices of goods in the mall must be raised.

His reasoning was simple: the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce was a commercial organization, and everything it did was based on earning spirit stones. Furthermore, ordinary people had more spirit stones in their possession, and other forces didn't have the goods available in the market.

So it's a seller's market. Even if prices go up, those who want to buy will still buy, and those who don't want to buy won't buy even if prices are cheaper.

It must be said that Duan Yu's words made sense, so the vote suddenly reached a stalemate.

Finally, having no other option, Su Ziyuan announced that everyone should go back and think about it. Lu Changfeng, having just left the mall, rushed home.

Just now, he sensed that he was about to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment!