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

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng slowly put down his wine glass.

"Li Bing, I can answer your question, but before that, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you!"

Li Bing hadn't expected that before he even heard the answer to his question, Lu Changfeng would have a question too. This amused him.

"Sure, go ahead and tell me. I promise I won't hide anything I can tell you!"

He immediately asked his first question.

"Li Bing, you weren't in this field before! What are you doing here at the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce as a waiter?"

Li Bing didn't hide anything from this and told him directly.

"Yes, I used to be a rogue cultivator. I heard that being a waiter is safe and you get 50 spirit stones a month!"

"When I was a wandering cultivator, I only earned about this much for hunting demons all day, and it was dangerous too. I just happened to have an opportunity to come in!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng showed an expression of sudden realization.

"That's not surprising!"

"Deacon Xie and I used to work for Qingfeng Pill Pavilion, but it was later acquired by Luoyun Chamber of Commerce, which is why it's like this now!"

"It's not that we don't want to improve, it's just that we can't!"

Hearing him say this made Li Bing even more curious.

"Can't make progress? What does that mean?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng patiently explained.

"Look, there are several reasons, and I'll explain them to you one by one!"

"First, let's talk about the counter. What is spirit grain? It's a type of low-grade spiritual plant. Who usually eats this? People in the Qi Refining stage, or families with children who haven't practiced Bigu (abstaining from grains)!"

"Once they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they either don't eat, or they eat pills! At the very least, they eat spiritual herbs. There's no place for them in the Spirit Valley."

"Secondly, the main target audience of our Luoyun Mall is the independent cultivators in the city and the outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples of the Tianxing Sect."

"These people have few spirit stones, so buying pills is a better option. As for food? Can't ordinary rice fill their stomachs? It's also cheaper."

After hearing these two points, Li Bing fell silent, but Lu Changfeng was not yet finished speaking.

"Actually, there's another crucial point: Manager Su is here to do business. She might be afraid that we locals are spies. If we're placed in important positions, it could severely damage her."

"But we also need these people to attract the original store's regular customers, so all we can do is put them in less important positions!"

"As for the important positions, they're all filled by his own people, or people she recruited from the surrounding cultivation markets!"

"How much room for improvement can there be in such a low-ceilinged area, one that the shopkeeper is already wary of?"

Listening to Lu Changfeng's words, Li Bing silently drank several glasses of wine, and finally asked in a trembling voice,

"Does this mean I'm completely destined to never have a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"Brother Lu, you definitely have a way, right? You definitely have a way, right!"

"I'm a rogue cultivator with no power or skills. This Foundation Establishment Pill from an outstanding employee might be the only one I have a chance of obtaining. I don't want to, I really don't want to give it up!"

"Waaaaah!"

As she spoke, Li Bing burst into tears on the spot.

But there's nothing we can do about it; life is just full of such helplessness.

From the initial excitement of learning about the Foundation Establishment Pill to the devastating truth revealed, for a young, talented rogue cultivator who had already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, this was tantamount to a death sentence.

Seeing him weeping bitterly, Lu Changfeng felt a bitter taste in his mouth as well.

After struggling for a while, he understood the saying "He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding," and besides, there wasn't any real conflict between them, so offering advice wasn't a bad idea.

He immediately let out a heavy sigh.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. Actually, I do have a solution, but it depends on whether you want to try it!"

Upon hearing Lu Changfeng's words, Li Bing couldn't help but look over.

"What method?"

Seeing this, Lu Changfeng offered his proposed solution.

"If you want to advance, you can't stay at our counter forever. Perhaps you could try to find someone to switch you to a different position!"

"The spiritual plant counter doesn't do much business, but the pill counter, talisman counter, and spiritual weapon counter should be okay, right? As long as someone's willing to trade, then you'll have room for advancement!"

"If you put in the effort, the best employee award might just be yours!"

Li Bing is quite different from him. He is a descendant of a sect, while Li Bing is a rogue cultivator. If they really wanted to exchange, they might actually succeed!

After hearing what he said, Li Bing also began to think about it, and at the same time, he considered the possibility of this method in his mind.

Indeed, as Lu Changfeng said, if he could switch to a more popular counter, his career advancement would be greatly enhanced, and he would have a greater chance of becoming an outstanding employee.

But would anyone actually switch? Now, not only employees of the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce, but even outsiders know that outstanding employees are rewarded with Foundation Establishment Pills.

In this situation, most people would definitely not give up these places to set up a retirement service counter!

But would he really be willing to give up? He wasn't!

Thinking of this, he wiped away his tears, then raised his glass to Lu Changfeng.

"Thank you, Brother Lu. Thank you so much for telling me all this and giving me a solution!"

"Whether it succeeds or not, I'll definitely help you out in the future!"

The two then quickly finished the food on the table and left Tianyuan Private Kitchen.

Looking at the already darkening sky as he stepped outside, Lu Changfeng couldn't help but scratch his head.

"Why is it so late? Why don't we rest in Tianxing City for the night?"

But the next moment Xie Zhixing's message came through.

"Xiaofeng, have you had dinner? It's getting late, let me take you home!"

Seeing this, he did not refuse. Although he could stay in Tianxing City, why not go home when he could?

The two flew side by side on their swords on the road. Xie Zhixing asked about what had happened earlier, and Lu Changfeng didn't hide anything, immediately recounting what had happened at the dinner table.

Xie Zhixing sighed heavily at this.

"This guy is really unlucky. If he hadn't cultivated, he might have been able to join the Heavenly Star Sect!"

Although the Heavenly Star Sect accepts those with low-grade spiritual roots, the only thing they don't accept is those who already possess skills, because having spiritual power might allow them to use certain techniques to evade the sect's detection.

Although lacking cultivation doesn't necessarily mean they aren't undercover agents, if such a thing were to happen, panicking wouldn't help.

"Indeed, but I've given him the suggestion; now it's up to him to choose!"

"To be honest, I thought he'd be a real handful on opening day, but he seems alright now. It would be even better if we could get someone who doesn't cause trouble!"

"Then we can slack off together!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Zhixing, whose mood had been somewhat heavy, burst out laughing.

"I really don't understand you. You could easily stay home, but you insist on going to work!"

"So, once you get to work, all you're thinking about is how to slack off!"

Lu Changfeng looked smug at Xie Zhixing's lack of understanding.

"Hey, what's so hard to understand? If you don't have spirit stones, you have to work. As for slacking off at work, the pay is the same. So naturally, the less I work, the more I earn! That's called emotional value, okay?"

After listening to Xie Zhixing, I felt as if my mind had been forcibly opened.

It was as if some incredible theory had forcibly entered his mind.