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

"Today is a good day..."

Standing on his flying sword, Lu Changfeng hummed a little tune in a cheerful mood.

As the saying goes, good news makes people feel refreshed, and unexpectedly, his cultivation level also quietly reached its limit at this time.

The next moment, the spiritual power within his body entered a new stage.

The fourth level of Qi Refining is complete!

Upon sensing this, Lu Changfeng was first stunned, then overjoyed.

It wasn't because he had broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining—after all, with the help of a cheat system, reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining was only a matter of time—that made him truly happy. What made him happy was that the auto-play feature was indeed faster than his own direct cultivation.

When I broke through to the third level of Qi Refining before, I wasn't sure if it was a problem with myself or with the auto-play bar, but now the answer is clear.

However, this is also good, the stronger the auto-play bar, the more it will help you.

Once inside the shop, he got busy.

"Hey buddy, I want to buy some top-grade first-tier spirit rice."

"Hey buddy, 10 jin (5 catties) of Linglu Rice, hurry up and pack it up, I'm in a bit of a rush!"

"Hey buddy, give me two jin too!"

…………

After these people left, Lu Changfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew, are all these people crazy today? There's no discount, why are they all in such a hurry!"

Because it's a new store, even after the opening period, Luoyun Shopping Mall will still maintain a discount of around 5%.

However, since spirit stones cannot be broken down, they are deducted in the form of gift vouchers.

The problem is, it's not even noon yet, and they've already served seven customers. If you include Li Bing's customers, then their Linggu counter has served a total of 20 people this morning.

Wouldn't that mean forty people would come in to buy spirit grains in one day?

This number is so high that even when the store first opened, let alone now, there weren't this many people.

Could it be that the local forces have made their move?

But that doesn't make sense. If we're going to take action, we should target the popular counters. This is Linggu's counter, so causing trouble here isn't cost-effective!

I decided not to think too much about it and just let things be, as long as it didn't affect me.

Time flew by and it was noon. Xie Zhixing was called away for a meeting, but when he returned, his expression was not good.

It turns out that during the meeting, the agents of the popular counters said that the sales of popular items like pills, talismans, and magical artifacts were so good that they wouldn't have any stock left for long.

So the idea is to have those less popular counters send staff out to make purchases, so that their counters can continue operating.

The problem is that everyone knows these things have skyrocketed in price. You can't even buy them at the current selling price, let alone at the original purchase price.

The most crucial point is that even if these things are purchased, they still have to be handed over to them, and in the end, the outstanding employees don't get any for themselves, so of course everyone is unhappy.

Unfortunately, for some reason, Manager Su agreed in the end, but the bulk of the purchases went to the popular counters, leaving the rest for the smaller counters.

Although their Linggu counter only needed to purchase 100 White Dew Pills, Xie Zhixing, who had once been a manager, knew that this was just the beginning. As long as the external pressure did not decrease, such things would only increase.

Moreover, this job is purely thankless; if you do it well, you get no credit, and if you do it poorly, you get all the blame.

Upon learning of this, Lu Changfeng also launched into a tirade of complaints.

"Holy crap, who came up with this suggestion? Is he crazy for improvement?!"

It's no wonder he thinks that way. If it were a regular store, purchasing would be easy, just a little tiring. But what is Luoyun Mall? Doesn't the other party know that?

Maintaining the current situation is already difficult enough, and now this unexpected trouble has arisen.

Considering Su Ziyuan's situation, it's highly likely that she came up with this plan herself!

However, he couldn't understand why Su Ziyuan would do this. Theoretically, anyone who could cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage was not stupid, so there was no reason why she wouldn't see through such a stupid plan.

At this moment, Li Bing spoke up weakly.

"Butler, what do we do next? Do we really have to go shopping?"

Xie Zhixing couldn't help but snort coldly at this.

"The people who should be most worried right now aren't us, but those at the popular counters!"

"Those few counters got 70% of the total purchase amount this time, and they started making a fuss before we even had to lift a finger!"

Sure enough, not long after Xie Zhixing finished speaking, several popular counters started making a commotion. The noise was so loud that even the Linggu counter could hear it clearly.

"No way! Why should I? The contract we signed clearly stated that I was only responsible for counter sales, not purchasing. Why should I go out and buy things now?! I'm not going!"

"Exactly, if it comes to it, I'll just quit."

"Mei Wu, you son of a bitch, you better not leave Tianxing City after get off work today!"

"Brothers, beat him up!"

…………

Suddenly, the sounds of fighting echoed throughout the Luoyun Shopping Mall.

Hearing these words, Lu Changfeng finally realized that it was Mei Wu's people who proposed the procurement and distribution.

But all he wanted to say was, "Good job! Great job! Hit me a few more times!"

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, mixed feelings) in my heart.

Under normal circumstances, the shopkeeper is definitely more capable than the shop assistant, since the shop assistant can't earn much money.

But there was nothing she could do, since Su Ziyuan knew that the local forces were targeting her, so she recruited people who were at the mid-to-late stage of Qi Refining. They were both powerful and eager for Foundation Establishment Pills, making them the best people to manipulate.

However, stewards are usually the shopkeepers who have acquired the shops. Most of them are at the mid or late stage of Qi Refining. Since there is not much difference in strength between the two sides, they naturally do not have much respect for each other.

That's why this happened today. Fortunately, the sound disappeared not long afterward, so it seems that it was taken away by the third manager's men.

After this incident, the entire mall was eerily quiet until I left work.

But as soon as he returned to work after his break, Lu Changfeng immediately noticed a problem: the store seemed much less crowded than usual, even though it was almost time for customers to open.

He immediately found Xie Zhixing.

"Uncle Xie, what's going on at the shop? It's almost time for us to open, but it feels like there are far fewer people!"

Xie Zhixing was also deeply saddened by this.

"Sigh! It's all because of what happened before. Some people at the mid-stage of Qi Refining resigned because they felt they couldn't complete the task!"

"Especially those people brought by Manager Su, even many of them who were at the late stage of Qi Refining have left, and I estimate that many more will leave as well!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng couldn't help but sigh.

You should know that Su Ziyuan brought at least fifty people with her, which even exceeded the number of locals. I never expected that this would happen.

But you can't blame them. Everyone is naturally inclined to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Since they can't get any benefits, why would they stay?

However, with many of these people leaving, the entire Luoyun Mall began to experience operational difficulties.

However, early that morning, Xie Zhixing brought important news!