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

In August, before the Gao family arrived,

As a result, Lu Changfeng received a report first.

"What? You want me to be the assistant store manager in the mall? No way!"

"I won't do it!"

Seeing that Lu Changfeng refused so quickly, Feng Ninglu couldn't hold back any longer.

"No, what's wrong with being the assistant store manager in a shopping mall? It means you get a 20% cut of the profits."

"Do you know how much the dividends were this year? At least four or five hundred thousand!"

"Don't you like spirit stones? Wouldn't four or five hundred thousand be much more promising than your fixed salary?"

However, faced with Feng Ninglu's question, Lu Changfeng shrugged.

"Hey Sister Lu, if I wanted to be the store manager, I would have done it when Manager Su was still here. Why would I wait until now?"

"Besides, if there are any problems with profit sharing, you'll definitely have to take responsibility, right? If the Gao family comes and you all start fighting, it will affect the mall's revenue, and the revenue might not be as good as it is now!"

"But it's different if I have a fixed salary. It's 60,000 a month, which adds up to 720,000 a year. It's a guaranteed income, no matter what. Do you think I'm stupid? Giving up 720,000 for 400,000 or 500,000!"

Feng Ninglu was stunned.

"What? Sixty thousand? What? Sixty thousand?"

Now it was Lu Changfeng's turn to be dumbfounded.

"What? You've been here for so long and you still don't know my salary? But you told me back then that I'd get a raise?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ninglu also began to mutter softly.

"Who would have thought of that? I thought you were just a level three or two deacon, so a promotion wouldn't be a big deal!"

Then her tone immediately rose.

"Then tell me, where does your monthly salary of 60,000 come from?"

"I remember that even a first-level deacon only costs 5000 low-grade spirit stones!"

Lu Changfeng then briefly explained his relationship with Su Ziyuan.

"Hiss, so you're getting 12 times the salary of a first-class deacon?"

"You're stealing from the mall! I'm going to report this to headquarters! I'm going to report this to headquarters!"

However, Lu Changfeng remained quite calm in the face of Feng Ninglu's exasperation, and even seemed to want to laugh.

"Sister Lu, what are you saying? My salary is something I've worked hard to increase little by little!"

"What do you mean by stealing mall assets? This is clearly legitimate salary expenditure; it's perfectly reasonable!"

Feng Ninglu fell completely silent, then sighed.

"I didn't want things to turn out this way, but since things have come to this, it seems I have no choice but to use my ultimate move!"

He immediately took out a communication jade slip from his storage bag.

"Hey, you idiot, hurry up and talk to your subordinate and let him be the assistant store manager! I can't get through to him!"

After saying that, he leaned back in his chair and stared blankly at the ceiling.

But Lu Changfeng was delighted when he heard this title!

"Hey Lu, how did you get that 'slutty bird' nickname?"

Speaking of this, Feng Ninglu immediately began to tell the story in a sneaky manner.

"Hehehe, back when Su Ziyuan and I went to Haoran Academy to study, you wouldn't believe it, we were only fifteen or sixteen years old. No matter the occasion, we always wore red, and since there was a bird in our names, it was kind of flashy, so I called him 'Flamboyant Bird'!"

Upon hearing this explanation, Lu Changfeng immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Goodness, that's so direct. Did Manager Su give you a nickname?"

After he said that, Feng Ninglu immediately became hesitant and stammering.

"How could that be? I've been dealing with that girl ever since we started school. She dared to call me by my nickname, so I taught her a lesson!"

Lu Changfeng suddenly realized,

"That means we have it!"

Just as she was about to continue her explanation, Su Ziyuan sent a message.

"Simp, simp, simp, I'll teach you to call me by my nickname 'simp' in front of others!"

Lu Changfeng immediately blushed at the nickname, but finally burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Sister Lu, your nickname is 'simp'! How did you get that? Tell us in detail!"

He originally thought Su Ziyuan's flirtatious behavior was already quite explosive, but he didn't expect Feng Ninglu's sycophancy to be even more outrageous.

"Aaaaah, Lu Changfeng, you're going to die!"

After being chased for several laps, the two finally stopped.

Then he finally understood why Su Ziyuan wanted him to be the assistant store manager.

It turned out that the Su family had failed to advance and were therefore expelled from the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce, and naturally, she also lost her position as store manager.

However, not wanting to benefit those who came after him, he made a deal with the Feng family: Feng Ninglu became the store manager, and he became the deputy store manager, with both salary and bonuses remaining.

Hearing this, Lu Changfeng was overjoyed.

"Hey, Sister Lu, if you'd told me earlier that there would be a salary and bonuses, I would have agreed already!"

"I was so scared I thought I could only choose between salary and bonuses!"

"Sister Lu, you're so naughty!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ninglu bared her teeth again, but Lu Changfeng blocked her with one hand.

After playing around for a while, he finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

"No, Sister Lu, what are you doing here at work? Your family doesn't seem to be short of spirit stones!"

"This situation is more harmful than beneficial to you!"

Normal people go to work to earn spirit stones to buy resources so that they can cultivate faster, but Feng Ninglu, Su Ziyuan, and the upcoming third young master of the Gao family are short of spirit stones.

Are you kidding me?!

There may be some people in their family who are lacking, but the direct descendants of them are definitely not lacking!

When Lu Changfeng asked about this, Feng Ninglu sighed.

"Well, this story begins back in my great-great-great-grandfather's time!"

Just as he was about to continue speaking, Lu Changfeng quickly interrupted him.

"I say, why don't you just start from the creation of the world and get to the point!"

After the correction, Feng Ninglu's words became much more concise.

"Simply put, the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce possesses a magical artifact called the Treasure Basin, which brings good fortune to the world."

"Simply put, it's similar to the Heavenly Whale Wheel of the Hehuan Sect, except one absorbs vital energy, while the other absorbs the wealth generated during transactions!"

"This kind of wealth can be used to collect treasures and also to help people break through to higher levels."

"But to control the Treasure Bowl, the user needs to have enough wealth, so for us, spirit stones aren't important; what's important is the wealth generated during transactions!"

"Take me for example. I originally had a high-grade water spiritual root, and the upper limit of my cultivation in this lifetime is probably only the Golden Core Perfection stage!"

"If I use enough wealth and energy, I can leapfrog into the Nascent Soul stage!"

"And that's how the Nascent Soul experts of the eight great families of Luoyun Market came to be!"

"Now you understand!"

After hearing what she said, Lu Changfeng finally understood.

Essentially, it's a replica of the Hehuan Sect, only the final outcomes are quite different.

"Alright, I understand now. But Sister Lu, I really want to know why Manager Su calls you a 'simp'!"

When Lu Changfeng brought up the old matter again, Feng Ninglu exploded.

"Ugh, you still dare to talk back? Give me a piece of your mind! I'm the manager now. If you say another word, I'll dock your pay!"

Faced with this ultimate threat, Lu Changfeng merely curled his lip.

"Alright then."

Feng Ninglu reminded him as he left.

"The third young master of the Gao family will arrive in three days!"

"Come early, or someone will catch you doing something wrong!"