"After your official employment this month, your basic salary is 2500, the reward for Employee of the Month is 200, and your performance bonus is 900, totaling 3600."
Today is payday for the workers, and also the day Lin Hao, as a cultivator, receives his monthly stipend.
After Lin Hao left the finance room, the envelope, now twice as thick as it was the first month, showed some noticeable deformation...
[As an outer disciple, Lin Hao diligently participated in the sect's business operations, earning the monthly stipend distributed by the sect—three lower-grade spirit stones and six spirit stone fragments]
[During this month's sect business operations, Lin Hao was also recognized by the sect and became the Outer Disciple of the Month Senior Brother]
[As a reward for becoming the Outer Disciple of the Month Senior Brother for the first time, Lin Hao can enter the sect's Dharma Transmission Hall to listen to the Sect Leader's teachings]
Dharma Transmission Hall?
Transmission?
Is this similar to the reward for officially becoming an outer disciple?
But Lin Hao didn't have time to ponder, as there was a meeting to attend.
After all, after every payday, the company organizes a routine meeting.
The bosses, who are usually in and out of hotels, KTVs, foot massage places, return to the company, delivering many inspiring and caring remarks—
"Every employee is the company's greatest asset!"
"Rest assured, once the company earns profits, everyone here will be a hero!"
"You've all worked hard recently. If you have any ideas about the company's business, feel free to discuss them with me! Our company is inclusive!"
"We must keep up with employee benefits!"
"..."
Such cliched statements, translated, mean—
"You are nothing more than company assets; you should behave like assets and create value for the company!"
"If the company profits, of course, that money belongs to me! It's embarrassing for you to ask me for money after being honored as heroes, right?"
"You've all worked hard lately; if you can find me to give feedback after the meeting, consider yourself impressive!"
"I must find ways to exploit employees' potential!"
"..."
In past lives and this one, Lin Hao had grown accustomed and immune to such talks.
The boss talks, and he does his own thing.
But today is different—
As Lin Hao sat at his seat, smelling the alcohol and tobacco odors emanating from the boss in the meeting room, a log appeared before him.
[With a nervous and reverent heart, Lin Hao steps into the Dharma Transmission Hall, kneeling on a cushion, enveloped in a silent and solemn atmosphere]
[The Sect Leader, who ventures outside for the sect's livelihood, hearing Lin Hao's contributions to the sect's business, especially arrives today at the Dharma Transmission Hall to transmit teachings to Lin Hao]
As the boss started his round of clichéd remarks, encouraging everyone to work overtime for free to create value for the company as usual!
"Only through work can you create value!"
"How can you showcase your value when everyone works during the day? Only by working when others don't can you be more exceptional."
"Don't talk about overtime pay; working overtime isn't for the pay but to boost company benefits. Once the benefits improve, will you lack money?"
"If an employee only thinks about overtime pay, I can assure you, this employee lacks vision! The future holds no prospects!"
"..."
While the boss rambled, the log seemed to have crashed—
[Sect Leader transmitting teachings...]
[Sect Leader transmitting teachings...]
[Sect Leader transmitting teachings...]
Once the boss concluded today's talk, Lin Hao's log finally showed new updates—
[With an excited heart and trembling hands, Lin Hao, having just embarked on the Immortal Path as a Qi Refining Stage One cultivator, under the solemn atmosphere of the Dharma Transmission Hall and the exhaustive teachings of the Sect Leader, he fully comprehended a new magic "Unpredictable Overtime Skill"]
[Unpredictable Overtime Skill (Yin Attribute):
A summoning technique fueled by the spirit of hard work, allowing the summoning of Impermanence's avatars from the Underworld. Once mastered to perfection and reaching a profound cultivation level, even Impermanence's true form can be summoned to the mortal realm. This technique has a time limit, usable only between 5:30 PM and 8:30 AM the next day]
During the log updates, Lin Hao mastered a new magic aside from "Basic Breathing Skill" and "Basic Milk Tea Art," and this magic seemed quite impressive.
Impermanence!
This is the famous figure from the Underworld!
Even his avatar must possess exceptionally formidable combat power!
With combat power in hand, Lin Hao felt he wouldn't be afraid, even if he encountered official cultivators.
In a world not dominated by a singular power, personal strength is the ultimate safety guarantee.
Of course, the exact effect of the Unpredictable Overtime Skill needs a test to confirm.
But now isn't the time for casting, as after listening to the company's boss ramble, he immediately needs to go to the milk tea shop!
Rushing, Lin Hao arrives at the milk tea shop.
The City Management Team's order of 200 cups of milk tea is the top priority...
Then the queue of young men and women...
Afterward, when the milk tea shop closes, leaving the final trace of magical power to make a cup of milk tea for the boss.
The evening quickly passed.
Upon returning home, Lin Hao's magical power had slightly replenished, but to test the power of the Unpredictable Overtime Skill, Lin Hao consumed a spirit stone fragment, restoring his magical power to eighty percent.
"Unpredictable Overtime Skill!"
Lin Hao circulated his magical power according to the Unpredictable Overtime Skill's operation route. With a low shout, a black vortex appeared before him.
From the vortex came a deeply painful wail, instilling fear.
Gradually, a pure white figure floated from the vortex, a classic White Impermanence image.
Dressed in white, with a long red tongue and holding a mourning stick with a bitter smile.
The tall white hat was very conspicuous, with bloody large characters written on it—
"You've come too!"
When White Impermanence emerged from the vortex, Lin Hao's eighty percent magical power had dwindled to ten percent. Using the Unpredictable Overtime Skill once required seventy percent—how many cups of milk tea could that make!
However, the White Impermanence avatar before him displayed power fluctuations exceeding Qi Refining Stage One.
The technique summons a White Impermanence exceeding Qi Refining Stage One with Qi Refining Stage One power. This magic is impressive indeed! It's got substance!
But the bloody "You've come too" on its hat might be too intimidating. If "little brother" were added, perhaps it would be better.
Just as Lin Hao entertained this thought, beside "You've come too," three new bloody large characters appeared—
Little Brother.
Emmm... still a terrifying sight.
However, after White Impermanence is summoned, what's next?
Lin Hao wanted to attempt communicating with the White Impermanence avatar before him, but in the next second, White Impermanence...
Disappeared???!!
Lin Hao couldn't sense White Impermanence's presence anymore!
The White Impermanence Lin Hao summoned at the cost of seventy percent magical power???
Lin Hao had just consumed a spirit stone fragment, valued at 100 bucks...
Despite this, Lin Hao's mood didn't fluctuate excessively; the log would provide the answer—
[Lin Hao successfully used the Unpredictable Overtime Skill for the first time, truly a genius with unparalleled understanding]
[Today, when the Qi Refining Stage Three White Impermanence avatar appeared in the mortal realm]
[It recalled its mission]
...
The man before him named Xiao Shuai; it's three in the morning, his eyes bloodshot, sitting resiliently at his computer.
The task before him is crucial to the boss. The boss promised a promotion and salary raise if he successfully completes this project.
Though many times the boss has said the same, and he completed the projects well, the promises were never fulfilled.
However, this time, Xiao Shuai believes the boss surely will fulfill the promise, as he spoke so genuinely!
After all, the boss couldn't possibly lie every single time, right?
Moreover, Xiao Shuai can only believe the boss; otherwise, how would he keep his job?
Xiao Shuai has no choice.
Xiao Shuai forces himself to stay alert; after staring at the screen for too long, his eyes feel blurry...
After all, if his eyes weren't blurry, why would a white hat appear from bottom to top on his computer screen?
The hat even bore the words—
"Little Brother, you've come too?"