Chapter 65: The 'Old Master' Summons

  Leaving B City, which she had visited nearly three times due to task requirements, Zuo Xiao Yao returned once again to Gai Shi, a place she had left for almost half a year. Although she had spent the past three years frequently traveling outside, each time she came back was only to receive new tasks. However, if calculated, her stay here wasn't too short either. After all, although there were plenty of tasks displayed on the task transmission screen, not all of them could make her willing to take action.

  Sometimes, in order to wait for the next task, I have to wait for three or four months. However, the actual time spent on doing tasks is not long. With Zuo Xiaoyao's foundation-building middle-term cultivation strength, those tasks are troublesome but can be done with ease and do not pose any danger at all.

  At the same time, Zuo Xiaoyao had a certain admiration for the boss of Gai Shi, also known as 'Lao Da', whom Wei usually praised. He was indeed a unique individual. Not to mention those ordinary tasks that even top-notch warriors among ordinary employees could complete, from the task transmission screen scrolling with tasks that required the intervention of cultivators, it can be seen that the clients of these tasks were not only officials and major forces from the mortal world, but also cultivators from the cultivation world.

  If it weren't for the means being quite high, and having enough resources and connections, even in the cultivation world, there is a certain status. Not to mention being able to monopolize this piece of spiritual energy land that is not bad for cultivation, perhaps it would have been "cleaned up" by some forces that don't like it. After all, whether it's ordinary people or cultivators, no one wants their secrets to be exposed on a certain day, even if it's because someone else entrusted them, only the mastermind Gu Shi would investigate.

  Just after joining the company, Wei Tong once said that he admired his boss's judgment. Zuo Xiao Yao was still secretly doubting in her heart and couldn't understand how 'Boss' thought she had the qualifications to become a labor substitute without investigating.

  But as Zuo Xiao Yao later understood through her prolonged contact with Gai Shi, the limited information she gathered showed that Gai Shi had always adhered to the principle of not randomly inquiring about non-entrusted individuals' information in private. After carefully analyzing her own behavior at the time, she faintly suspected that she must have inadvertently exposed herself while completing that task, which was why she caught the attention of 'Lao Da'.

  Choosing to only rent equipment without entrusting a Ge Shi Pai person to assist in completing the task is somewhat too abnormal. After all, successfully laying out all the monitoring terminals around the Wang family father and son, who had retired special forces soldiers as bodyguards when they entered and exited, under circumstances where others did not have the trust of the Wang family father and son, it would be absolutely extremely difficult for anyone else to accomplish this task. So, Zuo Xiao Yao was able to do that without causing any abnormalities...

  The tracking device, still in its trial period, has been successfully launched and achieved very good results. This will naturally attract the attention of the 'big boss' who wants to use the device properly and needs to do some preparatory work.

  Of course. That's the fact. Since joining Gai Shi and starting her 'labor for capital' debt repayment career, in three years, Zuo Xiao Yao had never seen the 'boss' himself, so she also didn't have a chance to confirm it, plus she wasn't that kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things. She thought about it herself and just threw those thoughts out of her mind, not putting them in her heart. For her, besides hurrying to repay the debt, was cultivating to become stronger.

  After reaching the middle stage of foundation building, Zuo Xiaoyao still had a considerable amount of high-quality second-grade elixirs on her body. Originally, when she occasionally took them, they had some auxiliary effect in enhancing her cultivation. Now, however, they could be said to have almost no effect. The improvement of her cultivation could only rely entirely on the refinement of spiritual energy. Fortunately, she possessed a Purple Yuan Boundary space that didn't need to worry about the density of spiritual energy. Even though it was inconvenient to enter and exit at times, she feared being discovered by hidden monitoring devices.

  Ever since she personally experienced the high-tech surveillance products invented by modern people, Zuo Xiaoyao was especially wary of these. After all, nowadays' monitoring devices are all covered with inconspicuous disguises and do not reveal any spiritual energy, making it difficult for cultivators to detect them as well. This is also one of the reasons why Zuo Xiaoyao has been wanting to pay off her debt early and find a completely natural place where she can retreat without worrying about having a 'third eye' around her.

  After spending another three months to complete a task, she returned to her "dormitory" in Gai Shi. Xue Xiao Yao's mood was quite good, and with just three more times, she would be able to gain thorough freedom. The taste of being in debt was really not good, and she felt it deeply!

  Five days later, still hadn't chosen the next task to do, leaning on the sofa in the living room of the villa's first floor, watching TV while occasionally paying attention to the task transmission screen, suddenly heard the doorbell ringing at the gate. Xue Xiao Yao subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the large round clock hanging on the wall, finding that it was still far from lunchtime, and couldn't help but frown slightly in confusion.

  Since moving here, the small courtyard has never had any guests visiting, except that every time I come back, I will book a day's worth of meals at the hotel equivalent to the Covering Heaven Restaurant, and let them deliver it on time. The doorbell only rings when they arrive, otherwise, the doorbell has never rung before. Relatively speaking, most cultivators are even more indifferent than the urban people in today's mortal world, living next to each other for many years without even exchanging greetings, which is normal. People like Zuo Hengtian are rare.

  But doubts returned to doubts, Zuo Xiaoyao still sat up straight and picked up a controller on the tea table to open the courtyard door. In less than two minutes, a familiar voice had already reached her ears: "Xiaoyao, good news! The boss has summoned you over for an important discussion!"

  Yes

  Wei Tong, the person she had been in contact with the most over the past three years at Gai Shi. Every time she completed a good task, she would go to him to report and receive rewards. Looking at Wei Tong who was familiar with the 'door' and the road, making it completely unnoticeable that it was his first time coming to her 'dormitory', Zuo Xiao Yao had some unexpected surprise and doubt in her heart. Not intending to be polite with him, she still sat there smiling and said "Is there any inside information you can give me a hint about? Why did your big boss suddenly remember to summon me, is it good luck or bad luck?"

  "I don't know, it's the boss's business, what can we speculate about? Anyway, it should be beneficial, not harmful. Maybe he saw your good performance and was pleased in his heart, so he helped you waive the remaining three debts. We have many employees who haven't been like you, being urged by others, always busy with tasks!"

  He casually swept his eyes over the hall, where all the furniture was still arranged in the same way as when Zuo Xiao Yao had first moved in. A hint of understanding flashed through Wei Tong's smiling eyes, knowing that this must be because Zuo Xiao Yao had made up her mind not to stay here for long. That's why she didn't care about her living environment and didn't decorate the room according to her own preferences like others would.

  "Alright, alright, I've figured it out. Your family's eldest is really stingy and won't give up the chance to squeeze out my last three times of labor value!"

  It was roughly known that what she said was also a fact. Wei Tong, although quite admiring his own 'brilliant' and unparalleled 'boss', did not have any intention of opposing him, but only dryly smiled and replied: "The boss didn't tell me the detailed situation either, just asked me to call our world's few fellow practitioners with higher cultivation levels, and the specific matter will be announced publicly!"

  In the current cultivation world, cultivators who have achieved the Foundation Establishment stage are rare and powerful figures. Most cultivators view those who do tasks in the secular world to support their cultivation and livelihood as not being diligent in their proper profession, having "fallen" to relying on doing missions to make a living. Among the regular and temporary employees of the secular world's cultivators, someone like her who has revealed herself to be at the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm is already considered an expert. As for those at the Foundation Establishment stage, apart from the 'boss' who is said to be an outsider, there aren't any others that have been heard of.

  Not just her, Zuo Xiao Yao naturally didn't plan on refusing. "Alright, shall we still go to the second floor's grand hall?"

  The second floor hall is where these cultivators handle their affairs. It's also the place where cultivators gather once a quarter, and Zuo Xiaoyao only goes there when she has to hand in her tasks. Other cultivators rarely have such a simple heart like hers, they often go to the second floor hall to request things like buying the latest sports car, purchasing a house outside the villa to keep a mistress, or traveling to some resort destination, etc.

  As long as it's a matter that can be settled with ordinary money, Gai Shi will absolutely satisfy all the requirements they put forward, even in another building.

  A small section was specially set up. A few ordinary employees were specifically responsible for the things ordered by the large hall on the second floor, and the way they waited for those ordinary employees was completely different.

  At the same time, the ordinary currency that the cultivators earn from each task is also extremely expensive. However, it's said that some tasks require the client to pay with cultivation materials that the cultivators can use, which is also the main source of rewards for each task.

  Since Wei Tong still had to inform a few others who were not on a mission and had higher cultivation, Zuo Xiao Yao went to the second floor hall by herself. Having come here many times before, due to the different departments set up in the two buildings, she would occasionally meet some ordinary employees wearing the uniform of the cover world coming and going among them.

  It is said that the suggestion to have ordinary employees wear uniforms was actually proposed by Wei Tong, who had spent a lot of money to hire a famous fashion designer to design and tailor them. Later on, these high-quality work clothes became a symbol of Gai Shi's prestige, with countless people eager to join the company just to be able to wear them as a badge of honor. However, what they didn't know was that the main purpose of this move was actually to make it easier to distinguish between ordinary employees and special employees like Xiū Zhēn. Of course, Gai Shi's exceptionally generous treatment was also a major reason for attracting top talent from all fields.

  Several ordinary employees passing by the villa district's 'big gate' saw Zuo Xiaoyao coming out from inside, and their eyes lit up for a moment. They discovered that she was a young woman who was even younger than them. The envy in their hearts was self-evident. Although they were among the elite of ordinary employees at Covering the World, they all knew that people living in the villa district held astonishing power and status within the company. Whoever didn't please them could be kicked out with just a glance, no matter if it was a manager-level executive.

  Every ordinary employee, when newly joining the company for training, is also repeatedly 'reminded' to show sufficient respect to every person who comes out of the villa area, and must not be rude. Even if they don't know the specific reason and secretly disagree, after seeing that all employees who openly violate this 'reminder' end up badly, ordinary people generally dare not have thoughts of disobeying this company's special rule again.

  Of course, there are always exceptions. For example, when Zuo Xiao Yao had just walked out of the 'gate', she encountered this scene. A young man, about 23 or 24 years old, with an air of arrogance unique to top university graduates, was slightly bowing his head and speaking in a dissatisfied tone: "Why should I give way to you? This is a pedestrian path, you drove your car up here and stopped, it's not right. Besides, this is under our Ge Shi Building!"

  A man in his thirties or forties, leaning against the front of the car, glanced at him and smiled, "What's it to you if I drive into the pedestrian path downstairs? Even if I wanted to drive into this building, no one would dare say a word. You're quite bold! Let me tell you..."

  "It's really lively here, what happened?"

  This scene attracted the attention of employees and ordinary passersby between the two buildings, a car plus more than ten people stopped there, just blocking her way. Zuo Xiaoyao smiled warmly and asked, "Chen Jinyang, have you achieved the perfect state of Naqi?" She was one of the cultivators who often went to the second floor hall to 'handle affairs'. She had met him twice before, so Wei Tong had introduced them, and he was also a fixed special employee of Gai Shi.

  Upon seeing Zuo Xiaoyao, Chen Jinyang's spirit was immediately lifted, his high and mighty demeanor instantly retracted, the displeasure of being interrupted also vanished into thin air. A hint of unusual color flashed in his eyes as he stood up straight with a flattering smile, saying "So it's Elder Zuo, you're back too! Where are you headed? Do you need me to send you on your way?"

  Ignoring the surprise of the people around her due to Chen Jinyang's sudden change in demeanor, Zuo Xiaoyao smiled calmly and said, "No need, you guys go ahead, I'll just go up to the second floor for a bit. Your car is parked here, it's really quite inconvenient, not just for me, Brother Wei has already gone to inform them, I'm sure Li Tian and the others will be over soon."

  His face slightly changed, Chen Jinyang immediately smiled and said "I'll drive the car away now, I'm leaving, Senior you go ahead!"

  PS: Thanks for the support from 'dizzy' girl, I'll try to update two more chapters tonight! (Originally there was another paragraph, but it would have exceeded 4,000 characters, so I had to cut it off here!)