Chapter 13: Guide

"Bang!"

A vigorous figure darted out from the stairwell entrance on the third floor. Accompanied by a dull thud echoing as he landed, Li Yi touched down on the ground with steady poise. He took a deep breath, the surrounding air rushing into his lungs in a large volume before being exhaled abruptly.

The air compressed by his robust internal organs surged out, as if forming a long snake over twenty centimeters long, which was incredible.

"My body's explosive power, coordination, reaction speed, and even various senses have undergone an astonishing transformation compared to before cultivation. Even my brain's memory has become better."

Li Yi, with his eyes closed at this moment, felt the changes in himself, thinking it was so wonderful, as if he had truly been reborn and become another person.

"How long has it been? Counting from the day Lin Yue guided me to enter the door, it's been half a month at most. It's a pity that the time is still a bit short; my eyes haven't changed yet, and I haven't opened my Spirit Medium, but I have a feeling that as long as I continue to cultivate like this, it won't be long before I can step into the first realm of cultivation."

"The cultivation speed with a mystic object is simply unimaginable. It's a pity that this mystic object of mine is incomplete, with the resentment of a dead person stored inside. According to the patterns I've explored these past few days, the frequency of my using the mystic object for cultivation cannot be too high. If it's too frequent, the resentment inside will notice and then counterattack."

"The safest way to deal with it is that the duration of one cultivation session should not be too long, preferably controlled within ten hours. Excessive time will increase the probability of me being noticed by the resentment."

"However, for me at present, ten hours of cultivation a day is completely enough. I can also do other things in the remaining time, achieving a balance of work and rest."

After Li Yi finished thinking, he slowly opened his eyes.

A pair of eyes were very bright even outdoors, as if glowing.

After moving around a bit, Li Yi didn't continue to cultivate.

Because his money was spent.

The No. 2 nutrient solution was drunk, the food was finished, and even the balance on his phone was less than three hundred yuan.

If he didn't come out to work and earn money, he would face the risk of running out of food again.

Fortunately, a month's supply of nutrient solution for his parents had already been bought, so it wasn't very urgent right now.

"In my current state, I should be able to try that guide job. It's just simply guiding cosmic energy into other people's bodies. Even I can do it without the help of a mystic object. Although there are many dangers hidden in this city, I can't just shrink back at home and not go out because of that."

Li Yi's eyes flickered. He took out his phone from his pocket and found a phone number.

Without hesitation, he dialed this number.

Soon, the call went through, and the voice of a middle-aged man answered: "Hello, who is this?"

"My name is Li Yi. I was introduced by Lin Yue to apply for the guide position. May I ask if you still need guides there?" Li Yi asked.

"Applying to be a guide? We always need guides here. When is Mr. Li free?" The middle-aged man asked very politely.

Li Yi said: "I'm free anytime."

"Then could I trouble Mr. Li to come to No. 89, District 1, Anding District, Tianchang City." The middle-aged man said.

"Good, I'll go right now. See you then." Li Yi agreed immediately.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately hailed a taxi and set off.

"No. 89, District 1, Anding District. The employer's family is indeed very rich. How does Lin Yue know them? Right, almost forgot, Lin Yue is a cultivator, and the people she knows are naturally cultivators too. And most cultivators have very good family backgrounds; without enough family wealth, one can't support a cultivator."

On the way, Li Yi pondered secretly in his heart.

Soon, the taxi drove into the area of Anding District.

After the Sky Tilt incident, many urban areas suffered catastrophic blows. Those areas are still being blocked to this day because many unknown dangers still exist there, so the city reconstruction had to choose other sites later.

Anding District came into being because of this.

Considering that the Sky Tilt incident might occur again in the future, Anding District abandoned the plan of building high-rise buildings and turned to building villas and small western-style houses instead.

It's just that the houses were built, but there were very few people who could afford them; only some wealthy people and the middle class could afford to consume them.

So Anding District became a wealthy area.

But subsequently, the cultivation wave emerged, and the number of people cultivating gradually increased, so Anding District changed from a wealthy area to a residential area for people who cultivate.

Because people who cultivate gathered there, the dangers in Anding District were fewer, and public security was better.

After all, criminals bullying ordinary people would at most lead to jail time, but offending people who cultivate could lead to death.

Soon.

The taxi stopped in front of a twelve-story building.

After paying the money, Li Yi's balance was only 23 yuan left, not even enough for the taxi fare back.

Is it this expensive to come to Anding District?

Was I ripped off?

Li Yi sighed helplessly.

"Friend, are you also here to apply for the guide position?" Suddenly, a strange young man walked over from the side.

Li Yi looked toward the sound: "That's right, who are you?"

"My name is Zhang Gao, and I'm also here to apply for the guide position." This person named Zhang Gao smiled and said: "I thought I was the only one. I didn't expect that after asking around, I found that there are at least four or five people applying for the guide position today. The competition is a bit fierce, and I don't know if I can get hired."

After finishing, he glanced at the other few people not far away.

"You're wrong about that. The employer is recruiting so many guides, obviously not to screen for one good guide. I guess the employer has recently reached a critical period in cultivation and needs a large amount of cosmic energy. One or two guides can no longer satisfy his individual consumption."

At this moment, a petite woman with long hair draped over her shoulders walked over. Her eyes were also very bright, and she was obviously also a person who cultivates. At this moment, she greeted: "Let's get to know each other, my name is Zhao Xiaoxiao, and like you, I'm also here to apply for the guide position."

"Hello, my name is Li Yi."

"Zhang Gao."

The three people introduced themselves and became familiar with each other.

"I don't care about the employer's cultivation. What I care about is the other party's asking price. You have to know that a guide with a guide certificate has a minimum wage of ten thousand yuan per hour. However, I don't have a certificate, but it can't be lower than five thousand yuan per hour, right? Otherwise, I'll go back immediately."

Zhang Gao shrugged and said.

Zhao Xiaoxiao immediately smiled and said: "You guys probably don't know yet. Just now I chatted with a few other people and discovered that the employer didn't directly release recruitment information to recruit guides in society, but introduced guides through his friends, colleagues, relatives, and other relationships. This shows that the employer doesn't trust guides from the outside, or that the employer doesn't want to expose his information, so the price of hiring us will only be high, not low."

"Five thousand yuan is definitely too little. I guess at least eight thousand per hour, and those with certificates will probably get more."

Zhang Gao was happy when he heard this: "That's good."

Li Yi was secretly surprised when he heard this.

Nearly ten thousand yuan an hour?

What kind of god-like job is this?

If he worked for a day, wouldn't he be able to earn nearly two hundred thousand?

What? Rest?

Can you bear to rest with this salary?

"I just hope this job can last a bit longer, let me earn a bit more. Cultivation is too expensive. I'm empty-handed now, don't even have the money for the taxi, and can't afford lunch." Li Yi sighed, the word poverty revealed in his words.

"Li Yi, you are too humble."

Zhao Xiaoxiao on the side looked him over and then said: "You look younger than me, and the aura emitted from your body is more intense than any of us here. Your eyes are also exceptionally bright. In my opinion, you will soon open your Spirit Medium. To have such achievements at a young age shows that your cultivation value is very high, and your future is limitless."

"In this situation, there should be many relatives and friends willing to invest in you, right? Even if you lack money, you shouldn't be unable to afford lunch, right?"

Zhang Gao said: "Zhao Xiaoxiao, I can tell your family background is quite good, you can't understand the difficulties of us poor people cultivating. Take me for example, although cultivation is going smoothly, it's also supplied by the whole family, and the more I cultivate, the more money it burns. In order not to add burden to the family, I have always been doing part-time jobs in addition to cultivation. Besides that, I have to find ways to earn money to subsidize the family."

"I also value this job very much, hoping to earn a bit more so that I can have some savings to cultivate stably for a period of time."

"So that's how it is. I didn't think your situation would be so bad. It's my fault. I apologize to you." Zhao Xiaoxiao immediately expressed her apology.

Li Yi said: "It's okay."

But after knowing the situation of Li Yi and Zhang Gao, Zhao Xiaoxiao obviously began to distance herself. After chatting simply for a few sentences, she made an excuse that she had something to do and left, then went to chat with another group of people.

"What a snob." Zhang Gao suppressed his voice and snorted dissatisfiedly: "I knew she was fishing for information just now. Seeing that we two have no power and no influence, she lost interest in us."

Li Yi didn't care, just said: "I'm only interested in working and earning money, the rest doesn't matter."

"Although we just met, I have to advise you one thing: earning money is important, but cultivation is more important." Zhang Gao said: "That Zhao Xiaoxiao has a vicious eye; she saw at a glance that your cultivation value is high, otherwise she wouldn't have run over to chat with you. So you have to make good use of your talent, improve your cultivation base as much as possible, and don't be overly obsessed with earning money."

"Uh..." Li Yi paused, then said: "Without money, it's hard to continue cultivation, right? Nutrient solution, medical pods, guides, etc., all cost money."

"That's true too." Zhang Gao smiled awkwardly.

Li Yi didn't dare to chat much more.

It's just that he couldn't say that his cultivation value wasn't as high as it looked, and his current cultivation achievements were all piled up by an incomplete mystic object, right?

"My name is Xu Ming, and I am the supervisor here, responsible for this recruitment. Sorry to keep everyone waiting, I'm really sorry. Now, please follow me to the conference room of the building to discuss work matters." At this moment, a middle-aged man around forty years old came out to speak.

Soon, everyone followed this supervisor named Xu Ming into the building.

Li Yi paid a little attention, and counting himself, there were seven people participating in the recruitment.

Zhang Gao and that Zhao Xiaoxiao had greeted each other before, and there were four other people he didn't know. ===== CHAPTER 14 =====