Chapter 221: Parting Gifts (Monthly Ticket Bonus)

"It really is hard to get used to. Originally, I was just a miserable, low-class menial laborer, and in the blink of an eye, I've become an upper-class person in the city. It's just like a dream."

Ning Caize came back to his senses and couldn't help but sigh with emotion once again.

In the past, he wouldn't have even dared to imagine this, but the reality was that it had been achieved so easily!

"What's even more like a dream is, the Boss was clearly going to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, so how did he suddenly reach the early stage of Golden Core?"

Wei Ming responded to the words, feeling as if he were in the clouds and mist, just like a dream.

The Golden Core stage, ah—one could even directly serve as the manager of a small city. That is a level of high status and great power in this city, capable of deciding the life and death of the miserable people at the bottom.

Even though they held Du En in high esteem and believed he would eventually get ahead, they had never dared to imagine this before!

In fact, because this point was too far beyond the understanding of the people in the outer city, the first time it spread, it only made people feel like it was a joke.

By the time the old City Lord heard the news and became anxious, and then directly issued an official public announcement to confirm it, many people still felt like they were in a dream, unable to even find a concrete target for their admiration.

Because it was too far away!

Knock, knock, knock!

The sound of knocking on the door rang out again, becoming impatient.

"Who is it?"

Disturbing someone's sweet dreams early in the morning!

The two of them only then thought of this side, their eyes still bleary with sleep; the act of speaking was the signal that the door could be opened.

Consequently, Xu Ran pushed the door open and walked in directly.

"I can understand that you are busy here, but I am also very busy on my end."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Xu Ran began to complain, and then, before the eyes of Wei Ming and the other, he began to pull out various applications for entering and exiting the outer warehouse from the first-grade storage bag he had recently acquired.

Clatter, clatter—Wei Ming's desk was the emptiest, so he piled them mainly there.

"Stop piling them! Stop piling them!"

He couldn't help but wail.

Because of this commotion, the others who were still sleeping, purely from overworking, were jolted awake as if by a shock, just like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring.

A hell of official documents!

Xu Ran revealed a dead-fish gaze, carrying a hint of urgency, and spoke in a businesslike manner: "I hope you can hurry up and finish processing these for submission; I have many people waiting on my end..."

You really are a jinx, Xu Ran. I thought you had turned over a new leaf, but I didn't expect you to become even worse now. Every time you come, you bring a pile of messy accounts and bad luck—it's simply unreasonable!

Seeing that Wei Ming was about to explode, Xu Ran hurriedly changed his tone to interrupt: "It's not that I insist on rushing you, but those guys are pestering me so much that I really can't hold them off. After all, I'm only at the Qi Refining stage, and dealing with those Foundation Establishment cultivators from the outer city all day—the pressure on me is no less than yours!"

This was indeed true; although Wei Ming and the others had heavy workloads, they didn't have dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators surrounding them, pestering them all day long.

In an instant, everyone appeared to share the same plight, looking quite pitiful.

A happy burden!

Just at this moment, Du En stepped inside.

Looking at them as they stared at each other in silence, he spoke directly: "If you really cannot adapt to your current work, you can apply for a transfer; City Lord Yang will naturally have new arrangements."

His words were very calm, naturally interjecting, just as they had been back in the courtyard of the corpse-buriers—direct and clear, hiding nothing and avoiding nothing.

The group immediately reacted, not daring to remain seated, and stood up one after another to offer greetings in a proper manner.

"... Boss, that won't be necessary. It was hard enough to finally adapt; going to another place and going through the process of adapting all over again would be very uncomfortable. We aren't like you, able to adapt quickly to anything."

Ning Caize and the others were still somewhat reserved; only Wei Ming, having vented his emotions in the past and cast aside some of the prejudices brought by the environment, could still maintain a sense of normalcy.

"That is up to you as well. However, regardless of anything else, cultivation is always the most fundamental thing. You haven't forgotten, and having seized the opportunity, you are already at the late stage of Qi Refining, so I don't need to worry too much. As for you few..."

All at the middle stage of Qi Refining—to be honest, that's not quite good enough.

Ning Caize and the others looked crestfallen and didn't have the heart to say that they had been dragged down by a pile of official business.

After all, Wei Ming hadn't been.

It was mainly because he had been bold enough to think and learn, attempting to follow the pattern and adopt Du En's style of handling things, reviewing various reports and documents, which naturally made him appear faster.

Anyway, the old City Lord is building momentum and managing things for the Boss, so if I directly use an approach that is closer to what the Boss would do, it's perfectly fine to let others adapt to it in advance!

They should be thanking me!

Of course, because the business was truly voluminous and he had only just adapted, he hadn't yet had the chance to teach the others whose minds hadn't yet turned the corner.

"It seems there is nothing for me to worry about."

Du En looked at their expressions and reached his conclusion, so he changed the subject, getting straight to the point without any fuss: "I am about to set off and leave, so I came to tell you all."

"Also, these first-grade magical artifacts are of no use to me now; I will leave them to you. They are still quite suitable for the time being."

As he spoke, he directly took out the cooked-mud pot, the Iron Ox Shield, the variegated cloak, and some other first-grade magical artifacts that were still on his person and currently just taking up space.

Seeing these magical artifacts again, which were either very familiar or looked familiar, Wei Ming was the first to react: "Boss, you... haha, you don't need to worry about me either. Just don't scare us again the next time you have news."

Although the farewell was sudden, it was not abrupt, and the others nodded in unison, agreeing with Wei Ming's words.

Just like this time, the breakthrough to the late stage of Foundation Establishment that was promised was already something they couldn't imagine, and yet it ended up being a one-step achievement, directly reaching Golden Core.

If he scares us a few more times, our worldviews will be warped.

Although they were already gradually becoming perverted.

"I can't promise that."

Du En said this, and then saw Xu Ran's bashful appearance.

"What is it? Do you want something too?"

He didn't have any other first-grade stock on him, and even if Wei Ming and his old subordinates divided it up, it wouldn't be enough; it was mainly to give them as a memento, and he could clear out his inventory himself.

"Ahem, well, I'm going to be bold!"

Since Xu Ran was asked, looking at Du En's usual demeanor, he became bold, with a look of anticipation: "It's just, could you give me that storage bag you don't use anymore? I want to borrow your tiger's might to scare those Foundation Establishment cultivators in the outer city. Their attitudes have gradually changed recently; these past few days they've even dared to complain and grumble that I'm being too businesslike and won't approve extra treasures for them to take out of the warehouse."

This was mainly because Du En basically didn't manage affairs and appeared too infrequently, which caused some people who were used to being arrogant to start harboring some resentment.

And the storage bag that Xu Ran was asking for was indeed very suitable.

Given the unique nature of this type of magical artifact, he naturally could not use it himself, but as a simple ornament or pendant, it was enough to borrow the tiger's might and intimidate others.

"Fine, I have no use for it anyway."

Du En took out the Tier 2 storage bag that was no longer of any use to him to back Xu Ran up, so that things would be easier to handle later.

Monthly ticket bonus chapter threshold 226, exactly reached, time for a bonus chapter!

(End of this chapter)