129: 116 The goal of financial freedom_5 129: 116 The goal of financial freedom_5 After all, we are all in competition, if you perform poorly, naturally my performance will seem better by comparison, and my chances of being assessed for entry into a more favored peak will increase.
Yet at Four Treasures Peak, what the eldest apprentice sister thought about was her latest business endeavor, which delayed her cultivation.
Even though her current strength was at the bottom among those at Four Treasures Peak, she was, after all, a True Yang constitution.
Her senior apprentice sister couldn’t be unaware that surpassing her was just a matter of time, as long as she devoted herself to cultivation.
But still, her senior apprentice sister took it upon herself to remind her!
Even though she hadn’t been at Four Treasures Peak for long, she could feel that even though there weren’t many people, the master and all the disciples were like one big family.
Cao Zhen turned to look at Yi Sheng beside him and suddenly realized something.
Yi Sheng was of the True Yang constitution; it seemed somewhat wasteful to have someone with the True Yang constitution doing business every day.
If the masters of other peaks found out, he wondered if they would go insane.
And, as Ling Xi said, the most important thing for a disciple should be cultivation.
Besides, as long as it was someone under his guidance in cultivation, he could “win lying down.”
Even now, though he hadn’t taken Yi Sheng as an inducted disciple and therefore couldn’t share in Yi Sheng’s cultivation, as soon as he upgraded his administrator level, he could immediately share it.
So, in the end, this matter still fell onto his own shoulders.
“Ling Xi makes sense,” Cao Zhen said, “Yi Sheng, what you need to do now is to focus on cultivation.
As for business matters, you write down the specifics of what materials to buy and how to buy them, and let your master take care of it.
You write it first; your master will now go to discuss financing with the Sect Leader.”
After all, Ma Da’s strongest suit was essentially motivational speeches, sophistry, and the like—he really had no experience or skill in practical, detailed work.
Cao Zhen had just mentioned wanting to leave when he suddenly stopped, “Never mind, it’s too late.
I’ll go first thing tomorrow morning.”
If the Sect Leader had been a man, it would have been another matter, but she was a woman, and crucially, a very beautiful woman.
Him turning up late at night…
It’s better to go first thing tomorrow morning.
“All right, Master, please wait a moment,” said Yi Sheng, who felt there was no problem.
Master had a business eye, that was his talent, but after all, he wasn’t a real businessman.
Struggling with the specifics was only normal.
She began writing down the detailed business operations while saying, “Master, if you’re going to see the Sect Leader tomorrow, then leave notifying the various academies to come to Four Treasures Peak to your disciple.
It won’t take much time, and we shouldn’t delay any longer in case of unforeseen developments.
Half a day won’t make much difference to my cultivation.”
“Good, after this matter is settled, you must focus on your cultivation.
Lay a solid foundation, and in a few days, your master will give you thorough guidance,” said Cao Zhen, glancing at Yi Sheng’s long legs before heading to his room.
Such long legs would be wasted without cultivating some leg-based Divine Skill.
What suitable Divine Skill could there be?
Watching Cao Zhen walk away, Ling Xi couldn’t help but pull Yi Sheng aside to congratulate her, “Junior apprentice sister, congratulations, Master will be asking you to stay over in a few days.
Junior sister, let me tell you, once you spend a night there, you’ll realize just how amazing Master is.
He’s particularly good at…
The next day, Cao Zhen left early to seek an audience with the Sect Master, while Ling Xi and Yi Sheng separately notified the grand Taoist Institutions to convene at Four Treasures Peak.
Suddenly, the Immortal Cloud Carriages on their way to Four Treasures Peak were filled with heads of various Taoist Institutions.
“President Li, you’re not teaching disciples at the Taoist Institution today.
Where are you planning to go?”
“President Liu, it’s rare for you to leave your premises, what breeze has blown you out of your Taoist Institution today?”
“Tell me, gentlemen, let’s drop the act.
We’re all headed to Four Treasures Peak, aren’t we?” Among the presidents, Liu Yubei of Heart-Asking Taoist Academy suddenly spoke up, interrupting the thinly veiled probe by his fellow presidents, “We’ve all received notices to go to Four Treasures Peak to discuss Talisman Making.”
As soon as his words fell, the surrounding presidents all looked over; those who were probing stopped pretending.
“All of us are going to Four Treasures Peak?”
“You, you have all received an invitation from Four Treasures Peak too?”
“Four Treasures Peak, what are they trying to do, gathering so many of us!”
“What does everyone think about this?”
“What does President Liu think?”
Heart-Asking Taoist Academy was just one among the many ordinary Taoist Institutions, but at this moment, on the Immortal Cloud Carriage, everyone’s eyes were on President Liu.
As the president of Heart-Asking Taoist Academy, he had interacted with other presidents before but had never been the center of attention .
He cleared his throat and said, “Gentlemen, Four Treasures Peak wants us all for the same thing, I won’t waste everyone’s time repeating it.”
The carriage driver grumbled internally, what is this matter, I don’t even know.
He was responsible for the route to Four Treasures Peak, and usually, there were not many passengers heading to Four Treasures Peak.
With so many now, he was genuinely curious.
He drove while listening to the conversation of the presidents.
President Liu said to the others, “After the representative from Four Treasures Peak left yesterday, I contacted one president; coincidentally, that president had also been approached by Four Treasures Peak.
And, interestingly, the person who approached him was different from the one who approached me, and even more outrageous, the conditions they offered were different.
They offered us a fifteen percent share, but that president was only offered ten percent.”