After-Sales Support for the Salty Fish Trait Arrived
[Age 34, 16th year of service.]
[Trait being generated...]
[Congratulations on obtaining the Trait: Pay to Work (Level D) -- You need to pay a fee to obtain job opportunities or practical experience.]
Lu Ping was too lazy to even complain anymore.
He is now the Greenwood Sect Master.
In theory, the entire Greenwood Sect belongs to him.
The system then gave him a "Pay to Work" option.
If this is part of the equipment, does that mean he'll have to pay Xu Qingshi a work fee before he can enter his own Main Hall?
That's too abstract.
No replacement.
[You refused to change it.]
[This year, you remained in seclusion.]
[You've been working on it bit by bit with the "Azure Origin Dao Canon".]
[When you circulate your Qi twelve times daily, the Spiritual Power will feel a dull ache as it passes through the crack in your Dantian.]
[You begin to re-examine your spiritual practice.]
[You used the Azure Origin Dao Canon to deduce the Little Flame Art.]
[The Artisan Spirit takes effect.]
[You have upgraded the low-grade Cultivation Method, Little Flame Art, to mid-grade.]
[You named it the Great Flame Art, which enhances its fire control capabilities.]
[Thirty-five years old, seventeen years of service.]
[Trait being generated...]
[Congratulations on obtaining the Trait: Age-Thirty-Five Crisis (Level D) -- Automatically takes effect upon reaching age 35. Efficiency in learning new skills declines slightly, internal promotion becomes more difficult, and you are significantly prioritized for company layoffs.]
Lu Ping just wanted to kowtow to the system and beg it to stop messing with him.
The Age-Thirty-Five Crisis.
In my previous life, this thing would have been enough to wake someone up in the middle of the night.
Now that they've reached the world of cultivation, they're still able to catch up.
The problem is that Lu Ping is only in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
In the world of cultivation, at the age of thirty-five, strictly speaking, one cannot even be considered "young and promising".
But the system reminded him in an extremely workplace-like way:
You are not young anymore.
Lu Ping remained silent for a moment, then decided to reject this psychological attack.
[You refused to change it.]
[This year, you regained your strength at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.]
[You've even started trying to break through the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.]
The crack in my Dantian still exists.
[It forces you to be several times more cautious than others every time you mobilize your Spiritual Power.]
[For ordinary cultivators, breaking through a bottleneck involves accumulating momentum, overcoming obstacles, and achieving mastery.]
[Your attempt to break through a barrier involves building momentum, testing the waters, retreating, making repairs, and then testing again.]
[The advantages of the "Azure Origin Dao Canon" also became apparent in this process.]
[It doesn't just increase cultivation speed.]
[More importantly, stability.]
[As Spiritual Power flowed, a dense, life-giving force, like layers of cyan silk threads, slowly wrapped around the crack deep within the Dantian.]
[It cannot heal, but it can be suppressed.]
[Cultivating immortality knows no time.]
Ten years have passed.
[You consistently produce a variety of unreliable Trait every year.]
[The Second-Party Mindset, Unemployment Insurance, Pay to Work, Workaholic...]
[Each one is very professional.]
[None of them are needed.]
Even Workaholic who see the potential in such a powerful item dare not equip it.
[Age 40, 22 years of service.]
[Trait being generated...]
[Congratulations on obtaining the Trait: I Love Working (Level B) -- In the organization, no matter what I do, I can maintain a positive and healthy attitude, and my work efficiency will not be reduced.]
Should we replace it?
When Lu Ping saw the words "I Love Working," his first reaction was, "No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."
When Lu Ping saw Trait explanation, all he could think was, "Yes, yes, I love going to work..."
His first S-rank Trait, "Salty Fish," comes with a debuff that halves efficiency.
In this simulation, at age 28, "Overtime" also resulted in a halved efficiency debuff.
Isn't "I Love Working" just an after-sales service for those two Trait?
Dear System, I love you.
Lu Ping once again used the Flattery he had used on the Simulator in his mind.
[Replace "Workplace People-Pleaser (Level C)" with "I Love Working (Level B)".]
[You replaced "Workwear Thug (Level B)" with "Overtime (Level B)".]
[Current Equipment Trait: Heavy Tomato User (S-tier) / Salty Fish (S-tier) / I'm the Client (S-tier) / Artisan Spirit (Grade A) / Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement (Grade A) / Bully at Home (Grade A) / Friend of Women (Grade A) / I Love Working (B-tier) / Overtime (B-tier)]
[After equipping yourself with the "I Love Working" gear, you quickly noticed the changes.]
[The cultivation efficiency, which had been dragged down by a "Salty Fish" attitude, was suddenly pulled out of the mire.]
[Practicing the "Azure Origin Dao Canon" during the day makes the circulation of Qi more stable.]
[Refining pills at night, the profits started to become outrageous.]
[Previously, Pills four pills out of one batch was considered a good result.]
[Now, Overtime pay has tripled; Artisan Spirit fire control, cost Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement, and the "I Love Working" attitude have halved efficiency.]
[One furnace yields twelve pills.]
[If the people in the Alchemy Hall Greenwood Sect saw this scene, they would probably kneel down on the spot and beg to have you hung on the Pill Furnace for warding off evil spirits.]
[The new combination of Trait gives you more confidence in repairing foundation cracks.]
[Your injuries have finally stabilized completely.]
The crack deep within my Dantian has not disappeared.
[But it no longer expands.]
[Your cultivation has also begun to improve, returning to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, just one step away from the Foundation Establishment Perfection.]
The disciples of the Greenwood Sect only ever saw their Sect Master in seclusion.
The Deacon of each hall dared not make any rash moves.
[Because every three months, the Main Hall would release a set of account notes.]
[Which batch of Pills was overstated by 30% of the medicinal ingredients?]
[Which batch of Spirit Blank loss was incorrectly recorded?]
Which Deacon misrepresented the debt collection fee as a field service allowance?
[A Sect Master is in seclusion year-round can have a clear understanding of all the affairs of the Greenwood Sect, big and small, even from behind his cave abode.]
This isn't diligence, this is terror.
[And even more terrifying was the aura, like Primordial Giant Beast, that had once pressed down on everyone.]
[Winter of the tenth year.]
An Azure Flying Boat arrived Mountain Gate the Greenwood Sect.
[Half an hour later, you enter the Main Hall.]
[Si Wangshu sat in the guest seat, a Pill-Testing Array Disc beside her.]
She looks up at you.
[The Friend of Women is now in effect.]
"Foundation Establishment Late Stage."
[Si Wangshu's eyes showed a hint of surprise, but she didn't ask.]
[Twenty years, a person with Low-Grade Spirit Root, in a Border Region, progressed from the Qi Refining Ninth Layer to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.]
[They can't compare to those privileged geniuses, of course.]
[However, you have already surpassed the vast majority of cultivators.]
[Si Wangshu's evaluation of you has risen from a talented Alchemist to a cultivator with profound fortuitous fortuitous opportunities.]
You bowed to her and then sat down.
"Senior Sister has already Golden Core."
[Si Wangshu did not correct this form of address.]
"The Si Clan is undergoing a new round of assessments."
"I need a Pill Formula a pill that can improve the quality of Spirit Root."
[Twenty years ago, she came with a mission to assess her Lineage, and in the end, she took the Spirit-Urging Pill to complete the task.]
[Twenty years later, she came again.]
[It's still Lineage assessment.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Pretend not to understand, indicating that they have never heard of a method to enhance their Spirit Roots.]
[B: Hand over your perfected Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill in exchange for Si Wangshu's favor.]
[C: It is suggested that the Si Clan abolish the assessment system and replace it with Happy Cultivation Quality Education.]