Loans and Work, Both Taken Care Of! The Two Sages of the West Rejoiced at Receiving the "Work-in-Lieu-of-Interest" 007 Blessing!

The date of Zixiao Palace's second sermon was drawing near.

Xuanzheng's "Xuanji Business Firm" was no longer the crude grass shack it had once been.

A temporary "flagship store" rose from the ground, its framework cast from Netherworld Divine Iron and its walls inlaid with Blood Fiend Crystals. Baleful aura and treasure light intertwined, drawing sideways glances from every great cultivator who passed by.

The sign gleamed with golden light—"Xuanji Business Firm · Designated Service Point for Zixiao Palace's Second Sermon."

Several Witch Clan members who had performed exceptionally in the Blood Sea's "Purification Test Zone" now wore matching black uniforms, bone badges reading "Xuanji Customer Service" pinned to their chests. They stood expressionlessly behind the counter, their gazes sharp and their blood and qi vigorous. They looked less like customer service staff than thugs sent to collect debts.

Not bad. Corporate culture had to start at the grassroots level. Once we made enough from this round, I'd give them a thirteenth-month salary, paid in Blood Fiend Crystals!

Xuanzheng had just hung up a jade plaque covered in "package services" when a cloud drifted over from afar. It carried the Three Pure Ones' attendant.

The moment White Crane Boy landed, he respectfully presented a jade slip.

"Senior Xuanzheng, my masters instructed me to say that they were quite satisfied with the seats last time. For this sermon, as well as all future sermons, my masters have reserved those three seats in full. This is the advance payment."

Xuanzheng accepted the jade slip and swept it with his divine sense. The honest smile on his face grew even more radiant.

"Of course, of course! The Three Pure Ones are truly farsighted; I greatly admire them! This is the voucher for the 'Zixiao Palace Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Listening Supreme VIP Package.' It includes