Million Temptations

In Huo Shan's view, Song Xu was a believer who was... too diligent.

Studying hard, cultivating oneself, and making money are all good things.

But the effort to develop and manage believers, and the effort to enhance Huo Shan's strength... made Huo Shan feel uneasy.

Song Xu's rambling thoughts resurfaced in his mind once again.

That was one afternoon not long after he converted Song Xu into a follower of Evil God.

The other person said to him earnestly, "Master, this can't go on any longer! Times are changing, the Orthodox God are progressing, and the supervision and competition in Kunxu will only become more and more intense."

"If we don't want to be left behind by this world, internal reform is imperative!"

"The first thing to do is to speed up the recruitment of talent. We can no longer rely on chance as before. We should proactively collect talent information, go to campuses, actively compete for talent, conduct face-to-face assessments, and accelerate the efficiency of the entire recruitment process."

"I also suggest that you participate in all stages of believer recruitment as an observer, and attend the Preliminary Test of key believers..."

If you want to develop more believers, you need to spend more time finding suitable candidates, from collecting information to secretly investigating them, and then actively recruiting them.

This process takes far more time and effort than sitting in an office, sifting through resumes, and calling interviewees over with a single phone call to ask them all sorts of questions.

After all, followers of Evil God gods have extremely high requirements for secrecy and must not recruit people easily.

For example, the investigation and recruitment of each of Huo Shan's eight current followers consumed hundreds of hours of his work time.

From this point of view alone, Huo Shan felt that being a company boss was much better than being Evil God. He could easily provide a position and receive hundreds or thousands of resumes. Once hired, the employees would work diligently, and he wouldn't have to worry about things like leaks.

Recruiting more believers is already troublesome, but managing them effectively is even more troublesome in Huo Shan's view.

At this moment, Song Xu's rambling thoughts resurfaced in Huo Shan's mind.

Song Xu: "This is my analysis of our team's current situation after observing them for the past three months."

"The main problem with reduced efficiency lies in information gaps."

"For example, delivery drivers and believers don't submit work lists or bank statements, the wear and tear on their running shoes doesn't match the mileage recorded on their delivery platforms, and there's no financial staff to audit them; they decide how much they earn themselves."

"The believers on the construction site were completely unsupervised; we had no idea about their daily working hours, income, or expenses."

"I suggest that starting next week, every believer should submit a 300-word Structured Daily Report before 9 p. m. every night, focusing on today's achievements, tomorrow's plans, and bank statements."

"Secondly, we will hold a half-hour meeting every Sunday at 1:00 AM, prohibiting the use of PowerPoint presentations and focusing solely on deadlines and resource allocation."

"We also need to establish an escalation channel for issues; any problem not resolved within 12 hours should be sent directly to me..."

Even just listening to the other person speak each time gave Huo Shan a headache.

But Song Xu's actions did indeed earn Huo Shan more money, allowing him to move from the basement to his current dilapidated apartment, enabling him to shop online, and even giving him more money to recharge and draw cards in the game.

Thus, with Song Xu pushing and Huo Shan moving, things have gradually progressed to where they are now...

However, Huo Shan was still not keen on hunting down Evil God.

Why does it have to be all fighting and killing? Isn't it better to eat, drink, and play games every day?

At this moment, Huo Shan no longer wanted to participate in the work of hunting Evil God; instead, he wanted to turn around and continue playing the game he hadn't finished.

But on the other side, believer Li Quan exclaimed, "Master, there are ten million!"

Upon hearing the words "ten million," Huo Shan immediately perked up and jumped in front of the screen to look at the information transmitted by the Shadow Gu.

He skimmed through the information sent by the Shadow Gu and quickly grasped the general situation of the other party.

"So it was Evil God who escaped from Tiantai City."

"Tomorrow, will the followers this guy left in Tiantai City... bring over the more than ten million in cash he hid outside Tiantai City?"

"Let me see where the transaction will take place..."

Upon seeing the news of the more than ten million yuan in cash, Huo Shan's eyes practically lit up.

Although he didn't want the scroll, as the Evil God of Kunxu, it was impossible for him to say he didn't love money.

He just didn't want to earn money through his own efforts.

If he had the chance to rob more than ten million in one go, he would not only be interested, but would also work very hard to spur his followers on.

"Pass the intelligence to Song Xu."

"Have him take some men to the transaction location tomorrow. If there's an opportunity... we'll rob that ten million."

Inside the apartment.

After cultivating in the Spirit Realm for two hours, Zhang Yu returned to reality.

However, after removing the Spirit Realm Mask, his expression looked a little strange.

He recalled his spiritual practice in the Spirit Realm that day.

In the Illusion Realm, he became a security guard at a high-end club. Under the oppression of the boss, he fought back and fought against the thugs while trying to find evidence of the club's crimes. He fought and fought and fought in desperate situations!

The owner of that high-end club was Yu Xinghan. He exploited Zhang Yu, the security guard, and also exploited the attractive employees in the club day and night. It was a constant battle within the club!

After emerging from the Illusion Realm, Zhang Yu couldn't help but ask the other party in the Asking Dao Hall, "Did this have any cultivation effect?"

Yu Xinghan smiled and shook his head, "Zhang Yu, you who have been sterilized cannot understand my current state of mind."

Clearly, although Zhang Yu introduced Yu Xinghan to Xiong Haohan, he did not inform Yu Xinghan of his own physical condition.

After experiencing these two days of growth, Yu Xinghan felt that his spirit and will had greatly improved.

In his eyes at this moment, although Zhang Yu was powerful, in terms of mental strength he was nothing more than a sterilized child. Unlike him, who had already gone through the puppet and Illusion Realm, and could be described as having gone through many trials and tribulations.

"One can pass through a sea of flowers without a single petal clinging to them."

"Only when hobbies and interests become work can one sever desires and return to one's true self."

"This is what I have come to understand... the true meaning of how to overcome Lust."

"Hehe, remember what I'm saying; it will definitely be of great help to you in the future."

Inside the apartment at that moment.

Bai Zhenzhen stopped exercising and looked at Zhang Yu, who had woken up, asking, "How did it go Yu Zi? Did you succeed?"

Zhang Yu nodded. "Let's go outside and discuss it."

So Zhang Yu then led Bai Zhenzhen to the familiar bridge archway and the riverbank.

Bai Zhenzhen immediately asked impatiently, "What's the situation now?"

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Fu Ji said, "The intelligence has been sent. It switched between three Puppet Machine, which means we've tracked down my colleague's location."

Bai Zhenzhen said, "Then let's go and attack them right now, catching them completely off guard?"

Fu Ji said, "Although we tracked down their location, to avoid alerting them, I didn't take the opportunity to investigate them."

"Therefore, I have no idea how many followers my colleague has or how much power he has."

"But there's no need to rush. I've already sent over false intelligence, and we should be able to lure their main force away tomorrow."

"Then we'll proceed with the intelligence gathering according to plan..."

Zhang Yu asked nervously, "Won't they find out?"

Fu Ji chuckled and said, "Your older Elder Sister is right about one thing: information is very important in this world."

"Information asymmetry is sometimes even more important than a difference in strength."

"Just like this time when we used the Shadow Gu to counter-track the enemy, the enemy was in the open while we were in the dark. By taking advantage of this information gap, we were able to remain invincible."

The next evening.

A large container truck is heading towards the suburbs.

Besides Song Xu, there were five other Evil God followers at the Qi Refining Peak inside the truck. Each of them was full of vigor and exuded a fierce aura from the food delivery, construction, and express delivery industries.

A tall, thin believer, whose movements seemed unpredictable, said, "When we see someone, we'll just run them over with a truck and see if we can kill one of them first."

Another burly man with dark skin and a face full of scars said, "Although the location is in the suburbs and there aren't many surveillance cameras, don't forget to perform the Shielding Ritual first to avoid being discovered by the lackeys of the Orthodox God."

Another person said, "Although the other party is also a follower of Evil God and probably won't dare to call the police, we still need to act quickly to avoid them becoming desperate."

Meanwhile, Song Xu was sitting in the passenger seat of the truck, resting with his eyes closed, listening to the other believers chatting, without saying anything.

He was still recalling the information about the Evil God he had received yesterday.

"Ten million?"

When Song Xu first learned of this number, his heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of greed arose within him.

After all, in the Kunxu world, money is potential, future, and wings on the path to Immortal Dao, enabling people to advance bravely and break through social classes.

For the sake of this ten million, Song Xu had another thought, "Should we ask Mo Tianyi and the others for help?"

But in the end, he suppressed the urge.

The Poor People Alliance was not a follower of the Evil God; it was a force he had built himself, and they were truly his people. The money they earned belonged to his personal Small Treasury, and he didn't want to expose it to the Evil God easily.

And that ten million...

"Even if we manage to steal that ten million, Huo Shan will definitely take the lion's share."

"With so much money, this lazybones will definitely be even less willing to work hard."

Song Xu seemed to already envision the other party depositing the money to earn interest and then completely settling down to have fun.

Based on his understanding of Huo Shan, the other party was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.

"At that point, this guy will definitely be even less willing to help me hunt down the Evil God."

"Besides, we still don't know where the other side's Evil God is."

"Once we move those ten million, it will inevitably arouse their suspicion, and then the hunt for the Evil God will probably become difficult."

Although Song Xu was filled with greed upon hearing about the ten million, he quickly restrained himself after careful consideration.

After all, even if he steals ten million, it won't be his own. Stealing it would only hinder his plan to hunt down Evil God and enhance his potential.

Just like how he endured the pain and waited for an opportunity before finally selling his grandfather's grave.

Song Xu felt that this was not a good opportunity to seize the ten million, especially since he wanted to hunt down the Evil God and unleash his potential more than the ten million.

He lightly flicked his fingertips, stroking the palm-sized Civilian Grade Flying Sword in his hand, thinking to himself, "I'll use the flying sword to scout the situation first; if there's no opportunity, then so be it."

(End of this chapter)