Coach, I Want to Learn How to Work!

This absolutely couldn't be considered nothing! He'd lost 16.8 billion!

He could work his whole life and still might not earn even a fraction of that.

Su Yuan's gaze toward Chen Nuoyi suddenly filled with sympathy. With a dad who could drag his own daughter down like that, this Righteous Path Prodigy was bound to have a bumpy road ahead.

Chen Nuoyi felt a little uncomfortable under Su Yuan's gaze and hurriedly said:

"Don't look at me like that. Didn't I just say? My dad lost 16.8 billion, he didn't go into debt."

"He just lost so much that he was kicked off the Board of Directors and lost all his assets. He doesn't owe anyone money."

The sympathy in Su Yuan's eyes vanished in an instant.

Oh, is that so? Then never mind.

Rich Dog!

Su Yuan asked curiously:

"Your dad must have been pretty powerful to become a director at a big company. Was he a Golden Core True Person or a Nascent Soul True Lord?"

"Someone like him could easily find a management position at a smaller company, even if he got kicked out of a big one."

"No... My dad doesn't have a job now."

Chen Nuoyi's gaze grew evasive, and she said with some embarrassment:

"He's been hiding in his room drinking beer lately. He hasn't gone out in a long time... But I think he'll pull himself together soon."

Su Yuan: "..."

If this were an urban script, Chen Nuoyi would have ended up with a useless dad.

But in this era of Universal Cultivation, that former company executive of hers... ought to have been handed the Dragon King urban script, right? A drunkard who spent every day drowning himself in booze, only for his cultivation to suddenly reveal itself after his daughter was bullied by a Demonic Cultivator lurking in the city—turns out he was a Nascent Soul True Lord!

So who was supposed to play the Demonic Cultivator?

Could it be me?

Hahaha, impossible. I'm a good person, not some Demon Lord... probably.

But that aside, even if Chen Nuoyi did have an impressive background, her life really was miserable until her Dragon King dad pulled himself together.

Su Yuan pointed to the food tub in front of Chen Nuoyi and said:

"Class Monitor, your life really doesn't seem all that good. I work just like you do, but I've never been reduced to eating Group Meal or leftovers from the cafeteria just before closing."

"Can you be honest with me? How much do you earn from working each week?"

Chen Nuoyi estimated for a moment, then asked cautiously:

"About a thousand yuan a week, I guess. Is that a lot?"

"It isn't."

Su Yuan replied decisively:

"With your Eighth Layer of Qi Cultivation, even a thousand yuan a day wouldn't be much! I understand now why your life is so rough. You clearly haven't grasped the essence of working!"

When it came to the art of working, Su Yuan was now in his element. The aura of an elite wage slave rose naturally from him, making Chen Nuoyi, a low-level worker in the field, regard him with reverence.

"Tell me, what kind of work have you been doing lately?"

"I've been working part-time as a telephone customer service agent for a toy company."

Chen Nuoyi answered softly. Her voice rang as sweetly as a clear spring, and it was lovely to hear.

Just from her voice, Su Yuan could already picture the girl at her workstation saying, "Hello, valued customer. Customer Service Xiao Nuo is here to help."

But...

"What a waste of your talents! An absolute waste!"

Su Yuan shook his head again and again:

"Customer service doesn't care about your cultivation at all. You're an Eighth Layer High-Level Wage Slave doing this kind of work—it's a complete waste of your abilities!"

"I-I see."

Chen Nuoyi looked impressed and hurriedly asked for his advice:

"Coach, please teach me the right way to work."

"Easy."

Su Yuan glanced over at the more than a hundred plates he'd left behind after gathering the leftover food. He stood up and pointed at the towering stack:

"Take dishwashing, for example. The higher your cultivation, the faster your hands. Practice your dishwashing skills diligently, and your hourly wage will naturally go up!"

As he spoke, Su Yuan scooped up the stack of plates and rushed to the sink. The focus granted by his Pure Devil Heart, combined with the extreme excitement caused by the blue Small Medicinal Pill, sent his dishwashing speed soaring.

Watching Su Yuan clean more than a hundred plates at the speed of a card shuffler, Chen Nuoyi's beautiful eyes went wide!

"Kid, you're a genius in the dishwashing world! Want to join our cafeteria? I can offer you 150 an hour!"

A Dishwashing Auntie from the cafeteria rushed over like the wind and asked him with utter sincerity, but Su Yuan politely declined.

"150 an hour! That's amazing!"

Chen Nuoyi felt as if she'd just opened the door to a whole new world.

Su Yuan wiped his wet hands and asked Chen Nuoyi:

"Well? Have you had any insights?"

Chen Nuoyi said cautiously:

"Coach, I feel like washing dishes takes too much skill. Is there a simpler job that would make better use of my strengths?"

"Sure, brother, sure."

Su Yuan launched into his explanation:

"Take my two main lines of work, for example: security guard and delivery rider. Either job by itself is nothing special, but if you combine the two, they complement each other and instantly become one of the strongest careers around."

"In just the first three days of the holiday, I made more than four thousand from those two jobs. That's about as much as you make in a whole month."

"Even during the school term, as long as you're willing to work hard, you'll have more than enough to eat... Ahem. I can't promise you'll make a thousand a day, but I can guarantee seven or eight hundred."

"More than four thousand in three days!!!"

At that number, Chen Nuoyi could practically see little stars popping out of her eyes.

When things went wrong at home and she started figuring out how to support herself through part-time work, it had never occurred to her that she could make so much from working!

If she had that kind of money, her life would improve dramatically!

"C-Coach, I want to learn how to work from you!"

Chen Nuoyi's cheeks flushed with excitement as she made her earnest request.

[At last! After all your painstaking scheming, the Righteous Path Saintess has finally fallen into your trap. She should have been devoting all her energy to cultivation, but you've tricked her into doing things that are completely useless for becoming stronger! Under your lies and manipulations, her growth will slow dramatically!]

[But this isn't the end of your ambition. It's only the beginning! You're going to take the Righteous Path Saintess out to kill and pillage, deceive your superiors and hide things from your subordinates, and do the sorts of things only a Demon Lord would do!]

[Saint Fall Degree +5%]

[Task Progress: Saint Fall Degree 15% (Upper Limit 20%)]

Seeing the information that had appeared on the System Panel, Su Yuan showed no surprise at all.

He'd already seen through what kind of thing the Dog System was!

But only a 5% increase in Saint Fall Degree?

That made sense. He'd only used words to lead Chen Nuoyi astray. He hadn't actually gotten her to do those evil things—ah, no, hadn't gotten her to work to support herself.

So, should he take on this student?

After thinking for a moment, Su Yuan looked at the girl before him, her pretty face flushed and her beautiful eyes full of anticipation. With a sinister look in his eyes (for real), he asked:

"I can help you earn money through work, but, Class Monitor, how do you plan to repay me?"