Cultivation Kill

As soon as she stepped out of the teleportation array, Shen Zige saw Meng Bao dozing off in a chair not far away.

"What are you doing sitting here?" Shen Zige asked as she walked over.

"Ah—boss, you're here!"

Meng Bao suddenly woke up, startled, and stammered, "Senior Qin... Senior Qin Jie told me to wait for you here. My sister has also been sent to another city. Anyway, she has people guarding the teleportation arrays in all the cities you are familiar with."

Shen Zige realized there was something Qin Jie couldn't solve; she had successfully condensed her spirit a year ago, making her a cultivator.

Could it be the man in the floral shirt who came knocking? But the man in the floral shirt probably wouldn't dare to openly attack Star Realm Company employees within the city, unless Qin Jie is caught outside the city.

The Star Realm Corporation is the one that restricts their freedom, but from another perspective, it also provides some protection. It's a contradiction, and I don't know how to evaluate its good or bad.

Shen Zige doesn't know what others think, but she definitely doesn't like being bound by Star Realm Company.

"Where is Qin Jie?" Shen Zige asked.

"Beyond the secret realm of immortal cultivation and killing in the city of 1218," Meng Bao replied.

"Oh."

Since Shen Zige was already there, she went to the Immortal Cultivation Experience Center to get her spirit stone savings card from Zhao Shi. She hadn't been there for a year, and there were about 1,500 spirit stones in the card. On average, she hadn't even earned five spirit stones a day.

"After deducting the salaries of nearly twenty employees, the affiliation fee to Star Realm Company, and daily accommodation, catering subsidies, medical subsidies, etc., this is all that is left."

Zhao Shi is already a qualified store manager, and he has memorized all kinds of data used in the operation. "Three months after opening, the occupancy rate decreased. Although we improved the service, customers reduced the number of times they experienced the cultivation and killing due to financial constraints."

Zhao Shi was filled with anxiety, wondering if he would be criticized. He tried his best to run his business, but he still couldn't compete with Wuding Business Alliance across the street. Wuding Business Alliance was based on exploiting its employees' wages. After three months, they adjusted their prices, making them 30% cheaper overall. The only reason their store could stay open was because of their good service.

Shen Zige inquired about the situation of the Wuding Business Alliance across the street and had already made a decision: "The customers who come to the experience center to play Immortal Cultivation Kill are all unemployed. They rely on the ten spirit stones from the Immortal Cultivation Kill Secret Realm to live each time, so they will definitely have to save money in the future. Therefore, we will also adjust the prices of our store to half of what they used to be."

“Then your income will be halved, boss,” Zhao Shi said. “How about we work on improving our service?”

"Half it is fine." Shen Zige already had a way to make money next. This shop was just for fun. He took out fifty spirit stones from his storage ring and threw them to Zhao Shi.

"Keep half for yourself, and give the rest to the employees as year-end bonuses. There's no need to improve the service anymore. Focus on serving our own employees well before serving the customers. Remember, the employees must come first. If an unreasonable customer bullies an employee, deal with him directly and throw him out!"

"Because our store became a subsidiary of Jingyuan Group, a subsidiary of Xingjie Company, my application to become an employee of Xingjie Company was approved," Zhao Shi said. "It is rare for someone below the Qi Condensation stage to become an employee of Xingjie Company. Thank you, boss, for giving me this opportunity. This way, I don't have to go to the secret realm. However, I am the only one in the store who was approved; everyone else's applications failed."

Shen Zige knew that employees of Star Realm Company could earn points through their work and redeem rewards for not having to go to the Immortal Cultivation Killing Secret Realm.

After giving a few instructions, Shen Zige left the city and headed to 1218 City.

Beyond the secret realm of the 1218 City Immortal Cultivation Killing Sect.

Qin Jie was standing behind Mo Mo, waiting anxiously, glancing left and right every now and then.

"Manager Mo, could we get an advance payment..." Qin Jie asked.

"No, there are company rules, and there's nothing I can do about it," Mo Mo replied expressionlessly.

Shen Zige walked closer from a distance and came to Qin Jie's side.

He noticed that Qin Jie's cultivation had reached the third level of the Spirit Condensation Realm, advancing two levels in a year. She was truly diligent in her cultivation!

He also noticed that the man surnamed Mo and the two assistants beside him were all at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"I've met Manager Mo," Shen Zige said.

"You are..." Mo Mo, the head of the Star Realm Company in this city, recalled and exclaimed in surprise, "You were a participant in the Immortal Cultivation Killing Secret Realm a year ago. At that time, you were still a mortal. In just one year, you have already reached the peak of Spirit Condensation!"

"Manager Mo has a great memory. There were hundreds of people at the time, and he could remember their faces and recall them even a year later!" Shen Zige praised.

"How did you do that?" asked Mo Mo, the person in charge. "As far as I know, no one in the Wenxing Kingdom cultivates faster than you!"

"It was just a coincidence." Shen Zige was unwilling to elaborate.

If he didn't want to talk, Momo couldn't force him to.

Although this is outside the city, and Mo Mo can take action against Shen Zige, his actions will be recorded by the Star Realm Company, and his resume will be filled with an introduction of "eliminating geniuses," which is equivalent to ruining his future.

Besides, given Shen Zige's current strength, if he only wanted to escape, Mo Mo might not be able to kill him.

"Qin Jie, shouldn't you be going to one of the top 100 cities to participate in the Immortal Cultivation Killing Secret Realm?" Shen Zige asked.

"Zige," Qin Jie said with a troubled expression, "you still have one chance to revive, can you save my sister? My sister lost the game."

"Where's Shi Yuan?" Shen Zige thought that Shi Yuan should have bought a lot of resurrection chances. Resurrection chances from the Star Realm Company can be purchased. A Spirit Condensation skill costs about two thousand spirit stones, and ordinary people do not receive resurrection chances as a reward.

However, this item is often in short supply and only backward compatible; that is, the number of times a Spirit Condensation Resurrection can be used to revive Spirit Condensation cultivators and ordinary people, but not Foundation Establishment cultivators.

“Brother Shi Yuan hasn’t been found yet, and he has a limited number of resurrections. He can deduct his resurrection points without participating in the secret realm, so he might still be in another country and hasn’t returned yet,” Qin Jie explained. “Besides, I don’t want to ask him for help; I’m not very familiar with him.”

Shen Zige thought to herself, "Shi Yuan is practically your brother-in-law now, and you're still not familiar with him."

"It's not that I don't want to help, but I only have one resurrection chance, which is also very important to me," Shen Zige said.

The rational choice is to reject Qin Jie, as Qin Jing has not done him much favor.

Most importantly, Shen Zige is also participating in the competition today. If it weren't for today, he would have readily given the prize.

"I understand, thank you." Qin Jie's tone was dejected, her eyes filled with tears. If she wanted to save her sister, she could only do so three hours after the secret realm ended; otherwise, the Star Realm Company would clear the death data.

She was alone and helpless in this unfamiliar world, with no more than five acquaintances.

"Goodbye, I have to go to work," Qin Jie said to Shen Zige.

She had already accepted her sister's death, and from now on, she had no more relatives in this world!

"Wait a minute, come over and collect your resurrection attempts," Shen Zige said.

His rationality was shattered once again. Reason and logic make people strong, while emotion makes people foolish. At the moment when Qin Jie turned away in tears, Shen Zige was defeated by foolishness once again!

"I don't want to anymore. Choosing between you and my sister is so hard!" Qin Jie cried. "What will I do if you lose in the Immortal Cultivation Killing Secret Realm?"

She was conflicted at the moment, unsure whether she wanted Shen Zige to give it to her or not.

"Take it. I'm not someone who loses easily. After all, I'm the owner of the Cultivation Killing Experience Store." Shen Zige summoned her smartwatch and transferred the only resurrection chance on it to Qin Jie. "Click confirm, take it to save your sister."

"You must win!" Qin Jie clicked to confirm on her smartwatch. "If you lose, I will leave this world with you. I know my life is worthless, not even a fraction of yours, but this is the only way I can repay you."

Qin Jie took her resurrection chances to the person in charge, Mo Mo, to apply for the resurrection of her sister, Qin Jing.

Fortunately, it was in the Immortal Cultivation Killing Secret Realm, so only the spirit entered while the physical body remained outside. If it had died elsewhere, even ten thousand resurrection attempts would not have been enough to bring it back to life!