Just as Bianyi's post in the Cultivation World caused a huge stir, in the bedroom, Xiu Ju, sweating profusely and utterly content, lay limp in Shen Qiang's arms, too tired to even open her eyes, yet she pouted her tender pink lips and childishly rubbed her head against Shen Qiang's cheek.

Inhaling the faint scent of her hair, while gently embracing her supple waist, Shen Qiang picked up the cell phone from the bedside table and logged onto the Immortal Realm Forum.

The forum was in total chaos, especially regarding the question of how much a cultivator's salary should be, which was almost being argued to no end.

"As a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, my monthly income in a first-rate sect is only six thousand, not making a hundred thousand in a year. If I want to buy a decent flying sword, I'd have to save for over a decade without eating or drinking, but other Nascent Soul Stage cultivators in Shen's Holding are earning a million a year, which is enough to buy a flying sword with just one year's salary."

"Ha, Nascent Soul kid, what are you complaining for? I've been cultivating for decades, reached the Yang God Realm, and I don't even make thirty thousand a month in my sect. Do you really think earning a million a year is that easy?"

After that, Shen Qiang saw Bianyi's ID goading them in the following post.

"Shen's Holding, rich and foolish, hurry up!"

Seeing this guy's shameless promotion, Shen Qiang couldn't help but want to laugh.

In fact, Shen's Holding didn't just offer cultivators far greater salaries than other sects, even the ordinary employees were paid more than those in similar positions.

This was quite normal.

Because making money wasn't an issue for both Shen Qiang and Bianyi.

Moreover, both Shen Qiang and Bianyi understood a principle very well, if you want others to work hard for you, you have to offer them better treatment.

Not only that.

The main reason for Shen's high salaries was due to a resources issue.

Although many users on the Immortal Realm Forum anonymously complained about their sects offering too little pay, going on and on about it.

However, according to the information Bianyi provided, thus far, only one Nascent Soul Stage cultivator who was sixty-three years old had applied for a position.

At such an advanced age and just at Nascent Soul Stage, his potential for future development was quite limited, and he was also suffering from a serious illness.

If they hired him for a million annual salary, all the disabled and feeble from the Cultivation World would swarm to them.

Therefore, they had to reject him.

Besides him, none of the younger cultivators in the Cultivation World, even those in their forties at Nascent Soul Stage, came to apply.

This inevitably left Shen Qiang feeling somewhat disappointed.

But there was nothing he could do about it.

Even though technology was rapidly advancing in the era, in the Cultivation World, the ideas of lineage and school were still very traditional and conservative, practically no different from ancient times.

Take Wu Zhaoyang, Lan Yong, the beautiful Heroic Thief Jiang Hanyang, Kong Richeng, Cheng Hai, Hao Deben for example.

After they joined Shen's Holding, people of the Cultivation World automatically stamped them with the Shen label.

If one day they left Shen's, no other sect would take them in, and even if they were reluctantly accepted, they could only serve as humble peripheral staff and would never be a part of the core group.

Because people in the Cultivation World always believed in the principle that a loyal retainer doesn't serve two masters.

Your cultivation could be low, your capabilities poor, but working for one this day and another the next, jumping around like a worker, is unacceptable.

Because the work of a cultivator differs greatly from that of ordinary people.

It involves many secrets, capabilities, cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and so on.

Take Lan Yong as an example, at Shen's, he received a Cultivation Technique, and once he mastered it and his Cultivation rose, what happens if he switches sides and joins someone else? Even if Shen Qiang has a good personal relationship with him, he must cripple him, and by the same token, what should his new employer do?

Regardless, they've got themselves a broken man.

Want to deal with it?

Then declare war on Shen's.

For just one person, many, many lives could be lost.

That's why in the Cultivation World, job-hopping is deeply despised, and those who do it are cursed as traitors just as in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

They would face ostracism at every turn.

At their new place, they wouldn't be able to enter the core or receive any resources because of fears they might jump ship again.

And with their old employer having lost faith in them, they can't go back.

Therefore, in the Cultivation World, whether you're a disciple from a declining small family or a Loose Cultivator, your decision about who to ally with, which family to join, or which Sect to become a part of, has to be carefully, very carefully, considered.

Because once you've joined,

there's no turning back.

If you betray them, it's basically equivalent to betraying your master and ancestors, so even though the disciples from renowned Sects constantly grumble, almost none actually make the leap to join Shen Qiang because what they've earned is too little.

Therefore, Shen Qiang sees no problem in giving Wu Zhaoyang, Lan Yong, Cheng Hai, and the others a bit more money.

After all, the current difficulty Shen's Holdings faces in developing within the Cultivation World is due to its rapid rise in a very short amount of time. Cultivating its own disciples certainly won't quench the immediate thirst, and while buying talent with money, those with real ability are unwilling to join and bear the stigma of betrayal.

The ones without talent are useless even if they come.

So, unless something unexpected happens, like Shen's eliminating Long Yan Sword Sect or a superpower at the Dao Fruit Stage or above emerging in Shen's,

it would be very difficult for Shen's Holding to suddenly attract a large number of excellent Cultivators to join.

In the meantime,

as Shen Qiang was observing the situation on the Immortal Realm Forum for the development of Shen's,

the Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect, along with over a dozen Mixed Element Realm experts, was respectfully waiting outside Long Yan Cave, which was over a hundred kilometers away from Provincial City's Long Yan Mountain Villa.

"The Great Elder failed to reach the Dao Fruit Stage this time and is in a bad mood, wanting some quiet, and will return to the Mountain Villa later this evening, so you all go back first," someone said.

Upon hearing this, the Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect, together with his followers, bowed deeply and respectfully, thanked the Elder, and

retreated backwards,

making their way down the mountain path.

The Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect, back in his car, had a somber expression.

At this moment, the middle-aged female secretary said, "Sect Leader, Shen Qiang is now openly recruiting on the forum, and the time has already exceeded the final deadline we set for them. What do you think we should do regarding our situation with Shen's?"

The Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect, seemingly resting with his eyes half-closed, suddenly opened them wide, his eyes excited as he said in a sharp voice, "The Great Elder has finished his retreat. In addition to him, our Long Yan Sword Sect has 16 Mixed Element Realm experts. Even in a direct confrontation, Shen's Holding would certainly not be our opponent."

"But to be safe and minimize our losses, as soon as we get back, immediately implement the plan we've set in the past few days. Shen Qiang wants to play a game of matching horses with us? Then let's lure the snake out of its hole!"

"Thinking of mustering forces before contending with me?" the Sect Leader of Long Yan Sword Sect scoffed. "If Shen Qiang thinks so, then he underestimates me. I'm not so foolish as to give such a genius the opportunity to become stronger. With everything now ready, I intend to eliminate him while he's still weak!"

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