60: Chapter 60 Can employees also settle accounts?

The previous shop was a family business; Meng Ning was just helping out during his break. It was also a way for the family to let him get some early exposure.

If he could promote to a Second-order Deity within ten years, he could then naturally take over as the shop's manager.

However, with his current monthly family stipend of 3,000 Divine Power points and his job salary of 4,000 points, the hope of promoting within ten years was slim.

Although Lin Xiao's offer seemed better than his current job, if one factored in room and board plus the company's daily perks...

...the gap between the two didn't seem that large.

Lin Xiao was quite interested in this Formation Master. Hearing that the other party wasn't satisfied with the compensation, he was actually quite delighted.

From the sound of it, the other party's strength was already touching the threshold of the second order. This was a good thing; he couldn't afford Second-order foreign races for the time being.

Being able to recruit a top-tier First-order Star Academy graduate was also good.

"It's normal for strong individuals to require better compensation. Since you have objections to my offer, why don't you tell me what you're looking for?"

Meng Ning glanced at Lin Xiao with some surprise, not expecting him to say that. He thought for a moment.

"I actually have a decent job right now in a First-tier Star Domain. Setting aside the company's prospects, the environment and opportunities alone are incomparable to a remote county."

"If I'm to go down with you, the monthly salary must be at least 8,000 Divine Power points. The spiritual meals must be A-grade, and the spiritual energy of the living environment can't be too thin."

"At the very least, it can't be too far from a spirit vein, otherwise the maintenance of my Divine Kingdom will increase significantly. If these conditions are met, it's not impossible for me to go down and endure some hardship with you."

He thought the demand would be much higher, but he didn't expect the other party to ask for so little. Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The overall environment of the Divine Realm didn't seem great; even graduates from top academies like Star and Taichu Academy only dared to negotiate for a few thousand extra Divine Power points.

"No problem, I agree to your terms. If possible, let's sign the contract now."

With Lin Xiao's "generous" spending, he quickly recruited 20 First-order Deities from various auxiliary systems.

Inside Lin Xiao's room in Qingxu Heaven, Wang Tao and Su Xue looked at the group of First-order Deities nearby in a daze.

Their minds were buzzing, and Lin Xiao's previous words echoed in their heads: "They will be my employees for the next ten years; you should get along well."

S-Rank Talent, Star Academy graduates. Any one of them placed in Anping County would be a super talent fought over by major factions!

Of course, if those major factions were willing to spend that many Divine Power points.

After all, in Anping County, recruiting a First-order Deity cost less than 300 Divine Power points a month. This was already considered a "high price," and one didn't even have to provide room and board.

The monthly salary of any graduate here was enough to recruit 20 First-order Deities in Anping County!

The 20 newly recruited employees were now looking around and whispering among themselves.

"Qingxu Heaven, huh? I heard the rent here is a thousand Divine Power points a day. Aside from being larger and having a better environment, it doesn't seem like anything special."

"It's only Divine Being-level housing, after all. If this were upgraded to Deity-level, you'd see where its strength lies. I've heard there are complete Divine Artifacts inside."

"If you find a room corresponding to your laws, the speed at which your Believers comprehend those laws would be unimaginable!"

"That's easy to say, but think about the rent for a Deity-level room. 20,000 Divine Power points a day! Wouldn't it be better to use that to buy more Law fragments?"

"The cheapest Law fragment is only a thousand Divine Power points, and the most expensive is no more than three thousand. 20,000 is enough to buy quite a few."

Meng Ning was also whispering to Pavilion Master Yan Yao.

"Are you sure our employer isn't some direct descendant of a major family's second generation? The monthly salary for just the 20 of us is 120,000 Divine Power points."

"And he's only a Divine Being. If our family head's kid dared to squander like this, his father would break his legs! And you're telling me he has no background?"

Pavilion Master Yan Yao was also feeling a bit dazed; he hadn't expected Lin Xiao to recruit so many people at once.

If many of his classmates hadn't been away from Qingxu Market, he felt his new employer could have recruited even more.

He glanced at the foreign races crouching nearby. Setting aside the demigods, those two First-order Deities would start at at least three million Divine Power points in an auction.

His employer bought two at once—wouldn't that be nearly ten million points? If I had that much Divine Power, wouldn't I have reached the second order long ago?

Lin Xiao was currently scrolling through live-stream videos. His spending today was quite high, and the remaining million or so Divine Power points couldn't buy much of anything good.

So he didn't attend any more of the auctions or trade fairs Lu Yan arranged. Since he couldn't afford anything, it was better not to look and get envious.

Additionally, it was worth mentioning that Lu Yan had now transformed from a guide into his employee, with the same compensation as Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others.

Feeling the surging Divine Power fluctuations from the twenty people nearby, the fox girl Qing You shrank back, trying to make herself less conspicuous.

Whenever those Deities' gazes swept over, she couldn't help but shiver. The demigod Ling Yan also tried his best to curl up.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that staying in a cage wasn't entirely a bad thing. Yun Tong and Yan Cang's expressions were somewhat complex.

They glanced at Lin Xiao for a moment, then shifted their gaze to the 20 Deities, before lowering their heads, lost in thought.

[Yesterday's settlement completed]

[Divine Kingdom Believers: First-order (9,000 people), Unranked (400,000,575 people). Reward: 4 Divine Power points]

[Divine Kingdom Resources: Mortal-grade Peak-tier Pills ***, 35 Low-grade Spirit Stones, marrow cleansing pill ***]

[Subordinate Deities: Wang Tao (4.1 Divine Power points, 10,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones), Su Xue (4.1 Divine Power points, 10,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones), Ling Yan (12.4 Divine Power points), Qing You (18.7 Divine Power points), Yun Tong (213.6 Divine Power points), Yan Cang (69.5 Divine Power points)

Pavilion Master Yan Yao (3,244 Divine Power points, 5,000 Low-grade Magical Artifacts, 200 Mid-grade Magical Artifacts, Spirit Fruits, Spirit Beast Meat, pills), Meng Ning (4,765 Divine Power points, 10,000 Qi Refining Realm Formation Flags, 2,000 Foundation Establishment Realm Formation Flags, Spirit Fruits, Spirit Beast Meat, pills)

Jiang Ling (2,954 Divine Power points, 30,000 Mortal-grade Peak-tier Puppets, 3,000 Low-grade Magical Artifact Puppets, 200 Mid-grade Magical Artifact Puppets, Spirit Fruits, Spirit Beast Meat, pills)...]

The next day, looking at the long list of settlement rewards in the subordinate Deities column, Lin Xiao looked dazed. Did these count even without signing a Slave God Contract?

Looking at Pavilion Master Yan Yao's long list of settlement rewards, excluding other things, he provided 3,244 Divine Power points in just one day.

That's over 90,000 Divine Power points a month. In other words, he didn't just not spend Divine Power points to recruit these people; he actually made a profit?

Looking at various low and mid-grade Magical Artifacts, along with a large amount of various pills suitable for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, and even a few for the Golden Core Stage...

Lin Xiao suddenly felt—did he recruit too few people yesterday? What if he signed hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of Deities?

Hiss!~

If it were like those production buildings, and he got tens of millions or hundreds of millions of Deities to work for him, wouldn't it be...?