Chapter Thirty-six Two Possibilities

  Sitting behind the general manager's desk, Wu Xianghua's aura rose significantly. She took out a stack of files from the file folder, flipped through them for a while, and then said, "Hmm, the company's water delivery worker is indeed fully recruited, but the company also has other positions that need new people to join. Ye Feng, can you tell me about your resume? Let me see if there are any suitable positions for you."

  Yefeng politely said: "Manager Wu, actually I was just applying for the water delivery job. I really appreciate your good intentions towards me, but apart from being a water delivery worker, I may not be able to do other jobs. To be honest, I'm just a high school graduate who has been working as a laborer. As for work experience, I only have experience working on construction sites. As for other aspects, I really haven't had any contact with them."

  Wu Xianghua smiled and said, "What's wrong with being a worker? I was also working all over the place for others in my first two years after graduation. Ye Feng, don't be too humble. Although I don't know you very well, from our brief contact last night, I think you're a very honest person. I'm usually quite accurate at judging people. My helping you isn't about giving you special treatment, although this company is mine and I have the final say, but I also won't casually recruit just anyone."

  "Manager Wu, I still think the water delivery job is the most suitable for me. As for other positions, it's not that I don't have confidence or am underestimating myself, but rather I feel my current experience and abilities are insufficient to take on those roles. Actually, I've also considered furthering my studies in the future, getting a degree through self-study exams, and then considering finding a more suitable position."

  Ye Feng said that the main reason is that he doesn't want to do other jobs, he thinks being a water delivery worker is good enough, simple and direct, not complicated, and it also allows him to have plenty of time for cultivation and collection.

  Wu Xianghua saw Ye Feng persisting, so she didn't say much to persuade him. She actually had a pretty good impression of Ye Feng, thinking that he was different from other men. After helping her out last night, he didn't make any extra requests or ask for her phone number. If it were another man, they would either try to find ways to get her phone number or use various excuses to hope for further contact and understanding. But Ye Feng, from start to finish, hardly spoke to her at all.

  Wu Xianghua was very certain about her sixth sense, she felt that Ye Feng should be a reliable and honest man, and last night when she leaned on Ye Feng's body, she also felt that the feeling was very strange, making her feel very comfortable, at ease, and secure, as if this man had a special flavor and temperament, very attractive, giving people a sense of trust and security.

  So she kissed Ye Feng's face last night, and it wasn't entirely for show to deliberately provoke that black fatty Zhao Chunnan. Instead, at the time, there was a sudden surge of impulse in her heart, and afterwards, she found it strange too - her first kiss had been given so inexplicably to a man she had just met by chance.

  "Yefeng, since you said that, I won't say much more. The work of a water delivery worker is indeed very hard. Generally, the turnover rate of water delivery workers in ordinary water companies is very high, because some people often can't bear it after working for a few days and quit. However, this situation rarely occurs in our company, Huayuan Water Industry, because I am very strict with the selection of water delivery workers. I don't want those who are too old or too young, nor do I want those who are physically weak and lack strength. Moreover, the salary level I offer is also one of the highest in the city, and the piecework allowance is never delayed, paid weekly. You can temporarily work as a water delivery worker for now, but you should learn more about the workflow of the water industry during your free time, accumulate experience, and if it's suitable in the future, I can transfer you to other positions that are relatively easier."

  Ye Feng hastily stood up and said: "Mm, thank you Manager Wu, thank you very much."

  Ye Feng knew Wu Xianghua was the boss of the water industry company, she said it was okay, then it must be okay.

  "Hehe, you don't have to be so polite all the time. When we're not in a formal work setting, you can call me Wu Jie or Xing Hua Jie, either is fine. Once you get to know me better, you'll understand that I actually don't like it when people always call me Director Wu or Manager Wu and whatnot. To the employees of this company, I treat them all as if they were my own brothers and sisters. However, there's one thing - since you're working here, you need to take responsibility for your actions. If you make a mistake at work, I won't hesitate to deduct your pay. On the other hand, if clients give us good feedback on your work, I'll also give out corresponding rewards."

  Ye Feng nodded and said seriously: "Yes, I understand. Manager Wu, oh, Sister Wu, rest assured that I have always been very responsible when it comes to work."

  "Wu Xinghua smiled and said, 'That's great. Since you've been working on construction sites before, I believe you're not afraid of hard work either. You'll definitely be able to handle this job. There's no probation period for water delivery workers here. I'll have someone from the HR department take you to complete the hiring formalities later, and you can start working officially tomorrow.'"

  Ye Feng expressed his gratitude once again.

  Afterwards, Wu Xianghua called the person in charge of the personnel department to bring Ye Feng to complete the registration procedures. In fact, the procedure was not complicated, just submitting a copy of ID card, filling out a personal information form, and then paying 1000 yuan for uniform and water delivery deposit.

  After completing the formalities and paying the deposit, Ye Feng returned to the general manager's office again to bid farewell to Wu Xianghua before leaving the company.

  The moment he walked out of the Mengyuan company, Ye Feng let out a long sigh, and from this moment on, his new life officially began.

  It's only half past noon now, and it's too early to go to Qin Yan's law firm. Ye Feng decided to wander around Xia Hui District to see how many souls he could sense.

  Since leaving the Guardian's place, Ye Feng has not practiced or collected souls for two days. Relatively speaking, he is even busier than when he was in the Guardian's place.

  Found a cool and relatively quiet place, Ye Feng squatted down, lit a cigarette, then concentrated his mind and began to sense the souls around him.

  This feeling was unexpected, and the result shocked Ye Feng greatly.

  In the vicinity of Dongfeng Road in Xiaohui District, surprisingly not a single soul was present. This situation was something Ye Feng had never encountered before. In the past, even on the worst days, he could at least sense four or five souls per day. However, after squatting here for nearly an hour, he hadn't sensed a single soul.

  Is it that souls don't come out during the day anymore? That's not right, souls are supposed to appear regardless of whether it's day or night.

  Ye Feng felt a bit depressed and confused, looking around to make sure no one was paying attention to him. He immediately used his consciousness to connect with the Law, asking: "Law, why can't I sense any souls on the street? What's going on?"

  The law quickly gave Ye Feng an answer, but this answer shocked Ye Feng so much that he almost fell to the ground on the spot and broke out in a cold sweat on a hot day.

  "The only two situations in which the soul cannot be sensed, as recorded in the divine consciousness left by Tianyuan Zhenxian, are: firstly, an extremely yang place where the yang energy is too strong for the soul to approach; secondly, the soul has been collected by other cultivators, possibly through a certain artifact. Such cultivators are usually evil and their sole purpose of collecting souls is to refine them to increase their own strength. The world you live in, called Earth, is a world without any spiritual energy, so it's impossible for an extremely yang place to exist. Therefore, if you really can't sense the soul, then the reason must be the latter."

  Ye Feng was shocked! Confused! Stunned!

  Could it be that there are cultivators in this world where I live? Could it be that I am not the only one who cultivates the truth?

  He knew that the law would never deceive him, and since it said so, it must be true.

  Ye Feng hastily asked again: "Fa Ze, didn't you say that I am the only one in this world who cultivates the truth?"

  The law hummed a sound, although there was no tone or emotion, but Ye Feng heard it very clearly, and the law indeed hummed a sound.

  "When did I ever tell you that there's only one Cultivator in this world? That thought is something you came up with yourself."

  Ye Feng thought carefully and realized that Fa Ze was indeed right. Fa Ze had never mentioned anything to him, everything was just his own speculation.

  "Rules, then tell me, if there are cultivators in this world I live in, how many are there and why have I never heard of anything about cultivators before?"

  "The rule responded slowly: 'Before answering your question, I must first make you understand something, space master. The reason I can exist in the Nine Star Space for so long is that I have obtained a part of Tianyuan True Immortal's divine consciousness. You could say I was created by Tianyuan True Immortal himself. My sole purpose is to strictly follow Tianyuan True Immortal's established rules and help you, the space master, cultivate according to your destiny. Compared to Tianyuan True Immortal, who can create worlds with his unparalleled abilities, what I know is less than one-tenth of what he knows. Moreover, there are some things that I am currently not allowed to tell you due to the rules, and only when your cultivation reaches a certain stage will I provide corresponding explanations. There are also some things that even if I wanted to actively inform you, it would be impossible for me to do so because I don't know them myself. You asked two questions earlier; which one would you like me to answer first?'"

  Yefeng's most pressing question at this moment was how many cultivators there were in this world. He asked, "You answer my first question first, how many true cultivators are there in this world and where are they?"

  "The world you live in, called Earth, has been visited by Tianyuan Zhenxian twice. The first time he came, he was still a cultivator with not very high attainments. I can tell you that tens of thousands of years ago, the Earth may not have had humans, but there were indeed many cultivators, because at that time the Earth had a lot of spiritual energy and heavenly treasures. However, later on, something huge happened to the Earth, and the spiritual energy gradually began to dissipate. When Tianyuan Zhenxian came to the Earth for the second time thousands of years ago, there was not even a hint of spiritual energy left here, and many cultivation sects and cultivators had completely disappeared. At that time, Tianyuan Zhenxian, who had just begun to explore the Dao and had not yet become a true immortal, almost couldn't return to the planet Tianlong after coming to the Earth. The reason was that the transmission stones and arrays could not be sustained for long on an Earth without spiritual energy. If he delayed his departure, he would have been trapped on the Earth forever, unable to return. Unless it was a true immortal with the ability to open up space and had unparalleled powers, no one would be willing to waste their immortal energy to come here. So my answer to your question is that the Earth once had cultivators, but as for whether there are any now, how many, and where they are, I have nothing to report."

  Ye Feng's response to the law is very disappointing. It said so much, but actually it was equivalent to saying nothing. The final answer was even more ambiguous.

  Then Ye Feng asked again, "Didn't you just say that there's only one possibility for the disappearance of the soul, which is being collected by an evil cultivator? But if there are indeed evil cultivators, doesn't that prove that there are still cultivators around now?"

  The law was silent for a moment before responding, "I'm very sorry, I've said that what I understand is less than one-tenth of the Heavenly Yuan True Immortal. I also said that some things, even if I know the answer, are limited by the rules set by the true immortal, and now I can't inform the space master who hasn't met the corresponding conditions yet. If you want to get the answer, you can only rely on yourself to find it."

  "Alright, then answer my second question. Why have I never heard of anything about cultivators before? Not just me, I believe the vast majority of people living in our world have never truly seen or heard of them. All we know are some stories and legends."

  "The rules replied quickly: 'Just like the Nine-Star Space has many established rules and laws, the Xiu Zhen Sect and its cultivators also have some established rules. Moreover, after human society prospered and developed, the Xiu Zhen practitioners on Earth became fewer and fewer due to the gradual thinning of spiritual energy, so they had no intention of entering the secular world. When the spiritual energy completely disappeared, the Xiu Zhen Sect and its cultivators also disappeared. That's why you, the space master, can only hear stories and legends about them, but have never truly seen them. The answers to your two questions are what I found in the memory of Tianyuan Zhenxian's divine consciousness. I've answered everything I can.'"

  Ye Feng was still disappointed with the Law's response, but he also knew that some things would not be told to him no matter how many times he asked, unless his cultivation reached a corresponding stage.

  But the law's initial response to that sentence was crucial, and there were only two reasons why the soul could not be sensed in Dongfeng Road. The law denied the first one and confirmed the second one, which means that in Huaguo, in Mingzhu City, in Xiahui District, in Dongfeng Road, there must be evil cultivators present.

  But who is this evil cultivator? Where exactly is he? How does he survive in an environment devoid of spiritual energy? And how does he exist in the mundane world without being discovered by ordinary people?

  These answers and rules are all uninformative.

  Yefeng noticed that the law said it was unspeakable, not unknown. This means that these reasons or answers are all clear, but limited by their own cultivation, so the law cannot be told to him.

  As the law says, if you are eager to know the reason and answer, you can only find it by yourself.

  After all, it's still his cultivation that is not enough. It seems he must seize the time to improve his cultivation.