C1 A Bitter Boss

At three in the morning, Li Yun clenched his teeth and drove home while dragging his tired body. He kept dozing off and cold sweat kept dripping down his back.

Ever since he started the business of renting equipment for shows, such hardships have become a habit.

After installing the debugging equipment all night long, it was already dawn. He had to drag his tired body along with the customers and rehearse time and time again.

The rehearsal was often connected to the performance without a break. After the performance, Li Yun had to watch the workers as they packed up the equipment one by one.

The equipment was very valuable, even losing a microphone was worth four or five thousand yuan. Workers don't feel sorry for their bosses.

Therefore, every time Li Yun saw the workers, he would remove the equipment, load the vehicles, and unload the vehicles. He only dared to go home and sleep when all the equipment was in the warehouse.

Today was the same again. When he returned home, the sky had already brightened up.

After the bath, he lay down on the bed and could no longer fall asleep. Li Yun could only smile bitterly. He took out the Jade Ring he picked up the night before yesterday and carefully examined it.

The Ring's entire body was a grayish white, and there were even some iron-red patterns seeping out from it. The Jade Ring was carved with the pattern of an ancient pounce. Based on Li Yun's understanding of the jewelry industry, this kind of Jade Ring was at most worth twenty to thirty thousand gold.

Speaking of picking up this Ring, it was considered an ownerless object. This point was certain. Since the event was the opening ceremony of a real estate building, the boss insisted on holding it at the site where the earthworks were being carried out.

The night before yesterday, Li Yun supervised the construction of a stage and installation of stage lighting and sound equipment.

In the middle of the night, Li Yun naturally went to buy supper for the workers. In the dark, he fell onto a mound of earth. His right hand was propped against a fist-sized clod, and blood was actually flowing out of it.

Curious, Li Yun took advantage of the light coming from his mobile phone and pried open the dirt to look for the culprit. He was actually lucky enough to obtain this Jade Ring.

In his heart, Li Yun thought of this as compensation for falling to the ground. Holding onto the Ring, he smiled and fell asleep.

In the dream, Li Yun entered a huge space. He was surrounded by white mist and could not see his surroundings clearly.

A four or five-year-old little girl hopped in front of him. She tilted her head and sized him up with her large, misty eyes.

Li Yun asked in concern, "Little sister, where is your family's master?"

The little girl's eyes gushed with tears. "He's dead."

Li Yun instantly lost his composure. He squatted down, held the little girl's hand, and softly consoled her, "Don't cry, don't cry. Do you have any other adults in your family?"

The little girl nodded and said, "My original master died 5000 years ago, and now you are my master."

Hearing this, Li Yun's heart tightened, and his entire body felt bad. Looking at the surroundings, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Suddenly, Li Yun realized that he seemed to be sleeping. This was just a dream, so it wasn't bad to continue dreaming. He hadn't had a complete dream since he was young.

Then he smiled at the little girl and said, "If you say I'm your new master, then who are you? What's your name? "

The little girl opened her big eyes and said seriously: "My name is Ling, I am the spirit of this Jade Ring, you have already gone through the ceremony of binding me by blood, now you are my new master."

Li Yun immediately felt goosebumps all over his body. He could still clearly remember the process of picking up the Jade Ring. This little girl called herself the spirit of the Jade Ring, and they recognized each other in their dreams? A supernatural story?

Li Yun had been bold since he was young, and he knew that he was dreaming. Thus, he reached out his hand to pull the little girl, touching her here and there, and pinching her there. This caused Ling to giggle.

After inspecting it, Li Yun felt a lot more at ease. He casually said, "Then tell me your story. I'm all ears."

Ling blinked her large eyes and said slowly, "I came here with the original master from Wind Continent to find a treasure. I never thought that Master's soul would be severely injured by the Heavenly Dao here."

"Before the end of the Divine Meteorite Path, Master left all of his cultivation techniques in the Ring and used all of his power to mold my spirit body, telling me to find the fated one."

At this point, Ling was already in tears.

Listening up to here, Li Yun believed most of it. He could not help but ask: "Then did I communicate with you in my dreams, or did my body enter the Ring s?"

"My body entered the Ring's space." Ling said.

"Then where is the Ring now?" Li Yun's mind was in a mess: "With the Ring in his hand, and him already entering the Ring, this is illogical, he must still be dreaming."

Seeing Li Yun's stupefied expression, Ling chuckled and said, "The Ring is obviously on your bed."

Li Yun awkwardly smiled and said in an embarrassed tone, "How come I'm not sleepy at all?" I remember I was very tired. "

"This Ring space is filled with spirit energy, nourishing your soul, your fatigue has returned to normal." Ling explained.

Li Yun probed, "Can you bring me to the Wind Continent?"

Ling said, "Of course."

"You can also bring me back to Earth."

"Of course." Ling blinked a few times, as if it was the right thing to do.

"Then if I'm outside the Ring, how can I talk to you?" Li Yun asked seriously.

Ling chuckled and said, "I'm Master's spirit artifact. You can communicate with me using your mind. Just think of Ling in your head and I'll know what you want to say."

Li Yun immediately thought, "Try bringing the blanket over the bed."

With a "shua" sound, the blanket appeared in front of Li Yun. He couldn't help but reach out and touch it. Everything seemed so real.

Then he thought, "Put it back."

"Shua!" The blanket disappeared from his sight.

Li Yun could not help but think in his heart: "What kind of person was the original owner of the Jade Ring?"

A piece of information immediately appeared in Li Yun's mind. The original owner of the Jade Ring was an itinerant cultivator with a thousand years of hard work. He had finally reached the Golden Immortal Realm. The reason why he tore open space and came to Earth was to learn the 'Classic of the Way of the Way's Virtue' from the Primal Heavenly Sovereign.

Who knew that right after arriving on Earth, there would be such a terrifying heavenly tribulation that caused his soul to completely disperse and he was on the verge of death? Before he died, he transferred all of his cultivation to the Jade Ring's artifact spirit, allowing it to shape his own spirit body.

Only an artifact spirit with a spirit body would be able to prevent the consciousness from dissipating over a long period of time.

This way, the artifact spirit would be able to find the successor that he had learned.

And the Li Yun in front of him, was precisely this Ying Yuan.

Ling and Li Yun shared a mutual understanding, so they handed a Jade Slip over to Li Yun when they got the chance. Taking over the Jade Slip, under Ling's instructions, Li Yun placed it on his forehead, and a huge wave of inherited memories entered his mind.

There were cultivation techniques, descriptions of realms, and insights. There were the legacies of array formations, talisman crafting, crafting, and pill refining, as well as the legacies of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

It could be seen that the original owner had studied many different things and had studied many different things. He could not help but feel regret for the fall of the original owner. At the same time, he was secretly vigilant. It was not easy to cultivate, and he would never be in danger.

After receiving the inheritance, Li Yun felt that he could finally leave the Ring space. Suddenly, his vision blurred and he was already lying on his bed. He couldn't help but be amazed at Ling's methods.

Suddenly, his phone rang. Li Yun picked up his phone and saw that it was from the property company that rented him his office.

So when he answered the phone, a crisp female voice came over: "Mr. Li? I'm from the management department of the Upper Peak Building. "

"Oh, hello." Li Yun replied mechanically.

"Hello, Mr. Li. I'm calling to ask you about this. The office you are renting is only one month away from the contract date. Are you renewing the contract? Or refund? " A piece of professional spoken language through the phone, into Li Yun's ears.

Hearing this, Li Yun couldn't help but frown and impatiently say, "Of course I want to renew the contract, otherwise where would I go to work?"

The female voice continued, "It's like this. As the price of the house has increased a lot this year, the rent of the customers will be adjusted. Your rent will be increased from 35,000 yuan to 60,000 yuan per month. Are you sure you want to continue the contract?"

Hearing this, Li Yun felt angry in his heart. This was clearly a trap set up with words. It meant haggling and that they couldn't afford to rent it and had to leave.

After all, Li Yun had several tens of employees, so he naturally couldn't be ridiculed by a small employee.

Li Yun said in a righteous tone, "How do you talk to a customer, little girl? Didn't your company train you? What do you mean, are you sure you want to renew the contract? What do you mean? I've been renting this unit for five or six years. You actually dare to question my ability to pay? "

A soft laughter of successful conspiracy came from the other end of the phone.

It was as if ten thousand alpacas had madly rushed through Li Yun's heart, leaving him speechless as if he had swallowed a fly. He knew that he had fallen into a trap.

The other side continued, "Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Li to send someone to our company to take care of the formalities. Thank you."

"Du du du du." Hearing the busy voice on the phone, Li Yun was no longer in the mood to be angry.

He called his company's finance department. "Little Ya? "I'm Li Yun."

"Hello, Boss."

"How much money do we have on account?"

"Boss, there are still four hundred and twenty thousand on the account, but the day after tomorrow we have to pay, the total amount is around two hundred and sixty thousand." Little Ya reminded them kindly.

"I understand. First, you go to the building's Real Estate Management Office and sign the lease agreement. The contract states that the rent is to be paid in three months. You must keep the salary. There will be two payments tomorrow, but I can't guarantee that the client will not delay it any further. He has agreed to do so verbally. " Finished speaking, Li Yun hung up the phone.

In order to not cause panic among the employees, Li Yun had to shoulder all the grievances and difficulties by himself. This was how bitter the owners of these small companies were.

The customers and employees were all old men. The boss was the most diligent worker. Everyone was looking for him when they ran into trouble. He seemed to be everyone's secretary and assistant.

Releasing the helplessness in his heart, Li Yun mustered up his spirit and politely urged a few customers who owed him a lot of time to settle this matter. He then slumped down on the sofa, remaining silent.

A trace of Ling's consciousness quietly entered Li Yun's mind. "Master, you're in a rather bad mood right now. You can practice the Soaring Cloud Incantation left behind by your previous master and it will help."

Li Yun immediately sat cross-legged according to the Lingyun Secret Art's requirements, his tongue touching his palate, and entered the cultivation state.

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