The man was already holding a jade archive in his hand. While reading the contents of the archive, he was also observing the newcomer. Then, he asked the newcomer to stamp another seal on the jade archive. Then, he casually placed the jade archive into a small tunnel behind him and slid it to an unknown place.
The person sitting behind the long table once again gestured for him to enter the next stage.
The newcomer had no choice but to do as he was told. He walked to open a curtain and entered another passage. He came to the third small room, but this small room had seven entrances and exits. A man stood inside with his hands clasped behind his back. It was none other than the carpenter.
The carpenter nodded slightly at the newcomer and gestured to the notice standing on the side. The notice informed the newcomer that the interview was over. In order to keep the identity of the applicant confidential and not cause any trouble for the applicant, please restore your disguise here and exit through the designated exit. Then, follow the designated passage to leave the Ghost City and return to where you came from. After selection, the successful applicant would be notified before the end of the interview. Apologies if you did not receive the notification.
The newcomer was speechless. He basically hadn't said a word since entering the Ghost City's main government office. It was equivalent to taking a trip through the underground passage. How did the interview end so quickly?
As the newcomer silently changed his appearance, several more people came in from the other entrances. After seeing the notice, they were also a little dumbfounded.
After changing his appearance, the newcomer left through the designated exit. After walking out of the passage, he found that he was already inside the Ghost City's main government office. A path pointed out by the guards led all the way to the upper floors. Trespassing was not allowed, so he could only follow the designated route.
The newcomer climbed up the stairs. After walking out of the main door, he found that he was already outside the Ghost City. He had already walked out of the underground. When he looked back, he found that there were people continuously coming out behind him. Obviously, he was not an exception. The newcomer sighed softly. He didn't expect so many people to come for the job. He didn't know if he would be selected. However, the measures taken by the Ghost City's main government office dispelled many of his doubts. He didn't need to worry that his identity would be easily exposed and discovered by the people in his original jurisdiction. He raised his head to look at the dimly lit sky, then flashed away.
People continuously entered the Ghost City through the underground entrance to the main government office. More people walked out of the main government office's entrance on the surface and quickly left one after another.
Even though the candidates are leaving very quickly and the number of people leaving is not small, it doesn't reduce the flow of people in Ghost City in the slightest.
Inside the headquarters, Yang Zhaoqing was personally in charge of escorting the piles of jade archives for the interviews into a room and distributing them to the people present.
The Confucian scholar arranged a row of people to sit there. Everyone was quickly going through each of the interview jade archives. At the same time, they held another jade archive in each hand, quickly invoking their arts to record the candidate's name and cultivation level. The jade archives that they had read were placed on each person's table according to their category. Those with similar cultivation bases were placed in a pile, and when the pile was no longer large enough, the Confucian scholars who were pacing back and forth separated the jade archives and placed them into their respective storage bracelets.
Once the examiner's jade archive was filled up, it would immediately be handed over to the scholar. The scholar would then sit down at the side to check and tabulate the results.
Yang Zhaoqing didn't dare to disturb the people in the room. Everyone's workload was heavy, but there were some things that couldn't be entrusted to someone they didn't trust. Therefore, he tried to be as light as possible when he entered and exited the room, so as not to distract everyone.
Not long after Yang Zhaoqing left the room, Yun Zhiqiu led Qian 'Er into the room. They were also very light, so as not to disturb everyone.
The scholar looked up and immediately stood up. He was just about to bow when Yun Zhiqiu swept her gaze across the room and waved at him, indicating that there was no need to be overly courteous.
The scholar still transmitted his voice, "Lady Boss. Is something the matter? " Although the employees of Tempest Tavern had changed the way they addressed Yun Zhiqiu to 'Madam' on the surface, it was a little awkward to change the way they addressed her after so long. In private, they still addressed her as' Lady Boss'. However, Yun Zhiqiu saw that it was difficult to get them to change the way they addressed her, and from time to time, they would still refer to her as' Lady Boss'. In the end, she didn't force them, because she felt that 'Lady Boss' was much closer to these old employees. However, she still repeatedly reminded them to change the way they addressed her in front of others.
Yun Zhiqiu glanced at the busy employees once more, then beckoned him to come out and speak. She then turned around and left.
The scholar quickly followed her out. He transmitted his voice over and asked, "Lady Boss, what's wrong?"
Yun Zhiqiu stood in the hallway outside and replied, "It's been a month. We need to start verifying the identities of the applicants. If we delay any longer, we'll have to wait another year. I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time. Do you have the data on the cultivation of the applicants?"
The scholar understood. He had already set the tone when he realized the number of applicants was increasing. The reason why he had been so busy this past month was because he wanted to obtain the preliminary data and decide which group of applicants to start with. However, there were too many applicants, so it was a little unrealistic to verify every single one of them. That wasn't something that could be done with a small amount of manpower. He could only select the best of the best and start from those with the highest cultivation.
Over the past month, Miao Yi had also been preparing for the verification of the applicants. He had used almost all of his reliable connections.
"Lady Boss, I'm afraid we can forget about those with a cultivation below the Colorful Lotus realm," the scholar said as he took out a jade archive and looked at the statistics.
Yun Zhiqiu was shocked. "Are there already a hundred thousand Colorful Lotus realm cultivators?"
The scholar nodded. "The current number of Colorful Lotus realm cultivators is already close to a hundred and twenty thousand."
Yun Zhiqiu gasped. "Where did so many Colorful Lotus realm cultivators come from? How could there be so many Colorful Lotus realm cultivators among the Mountain Deities and the Earth Deities? "
The scholar replied, "I was shocked at first as well. But then I thought about it. The universe is vast, and the number of cultivators at the bottom of the hierarchy is already enormous. We aren't selecting from just one place, but from the entire world. We have an advantage over the Four Heavenly Kings, and perhaps even the entire Celestial Court. Even the Imperial Guard Army won't be able to recruit as many people as we are doing now. If the Four Armies refuse to let the Imperial Guard Army recruit, then the Imperial Guard Army won't be able to do anything about it. On the other hand, we have obtained the approval of all the forces in the Celestial Court. Lady Boss, this move of Milord's is truly ruthless! "
Yun Zhiqiu was speechless for a while. She didn't say that this was Yang Qing's doing. She frowned and said, "It's only been a month, and we've already received a hundred and twenty thousand Colorful Lotus realm cultivators. How many will there be in a year's time?"
The scholar replied, "Lady Boss, you're worrying too much. I've seen the changes in the data over the past month. The peak number of Colorful Lotus realm cultivators coming here was in the middle of the month, but the number of them has already dropped sharply. According to my analysis, a month's time is more than enough for Colorful Lotus realm cultivators to travel across the universe. Those who should be here should be here by now. Those who haven't come are obviously still hesitant about coming to the phantom market, so I don't think there will be many who will come later. As time goes on, the increase in the data shouldn't be that great. "
Yun Zhiqiu nodded silently. "That makes sense."
The scholar continued, "Besides, no matter how many people come, we'll only recruit the best. We'll just select from the ones with the highest cultivation."
"Let's not worry about the rest for now. Send me the item with the hundred and twenty thousand Colorful Lotus realm cultivators. I need to make a copy as soon as possible," Yun Zhiqiu instructed. Then, she added, "By the way, you mentioned that there were two Lotus Transformation realm cultivators last time. Did you ask the people who investigated the scene? Did they find anything suspicious?"
The scholar blinked. "Right now, there are a total of twenty-three Lotus Transformation realm cultivators applying."
"…" Yun Zhiqiu was dumbfounded for a while, her sexy lips slightly parted in a cute manner. Finally, she glared at the scholar. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The scholar didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Lady Boss, you were the one who told me to focus and to —"
Yun Zhiqiu cut him off. "Shut up! You even have a reason? Have you become muddle-headed? You've been living like a dog all these years. You don't know how to be flexible! "
"Fine, I was muddle-headed, alright?"
"You're not convinced?"
"I'm not convinced? I'm completely convinced." The scholar cupped his fists and begged for mercy. He knew this woman all too well. If he dared to talk back, the consequences would be dire.
Qian 'Er, who was standing to the side, giggled. She couldn't help it. From the top to the bottom, including Master, there was no one who wasn't afraid of Madam. She was a classic tigress!
Qian 'Er used to think that Madam was too harsh on Master, but after asking around, she found out that when Madam was still a girl in the Great Devil Realm, she was already a notorious demoness. She often caused chaos in the Great Devil Realm. Now that she was married, she was much better.
"Hmph!" Yun Zhiqiu glared at him. "What are you still standing here for? Waiting for a reward? "
The scholar quickly turned and ran. It wasn't easy to get a reward from the Lady Boss. For example, Chef and a few others could gang up on him.
In the underground ghost market, Long Xin finally made his way to the front of the crowd. He finally got his number plate and started lining up under the watchful eyes of the guards.
He was very surprised. He had suspected that there might be a lot of people coming to apply for the job, but he didn't expect that there would be so many people. He had actually waited here for a full three days before getting the queue number. Looking at the huge crowd behind him, he couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, his mood was very complicated.
Why was it complicated? He looked at things from the perspective of someone who had once been in power. He could see the current situation of the four armies.
He was sure that if Niu Youde had recruited people like this tens of thousands of years ago, there wouldn't have been so many applicants. But now … how many years had it been since the Heavenly Court was established? It had already become like this?
He also finally understood why Niu Youde's plan had gone so smoothly. There were some things that those high and mighty people usually couldn't see and didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. If they had been thinking about it and had been suppressing it for a long time, someone would have raised their guard, and Niu Youde's plan would never have succeeded. He suspected that the upper echelons of the four armies still didn't know what kind of people would come to join them!
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