I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 8: Difficulties in Carrying Out the Training Work

Supervisor You's son was slightly chubby, but always had a smiling face and was very enthusiastic towards Zhong Cang.

"Brother Cang, come over here."

While leading Zhong Cang to select people, he explained the operating rules of the training ground companions and how these junior supervisors could make money.

"Our salary as supervisors comes from commissions. We can take a share of the compensation from each companion. So, the more subordinates we have and the stronger their abilities, the more commissions we can earn... And there's also the relationship with the children of prestigious families. Those who are willing to spend money on companions are all from wealthy families. Ordinary cultivators would rather spend more time than spirit stones, so it's useless to please these poor guys."

"And if we can get along with the children of some cultivation families and let them come here often to play, we'll be rewarded..."

Because of Zhong Kangping's relationship, Supervisor You was still very concerned about Zhong Cang.

However, Zhong Cang's work did not go smoothly.

Being only at the third level of Qi Refining, there was a gap in status compared to those at the fourth level of Qi Refining, which made none of the companions at the fourth level of Qi Refining willing to be subordinate to Zhong Cang.

In the end, he only recruited nine companions at the third level of Qi Refining.

This was just the first difficulty in Zhong Cang's work.

Another difficulty was related to the children of prestigious families.

If the lower path was blocked, the companionship supervisors could still achieve results by taking the upper path.

In order to help Zhong Cang integrate into the team as soon as possible, Supervisor You specially invited Zhong Cang to have a small gathering with those children from cultivation families that night.

Then, at the banquet, the other supervisors were desperately trying to please those children from prestigious families, while Zhong Cang... sat aside and meditated.

In the following days, Zhong Cang refused Supervisor You's invitations.

"..."

This scene left Supervisor You at a loss for words.

Zhong Cang was also helpless. It wasn't that he was arrogant, but he really couldn't do it.

As his Sword Heart condensed, Zhong Cang discovered the advantages for himself, but there were also drawbacks... If he humbled himself to please others, his clear Sword Heart would be covered in dust.

It was like the saying "Once Proven, Forever Proven." Otherwise, his Sword Heart wouldn't be covered in dust, but would shatter directly.

At present, although it hadn't shattered, the dust-covered Sword Heart still had an impact on Zhong Cang. This made him realize that he couldn't bow down like a dog.

Not to mention that maintaining contact with those children from prestigious families was not a one-time thing.

To maintain the relationship, Supervisor You and the others spent most of their time around those children from prestigious families.

Because their cultivation levels were low and they didn't need to cultivate too many times, Supervisor You and the others had enough time to please those children from prestigious families, and they were happy to do so.

But Zhong Cang didn't have the time.

He had to practice the Qi Consumption Technique, Five Beasts Infusion Technique, and Ignorant Heart Sword Art. His schedule was packed.

After estimating that it was not worth it to please the children from prestigious families, he refused Supervisor You's invitation and started to do things his own way.

Without strong subordinates and without establishing good relationships with the children from prestigious families, Zhong Cang's work as a supervisor naturally went very poorly.

After a week, he only received a few orders, which led to a chain reaction.

Without the children from prestigious families coming to him for companionship, Zhong Cang couldn't earn spirit stones. Not only could he not earn them, but his subordinates couldn't either.

This made the cultivators who came to be companions in order to earn spirit stones unable to sit still.

In just one week, four people left his team.

...

On this day, Zhong Cang arrived at the training ground with his long sword in his arms, and a young man came to report to him.

"Supervisor Zhong, Guimeng has also left."

These words made Zhong Cang raise an eyebrow.

However, thinking of something, Zhong Cang shook his head and sighed, "I know."

After saying that, he sat cross-legged under a withered tree next to the training ground, closed his eyes, and began to practice the Ignorant Heart Sword Art in this noisy training ground.

This scene of doing nothing disappointed the young man who reported to him.

"This cannot go on, we need to find our own way out..."

Returning to the others, the young man discussed his own future with his companions.

On the other side, You Tao also noticed what was happening here.

After hesitating for a moment, he waved his hand and called over a few training supervisors who were on good terms with him.

"Shouldn't we support Brother Zhong a little more?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately disagreed.

"Why should we?"

"Yeah, those clients were hard-earned by us. Why should we give them to him?"

"Young Master You, we have already helped him enough. We let him freely choose his subordinates and even helped him connect with the descendants of the cultivation family. Now that he has ended up like this, it's his own fault for being incompetent, not ours."

"To be honest, Young Master You, is it really necessary for us to help such a waste?"

"... "

These words left You Tao somewhat speechless. After a while, he finally spoke, "I'm not doing this for his sake, but for the sake of his uncle. It is said that Zhong Kangping has hopes of advancing to the Foundation Building stage."

This kind of information did not move these small supervisors.

As people who could obtain commission-based jobs, these small supervisors were not simple.

"My father also has the possibility of advancing to the Foundation Building stage."

"After all, he is just Zhong Kangping's nephew, not his son."

"If we help you, I won't let go of my own clients."

The refusals one after another rendered You Tao's persuasion futile.

And he himself also began to doubt whether helping Zhong Cang would be useful.

However, after thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and still chose to lend a hand.

Doing so was not only for the sake of Zhong Kangping's face, but also because Zhong Cang's abnormal behavior made him subconsciously feel that Zhong Cang was worth helping.

"The true waste that cannot be helped is the prodigal son who indulges in a life of pleasure and causes trouble. Zhong Cang is unwilling to please the descendants of the family and is not good at managing his subordinates. As a businessman, he is indeed quite a failure. But the status of businessmen in the cultivation world is not high to begin with. And Zhong Cang..."

Glancing at Zhong Cang, who was sitting cross-legged under a tree and didn't fit in with the people around him, You Tao had a whimsical thought.

"... Could he be sincerely cultivating?"

As soon as this thought arose, You Tao dismissed it.

He had inquired about Zhong Cang's information and knew that he used to be a prodigal son who didn't do anything productive. To say that he was sincerely cultivating would be a complete insult to cultivation.

However, even though he thought this way, the strange feeling in his heart still made him choose to lend a hand.

"... Forget it, let's just consider it for the sake of his uncle, Zhong Kangping."

...

Zhong Cang was unaware of other people's discussions, but overall, he was satisfied with his own situation.

Admittedly, he did a poor job as a training supervisor.

But while the east was not bright, the west was bright. By not wasting effort to please others, he ensured his own cultivation time.

These days, his cultivation had not been disturbed at all. This also allowed him to make progress in the cultivation levels of his three techniques:

[Qi Consumption Technique, Mastery of the 3rd Realm (180/3000)]

[Ignorant Heart Sword Art, Proficiency of the 2nd Realm (168/3600)]

[Five Beasts Infusion Technique, Entry-level of the 1st Realm (323/500)]

"The Ignorant Heart Sword Art is still the fastest to cultivate. It reached 168 in just seven days, while the Qi Consumption Technique only increased by 180 points in ten days."

"As for the Five Beasts Infusion Technique, it only increased by a hundred points in ten days. However, due to the accumulation and the low realm, it is the one that can advance to the next stage in the shortest time."

"Twenty... to be precise, eighteen more days, and the Five Beasts Infusion Technique will be able to advance."

"I wonder what special abilities I will gain from this advancement."

(End of this chapter)