Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 443 Beautiful Fox Spirit

"Demon status...subsidy...what is that...?"

Hu Xue stared at the newly issued identity token in her hand, somewhat bewildered.

"It means providing free food and lodging for demon cultivators who don't yet have the ability to live independently, and offering a course every week on 'How Demon Cultivators Can Quickly Integrate into Society and Live Independently.' Oh, ordinary human citizens also have the same benefits, but the assessment will be more difficult, since it's indeed difficult for demon cultivators to earn money if they don't understand human languages! However, it's much easier if they have furry companions!"

Bai Chenxue had just made a bet with her master, Jia Xiaoren, to see who could recruit more auditioning actors when she turned around and encountered a stunningly beautiful woman who was clearly not human, standing blankly at the gate of Chang'an City. She decisively went up to her and started a conversation based on what the beauty was muttering to herself.

"Fellow Daoist, greetings," Hu Xue said somewhat embarrassedly as she put away her identity token and humbly inquired, "What does 'fuzzy trail' mean? Is this kind of trail easy to make money with?"

Bai Chenxue nodded and said, "Of course! 'Furry' refers to animals whose original form is a rabbit, a fox, or a cat or dog with fur. These kinds of demon cultivators can earn a lot by setting up a stall on the street and touching them once for ten coins! However, they shed a lot of fur. Over there... oh? There's a tiger, uh, that's the Mountain Lord. That Fellow Daoist Mountain Lord often comes here to perform. Taking a screenshot and taking a photo with him for fifteen minutes costs 100 coins! Touching him without taking a photo costs 50 coins. With the tips, he can earn several coins a day at his peak!"

Then she asked, "By the way, what is your background, fellow Daoist?"

Hu Xue answered somewhat awkwardly, "I, I am a fox..."

Wow! Sister, you're a stunning vixen!

Bai Chenxue's eyes lit up with excitement. She circled around Hu Xue, growing more and more excited as she looked at her. Finally, she took Hu Xue's hand and asked with burning eyes, "Fellow Daoist, have you ever considered applying for an audition at our Wutong Interactive Entertainment? Our actors at Wutong Interactive Entertainment have amazing benefits! Free meals and accommodation! And all sorts of perks!"

Hu Xue's eyes lit up: "Food and lodging included!"

Upon hearing that the beautiful fox spirit in front of her was interested in food, Bai Chenxue quickly emphasized, "Yes, yes, yes! Fried chicken, roast duck, hot pot, barbecue, whatever you want to eat! Milk tea is all you can have!"

"That's great!" Hu Xue was initially very interested, but quickly became cautious and asked, "Then, what does that 'actor' do?"

Bai Chenxue tried to explain: "It's like acting... uh, it seems there's no drama in the Guixu Realm... It's like someone writes a story, and then you play a character in the story, say the words that character says, and act out some events in the story, that's roughly the idea!"

Hu Xue still seemed a little confused: "Act...out?"

"Hey, come with me and give it a try, you'll see! It's free to try anyway! And if you get selected in the audition, you can make a lot of money!"

As Bai Chenxue spoke, she eagerly tried to pull Hu Xue toward the direction where the Boss's flying boat was parked.

Hu Xue stopped her, saying, "Hey, fellow Daoist, wait a minute. I have some friends who might like to try as well."

"Friend? Where are you?"

Bai Chenxue looked around but didn't see anyone next to Hu Xue.

"Over there—"

As Hu Xue spoke, she pointed to a group of cultivators crouching under a tree in the distance. Most of the cultivators were humanoid, but some seemed to lack cultivation and had animalistic features, such as horns on their heads, ears in their hair, and tails behind them; they were clearly demon cultivators.

Bai Chenxue roughly counted them, and including the beautiful fox spirit sister in front of her, there were exactly ten. Her mouth immediately watered.

"Let's try it! We can try anything! If we film this, we can even save on special effects costs!"

Fortunately, the Boss's flying boat was not docked in Chang'an City, so there was no need for these demon cultivators to obtain Chang'an City identity tokens. Hu Xue simply gave a greeting and said a few words to them, and a large group of demons followed Bai Chenxue to the Boss's flying boat.

"Actually, life in Chang'an is quite cheap! Food and drinks only cost a little over a hundred copper coins a day! As for accommodation, if you pass the audition, Wutong Interactive Entertainment will provide free accommodation. If you don't pass, it's okay. You can ask the place for demons to stay at the Chang'an City Government Building. Accommodation there is free! As for part-time work, if it's odd jobs, you'll generally earn a few hundred copper coins a day. If it's a long-term job, you can probably earn at least several dozen copper coins a month... Oh, by the way, one copper coin is equal to one thousand copper coins!"

As Bai Chenxue led the way, she enthusiastically introduced the demon cultivators. However, most of these demon cultivators clearly didn't know how to do math, and they were all counting on their fingers, their expressions still full of confusion.

The group arrived in front of the flying boat. Zheng Qian was idly flipping through the script when he saw that Bai Chenxue had brought a lot of money. He was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Bai Chenxue first pulled Zheng Qian aside and chatted for a long time about the cause and effect, introducing everyone's identities as demon cultivators, before calling everyone to line up for registration. She then immediately opened a password-protected live broadcast room and suggested that Director Shang come for a video audition.

"What?! Two hundred yuan a day?!"

Hearing Zheng Qian read out the salary, Hu Xue was taken aback and asked, "Didn't you say that an ordinary farmhand only earns a few dozen yuan a month?"

Knowing that Hu Xue was a new demon cultivator who had just arrived in the Taiyin Sect area and knew nothing, Zheng Qian patiently explained: "Yes, that's how it is, but our profession is considered high-paying and has special requirements. For example, you need to be good-looking, have excellent acting skills, and preferably have some cultivation and know some magic. This way, we don't need to spend too much effort adding special effects later, so the salary will be higher."

While chatting with Hu Xue, Bai Chenxue, who was setting up her live stream in the distance, called back and exclaimed, "Warehouse Sister! Director Shang said he's ready on his end!"

"Okay! Let's start with Hu Xue then!"

As he spoke, Zheng Qian urged Hu Xue, "Go and give it a try!"

Hu Xue nodded, not daring to ask any more questions, and nervously walked into the open space that Bai Chenxue had indicated, then looked at her blankly.

Bai Chenxue smiled amicably and then said, "Because the conditions are not sufficient, I can only repeat what Director Shang said. Don't be nervous!"

After speaking, Bai Chenxue paused to give Hu Xue a moment to catch her breath before continuing, "Director Shang asked, since you are a white fox demon cultivator, can you conjure up nine tails?"

Hu Xue looked troubled: "Nine-tailed fox? That's something only those with the bloodline of the Celestial Fox can have!"

Bai Chenxue quickly waved her hand to explain, "No, no, no, it's just a transformation, something like an illusion or something, as long as it looks like the Nine-Tailed Fox!"

"That's not difficult!"

Hu Xue felt she understood something—she was the best at illusion magic!
Then, she transformed herself, and nine fluffy, snow-white fox tails suddenly appeared behind her.