My Text-Based Cultivation Game

"I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasure working with you."

Inside a conference room in the office building of a company in Jingu City, two groups of well-dressed, refined businessmen shook hands warmly and exchanged pleasantries.

The two parties had just reached a consensus on business terms and successfully signed a contract that satisfied both sides. Naturally, their feelings were running high. So, one of them suggested, "Brother Gu, you've come from afar, and we didn't have a chance to properly entertain you last night. Let me treat you to lunch today."

The speaker was an older man with half-gray hair, while the middle-aged man standing opposite him, whom he called "Brother Gu," shook his head.

"I appreciate your kind intentions, brother, but let's skip the luncheon. I promised my subordinates before I came that I would take them out for some fun while I'm on this business trip. These young people have their own ideas and made plans well in advance, even dragging me along. So let's save the luncheon for next time."

"Hahaha." The older brother with half-gray hair laughed, "Brother Gu, you truly deserve to be one of the outstanding entrepreneurs recognized in our province last year. You are really outstanding in your consideration for your subordinates! Alright, since you have your own plans, I won't bother you any longer. Have fun, and feel free to come to me anytime if you need any help."

"Alright, thanks then, brother."

After speaking, the middle-aged man surnamed Gu waved and left the conference room with his subordinates.

As soon as they stepped out of the conference room, a tall, thin man approached the middle-aged man surnamed Gu and said, "Boss, everything is ready."

The middle-aged man surnamed Gu quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about it here, let's go back to the hotel first."

The group appeared to be joking and playing around, seemingly unhurried, but a closer look revealed that their pace was noticeably faster than that of an average person.

At this moment, their playful banter seemed more like a deliberate attempt to mask their inner anxiety.

As soon as they entered the hotel, a waiter casually pushed a suitcase to the door. Under the cover of the crowd, the subordinate behind the middle-aged man surnamed Gu naturally took the suitcase in his hand, as if he were already holding it.

The group boarded the elevator and then went to their respective rooms.

After about an hour...

"Knock knock knock!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the window of the middle-aged man surnamed Gu's room. The man turned his head to look at the window and saw a tall, thin young man wearing a black bodysuit clinging to the windowsill and knocking on the window.

The middle-aged man surnamed Gu quickly went to the window, opened it, and pulled the young man inside.

The young man was even pulling a suitcase.

"Come in, come in quickly."

The middle-aged man surnamed Gu pulled the young man inside, then asked, "Did you give the combat suit to Brother Feng?"

"Of course, I already gave it to him when I came over."

"That's fine then."

The middle-aged man surnamed Gu nodded. At that moment, there was a knock on his door. When he opened it, it was another of his subordinates.

It's a woman.

"Boss."

"Come in, come in." The middle-aged man surnamed Gu stepped aside to let the female subordinate in.

Upon seeing the woman enter, the young man gave a flippant whistle.

"Sister Chen Yang, you won't feel uncomfortable being in a room with me and the boss, will you? After all, it's like being in a Japanese adult film with two men and one woman."

"..." The young woman named Chen Yang rolled her eyes at the young man. "If you can't speak properly, then shut up."

After saying that, Chen Yang snatched the briefcase from the young man's hand in a huff, took out a black combat uniform from the briefcase, and then went into the bathroom to change.

"Sigh~" The middle-aged man surnamed Gu also sighed, "Xiao Huo, watch your words a little, don't talk nonsense all the time."

"Hey!" The young man waved his hand dismissively. "We're already so familiar with each other, it's okay for us to crack a few jokes."

The middle-aged man surnamed Gu shook his head helplessly. To be honest, leading this small group of only three people was more tiring than managing his own company of nearly a hundred people.

When I was a boss, all I had to do was keep an eye on the company’s overall direction and solve its financial problems. But since I awakened my spiritual power and became an Awakener, I have to do everything myself when it comes to matters of the extraordinary world.

At that moment, he finally understood why his employees all came to work with long faces every day; it was indeed annoying to do everything himself.

Through various coincidences, he recruited three other awakened individuals who had awakened spiritual power just like himself, and successfully formed an awakened individual team.

He thought that having someone else do things for him would save him some trouble, but after forming a team, he found that managing others personally was even more exhausting.

The three men had completely different personalities. The young man named Huo Yu was always acting recklessly, swearing constantly, and harassing young girls all the time.

A troubled child in his twenties.

Chen Yang, the only girl in the team, is a pure cold-faced girl. Except when she is facing Huo Yu, she will treat him coldly and even have violent emotions. This girl seems to always be expressionless.

As for Feng Fengfeng, the oldest member of the team who isn't here, although his name sounds abstract, he's actually a middle-aged man nearing fifty.

As the oldest and most mature man in the team, he is the lubricant when there are conflicts in the team. But he should be the most reliable person in the team, but he is actually a troublesome one.

He's a malnourished person!

Pure slacking off!

If you can lie down, don't sit; if you can sit, don't stand.

If you poke him, he'll "pupa up" for a moment; if you don't poke him, he'll remain a wooden puppet until he dies.

Managing the various relationships among the team members was truly a headache.

Now I understand why some of the mentors in the company who train apprentices always look so worried.

However, thanks to these guys, I now know the suffering of office workers. Perhaps out of personal feelings, I also wanted to reduce the torment of my employees, so I reformed the company's welfare policy a while ago, which resulted in me being given the title of "Outstanding Entrepreneur".

Of course, none of these things matter right now; what matters is today's actions!

"According to reliable sources, a King-level expert will make a move tonight to steal the sap from that unknown tree demon."

After Chen Yang changed into his combat uniform, the middle-aged man surnamed Gu instructed Huo Yu and Chen Yang:

"Although it's theft, they'll inevitably fight the powerful commander guarding the tree spirit. What we need to do is take advantage of the chaos, grab as much tree spirit sap as possible, and run! No lingering in battle!"

"Forehead……"

Huo Yu scratched his head, puzzled, and asked, "If we're not the boss, do we have to be number six? With just the few of us, why don't we just go up and fight them for it? Is it really necessary to be so cowardly?"

"You know nothing, kid!" The middle-aged man surnamed Gu flicked Huo Yu on the forehead. "You really think you can go toe-to-toe with the authorities? Do you even have the ability? Don't forget our purpose!"

"Hmm... I don't think we're necessarily incapable." Huo Yu bit her lip, turned her head away, and muttered softly.

"..."

The room fell silent instantly upon hearing this.

"Sigh~"

After a long silence, the middle-aged man surnamed Gu let out a helpless sigh. Why did he feel like he was raising a problem child?