Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

What?

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.

This person is actually the newly arrived manager of the abandoned hall?

It turned out that after Steward He left, the abandoned hall was left without a steward.

In the past few days, the sect has dispatched another manager.

But this manager is a bit too much...

Everyone couldn't help but frown.

This manager is a ruthless character; he treated them so brutally from the very beginning.

The days ahead will probably be tough.

Xu Yan coldly swept his gaze over everyone in the abandoned hall.

"I don't care what you were like before, but now that I'm here, you all have to listen to me and do things my way."

"otherwise……"

He pointed at the burly man lying on the ground and said,

"He'll be next time, and next time I won't hold back. Let's see if you can withstand this blow, hmph."

He sneered as he spoke, releasing his spiritual energy.

An oppressive aura immediately enveloped the entire area.

Most of these disciples from the abandoned hall were in the early or middle stages of body tempering; how could they withstand Xu Yan's pressure?

We were all terrified and trembling with fear.

Xu Yan was very satisfied to see this.

Then he announced his rules.

"From this day forward, all disciples of the Abandoned Hall must get up at five o'clock every morning to work for me until eleven o'clock at night. Except for mealtimes, no one is allowed to leave their work area without a valid reason; those who do so will be severely punished!"

Everyone's expression changed upon hearing this.

From 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.?

Even the donkeys in the production team don't behave like this!

At this moment, a young disciple who was doing odd jobs couldn't help but ask,

"With such long working hours, what place doesn't have that much workload?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yes, the amount of waste that the sect needs to clean up every day is actually just that much, there's no need to do it for so long, there's not that much work."

"snort!"

Xu Yan sneered.

"It was because that good-for-nothing surnamed He was too nice to you before. There's so much work to do in the sect, can't you see it? Is cleaning up trash all you do?"

"From this day forward, your Abandoned Hall will not only be responsible for cleaning up the sect's waste and disposing of miscellaneous items, but also for handling all requests from other sects. In short, you must be available at a moment's notice without fail!"

Everyone's expression changed instantly.

Is this what they call adding so much workload to them?

"But manager, that's clearly not our job in the abandoned hall, so why are we being made to do it?"

Why?

Xu Yan sneered.

"Because you're a bunch of useless trash. If you're useless and don't work, what's the point of you staying here?"

The crowd gritted their teeth at his harsh words.

However, due to his immense power, they dared not refute him.

"There's one more question."

Xu Yan said somewhat impatiently,

"Speak up, you talk too much nonsense. You're useless, and you still talk too much nonsense."

The disciple asked,

"We disciples of the abandoned hall also need to cultivate. Now that we spend all our time working, how are we supposed to cultivate?"

"Cultivation?"

Xu Yan seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world.

Said,

"You bunch of useless trash with no talent, you actually think about cultivating? What's the point of your cultivation? It's a waste of time, a waste of air, a waste of resources!"

"Look at you old men!"

He pointed to several older disciples with graying temples.

"You've cultivated here for decades, and you're still just a useless body tempering stage cultivator. Is it even useful? Is it even useful? Tell me!"

and also!

Xu Yan continued,

"Starting today, each of your monthly stipends will be reduced from four spirit stones to two!"

What!

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned again.

Is Xu Yan here to take charge, or to cause trouble?

This is pushing them to their deaths.

Immediately, several vigorous young servant disciples shouted out.

"Manager, if this is how the sect treats us, then I'd rather not stay in this abandoned hall!"

"Yes, I'm not staying either!"

Another young disciple also spoke up loudly.

"The way we're being treated here is worse than that of pigs and dogs! Why should I endure it? I'm leaving the mountain today!"

"Go down the mountain?"

Xu Yan was silent for two seconds, then suddenly attacked those disciples without warning.

Boom boom boom!

With a few slaps, several disciples were sent flying, collapsing to the ground and spitting blood.

Everyone was horrified.

Xu Yan stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the crowd, and said...

"No one is allowed to leave the mountain without my permission! From this day forward, you lot will work in this abandoned hall whether you like it or not! I've said it before, anyone who dares to disobey will face only one fate!"

After that, no one dared to speak anymore.

They were furious, but dared not utter another word of complaint.

Because those disciples who fell to the ground are role models.

Just then, the steward glanced around and said,

"Hey, why are you missing one person? Where's Li Ping'an? Why isn't he here?"

Everyone remained silent.

"Hmph, still not going to talk? Fine, if no one can tell me his whereabouts today, none of you are eating lunch!"

Just then, a voice rang out from outside the door.

"Who's looking for me?"

Li Ping'an was already standing outside the door.

He was also carrying several oil paper packages in his hand.

He had just returned from the foot of the mountain when he saw a weasel-faced fellow shouting and yelling in the abandoned hall, and even injuring the disciples of the abandoned hall.

That's incredibly arrogant.

When Xu Yan saw Li Ping'an, he immediately sized him up.

asked,

"You're Li Ping'an?"

"It is indeed this old man."

Li Ping'an spoke in a calm and unhurried tone.

"In that case, why don't you greet me upon seeing me?"

Xu Yan roared angrily.

Li Ping'an remained calm.

"What manager? Where did this manager come from?"

Xu Yan said somewhat angrily,

"That's me! I'm the new manager of your abandoned hall! From now on, you must obey my orders in all your work! No one is allowed to leave the mountain without my permission, do you understand?"

"oh."

Li Ping'an nodded calmly.

"It turns out to be the new manager. I thought it was some dog that hadn't been leashed and was barking wildly in our abandoned hall."

"What did you say?!"

Xu Yan never expected that Li Ping'an would dare to blatantly provoke him.

Especially in front of so many disciples of the abandoned hall.

He was furious and raised his palm to strike Li Ping'an.

However, Li Ping'an remained completely calm.

He is now at the second level of Qi Refining. Because he has taken a lot of pills, his Qi and blood are vigorous and abundant, which is comparable to that of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator at the fifth or sixth level.

Facing Xu Yan's palm strike, Li Ping'an lightly rubbed his feet together, and his spiritual energy burst forth.

With a light touch, he dissipated the spiritual energy fluctuations released by that palm strike into nothingness.

Xu Yan's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this scene.

It seems I underestimated this old man.

The old man has some skill; he dodged my palm strike so easily.

But so what?

Xu Yan's lips curled slightly, and he sneered.

"Li Ping'an, don't think that just because you defeated Zhen Xin in the ring and have some skill, you can do whatever you want in front of me!"

"I, the steward, have been appointed to this abandoned hall by order of the sect!"

"If you dare to contradict me or go against me, that's disobeying the sect's orders and you'll be severely punished. Do you understand?"