Chen Yi invited Po Xiao to the group chat.
"Po Xiao? A newbie? Is he from your Perception No. 1?" A user named Chi Xue Child was the first to speak up.
Chen Yi immediately explained, "He's from Marketing Department Two. Just started today."
Liu Yiyi sent a surprised emoji. "Just started today? Is he a relative of yours?"
Xiao Xiaomo posted a picture to quiet the chat. "Stop talking about him. He's not very talkative."
After just two messages, she'd already seen Jiang Zuo frown at his phone several times.
'Was it a good idea to pull him into this group chat?'
"From the Market Department? Is he free? I have an urgent job over here, does he want it?" a user named Blade Master Hai Bian posted, along with a pleading emoji.
Then, Po Xiao sent two words: "The specifics?"
Blade Master Hai Bian: "It's a commission from a fellow cultivator. His pet knows Concealment, and its Concealing Level is very high. He can't find it now and thinks something might have happened to it. He wants to hire someone to help find it.
Thirty thousand for a clue, and three hundred thousand plus one Moon Tear Bead for finding it."
Chi Xue Child sent a mischievous emoji. "Guess who I'm thinking of?"
Liu Yiyi also sent a mischievous emoji. "I bet we're thinking the same thing."
Chen Yi: +1
Xiao Xiaomo: +1
Yang Mu: +1
Jiang Zuo ignored their wicked sense of humor. The moment he saw the words "Moon Tear Bead," he immediately sent a two-word reply: "I'm in."
The Moon Tear Bead. Jiang Zuo didn't know how valuable it was to these people, but to him, it was worth a fortune.
It was the key to his Cultivation.
Under normal circumstances, he had no aptitude for Cultivation.
Without a fortuitous encounter, it was impossible for him to cultivate. He had been planning to use a more troublesome method, but with a Moon Tear Bead, that would no longer be necessary.
After getting the client's contact information for the job, Jiang Zuo revealed a humorless smile.
Chi Xue Child posted an image of someone kowtowing. "I'm impressed. From the way he talks, you can tell he's a total boss."
Liu Yiyi asked, "Is Po Xiao a Daoist name?"
Yang Mu also sent a message: "Yes."
Liu Yiyi sent a shocked emoji. "How do you know that too? Since when did the Perception Department and the Tech Department start working together?"
A user named Liuyue Xue: "I wasn't at work today. They probably went to a mixer."
Chi Xue Child sent a blood-spitting emoji. "And they didn't invite me? I've been a virgin for over a decade!"
At this point, Jiang Zuo stopped paying attention to the group chat.
He decided to pay a visit to the client's house. The Moon Tear Bead was best used at night, and he didn't want to wait until the next one.
After leaving Department Two, Jiang Zuo went to HR, which seemed to be a shared department for the whole company.
He needed to get a new work badge.
Once he had his new badge, Jiang Zuo left the Tianhe Group. His new desk location was indicated on the badge itself.
He didn't need anyone to show him the way; the layouts for Marketing Department One and Two were identical.
「Wilderness Street」
This was where the client was located.
Jiang Zuo dialed his number.
"Who is this?"
"The person who took your commission. Is the Moon Tear Bead ready? I don't want to hear that I can only have it tomorrow," Jiang Zuo said coolly.
The person on the other end was stunned. 'This was the most arrogant person he had ever met. The people who take these commissions are all from the Tianhe Market Department, right? Have the people at the Tianhe Market Department all become this arrogant?'
Jiang Zuo suddenly felt that his way of speaking might have been a bit off. 'It was a force of habit. In the past, no one had ever dared to defy him.'
Still, he had no intention of changing his tone.
Then, the man said in a cold voice, "As long as you help me find Xiaoli today, you can have your reward on the spot. I hope you're not just all talk."
"Just have the Moon Tear Bead ready," Jiang Zuo said before hanging up.
He then arrived in front of a courtyard. This was the client's residence.
He knocked, and the door was opened by a handsome, middle-aged man.
"Po Xiao?"
Jiang Zuo nodded. He wasted no time on pleasantries, getting straight to the point: "Show me a photo of the pet."
This was the man Jiang Zuo had just spoken to on the phone. He was the client.
Jiang Zuo was certain of it.
'To arrive and immediately get to work without any small talk…' This was the first time Gu Jiansheng had ever seen someone so brutally efficient. The others who had come before would always exchange at least a few pleasantries upon meeting him. 'Hopefully, he wasn't just putting on an act.'
With that thought, Gu Jiansheng took out a photograph and handed it to Jiang Zuo.
Jiang Zuo only glanced at the photo before walking past Gu Jiansheng into the house. He didn't even take the picture.
This made Gu Jiansheng so angry he nearly attacked him. This man was too arrogant; he had absolutely no respect for his elders.
Gu Jiansheng had already made up his mind. 'If this man was just posturing, he wouldn't be leaving on his own two feet today. He was going to teach this young man that the Tianhe Market Department wasn't such an easy place to be. And that earning money wasn't so easy, either.'
In his hand, Jiang Zuo held a coin he'd just gotten on his way over. He had spent a while picking one out; this one had the best feel to it.
'To find something, you must have a target. The more precise it is, the easier the search. Knowing its name, its appearance, its features—the more you know, the better.'
Gu Jiansheng's pet was named Xiaoli. It was a small white fox, and its defining feature was that it was a Three-tailed Fox.
As the saying goes, people are divided into different classes, but this is just a human construct without any real defining basis.
But for foxes, they truly are divided into classes, and their tails are the defining factor.
A Nine-tailed Fox doesn't represent one's Cultivation, but rather one's status. They are the nobility among foxes, superior to others in every way.
This fox, however, only had three tails. It just meant it had more intelligence and a slightly better aptitude for Cultivation than an ordinary fox.
Finding it should have been very easy, but its Talent for Concealment was unexpected. Foxes don't have this Talent, which meant this one must have had a fortuitous encounter.
If that encounter was a defining feature, it would be easy to find. But if it was a form of protection, that would increase the difficulty.
Thinking this, Jiang Zuo flipped the coin with his thumb.
'Feature or protection? The coin would reveal the answer when it landed.'
Gu Jiansheng, who was behind him, watched, completely dumbfounded. 'This was the first time he'd seen someone from the Tianhe Market Department seriously try to find something by flipping a coin. If this actually worked, he'd eat his own phone. But seeing how this Po Xiao was going about finding his Xiaoli, he knew the man was just posturing and trying his luck. Maybe I should just go ahead and book him a hospital bed. How dare he try to fool me? Did he think Gu Jiansheng was so easily fooled?'
At that moment, the coin began to fall. As it dropped in front of him, Jiang Zuo snatched it out of the air, a smirk playing on his lips.
He turned to Gu Jiansheng, looked him up and down, and then said, "Found it."
Gu Jiansheng was taken aback. 'Found it? Where? Is he messing with me?'
At this thought, Gu Jiansheng's expression turned cold. This newcomer was in serious need of a lesson.
Jiang Zuo seemed completely oblivious to the change in Gu Jiansheng's expression. He simply said, "The moment the coin lands is the moment the fox appears. Whether you catch it or not is not my problem. So, are you ready?"
"If Xiaoli doesn't appear, you'd better be prepared for the consequences of toying with me."
Jiang Zuo said, "Don't move. It's starting."
Then, he tossed the coin into the air.