Upon hearing the thirty thousand, Alchemist Ji almost felt an impulse to get up and leave.

But after hearing the words "base salary," he reluctantly sat back down.

For many jobs, the base salary doesn't matter; it's the commission that counts. Could it be the same with this alchemy workshop?

"Then, may I ask about the commission?"

Alchemist Ji asked full of anticipation.

Then, he heard Su Yuan ask with a puzzled face:

"Commission? What's commission?"

Alchemist Ji: "..."

No commission, then what base salary are you talking about!

A mere thirty thousand?

I could earn that by delivering food or working as a security guard with my Foundation Establishment cultivation!

"Sorry, the education I've received does not allow me to accept such a salaried position."

Alchemist Ji said coldly:

"I don't care how your sect obtained my personal information, but please don't bother me again."

With that, Alchemist Ji stood up and headed for the exit.

But at that moment, Su Yuan calmly spoke:

"Though the base salary is only thirty thousand, joining the Primordial Sect's Pill Hall comes with numerous hidden benefits."

"For instance, the daily Spiritual Energy needs of Foundation Establishment cultivators are all covered by the Primordial Sect!"

"Just this benefit alone can cut about ten thousand off your monthly expenses, right?"

Alchemist Ji stopped in his tracks.

He turned around slightly stiffly, and before he could ask, Su Yuan flipped his hand, revealing an empty Spirit Stone in his palm.

Then, under Alchemist Ji's astonished gaze, the Spirit Stone rapidly filled with Spiritual Power, shining brightly.

After filling the Spirit Stone, Su Yuan tossed it to Alchemist Ji:

"Check it yourself, it's quite pure."

"Although this twice-encapsulated Spirit Stone cannot be sold externally, it's quite suitable as an internal employee benefit."

Alchemist Ji hurriedly checked the purity of the Spiritual Power inside the Spirit Stone and found Su Yuan's words to be true.

The purity of this Spiritual Power was higher than that of premium Spirit Stones he had spent a fortune on.

If he could receive ten Spirit Stones of this quality every month, it would indeed be worth the ten thousand salary.

Seems... it might be negotiable?

Alchemist Ji cautiously asked:

"Does our sect offer any other benefits?"

"There are two more benefits like this."

Su Yuan nodded:

"First, by joining the Primordial Sect's Pill Hall, you can receive a certain daily share of premium meat, enough to fulfill your and your family's Spirit Beast meat needs."

"Second, you get a monthly quota of ten Righteous Third-Turn Golden Cores or fifteen Demon Path Third-Turn Golden Cores."

"The former doesn't need emphasis; what's truly important to you is the latter."

"I recall you have a son who just started high school, right?"

"His performance in Body Refinement has always been unsatisfactory, and your family has been investing heavily in this area without much success."

"After you join us, you can give the Third-Turn Golden Cores you personally refine to your son, and his physical progress will far exceed your expectations!"

After hearing about these three benefits of joining the Primordial Sect, Alchemist Ji fell silent for a moment but then suddenly smiled:

"Sect Leader, you really have a keen eye."

"Please, let me join the Primordial Sect."

Su Yuan smiled slightly, asked Alchemist Ji to wait aside, and continued recruiting.

To be honest, Nine Dragon Hall has already been ruthless in exploiting these unemployed alchemists; even Su Yuan couldn't reduce the salaries any further.

If he did, he'd be hung from the streetlights.

But here's the problem: Su Yuan didn't even want to pay fifty thousand but still wanted the unemployed alchemists to stay in the Primordial Sect and work hard. What should he do?

Naturally, he should use some seemingly generous but actually low-cost benefits to replace wages.

The Spiritual Power quota for the alchemists is derived from collecting the desires from the masses absorbed by artists under Primordial Media, then transformed by the Great Desire Immortal Puppet into Spiritual Power.

As the fanbase of artists like Xiaowu grows, the desire extracted increases, and the accumulation of Spiritual Power within the Great Desire Immortal Puppet is so vast that Su Yuan alone could never use it all up.

Since it's not being used up, it can conveniently be given as an employee benefit.

As for the meat quota, it naturally comes from the Primordial Sect's existing barbecue business, available at cost, which isn't considered expensive.

And the Third-Turn Golden Core quota, well, the elixir business is notoriously lucrative, with the cost of raw materials being comparatively negligible.

All in all, Su Yuan used less than fifty thousand in costs but saved two hundred thousand in employee salary expenses.

Five minutes later, another middle-aged, disheartened alchemist entered the workshop.

Before Su Yuan could speak, Alchemist Ji, sitting on the side, exclaimed:

"Old He? You're here for the interview too?"

"Old Ji!"

The two former colleagues from Nine Dragon Hall, meeting again, couldn't help but look at each other.

Initially, they thought this was just a coincidence, but as every subsequent alchemist came for the interview turned out to be from the Nine Dragon Hall, they couldn't remain calm.

So the Primordial Sect intends to uproot the foundation of Nine Dragon Hall completely!

Most of these alchemists were from Taihua City, and among them, one or two even knew Su Yuan.

This inevitably led them to whisper among themselves.

Backing Su Yuan is the Taibai Phecda and the Top Ten mentors, and no one in Taihua City has a stronger background.

This indicates that the Primordial Sect isn't just a fleeting small sect; they can settle here for a long time.

This certainly reassures the alchemists.

However, they had already heard through various channels—Nine Dragon Hall was dismantled by Su Yuan.

This left them speechless.

We thought the job at the Primordial Sect's Pill Hall could save us from dire straits... it turns out you're the one who put us in those dire straits!

But they were just speechless and had no further thoughts.

If given a choice, no one wants to work for an illegal Demon Sect.

Now that there's an opportunity to join a sect established by a proper Top Ten elite, it's a good thing! It's turning over a new leaf!

Could an elite from the Top Ten establish a Demon Sect to bring chaos to the world?

Turns out, yes!

When the twenty recruited unemployed alchemists saw the three righteous and three evil six pill formulas, along with the storage room filled with Flesh and Blood Materials, they fell silent together.

Su Yuan stood behind them, lightly coughing:

"Everyone, the Righteous Third-Turn Golden Core is just a facade. Its sales won't be high, and its market competitiveness isn't great either."

"The primary purpose of the Righteous Third-Turn Golden Core is to anchor the price of the Demon Path Third-Turn Golden Core, so you all should familiarize yourselves with the Demon Pill Formula."

"Don't feel too bad; even though we're using Flesh and Blood Materials for alchemy, all materials have been approved."

"Since we've already worked for an illegal Demon Sect, there's no need to maintain such a high moral standard, right?"

The group of unemployed alchemists exchanged glances for a long time, suddenly understanding a truth.

Su Yuan destroying Nine Dragon Hall was definitely not out of righteousness; it must have been for black-eating-black!

But what could they do?

They were too poor to make ends meet, so there was no need to adhere to some so-called moral baseline like Kong Yiji.

Demon Path it is, then, for the sake of survival.

After leaving the alchemists to familiarize themselves with the pill formulas, Su Yuan returned to the recruitment table.

Standing by, Qi Hanyan curiously asked:

"Sect Leader, why did you only recruit twenty people? What about the remaining ten positions?"

Su Yuan said lightly:

"The remaining ten positions, naturally one for you, one for me, and..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Nuoyi arrived at the factory door, followed by several preparatory class students.

"Why... why are you all here?"

Qi Hanyan looked at the people behind Chen Nuoyi and found they were all students discovered by Master Qiu with a talent for alchemy.

Faced with this question, these classmates said with clear eyes:

"We don't know, Chen said we could earn academic credits here, so we came."

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