Chapter 170: Is This Workplace PUA?
Tang Yubbing’s office was as clean and tidy as ever.
When Young Master Sang knocked and entered, Tang Yubbing seemed to still be headachy while organizing reports. Her expression only softened the moment she saw him.
“Good job, Young Master Sang~”
“I heard you took down the leader of the Sword Flower Palace this time?” She teased with a playful glance, “Nice, I knew my little brother had skills. No woman can resist.”
…Does everyone think I’m a charming demon now? Young Master Sang’s expression grew increasingly peculiar.
“Let’s talk about this later. It’s not like I’ll get a reward for it now anyway.”
Young Master Sang sat across from Tang Yubbing and asked, “Let’s get down to business. What’s going on with the Sect Leader?”
Mentioning the Sect Leader, Tang Yubbing’s face immediately showed signs of a headache.
“Sigh. Just thinking about it gives me a headache.”
“You know that little brat’s temper; she runs around everywhere and never tells anyone, frequently disappearing for months at a time.”
“Sometimes she vanishes for a day or two, sometimes nearly a week.”
“Usually it’s fine; no one cares where she goes to play.”
“But right now, it’s the most critical time for the Demon Cultivators to expand. The Sect Leader is absent from the office, disappearing without a word, leaving me with this gigantic mess, really…”
Seeing Tang Yubbing’s expression, like a guardian who was both angry and helpless, Young Master Sang couldn’t help but be curious:
“Has the Sect Leader often pulled disappearing acts like this before?”
“Always has.” Tang Yubbing sighed, “I don’t even know what she’s up to; she never tells anyone.”
Even big sis Yubbing won’t spill the beans? Young Master Sang began to ponder.
Why does this feel like there’s more than meets the eye behind this?
“Nian Nian, do you know where the Sect Leader has gone?”
“I know, but there’s something I hope the host will prepare for mentally.”
“As the main quest progresses, the host’s access to information will become increasingly restricted.”
“It won’t be as easy to find everything out from the system as before.”
Ah? Young Master Sang was stunned for a moment.
There’s such a thing?
Shouldn’t the normal script be that as the main quest unlocks, the system gets more permissions and functions?
How does it make sense for things to become more restricted?
“The main quest indeed strengthens the host’s own abilities, but conversely, it weakens the system’s capabilities.”
Nian Nian said flatly: “Don’t ask me the specific reasons. The system doesn’t know either.”
Young Master Sang didn’t know if Nian Nian was truly uninformed or just reluctant to tell him the truth.
“However, the system can inform the host of Hua Jianglian’s approximate location.”
“…On Cloud Cow Mountain.”
Cloud Cow Mountain… Young Master Sang looked down and pulled out a map from Tang Yubbing’s office files.
“Young Master Sang, what’s wrong?”
Ignoring Tang Yubbing’s question, he began to examine the map.
Cloud Cow Mountain was a long way from the western side of the Demon Cultivators’ territory, far removed from their influence.
It fell within the domain of a body-refining sect called the Fierce Tiger Sect.
Due to its nearly secluded, desolate location, there weren’t many cultivation powers there, basically dominated by the Fierce Tiger Sect.
Anyway, no one was interested in such distant and barren places.
With no spiritual power and resources, who would bother?
This place doesn’t even sell comics? Why would the Sect Leader run off to such a strange location? Young Master Sang thought perplexedly.
“Yubbing, can the Demon Cultivators still hold up?”
“Luckily, Master Yu Xia is managing the Water Gate branch, barely stabilizing things there.” Tang Yubbing rubbed her temples, “But we’ve taken on too much territory after our promotion, and conflicts with surrounding sects are inevitable.”
“Before the promotion, the Heavenly Punishment Department was already understaffed, and now it’s even more stretched thin.”
“If this continues, we’ll have all this territory but no way to defend it.”
Young Master Sang pondered and said, “How about I disguise myself as the Punishment Department’s Demon Lord and scare them a bit?”
“Disguising once or twice is fine, but overdoing it makes it easier to expose flaws.”
Tang Yubbing shook her head: “You’re not really a true major stage cultivator, so it’s better not to use that identity too much.”
“Then I can ask Gu Yingmian for help.”
“Gu Jianxian isn’t one of us, so it’s not suitable for her to act. In the end, our demon matters still rely on ourselves.”
Tang Yubbing took a deep breath and said, “If the Sect Leader doesn’t return in a few days, I’ll go out and look for her myself.”
Young Master Sang was lost in thought, staring at the map for a while, then said:
“Better not. With the Sect Leader gone, the only one left to take charge of the Demon Cultivators is you, Yubbing.”
“If you leave too, there will really be no one left.”
“What should we do then?” Tang Yubbing’s brows knitted together, “We can’t just give away the territory we just secured, right?”
Young Master Sang shook his head.
“I’ll go instead.”
“You? But you just got back, didn’t you?”
“So what? What can we do?” Young Master Sang gave a bitter smile, “Workers are like that. Wherever they need help, they move.”
“I wish I could come back to relax and take my wives to have some fun for a few days.”
“But as long as the Sect Leader doesn’t come back, my promotion and raise won’t be finalized!”
“I can’t feel at ease until I sit in the head position of the Punishment Department at the Water Gate!” he said passionately with sincere grievances.
Tang Yubbing: “…”
“But do you know where to find the Sect Leader?”
“Don’t worry.”
Young Master Sang smiled confidently: “Don’t underestimate my determination to kiss up to the boss.”
“I’ve been cleaning the boss’s office and sucking up every day during this time; I’m already quite in tune with what the boss likes.”
“I’m sure the Sect Leader must have been moved to tears after checking out the new comics, so she went to witness the holy site that inspired the manga.”
Tang Yubbing was astonished: “You actually know that? You read shoujo manga?”
I don’t.
Just making that up.
Either way, I need an excuse to go to Cloud Cow Mountain and find her.
“Well… okay then.”
Tang Yubbing gave Young Master Sang’s shoulder a firm pat: “As expected of the company’s annual outstanding employee model representative. The company won’t forget the contributions you’ve made.”
“Go ahead. I’ll reimburse your travel expenses!”
Young Master Sang nodded, feeling moved, yet vaguely sensed something was off.
…Wait a minute.
Did I just fall for something?
“Yubbing, you weren’t planning to trick me into some overtime from the start, were you?”
“How could that be?” Tang Yubbing smiled brightly and seductively, “Voluntary overtime? Can you even call that overtime?”
Devil!
This woman is a devil!
Young Master Sang suddenly felt that finding the Sect Leader was a matter of urgency.
If the Demon Cultivators continued to be under the control of such a woman, he’d soon be back in his miserable past life as a corporate slave.
“By the way.”
Before leaving, Tang Yubbing reminded him: “This time, you don’t have to be as careful as with the Sword Flower Palace.”
“If necessary, you can even bring a bodyguard with you.”
“Anyway, I’m entrusting the Sect Leader to you, little brother~”
After saying that, she playfully blinked.
To Young Master Sang’s eyes, it only felt infuriating.
This is workplace PUA! You’ll get karma!
(Feeling a bit stuck, I’ll sort out the Sect Leader’s content seriously tomorrow for a big update.)
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