Chapter 20 The First KPI of "Son-in-law"
After dealing with the enthusiastic crowd, Zheng Qiuyu almost fled back to Tingyuxuan.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, the strong will finally dissipated.
Her eyes went dark, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground.
"elder sister!"
Lin Yue'er had been keeping an eye on her, and quickly supported her from the side, feeling something burning hot in her hand.
"You have a fever?!"
Zheng Qiuyu leaned on her shoulder, not even having the strength to open his eyes. He could only utter a few words with difficulty in an almost inaudible voice.
"Don't make a sound... Help me go... to see my... silly husband..."
With Yue'er's support, she walked to Hanyu's bed and looked at the sleeping man on the bed.
Between his burning brows, the aura of brutality and destruction seemed to be even stronger, and even in his coma, people did not dare to approach him.
Zheng Qiuyu stretched out his hand, his fingertips trembling slightly.
She gently placed the piece of Warming Divine Jade on her burning brow.
The moment the jade touches the skin, it shines brightly.
The soft white light flowed slowly along his burning eyebrows like a stream of water and seeped into his body.
His frown miraculously relaxed a little.
The heart-pounding aura of brutality also subsided a little.
Zheng Qiuyu's heart finally settled down a little.
In my mind, the system's voice sounded at the right time.
[Soul Stability +3%]
it works!
Zheng Qiuyu's eyes lit up.
However, the next second, the system's warning sound poured a bucket of cold water on her head.
[Warning: The core divine energy is depleted. "Ambergris" containing the original dragon energy is required as a medicine. Otherwise, the Warming Divine Jade can only delay its collapse but cannot cure the root cause.]
The hope that had just been ignited was extinguished in an instant.
It only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
These five words were like five huge mountains, pressing down Zheng Qiuyu so hard that he couldn't breathe.
She found Zhang Xuan again.
"Ambergris?"
Zhang Xuan's face became very ugly.
"Master Zheng, this thing... is difficult to deal with."
"Ambergris is the treasure of the Valley of Beasts, guarded by a 'Golden Eyed Lion King' whose strength is comparable to that of a late Jindan."
"Moreover, the Myriad Beasts Valley is a forbidden area of our Qingyun Sect. No one can enter without the consent of more than half of the elders."
Zheng Qiuyu's heart sank.
Presbyterian Church.
She thought of Elder Wang, who was hostile to her.
Things are indeed not that simple.
But she had no way out.
At the sect’s regular meeting the next day, all the senior leaders of Qingyun Sect gathered together.
Zheng Qiuyu stood in the center of the hall and became the focus of everyone's attention.
She gritted her teeth and made her request.
“…Therefore, I beg the elders to allow me to enter the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts and pick ambergris.”
She hadn't finished her words yet.
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang, causing the beams and pillars in the hall to buzz.
Elder Wang slammed the table and abruptly stood up. His spiritual pressure emanated from him, and the pressure of a Jindan cultivator rushed straight towards Zheng Qiuyu.
His face was full of anger, and his fingers almost poked Zheng Qiuyu's face.
"presumptuous!"
"A woman of unknown origin, who wants to take advantage of the situation as soon as she gets an inch!"
"First, you occupied the best cave, then you injured my poor nephew, and now you dare to covet the treasures in the sect's forbidden land!"
"What on earth are you up to?!"
The atmosphere in the hall instantly dropped to freezing point.
Seeing that no one spoke, Elder Wang's voice became sharper and more incendiary.
"Everyone, you have all been deceived by her!"
"Her so-called husband is nothing but a world-destroying demon! She is using the resources of our Qingyun Sect to nourish a demon!"
"We are inviting a wolf into the house!"
He looked around and made a vicious bet.
"Want to go to the Valley of Beasts? Sure!"
"The sect won't offer any help! If you die in there, you deserve it!"
"If you are lucky enough to make it out alive, your husband must also undergo a soul search by me, Dan Feng, to prove his innocence!"
Soul search examination.
As soon as these four words came out, even Elder Li and Henry Zhang, who supported Zheng Qiuyu, changed their expressions.
That is the greatest insult to a monk. If you are not careful, you will become an idiot.
Everyone thought that Zheng Qiuyu was dead this time.
In desperate situation, Zheng Qiuyu smiled instead.
Her laughter was soft, but it could be heard clearly throughout the hall.
A cold voice sounded.
"Elder Wang is right."
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Facing everyone's sympathetic or gloating gazes, she uttered a word that was unfamiliar to all the cultivators.
"I don't take this as a harassment."
"I consider this... my husband's first 'KPI assessment'."
"Open... fart...?" An elder stroked his beard and read it out haltingly, his face full of question marks.
"What is that?"
Everyone looked at each other, totally confused.
Zheng Qiuyu explained calmly.
"Key Performance Indicator, translated, is called key performance indicator."
"If you want to know whether he's worth your investment, you should at least look at his potential, right?"
"This trip to the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts to get herbs is a demonstration of his potential."
This rhetoric is so fresh.
The elders present had lived for hundreds of years and were all stunned when they heard this theory for the first time.
Zheng Qiuyu turned to the two elders Li and Zhang who supported her and began to make promises.
"Two elders, please think about this."
"If I, a weak mortal, could return safely from the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, what does this prove?"
"It proves that even in his deep sleep, he still has divine power to protect me!"
"This is the best proof that he will be able to protect the entire Qingyun Sect in the future!"
Then, she turned her gaze to Elder Wang, and her momentum became even stronger.
"A god who, even while asleep, can allow his followers to roam freely in forbidden areas."
"And an ordinary genius who needs all your resources to rescue."
“Which one has a better return on investment?”
"My fellow elders, you are all wise men who have lived for hundreds of years. You should be able to settle this account, right?"
Return on investment.
This word, like a heavy hammer, hit everyone's heart hard.
Cultivating immortality is the biggest investment.
Invest resources, invest time, and bet on the possibility of ascension.
Zheng Qiuyu's words directly hit their most core interests.
She succeeded.
She changed the concept of a mission that was bound to lead to death and turned it into a "potential test project for being a god's son-in-law."
She transformed her personal crisis into a gamble for the future of the entire sect.
A terrifying gleam flashed in Zhang Xuan and Elder Li's eyes.
They were obviously completely convinced by this "return on investment theory".
Elder Wang's face turned red from choking, as if someone was strangling him.
He paused for a long time before squeezing out a word from between his teeth.
"It sounds better when spoken than sung!"
He grinned, his eyes filled with resentment.
"The Golden Eyed Lion King won't listen to your empty promises!"
"It only recognizes fists!"
"I want to see how you, a third-level Qi Refiner, can demonstrate the divine power of your 'husband' from under the claws of a demon king comparable to a peak-level Golden Core!"
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