The whole place was silent.

  Everyone looked at Lu Li with incredulous expressions on their faces. Puzzlement, suspicion, mockery, all kinds of expressions were shown on their faces, which was quite a sight.

  The four people who had followed Sun Zian before were even more wide-eyed, their hearts pounding. Because they saw Wen Hong smiling and nodding at Lu Li.

  Instantly, all four of them had a feeling that the sky was falling.

  Although they hadn't participated in bullying Lu Li and the others, they knew clearly the grudges between Lu Li and Sun Zian. If Lu Li wanted to hold them accountable, they would be in big trouble.

  Lu Li straightened his back and scanned the crowd. He didn't have the subservient attitude that Sun Zian had before.

  Wen Hong didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face either. Instead, he thought that Lu Li was different from others. He cleared his throat and shouted to the crowd in a voice like a bell:

  "Listen up, everyone. From now on, Lu Li will be the deputy deacon of our Handyman Hall. He can fully represent my will. If anyone dares to disobey the arrangements, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

  Seeing that everyone was just standing there dumbfounded and not saying a word, Wen Hong's face darkened and he suddenly roared, "Have you all fucking remembered it!"

  "Yes!"

  Everyone was startled and then came to their senses, answering in unison.

  Deputy deacon.

  This term made everyone a bit puzzled because Wen Hong's followers before didn't have any positions at all. Even Wen Hong had never publicly stated that Sun Zian could act on his behalf.

  Even Lu Li gave Wen Hong a surprised look. Wen Hong didn't explain it at all and just told everyone to call him that.

  After giving a lecture, Wen Hong asked Lu Li to sit in the place where tasks were assigned and start assigning tasks, while he himself left without even looking back.

  "What a bullshit deputy deacon. Isn't he just a lackey?" A thin man muttered in a low voice, looking very unconvinced.

  "Who the fuck are you calling a lackey!"

  Suddenly, Chen Zhong glared with his tiger-like eyes and went up to stare straight at that man.

  "Why? Can't people say it when you're a lackey?"

  That man was named Shi Yanze. He had been in the Handyman Hall for a full nine years and was quite an old handyman. He was at the second level of Qi Refining. He had thought that he would be chosen by Wen Hong, but he didn't expect that it would be a newcomer instead. He was really unhappy in his heart.

  "Yeah, dare to do it but not admit it. If you're a lackey, you should be prepared to be scolded."

  "Exactly."

  As Shi Yanze's words fell, several old-timers at the second level of Qi Refining stood out one after another.

  "You're fucking looking for death."

  Chen Zhong was furious and suddenly launched an attack. He punched the chest of another gray-clothed young man who was looking at him mockingly.

  Bang!

  That man hadn't expected Chen Zhong to attack him at all. Caught off guard, he was directly punched and flew backwards through the air. With a thud, he smashed onto the square three zhang away. His head tilted to one side and he directly passed out.

  "How dare you! You're just a newcomer and you dare to attack us. Today, if I don't teach you a lesson, I won't be called Shi Yanze!"

  Shi Yanze deliberately wanted to stir up trouble. While scolding, he waved his hand at the two people beside him and shouted, "Beat him to death!"

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  Hearing this, the two people beside him immediately mobilized their true qi and were about to attack.

  But at this moment, a loud explosion came. Shi Yanze, who had just finished speaking, directly fell forward onto the ground three zhang away like a dog eating shit. In the place where Shi Yanze had been standing just now, there was a dark green young man in a tight suit.

  The young man coldly scanned the two people on the left and right. He raised his palm, and two slapping sounds were heard. The two people were directly slapped and spun around on the spot several times. Then the young man kicked them one by one and knocked them to the ground.

  Only then did he clap his hands and said, "If you're not convinced, you can come to me at any time. But whoever dares to touch my brother, I'll make his life a living hell!"

  What powerful strength!

  He was actually at the second level of Qi Refining, and it seemed that he didn't even cast a spell just now?

  Everyone looked at Lu Li in shock.

  Chu Qingfeng on the side couldn't help but show a bitter smile when he saw this. This young man who had been bullied before had already become stronger than him.

  Seeing that everyone didn't say a word, Lu Li shook his head and walked straight up the stone steps. Looking at everyone, he said faintly, "I have a few things to tell you, and I hope you can remember them."

  "First, you can be unconvinced with me, but don't show it in front of me. Otherwise... I won't be merciful."

  How arrogant he looked!

  Hearing this, the people below all showed a look of dissatisfaction, but none of them said it out loud.

  "Second, in my place, there's no such thing as favoritism. I'll mark the price clearly for all tasks. Anyone can take the easy tasks, but... as usual, I'll take sixty percent of the contributions."

  Sixty percent?

  Anyone can take it?

  Hearing this, everyone was a bit surprised. You know, when Sun Zian assigned tasks before, this kind of task was only given to his own people, and he even took seventy percent.

  Lu Li ignored everyone's expressions and continued, "Third, as long as you complete the tasks on time and in quantity, I definitely won't deliberately make things difficult for you. Of course, if anyone dares to oppose me... that's another story!"

  As soon as his words fell, everyone started whispering to each other, and their attitude towards Lu Li changed a lot.

  You know, in order to make them follow him, Sun Zian had used every means before. He had often deliberately made it difficult for people to complete tasks, so everyone called Sun Zian a lackey.

  If it was really like what Lu Li said, Lu Li could be regarded as a kind person.

  "I... I wonder if I can take the fishing task. I... I'm not in good health." Suddenly, a thin and small man in front asked nervously.

  The fishing task was quite easy, and the monthly contributions were not low. Before, in a place like the Handyman Hall, one couldn't get it without connections.

  "Of course. As I said, as long as the task is available and you're willing to accept my conditions, I can arrange it for you." Then he beckoned to Chen Zhong directly, "Fatty, don't take tasks either. Come and help me with the registration."

  Chen Zhong grinned when he heard this, "Okay!"

  After that, Chen Zhong sat behind the long table, while Lu Li stood aside, constantly flipping through the tasks and categorizing all the tasks.

  After making a plan, Lu Li suddenly found a problem. Some tasks were too easy and took very little time, such as fishing, washing clothes, cutting vegetables... and so on. Tasks that could be completed in just one or two hours had actually been taken as the main jobs before.

  These tasks originally didn't have as many contributions as the laborious tasks. In this way, although the people who took these tasks were relaxed, after the cut, the contributions they got in hand were really not much.

  After thinking about it, Lu Li directly classified these tasks as part-time jobs, so that everyone could do them in their free time. In this way, everyone could earn extra money, and his own cut would also become more.

  After some calculations, Lu Li found that if all these tasks were taken, he could actually get fifty thousand contributions in total. After deducting seventy percent that he had to give to Wen Hong, he could still get fifteen thousand for himself.

  Calculating this, Lu Li's face became a bit strange. He thought to himself that Wen Hong, that bastard, did nothing all day but could get thirty-five thousand for free.

  Of course, he himself was almost the same. He just registered them. It was quite good to get fifteen thousand in a month. Even those formal disciples couldn't earn so many contributions in a month.

  Lu Li immediately announced to everyone that all these easy jobs would be classified as part-time jobs in the future. As long as they could ensure that they could complete their main jobs, anyone could take them.

  As soon as they heard that they could earn extra money, everyone immediately got excited and kept praising Lu Li as a good man.

  More importantly, Lu Li promised that he wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for their main jobs, which made them more confident to take part-time jobs.

  After explaining the commission rules to everyone again, Lu Li directly handed the task book to Chen Zhong and then turned around and left.

  His time was precious now. He should first go to the Pill Hall to exchange for some Condensing True Pills to cultivate and break through to the third level of Qi Refining and become a formal disciple as soon as possible.

  Seeing that everyone was obedient to Lu Li, Shi Yanze immediately regretted it in his heart. Since Wen Hong had already decided on this matter, there was almost no possibility of changing it. He had just felt unhappy in his heart and wanted to vent his anger.

  Well, now he had not only offended Lu Li but also been excluded by everyone.

  "Brother Shi, I think we should find a time to apologize to him. There's no need to quarrel with contributions." One of them said in a low voice.

  "..."