Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 650 - 354: Prohibition of Wage Discussions Among Employees
The box wasn't large, square in shape, and the metal corners were quite worn. The etched dragon and phoenix patterns on the lid had become blurred.
There was no mechanism or hidden catch at the lock, just an old gold-plated copper lock hanging askew.
It appeared worthless, the kind even thieves would disdain.
Yet, the more Zhang Ze looked at the box, the more familiar it seemed to him.
Because he had once owned something similar.
Back in White Jade County, when Xiao Qingyun approached him to join forces, the meeting gift was a Taisui.
The Taisui was housed in a box carved with dragons and phoenixes.
The Taisui later went missing, but Zhang Ze kept the box.
He used it to store books or various odds and ends.
Zhang Ze got up, came forward, and fiddled with the old gold-plated copper lock. Its cold touch sparked memories in him; even this lock was quite similar to the old one.
He tapped the box gently with his fingers, and a hollow echo sounded from within.
Uncertain if it was empty, or simply not filled.
Zhang Ze attempted to use his divine sense to peer through the box using a spell, but found nothing. His divine sense vanished the moment it touched the box, as if disappearing into an abyss.
A force unlike traditional spells enveloped this box.
Just as he was about to take the box from the shelf for a closer look, a rhythmic knock came at the door.
"Sister Miemie, there's a letter from the Thousand Mechanism Town branch. Could you please take a look?"
A Barbarian Race girl with brown skin, wearing an Everywhere Pass uniform, entered carrying a stack of documents.
"Thousand Mechanism Town? What's going on there?" Zhang Ze was momentarily taken aback upon hearing this.
The Barbarian Race girl sighed, "The Everywhere Pass branch in Thousand Mechanism Town was dismantled."
Zhang Ze, "?"
This was somewhat incomprehensible to Zhang Ze. The law and order in Thousand Mechanism Town were among the best across the Four Continents.
How could there possibly be an incident of forcibly demolishing a store?
"What happened? Who did it? Is no one from the Sword Sect or Dragon Tiger Mountain managing this?" Zhang Ze inquired.
Faced with Zhang Ze's questions, the Barbarian Race girl frowned. She pondered for a long time, yet couldn't provide a clear answer. The matter seemed overly complicated.
"I'm from the West, and I don't quite grasp their Human Race customs. You'd better see for yourself, Sister Miemie."
After speaking, the Barbarian Race girl placed the envelope containing the Memory Stone on the table, stepped back a few steps, and waited at the side for 'Miemie's' instructions.
Zhang Ze picked up the envelope, drew out the letter, glanced at it, and chuckled in understanding.
As expected, the usual troublemakers were involved, just as Zhang Ze anticipated.
Lily, Stone Girl Xiaoxuan, Tang, and Bai Tao.
This group of mischief-makers had created new chaos in the few days Zhang Ze was away.
They combined Zhang Ze's previously stitched duel cards with wheelchair racing, ingeniously devising a new activity called high-speed wheelchair dueling.
They grandly claimed it was a way to train cultivators in adaptability and the wisdom of multitasking through concurrent wheelchair tool races and card dueling.
This hyperactive group of Demon Lords of Mayhem teamed up, building the racetrack with the aid of spells and Thousand Machines technology in just half a day, found sponsors, and inaugurated the first [Wangwang Pet Shop Cup High-Speed Wheelchair Duel Tournament].
Predictably, the first High-Speed Wheelchair Duel Tournament encountered an accident.
In the final showdown, Lily piloted a modified, illegal wheelchair and secretly used spells for external assistance.
Her opponent, a Cat Lady from Fried Shide, during the use of the Zoo Card Deck, unleashed a real Qilin and elephants from the Beast Taming Ring.
Zhang Ze picked up the Memory Stone, and the scenes recorded by bystanders appeared before him.
Lily could be seen shouting, "My card deck surpasses yours, your life is like a candle in the wind," while flooring the wheelchair pedal.
Meanwhile, her opponent, the Cat Lady, proclaimed, "My card deck will respond to my call, there is no true freedom beyond abandoning comrades!"
Saying this, she raised her hand and summoned a Qilin along with three elephants.
The ensuing chaos was a sight to behold. Lily's illegal wheelchair blew its engine, the three elephants failed to summon an Arhat in sync, causing a crash colliding with Lily, and the rushed racetrack buckled under the strain, breaking in the middle.
The break, coincidentally, was just over the Everywhere Pass branch in Thousand Mechanism Town.
The debris from the track, along with Lily, the Cat Lady, and the three elephants, all fell onto the branch's rooftop, flattening the Everywhere Pass storefront.
The Little Qilin, however, remained unscathed, as it was unlike those fools— it could fly.
Setting down the Memory Stone, Zhang Ze glanced at the Barbarian Race girl and asked, "The person in charge of that branch was Brother Qiang, right? How is he, was he injured?"
"No, Brother Qiang is doing fine," the Barbarian Race girl answered.
"Brother Qiang was skipping work, and he went to participate in whatever wheelchair race it was, though he got eliminated in the first round. When the branch got flattened, he was in the rest area bragging with others."
The Barbarian Race girl earnestly recounted Brother Qiang's absence from work.
Zhang Ze, "...."
Zhang Ze had no particular thoughts, just felt a headache coming on.
"Never mind, I won't pursue the matter of skipping work. As long as no one was hurt. Compensation for over there will be taken care of by the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, I will handle everything else afterwards."
As the double-headed boss, Zhang Ze decided.
The Barbarian Race girl nodded and was just about to leave when Zhang Ze stopped her, "Wait a moment, I still have a question for you."
After the girl turned back, Zhang Ze pointed to the box on the shelf and asked, "What is this?"
