"As long as this problem is solved, won't your full house customization, little walnut maid projects continue?"

"Hmm, makes sense... go on," Lily wiped her nose and urged.

"And the only ones who can do this are you and Zhang Ze." Li pointed at Lily.

Lily, "Me?"

Li, "That's right, because you're special. Although you're different from Zhang Ze, you're unique, half-human half-Star God.

The only ones who understand both the Star God Technique and the Four Continents Refining Technique are you and Zhang Ze, but combining the two, this task is yours alone."

Li patted Lily's waist to show encouragement, "After all, Zhang Ze, he..."

Lily, "I get it, boss is purely lazy, only I can do this, without me, this family would have fallen apart long ago."

Li, "..."

Though that wasn't the intention, as long as Lily was motivated, it was fine.

Taking advantage of Lily's enthusiasm, Li went on to brainwash the pig.

Talking about the success story, painting the big picture just like an old HR, by the end, it also got itself a bit fired up.

Li didn't know why it was so skilled at this, upon thinking, it felt it was infected by Zhang Ze, so it didn't mind.

"Understood? Roll up your sleeves and work hard, a beautiful tomorrow is moving us, cheers!"

Thinking it successfully ignited Lily's life goals, Li continued to pat Lily's waist.

No choice, short hand and stature, could only reach there.

But listening to Li's brainwashing, the energized Lily suddenly deflated, she swallowed the bitter tea, felt her heartache, downed the iced red tea and slapped her palms.

"But money, even if I can earn it back later, I'm still at a loss now, right?"

Li, "?"

'So all I said was in vain?' Li floated up, arms akimbo, hovered in front of Lily, the tiny belly pressed against her face, looking down at her.

"Where's your dream? Where's your pursuit? Was everything I said in vain?"

Lily tilted her head to dodge the belly strike, then backflipped off the railing, stood on the rooftop, held a posture like asking for money.

"I have no dreams, I just want money."

"Only dreams without money, I'd have starved long ago."

Li, "..."

It felt this person's brain was completely broken, after a long silence, Li sighed, "How much do you want?"

Lily pinched her fingers, calculated the expense of Zhang Ze's plan to replace the old with the new appliances across Four Continents. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Aside from the basic costs, she calculated staff wages, overtime allowances, high temperature subsidies, commissions... as well as her mental loss compensation, pill medicine loss cost, daily living expenses, food, drink, and other miscellaneous items.

"This amount..." Lily rubbed her fingers and said.

Hearing the amount Lily reported, Li waved her hand, gesturing for Lily to stand a bit farther.

In Lily's curious and puzzled gaze, Li took a deep breath into her Dantian, mouth gleaming gold.

Soon Lily's eyes changed from curious to surprised.

Looking at the giant object before her, she knelt down shamelessly.

Lily crawled over, tightly hugging the treasure Li spat out, showing an expression that wouldn't let go even with a slap.

"Hehe... hehe, is this really for me?"

It was a massive treasure bead, taller than Lily when set on the ground, with flowing brilliance on its surface, vaguely revealing mountain and sea scenery, surrounding Spiritual Qi like stagnant water.

"Be careful, don't get crushed." Li held the treasure bead and looked at Lily speechlessly.

"I don't mind getting crushed, my God Li, is this for me?" Lily, then already climbing atop the treasure bead like a cockroach, whipped her twin ponytails and asked again.

"It's for you, consider it your bonus, be obedient in the future, I have more here." Li pointed at her mouth.

Li didn't deceive Lily, it had several more such large treasure beads.

God knows where it swallowed them during the Primordial times.

After receiving Li's genuine promise about the treasure, Lily's gloom vanished entirely, no one knows where she gathered such strength, but in a single 'hey' lifted the thousand-pound treasure bead over her head.

Then using her unique sneaky cockroach strides, vanished without a trace.

Watching Lily leave, Li, wide awake, didn't want to sleep either, after pondering for a moment, it decided its destination for the night.

Descending underground, Li blinked back to the Four Continents Hub located fifty miles west of Thousand Mechanism Town.

The entire hub's area is about half the current size of Thousand Mechanism Town.

Belonging to a public project, it uniquely escaped the influence of Lily and Zhang Ze's style, built in a very normal color and appearance.

Due to only operating a single line to the Beast Taming Sect now, the number of traveling cultivators remains within a normal range, therefore such a large venue appears somewhat wasted.

'There will be more people in the future, then everyone from the Four Continents will use this as a transit, this place will expand, and might eventually become a city independent of Thousand Mechanism Town, built on the transportation hub.'

Thinking of Zhang Ze's words, Li showed its identity credentials, walked through the gate array inside.

Then stood in front of a crystal stone screen serving as a shadow wall.

The crystal stone screen broadcast ads, besides products from Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, there were enrollment brochures from some small sects.

Among these ads were interspersed slogans welcoming you to the Four Continents Hub.

Though the slogan...

Was a bit unfriendly towards Li.

To prevent ticket evasion, Lily added some tricks to this crystal stone screen.