"That's right, your soul power has actually been promoted again, and you are already a half-step soul ancestor?" After confronting Zhang Su, Hu Xi sensed Zhang Su's soul power and was slightly surprised.

"With a little chance, there is a slight improvement, but it is Brother Hu Xige who surprises me, you have hidden your soul power for so long, I don't even know that you are already a junior soul ancestor." Zhang Su squinted at Hu Xidao.

"Well, I didn't mean to hide it, I really had to do it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to stay in Qicheng." Hu Xi responded with a wry smile.

"Why?" Zhang asked puzzled.

"Because the soul master who can be promoted to the first order of the soul ancestor will inevitably be valued by the company's headquarters, and will even be forcibly absorbed into the company's headquarters combat power, I don't want to go to the headquarters, I just want to stay here in Qicheng, so I don't want to expose my soul power." Hu Xi explained.

"Competency appraisal at headquarters? Since Brother Hu Xi can be appointed as Elder Yan's secretary in Qi City, he should have passed that ability appraisal, and the headquarters has arranged you here, will you be called back to the headquarters because you have been promoted to a junior soul ancestor? Zhang Su continued to ask.

"That ability appraisal is not as simple as you think, although I passed the ability appraisal, but there is one step that is extremely dangerous, I used a Horcrux given to me by Old Man Yan to fool through." Hu Xi hesitated slightly and replied.

"Danger? What do you mean? Zhang Su frowned and asked.

"Originally, I didn't want to tell you about this, but since you have a deal with the company about the Pu family, it doesn't hurt to tell you, but you have to promise me that you won't say it, and I'll tell you the truth about the ability appraisal." Hu Xi pondered for a moment and replied.

"Is an aptitude so mysterious? Okay, you name it, I promise not to say it. Although Zhang Su felt a little strange, he still nodded and promised.

"Okay, then let me ask you, have you noticed that there are almost no soul masters in our company who have really reached the Soul Ancestor level except for Old Man Yan and Old Man Zhong, the two company veterans?" Hu Xi asked.

"Soul Ancestor level? Isn't there still you? Oh, it seems that Sister Gu from the Finance Department is also a junior soul ancestor. Zhang Wei pondered for a moment and replied.

"I'm an exception, although Sister Gu is not a veteran, she is one of the people who entered the company earlier, but what do you think of the others?" Hu Xi shook his head and asked.

"Well, like the cadres are basically from the high-level soul king to the half-step soul ancestor first order, and the ordinary employees range from the high-level soul master to the high-level soul king, basically this kind of composition." Zhang Wei thought for a moment and replied.

"Well, that means that there are very few people who have really reached the first order of the Soul Ancestor, and most of them are stuck in the first order of the advanced soul king, right?" Hu Xi nodded.

"That's right, most of the soul masters in our company are at the high-level Soul King level, and a few of the cadres are at the half-step Soul Ancestor level, which is already considered high, because there is a layer of shackles between the Soul King and the Soul Ancestor, and many people can't cross that shackle." Zhang Su thought about it and responded.

"There is indeed a shackle from a high-level soul king to a junior soul ancestor, but it is not that dozens of soul masters on the side of the Qicheng branch can't cross it, and it's not just Qicheng

Many local branches have this phenomenon, do you think it is accidental? Hu Xi asked.

"The same is true of other branches? Hu Xige, what do you want to say? Zhang Su asked with a puzzled expression.

"The company's ability appraisal is actually not really an appraisal of the company's soul masters' abilities, but a bureau and a scam set up to suppress the rapid growth of some soul masters, or to seize the souls of some soul masters." Hu Xidao.

"Capture the spirit? What do you mean? Why do corporate headquarters do this? Isn't it a good thing for the company to improve the strength of the company's employees? Zhang Wei asked in surprise.

"I also judge based on my own experience in ability appraisal back then, after all, the company is still the company in power of the Nan Guo family, for the Nan Guo family, the company is just a peripheral branch of their family, they need strength to make up for the decline of the family, but they are afraid that there will be a force within the company that they can't control, so they need to use some means to suppress the strength of the soul master at the bottom, and extract the soul essence of people like us who have become soul masters from ordinary people to supplement the growth of their family. And the third item of ability appraisal is the means of extracting soul essence. Hu Xi explained.

"When Sister Lin Yan told me that the ability appraisal required soul exploration, I was a little suspicious, but I didn't expect my suspicion to be true, they are really raising foreign soul masters in captivity, and then extracting the essence soul, but Brother Hu Xi, you and Sister Gu Yantang also participated in the ability appraisal, why can the soul power advance to the real soul ancestor level?" Zhang Su was a little stunned, and then frowned and asked.

"Sister Gu majored in body soul skills, and her exercises and soul power were a little special, so even if she was extracted from her soul, she still slowly cultivated to the primary soul ancestor, I said that I was because Old Man Yan gave me a special horcrux in advance, and I replaced me with that horcrux when I was extracted from my soul, so I didn't really lose my soul, the two of us are more special, and the others are not so lucky." Hu Xi continued to explain.

"Why did Elder Yan only give you a Horcrux to avoid being extracted?" Zhang Su was still puzzled.

"I guess I feel sorry for my father, my father died to save everyone in the Heavenly Soul Castle incident, and I, as an orphan, Old Man Yan not only raised me, but also wanted to hide from the company to train me and become his successor in Qicheng." Hu Xi lowered his head and said.

"This is a reason, since Elder Yan knows about the company's extraction of spirits, why didn't he report it to the soul master world? No, aren't Elder Yan and Elder Zhong also at the Soul Ancestor level? Moreover, Elder Yan has already reached the advanced soul ancestor, isn't he just one step away from the soul immortal? He wasn't restricted from growing his soul power either. Zhang Su asked.

"Old man Yan and old man Zhong are the last batch of guests of the Nanguo family, and they are also the veterans who founded the company." Hu Xi replied.

"What? Keqing? Zhang Su's eyes widened and he asked.

"Well, I heard Old Man Yan talk about it, he was a wandering beggar at the beginning, and he once worshiped under a wandering soul master, and then the wandering soul master died in the war, and he returned to his wandering life, occasionally helping people exorcise ghosts and summoning spirits to earn a few meals, and when he was very hungry, he used some soul master methods to steal people's treasures

Exchanged for food and food, and later met the black beans, and the black beans wandered the world together, grabbing wherever they went, until one day they grabbed the head of the Nanguo family, which was still the Wang clan back then, and he and the black beans were caught together, but the Nanguo family did not punish the old man Yan who had become a soul master, but gave him enough food and shelter, and since then the old man Yan has worshiped under the door of the Nanguo family to cultivate soul power, after having the basic guarantee, the old man Yan showed extraordinary cultivation talent, and soon cultivated to the first order of the soul ancestor, He was accepted as a guest by the Nanguo family. Hu Xi told the history of Yan Hunshan.

"Since it is the Wang family, why did the Nan Guo family still establish a soul hunting company? Why did Yan Lao become the manager of this Qicheng branch again? Zhang Su listened to Yan Huishan's history and asked puzzledly.

"The war is over, everything is reshuffled, feng shui takes turns, the Nanguo family because of the big family and the extraordinary background, naturally everyone wants to take a bite of fat, and everything that is original naturally cannot be saved, under various coercion, the Nanguo family almost wants to fall apart, it was Mr. Nanguo, who was not very old at the time, stood up and made deals with some people, so he barely kept the Nanguo family." Hu Xidao.

"I see, but what about after that?" Zhang Su continued to listen.

"Although the Nanguo family survives, because of the service of some people, the clansmen continue to hunt souls, so the consumption is too large, so the development is still not smooth, coupled with the next few soul world wars, the Nanguo family has suffered heavy losses, even to the point of breaking the muscles and bones, and the status in the soul master world is not as good as day by day, and even squeezed out of the ranking of the nine major families, seeing that the clan is in danger, Mr. Nan Guo thought of a way to save his clan, that is, to establish a modern company, and then recruit and train soul masters from the world, Let those outsiders replace the Nanguo family to carry out basic soul hunting activities, so as to reduce the burden of their own family, and in this way, the soul hunting company was established. Hu Xi continued to interpret the company's history. TV debut

"So Elder Yan changed from a guest secretary to a branch manager, recruiting enough cannon fodder from the world?" Zhang Su frowned, slightly resentful.

"Old man Yan himself is unwilling, but after all, he has received the kindness of the Nanguo family, and has the identity of the guest of the Nanguo family, so he naturally can't refuse, but Old Man Yan is always unwilling to let the people who join the company become cannon fodder, so he has formulated strict rules, as well as various means of responding to emergencies, and even in the recruitment of people every season, Old Man Yan is also fooling the past at will, as much as possible not to recruit people from the world, some people think that Old Man Yan wants to let Qicheng take the elite route, In fact, Old Man Yan just didn't want to see more people in danger. Hu Xi explained.

"Then why did you recruit me?" Zhang asked a little angrily.

"That's because Qi Cheng hasn't recruited anyone for a long time, and before you came, a soul master was killed on the company's side, and the number of people didn't meet the requirements of the headquarters, so we would post that kind of advertisement, so if it's not you, it's very likely that someone else will come, as long as the conditions are met, we will leave him as much as possible." Hu Xi replied with a wry smile.

"Missing a soul master? Not yet

Is there Pu Zitong? Zhang Su asked. TV updates the fastest //

"Pu Zitong did come before you, but you also know Pu Zitong's true identity, she came to take refuge temporarily, and she always belongs to the Pu family and not the company, so her arrival company is actually not counted, so you will be the only one who comes to our company." Hu Xi replied truthfully.

"I always thought that I was lucky to be selected as a soul master, but I didn't expect to be the unfortunate one to be chosen, why didn't you tell me this earlier? Also, do the rest of the company know why they were selected for the company? Zhang Su continued to ask.

"I don't know, they know that they will probably stop doing it a long time ago, I am telling you this because I know that you asked Lin Yan for the ability appraisal process before, even if I don't tell you this today, you will have some doubts about the ability appraisal in the future, I am afraid that you will do something out of the ordinary at that time, Fan Zengming is an example, he found out in the process of ability appraisal, and wanted to resist at that time, but he was washed away part of his spiritual sense, and after extracting the essence soul, his soul power was directly weakened to the first order of the intermediate soul king, Now he is slowly recovering, and he has just recently recovered to a high-level soul king. Hu Xi sighed and said.

"Directly snatching the soul power essence soul that others have worked so hard to cultivate, isn't this a bandit? Wouldn't it be okay if I didn't go to the aptitude test? Zhang said angrily, and there was some sympathy for Fan Zengming when he spoke.

"Ability appraisal is a participation in every company soul master who has reached the senior soul queen, if you refuse, the company headquarters can enforce it, and those who do not obey the regulations will be directly erased from the spiritual sense and disperse the soul power, you have signed the entry contract, in fact, some kind of prohibition has been secretly set up in the body when you sign it, once you want to fight against the company, Mr. Nan Guo or some people on the board of directors of the company can open the prohibition in your body, and seal your soul power with that prohibition, you can't resist." Hu Xi explained.

"So I can only wait for them to extract the spirit?" Zhang Su sensed his own soul, and used the stele soul to explore carefully, there was indeed some kind of tiny unknown thing faintly, Zhang Su knew that this should be the ban secretly set by the company.

"In fact, even if there is no prohibition, it will be a tragic end to rebel against the company with your current soul power, of course, I am not telling you so much to let you know and obediently accept your fate, I want to tell you, you don't have to worry for the time being, I got special news from Old Man Yan, that is, the headquarters does not want you to participate in the ability appraisal for the time being, as for whether you need to participate in the ability appraisal in the future, then you will have to wait for the headquarters to make a decision after the Lei Lin ghost banquet." Hu Xi explained.

"Why?" Zhang Su rubbed his chin and asked.

"Well, this is also a secret, but I can tell you in advance that the Qicheng branch has to deal with the Lei Lin ghost banquet in the next place, and on the other hand, it has to deal with the Han family's possible exploitation, so the company will let all the company members be divided into three waves in the next battle plan, one wave to participate in the Lei Lin ghost banquet, one wave to hold the company here, and one wave to keep an eye on the movements of the Han family

Force naturally can't leave at this time, originally the company arranged for Old Man Yan to personally lead the team to encircle and suppress the ghost banquet, Zhong Lao led the team to guard the company, and I led the team to keep an eye on the movements of the Han family, and you are in Zhong Lao's team, but after you called me yesterday, I re-submitted an application to Old Man Yan to participate in the ghost banquet encirclement and suppression, and Old Man Yan finally agreed under my soft grinding and hard bubbles, and rearranged the plan, he asked Sister Gu to replace me to keep an eye on the Han family, and let you replace Sister Chenxi from the encirclement and suppression team. In other words, you are now the key combat force to encircle and suppress the ghost feast, and the headquarters will not call you away immediately. Hu Xi explained.

"In other words, Elder Yan agreed to my application, which is a good thing, but what about me after the Lei Lin Ghost Banquet? Is it still possible to participate in that ability appraisal and be extracted from the soul? Zhang Su asked.

"The growth of your strength is obvious to all, Yan Lao and I don't want you to be restricted in soul power, after all, you have a strong strength It is a good thing for the Qicheng branch, it can make up for the regret of the lack of personnel on the side of the Qicheng branch, and it can also restrain the soul ghosts and other soul master families that have been rampant recently, but I don't know if the headquarters will agree, but you still have the Pu family's martial arts competition to recruit relatives, I think that even if the Lei Lin ghost banquet passes, the headquarters will not easily restrict your growth, After all, the value of your soul is still too far from the value of the entire Pu family. Hu Xi said with a smile.

"Brother Hu Xige knows about my deal with the company?" Zhang Su asked with a frown, as if some secret had been discovered.

"I just knew, Old Man Yan told me on the phone yesterday, I don't know if you and Pu Zitong have a real relationship, but obviously you also deceived her." Hu Xi responded.

"Sort of." Zhang Su did not deny it, and simply nodded, because he had another deal with Pu Zitong.

"Whether you like her or not, I won't tell Pu Zitong, you will explain this matter yourself in the future, but this deception restricts the company's desire to make a move on you, and you can be regarded as keeping the opportunity for your further development, so I think it is a matter of more advantages than disadvantages, if you really get along with Pu Zitong in the end, then it is really the best of both worlds." Hu Xi said with a wicked smile.

"Let's talk about this later, since Elder Yan agreed to my application, then I will naturally go all out, but you just told me so much about the company, it can't really be just for the reason of being a good friend." Zhang Su asked with his eyes fixed on Hu Xi.

"I don't dare to tell you this without permission, since it was with permission, then you know whose permission I have, right?" Hu Xi responded.

"Elder Yan?" Zhang Su guessed.

"That's right, the reason why he asked me to tell you this is to remind you that although he agreed to your application to participate in the encirclement and suppression of ghosts, he doesn't want you to be carried away by revenge, and he doesn't want you to be useless cannon fodder, your value in the future." Hu Xi explained.

"Value? Is it the value that is used by the company? Zhang said angrily.

"Yes, but everyone exists to be used by others, and your existence is important or not

, depending on the value that others can use you, your biggest value now is the transaction with the company, is the opportunity to compete for the value of the Pu family to control the Pu family, you have to maximize that value, not just for a moment of revenge to give your life. Hu Xidao.

"What did you say?" Zhang Su looked at Hu Xi and asked.

"No, this is also what Old Man Yan said, he guessed that you would ask like that, and gave me the answer I needed in advance." Hu Xi replied with a smile.

"This old man is really a good man." Zhang Su sighed with a wry smile.

"If you want to be heard by Old Man Yan, it is estimated that you will have to be kicked by him again." Hu Xi responded with a smile.

"And then, is there anything else to say?" Zhang Wei thought about it and asked.

"Yes." Hu Xi nodded, smiling even harder.

"What is it?" Zhang Su asked curiously.

"You have a fight with Hu Xi, let me see your strength, and then I will specifically arrange your responsibilities during the encirclement and suppression. Well, this is Old Man Yan's last order. Hu Xi used his soul power to block the entire dilapidated factory building, and then emitted the soul power of the junior soul ancestor level to the outside of his body, and said with a smile.

"Haha, Elder Yan has really become a sperm, and I have this intention!" Zhang Su also released the half-step Soul Ancestor-level soul power outside his body, preparing to fight with Hu Xi, the real Soul Ancestor.

(End of chapter)