Li Nianfan carefully thought about it and realized the phenomenon always existed.

The Heavenly Palace also could not hire anyone when they first started. They especially could not get experts to join them. Powerful experts were lovers of freedom. They were powerful and blessed by the realm and they were more into religion and education. No one cared about the Heavenly Palace.

Therefore, the Jade Emperor ranted to Hongjun. He said that he needed assistance. In the end, it caused…the Investiture of the Gods!

The war was as bad as the catastrophe. A lot of Immortals became Chancellors of the Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Palace was instantly filled with staff.

However, the Immortals of the Heavenly Palace were not all hard workers. For example, Nezha. She was like a top spy in the Heavenly Palace. She helped whoever was against the Heavenly Palace. Also, God Jiro. He would not listen to orders and would fight anyone powerful just to embarrass the Jade Emperor.

Those who were inferior to a Daluo Golden Immortal would be nicer because they relied on the Flat Peaches to extend their lives. However, they were also schemers. Most of them did their jobs with minimum effort. Some of them were spies working for other forces.

The Jade Emperor…seemed to have a hard job.

Li Nianfan had to look at the buff guy at the side. He was smiling while carrying the items.

Juling Shen seemed to be the most loyal worker in the entire Heavenly Palace. He was a nice himbo but he was usually the cannon fodder character. No matter how powerful the enemies were, he would defend the Heavenly Palace by charging at them…and getting beaten up.

Flat Peaches were gone. He could tell that the Heavenly Palace would not be successful in recruiting staff.

Most importantly, the people from the era were not aware. They did not realize the importance of management.

Li Nianfan asked curiously, "What's the Jade Emperor going to do?"

"We have three strategies so far."

Taibai Jinxing did not try to hide it. He said, "First, we gather the old staff of the Heavenly Palace. Second, we communicate with the Underworld and search for the guards or generals' lost souls. Third, we recruit new members. Ghost Immortals, Human Immortals, and even Earth Immortals could try out. If we don't have powerful candidates, we'll train the weak cultivators and go from there."

Li Nianfan nodded. "The strategy of playing it safe. This truly can't be rushed."

Li Nianfan thought to himself, 'The Heavenly Palace thinks too much. The Underworld's also understaffed. They won't allow Ghost Immortals to be candidates. Human Immortals are Humans that are immortalized. They could accept them. Earth Immortals are mostly mountain Demons. Normally, they could be in charge of the lands and the mountains. Those who perform well could be promoted into the Heavenly Palace."

Taibai Jinxing sighed and said, "It's hard to get good candidates!"

Li Nianfan thought of Xiao Chengfeng and Ye Liuyun. He had to say, "I can recommend some friends to the Heavenly Palace. But it's up to you guys on whether they can join or not."

Taibai Jinxing was instantly overjoyed. He said, "Saint, it'd be best if you could recommend some people to us. I'll personally invite them over to join us."

They arrived at the Southern Sky Gate while chatting.

They were carrying a lot of bags which instantly attracted the attention of the Immortals. They knew that they went to help the Deluxe Merit Saint to move. However, they did not expect so much stuff.

More importantly, the stuff in question looked like daily household items, but they were all Spiritual Treasures!

It was too terrifying, it showed them a whole new world.

"A rich guy moved in. A rich guy moved into our Heavenly Palace!"

The Immortals stared and remembered the shocking sight. "All the treasures combined in the entire Heavenly Palace aren't even worth his set of daily items. He just increased the value of the Heavenly Palace!"

"From my calculations, everyone in the Heavenly Palace is at the wealth level where we averagely have a Superior Heavenly Spiritual Treasure."

"Nonsense. My only set of Deluxe Spiritual Treasure would be leveled out. I have nothing now! Woe is me!"

…

Everyone watched them with complex gazes. Li Nianfan and the others slowly returned to the Palace of the Deluxe Merit Saint.

Li Nianfan did not expect that the Jade Emperor and Empress would be in the room. He also did not expect that they would be playing cards with Dragin and Nanan. They were blushing, too. It seemed like they were having fun.

The four of them looked awkward when they saw that Li Nianfan had returned. They unwillingly stopped.

The Jade Emperor and Empress hurriedly stood up. They straightened up and looked serious.

Juling Shen and Taibai Jinxing had their heads buried in the bags. They pretended like they did not see or know anything.

Li Nianfan told Nanan and Dragin, "You two. No self-awareness once the Fire Phoenix is gone."

The Fire Phoenix was a Phoenix, and she was not fond of the Heavenly Palace. She said she was going to rule the Demons so she said goodbye and left. It was her ambition. Li Nianfan naturally did not stop her.

However, Daji and the little fox also followed her. The little fox was a Nine-Tailed Fox so it would be normal for her to follow the Fire Phoenix. Daji also followed her. Li Nianfan could only say that their sisterly bond was close.

'Last time, they were ambushed by the Kirins. It must be terribly difficult to rule the Demons. I hope everything goes well.'

Li Nianfan reminded them to be careful when they left, and if they ran into any situation, they should come to the Heavenly Palace. He was a person of status and connection at the Heavenly Palace, so it would be easy to protect them.

"Alright, leave the things here." Li Nianfan smiled at Juling Shen and the others. "Sorry for the trouble."

"You're too courteous, Saint. This is just a small task." Everyone unwillingly put down the things. 'To be honest, this is the peak moment of my life. I wonder if I'll have the chance to touch treasure again.'

Taibai Jinxing and Juling Shen were suddenly aware of the Jade Emperor and Empress. They bowed and greeted, "Greetings to the Emperor and Empress."

The Jade Emperor waved it off with satisfaction, "Yeah, go on."

He looked at the daily household items that Li Nianfan brought and winced. His eyes uncontrollably teared up.

'So luxurious. I've been with the Buddha and I've never seen such luxury.'

He suddenly felt…embarrassed for the things he prepared. He did not want to give it to Li Nianfan anymore.

However, he needed to. He could not do nothing.

The Jade Emperor forced himself to flip his wrist. Out came a thin crystal-like armor. He smiled and said, "Saint, you've just become a part of the Heavenly Palace so you need a decent Immortal Item. This is the Dingshen Armor. It's made from an essential material. The four elements were used to create it. The defense of this armor is fantastic once you wear it. Please, don't mind it, Saint."

He said it casually but it did not change the fact that the armor was a Deluxe Spiritual Treasure.

The Jade Emperor and Empress considered it for a long while.

They felt like it was their best choice as a gift.

The expert was still an 'ordinary man', so he did not need weapons if he did not have any powers. However… The expert was wary of his safety, so they had to give him a defense armor suitable for ordinary people!

Therefore, they searched the whole Heavenly Palace and found the Dingshen Armor.

It was considered an automatic defense type of armor.

The armor was a precious treasure. However, compared to the daily household items, it was whack.

'No one pulls up with lousy gifts like I do…'

"Good item!"

Li Nianfan was overjoyed. Even his face was slightly flushed from excitement. He laughed and said, "Thank you, Emperor. This item's too good. I've been lacking this, thank you so much."

He was always concerned for his safety even though he had the Deluxe Merit Flesh. The Deluxe Merit Flesh was a slow defense. 'What use is the Deluxe Merit Flesh if it only reacts after I've been hurt? I can't rely on others to protect me all the time. This armor's too important.'

He felt protected with the armor. He was invincible and felt like he could go anywhere.

'The Jade Emperor's truly the Jade Emperor. He has endless treasures, any one of them's beneficial to me. Good, good!'

He did not expect that he would be bribed by others with gifts one day. It felt…very good.

The Jade Emperor noticed Li Nianfan was overjoyed. He sighed in relief and said awkwardly, "As long as you like it, Saint. You gave us so much Deluxe Merit, this armor's nothing."

'The expert's so odd. He has so much Heavenly Spiritual Treasure but he needs to pretend like he's happy. He's such a good actor, other people can never…

'This must be the legendary method-acting.'

Li Nianfan accepted the armor. He had to be concerned with the situation of the Heavenly Palace, so he asked, "Emperor, did you find any survivors of the past Heavenly Palace Immortals?"

"It's not that easy." The Jade Emperor shook his head and sighed. "The Heavenly Palace is responsible for supervising the three realms. We need too many staff, but right now…we're severely understaffed. It's hard!"

The Empress also nodded and said, "Yeah, I even sent out Cheng and the others to help out as best as they could."

Li Nianfan pouted. 'Yeah, right. Weren't you guys playing cards just now?'

He asked, "Did you contact the Sea Race or the Underworld?"

If he remembered correctly, the Sea Race and the Underworld were special departments of the Heavenly Palace. They were important roles in the three realms, after all.

Li Nianfan was planning to check if they had Deluxe Merit on them so he could reward them.

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Of course. There are a lot of ghosts in the Underworld, and the Sea Race is bustling, too. I'm going to borrow some of their staff resources to help out at the Heavenly Palace."

Li Nianfan looked at the Jade Emperor weirdly and thought to himself, 'Where did you get that confidence from? You think the Sea Race and the Underworld would help you out? According to my knowledge, they're both understaffed, too.'

Suddenly, Taibai Jinxing who left earlier came running back. His long white beard swayed from side to side, "Saint, Emperor, Empress, the people of the Underworld and the Sea are here."

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "Right on time. Saint, do you want to follow me?"

Li Nianfan nodded, "Yes, I want to meet my old friends."

Taibai Jinxing looked troubled. He quietly said, "But, Emperor, um… The Sea Race is being carried in…"