Chapter Twenty: Interview Storm

  The next morning, Ma Tong woke up early, still with a dirty and smelly black mark all over his body. Fortunately, Ma Tong was already used to it by now and didn't make a big fuss about it, thinking of it as an aftereffect of becoming stronger.

  After washing up, Ma Tong looked at the time and found it was still early. Feeling a bit bored, he took out "Lingbao Jian" from under his pillow and started flipping through it. When he turned to the page of "Hunyuan Jindou", he suddenly became interested and began to study it carefully.

  "Hunyuan, one breath, is the Great Way. When the Way is accomplished, it can be performed by the Hunyuan Saint, as the Supreme Master of the Teaching. However, those who can be called Hunyuan have great spiritual powers, great causes and effects, and a great number of kalpas. This "kalpa" refers to the kalpa of the three realms, six paths, heaven and earth. From Hunyuan downwards, none can escape. In the interval between the opening of heaven and earth, there is a golden dipper, inside which are pressed three talents, containing the mysteries of heaven and earth. The causes and effects are unknown, the kalpas are not apparent, and the work can be monopolized by the heavens in advance, reversing creation and transformation. All below the Saint can be grasped, originally belonging to the Three Immortal Sisters of Qingxu Island: Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao, known as the Hunyuan Golden Dipper."

  One of the most powerful magical artifacts in the Battle of Sealing the Gods, later became the instrument wielded by the Three Goddesses of the World to control the fate of all beings, from emperors and kings to nobles and commoners, wise and foolish. Whoever falls to the ground must first pass through the Golden Dipper, and cannot escape this treasure. In later generations, it evolved into a mortal world's purification bucket.

  Seeing this, Ma Tong thought of the mysterious disappearance of the golden toilet: Jing Tong? Isn't it a horse bucket? Golden Dou, Golden Horse Bucket, could there be some connection between them?

  Impossible! Ma Tong shook his head and sneered at himself: He must have thought too much, the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron should be just a treasure imagined by Xu Zhonglin hundreds of years ago based on the human clean bucket, what does it have to do with what he encountered?

  But as he thought, Ma Tong still looked at it with great interest, and when he saw the end, the materials and methods for refining the mixed yuan golden battle imitation product made Ma Tong laugh again: what's the point of using a few kilograms of gold, a few hundred kilograms of fine iron, a few taels of Taizhen golden jade, a few taels of silver, and a few taels of Beihai Xuanbing iron with three true fires to forge? But the last step used a liter of child urine to soak for 49 hours, which was a bit too ridiculous.

  Just as Matong was crying and laughing at the same time, Zheng Lirong's voice came from the living room: "Tongzi, have breakfast!"

  "Coming!" Ma Tong responded with a sound, and casually stuffed the "Lingbao Mirror" back under the pillow.

  At 8:50, Ma Tong arrived at the gate of Lingyun Security Company, tidied himself up to look more spirited, and then walked towards the gate. Just then, a sarcastic voice suddenly rang out: "Hey! Isn't this the infamous Ma Tong? How come you're out of the police station? I say, these cops are really something, how can they just let a criminal like you go free?"

  Ma Tong's anger ignited upon hearing the words, and as he looked in the direction of the voice, he saw a security guard wearing a black beret, a well-fitted blue uniform, and black military boots, looking at him with a smug expression. Ma Tong took a closer look and realized it was his former colleague Li Lianxin, who had been beaten by Lu Dahai for speaking ill of him behind his back!

  Originally, after Li Lianxin was punched by Lv Dahai, he made a big fuss in the company for two days, and the leadership was annoyed to death. In the end, they had no choice but to settle with each other, Lv Dahai was fined and penalized, while Li Lianxin was transferred to the security company under the group. Coincidentally, Ma Tong was introduced by Ling Wanqing to interview at the security company, which led to the current situation!

  It's really true that enemies won't gather together by chance!

  Ma Tongqiang suppressed his anger and retorted, "Hmph! I thought it was someone's dog that wasn't tied up and biting people randomly. Isn't this Li Lianying who got punched by the sea and became a dog eating shit? How come you recovered so quickly?"

  "Hey!" Li Lianxin was furious, but thinking that he was still on duty, he suppressed his anger and said: "Your name is really apt, you can't even speak without mentioning shit or piss!"

  Li Lianxin endured, but Ma Tong couldn't hold back. He took a big step forward and appeared in front of Li Lianxin, pinching his neck with one hand. With just a bit of force, he lifted Li Lianxin off the ground: "I'm warning you, if you dare to insult me again or use my name for your own gain, I'll kill you!"

  Li Lianxin's face was bright red as he desperately struggled, but he couldn't budge Ma Tong's iron-like big hand at all. In a state of urgency, he pulled down a black electric baton from his waistband, barely opened the switch, and fiercely poked it against Ma Tong's ribs!

  A current of tens of thousands of volts instantly spread throughout Matong's body, but instead of being knocked unconscious, Matong only shivered violently and had no other reaction!

  Ma Tong was determined in his heart, and with one hand he snatched the electric baton from Li Lianxin's hand, intending to use the same method against him.

  "Stop! Put him down!" A thunderous roar suddenly burst forth beside the two men.

  Ma Tong followed the sound and saw an old man with white hair, but still in high spirits, standing upright with his waist straight, staring at him with a frown, and behind him stood two security guards with broad shoulders and waists, also staring at him fiercely. It seemed that as long as the old man gave the order, they would rush up and grab him!

  Ma Tong loosened his grip, and Li Lianxin fell to the ground with a "thud", severely bruising her buttocks, and couldn't struggle to get up for a long time.

  "How dare you beat our employee in front of our company's gate, what a big nerve!" The security guard behind the old man was furious and wanted to rush up to teach Ma Tong a lesson, but was stopped by the old man.

  The old man's gaze at Ma Tong was as if he could see through the world, wise and sharp. At this time, he said lightly: "Young man, tell me, what's going on?"

  Ma Tong didn't even glance at Li Lianxin, and very seriously said to the old man: "Sir, it's like this. My name is Ma Tong, I'm here for an interview at your company. This Li Lianxin has a grudge against me, not only did he take advantage of the situation to make things difficult for me, but earlier he even used an electric baton to jab me. I was furious, so I taught him a lesson!"

  "Oh? Li Lianxin, is what Ma Tong said true?" The old man looked at Li Lianxin coldly.

  Li Lianxin finally got up, pointing at Ma Tong with a wronged expression and arguing: "Don't listen to this guy's nonsense, An Lao! He's just here to cause trouble! I'm telling you, back in our old company, Ma Tong had done something like embezzlement before. You mustn't believe him!"

  The old man keenly detected the shirking in Li Lianxin's eyes and sneered, "You think you can deceive me? I know more about this matter than you do. Do you think you can just lie to my face and get away with it? Just because your brother-in-law holds a position in the company doesn't mean you can do whatever you want! If there's a next time, you'd better get out of here and go back home!"

  Li Lianxin's whole body trembled, and he lowered his head, not daring to speak. However, the venomous gaze he secretly cast at Ma Tong was filled with deep-seated hatred!

  The old man's clear insight and impartiality made Ma Tong feel a great sense of respect, and he said with reverence: "So you are An Lao, thank you for your fair handling!"

  As for Li Lianxin, he was completely ignored by Ma Tong.

  However, contrary to Ma Tong's expectations, An Lao did not give him a good face and said in a deep voice: "Are you Ma Tong? I've heard about your situation from Assistant Lin, and I had some expectations of you. But now I have to say something to you. Although this time it wasn't your fault, since you came to our company for an interview, you should first consider yourself as a member of the company. But what did you do? You made such a scene in front of everyone! Where is the company's face? If you continue like this in the future, there's no need for an interview, you can just leave!"

  This old man is indeed as ruthless and impartial as Ling Wanqing said, he didn't even give Ma Tong any face!

  Ma Tong's face changed, he wanted to leave with a flick of his sleeve, but thinking of Ling Wanqing's earnest entrustment, he forcibly endured it and said in a somewhat stiff but very sincere tone: "Sorry, An Zong, I guarantee there won't be a next time!"

  The old man nodded in satisfaction and said, "This is more like it. Young people having some temper is nothing, but discipline is discipline. If you were in the army, I could have you confined to quarters! Considering your strength, follow me!" After finishing speaking, the old man turned around and walked towards the company building with a steady gait, yet at a very fast pace, indeed living up to his military background.

  Ma Tong followed up, keeping a distance of half a body length behind the old man.

  When He An Lao and Ma Tong left, Li Lian Xin reluctantly picked up his own electric baton, still wondering in his heart: he had clearly turned on the switch of the electric baton and had indeed poked it at Ma Tong's body, but why didn't he have any reaction at all?

  Was it that his own electric baton was broken? Li Lianxin opened the switch of the electric baton again, but he didn't have the courage to try it on himself...