Chapter 203: Opportunity for Beast Husbands to Reap Benefits

Just as Hua Zheng brought up the Shamaness matter, Lin Manzhi and the other person finished a matter, then turned to Mo Lie and said, "We are severely short on staff for extracting the medicine liquid; I need to recruit more pheromone‑bearing females."

Mo Lie's cold gaze paused briefly.

When Lin Manzhi spoke, Hua Zheng stood quietly beside her.

Mo Lie raised an eyebrow, his voice low: "Zhi Zhi, you don't need to go yourself."

"Whatever you need to do, I'll just order others to handle it."

Lin Manzhi rose from her seat, "No need to make it so troublesome; I'll go to Yuequan Lou and put up a recruitment notice. When the females shopping there see it, they'll surely sign up themselves."

When she's free she's happy to stay with Mo Lie, but when there's work she can't always have him accompany her. As she left she smiled at him: "I'll handle this myself."

Lin Manzhi lifted her knee‑length skirt, slipped around the desk, and hurried out of the council hall; a guard at the door immediately followed her out.

She was quickly escorted by a pack of sand‑wolf male beasts from Xicheng Qu to Central City District's Yuequan Lou.

The morning rush for Holy Maiden Fruit had passed, and Xiong Kui, bored out of his mind, was guarding the entrance. Upon seeing the familiar sand‑wolf guard squad, he rushed forward excitedly.

"Oh dear, Lord Lin! You've come to Yuequan Lou yourself—did you bring some tasty medicinal plants with you?"

His face shone like the sun, and the muscular male beast sprinted with extraordinary speed, covering a few steps in a blink to stand beside the gray‑backed giant wolf, eager to be the first to see what Lord Lin had brought this time.

Lin Manzhi: "……"

Honestly, I'm used to it; when they see me they first think of food, as if I'm an automatic feeder in their minds.

She smiled, stepped down from the wolf crouching on the ground, and Xiong Kui, like a wall before her, courteously stepped aside, showing respect for the female before him.

Lin Manzhi walked further into Yuequan Lou.

Xiong Kui remained where he was, looking toward Lin Manzhi's back; his gaze swept quickly over the sand‑wolf group, seeing that each of them had empty hands.

Xiong Kui clicked his tongue regretfully, took a few steps to follow Lin Manzhi, his enthusiasm unchanged: "Lord Lin, it's been ages since I've seen you at Yuequan Lou. The taste of those cherry‑little radishes you brought last time—simply the most delicious fruit I've ever eaten, though it lacked the sweetness of Dragon Tongue Honey Water…"

Having become familiar here, he learned that Kuangsha City has such astonishing foods as Holy Maiden Fruit, discovered by the Lord's Wife:

"Lord Lin—Lord's Wife—look at me; my loyalty to you and the Lord far exceeds everyone here. If you transfer me to the Planting Base to work, you'll gain a super‑capable planter."

Beside him, Xiong Kui whined doggedly, leaving the sand‑wolf male beasts behind Lin Manzhi speechless.

"No, if you want to fight for something, fight for yourself; why drag others down?"

"Loyalty?"

Any guard who follows the Lord's Wife has undergone extremely strict loyalty training, willing to risk their lives for their master's safety.

Amid the dissatisfied stares of the sand‑wolf squad behind, Xiong Kui pretended not to see, grinning as he followed Lin Manzhi into Yuequan Lou.

Lin Manzhi turned to Xiong Kui, who was circling behind her: "You want to farm?"

The Planting Base is crucial, and the candidates have all been carefully selected by Mo Lie; with the upcoming massive harvest of Holy Maiden Fruit, there's no need to add new planters.

She smiled faintly: "Let the Lord choose the personnel for this; you can go ask him to try."

Xiong Kui was startled, instantly feeling a bit scared.

He had been struck by Mo Lie before; recalling the suffocating fear of being surrounded by sand, a chill rose uncontrollably in his heart, his throat dry.

"Approach that cold Lord to make a request?"

Xiong Kui scratched his head, showing a hesitant expression: "Hehe, once I earn merit, I'll go to the Lord with this request!" For now, better drop it.

Lin Manzhi smiled silently.

Along the way, she casually surveyed the foot traffic inside Yuequan Lou.

Most were a few male beasts orbiting petite females like constellations around a moon; the females shopped ahead while the males carried items and attended attentively.

Females who could afford to spend at Yuequan Lou, accompanied by a few male beasts, are exactly the pheromone‑bearing female employees she seeks.

Lin Manzhi asked Su Zhen to arrange a recruitment of female staff at the first‑floor Holy Maiden Fruit counter, so that someone at the counter could explain to the outside crowd:

"Esteemed females, Yuequan Lou is now recruiting females with Pheromone! If you possess Pheromone, you are welcome to sign up. We will teach you how to refine the essence of medicinal plants; the job is to extract Holy Maiden Fruit medicine liquid. For every thousand bottles produced you will receive one gold coin and ten Holy Maiden Fruits, and enjoy priority queuing for purchasing our medicinal plants, so you no longer have to worry about missing out on the tasty fruit. Yuequan Lou looks forward to your joining!"

When the announcement rang out on the first floor, the crowd curiously gathered to listen, and after hearing the details they became excited.

"Heavenly Beast God! So now there's a place to learn the Shamaness's Pheromone‑based medicine extraction!"

"And there's Holy Maiden Fruit! If she works at Yuequan Lou, the Beast Husbands around her will all benefit, getting priority on those hard‑to‑queue medicinal plants!"

"Wow wow wow! A huge blessing!"

Just a few outward calls, and a crowd gathered at the first‑floor counter to inquire and sign up.

At this point, Lin Manzhi sat behind the counter, registering the females who wanted to work and telling them the location for tomorrow's duties.

As for working hours, Lin Manzhi let them decide themselves, since the females here are usually pampered, each with several Beast Husbands, and hardly need to work.

Since it's rare they're willing to work, Lin Manzhi didn't want to impose strict rules; after all, pay is per bottle, so she let them schedule as they wish.

After this explanation, the females were even more satisfied, and Lin Manzhi promptly signed contracts with eight of them.

She beamed, holding a stack of thin parchment; the refining room now had eight new female workers, and in a few days she could begin her plan to recruit fifty females.

Xiong Kui stood by the counter; after finishing his own business, he didn't leave, just kept watching from the side.

He knew Lord Lin was the Lord's prized treasure; with such a flattering opportunity before him, even though the sand‑wolf pack gave him the cold shoulder, he wouldn't leave.

He now serves as Lord Lin's guard.

At that moment, Xiong Kui yawned, habitually staring at the figure entering through Yuequan Lou's main gate, when his pupils suddenly contracted and he instantly straightened his posture.