[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin":3,"chapter-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-270":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The First Iron Rice Bowl of Great Jin",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},151956,261,"Chapter 270: Within Reason, Beyond Expectation","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-270",270,"\u003Cp>The imperial family supported Shen Qianfan in establishing the Qihuang Hall. Hua Changxi didn’t react much upon hearing about it, but when Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying obtained the Guardian Orders and went down to the Nine Abysses to recruit a hundred Guardian Guards, she was genuinely astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing that these Guardian Guards had been dispatched to maintain order in the Medical Affairs Department, Hua Changxi left Danyuan Peak and took a stroll around the department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the patrols of the Guardian Guards, the Medical Affairs Department was indeed much more orderly. At the very least, no one was flying through the plaza anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But were the Guardian Guards assigned to protect the peaks free to switch posts at will?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Guardian Orders she had received clearly stated that they were for guarding the plaza and Danyuan Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying had both used their Guardian Orders, while Gu Xing remained still. After some thought, Hua Changxi walked toward the old courtyard in the plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the old courtyard, Gu Xing was lying on his recliner as usual, feigning sleep. He didn’t even move an eyelid when he sensed Hua Changxi’s arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanting to probe his opinion, Hua Changxi asked, “Senior Gu, what do you think of the Guardian Guards assigned to guard Qingyao Peak and Xuanhuang Peak meddling in maintaining order elsewhere against regulations?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing opened his eyes. “I look with my eyes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the corner of Hua Changxi’s mouth twitched. “Senior Gu is getting more humorous by the day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing shook his head and closed his eyes again. “These days, no one believes the truth anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Hua Changxi said, “The previous recruitment of apprentices for Danyuan Secret Realm was my own matter. I can understand why you didn’t intervene.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Guardian Guards are responsible for maintaining the Holy Land’s order. Are you going to ignore that as well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing sighed with a helpless expression. “Meng Qingyao has the support of her Guardian Clan, and Yan Qianying has the support of the imperial family. How can an old man like me manage them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointed, Hua Changxi replied, “So, as the Holy Land’s gatekeeper, you really can only guard the gate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Hua Changxi added, “You also hold a Guardian Order. Why don’t you go down to the Nine Abysses and recruit some Guardian Guards? That way, you could at least counterbalance Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing looked at her. “Why don’t you go down to the Nine Abysses and recruit Guardian Guards?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: “...I’m not familiar with the Nine Abysses, nor do I know much about the Nine Passes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing said flatly, “What a coincidence. Neither am I.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Hua Changxi made no effort to hide her disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing’s eyelid twitched. “The Gu family has few members, unlike the Guardian Clan and the imperial family, who can send people down to the Nine Abysses to make preparations in advance.” He then looked at Hua Changxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t manage it, but you might have a chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi knew he was referring to her holding the most Guardian Orders, but she didn’t take the bait. She noticed that Gu Xing didn’t seem particularly concerned about the Guardian Guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior, don’t you worry at all that the Guardian Guards might disrupt the Holy Land’s order?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing sighed deeply. “There’s no use worrying about things you can’t control.” He then glanced at Hua Changxi. “It seems to me you’re not all that invested either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she was the first to obtain the Guardian Orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi said, “I’m only responsible for the Danyuan Secret Realm and Danyuan Peak.” She paused, “And the Qihuang Hall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing corrected her with a deadpan expression. “Not one Qihuang Hall—ten. You haven’t forgotten, have you? You took ten Qihuang Orders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qihuang Order?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of realization dawned on Hua Changxi’s face. So that wooden token was called a Qihuang Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would have liked to be responsible for the ten Qihuang Halls, but she had lost the Qihuang Orders!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Gu Xing said, “If you really don’t know much about the Nine Passes, you could cooperate with the Heavenly Department. As far as I know, people from the Demon-Suppressing Army have already infiltrated the Nine Passes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprised, Hua Changxi looked at Gu Xing. “You’ve cooperated with the Heavenly Department?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing didn’t deny it. Although he didn’t want to get involved in the conflict between the imperial family and the Guardian Clan, he held a Guardian Order and naturally needed to make use of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Guardian Guards there were, the more beneficial it would be for the Holy Land’s further revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooperating with the Heavenly Department—or more accurately, with the Central Holy Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenjie had kept it well hidden. He himself had only recently learned that Wei Zhenjie was actually a disciple of the Central Holy Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing Army’s founding, development, and growth had all been secretly driven and facilitated by the disciples of the Central Holy Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over at Limen Pass, the Demon-Suppressing Army had almost completely taken control. As for the other eight passes, the people of the Central Holy Land had long since made their arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the support of the Central Holy Land, it seems it won't be long before the Medical Department gains another hundred Guardians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing looked at Hua Changxi seriously: \"Think it over carefully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi said directly: \"There's nothing to think over on my end. I don't like playing games of interest transfer and power exchange. When I recruit Guardians, I only look at contributions to guarding the Demon Prison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Gu Xing was stunned. By the time he came to his senses, Hua Changxi had already left the old courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing's expression was complex. The choices of Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying were reasonable, but Hua Changxi's actions always caught people off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really didn't approve of Hua Changxi's lone-wolf style of conduct, and always wanted to use his experience as a seasoned person to correct some of her actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it came to her contributions to the Holy Land's revival, no one could surpass her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'When recruiting Guardians, only look at contributions to guarding the Demon Prison...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xing suddenly felt that his understanding of Hua Changxi was too superficial. Everything has pros and cons. Hua Changxi's lone-wolf approach had great drawbacks, but precisely because her stance was simple and her heart free of selfish desires, she was able to push the Alchemy Saint Hall to revive ahead of the other holy lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let that girl do as she pleases!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooperating with others could indeed allow one to take shortcuts and avoid some trouble, but it would also lack the experience of starting from scratch and the gradual accumulation that comes from being involved step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone has obstacles, and everyone also has opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really shouldn't interfere too much in others' lives, especially not impose his own thoughts on others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A squad of ten Guardians passed by outside the old courtyard. Gu Xing glanced at them and then closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi was wrong. He wasn't indifferent to the Guardians; he was only indifferent to how Meng and Yan misused the Guardians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the operation of the Holy Land's laws and discipline, the Guardians were merely executors, only involved in maintaining the most basic public order and security of the Holy Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient times, above the Guardians there was the Law Enforcement Hall, which held the power of enforcement, and above the Law Enforcement Hall was the Elder Hall responsible for trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention now, with only two hundred Guardians; even two thousand would be nothing. Once the Law Enforcement Hall appears, a single order could put them all back in their places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, let the Imperial Family and the Guardian Clans jump around. Wei Zhenjie was right — with them stirring things up, the deeply entrenched Medical Department would loosen up, making it easier for new talents to emerge, and more favorable for the Holy Land's revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of the Guardians and the establishment of the Qihuang Pavilion did not disrupt Hua Changxi's rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her view, others fighting for power and gain was their own business; she just needed to manage Danyuan Peak and the Danyuan Secret Realm well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the apprentices successively entered the first layer of the Danyuan Secret Realm, the amount of first-grade spirit medicine they picked gradually increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren't that many things to pay attention to when picking spirit medicine, but processing spirit medicine involved professional processing techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from May 20th, Hua Changxi began teaching the apprentices in batches how to process first-grade spirit medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the first batch of apprentices learned how to process spirit medicine, all the apprentices were divided into three groups: one group picking and cleaning spirit medicine, one group attending lessons and studying, and one group processing spirit medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three groups took turns picking spirit medicine, attending lessons, and processing spirit medicine. Under this cycle, the medicine fields on the first layer of the Danyuan Secret Realm were visibly emptied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, some apprentices with talent in processing spirit medicine were selected by Hua Changxi to be responsible for organizing class notes. By early June, they compiled the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Medicine Processing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, everyone on Danyuan Peak had a copy of both the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Plants\" and the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Medicine Processing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had once promised that anyone who wanted the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Plants\" could go to the No. 13 Qihuang Hall to copy and print it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Pharmacist Xu and others moved to the Danyuan Peak Personnel Department, the No. 13 Qihuang Hall was filled every day with people copying the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Plants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, knowing that Hua Changxi had also compiled the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Medicine Processing,\" countless people wanted to copy and print it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, bound by the Heart Demon Oath, the people on Danyuan Peak dared not leak the contents of the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Medicine Processing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, everyone approached the Qihuang Pavilion and the Lingjing Pavilion, wanting Shen Qianfan and Meng Qingyao to step in and get Hua Changxi to agree to let everyone copy and print the \"Complete Guide to First-Grade Spirit Medicine Processing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1762,"2026-05-29T04:10:48.594Z","2026-06-01T04:29:08.487Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","e83b3b043e03800ba7a36885e384ce132540503d36e9df778992c95d7c4ded51","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-271","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-269",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-cover.jpg"]