Chapter 233

"You've followed me the whole way, what is it for?"

Hua Changxi looked calmly at Huo Yunxiao, who had followed her into Qihuang Pavilion No. 13.

Huo Yunxiao smiled: "We are friends, and friends should help each other. I'm here to solve your troubles."

Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow: "Troubles? I don't even know what troubles I have, yet you seem to understand me better than I do myself."

Huo Yunxiao gave Hua Changxi a look that said 'you don't have to put on a brave front': "Do you really have no troubles? If you really don't, then I'm leaving?" After saying this, he made a gesture as if he were about to leave.

Hua Changxi watched his performance with a faint smile and said nothing.

Seeing her reaction, Huo Yunxiao felt a bit awkward and sat back down with a dry laugh: "How do you plan to manage the Divine Wood Secret Realm?"

Hua Changxi restrained her smile: "That's none of your business."

Huo Yunxiao: "Don't push people away. I said I'm here to help you."

"Managing the Divine Wood Secret Realm requires people, right? Do you have anyone?"

Hua Changxi looked at him and said nothing.

Seeing her silence, Huo Yunxiao became even more composed: "I came here this time actually just to be a scout. You've obtained a high-grade secret realm, so you definitely need a lot of manpower to help manage it."

"Other secret realm masters all have family help. Even Shen Qianfan, who has the weakest background, has imperial court officials wanting to help."

"You saw it today; the other secret realm masters have already recruited most of their manpower, only you haven't made a move."

"As long as you are willing, besides me, there are many others who want to cooperate with you. We can all provide you with manpower."

Hua Changxi's gaze flickered: "Who are the people who want to cooperate with me?"

Thinking he had persuaded Hua Changxi, Huo Yunxiao's expression brightened: "When looking for people to cooperate with, you must look for those you know inside and out."

"Of the previous eighteen pavilion masters, excluding those who obtained secret realms, the remaining ones are all willing to cooperate with you. You can choose as you please."

"Don't worry, the people we provide are at least at the Qi Refining stage, which can guarantee that, like other secret realm masters, you will soon get the secret realm on the right track."

Hua Changxi laughed. She would have to be mentally ill to use cultivators recruited by others.

When she cooperated with the four elders of the You family to develop the Fire Spirit Mine, it was because the manpower managing the mine was entirely their people, which was why she was eventually sidelined.

"Huo Yunxiao, I'm curious, why are you so certain that I can't recruit anyone?"

Huo Yunxiao also laughed: "Pavilion Master Hua, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Don't look at the fact that the spiritual energy recovery is widely known; there aren't many people who have truly embarked on the path of cultivation."

"It's not for any other reason, but because there are no cultivation techniques."

"Except for a few people with deep opportunities who accidentally obtained a legacy, everyone else who wants to obtain techniques can only rely on joining a force."

"According to the statistics of the Heaven Department, at least sixty percent of current cultivators are controlled by various forces."

"This situation is even more obvious in the capital."

"Especially now, with the other secret realm masters also recruiting people, whether in terms of foundation or background, you are at the bottom. Tell me, can you recruit cultivators? Even if you can, how many can you recruit?"

What Huo Yunxiao didn't say was that the imperial family and the powerful and wealthy, in order to insert their own people into Hua Changxi's high-grade secret realm, would join forces to block Hua Changxi from recruiting rogue cultivators.

Hua Changxi nodded: "I admit that everything you said is true. However, why does it make me so angry to hear it, as if I've been cornered by you all?"

Huo Yunxiao was silent for a moment: "Facing irresistible things, people need to compromise."

Hua Changxi smiled: "But I just don't believe in that!" As she said this, she made a gesture to see him out, "Please return. Your so-called cooperation has never been in my considerations."

Huo Yunxiao looked astonished, then earnestly advised: "Hua Changxi, don't act on impulse. Even if you have Hua clan members behind you, how many people can the Hua clan provide for you?"

"And do you know that how you manage the Divine Wood Secret Realm relates to your future status in the Pill Sacred Hall?"

"Many hands make light work; the struggle for power has never relied on fighting alone."

Hua Changxi: "Who wants to fight for power? I only care about managing the secret realm; other things have nothing to do with me. If I can't recruit people, I'll recruit them slowly. I'm not in a hurry. Alright, stop talking and please return."

Hearing her say this, Huo Yunxiao really didn't know what to say. After a long while, he shook his head and said: "You have already entered the game; some things are not things you can choose not to participate in just because you don't want to."

Seeing that Hua Changxi was determined not to listen to him, Huo Yunxiao had no choice but to leave helplessly.

As soon as he left, Hua Changxi entered the Divine Wood Secret Realm.

Looking at the vast and boundless medicine fields in the secret realm, she thought about the matter of recruiting people.

Recruiting people is indeed a troublesome matter.

However, with the experience of recruiting for the Zhu Que Army of the Lingguang Hall, Hua Changxi already had ideas in her mind on how to recruit people.

It's hard for her to recruit cultivators, but it's still very easy to let cultivators take the initiative to join the Pill Sacred Hall.

Hua Changxi flashed out of the secret realm, took out a communication talisman, and contacted Tong Yao again.

Tong Yao hadn't parted ways with Jing Le and Yan Zhenzhen yet, and seeing that Hua Changxi had something to find him for again, he told her their location.

After receiving the reply, Hua Changxi soon arrived at the restaurant where the three of them were.

Tong Yao: "Fellow Daoist Hua, you are in such a hurry to find me, have you encountered any trouble?"

Hua Changxi: "I have encountered some trouble." As she spoke, she told the three of them about recruiting people.

After hearing this, the three of them also showed a hint of worry on their faces.

There was no other reason: surrounded by the imperial family and the powerful and wealthy, it was also very difficult for them to find suitable disciples.

Hua Changxi looked at Tong Yao: "I want to create a batch of spirit artifacts that can broadcast in a loop..."

That is, the displays from her previous life. As long as the recruitment notice is recorded on the display and played in a loop, there will be a steady stream of cultivators who will see it.

"This spirit artifact must have strong defense. I plan to install one on the city walls of every major city in the Nine Provinces."

"Then, I will engrave the criteria for my recruitment on the spirit artifact. In this way, anyone passing by the city wall will know that I am recruiting."

"Once more people know, naturally some will be willing to defect."

"I just don't believe that the powerful and wealthy can block all the common people in the world."

Following Hua Changxi's explanation, the eyes of Tong Yao, Jing Le, and Yan Zhenzhen grew brighter and brighter, and the three of them kept adding to and perfecting Hua Changxi's idea.

"Installing it on the city wall is not good. What if someone destroys the city wall? It's best if the spirit artifact can stand independently on the ground."

"The Artifact Sacred Palace has a batch of star meteorites stored in its earth veins. This kind of stone is difficult to destroy even for a Dao Integration stage cultivator. I can use star meteorites to build the spirit artifact."

"I can engrave an array on the spirit artifact that converts attacks."

"I can record the recruitment rules on the spirit artifact with runes, which can ensure that the writing will not fade."

Seeing Tong Yao and the others being even more proactive than herself, Hua Changxi was somewhat surprised.

"Fellow Daoist Hua..."

Tong Yao looked at Hua Changxi with burning eyes: "This idea of yours is excellent. I can help you build the spirit artifacts for free, but I have one request."

Hua Changxi probably guessed it: "Speak."

Tong Yao: "In addition to your secret realm recruitment criteria on the spirit artifact, I want to record the recruitment criteria for the Artifact Sacred Palace as well."

Yan Zhenzhen: "The Array Sacred Sect's should also be recorded."

Jing Le: "And the Talisman Sacred Pavilion."

Hua Changxi smiled: "Sure, I agree." As she spoke, she looked at Tong Yao, "The quantity of spirit artifacts is quite large. I want to install one in every city where people gather. Can you refine so many?"

Tong Yao thought for a moment: "One hundred is no problem."

Hua Changxi clapped her hands: "One hundred is not a small number. It just so happens there are four of us, 25 each. East, South, West, North, each person is responsible for installing spirit artifacts in one direction."

"In order to build the spirit artifacts as soon as possible, let's hurry back and write the recruitment notices."

"Remember, you must write the recruitment criteria and welfare benefits clearly, so as to avoid disputes later."