Chapter 269

Since Hua Changxi assigned the task of bottling pills to Yu Fu and the other three, for the next two months, the four urged the apprentices to build Dan Yuan Peak during the day and couldn't wait to enter the secret realm to bottle pills at night.

The four knew very well that there wouldn't be many such well-paid tasks, so naturally, they did their best to earn more resources for themselves.

As for Hua Changxi, she refined pills during the day and teleported to Lingguang Hall to cultivate at night. Occasionally, she would take time to look at the recruitment of apprentices and the construction progress of Dan Yuan Peak. Seeing that everything was developing in the direction she expected, she didn't pay much attention.

During this period, on Dan Yuan Peak, courtyards and pavilions were built one after another.

Among them, the first to be built was the Personnel Department at the foot of the mountain.

After the Personnel Department was built, Eunuch Yu, under Hua Changxi's instructions, took the eight medicine boys of the No. 13 Qihuang Hall to the peak of Dan Yuan Peak.

The eight swore heart-demon oaths, were recognized by the oath monument, and all received identity tokens to enter and exit the Dan Yuan Secret Realm and Dan Yuan Peak.

Of the eight medicine boys, except for Pharmacist Xu who had a private friendship with Hua Changxi, the other seven finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease after receiving their identity tokens.

Heaven knows how afraid they were that Hua Changxi wouldn't want them.

Following closely behind was the Logistics Department.

The Logistics Department is in charge of the apprentices' food, clothing, housing, and transportation, involving too many affairs. The courtyards and pavilions were several times larger than the Personnel Department. Among them, three large buildings were built for the apprentices to eat.

Since the canteen was built, the apprentices have been eating here.

Also, after the Logistics Department was put into operation, the apprentices could choose locations to open up cave dwellings.

Because of this, Yu Fu has been so busy that his feet haven't touched the ground during this period.

By late April, the Lecturer Hall, Task Hall, and Law Enforcement Hall were also built one after another, and the mountain path was built to the peak.

Before the departments were put into use, Hua Changxi exchanged one hundred bottles of third-grade superb pills with Yan Zhenzhen for six fourth-grade grand formations and arranged them in each department.

Although these formations can only guard against cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and below, the safety of each department has still improved by a large margin.

On the last day of April, 100,000 bottles of first-grade superb Yuanling pills and 100,000 bottles of first-grade and second-grade pills with other effects, as well as a small number of third-grade pills, were stored in the Logistics Department warehouse.

Looking at the full warehouse, Eunuch Yu smiled until his eyes narrowed: "With these pills in storage, the Logistics Department is finally no longer empty."

Jia Lu, Zhou Shou, Zhao Xi, and Pharmacist Xu were all very envious of Yu Fu for being in charge of so many resources.

Among the five managers, only Pharmacist Xu was a new addition. In order to integrate into the manager circle as soon as possible, he couldn't help but say things that belittled himself while raising the four.

"Your tasks are all gradually getting on the right track, but I'm the one dragging my feet. In two months, I haven't recruited many apprentices. I don't know how to explain to Jiuniang... to the Pavilion Master."

Regarding the recruitment of apprentices, Yu Fu and the other four were also very concerned. Hearing Pharmacist Xu call Hua Changxi Jiuniang, they all smiled and comforted him.

Yu Fu: "In these two months, other secret realm masters are recruiting people crazily. They have intricate connections with the Imperial Family and nobles, and the Medical Department is controlled by nobles. It's not your problem that you can't recruit people."

Jia Lu: "Yeah, I don't know what those secret realm masters are thinking. They've been tossing for so long and haven't summoned a mountain peak, yet they still won't give up."

Zhou Shou: "I think those secret realm masters are, one, unwilling, and two, probably have some thoughts of going against the Master."

In the eyes of other secret realm masters, the Master has Dan Yuan Peak but can't recruit people, or can't recruit excellent apprentices, while they have a large number of excellent apprentices. In this way, they have also regained a game.

Pharmacist Xu sighed: "The Pavilion Master clearly showed the ability to surpass other secret realm masters, but she is suppressed like this, it's really..."

Zhao Xi: "I believe this is only temporary. The conditions and benefits of Dan Yuan Secret Realm recruitment clearly take care of ordinary cultivators without power or influence, and it is to give everyone who aspires to medicine and alchemy a chance to study."

"In this world, after all, there are more ordinary cultivators."

"The Imperial Family and nobles can block it for a while, but they can't block it for a lifetime."

Yu Fu nodded: "Manager Zhao is right. Manager Xu, don't be too anxious. I believe our Dan Yuan Peak will definitely be incomparably brilliant in the future."

In the Dan Yuan Secret Realm, after the first batch of spirit pills was stored in the Logistics Department, Hua Changxi's alchemy for the apprentices was over.

According to her plan, the alchemy issued to the apprentices in the future will be refined by the alchemists among the apprentices.

Now, she must seize the time to improve her alchemy grade.

The third level of the secret realm has a rich variety of third-grade spirit herbs, and the third-grade pill formulas provided by the Shennong Cauldron can almost all be refined.

Hua Changxi will not open the third level of the secret realm for the time being. For the next period, she has been picking, cleaning, and processing third-grade spirit herbs on the third level of the secret realm.

Time soon reached mid-May, and the recruited apprentices began to enter the first level of the secret realm, starting to take on tasks of picking and cleaning spirit herbs.

Hua Changxi would occasionally go to the first level of the secret realm to take a look and give pointers on the apprentices' picking skills.

Seeing that the number of apprentices joining the Dan Yuan Secret Realm was still small, she didn't care too much.

She was waiting for Tong Yao. After the display spirit tool was refined, she believed that cultivators in other parts of the Central Continent who wanted to learn medicine and alchemy would receive the news and come to join one after another.

Dan Yuan Peak is gradually getting on the right track. With Yu Fu, Jia Lu, Zhou Shou, Zhao Xi, and Pharmacist Xu managing the affairs on the peak, Hua Changxi doesn't have to worry too much.

At the same time, with the appearance of Dan Yuan Peak, Shen He Peak, Qing Yao Peak, and Xuan Huang Peak, three major events occurred in the Medical Department.

The first event, Meng Qingyao, with the support of the Xia family, went down to the Nine Netherworlds and recruited one hundred Holy Protection Guards at the Gen Gate Pass that suppressed the Demon Prison.

The appearance of the Holy Protection Guards shocked all parties, directly breaking the Imperial Family's absolute control over the Medical Department, marking the Imperial Family's withdrawal from the position of the first speaker of the Medical Department from then on.

Since guessing that Hua Changxi could cause big commotions several times because what she did was to promote the development and revival of the holy land, Xia Zhen let Meng Qingyao send these hundred Holy Protection Guards to maintain the order of the entire Medical Department, thereby increasing their control.

Logically speaking, the hundred Holy Protection Guards in Meng Qingyao's hands were responsible for guarding Qing Yao Peak, but now the holy land is semi-sealed and the rules are imperfect. These Holy Protection Guards lived in the Nine Netherworlds for a long time and now have the opportunity to come to the human world, so naturally, they also hope that their range of activities can be larger.

Both sides had their own requests, so the hundred Holy Protection Guards readily accepted the task of patrolling the entire Medical Department.

The second event, the establishment of the Qihuang Pavilion.

The main members of the Qihuang Pavilion are the eighteen Qihuang Hall Pavilion Masters, followed by members of the Imperial Family represented by Prince Shou, and then the former Qihuang Hall Pavilion Masters who gave up their positions to Meng Qingyao and others.

The Pavilion Master is Shen Qianfan!

Among the eighteen Qihuang Hall Pavilion Masters, the one with the worst family background is Hua Changxi, and Shen Qianfan's family background is only a little better than Hua Changxi's. He can be the Pavilion Master entirely because of the support of the Imperial Family.

For this reason, the Imperial Family promised him the Second Princess Chu Lingluan, born to the Empress.

The appearance of the Holy Protection Guards made the Imperial Family completely unable to sit still. Not wanting to lose control over the Medical Department, they established the Qihuang Pavilion, wanting to compete with the Spirit Realm Pavilion supported by the Xia family.

The third event, Yan Qianying, with the support of the Imperial Family, also recruited one hundred Holy Protection Guards at the Zhen Gate Pass suppressing the Demon Prison in the Nine Netherworlds, but the time was nearly a month behind Meng Qingyao.

The first contest between the Imperial Family and the Xia family was to compete for the patrol territory of the Holy Protection Guards.

In the end, Meng Qingyao's hundred Holy Protection Guards were responsible for the order of the Qihuang Hall and the square, while Yan Qianying's hundred Holy Protection Guards were responsible for the order of the Nine Streets.