Chapter 295: Preliminary Planning for the Palace of Lingguang

Tong Yao sent Hua Changxi to the mouth of the dry well. After parting with him, Hua Changxi did not return to the city directly, but drove her spiritual cloud and flew towards Nanxiang County.

"The territory here seems to have grown larger again!"

The Palace of Lingguang was located due north of Nanxiang County. Previously, Hua Changxi could reach the Palace of Lingguang not long after leaving the South City Gate, but now, the time spent on the road had clearly increased.

"Nanxiang City......"

If what Tong Yao said was true, that Nanxiang City was the station of Emperor Zhu Que, then with the emergence of Nanxiang City, the Palace of Lingguang certainly could not stay out of it.

Hua Changxi drove her spiritual cloud, carefully avoiding the Nascent Soul cultivators sent by the imperial family, and slowly shuttled through the sky over Nanxiang County.

This time, the spatial fluctuations in some areas around Nanxiang County were even more obvious.

"Seven, eight, nine...... eleven."

Last time, she had only perceived spatial fluctuations in a few places. She did not expect that this time, it had increased to eleven places.

Moreover, in the places with spatial fluctuations, the fire Qi was even more dense.

Tong Yao said that blessed lands of caves would appear. Could these areas be the locations of the blessed lands of caves?

Thinking of this, Hua Changxi's spirit lifted. She memorized these locations in her mind and then flew towards the Palace of Lingguang.

On the way, she discovered that the number of cultivators gathered in Nanxiang County had increased. Not only that, but many demon races were also lurking in the mountains and forests, among which were several Nascent Soul realm demon races.

With cultivators and demon races gathered together, Nanxiang County was probably really going to be in chaos......

The spiritual cloud landed, and Hua Changxi stood on the square outside the main hall of the Palace of Lingguang.

On the square, hundreds of people were walking through fire; on the steps outside the Hall of Transmitting Merit, more than a dozen people were also crawling with difficulty; outside the mountain gate of the Palace of Lingguang, cultivators were also arriving one after another.

Such a number of cultivators joining at the same time could be considered a "grand occasion."

However, compared to the magnificent and towering palace complex, hundreds of people were still as small as ants. Even adding the Zhu Que Army that had previously joined the Palace of Lingguang, the Palace of Lingguang as a whole still presented a scene of coldness and desolation.

There were still too few people!

Hua Changxi looked at the lifeless palace complex below, her eyes flickering.

Having few people also had its advantages. If there were too many people, she would have a headache about whether she could manage them all.

Over at Mount Wuzhi, the preliminary management structure of the Five Elements Gate had already been formulated. With An Ze and An Ran managing it, assisted by the mountain spirit, and five demon beasts guarding the mountain, there should be no major problems.

Now, only the Palace of Lingguang had not yet gotten on the right track.

She had to take advantage of the fact that the Zhu Que Army was not yet too large to quickly finalize the management structure. Even if it was not so standardized, it was still better than the previous "free-range" approach.

Hua Changxi turned and entered the main hall, took out pen and ink, and began to write a planning proposal. After some deletions and additions, she drafted a preliminary plan.

Departments of the Palace of Lingguang: Hall of Transmitting Merit (Personnel Department), Logistics Department (Pill Treasury, Rune Treasury, Array Treasury, Ordnance Treasury), Task Hall, Merit Hall, Discipline Hall, Martial Arts Hall, Cultivation Hall.

Positions in each department: Menial Servant -> Deacon (Official Staff) -> Manager -> Hall Master.

Promotion route for the Zhu Que Army: Ordinary Guard -> Squad Leader -> Centurion -> Battalion Commander -> Ten-Thousand-Man Commander -> Garrison Commander -> Assistant Regional Commander -> General.

Appointments for positions below Ten-Thousand-Man Commander were to be determined jointly based on cultivation level, merit points, and disciplinary records from the Discipline Hall.

Hua Changxi read the plan several times, and after confirming that there were no problems with the general direction, she posted it directly on the spiritual screen in the lobby of the Task Hall.

Then, she took out the "Zhu Que Army Roster."

Hua Changxi looked through the nearly seven thousand Zhu Que Army members on the roster. Those who could be recognized by the Merit Stone and be taught the "Zhu Que Divine Art" undoubtedly had high talent, but it was hard to say what their character was like.

Now, she had released the management structure of the Palace of Lingguang. Those with ambition would naturally work hard to cultivate, complete tasks, and strive for the positions they wanted.

Using this to screen for talent was the most efficient method she could think of.

However, other departments could wait to be staffed, but the Merit Hall could not; there had to be someone to record the merit points of the Zhu Que Army after they completed tasks.

Hua Changxi looked at the "Zhu Que Army Roster." After some thought, her eyes fell on the name Su Yu. Besides Yun You, the manager of the Pill Treasury, this person currently had the highest talent.

Let this person be a manager of the Merit Hall first and see; other things could be discussed later.

Su Yu was concentrating on cultivation in the cultivation room when he suddenly felt spiritual Qi fluctuations in the room. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a key floating in mid-air.

Then, the spiritual Qi in the air surged and twisted, revealing two lines of words.

"Effective immediately, Su Yu is the manager of the Merit Hall, responsible for recording the merit points of the Zhu Que Army."

"For investigating the anomaly in Nanxiang County, one useful and effective piece of information is worth ten merit points."

Looking at the key and the words transformed by spiritual Qi, Su Yu did not react for a moment. A moment later, he stood up quickly and bowed to the direction of the main hall: "Su Yu accepts the order and will certainly not fail the Palace Master's expectations."

As the words fell, the handwriting in the air dissipated, and the key fell into Su Yu's hand.

After Hua Changxi finalized the manager of the Merit Hall, seeing that it was already dark, she teleported back to the Pill Origin Secret Realm.

Afterwards, she ate some spiritual fruits in the secret realm and began to refine third-rank pills, continuing to upgrade her pill refiner rank.

As for the Palace of Lingguang, everyone discovered the content Hua Changxi had released one after another. In an instant, it caused a huge uproar.

"Why would the Palace Master suddenly release these?"

"It must be because of the change in Nanxiang County."

"Everyone, now besides the Pill Treasury having one manager, other departments don't even have menial staff. This is our opportunity."

"And the military positions. Previously, the Palace Master said nothing, but now, we also have a direction to move forward."

The cultivators who remained in the Palace of Lingguang to cultivate all had fiery colors bursting in their eyes, and a few even showed expressions of being determined to win.

Everyone knew that they should work hard to complete tasks.

On the first day of the ninth month, Hua Changxi came out of the secret realm and handed a storage bag full of pills to Yu Fu, telling him to take it to the Northern Suppressing and Pacifying Division and give it to Xue Xian.

Yu Fu took the storage bag and left, returning to report back not long after.

"Master, at the Northern Suppressing and Pacifying Division, I also ran into people from the Palace of the Weapon Saint, the Pavilion of the Rune Saint, and the Sect of the Array Saint. On the way back, I also saw the patrolling Demon-Suppressing Army."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi nodded. With the five great Holy Lands cooperating so actively, she hoped that there would be no chaos when cultivators from various places entered the capital.

"Cultivators from various places should be entering the capital soon. Go and tell Pharmacist Xu to prepare for recruiting apprentices."

Hua Changxi watched Yu Fu leave, then turned and entered the Pill Origin Secret Realm.

The first layer of the secret realm was already very different. New spiritual herbs had been planted in the southeast and southwest areas, and in the northeast area, a large number of apprentices were in the midst of harvesting spiritual herbs and reclaiming medicine fields.

"Hmm?"

Hua Changxi had originally planned to take a look around and then return to the third layer of the secret realm to continue refining pills, but when she noticed Hua Sanlang chatting and laughing with a female cultivator, she immediately stopped in her tracks.

"Jia Lu, come here for a moment."

Hua Changxi sent a message directly to Jia Lu, who was responsible for patrolling.

Soon, Jia Lu hurried over.

Hua Changxi looked in the direction of Hua Sanlang: "What's going on with my third brother and Zhu Qinghuan?"

Regarding Hua Changxi's biological brother, all the managers paid close attention. Jia Lu immediately said: "One time when Sanlang was picking spiritual herbs, he was burned by them, and it was Zhu Qinghuan who helped him detoxify."

"After that, Sanlang often went to Zhu Qinghuan to ask questions. After going back and forth, the two became familiar with each other."

Hua Changxi: "Was it my third brother who took the initiative to approach Zhu Qinghuan?"

Jia Lu nodded affirmatively: "Yes." He paused, knowing what Hua Changxi was worried about, and added, "After Zhu Qinghuan entered the secret realm, she has been very well-behaved and has not made too many connections with others."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi looked again at Hua Sanlang and Zhu Qinghuan, who were still laughing and talking, and found that Zhu Qinghuan was indeed keeping a distance from Hua Sanlang, while her third brother seemed more proactive and enthusiastic.

"During this period, has anyone taken the initiative to approach my third brother?"

Jia Lu nodded: "Everyone knows he is your brother. People in the secret realm all want to get close to him, and there are many people often surrounding him to curry favor, but there is nothing unusual."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi felt a bit helpless. This was the main reason she didn't want to bring her family along to do things.

Whether they were willing or not, her family would be affected because of her.

But not everyone could withstand these influences. From being ignored to being surrounded by stars, one could imagine the temptations they had to suffer. She really didn't want to test human nature.

"Help me pay more attention to my third brother, as well as the Hua clan members. If they make mistakes, there is no need to be lenient."

Jia Lu: "...... Yes."

Hua Changxi asked again: "By the way, what about Chu Junhao? How is he?"

Jia Lu: "The Seventh Prince...... likes to move around, but he has completed the tasks assigned to him seriously."

Hua Changxi looked over: "In the secret realm, there is only Chu Junhao, no prince."

Jia Lu was shocked and quickly indicated that he had noted it down.

Hua Changxi looked at the direction of Hua Sanlang and Zhu Qinghuan again, then turned and went to the third layer of the secret realm. ===== CHAPTER 296 =====