Chapter 84: Fire Lotus Immortal

Learning from Manager Leng what was going on with the black flames, Hua Changxi felt much more at ease and no longer felt like a sword was hanging over her head.

Since the black flames were related to the seven emotions and six desires, she would just control her own desires.

She felt she was not a person with high desires and should be able to control the black flames.

Of course, white jade lotus petals still had to be found.

After becoming a Third Manager, Hua Changxi had more free time than when she was a servant. Besides practicing and reading the books in Jiang Laodao's storage ring, she would often walk around the square.

The old courtyard facing the stone cauldron was closed as usual, giving her a feeling of being sealed in dust, making her think again of the magnificent palace she had glimpsed in passing.

Was that magnificent palace real?

Or was that what the old small courtyard originally looked like?

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the day of the Little New Year, Gu Jinfan went to the old courtyard again and came out after staying for less than a quarter of an hour.

Hua Changxi looked at Gu Jinfan, who looked somewhat lost and frustrated, and her eyes flickered.

Was Gu Jinfan trying to get something by going to the small courtyard?

Hua Changxi thought of what Old Madam Sun had told her: the hunched old man living in the courtyard was the original owner of the Medical Department, and the original name of the Medical Department was the Dan Sheng Hall.

Dan Sheng Hall, stone cauldron, all pointed to alchemy.

Could it be that Gu Jinfan wanted to get the alchemy inheritance of the Dan Sheng Hall from the hunched old man?

Hua Changxi felt that the probability of this was very high. Although she really wanted to know what secret the small courtyard was hiding, she didn't rashly knock on the door of the small courtyard. Gu Jinfan was staring at it, and she didn't want to get involved for the time being.

After watching the small courtyard for a while, Hua Changxi returned to the Sixth Bureau. As soon as she went back, she saw Manager Leng, who rarely appeared in front of people, actually there.

Manager Leng felt more and more that the voice of the cultivator that night was somewhat familiar. It must be someone she had heard, and she couldn't help but want to investigate, so she came to the Sixth Bureau today.

"Where did you go?"

Manager Leng looked at Hua Changxi with scrutiny in her eyes. She had a deep impression of this girl, whether it was her boldness or her alchemy technique that was comparable to a pharmacist, all made her want to explore.

For such a person to be willing to stay in the Servant Hall as a servant, she dared to be sure that this person was absolutely the same as her, having other purposes.

Hua Changxi was very natural on the surface: "I went to deliver medicinal materials. Manager Leng, is there anything?"

Manager Leng smiled: "Nothing, just wanted to ask you, are you used to being a manager?"

Hua Changxi nodded: "Used to it."

Manager Leng looked at her: "That's good. If you encounter any problems you can't solve, feel free to come to me. Eunuch Lu just told me to take care of you more."

Hua Changxi thought of Eunuch Lu being beaten and asked with concern: "Eunuch Lu, is he okay?"

Manager Leng sighed: "The external injuries are nothing serious, it's just that he's not feeling well inside. I see that Eunuch Jia values you quite a bit. In the future, in front of Eunuch Jia, you must speak more good words for Eunuch Lu."

Hua Changxi looked surprised: "Manager Leng, did you make a mistake? Eunuch Jia and I have only met twice. He appointed me as a Third Manager, and I thought it was recommended by Eunuch Lu."

Manager Leng's eyes flickered: "Is that so? Then maybe I was mistaken. I have nothing here, you go get busy."

"Manager Leng, then I'll withdraw."

Watching Hua Changxi walk away, Manager Leng looked at the spirit-probing talisman in the pouch at her waist, which had no reaction.

It wasn't her!

She had basically contacted all the female servants in the Sixth Bureau, and the spirit-probing talisman had no reaction.

"Could that cultivator not be from the Servant Hall?"

Her daily social circle was not limited to the Servant Hall, and she would occasionally go to the Apprentice Hall.

"Could it be someone from the Apprentice Hall?"

People in the Apprentice Hall, many of whom had powerful people standing behind them, were indeed more likely to have access to cultivation channels.

It's just, was it a bit of a waste to arrange a cultivator above the Qi sea stage in the Apprentice Hall?

After Hua Changxi returned to her residence, her expression became serious. Manager Leng was looking for the cultivator from that night in secret.

She wasn't surprised by this. Looking at Manager Leng's reaction just now, she didn't notice that she was a cultivator.

Hua Changxi thought of the Green Ox demon's words, saying that there were no spiritual energy fluctuations on her body, and she was no different from an ordinary person. This was verified again by Manager Leng.

Although she didn't know the specific reason, this was a good thing for her.

Knowing that Manager Leng was watching the Servant Hall in secret, Hua Changxi could only be more careful in her actions. She took out a round disk the size of two palms.

This was an isolation array disk, found in Jiang Laodao's storage ring.

In the future, when she practiced, as long as she set up the array disk, she could isolate spiritual energy fluctuations.

After finishing her own work and patrolling the people under her, seeing that they were all working actively and seriously, Hua Changxi returned to her room and lay on the bed to start practicing.

"Eh?"

An hour later, Hua Changxi suddenly opened her eyes with a look of surprise on her face.

The cultivation speed had become faster!

Before, she could increase 10,000 points of cultivation in an hour, but now she could increase 11,000 points.

"What's going on?"

In the case of sufficient spiritual energy, the ways Hua Changxi knew to improve cultivation speed were: first, realm improvement, each realm increase would increase cultivation speed; second, consciousness always attached to the inner core.

But these two factors hadn't changed, so why had her cultivation speed increased?

Hua Changxi still remembered that when she was in the Qi training stage, she went to help the First Bureau, and her cultivation speed had also increased once.

She didn't think cultivation speed would increase for no reason, but she hadn't done anything either. What was going on?

Just when Hua Changxi was thinking hard and couldn't find the answer, in Mount Wuzhi, on the outskirts of the first peak, two open stone houses were repaired.

In one stone house, there was a stone vat, and in the stone vat stood a fire lotus carved from red stone; in one stone house stood a stone more than a meter high, shaped like five fingers.

At this moment, there were long queues outside both stone houses, and everyone was holding incense in their hands.

As soon as they entered the stone house, people would light the incense in their hands and insert it into the strip-shaped incense burner in front of the fire lotus or the stone.

"Mount Wuzhi is the dojo of the Fire Lotus Immortal. The Immortal is benevolent and allows everyone to enter Mount Wuzhi to find opportunities."

"Everyone who wants to enter Mount Wuzhi must first enter the Fire Lotus Hall, offer incense to pray, report to the Fire Lotus Immortal, and ask for pine needles before they can enter Mount Wuzhi. Those without pine needles will be burned upon entering the mountain."

"The first peak and second peak of Mount Wuzhi can be entered. The third peak, fourth peak, and fifth peak cannot be entered."

"There are many demon beasts and demon plants in the mountain, please explore according to your own situation, don't be greedy and lose your life."

"Everyone can stay in Mount Wuzhi for at most one month. If you exceed one month, you will be burned by the fire lotus. For every five days you stay longer, the power of the fire lotus will double."

"Before entering the mountain, if you are worried about getting lost in the mountain, you can enter the Mountain Spirit Temple to offer incense and pray, and the Mountain Spirit will protect everyone."

Outside the team, An Ze, An Ran, and several young and strong men from Thumb Village were tirelessly telling everyone the rules of Mount Wuzhi.

Because of the big movement in Mount Wuzhi some time ago, it attracted many people to inquire. After the Fire Lotus Hall and the Mountain Spirit Temple started business today, it immediately attracted countless people to watch.

At first, it was just the villagers around Mount Wuzhi. They didn't enter the mountain, but wanted to get the protection of the Fire Lotus Immortal and the Mountain Spirit, so they would all enter the stone house to pay respects.

Not long after, some bold cultivators entered the Fire Lotus Hall. After kowtowing, seeing that they really got a pine needle, they were excited, clutching the pine needle, and carefully entered Mount Wuzhi.

After entering the mountain, they found that there was really no fire lotus appearing, only then did they believe that as long as they asked the Fire Lotus Immortal and got the pine needle, they could really enter Mount Wuzhi.

With the first people testing it, the people behind saw that they were fine, and also eagerly joined the petition. Not long after, there was a long queue outside the stone house.

On a giant tree behind the stone house, the Mountain Spirit and Xiao Song sat side by side on the branches, smiling and watching the team below.

Especially the Mountain Spirit, after absorbing the incense offered by the believers, felt so comfortable that it was like it was going to float up.

"I wonder if the Immortal received the incense?"

"She must have received it. I benefited, so the Master must have benefited even more."

The Mountain Spirit looked at An Ze, An Ran, and the others who were busy below: "When the Immortal comes back, we must let her take these people in."

The Fire Lotus Hall and the Mountain Spirit Temple were built by An Ze and An Ran with the people of Thumb Village. The speed was fast, and the craftsmanship was good, which made the Mountain Spirit very satisfied.

Xiao Song: "It's a pity they can't eat the spirit fruits in the mountain, otherwise we could send them some spirit fruits."

Mountain Spirit: "They are humans, and the cultivation techniques they practice are different from ours. Otherwise, we could teach them cultivation techniques. As long as they start practicing, they can absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit fruits."

Xiao Song: "That's true."

Mountain Spirit: "We can only wait for the Immortal to come back and let the Immortal teach them cultivation."

Xiao Song: "Will the Master take them in?"

Mountain Spirit: "Why wouldn't she? They are so good at working."

As the sky gradually darkened, the number of people outside the stone house gradually decreased. When the sky was completely dark and no one was offering incense to pray, An Ze and An Ran started to enter the house to clean.

Mainly to wipe the fire lotus and the five-finger stone, and clean the incense ash in the incense burner.

After cleaning, the brother and sister returned to Thumb Village.

On the way, An Ran talked to An Ze: "Brother, do you think we will be able to see the Fire Lotus Immortal in the future?"

An Ze: "There will be a chance."

An Ran: "Those hateful people who fought for Mount Wuzhi before didn't care about the lives of the surrounding people. If it weren't for the Fire Lotus Immortal taking action in time, Thumb Village would probably be gone."

An Ze: "Speaking of which, the Fire Lotus Immortal has saved us twice."

An Ran thought of them being fed spirit fruits by the Mountain Spirit and Xiao Song, and almost exploding, and couldn't help but feel somewhat dumbfounded: "It's a pity we were unconscious at the time and couldn't see the true face of the Fire Lotus Immortal."

An Ze saw a silhouette in a trance: "Let's guard the Fire Lotus Hall and the Mountain Spirit Temple well. One day the Fire Lotus Immortal will come out to see us, and then we will thank her for saving our lives."

An Ran: "Mm."

The news that Mount Wuzhi could be entered and exited quickly spread, immediately attracting more people to inquire. From then on, the incense in the Fire Lotus Hall and the Mountain Spirit Temple never stopped.

At the same time, the name of the Fire Lotus Immortal gradually spread. Whether it was a cultivator or a mortal, as soon as they mentioned Qingzhou, they would immediately think of the Fire Lotus Immortal of Mount Wuzhi.

The opening of Mount Wuzhi could be said to have unveiled the fantastical side of this world, which was undoubtedly a good thing for cultivators who lacked cultivation resources and people who wanted to embark on the path of cultivation.

It also let ordinary people who were isolated from the news of spiritual energy recovery know that there really were extraordinary existences in this world.

But for some people, this was simply a bolt from the blue.

Jiang Guanyun of the Jiang family in Jizhou was so angry after knowing this that his injuries worsened again.

How could this be?!

Wasn't that wild girl from a wild background? How could she think of opening Mount Wuzhi to buy people's hearts?

Which cultivator who got a dojo wouldn't hide it well and provide resources to their own people? Who would be like that wild girl, directly opening it to everyone?

Damn it, the battle for luck has actually started so quickly!

"Why is the cultivation speed still increasing?"

Hua Changxi was really confused. These past few days, her cultivation speed had been rising steadily. Now she could increase 15,000 points of cultivation in an hour.

"Is the Medical Department a blessed land suitable for cultivation?"

Just when Hua Changxi was thinking hard, Zhou Qiuyu came to the dormitory and said Manager Leng was looking for her.

Hua Changxi went to the front yard and saw Manager Leng.

Manager Leng asked curiously: "Why are you always staying in the room? Are you practicing martial arts?"

Hua Changxi glanced at her and smiled: "I'm reading medical books."

Manager Leng didn't believe it, but didn't continue to ask: "There is a batch of medicinal materials here that need you and the people under you to clean. After cleaning, send them directly to the Fourth Street."

Hua Changxi was confused: "Servants are only responsible for cleaning medicinal materials, right? Delivering medicinal materials is not our job, is it?"

Manager Leng smiled: "This matter was instructed by Eunuch Jia. I don't know the specific reason." As she spoke, she had the people behind her move several carts of medicinal materials down.

Hua Changxi looked at the medicinal materials, her eyes flickering. They were all medicinal materials with strong medicinal effects. Ordinary people would be "poisoned" if they didn't clean them properly.

What exactly did Eunuch Jia mean?

These medicinal materials were all needed by high-grade martial artists. Eunuch Jia letting her be responsible for these medicinal materials, was he trying to test her, or make things difficult for her?

Seeing Zhou Qiuyu about to move the medicinal materials, Hua Changxi hurriedly stopped her: "These medicinal materials have strong medicinal effects and cannot be touched directly. I'll teach you how to clean them in a while."

Manager Leng heard this and smiled: "Sure enough, worthy of being someone Eunuch Jia values. Your understanding of medicinal materials is really deep."

Hua Changxi: "I read more medical books, so I know more."

Manager Leng: "But as far as I know, many of the medicinal materials here are newly discovered. The pharmacists in the Medical Department don't even know their medicinal properties."

Hua Changxi looked surprised: "How could the medicinal materials I know be new medicines? If the pharmacists don't know, could it be that their knowledge of medicinal materials has accumulated less?"

Hearing this, Manager Leng laughed out loud and looked at Hua Changxi: "Your personality, honestly, I really like it. I hope you can always be like this."

Hua Changxi smiled faintly, noncommittal.

After Manager Leng turned and left, she started to teach Zhou Qiuyu and the others how to clean.

At the entrance of the Sixth Bureau, Manager Leng suddenly stopped and turned to look at Hua Changxi, who was teaching her subordinates to clean medicinal materials. She now seemed to understand a bit why Eunuch Jia had promoted this girl to manager.

Eunuch Sun of the First Bureau died in the struggle, and Eunuch Jia also had many troubles. This girl was a shield Eunuch Jia used to deal with the pharmacists.

It's just that she still couldn't figure it out. This girl did have some real skills, but in the Medical Department, having skills alone was not enough. Why was Eunuch Jia so sure that she could withdraw safely?

Just because she was bold? ===== CHAPTER 85 =====