Chapter 270: Reasonable, Yet Unexpected
The Royal Family supported Shen Qianfan in establishing the Qihuang Hall. Hua Changxi didn’t react much upon hearing this, but Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying, after obtaining the Protector Saint Tokens, recruited a hundred Holy Guards from the Nine Netherworlds, which greatly surprised her.
Upon hearing that these Holy Guards were dispatched to maintain order in the Medical Affairs Department, Hua Changxi left Dan Yuan Peak and made a round within the Medical Affairs Department.
With the Holy Guards patrolling, the Medical Affairs Department was indeed much more orderly. At least, no one was flying in the Plaza anymore.
However, can Holy Guards protecting the peaks be reassigned at will?
The two Protector Saint Tokens she received clearly stated that they were for guarding the Plaza and Dan Yuan Peak.
Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying had both used their Protector Saint Tokens, but Gu Xing remained inactive. Hua Changxi pondered for a moment and then walked towards the Old Plaza Courtyard.
In the Old Courtyard, Gu Xing was, as usual, feigning sleep on a lounge chair. He knew Hua Changxi had arrived but didn’t even move his eyelids.
Hua Changxi wanted to probe Gu Xing’s opinion: “Senior Gu, the Holy Guards protecting Qingyao Peak and Xuanhuang Peak are disregarding the rules and interfering with order maintenance elsewhere. What do you think?”
Gu Xing opened his eyes: “I see it with my eyes.”
Hearing this, Hua Changxi’s lips twitched: “Senior Gu is becoming more humorous.”
Gu Xing shook his head and closed his eyes again: “Nowadays, no one believes the truth.”
Hua Changxi was silent for a moment: “Previously, when Dan Yuan Secret Realm was recruiting apprentices, it was my own business, and I could understand if you didn’t get involved.”
“But the Holy Guards maintain the order of the Sacred Land. Are you going to stand by and do nothing?”
Gu Xing sighed, his face showing helplessness: “Meng Qingyao has the support of a Guardian Family, and Yan Qianying has the support of the Royal Family. How can I manage them?”
Hua Changxi listened, somewhat disappointed: “So, as the Sacred Land Gatekeeper, you can only guard the gate?”
Gu Xing remained silent.
Hua Changxi thought for a moment and then said: “You also have a Protector Saint Token. You should also recruit some Holy Guards from the Nine Netherworlds. This way, you can also check Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying.”
Gu Xing looked at her: “Why don’t you recruit Holy Guards from the Nine Netherworlds?”
Hua Changxi: “I’m not familiar with the Nine Netherworlds, nor do I understand the Nine Passes.”
Gu Xing said with a blank face: “Coincidentally, neither am I.”
Upon hearing this, Hua Changxi truly no longer concealed her disdain.
Gu Xing’s eyelids twitched: “The Gu family is small in number. Unlike the Guardian Families and the Royal Family, they can send people to the Nine Netherworlds to make arrangements in advance.” He then looked at Hua Changxi.
“I can’t manage it, but you have an opportunity.”
Hua Changxi knew he was referring to her having the most Protector Saint Tokens. She didn’t respond. She noticed that Gu Xing didn’t seem particularly concerned about the Holy Guards.
“Senior, you don’t seem to be worried at all about the Holy Guards disrupting the Sacred Land’s order?”
Gu Xing sighed deeply: “Worrying about things I can’t control is useless.” He then looked at Hua Changxi, “I see you’re not very concerned either.”
After all, this girl was the first to obtain a Protector Saint Token.
Hua Changxi: “I am only responsible for Dan Yuan Secret Realm and Dan Yuan Peak.” She paused, “And Qihuang Hall.”
Gu Xing corrected her with a blank face: “Not one Qihuang Hall, but ten. You probably forgot that you took ten Qihuang Tokens.”
“Qihuang Tokens?”
Hua Changxi looked enlightened. So, the wooden tokens were called Qihuang Tokens.
She would have liked to be responsible for ten Qihuang Halls, but she had lost the Qihuang Tokens!!!
Gu Xing was silent for a moment: “If you really don’t understand the Nine Passes, you can cooperate with the Heavenly Department. As far as I know, people from the Demon Suppressing Army have already infiltrated the Nine Passes.”
Hearing this, Hua Changxi looked surprised and examined Gu Xing: “You’ve cooperated with the Heavenly Department?”
Gu Xing did not deny it. Although he didn’t want to get involved in the power struggle between the Royal Family and the Guardian Families, he had Protector Saint Tokens and naturally intended to use them.
The more Holy Guards there were, the more beneficial it would be for the further revival of the Sacred Land.
Cooperating with the Heavenly Department, no, to be precise, it should be cooperating with the Central Sacred Land.
Wei Zhenjie had kept it well hidden. He had only recently learned that he was the successor of the Central Sacred Land.
The establishment, development, and growth of the Demon Suppressing Army were all secretly promoted and facilitated by the successor of the Central Sacred Land.
The Li Men Pass was almost completely controlled by the Demon Suppressing Army, and the Central Sacred Land had long made arrangements for the other eight passes.
With the support of the Central Sacred Land, it was expected that the Medical Affairs Department would soon have another hundred Holy Guards.
Gu Xing looked at Hua Changxi seriously: “Think about it carefully.”
Hua Changxi directly replied: “There’s nothing to consider on my end. I don’t like playing games of benefit transfer and power exchange. I recruit Holy Guards based solely on contributions to guarding the Demon Prison.”
Hearing this, Gu Xing was stunned. By the time he recovered, Hua Changxi had already left the Old Courtyard.
“Alas.”
Gu Xing’s expression was complex. Meng Qingyao and Yan Qianying’s choices were reasonable, but Hua Changxi’s actions were always unexpected.
He truly disagreed with Hua Changxi’s solitary approach and always wanted to correct some of her actions with his past experience.
However, in terms of contribution to the Sacred Land’s revival, no one could match her.
“Recruiting Holy Guards based solely on contributions to guarding the Demon Prison.”
Gu Xing suddenly felt that his understanding of Hua Changxi was too superficial. Everything had its pros and cons. Hua Changxi’s solitary approach had significant drawbacks, but precisely because her stance was simple and her heart free of selfish desires, the Dan Sheng Hall was able to revive ahead of other Sacred Lands.
Let that girl stir things up!
Cooperating with others might offer shortcuts and reduce trouble, but it would lack the experience of starting from scratch and the accumulated experience from participating step by step.
Everyone has obstacles, and everyone also has opportunities.
He truly shouldn’t interfere too much in others’ lives, especially not by imposing his own ideas on them.
A team of ten Holy Guards passed by the Old Courtyard. Gu Xing glanced at them and then closed his eyes.
Hua Changxi was mistaken; he wasn’t indifferent to the Holy Guards, but rather indifferent to Meng and Yan’s misuse of them.
In the legal and operational framework of the Sacred Land, Holy Guards were merely enforcers, participating only in the most basic maintenance of public order.
In Ancient Times, above the Holy Guards was the Law Enforcement Hall, which held enforcement power. Above the Law Enforcement Hall was the Elder Hall, responsible for trials.
Let alone now, with only two hundred Holy Guards, even two thousand wouldn’t matter. Once the Law Enforcement Hall appeared, a single order would be enough to put them all in their proper places.
Let the Royal Family and the Guardian Families frolic for now. Wei Zhenjie was right; their stirring things up would loosen the entrenched Medical Affairs Department, making it more conducive for newcomers to emerge and for the Sacred Land to revive.
The appearance of the Holy Guards and the establishment of the Qihuang Pavilion did not disrupt Hua Changxi’s rhythm.
In her view, others fighting for power and profit was their business; she only needed to manage Dan Yuan Peak and Dan Yuan Secret Realm.
As apprentices gradually entered the first level of Dan Yuan Secret Realm, the amount of First Rank Spiritual Medicine harvested increased.
There weren’t many things to pay attention to when harvesting Spiritual Medicine, but its preparation involved specialized techniques.
Starting from May 20th, Hua Changxi began teaching apprentices in batches how to prepare First Rank Spiritual Medicine.
Once the first batch of apprentices learned how to prepare Spiritual Medicine, all apprentices were divided into three groups: one group harvested and washed Spiritual Medicine, one group attended classes, and one group prepared Spiritual Medicine.
With the three groups of apprentices taking turns harvesting Spiritual Medicine, attending classes, and preparing Spiritual Medicine in a cycle, the Medicine Field on the first level of Dan Yuan Secret Realm was visibly cleared.
During this period, some apprentices with talent in Spiritual Medicine preparation were selected by Hua Changxi to be responsible for organizing class notes. By early June, the Spiritual Medicine Preparation Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Medicine was compiled.
After this, everyone on Dan Yuan Peak had a copy of the Spiritual Plant Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Plants and the Spiritual Medicine Preparation Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Medicine.
Hua Changxi had promised that anyone who wanted the Spiritual Plant Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Plants could go to Number Thirteen Qihuang Hall to copy and imprint it.
Since Pharmacist Xu and others moved to the Personnel Department of Dan Yuan Peak, Number Thirteen Qihuang Hall was filled with people copying the Spiritual Plant Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Plants every day.
Now that Hua Changxi had compiled the Spiritual Medicine Preparation Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Medicine, countless people wanted to copy and imprint it.
Unfortunately, due to the Heart Demon Oath, people on Dan Yuan Peak dared not leak the contents of the Spiritual Medicine Preparation Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Medicine.
Under these circumstances, people approached the Qihuang Pavilion and the Spiritual Realm Pavilion, hoping Shen Qianfan and Meng Qingyao would intercede with Hua Changxi to allow them to copy and imprint the Spiritual Medicine Preparation Compendium of First Rank Spiritual Medicine.
