Chapter 272: Cannot Be Suppressed
The first courtyard on the left at the intersection of Ninth Street and Pilgrimage Road is the Qihuang Pavilion; the first courtyard on the right is the Spiritual Realm Pavilion.
The Qihuang Pavilion and the Spiritual Realm Pavilion face each other, directly presenting a posture of contention.
Qihuang Pavilion.
Shen Qianfan personally met Pharmacist Xu and was relieved to learn that Hua Changxi was willing to share the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium.
As the Hall Master of Qihuang Pavilion, he didn’t want this position, but due to his humble family background, he couldn’t defy royal authority and had to accept the role of Hall Master of Qihuang Pavilion, a position other Qihuang Hall Masters were unwilling to take.
To put it bluntly, he was a puppet put forward by the Royal Family.
However, even being a puppet was not easy for him.
Previously, Prince Shou had summoned him and ordered him, as the Hall Master of Qihuang Pavilion, to command Hua Changxi to hand over the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium, which had put immense pressure on him.
Who was Hua Changxi? She was someone who didn’t even give face to Prince Shou and Xia Zhen. How could he dare to command her?
Fortunately, Hua Changxi was willing to share the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium.
Although Hua Changxi proposed the condition of lecturing in Hall Number One to Hall Number Nine, he didn’t care at all.
Firstly, he was the Hall Master of Hall Number Eleven, so it wouldn’t affect him.
Secondly, if the Hall Masters of Hall Number One to Hall Number Nine disagreed and thus couldn’t obtain the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium, Prince Shou wouldn’t trouble him either.
After Pharmacist Xu left, Shen Qianfan immediately informed Prince Shou and the other Qihuang Hall Masters of Hua Changxi’s lecturing conditions.
Mu Qingying of Hall Number One, Gu Qiming of Hall Number Two, and Yuan Tianchou of Hall Number Six exchanged knowing glances after receiving the news.
Yuan Tianchou said, “Master, it seems our previous guess was correct. Hua Changxi has long known the usage method of the Qihuang Pavilion.”
Mu Qingying also added, “Previously, when I lectured using my knowledge of Spiritual Medicine, the wooden token would only react after a long time. But when I lectured using the First Rank Spiritual Medicine Compendium, the wooden token reacted noticeably.”
“I compared the content of my lectures with the content of the First Rank Spiritual Medicine Compendium and found that what I lectured on was superficial and incomplete.”
“However, the First Rank Spiritual Medicine Compendium is more comprehensive and systematic, its records of Spiritual Medicine properties are quite detailed, and the language is easy to understand.”
“Let alone the listeners, even this disciple, after reading it, often experienced sudden enlightenment.”
Saying this, she looked at Department Head Gu.
“This disciple has seriously considered it. If two people who don’t understand Alchemy were to attend a lecture, those who attended my lecture would probably only gain a rough understanding of Spiritual Medicine common knowledge. But those who attend Hua Changxi’s lecture, if they have good talent, might be able to directly start preparing medicine.”
Mu Qingying gave a wry smile, “This disciple now truly understands how vast the gap is between me and Hua Changxi in the path of Spiritual Medicine research.”
“Master, is Hua Changxi really not a successor of the Dan Sheng Hall?”
Department Head Gu listened thoughtfully.
In fact, he and the Minister had speculated about whether Hua Changxi was a successor of the Dan Sheng Hall, but according to their investigations, it was unlikely that Hua Changxi was a successor of the Dan Sheng Hall.
“Sigh.”
Department Head Gu sighed. He actually hoped that the successor of the Dan Sheng Hall would appear soon.
After all, although other Sacred Lands showed no signs of revival, their successors were very active. Yet, for the Dan Sheng Hall, no successor had appeared to this day.
Perhaps it was because the Medical Affairs Department had been controlled by the Royal Family for hundreds of years, and Noble Families also had their involvement, making the situation within the Medical Affairs Department extremely complex.
Was the successor of the Dan Sheng Hall too intimidated by this intricate situation to appear?
Department Head Gu looked at his two disciples, “Since Hua Changxi has such high attainments in the Pill Dao, let her lecture. You can take this opportunity to learn more.”
Mu Qingying and Yuan Tianchou had no objections.
Department Head Gu called someone over, “Go tell the Hall Master that we agree to Hall Master Hua lecturing.”
Huo Yunxiao, who managed Hall Number Three for the Heavenly Department Minister Wei Zhenjie, and Wen Lanzhou, who managed Hall Number Four for Master Zhang, immediately sent messages to their respective masters upon receiving the news.
Soon, both of them received messages of ‘agreement’.
On Prince Shou’s side, however, he was somewhat undecided.
Chu Junhao saw this and stepped forward, saying, “Imperial Uncle, Hua Changxi has never cared about power struggles. Why don’t we fulfill her wish?”
Prince Shou looked over and frowned, “The Altar of Alchemy and Dan Yuan Peak were all created by Hua Changxi. What if she causes another big stir by lecturing at the Qihuang Pavilion?”
Chu Junhao replied, “The revival of Sacred Lands is a general trend. Without Hua Changxi, there will be others. In that case, it’s better to be Hua Changxi, after all, she is someone who doesn’t even rely on her family.”
He paused.
“Moreover, we can’t stop it.”
This point was made subtly. Those who obtained the First Rank Spiritual Medicine Compendium could probably guess the value of the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium. The other Qihuang Hall Masters would not give up.
The Royal Family could no longer suppress the various forces. Instead of bringing certain matters to the surface, it would be better for them to ease up and allow everyone to save face.
Prince Shou was somewhat annoyed and waved his hand at Chu Junhao, “Leave this matter to you to handle.”
Meanwhile, Meng Qingyao of Hall Number Seven, Zhu Jinglan of Hall Number Eight, and Bai Zhixin of Hall Number Nine were in the Spiritual Realm Pavilion, discussing this matter with Xia Zhen and other disciples from the Guardian Families.
Meng Qingyao frowned deeply, “The Qihuang Pavilion is indeed a place for lecturing. I don’t understand why Hua Changxi wants to lecture in Hall Number One to Hall Number Nine. What does she want to do?”
Xia Zhen also knitted his brows. When he learned that Hua Changxi wanted to lecture at the Qihuang Pavilion, he felt a sense of trepidation.
It was not for any other reason than that he feared Hua Changxi might do something that would stimulate the Qihuang Pavilion to revive.
Bai Zhixin said, “Whatever she wants to do, the Qihuang Pavilion isn’t of much use in our hands anyway. If she wants to lecture, let her. I want to see what she can achieve.”
Zhu Jinglan held the same view, “Exactly. If Hua Changxi can truly make the Qihuang Pavilion revive, perhaps we can even benefit from it.”
Xia Zhen glanced at him, “Do you think your positions as Hall Masters are secure? Without the Qihuang Token, you are only temporarily occupying the positions.”
Saying this, he looked at Meng Qingyao.
“Zhu Qinghuan’s Qihuang Token was given to you. Have you researched anything?”
Meng Qingyao shook her head in shame.
Xia Zhen sighed, “Never mind, let’s just see how Hua Changxi stirs things up.”
It was difficult to suppress Hua Changxi!
Meng Qingyao looked somewhat uncomfortable, “Sixteenth Elder, if the Spiritual Realm Pavilion wants the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium, it will also have to help Hua Changxi solve the issue of setting up a registration point at the entrance of the Medical Affairs Department.”
Xia Ziyang said, “We have seven Qihuang Hall Masters among our people. We can privately circulate the First Rank Spiritual Plant Preparation Compendium then. It doesn’t matter if the Spiritual Realm Pavilion doesn’t participate.”
Xia Zhen agreed with this. He truly did not want to comply with Hua Changxi’s wishes.
Their control over the Medical Affairs Department had indeed increased, but only if Hua Changxi did not use her Protector Saint Token.
Currently, the maintenance of order in the Medical Affairs Department was in the hands of the Guardian Families, the Royal Family, and Gu Xing. He felt this situation was good and he strongly did not want to see Hua Changxi emerge.
If the Dan Yuan Secret Realm recruited too many apprentices, it would only enhance Hua Changxi’s reputation, which was not something he wanted to see.
