The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 273, Inaction
The replies from Qihuang Pavilion and Lingjing Pavilion were swift. Pharmacist Xu waited outside the lecture hall until Hua Changxi finished teaching the apprentices, then quickly reported the replies from both sides.

"Master, the Qihuang Academy has agreed to let you give lectures in Halls 1 through 9."

"Lingjing Pavilion did not agree to help resolve the issue of setting up a registration point at the entrance of the Medical Department."

Hua Changxi wasn't disappointed that only one of the two conditions was met; she simply sighed, "The guardian family is even more unworthy of its name than I imagined."

Recruiting more apprentices in the Dan Yuan Secret Realm can be seen as contributing to the development of the Dan Sheng Temple.

The guardian families bear the responsibility of protecting the Dao and are promoting the revival of the Dan Sheng Temple, one of the five holy lands, which can also be considered as protecting the Dao in a roundabout way.

But instead of offering support, they started to obstruct it.

Furthermore, she is the master of the Dan Yuan Secret Realm and is originally a member of the Ling Jing Pavilion.

Logically speaking, the Spirit Realm Pavilion should have a responsibility to help her solve the problem. After all, the original intention of the Xia family in establishing the Spirit Realm Pavilion was to enable the masters of the secret realms to help each other.

She faced difficulties and offered terms for exchange, yet the Spirit Realm Pavilion still suppressed her. In essence, the establishment of the Spirit Realm Pavilion was merely to facilitate the self-interest of the guardian families; promoting the revival and development of the Holy Land was secondary.

Pharmacist Xu dared not comment on the guardian families, but he did recount what he had learned from the Spirit Realm Pavilion.

"Master, the number of members in the Spirit Realm Pavilion has increased significantly."

“Previously, the members of the Spirit Realm Pavilion were only the Secret Realm Masters, but now, the young cultivators brought by Senior Xia have also joined the Spirit Realm Pavilion.”

People were talking about it privately, saying that Lingjing Pavilion was imitating Qihuang Pavilion.

The members of Qihuang Pavilion are only a portion of the eighteen pavilion masters. Many members of the royal family and scions of powerful and noble families become members of Qihuang Pavilion simply because they have a name on the signboard.

The Spirit Realm Pavilion followed suit, and now, in addition to the Realm Master, there are a bunch of managers and supervisors in the secret realm.

Hua Changxi frowned upon hearing this, but quickly relaxed.

Whether it's Qihuang Pavilion or Lingjing Pavilion, they've made a mess of the Department of Medicine, and even the most legitimate gatekeeper of Guxing Holy Land doesn't care, so it has even less to do with her.

She only needs to take care of her own little corner of the world.

Hua Changxi dismissed Pharmacist Xu and then summoned ten of the most talented apprentices in food preparation.

She has been teaching her apprentices how to prepare elixirs at Danyuan Peak for almost a month now. These ten apprentices are the most proficient, and she has decided that they will be the ones to teach her classes from now on.

In the following days, she served as the main lecturer for the ten apprentices and as their assistant, personally supervising them through several classes. Once she was certain that they could teach other apprentices independently, she began preparations for them to teach at the Qihuang Hall.

Hua Changxi successfully unlocked the teaching content of Qihuang Halls No. 1 to No. 9, but only Hall No. 1 and the Qihuang Token are bound together.

The other eight Qihuang Halls are still in a state of 'ownerlessness', and other people who hold Qihuang Tokens have the opportunity to bind themselves to these eight halls.

She lost all ten of her Qihuang tokens in the Nine Netherworlds and didn't know when she would be able to find them. She proposed giving lectures at the Qihuang Hall to see if the tokens could still be bound to the hall even without her by her side.

As for the criterion for judgment, it is the speed of cultivation.

When she unlocked the Qihuang Hall and began lecturing there, her cultivation speed improved.

On June 28th, Hua Changxi arrived outside the No. 2 Qihuang Hall.

Several days ago, news spread that she would be giving a lecture on "The Complete Guide to Processing First-Grade Elixir" at the No. 2 Qihuang Hall. She thought that many people would come to listen, but to her surprise, there were not many people.

The difference between this lecture and those given by other Qihuang Hall masters, who were surrounded by crowds, is striking.

On Qihuang Street, people would occasionally look toward Hall No. 2, but as soon as the Holy Guards patrolled over, they would immediately disperse.

Hua Changxi watched this scene thoughtfully.

The person in charge of managing the No. 2 Qihuang Hall was Xie An, Director Gu's eldest apprentice. When Xie An saw Hua Changxi arrive, he immediately greeted her with a smile. "Hall Master Hua, everyone has been waiting for a long time, just waiting for you to start your lecture."

Hua Changxi asked with a smile, "There are hardly any people on the streets, what's going on?"

Xie An glanced at the Imperial Guards patrolling not far away and said with a smile, "The Imperial Guards said that Qihuang Hall is a place for teaching, and people are not allowed to linger, gather, or make noise."

Hua Changxi: "When did such a rule come about?"

Xie An smiled and said, "It only started recently."

Upon hearing this, Hua Changxi's gaze darkened. There was no need to ask; this rule was aimed at her. Although Qihuang Pavilion had agreed to let her give lectures, it did not want too many people to attend.

Xie An felt quite helpless. Whether it was Qihuang Pavilion or Lingjing Pavilion, no one wanted Hua Changxi to have too high a reputation.

Hua Changxi said nothing and stepped into the No. 2 Qihuang Hall.

Upon seeing that the people inside the hall were either scions of royalty or powerful families, or cultivators selected by the guardian clans, his brows immediately furrowed.

Hua Changxi sneered inwardly. No wonder Qihuang Pavilion agreed to her conditions so readily; they were waiting for her here.

In exchange for "The Complete Guide to Preparing First-Class Elixir", she was given the opportunity to be a lecturer for this group of people!
Everyone inside the hall was scrutinizing Hua Changxi's expression. Seeing her tense face, many people were secretly delighted, especially Prince Shou, and even Xia Zhen had a beaming smile on his face.

Do they really think they can boss them around just because they have some ability?
Hmph, dealing with someone with no connections or background is incredibly easy!
Gu Xing also arrived. Seeing Hua Changxi walk to the main speaker's seat with a sullen face, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he didn't lose his temper on the spot and managed to keep his composure!

Hua Changxi looked around at everyone present, her gaze landing on Director Gu, and asked with a smile, "Director Gu, I'd like to ask you a question."

Before Director Gu could react, she asked the question directly.

"Do you think you can hold onto the position of the Second Head of the Qihuang Hall?"

Upon hearing this, not only did Director Gu's expression change, but the faces of everyone else who wanted to see Hua Changxi make a fool of herself also changed.

Director Gu was surprised that Hua Changxi would target him and asked in astonishment, "What does Master Hua mean by this?"

Hua Changxi smiled and said, "If the person who obtains the Qihuang Token is guaranteed to become the head of the Qihuang Hall, then why did Zhu Qinghuan lose her position as head of the hall?"

Director Gu's expression turned serious.

Hua Changxi continued with a laugh: "The Qihuang Hall is nothing but empty courtyards now. Do you really think that having the Qihuang Token means you can rest easy? That you can shirk your responsibilities as the head of the hall?"

"You're the owner of the Second Qihuang Hall, right? But do you have the final say in the Second Qihuang Hall?"

"Do you think someone who doesn't have the final say can hold onto the position of headmaster?"

"Do you think someone like that can gain the Holy Land's approval?"

Director Gu understood that Hua Changxi was dissatisfied with his allowing the royal family to suppress her. He wanted to retaliate after being ridiculed by Hua Changxi in public, but he was speechless for the moment.

Two days ago, Shen Qianfan came to deliver a message, saying that the number of people attending the lectures given by the head of the outer hall should not exceed one hundred in each Qihuang Hall.

He knew this was the royal family's intention, and not wanting to have a direct conflict with them, he didn't object.

According to his code of conduct, there was nothing wrong with doing so, but as the head of the second hall, allowing others to interfere in the affairs of the Qihuang Hall was indeed a form of inaction on his part.

Hua Changxi looked down on Director Gu and the others who had obtained the Qihuang Token.

These people do nothing but try to secure their position as the head of the academy with just a token. What a pipe dream they're having.

(End of this chapter)