The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 299, Are they one of our own?

After meeting the new apprentice, Hua Changxi returned to the bamboo house and then summoned Zhou Shou from the Mission Hall and Jia Lu from the Enforcement Hall.

"master."

Hua Changxi handed the resumes of Ye Lingxuan and the other nine people to the two of them: "Keep a close eye on these nine people and see who they associate with."

Zhou Shou and Jia Lu took the resumes and were both surprised.

"A third-grade alchemist!"

"Tier 3 Artillery Master!"

"A third-tier spirit plant master!"

"These people are so talented!"

Hua Changxi pondered for a moment and said, "The task for these nine people is to pick and clean medicinal herbs and cultivate medicinal fields."

She wanted to see what these people were up to after joining Dan Yuan Peak, and whether they could endure the initial hardships.
Zhou Shou and Jia Lu immediately agreed: "Don't worry, Master, we will keep a close eye on these people."

Hua Changxi thought of Ye Lingxuan, Jiang Henian, and Dugu Lie's Nascent Soul cultivation. If she weren't at Danyuan Peak, Yu Fu and the others' cultivation levels would be too low to suppress them at all.

"Let's invite Yu Fu, Zhao Xi, and my third brother tonight."

After hesitating for a moment, Hua Changxi ultimately decided not to invite Pharmacist Xu. Firstly, Pharmacist Xu's journey on the path of cultivation was none of her business; secondly, Pharmacist Xu and Wan Feng were both in the personnel department, and it was inevitable that their actions would leave traces.

"Come to the bamboo house with the five of you tonight, I have something to say to you."

After Zhou Shou and Jia Lu agreed, they went about their own business.

Hua Changxi then began preparing the spiritual herbs needed for the body-refining medicinal bath and the ancestral-returning medicinal bath. When night fell, each of the rooms on the right side of the bamboo house had a wooden tub filled with emerald green medicinal bath water.

The higher you go on Danyuan Peak, the denser the spiritual energy becomes. However, when apprentices open up their cave dwellings, they can only choose a location below the halfway point on the mountain, and they must strictly follow the principle of first come, first served when choosing a location.

Because Hua Sanlang was not among the first to enter the Dan Yuan Secret Realm, the location of his cave dwelling was somewhat remote, and the soil quality of the spiritual fields outside the cave dwelling was not very good.

Every time he returned to his cave, it was a time when Hua Sanlang felt depressed.

There was no other reason than that every time he passed by the cave dwelling of the first batch of apprentices, feeling the rich spiritual energy in the air and looking at the vibrant spiritual herbs and plants outside the cave, he felt both regret and anger.

He regretted not being among the first to enter the Dan Yuan Secret Realm, and was annoyed that his younger sister, Hua Changxi, treated him, her own brother, the same as all the other apprentices.

When Hua Sanlang arrived outside his cave, he first checked the medicinal herbs he had planted. After confirming that they were growing well, he prepared to return to his cave.

"Saburo."

Yu Fu came over: "The master is looking for you. Come with me to see her quickly."

Hua Sanlang looked somewhat surprised. He had been at Danyuan Peak for so long, and this was the first time Jiu Niang had taken the initiative to contact him: "Steward Yu, what does Jiu Niang want to see me about?"

Yu Fu smiled and said, "You'll find out when you get there."

Hua Sanlang didn't say anything more and followed Yu Fu to the bamboo house on the mountaintop.

After the two left, a beautiful figure emerged from a lush field of spirit rice not far away.

Zhu Qinghuan watched Hua Sanlang and Yu Fu's disappearing figures, her gaze lingering: "I almost really thought that Hua Changxi didn't care about family ties at all."

Although Yu Fu only came to find Hua Sanlang after nightfall, there were too many people paying attention to Hua Sanlang. Not only Zhu Qinghuan, but also Chu Junhao, Hua Hongrui, Hua Shuran and others saw the two of them heading towards the summit.

Although he goes up to the summit of Danyuan Peak to enter and exit the secret realm every day, this is the first time Hua Sanlang has come to Hua Changxi's bamboo house. Looking at Yu Fu, who is familiar with the place, he feels a little uncomfortable.

"Sanlang and Lao Yu are here!"

Jia Lu, Zhao Xi, and Zhou Shou had already arrived. When they saw Yu Fu and Hua Sanlang, they all greeted them with smiles.

After the five people greeted each other, Hua Changxi also came out of the bamboo house.

"master!"

Hearing the way Yu Fu and the others addressed him, Hua Sanlang's heart stirred. Looking at his increasingly ethereal and otherworldly younger sister, his expression became somewhat somber: "Ninth Sister."

Hua Changxi walked to the stone table and sat down, then asked Hua Sanlang and the other four to sit down before saying, "Danyuan Peak has recruited quite a few apprentices recently. What are your thoughts on this?"

Yu Fu and the other three exchanged glances, assuming that Hua Changxi had summoned them to discuss how to manage the apprentices.

Hua Sanlang was secretly delighted, thinking that there were too many people on Danyuan Peak for Yu Fu and the other three to manage, and Hua Changxi was going to assign him a position.

Yu Fu spoke first: "With more and more apprentices, each department will probably need to recruit a number of stewards and servants."

Hua Sanlang quickly replied, "Ninth Sister, if there's anything I can do to help you, just let me know."

Hua Changxi: "...What about the others? Nothing else to say?"

Jia Lu hesitated for a moment: "Master, with more apprentices, the enforcement team of the Enforcement Hall needs to be expanded, and expanded significantly, in order to ensure the stability of Dan Yuan Peak and the secret realm."

Hua Changxi nodded: "You've finally hit the nail on the head." He paused.

"Among the apprentices recruited in the past two months, there are quite a few with profound cultivation. As the managers, do you have the means to control them?" Upon hearing this, the expressions of Yu Fu and the other three became serious and solemn, and even Hua Sanlang fell silent.

Hua Changxi then asked, "As the number of people on Danyuan Peak increases in the future, will you be able to maintain your positions in charge indefinitely?"

After exchanging glances, Yu Fu and the other three stood up and bowed, declaring, "Master, rest assured, we will definitely strive to improve our cultivation and delve into medical skills and alchemy."

Hanazawa was a beat slower, then added, "I'll try my best too."

Hua Changxi looked at Yu Fu and the other three: "You have no spiritual roots, so you can only refine your bodies. In the Nascent Soul stage and below, body cultivation is no weaker than magic cultivation."

"But once you enter the Spirit Platform Realm, the Dharma cultivators develop divine sense, and the Body cultivators will begin to be suppressed by the Dharma cultivators. If the Body cultivators want to have a fighting chance, they can only enhance themselves in other ways."

"Fortunately, all four of you have a certain degree of ancestral bloodline reversion. As long as the degree of ancestral bloodline reversion is high enough, there is a possibility of obtaining ancestral supernatural powers."

Upon hearing this, Yu Fu and the other three all showed joy.

Hua Changxi shook his head: "I can see that the four of you are quite diligent in body cultivation, but your aptitude is not good, so you have only reached the second chapter of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique."

“The apprentices on Danyuan Peak have just been recruited and are unfamiliar with everything. They are still relatively obedient. You, whose strength is comparable to that of Qi Sea Realm cultivators, can still suppress the apprentices. But in a few years, you, with your low strength, will definitely not be able to command respect.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Fu and the other three became anxious.

"Master, talent is predetermined, there's nothing we can do about it!"

Hua Changxi: "Talent is not unchangeable, it just depends on whether you can withstand it?"

Yu Fu and the other three nodded vigorously: "We can handle it!"

Hua Sanlang exclaimed in surprise, "Talent can be improved?"

Hua Changxi looked at him and said, "Once you have achieved mastery in medicine and alchemy, you will know that anything is possible." After saying that, she looked at Yu Fu and the other three.

“From now on, you will come to the bamboo house every other day to soak in the medicinal bath. You will alternate between the body-refining medicinal bath and the ancestral medicinal bath. I will give you acupuncture to help you unblock your meridians and enhance your absorption of the medicine.”

"The medicinal baths in bamboo houses number one through four are ready. Please go in and soak."

After thanking them repeatedly, Yu Fu and the other three solemnly entered the bamboo house.

As soon as the four entered the bamboo house, Hua Sanlang couldn't wait to ask, "Ninth Sister, since there's a way to improve aptitude, why don't you help your family?"

Again!
Annoyance flashed across Hua Changxi's eyes, and her face turned cold: "If I tell my family about the method to improve aptitude, can you guarantee that they won't spread it?"

Hua Sanlang opened his mouth to say "okay," but before he could finish, he suddenly remembered the body-refining technique that Jiu Niang had taught them, which his grandfather had handed over to the clan not long after.

Hua Changxi continued with a cold laugh, "Improving one's aptitude is no easy task; it requires a lot of resources. Will you supply these resources, or will I?"

Hua Sanlang opened his mouth, unsure how to respond, but finally stubbornly said, "Yu Fu and the other three are outsiders. In your heart, are family members less important than outsiders?"

Hua Changxi was too lazy to continue arguing with Hua Sanlang, so she directly said what was on her mind: "Yes, in my heart, the Hua family is not as good as the four of them."

Hua Sanlang stared at Hua Changxi in disbelief: "How could you do this?"

Hua Changxi: "What's wrong with me? I helped Yu Fu and the others because I could get an equivalent return in return, and they could help me manage Danyuan Peak."

Hanazaburo retorted, "Your family can help you too."

Hua Changxi scoffed: "Help me? Your so-called help is just using the guise of 'for my own good' to make all sorts of demands and requests on me, ultimately to achieve your own ambitions and goals."

"Before I started recruiting apprentices in the Dan Yuan Secret Realm, I said that I would give all cultivators who wanted to learn medicine and alchemy a chance. What did you and your family do back then?"

"You first scoffed at my ideas, and then you started telling me to take care of the Hua clan."

"Is this what you call helping me?"

"Is this really helping me, or is it fulfilling your own ambitions and goals?"

Hua Changxi became increasingly angry as he spoke: "Danyuan Peak embodies my ideals. I use it to bless them, and they can do things entirely according to my ideas and requirements. The Danyuan Peak of today is the kind of place I want to create."

Hanazawa was still retorting, "We could do it too. It was you who first gave us the cold shoulder. If you had spoken to us nicely, how could we have done it?"

"You go."

Hua Changxi didn't want to continue the conversation and directly asked them to leave.

Hanazawa was stunned.

Hua Changxi looked at him and said, "When I first entered the Department of Medicine, I was very resentful when I saw the people above me being nepotistic."

"But after I started managing Danyuan Peak, I found that I was no different from them, and I couldn't help but want to place my confidants in the core positions."

“You are my brother, and I thought that no matter what, we were family. But I found that I was wrong. Blood ties are not enough to determine whether someone is family.”

"Third Brother, I won't interfere with how long you stay on Danyuan Peak or how high you climb. It's all up to you."

After saying that, Hua Changxi went into the bamboo house, leaving Hua Sanlang standing outside dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)