I manage female characters in all the heavens.

Although I was exhausted like a dead dog in the end, it was definitely a great experience.

First, she went to the training ground to check on her senior brothers who were studying diligently. Seeing that they were practicing hard, "Yue Lingshan" nodded in approval and then went to the medicine storehouse.

She was ordered to return this time to bring food to her parents who were working hard on the Cliff of Contemplation.

Before dawn, she took the two of them to Siguo Cliff to clean it up. Then they discovered the inscriptions on the broken cliff. The two of them didn't even have breakfast and rushed over to copy them.

It was already close to noon, and the two of them hadn't even had a sip of water. Even martial arts masters couldn't withstand it, so they sent down the bored "Yue Lingshan" to get their food.

Previously, Ning Zhongze personally prepared the meals for the five Huashan Sect members who possessed internal energy, supplementing them with various medicinal ingredients. The meals were both delicious and nutritious, meeting the needs of cultivating internal energy.

Now that Ning Zhongze is absent from work, "Yue Lingshan" has to be dealt with by himself.

Upon arriving at the medicine storehouse, the two gatekeeper disciples hurriedly bowed to the young lady.

Aside from the nine formal disciples, Yue Buqun, and Ning Zhongze, the Huashan Sect did have other members.

Mount Hua was once a grand place, with a vast mountain range, numerous buildings, and many businesses, which could not be managed by just a dozen or so people.

In addition to the nine formal disciples, Mount Hua also has a large number of miscellaneous disciples, servants, stewards, and so on.

The miscellaneous disciples were technicians and workers such as carpenters, stonemasons, pharmacists, and cooks; the servants were service personnel responsible for sanitation, reception, and accommodation services on Mount Hua; and the stewards were managers responsible for work allocation and communication.

These people numbered nearly a thousand, scattered throughout various parts of Mount Hua, maintaining the superficial authority of the Mount Hua Sect.

Besides those on Mount Hua, there are tens of thousands of people in the surrounding counties who serve Mount Hua and help manage the various fields, estates, shops, workshops and other economic industries at the foot of the mountain.

The Huashan Sect is not a gang and does not collect protection fees. To maintain the sect's grand appearance and the training expenses of its numerous disciples, a source of income is essential.

Among the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects, the Huashan Sect boasts one of the largest industrial scales. With all its industries combined, its annual legal income is nearly 100,000 taels of silver, more than enough to support the cultivation of a dozen or so people and cover the sect's necessary expenses.

Countless people worked directly or indirectly for the Huashan Sect, giving it immense influence in the surrounding areas.

Although the Huashan Sect may seem to consist of only a dozen or so members, the Huashan Group is actually a behemoth that even the government doesn't dare to offend easily.

This pattern applies not only to the Huashan Sect, but also to the other Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects, and even to the vast majority of renowned righteous sects in the martial arts world.

It was precisely because the Huashan Sect and other sects possessed enormous influence, power, and a vast industrial base that Zuo Lengchan had always been thinking of unifying the Five Sacred Mountains Sects and bringing all of these things into the hands of Songshan.

If each of the Five Sacred Mountains sects only has a core group of dozens or hundreds of disciples, what kind of sect is the Songshan Sect?

What martial arts skills, manpower, or combat personnel? Mount Song has neither a lack nor a need for them. What Zuo Lengchan wants is power and profit!

That's why he can use killing to advance and manipulate events; high-level business warfare is often this simple.

When she learned about these things, "Yue Lingshan" also sighed that she was lucky to suddenly have hundreds of millions of assets to inherit.

Martial arts skills can be mastered in a few decades, but such a huge fortune, power, and prestige can only be accumulated over hundreds of years and dozens of generations.

What does it mean to be from a prestigious and upright family? This is what it means to be from a prestigious and upright family!

"Open the door, I need to get some medicine." The young lady of Huashan Group spoke imperiously, exuding the authority of a superior.

The two servant disciples were startled. Without even asking a question, they obediently opened the storeroom, welcoming the young lady to inspect part of her future assets.

Upon entering, one is not immediately greeted by the medicine storehouse, but rather by a small courtyard where a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar is standing guard.

He was in charge of managing the medicine warehouse's inflows and outflows. All medicinal materials entering or leaving the warehouse had to be inspected by him and recorded.

Upon seeing that it was "Yue Lingshan" who came in, he immediately fawned over her like a lackey and led her into the storeroom to select medicinal herbs.

The Huashan Medicine Storehouse contains only the rarest and most potent medicinal herbs of the highest quality; common, ordinary herbs are simply not worthy of being stored here.

Even a few medicinal herbs stolen from here can fetch ten or twenty taels of silver, enough to buy a house in the county.

All of these are great items!

Yue Lingshan took the list that Ning Zhongze had written for her on the spot and tossed it to the steward, asking him to select the medicinal herbs and give them to her. Meanwhile, she herself strolled around the medicine storehouse with great interest.

"My goodness, a thousand-year-old ginseng! Such a rare find!"

"A thousand-year-old Solomon's Seal, a rare and precious treasure!"

"Snow Lotus from Tianshan Mountains, a supreme healing remedy!"

"Crimson Crystal Blood Fungus, strengthens bones and restores vitality!"

"..."

They're so rich! They're incredibly rich!

The young lady, visiting the medicine storehouse for the first time, was utterly astonished by her family's treasured collection.

Just as she was reveling in her family's wealth, a quarrel outside the medicine storehouse caught her attention.

"I earned this opportunity to enter the medicine storehouse and select a medicinal herb worth 300 taels of silver by diligently completing my work and accumulating enough merits according to the rules of Mount Hua. Why won't you let me in?"

"Does this mean that the laws and regulations of Mount Hua, and the rules of our sect, can be broken and trampled upon at will?"

"Tell me, do you even respect the rules and regulations?!"

A man in his early twenties, dressed in coarse linen clothes but whose handsome features were undeniable, angrily rebuked two gatekeeper disciples.

The two menial disciples looked grim, but still patiently explained:

"It's not that we won't let you in, it's just that there are important people inside right now, and we're afraid you might offend them if you go in! We'll let you in after they've chosen their herbs and left."

The man's brow furrowed, his anger palpable.

"Big shots? Why is it that we menial workers have to wait for rewards after diligently completing our work, while big shots can just book the whole place without even having to wait in line?"

"I want to see just who this big shot is, acting so arrogantly and unreasonably!"

As he spoke, he was about to barge in.

Yue Lingshan pushed open the door and stepped out, her gaze icy, her petite figure exuding immense authority.

"It's me, what are you going to do about it?" She glanced coldly at the man.

I'm just renting out my own warehouse, my private property. Do you have a problem with that?

The man paused as he rushed in, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

This person is so important, is he really that important?

Damn it, why don't you just say she's the young lady?

This opportunity is something I've worked so hard to get!

Chapter 27 A startling guess, Feng Qingyang's sigh

Lu Xin's ancestors for three generations were all servants in Huashan. His family background was clean and upright. He tried to join the Huashan Sect, but he failed because his aptitude and comprehension did not meet the requirements.

Two years ago, after turning 18, he signed up to become a handyman for the Huashan Sect, continuing to contribute to Huashan.

The main job is to repair damaged buildings and equipment on Mount Hua, as well as to perform daily building maintenance.

Previously, Yue Buqun deeply regretted that Yue Lingshan had overturned the Huashan Morning Bell, causing it to be completely destroyed, and many Huashan craftsmen said it was difficult to repair.

For many years, he had been ringing the bell, spending almost every morning with it. They had grown so close that he couldn't bear to discard it.

When everyone was at a loss, Lu Xin volunteered and perfectly repaired the morning bell, allowing the familiar sound of the bell to resound throughout Mount Hua once again.

Yue Buqun was overjoyed and recorded a great deal of merit for Lu Xin.

He then spent another six months accumulating enough merit points to exchange for a chance to enter the medicine storehouse and select a medicinal herb worth less than 300 silver coins.

Holding Lu Xin's information, which she had just obtained from "Personnel," Yue Lingshan supervised the cooking in the kitchen while pondering the man's issues.

The original novel of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer has limited content and cannot clearly show everything in the real world, such as the industries of Mount Hua and a large number of servants.

Of course, she couldn't understand everything clearly. She obviously didn't know what happened to many characters who didn't even appear in the original work.

But she had a strange feeling about Lu Xin, as if there was something wrong with him.

That kind of demeanor, that kind of thought, is absolutely not something someone who has served Mount Hua for generations should have.

From his eyes, Yue Lingshan sensed no respect whatsoever; instead, she felt an arrogant air of looking down upon the mortal world.

This made her very suspicious. What exactly was Lu Xin's identity? How dare he look down on her, the young lady of the Huashan Sect and the sole heir of the group?

A spy from the Songshan Sect? A spy from the Demonic Cult? A mole from Shaolin or Wudang? A member of the Imperial Guard?

I can't tell them apart, I really can't!

Even more outrageous, based on her previous viewing of many movies and TV series about Swordsman, she had even more outrageous guesses.

In those works, many times, some great masters like to disguise themselves and infiltrate various forces to play around in the world, such as Dongfang Bubai.

Yue Lingshan's heart skipped a beat. Could this Lu Xin be Dongfang Bubai in disguise, here to visit Mount Hua?

Although Lu Xin's eyes concealed a deep sense of detachment and disdain for the world, Yue Lingshan, with her strong spirit and keen senses, still managed to see through it.

Who else but the invincible Dongfang Bubai could have such a mindset?!

"Holy crap, I've offended Dongfang Bubai!" she belatedly realized.

Dongfang Bubai disguised himself and worked diligently to earn the opportunity to select medicinal herbs, but he complained a couple of times because someone booked the entire venue, wasting his time.

What about "Yue Lingshan"? She went up to her and gave her a lecture with a cold glare, showing no respect whatsoever!

Although he was ultimately allowed to choose the medicinal herbs, he had already offended those he was supposed to offend!

After comparing her own martial arts skills with those of Dongfang Bubai, Yue Lingshan felt a chill run down her spine.

Putting herself in others' shoes, she thought that if she were Dongfang Bubai, she would definitely kill herself on the spot if she encountered such a situation.

Even if Dongfang Bubai didn't kill him on the spot, he would probably have to do it by tonight at the latest, since revenge can't wait overnight.

The thought sent a chill down her spine, soaking her vest.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry up and cook the food so I can take it with me. My parents are starving!" she urged anxiously to the kitchen.

Her gaze swept across the room and she saw a large pile of wine jars on one side of the kitchen. Her eyes immediately lit up.

"What's the best wine from our Huashan Sect? Bring me two jars, I want to take them with me!"

"What other good food do you have? Chicken, duck, goose, fish, etc.? Pack some of each for me and I'll take them with me later."

The kitchen manager was a little confused: "Young Miss, the sect leader and your meals are being prepared quickly, and you also need to pack extra regular dishes and drinks?"

This is against the rules!

"Yue Lingshan" argued vehemently: "Cultivation and nourishment are cultivation and nourishment, and satisfying cravings is satisfying cravings! Can't I have some snacks to eat in addition to a normal meal?"

"Go and get it done. I'll explain to my parents myself!"