Chapter 289: Getting Busy

The next morning, Tao Zi got up and looked at the empty room, thinking about going to the town to buy some things. When she opened the door, she saw a dozen physical practitioners standing at the door, looking at her with bright eyes.

Tao Zi: "...Um, Brother Xiu?"

Hearing this long-lost address, Li Xiu said quietly, "I said I wanted to show them, but they wouldn't agree until you got up."

She touched her nose, reflected on her lateness for a second, and said, "Let Li Xiu take a look first, then I'll know what to do."

Those people lined up in descending order of strength and looked very well behaved.

Tao Zi waved to Xi Jing and the other two who were practicing. They trotted over and asked, "Senior Sister, what's wrong?"

She asked them one by one: "Xi Jing, are you in charge of the account books?"

"Tube!"

"Zhao Xue, are you in charge of books, such as techniques and ancient books?"

"Guess! Um... do we have any?"

"There will be some later." Tao Zi turned to look at Han Yueshan, "Does Yueshan manage the register?"

"What is the Guan...renzhi (personnel book)?"

She explained, “Everyone’s name and all their information!”

"no problem."

Someone overheard the conversation, looked over, and asked hesitantly, "Big Sister, do we also need to record the weapon techniques we currently possess?"

Tao Zi smiled and said, "Of course not. We only record the sect's earnings in the future. Even gifts from friends in the future will be considered personal property. Also, earnings from exploring the ruins on your own do not need to be included in the list."

"So what exactly is included?"

"What is counted are the rewards from the sect's missions or collective actions. In short, there will be a standard later."

Those people breathed a sigh of relief and continued to wait for Li Xiu's treatment.

She was busy with the initial establishment of various systems. Yue Qingya couldn't help, so she just listened from the side. Cheng Wuchou could give a lot of suggestions.

But it only took Li Xiu one morning to finish the inspection, and they also decided on the general framework.

Li Xiu came over with a thick stack of papers and said, "There are problems everywhere. Take a look."

Those physical cultivators followed behind like oversized chicks, each of them peeking out to read the words written on the paper.

Tao Zi handed the large frame to Li Xiu, took the papers, and said, "Take a look and see if there are any omissions."

"OK."

He walked to the side, and Tao Zi unfolded the paper under the gaze of those physical cultivators.

Well, either there is a problem with the leg muscles, or there is something wrong with the waist or cervical spine.

The more she looked at it, the more outrageous it seemed to her. She asked, "Didn't you take care of your bodies when you were practicing physical cultivation?"

Zhou Qiandan hesitated and said, "Isn't physical training just about fighting with your body?"

Tao Zi frowned and said, "People who practice Taoism rely on spiritual energy, but they don't necessarily need to burn their spiritual veins."

They were silent, each one looking at her more obediently than the other.

She rubbed her forehead and said, "It's true that physical cultivation uses the body to fight, but the reason for this is that physical cultivation relies on the flesh to win. But look at your own bodies, they are covered in wounds. How can you fight? What can you use to fight?"

The only one in the Flesh Refining Stage asked cautiously, "What should we do then?"

"Li Xiu!"

"Here!" Li Xiu turned around quickly, "What's wrong?"

"Can you take care of their health within a month?"

"Some can, but others require long-term treatment," he said, adding, "The main problem is the lack of medication."

Tao Zi nodded and said calmly, "First, follow Li Xiu to recuperate your bodies. During this time, I will teach you some ways to circulate spiritual energy."

Zhou Qiandan was the first to nod in agreement, and the other physical cultivators followed suit.

She gave some instructions, then called Li Xiu and Xi Jing and said, "Come with me to the town to gather supplies. Li Xiu, make sure you buy some medicinal herbs."

"Know!"

The three of them walked away under everyone's gaze. A physical cultivator hesitated and asked, "What can we do now?"

Cheng Wuchou was drinking tea with Yue Qingya, looking as if he didn't care about anything. The little fox and his fox cousin were basking in the sun, not thinking that these people had anything to do with them.

Han Yueshan and Zhao Xue looked at each other. After a long moment, Zhao Xue managed to utter, "How about you make some reclining chairs first?"

"ah?"

He said seriously, "Back then, Senior Sister practiced controlling her strength by being a reclining chair."

Those physical cultivators immediately became interested and took action.

Just as Zhao Xue was guiding the physical practitioners on how to make a perfect recliner, Tao Zi had already arrived in the town.

The town was bustling with activity. Xi Jing was strolling around excitedly. Tao Zi said, "Li Xiu, follow Xi Jing and buy all the herbs. I'm going to look somewhere else."

"become."

Tao Zi walked towards the teahouse skillfully and sat down in an inconspicuous seat.

There is no storyteller here, but there is a lot of chatting.

A man stood in front of Tao Zi and said with a smile: "Miss, is anyone here?"

"No, it's up to you."

He smiled and sat down.

Tao Zi looked around again and saw that the small teahouse was already full of people, who must have just come in.

She said calmly, "Why are there so many people suddenly here?"

"Hey, it's because we heard that rumor that everyone came here to take a look."

Tao Zi took a sip of tea and asked curiously, "What rumor?"

The man in front of him lowered his voice and said, "Recently, many babies have disappeared in this area! Everyone says that monsters are causing trouble. Even if it's not a monster, it must be a demon cultivator."

She immediately realized something was wrong and pretended to be confused, "Hey, such a big thing, the Minglan Sect doesn't care?"

The man sighed and said, "The mortals who got into trouble were all from other small sects. They didn't report it to the Minglan Sect, so the Minglan Sect couldn't take action without solid evidence."

Tao Zi suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is."

The man sighed again and said, "The Minglan Sect doesn't care, but we can't stand it, so we came here to see—the last missing baby is here."

Tao Zi said with a praying look on her face, "Such a terrifying person must be caught as soon as possible."

Seeing her like this, the man suddenly became very enthusiastic and said, "Don't worry, young lady, we will definitely solve this matter!"

Tao Zi spoke a few more words to him, then lowered her eyes and remained silent. The man thought she was frightened and said no more.

She rubbed the teacup slowly and formed a conclusion in her mind: it was most likely the master and disciple who were causing the trouble, but they were willing to attack the baby.

Tao Zi took another sip of tea and watched these people coming and going in a hurry. It was obvious that they were just here to rest for a while.

When the waiter came to refill the tea, he said, "Ah, I hope these things will be over soon."

She smiled and said, "Of course, if even they know about it, then the Ming Lan Sect must know about it as well."

The waiter hesitated to speak, and finally said only one sentence: "We are not under the name of Minglan Sect, so it may not care."

Tao Zi pretended to be surprised: "But if even safety cannot be guaranteed, who would establish a sect here, who would live here?"

If it were the other two sects, not only would they not take direct action to deal with the matter, they would also send people to investigate secretly. Once they found the demon cultivators and monsters, they would take immediate action to deal with them and would not allow people to panic.

This is also an important reason why small sects and clans choose to rely on large clans. As long as they don’t give up, no matter how long it drags on, they will not completely ignore them.

The waiter sighed, stopped talking, and left.