"Senior, what's wrong with you?"

Xia Xiao's question at this time was not to ask whether Senior Su Ran was willing to go to the Desolate Palace. It was obviously inappropriate to ask that at this time. He just suggested:

"Senior, if you are busy, we will withdraw first and come to see you later."

Xia Xiao bowed and retreated with Ah Zhu, ready to leave. But Su Ran stopped him and asked:

"Why are you two here?"

Xia Xiao thought that this senior was a little anxious, but he was embarrassed to delay, so he was about to speak, but heard his explanation:

"Jishitang has been established for decades. My disciples can handle the disposal of the sacred medicine fruit, so I want to discuss something with you. I believe that you have come all the way here not just to give me the sacred medicine."

"Senior, you are wise. What we are doing is to invite you to join the Desolate Palace."

"That's what I meant."

oh?

Ah Zhu didn't expect to succeed so quickly this time. Under Su Ran's name on the scroll, it was written as extremely stubborn. Now it seems that he is easy to talk to. But a stubborn person can only be persuaded by himself. However, Xia Xiao is still more cautious than Ah Zhu, because the conditions of this old senior may be a bit high.

"The Desolate Palace is newly built and needs some free men to join. I am willing to go and serve the Desolate Palace. But every month, you must send enough medicinal materials to Jishi City to save people."

Xia Xiao did not agree immediately, but said with a cold face and neither humble nor arrogant:

"Senior, have you ever thought that although the Desolate Palace is favored by the Heavenly Palace and supported by the Heavenly King, it does not have a deep foundation. If it squanders the spiritual medicine and holy fruit, it will definitely not dare to bear the heavy burden. Even if it provides ordinary medicinal materials every month, it needs money to purchase and hire manpower. So do you think that you alone are enough to exchange for these?"

"you mean?"

Su Ran was also stubborn, so Xia Xiao's words at this time naturally made her unhappy. But as a member of the Desolate Palace, Xia Xiao could not blindly recruit strong people. If we don't discuss it beforehand, there will definitely be conflicts afterwards. Instead of letting things go wrong later, it's better to discuss it now.

This Jishi City looks good, but it is a real vampire. Who can keep it running normally? Who is willing to keep giving without any reward? Everyone is not a three-year-old child. Not to mention that giving and receiving are equal, at least we have to see the meaning of our giving. If it were in the past, Su Ran would definitely not waste time talking to Xia Xiao and would leave if she didn't give him the elixir and holy fruit. But now she has broken up with Zhuang Zong, so she has to give in now. She tried to listen to Xia Xiao calmly:

"I am not underestimating you, Senior. I also know that you are very powerful and have outstanding medical skills. But Jishicheng is not focused on making money. It needs a lot of resources. If you don't join Huangdian, I am afraid Huangdian will not be willing to help you. You are a great doctor in the world, and I will not hide it, let alone deceive you. As long as you are willing to join Huangdian with Jishicheng and make it a part of Huangdian, everything will go smoothly."

"If I guess correctly, if I want to join the Desolate Palace, I need to enter it and become an elder. I can't stay here. Then what's the point of Jishi City joining?"

"Senior, you don't know my palace master. She is always generous to her family members, but she is stingy to outsiders. She will definitely not interfere in matters like saving the world, but as long as Jishi City becomes a member of the Huang Palace, it will definitely receive the Huang Palace's full support."

Su Ran is now at the end of his rope, with no other options. Jishi City can't just go bankrupt now. From this point of view, it is indeed feasible, so he reported:

"There are a total of 103 clinics in the city, 200 people from the Heaven Realm, and 653 people from the Earth Realm. If the Desolate Palace is willing to bear our expenses, we are willing to join the Desolate Palace. When we are busy, we will seek medical treatment in the city. When we are free, we are willing to do everything for the Desolate Palace!"

"With so many people here, is it inappropriate for you to go to the Deserted Palace alone?"

Su Ran was silent. Xia Xiao's request was obviously beyond her limit. But Xia Xiao just talked about the matter and said sincerely:

"Senior, I believe you also know the status of Ah Zhu and I in the Desolate Palace. What we say now is equivalent to the words of the Palace Master. It's not that we are greedy, but there are too many of us. If you don't say it, we will change our minds when we find out later. Why don't you bring more strong people, such as those above the tenth level, to the Desolate Palace."

"There are more than a hundred people above the tenth level. If they all go to the Deserted Palace, wouldn't that be too many?"

Xia Xiao thought for a moment, but did not give an accurate answer. He just said:

"You will know once you go there, senior. The Desolate Palace will not let you down. Why not bring more people? The Desolate Palace will arrange accommodation for you and come up with a good enough strategy to achieve a win-win situation. And the Jishi City is left to the younger generation to manage. What is lacking here is not strong people, but medicinal materials, isn't it?"

Su Ran and Xia Xiao stared at each other for a long time. The latter wanted to let the entire Jishi City join the Desolate Palace, and the strong ones among them would become elders in the Desolate Palace, and the young people with potential would join them and become disciples of the Desolate Palace. If they were not able to adapt, they could just add a Jishi Hall in addition to the Five Elements Hall, and there would be no conflict.

As for the scale of the Deserted Palace, it needs to be expanded. Now is the initial stage, so it can afford the tinkering.

In short, there are so many strong people in Jishitang, and we need to win over more of them. This is a good opportunity. They have just been rejected by Zhuangzong, and now they have no extra choice but to agree. Otherwise, in Zhuangzong's territory, with their current situation and the habits they have developed, they will disperse sooner or later.

Su Ran knew about this imminent reality, but she didn't believe Xia Xiao. Although she knew the special status of Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu, it was too absurd to do it this way. Jishi City could join the Desolate Palace, but so many people went there. Although Jishi City had little influence, the younger generation here could already support everything here. But they joined the Desolate Palace to do things, which was against their original intention.

If Su Ran was the only one who sold herself to help Jishi City earn medicinal materials, she could accept it, but with so many people, wouldn't that go against her original intention? Thinking of this, Su Ran frowned, and hesitated to express her opinion. She just bowed and expressed her gratitude.

"It is difficult for me to make decisions for everyone. Can you give me one night so that we can discuss it?"

"Of course, we won't bother you anymore. See you tomorrow!"

After Xia Xiao finished speaking, he and Ah Zhu went out. The latter glanced at Su Ran, who was still standing there in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Are we just leaving like this?"

"Yes, she needs time to think about it, so we just wait."

"Why are you unhappy?"

Ah Zhu was very sensitive to Xia Xiao's mood changes, and when she said that, Xia Xiao became even more angry and said unhappily:

"Although Senior Su Ran is doing good things to help the world, using other people's medicinal materials and acting in her own name is disgusting. Look at Zhuang Zong, why doesn't they support her anymore? In addition to the pressure from Huang Dian, she is also blackmailing people under the power of Zhuang Zong. You also heard before that she wanted to go to Huang Dian alone to exchange medicinal materials for the whole city. How is that possible? Wouldn't that be a bargain for her? I won't do such a loss-making business!"

"That's right. If Yu Shangyan knew that we only wanted to bring him back and there were so many conditions, he would probably be furious."

"Yes! We are all smart people, who would be willing to do such a stupid thing? I have observed before that they also grow their own medicinal herbs, but they grow slowly. We need 100 people to join the Wilderness Palace, some as elders, some to manage the sacred medicinal herbs, and to form a Jishitang to heal the disciples of the sect. When the power grows and there are tasks to do, professional doctors will definitely be needed. In short, if they want to get the medicinal herbs, they have to pay a sufficient price."

Ah Zhu nodded, thinking that what Xia Xiao said was right. As for how to choose, it was up to Su Ran herself. The ending was predictable. She didn't have the courage to reject someone who had helped the Palace Master of Tiangong. She just sighed in the twilight, thinking that she would eventually go against her original intention and step into someone else's house. But the incident of Zhuang Zong was a wake-up call, so they held a meeting in the evening and put forward Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu's ideas in front of everyone.

At first, everyone was very angry and felt that Xia Xiao was going too far, but when they calmed down, they realized that no matter their status or the spiritual medicine and holy fruit Xia Xiao had given them, they could not refuse. Therefore, they could only agree, but they were in a low mood and sighed one after another.

"Don't sigh. We have relied on others for these years. We thought that as doctors, we only need to save people and leave the rest to the world. But we are wrong. No one forces us to treat people. If we want to continue, we have to earn money and medicine by ourselves. So everyone above the tenth level will follow us tomorrow."

"Is it too hasty?"

"If we don't hurry up, the holy fruit of the elixir will be exhausted in less than two months. Moreover, we are not going there to join directly, but to discuss. The Desolate Palace is under the spotlight of tens of thousands of people, and it will definitely not lose its reputation. We have to give them enough face. As for future plans, we will see what conditions they offer. If they are good, we will join. If not, we will politely refuse..."

Su Ran felt a little out of breath because she knew she would definitely join.

There was no way out this time. All they wanted to do was to find a good place to stay. To put it bluntly, it was bargaining. Everyone realized this and sat there in silence. In the end, this depressing atmosphere was broken by Su Ran. Her increasingly thin figure stretched out very long under the candlelight, looking a little skinny, but her tone was full of helplessness.

"This is not a bad thing. We must keep up with the times. Besides, many people want to enter the Desolate Palace but cannot. We are lucky enough to get in."

"I hope so..."

The doctors who came to Jishi City said goodbye to fame and fortune. They were full of ambitions before coming here, and felt that they could adapt to this kind of secluded life, focusing on treating illnesses and practicing.

But now, they were forced to leave and join a powerful sect. After going around in circles, they finally returned to the life they hated the most. The only thing that could comfort him was that the Desolate Palace had a bright future, and he would be able to play his part wherever he went.

Looking at this desolate Jishi City, Su Ran sighed three times. She had expected this to happen, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly, which made them, who were used to laziness and freedom, hard to accept. But she still felt that this was not a bad thing. At least the resources of the Desolate Palace were abundant, and there would no longer be so much paper money flying around in the city in the future.

If the flying paper money disappeared one day, it would be considered to fulfill one of Su Ran's wishes. It was just that she was confused and didn't know when she could cure the world. Not to mention the world, she couldn't cure all the people in Zhuangzong alone...