Chapter 223 Arrangement
Having received Qingpingzi's permission, Ji Rong immediately ran back to her Shoudao Mountain and called for Shan Wu.
Shan Wu not only has excellent skinning skills, but also excellent fighting skills. It would be a waste to leave him on Shoudao Mountain to watch Shan Zhongfeng refine pills.
Upon arriving at Shoudao Mountain, Ji Rong headed straight for the back of her Shoudao Palace.
There, Shan Zhongfeng built a pill-making room. Originally, Ji Rong wanted Shan Zhongfeng to set up the pill-making room on the right side of the Shoudao Palace, but Shan Zhongfeng's furnace explosion cast a shadow, so he insisted on building it behind the palace, saying that with the palace's cover, even if he exploded his furnace, it wouldn't be obvious.
Shan Zhongfeng's considerations made perfect sense, and Ji Rong and the others couldn't muster any objection, so they let him go.
When Ji Rong arrived at Shan Zhongfeng's simple alchemy room, she saw Shan Wu lying by a tree outside the room, basking in the sun. The room was filled with smoke and a strong, unpleasant smell of burnt herbs, indicating that Shan Zhongfeng's batch of pills had failed again.
Upon smelling the odor, Ji Rong asked Shan Wudao, "Uncle, how long has my godfather been inside?"
Shan Wu looked up at the sun and pointed to the pillar beside him, saying, "When he went in, the sun had just risen, and the shadow of this pillar was extremely long. Now the shadow is half the length of the one he cast when he went in."
Ji Rong then knocked on the door and said, "Godfather, are you still there?"
There was no sound inside, so Ji Rong entered through the side door.
The thick smoke inside immediately found an outlet, surging out like clouds billowing from a cliff.
Ji Rong took a breath and felt weak all over. She lost all joy and said urgently, "Uncle, quickly hold your breath and get your cheap brother out. This fog is very poisonous."
Upon hearing this, Shan Wu immediately stood up, held his breath, and went inside. He dragged out Shan Zhongfeng, who was as dazed as a dead dog, and placed him on the open space in front of the gatehouse.
Ji Rong took out the antidote pills that Shan Zhongfeng had refined himself and fed them to him. Seeing that he had no reaction, she fed him another one.
Seeing that Shan Zhongfeng's originally cracked tiger nose was slightly moist, Ji Rong then said to Shan Wu, "Uncle, we can go to the unloading workshop to start work, but I am worried about my godfather. Please go and invite my alchemy master nephew here, and then we can go."
Upon hearing this, Shan Wu's eyes lit up. He tossed his head and head and headed towards the Kun Dan Room.
As for Ji Rong, she went to find Qing Guangzi. She was going to join the Xiefang (a martial arts workshop) and didn't know when she would be able to return. Now that Shan Zhongfeng had encountered such a problem, it would be best to ask the old Taoist Gulin to help her guard the mountain.
But this matter requires Qing Guangzi's approval; otherwise, Ji Rong thought that her Dan Sheng nephew, who had gone to great lengths to send Shan Zhongfeng out, would absolutely not agree.
Sure enough, when the old Taoist priest from Gulin saw that Shan Wu hadn't come to invite him, he thought it was some good news again.
He skillfully delegated all the tasks to his two apprentices, quickly packed his things, and happily followed Yamanashi to Mount Morido.
When Gu Lin saw Shan Zhongfeng lying on the ground with his eyes closed, he realized why his junior uncle had called him there.
Gu Lin wanted to leave, but it was too late.
Because the moment Ji Rong saw him, she transformed into a magic bird from a great distance.
She flapped her wings excitedly and forcefully placed the array token of Shoudao Mountain into the hand of the old Taoist Gulin, saying, "Nephew, Uncle Shanwu and I are going to work at the unloading workshop."
I've already spoken with Senior Brother Qing Guangzi; I'm entrusting you with the care of Shoudao Mountain, and he's agreed.
Ji Rong handed the array token to Gu Lin, and then he and Shan Wuzi each picked up an old hemp cloth bag from the ground, put it on their backs, and rode off towards the medicine building.
Ji Rong and Shan Wu ran happily to Qixing Mountain, where the medicine shop was located.
The black-dog cultivator guarding Qixing Mountain, seeing that the two were penniless, covered in dirt, and each carrying a worn-out gray burlap sack, assumed they were wandering cultivators who had been collecting medicinal herbs and were coming to sell them.
He immediately roared authoritatively, "Our medicine shop doesn't need medicinal herbs from other places. Seniors, please go to the pill shop; they will want them!"
"Are you blind?!" Ji Rong shouted. She remembered that she had given the array tokens of the Guardian Mountain to Gu Lin for safekeeping, so she showed the Xuanhuan wooden plaque on her chest and said, "You don't recognize me after only a few days? Could it be that your nose is broken?"
"Look closely, I am Kiyohime, the junior sister of your sect leader, Kiyohime."
Upon hearing this, the black-dog cultivator twitched his nose and sniffed carefully, thinking to himself with surprise, "Hey, it really is Kiyohime."
He immediately ran out, stood up on his hind legs, opened the door, wagged his ears and tail, and said with a smile, "Grandmaster Uncle, why are you covered in dust today? If you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have recognized you."
Ji Rong waved her wings and claws, took out a spiritual fruit from her storage ring, and tossed it to the black dog cultivator guarding the gate, saying, "Here, eat this. Be more careful next time, or I'll tell my senior brother that your nose is useless."
Ji Rong, leading Shan Wu, knew the way well and headed towards Qing Qizi's Luoxing Residence.
Their disheveled appearance and arrogant manner drew the attention of all the disciples and servants of the medicine shop, who craned their necks to watch.
Inside Luoxing Residence, Qingqizi and Elder Can were discussing how to arrange things for Ji Rong when Ji Rong, accompanied by Shan Wu, rushed in, covered in dust.
As soon as they entered, Ji Rong pulled out two knives from between his legs and excitedly exclaimed, "Second Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother asked you to arrange for us to work at the unloading workshop. Let's go!"
Hearing this, Shan Wu, standing nearby, stood up on his own, revealing his two sharp front claws, and excitedly chimed in, "Medicine Saint, Elder Shen, let's go."
Kiyoshi remained silent. Ginseng Elder stroked Kiyoshi's unusually sparse ginseng beard and chuckled, "Kiyoshi, it seems you truly enjoy the work in the unloading workshop; you've even found someone to do the odd jobs."
But you can't go like that. Come, sit down, and I'll explain things properly about the unloading workshop so you won't suffer losses there.
Ji Rong and Shan Wuyi sat down as instructed. Qing Qizi called a servant to bring out a table of delicacies and spiritual liquid. Ji Xiu then sat there, eating and talking.
The Unloading Workshop, founded by the previous Palace Master Ling Xiaozhi, was initially a place specifically for her to create puppet beasts.
However, as the number of cultivators in Jade Void Palace increased, special knife-wielding attendants appeared in the dismantling workshop, which became Ling Xiaozi's designated place for dismembering those cultivators with ulterior motives who had infiltrated the palace.
When the unloading workshop started construction, it was the happiest time for everyone in Jade Void Palace.
Because every piece of flesh and bone is removed, the bones are used to make puppets, and the flesh is used to make meat pills. Meat pills are delicious and can enhance one's cultivation, so everyone loves to eat them.
While some cultivators rejoiced, others lived in constant fear. They dared not openly rebel, yet they could not bear to give up the convenient life within the Jade Void Palace. For the sake of their own comfortable lives, they began to secretly commit wicked deeds and sabotage.
As Ling Xiaozi grew older, she had more and more disciples and servants; the cultivators of Yuxu Palace also became increasingly confused.
Some were vying for power, some for profit, and some were secretly practicing evil arts...
At that time, Ling Xiaozhi was engrossed in creating puppet reincarnations and had no interest in the affairs of Yuxu Palace.
The accounts of Yuxu Palace were all managed by the attendants around him. They blinded Ling Xiaozi and controlled the buying and selling of pills, artifacts, medicines, and money in Yuxu Palace.
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