Each Showed Their Own Divine Abilities (Part 2)
Artifact Refining Hall!
With Hall Master Yang Dangmo stationed at Bianhe Mountain and unable to spare the time, he had no choice but to select three First-Tier Superior-Grade Artifact Refining Master to discuss and resolve routine matters.
Because the Yang Household has the most profound foundation in Artifact Refining, even when the hall master is temporarily absent, this department still operates in an orderly manner and often exceeds the Lineage's targets.
Talisman Hall!
Yang Tianyou, as the hall master, goes without saying. As the Lineage's strongest Mobile Forces, with other Foundation Establishment elders not strong enough and the Old Ancestor unable to spare time, Yang Tianyou had no choice but to travel Southern Sea to carry out Lineage missions.
Naturally, the position of the hall master of the Talisman Hall became practically meaningless.
However, unlike the Artifact Refining Hall, the Yang Household has always been the weakest in the art of Talisman Crafting, and they can only find two First-Tier Superior-Grade Talisman Makers.
Under such circumstances, all matters, large and small, of the Talisman Hall had to be discussed and resolved by a few elders of the Lineage.
This also resulted in the Talisman Hall's development being far from ideal, and the Lineage missions could only be completed with difficulty.
Therefore, the Talisman Makers of the Talisman Hall are all looking forward to their hall master's early return so that he can lead them to revitalize the Talisman Hall.
Spirit Cuisine Hall!
With the position of hall master vacant, Duan Hongyu, as the deputy hall master, has broken through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement with the help of her son's abundant resources.
In addition, she was already First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Cuisine chef and had managed the Lineage restaurant for many years, so her qualifications were more than sufficient.
Therefore, no one said much about Duan Hongyu taking charge of the Spirit Cuisine Hall.
For more than a year since becoming the deputy head of the Spirit Cuisine Hall, Duan Hongyu has led several Spirit Cuisine chefs to create a variety of Spirit Cuisine by combining the Spirit Beast Meat, Spirit Fruits and spirit vegetables that are special to her Lineage.
Each type of Spirit Cuisine has different effects, such as replenishing qi and blood, enhancing cultivation, and strengthening the internal organs. Moreover, they have unique flavors and are very popular among cultivators.
As more and more people came to like it, naturally, the restaurants and Spirit Cuisine stalls that the Yang Household opened in various Markets and towns became increasingly successful.
Although the lack of Tier 2 Spirit Cuisine is regrettable, the overall development trend is still positive.
Attendant Hall!
The position of head of the hall will be temporarily held concurrently by the family head, Yang Dangkai.
There are two deputy hall masters: one is a cultivator from a former affiliated Lineage of the Yang Household, and the other is a newly joined cultivator.
The two deputy hall masters checked and balanced each other, both obeying Yang Dangkai, and were responsible for assigning one hundred retainers to various departments of the Lineage.
Those with business acumen should go to the Commerce Hall.
Those who can prepare Spirit Cuisine should go to Yang Household Restaurant to take charge of the cooking.
Those who can raise Spirit Beasts will be assigned to various pastures of the Yang Household, such as the position of Bi Ma Wen (弼马温).
In short, based on making the best use of everyone's talents, we should assign them to suitable positions and regularly assess their contributions and loyalty to the Yang Household.
If someone fails the evaluation, they will be immediately eliminated; no one will be allowed to stay.
The Yang Household imposes many restrictions on the Attendant Hall, yet there are still a large number of Rogue Cultivators who want to join the Yang Household's Attendant Hall. For this, they are even willing to spend Spirit Stones to bribe Yang Household Members.
Why?
The reason is simple: the Yang Household treated them very well.
In addition to the basic salary, there are also subsidies for good performance each month.
In addition, after becoming a retainer of the Yang Household, one will be allocated a permanent residence in the central area of Purple Moon Town.
As long as the status of being worshipped remains, one can continue to live in this place indefinitely.
It's important to know that as the Yang Household began upgrading the Spirit Veins of Purple Moon Town, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the central area of Purple Moon Town has increased dramatically, making it no easy feat to own a residence here.
Commerce Hall!
The most dazzling department in the Yang Household today, without a doubt.
After becoming the Commerce Hall, Yang Tianjiu's terrifying business acumen was finally fully revealed.
Strategic alliances, buying low and selling high, precise investment... with this series of operations, Purple Moon Trading Company was officially established.
The business was initially composed of four Lineage: the Yang Household of Purple Moon Town, the Liu Household of Qingmu Town, the Peach Blossom Town Huang Household, and the Zhuang Household of Dengzhuang Town —all of which were Foundation Establishment Lineage.
Later, under Yang Tianjiu's arrangement, five Foundation Establishment Lineage, including the Li Household of Qingyun Town and the Sun Household of Yunshui Town, as well as fourteen Qi Refining Lineage, joined the Purple Moon Trading Company one after another.
This wiped out almost all the Foundation Establishment Lineage under the Three Rivers Sect, except for the Akita Town Wu Household.
However, this Lineage, along with the Qing Household of Qingfeng Town, are staunch vassals of the Three Rivers Sect, so it's understandable that they haven't joined the Purple Moon Trading Company.
The merchant guild, comprised of over twenty families at the Qi Refining Foundation Establishment Lineage, naturally possesses an unparalleled ability to amass wealth.
With the help of these Lineage's resources and channels, Yang Tianjiu expanded the business of Purple Moon Trading Company by at least three times in just a few months, and has already extended his reach to neighboring counties such as Silver River County, Jinshui County, and Red Tide County.
If it weren't for their lack of strength, the Purple Moon Trading Company would be even larger.
For this reason, Yang Tianjiu's reputation in Dragon Valley County was at its zenith, even rivaling that of Yang Tianyou, the representative figure of the Yang Household, known as the Great White Blade.
The only difference is that the latter relied on his strength, while the former relied on his extraordinary business acumen.
Shadow Hall!
This department, little known within the Yang Household, has always quietly contributed its strength to the Lineage from the shadows.
Yang Danglong, the Shadow Hall Deputy Hall Master, is a Formation Master operates under the name Rogue Person Youlong. In secret, he gathers intelligence for his Lineage and assassinates key figures in opposing forces.
In addition, he was also responsible for leading the Shadow Hall clansmen to rebuild the Lineage it was in peril.
Regarding this ghost-like department, Yang Haoyu and Yang Tianyou were surprisingly in agreement, strongly supporting the development of the Shadow Hall and always regarding it as the Lineage's deepest trump card.
As a result, after the Lineage became wealthy, the Shadow Hall received at least 80,000 Spirit Stones in resource allocation, and some young clansmen were also sent here to be trained by the Shadow Hall.
With ample resources and manpower, the Shadow Hall began to expand rapidly under Yang Danglong's leadership.
They established a more sophisticated intelligence transmission system, making the communication between superiors and subordinates more covert and less likely to be detected.
In addition to intelligence gathering, Yang Danglong also ordered the Shadow Hall clansmen to find suitable young men from other Different Surnames, as he wanted to train a group of assassins for the Lineage.
For some dirty jobs in dark corners, it's ultimately inappropriate to use one's own clansmen, but Different Surname don't have this concern.
Of course, he would only select teenagers with Spirit Roots from among the beggars and orphans.
Yang Danglong's thinking was this: I gave you food = I didn't let you starve = it's only right that you risk your life for me = your life is mine = you have to do whatever I tell you to do.
This seemingly slovenly and greedy old man has a heart that's already blackened; otherwise, why would Yang Haoyu have put him in charge of the Shadow Hall?
And so, the Shadow Hall slowly spread through the dark underground.
This department is like the shadow of the Yang Household, dragging the enemy into the Abyss from a place where they are least expecting it.
Wolf Pool!
The Yang Household's most powerful violent organization, however, suffered a 50% reduction in the number of cultivators in Wolf Pool following a Cold Tide.
The current master of Wolf Pool is Yang Tiankang, but he is stationed at Bianhe Mountain and cannot leave. Therefore, Yang Haoyu decided to manage Wolf Pool himself.
Initially, Yang Haoyu did not change the rules of Wolf Pool, still requiring members with Three Spirit Roots to be the minimum, and prohibiting members with four or five Spirit Roots from entering Wolf Pool.
However, the appearance of a chubby boy changed her mind.
Yang Xuanwu, the seventh member of the Xuan generation of the Yang family, possesses four spiritual roots but lacks a semi-spiritual body, resulting in slow cultivation speed.
However, this nine-year-old boy, with only the Qi Refining level of the second level of Qi Refining and an extremely keen sense of combat, defeated the Wolf Pool cultivator who Qi Refinement Fourth Layer.
This incident changed Yang Haoyu's mind.
She has never been a pedantic person.
The Yang Household's previous Wolf Pool system was established because the Lineage resources were insufficient. This allowed them to concentrate limited resources on cultivating family members with Three Spirit Roots to achieve the highest cost-effectiveness.
However, the Lineage now possesses sufficient resources to support four or five hundred, or even more, clan members in their cultivation.
In this situation, the previous system seems outdated.
Moreover, once Cultivator reaches the Late Stages, the importance of aptitude decreases.
At this point, combat talent, willpower, and fortuitous opportunities become the fundamental factors that determine how far a cultivator can go.
Based on this philosophy, she began to reform the Wolf Pool system.
The previous rule that anyone with Three Spirit Roots could join the Wolf Pool has been changed to allow only Yang Household Members under the age of twelve who pass three trials to join, with no restrictions on Spirit Root Wolf Pool.