Inside the Pill Hall.
Luo Chen addressed the twenty-odd cultivators on his first day of work.
There was encouragement and criticism alike, and he told them they still had plenty of room to improve.
After he finished, he dismissed them for the time being.
"Though they're all mid-stage cultivators, most of them are old, weak, sick, or disabled. The female cultivators make up the overwhelming majority."
"They should have been transferred directly from the Medicine Hall. It seems like they all know Sister Murong."
Muttering to himself, Luo Chen entered the house the Pill Hall had built for him.
It had not been built outside in the valley, nor halfway up the mountain.
Instead, it stood directly beside the Pill Room, near that small pool fed by a mountain spring.
When he entered, Mi Shuhua had been waiting for quite some time, while the Pill Hall's two chief stewards, Sikong Shoujia and Gu Cai Yi, stood off to the side.
Without wasting words, the two went straight to the point.
Their discussion was simple: the Pill Hall's direction going forward.
"We can refine Grain Avoidance Pills, but there's no need to make too many. A thousand or so pills a month should be enough."
"I've calculated it. The profit is too low. And with such good quality, giving them to low-ranking gang members would simply be a waste."
"Those thousand-plus pills can be supplied cheaply to mid- and late-stage members as rewards."
Mi Shuhua spoke with ease and confidence.
He had his own insights into how to manage the Mountain Shattering Gang.
Luo Chen naturally had no objection. More than a thousand Grain Avoidance Pills was merely two or three days' work.
"Our main target is still the Jade Marrow Pill!" Mi Shuhua's expression turned solemn as he stared at