Chen Yi truly had not expected Xie Tingyun to bring so many disciples to Shuzhou, and he could not help feeling both amused and helpless.
Hundred Herbs Hall did indeed need to expand, but Yan Hai and the others had only just left the Prefectural City.
Reports on the conditions in Shuzhou's other counties and towns had not yet returned.
For the moment, Chen Yi had not decided which direction Hundred Herbs Hall should expand in, or specifically which counties and towns in Shuzhou it should enter.
Much less had he made any arrangements for the Tianshan Sect disciples.
However, Chen Yi also knew there was no use overthinking it now.
Xie Tingyun had already brought the Tianshan Sect disciples here, so he had to settle them in first.
Thinking this, Chen Yi said that he would head to Hundred Herbs Hall early tomorrow morning, first putting the mind of Xie Tingyun, the Tianshan Sect's senior sister, at ease.
"Where are they now?"
Xie Tingyun relaxed a little and revealed a smile. "There were rather a lot of them, so I told them to find somewhere to settle down on their own first."
"Find somewhere on their own?"
"Son-in-law, you may not know this, but the Tianshan Sect does not have much money."
"When we came down the mountain, none of us had much traveling money, so..."
"..."
At once, images sprang into Chen Yi's mind: a group of young Tianshan Sect disciples performing in the East Market, begging in the West Market, and sleeping beneath bridges in North City.
After thinking it over, he told Xie Tingyun to wait a moment, then had Pei Guanli and Xiao Die hold umbrellas for Xiao Wuge as they headed to Jiaxing Garden first.
He returned to the study room, took out two