Decision

Silver Willow Pill Workshop.

Council Hall.

Xiao Yue'er drained her teacup for the seventh time, her patience wearing thin. She took a deep breath and looked at the young maidservant, Xiu'er, her voice strained.

"Excuse me, when will your workshop's Deacon arrive?"

As she spoke, she had already made up her mind. She would wait for another half an hour at most. If the new Deacon of the pill workshop still hadn't arrived, she would leave and find another way to solve the Wan Hua Association's current troubles.

"I don't know," Xiu'er replied with a bewildered look.

"Xiao Yue, don't panic."

Across from Xiao Yue'er, a plump woman with thick eyebrows and slightly full lips spoke comfortingly.

"We arrived unannounced, without prior notice. Let's wait a little longer."

"I know."

Hearing this, Xiao Yue'er's lips tightened slightly, and her expression was no longer as restless, though her brows remained furrowed.

The plump woman sighed inwardly at the sight.

The Wan Hua Association was merely a small force in Nanyan City, surviving by cultivating various ordinary medicinal herbs. They weren't struggling to get by.

However, two months ago, a newly established gang, the Green Bamboo Gang, gained a foothold and began to eye its surroundings, turning some of its attention to the Wan Hua Association with the intention of annexing it.

After several clashes, the Wan Hua Association, the local power, not only failed to eliminate the Green Bamboo Gang but its leader was severely injured by a strongman from the Green Bamboo Gang.

After struggling to survive for a while, the old leader passed away, and the orphaned Xiao Yue had to step forward to support the Wan Hua Association.

But by then, the Wan Hua Association no longer had the means to fight the Green Bamboo Gang. To survive,