A brand-new three-story building towered over the street near Three Willow Alley. A crescent moon emblem hung on its top floor, representing Missing Moon Manor, with the gold-lettered sign of Nine Dragons Hall beneath it. The calligraphy was graceful and elegant, signed with the name Xie Jinhuan and stamped with a little bird's claw print-Xie Jinhuan's personal seal.
As the Gu Poison Sect's first branch inside the pass, it was naturally substantial in size. The premises on both sides all belonged to the branch, while the center served as an administrative area, where newly recruited children were taking academic lessons. Farther back was the medicine-making area.
The Witch Cult, however, did not use pill furnaces to make medicine. Instead, they brewed it in boilers using ancient methods, extracting all-natural ingredients from snakes, insects, rats, and ants. The sights were rather bizarre, and disciples stood guard around the area to keep outsiders from wandering in or poisonous mist from escaping.
As Manor Lord, Bu Yuehua knew how important this step was to the Gu Poison Sect. Lately, she had not even had the time to tease the Flirtatious Daoist Nun. Apart from being drilled front and back by the youngster every day, she spent all her time negotiating with various powers. Wanyi was naturally just as busy. Never mind her own simultaneous duties as accountant, cashier, and warehouse keeper-even Qinwen, the maid helping her, was so exhausted that she had no time to steal glances at the new son-in-law.
Bu Yuehua had just seen off representatives from the Fengshan Society's financial consortium and headed straight to the medicine-making area in the rear.
The medicine-making area was extensive, with several apprentices processing various medicinal ingredients in the rooms. Inside a central "Protector's Room" sat boxes of small bottles.
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