A brand-new three-story building towered over the street near Three Willow Alley. A crescent moon emblem representing Missing Moon Manor hung from the top floor, with the gilded signboard of Nine Dragons Hall below it. The calligraphy was elegant and graceful, signed with the three characters of Xie Jinhuan's name and stamped with a little bird's claw print, which served as Xie Jinhuan's personal seal.
As the Gu Poison Sect's first branch inside the pass, it was naturally no small establishment. The premises to either side all belonged to the branch, while the administrative area occupied the center, where newly recruited children studied their academic subjects. Farther back was the pill-refining area.
However, the Witch Cult did not use pill furnaces to refine 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 nearby to keep outsiders from wandering in or poison 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 leisure to tease the Flirtatious Daoist Nun. Apart from being pounded front and back by the youngster each day, she spent all her time negotiating with various factions. Wanyi naturally had no time to spare either. Never mind her own combined duties as accountant, cashier, and storekeeper-even Qinwen, the maid helping her, was too exhausted to steal glances at the new young master-in-law.
At that moment, Bu Yuehua had just seen off the people from the Fengshan Society's financial consortium and headed to the pill-refining area at the back.
The pill-refining area was quite large, with several apprentices processing various medicinal herbs in the rooms. In a central room labeled "Dharma Protector Room," small