After this reorganization of the Pill Hall, everyone had work to do. Yet on closer inspection, only the hall master remained idle, playing the hands-off proprietor.
Mu Bai had no intention of spending all his energy managing the hall. He believed in one principle: as long as a sound system was designed, an organization could operate entirely on its own, and with greater vitality at that. Sometimes, too much management only shackled it. Of course, to put it nicely, this was governing through noninterference. At heart, though, it was because his mind was on cultivation.
Beyond that, he also had personal interests. Mu Bai had steered the Pill Hall toward market-oriented development, putting Zeng Yuan in charge of all external contacts and sales for the pills it refined. In the future, Mu Lan Pavilion would no longer need to maintain its supply by secretly purchasing pills through private channels. Everything would be perfectly legitimate: it merely had to pay Soul Crystals at market prices, saving a great deal of unnecessary trouble and waste while securing a stable supply.
Of course, Mu Lan Pavilion could not hang itself from a single tree when it came to its development. It also needed to open up other sources beyond the Spirit Taming Sect, or even assemble its own team of Alchemists. But that was a matter for later. Since Mu Bai drew a salary, he naturally had to put the Pill Hall's affairs in order before walking away.
To improve the Pill Hall's pill-refining capacity, besides training or recruiting more Alchemists, a supply of medicinal ingredients was indispensable. After visiting the Construction Hall to discuss matters, Mu Bai directed the Pill Hall to purchase a large tract of land on Hundred Flowers Peak. He then had people establish a new herb garden there