Chapter 1283: Bringing Back Three Individuals
Given Xiang Chuan's personality, if he harbored any dissatisfaction, he would, in all likelihood, find various ways to express it.
Of course, when it came to more sensitive matters, even if he felt dissatisfaction or doubt, he wouldn't easily show it in front of Yang Haoran.
However, Yang Haoran currently had only two Pharmacists under him, yet he insisted on establishing a Medicine God Society. To put it nicely, Xiang Chuan would be a vice-president; to put it bluntly, he'd be a bare-pole commander with no soldiers. In his view, this wasn't a sensitive issue, so he didn't beat around the bush in front of Yang Haoran, directly expressing his dissatisfaction and confusion.
Regarding this, Yang Haoran offered an immediate explanation.
Yang Haoran informed Xiang Chuan that while it was true he currently had only two Pharmacists, it wouldn't be long before the number of Pharmacists under him increased, and in the days to come, it would only continue to grow, never decrease. Therefore, it was absolutely necessary to establish a specialized organization to facilitate management and the expansion of their work.
Yang Haoran's explanation not only dispelled Xiang Chuan's doubts but also made his lingering dissatisfaction vanish like smoke, leaving him even a little excited.
The primary task of the Medicine God Society was to research and refine various types of medicine for Yang Haoran. His Jingran Pharmacy in the Underworld required a large quantity of diverse medicines, and the Medicine God Society would be the main source for these in the future.
Secondly, the Medicine God Society also needed to oversee the medical treatment within the Guardian District. However, since the current number of Pharmacists was too small, if they were made responsible for treatment, they would undoubtedly be overwhelmed. After all, medical work wasn't simple; it involved numerous trivial matters. While having Pharmacists personally handle everything for an occasional or small number of injured individuals wouldn't be a problem, in the long run, or with an excessive number of casualties at once, the Medicine God Society's Pharmacists would definitely not be able to cope.
Yang Haoran decided that the captain of the Third Division would be an agent from their Underworld Office. After all, the Third Division belonged to the Guardian District, not the Medicine God Society, and it would certainly be inappropriate to have someone from the Medicine God Society serve as its captain.
However, he hadn't yet found a suitable candidate to lead the Third Division. Furthermore, with only Feng Xiao and Xiang Chuan as Pharmacists in the Medicine God Society, he didn't immediately establish the Third Division. He would only do so once the number of Pharmacists in the Medicine God Society increased and he had found an appropriate captain.
As for Wu Senior and Wu Xiaoxiao, Yang Haoran continued to have them manage his general store. Since the store's opening, the father and daughter had earned Yang Haoran a considerable amount of wealth, selling various items while also acquiring valuable goods, and even some decent spirit herbs. Yang Haoran was quite satisfied with their accomplishments, and thus decided to continue entrusting the general store to them. He even planned to expand its scale.
For Yang Haoran, the various magic tools, talismans, and other items in the general store could be sold if possible, but it wouldn't matter if they couldn't. It would simply increase the variety of goods available in the store. Moreover, these items might come in handy one day, as the goods sold in the general store were not ordinary objects, but rather valuable things usable only by extraordinary individuals, making it entirely possible for them to prove useful.
Xiao Kang was now merely a step away from opening his Heaven Soul. That he could reach such a level of strength in just a few short years was naturally inseparable from his connection to Yang Haoran. However, since he was still quite young, Yang Haoran had not yet assigned him an official position. He remained as before, continuing to learn diligently by Old Master Wu's side. Only when he was a bit older and had opened his Heaven Soul would Yang Haoran consider assigning Xiao Kang a suitable post.
As for Xiujuan, since she was a spiritual entity, even though she had now broken through to the Evil Spirit realm, her identity was sensitive. Thus, Yang Haoran certainly wouldn't assign her any official position. Even though he was now the Guardian of the Ninth District, he couldn't do such a thing openly. For an Underworld Office agent to keep a spiritual entity was already against the rules; if he were to openly assign a position to one, and word of it reached those with ulterior motives, it was clear it would attract trouble for him. At that point, even Luo Yao would find it difficult to turn a blind eye.
Moreover, over the years, Yang Haoran had come to understand Xiujuan's personality quite well. Her loyalty was, of course, beyond doubt, but her capabilities were quite limited. If he were to truly assign her a position, not only would she fail to achieve anything, but she might even make a complete mess of things.
Therefore, Yang Haoran didn't assign Xiujuan any official position. Xiujuan remained as she was, only needing to take care of the cleanliness of his villa and the daily needs of his trusted associates.
Similarly, Yang Haoran assigned no official positions to the siblings Jing Qi and Jing Miao. Their only task was to wholeheartedly focus on cultivation, because it wouldn't be long before he would assign them new duties.
Since the Guardian District had only just been successfully established, Yang Haoran had only made these initial arrangements for the time being. Once the Guardian District was operating normally, he would certainly make more targeted arrangements based on the actual situation.
Following Yang Haoran's arrangements and deployment, Zhu Rong and the others became busy, each performing their duties. They all knew clearly that to gain more of Yang Haoran's regard, they had to achieve more in their respective areas of responsibility. Although Yang Haoran hadn't explicitly stated this, it was something they understood even without him saying it.
Three days later, while Zhu Rong and the others were still swamped with work, Ye Zhiqiu returned to the Guardian District, bringing three individuals with him.
The three consisted of two men and one woman: an old woman over sixty, a young man, and a middle-aged man.
The three were of different ages, and their emotional states also varied when Ye Zhiqiu brought them back to the Guardian District.
The old woman leaned on a cane, a smile gracing her wrinkled face, as if she were anticipating something good to happen.
The middle-aged man had a serious expression, his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze filled with curiosity for the entire Guardian District.
The young man's emotions were entirely different from the other two. There was no smile on his face, nor any curiosity towards Yang Haoran's Guardian District. His face was etched with anger, and his body was firmly bound by ropes.
Within Yang Haoran's Guardian District, besides the non-ordinary individuals, there were also many carefully selected ordinary people. The primary task of these ordinary people was to manage the entire Guardian District, ensuring it remained clean and tidy at all times, as well as cooking, washing, and performing other duties for the non-ordinary residents within.
Although their work area was within the Guardian District, their identities and job roles differed, so they would not, and had no right to, meddle in anything else. Therefore, when Ye Zhiqiu entered the Guardian District with the three, these ordinary people merely cast curious glances from afar. None of them stepped forward to inquire, nor did they even dare to approach Ye Zhiqiu and the three he brought.
However, the Second Division, responsible for the Guardian District's security, immediately sent someone to verify the identities of all four after Ye Zhiqiu entered with the three. Although Ye Zhiqiu's identity had already been verified once by the Night Watchers at the main gate, there was still a possibility of secondary verification upon entering the Guardian District. This secondary verification wasn't fixed; rather, it was a random check conducted by the Night Watchers of the Second Division. The reason for this was primarily to prevent anyone from sneaking into the Guardian District through special means.
After passing the secondary verification, Ye Zhiqiu successfully led the three deeper into the Guardian District and met with Yang Haoran.
"I've brought the people back for you. How you handle them is your business. I'm utterly exhausted; I need to go back and rest."
After seeing Yang Haoran, Ye Zhiqiu first took a gulp of strong liquor for himself, then spoke to Yang Haoran.
"Quite tired, huh? Did you get into a fight?"
Yang Haoran asked with a smile, a hint of confusion in his heart.
The spiritual entities under Tang Shi had gathered information about the whereabouts of three Pharmacists. After Tang Shi verified that the information was accurate, he reported the news to Yang Haoran. Yang Haoran's purpose in sending Ye Zhiqiu out on this mission was precisely to bring these three individuals back.
Over the years, the spiritual entities under Tang Shi had continuously collected traces of Pharmacists. While they had gathered a lot of information, the vast majority turned out to be false upon verification. Even when some were true, by the time their people arrived to confirm, the targets had already vanished, perhaps by coincidence, or perhaps having discovered something, leading them to leave early and leaving Tang Shi's subordinates empty-handed.
Until now, only the whereabouts of these three Pharmacists had been tightly monitored by the spiritual entities under Tang Shi. No matter where the three went, they could not escape Tang Shi's secret surveillance. This time, Yang Haoran had sent Ye Zhiqiu on the mission precisely to "invite" these three back.
According to the information Yang Haoran received, the strongest of these three was only at the Medicine Spirit realm. With Ye Zhiqiu's abilities as a three-star Demon Hunter, bringing them back should have been effortless. How could he be tired? This was why doubt had arisen in his heart.
"Fighting isn't tiring, but my heart is. Getting scolded all the way and not being able to fight back. Even after I sealed his mouth, I still had to constantly endure gazes as sharp as knives. Don't you think I'd be tired?"
After saying this, Ye Zhiqiu, without waiting for Yang Haoran's agreement or disagreement, drunkenly clutched his wine flask and departed, leaving all three individuals he'd brought for Yang Haoran to handle himself.
Yang Haoran smiled faintly. He felt that Ye Zhiqiu's eagerness to leave was probably just an excuse, with the real reason undoubtedly being his haste to go see his wife, Red Lotus.
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