261: One month of development

The manager of Night White Tower asked, 'Fellow Daoist, what kind of manpower are you looking to hire?'

Gu Changan thought for a moment; the task was issued by the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Lei Family.

There would certainly be a large number of Golden Core Stage Cultivators involved, and it was highly likely that no information could be gathered from them.

Therefore, he wouldn't waste the effort hiring Golden Core Stage Cultivators!

But if he hired a few Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, maybe a blind cat would stumble upon a dead mouse and find the location?

After all, there were plenty of Loose Cultivators!

Cats have their ways, and mice have their ways!

Gu Changan said in a deep voice, 'Let's go with Foundation Establishment Stage! Give me 10 of them!'

He casually placed a Storage Pouch containing 100,000 Spirit Stones on the table.

The manager of Night White Tower was slightly stunned; he hadn't expected another large order.

He casually used a Jade Slip to record the details of the task.

Then, he briefly described the details of the task on the blackboard behind him.

Gu Changan silently retreated, but this task had attracted everyone's attention.

After all, it started with 10,000 Spirit Stones, and it was just to inquire about a piece of information.

Everyone felt that this task was exceptionally dangerous, and for a while, no one dared to accept it!

The scene was strangely deadlocked like this.

Gu Changan didn't expect that he would be too clever and end up with a blunder?

But it didn't matter; as long as he didn't expose himself, it was fine!

Gu Changan walked out leisurely and, without realizing it, wandered near the main store of the Treasure Pavilion.

He intended to see if Shopkeeper Wu, the Golden Core Stage Cultivator, was alright.

As it turned out, after wandering around outside, he didn't find Shopkeeper Wu.

The Treasure Pavilion's building also blocked Divine Sense, so it wasn't easy to investigate personally.

Gu Changan returned to his residence and handed this task over to Tingfeng Hall.

The Black Slave, who looked like a secretary, went to arrange the manpower after accepting the task.

Gu Changan, however, became somewhat idle.

Just like that, time slipped by, and a month passed plainly.

The Shadow Dust Pavilion that Gu Changan created had already begun to take shape.

Tingfeng Hall opened a restaurant right in Huibao City.

In addition to the initial 6 Foundation Establishment Stage Black Slaves, they had subsequently controlled more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators.

However, these dozen or so Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators had all been sent out.

They were distributed across various cities to gather information.

This restaurant in Huibao City served as their headquarters, where all the information was compiled.

As for the subordinates at the Qi Refining Stage, Tingfeng Hall had controlled hundreds of them in a short time.

After all, Tingfeng Hall possessed low-grade qi gathering pills containing the Blood Soul Restriction.

When such a thing was placed in front of Qi Refining Stage Cultivators, no one could refuse.

Whether intentional or unintentional, once they ate it, they were his people.

Therefore, Tingfeng Hall had been growing like a snowball during this period.

As for their Hall Master, it was that Black Slave who looked like a secretary.

Gu Changan didn't intend to give it a name; from now on, he would just call it 'Secretary'.

As for the two Hall Masters of Source Gathering Hall, they had also each established their footing.

One was in Huibao City, where he opened a Medicinal Pill shop.

On the surface, it was a Medicinal Pill shop, but privately, it was the organization's resource exchange point.

Secretly, Shadow One, the Hall Master of the Battle Hall, was taking care of it, so there was also a guarantee of safety here.

However, this Medicinal Pill shop didn't recruit people on a large scale; they went to the Black Slave market and got a batch of female Qi Refining Stage Cultivators.

These female Cultivators supported the operation of the Medicinal Pill shop. As for female Foundation Establishment Stage Black Slaves, they only managed to buy three or four.

After all, female Cultivators who could Cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage were truly few and far between.

Of course, these people had all eaten Gu Changan's red pill, so there was no need to worry about loyalty!

As for the other Hall Master of Source Gathering Hall, he opened a grocery store in the city next to the Blood Refining Valley of the Blood Fiend Alliance.

Gu Changan didn't ask for the specific location.

As long as it could support the operation of the organization, that was fine.

As for why he opened a grocery store, it was because the Blood Fiend Alliance was a mixed bag of people.

The subordinates developed there needed everything, not just Medicinal Pills.

Therefore, a grocery store was also a very good cover.

Developing subordinates there was a bit unscrupulous.

Most of the newcomers there were not bought; they were caught directly on the street.

After being caught, they were forcibly fed the red pill prepared by Gu Changan.

Not a single person could escape.

Of course, after being controlled, many people were distraught.

Some planned to self-destruct, others planned to kill everywhere.

As a result, the Hall Master of Source Gathering Hall laid out a pile of resources in front of them, and these tough bones all softened one by one.

If they had known there were so many resources, they wouldn't have resisted so fiercely!

They would have long since begged for mercy and joined voluntarily.

Gu Changan didn't expect their change to be so great?

After all, they had been cultivating very hard in the Blood Fiend Alliance, and all kinds of resources were very scarce.

As a result, now there was a force telling you that as long as you joined them, you would be controlled.

However, all kinds of resources could be exchanged at will, as long as the tasks assigned from above could be completed.

How was this suffering?

This was simply a great thing!

Therefore, most of the Cultivators who were forced to join later were also willing to complete the organization's tasks.

After all, in their eyes, things were not good or bad, only the resources they could get their hands on mattered!

However, this grocery store probably only controlled 6 female Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators.

As for the other Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, they were all transferred to the Battle Hall of the Blood Fiend Alliance.

The Battle Hall of the Blood Fiend Alliance and the grocery store were in the same city.

The specific matters were handled by Shadow Two, the Hall Master of the Battle Hall of the Blood Fiend Alliance!

They were somewhat unscrupulous!

Any Cultivator caught was fed Gu Changan's red pill.

The number of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators had already grown to more than 30.

As for the Qi Refining Stage Cultivators below, they directly developed hundreds of them.

When Gu Changan heard this news, he was also a bit stunned.

Fearing that they wouldn't have enough red pills, he copied another 200 low-grade yuan solidifying pills for the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He also copied another 1,000 low-grade qi gathering pills for the Qi Refining Stage.

Of course, these had all been tampered with!

As for the Battle Hall here in Huibao City, it was headed by Shadow One.

Its development was not as insane as Shadow Two's.

After all, this place belonged to the sphere of influence of the Treasure Pavilion and could be considered a safe area.

When Shadow One developed his network, he also had to control the influence.

However, most of it was coercion and inducement, or secret control.

The development was relatively slow, and he only controlled a dozen or so Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators.

As for the Qi Refining Stage Cultivators below, he only controlled about a hundred people!

After listening to the summary from his subordinates, Gu Changan had a rough understanding of his Shadow Dust Pavilion in his heart.

These were his foundations in this world!

However, it was still a bit immature now; once his core formation pills caught up, the Golden Core Stage Cultivators of the Shadow Dust Pavilion would spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain!

At that time, he might leap to become the 5th largest force in the world.

It was just a pity that the Shadow Dust Pavilion lacked high-end strength.

However, with unlimited core formation pills, the intermediate strength was beyond imagination!

No one would dare to underestimate the Shadow Dust Pavilion again!