Chapter 174: Three Things (1/2)
”Tell me, what happened?”
Jiang Li had been to the Southern Seal Kingdom before. During that mission, it was the first time he had revealed his talent, and he had also experienced the cruelty and danger of the cultivation world.
However, after returning, Elder Duan Shuang defected and triggered a series of events.
Even Golden Core cultivators fell for it. Jiang Li knew very well that the undercurrents were too dangerous, and he felt that he could not grasp it for the time being.
He had originally planned to go over and investigate after becoming stronger. However, he did not expect that it would be gone in the blink of an eye.
”I'm not too sure either. Hasn't the Misty Mountain Range received any news?”
”The information I have here is mostly from the Immortal Ascension Pavilion and a few small sects. We still don't know if it's true or not.”
”However, many people in the Nightless City are spreading the news. Moreover, the small demons in the Southern Seal Kingdom suddenly brought back a large number of souls. I don't think it's fake.”
After the opening of Prosperous Jiang Hong, Yan Hong had been using his status as a registered disciple of the Foreign Affairs Hall to stay in Nightless City and deal with a large number of trivial matters.
In the Nightless City where fish and dragons mixed together, news was often the fastest to spread. Although it was not necessarily accurate, it was still very useful as a reference.
”I understand. I'll confirm the news from the sect as soon as possible. You should continue to pay attention to them. It's best if you can find out which sects are the most enthusiastic about spreading the news.”
With Yan Hong's status as a Qi Refinement realm cultivator, it was naturally impossible for him to receive much respect in the Nightless City. However, no one dared to cause trouble in the two shops that were registered in the Scripture Storage Valley.
In short, the benefits were far greater than the small-scale fights in the trading area. All kinds of situations were still above expectations.
This signboard really saved them a lot of trouble. Compared to the useless scripture token, they had indeed profited greatly.
Under his ”honest” management, the Prosperous Jiang Hong Inn had accumulated quite a bit of trust and influence in the circle of small demons in a short period of time.
Even the demons from the Southern Seal Kingdom would specially come from afar.
With the number of these low-level demons, if they could really form an intelligence network, the coverage of information would probably be even more shocking than imagined.
”Also, Yan Hong, there are three things that I need your help in arranging them as soon as possible.”
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Li had no choice but to implement some of the thoughts that he already had in his heart.
”Just tell me what it is. This shop is yours to begin with. You can't just leave it to me. At the very least, you have to give us a direction to develop in.”
The store and inn were all obtained by exchanging benefits with the Foreign Affairs Hall's Ma Donggui.
Although he did not care much about this, Yan Hong had always insisted that Jiang Li was the boss behind the scenes and that he was only managing it on his behalf.
In fact, because he was afraid of causing Jiang Li losses, Yan Hong's management methods had always been very conservative and standard.
Compared to when he was in the outer sect trading area of the Scripture Storage Valley, he had changed quite a bit.
Jiang Li had also advised him that there was no need to do this. Yan Hong only smiled and said that he would accumulate experience first and talk about it in the future.
Now, Jiang Li, the boss behind the scenes, finally had a specific request. To Yan Hong, it could be said that he finally had a direction to follow and no longer had to restrain himself.
”If the matter of the Southern Seal Kingdom is confirmed to be true, the sect will definitely send flying ships over. I'll let them pass through the Nightless City. At that time, bring a group of people and follow them to the Southern Seal Kingdom to purchase a large number of souls.”
Although the Southern Seal Kingdom was remote and weak, it was still a country under the protection of the Scripture Storage Valley. Otherwise, they would not have been able to accept the mission when the children fainted.
With such an incident happening, the sect had to take some action. Moreover, it was most likely the people and warships of the Demon Vanquishing Hall that would be mobilized. With Jiang Li's status and status in the Demon Vanquishing Hall, it would only take a word for Yan Hong and the others to hitch a ride.
That was a country that had been massacred. Although it was only a small country, the population was definitely above that of Cloud Stream City.
Even if many ghosts had already been reduced to ashes by the lightning, there would definitely be many left. The Yin Burial Coffin was currently at the critical moment of its advancement. It was impossible for him to let go of these ghosts that he could easily obtain.
Yan Hong naturally had no objections. This matter was only a little troublesome and not difficult to handle.
”In addition, start recruiting some smart demons. Feed them the Human Language Pill that I gave you earlier. Use them as translators and build the basic intelligence network as soon as possible.”
The second thing that Jiang Li mentioned was to use a large number of small demons to gather information. This was a thought that he had long had, and the entire Prosperous Jiang Hong Inn was working hard to implement it.
However, the problem was that most of the small demons could not speak, it was very difficult to communicate. Transactions with price tags were barely acceptable, but complicated information gathering was too difficult.
In order to reach the level of being able to speak through normal cultivation, the demon had to first cultivate a Demon Core.
Those were powerful demons at the same level as Core Formation cultivators, so how could Jiang Li invite them to work for him?
Fortunately, Jiang Li had seen a rat that could only speak human language and knew from it that it had stolen the lamp oil from a dilapidated temple.
Jiang Li had specially gone there to look for it later on. Although he did not find any peerless immortal pills, divine artifacts, or secret manuals, the lamp oil of unknown origins allowed him to find a small pot.
After bringing them back to the sect, he handed them to Senior Sister Little Four and asked her to help refine 30 Human Language Pills.
After consuming this thing, it could soften their vocal cords, allowing these low-level demons to also have the ability to speak human language. Then, through them as translators, the work of gathering information could be carried out without any obstacles.
”Isn't this too wasteful…? Forget it, you're the boss.”
Yan Hong was obviously a little reluctant to waste the Human Language Pills. Using such a precious pill medicine on such low-level demons was undoubtedly using delicacies to feed pigs. It was a waste of natural resources.
However, he also knew the importance of information. This initial investment was nothing.
”One last thing. I want you to start issuing missions in the outer sect area to recruit short-term workers.”
Jiang Li suddenly made such a request out of nowhere.
Moreover, when he said this, his tone was a little different. It sounded like he attached great importance to this matter.
”Short-term workers? We only have two branches. We've also expanded our manpower once before. We don't need employees now.”
Yan Hong was a little puzzled and did not understand what Jiang Li meant.
”Cut down trees, dig mines, forge iron, feed pigs. You can let them do whatever you want. I don't care about this, but short-term workers must be recruited, and there must be more of them in the future.”
Jiang Li repeated his request, and Yan Hong finally understood his intention.
”You mean… I understand now. Do you have any specific requests?”
Jiang Li only recruited short-term workers for the sake of recruiting short-term workers. Or rather, he wanted to let certain specific people temporarily leave the sect and fall under his control.
”Let me think. These short-term workers will be swapped every three days. Don't stop or repeat them. You can consider the price yourself. It's fine as long as it's higher than similar missions.”
”The mission reward is paid from the income of the store. If it's not enough, feel free to ask me.”
”In addition, I'll give you a list. The mission candidates will be chosen from among them first, but don't make it too obvious.”