Chapter 819 - : Establishing a presence
GDK 819: Establishing a presence
A few more days went by like the blink of an eye. During this time, Han Shuo had recruited a sufficient number of workers and pharmacists for his new shop. Baum had also completed the renovation for the new Celestial Pearl branch. Therefore, Han Shuo no longer stayed in the City Lord’s manor house and moved into the new shop.
After having heard the conversation that Baum had with his divine guard through a demon general, Han Shuo became even more certain that Baum had a hidden agenda and did not help him purely out of generosity. This was consistent with McKinley’s story that Baum was a scheming person. Han Shuo knew he needed to be extra careful when dealing with Baum.
But after making that discovery, the demon general that had been constantly surveilling Baum no longer discovered any other unusual activities. Baum had been cultivating in his manor house for those dozen or so days. He had only met a few people and did not do anything suspicious.
Han Shuo had also released several demon generals to roam all around the City Lord’s manor house, trying to find McKinley’s divine body. However, after searching every corner, not only did they find no suspicious items, but they also did not discover any storage room in the manor house. Han Shuo knew that recovering McKinley’s body wouldn’t be a straightforward and easy task.
Being a cautious man, Han Shuo had also assigned a demon general to follow the divine guard that Baum sent for sounding out the Goldstone’s employees. He noticed that the workers were all tight-lipped, as though they had been warned by Myles. The Ethereal City divine guards had learned nothing useful from them.
Han Shuo felt that of all his kids, Metal Elite Zombie was the most talented in managing business and human resources. Although he would likely be the weakest in strength compared to his brothers due to the lack of Elysians cultivating in the energy of metal, he had directly benefited Han Shuo the greatest by using his innate ability.
The Goldstone Enterprise has branches in all Dominions. Han Shuo could learn the situation in any corner of the Elysium by using the connections Goldstone had. Right now, Han Shuo was most longing to meet Metal Elite Zombie again. He wanted to ask him about the Goldstone Enterprise and to hopefully learn management skills from him, which would be greatly beneficial to the future development of Celestial Pearl Pharmacy.
With Baum doing the promotion, every god in every corner of Ethereal City learned that a Celestial Pearl branch will soon be open for business in the city. Before the pharmacy store was even open for business, many gods had started queuing outside, wanting to buy Han Shuo’s medicines.
During his journey from the City of Shadows to Ethereal City, Han Shuo had traversed countless mountains and rivers where he had collected enough medicinal ingredients to fill one space ring. He had also refined a large number of pelleted medicines during that time.
Soon after Han Shuo left, night came and veiled the sky. The workers and pharmacists of Celestial Pearl went into their dormitories to rest.
The Celestial Pearl branch was refurbished from a small manor. At the front was the actual shop where all kinds of medicines were sold. Behind that were pharmacy labs and buildings for the workers to rest. The main warehouse was in a separate building, protected by boundaries that Han Shuo and Rose deployed.
The Celestial Pearl workers and pharmacists had gotten used to the strange noises after the first few nights. They no longer feel worried about their safety when they realized none of their coworkers were harmed and those miserable shrieks came from strangers. They also gradually came to realize that Celestial Pearl was no average pharmacy.
That night, they went on and carried out their usual routine. Some went to their rooms to rest while some continued to refine medicines. None of them were concerned about intruders or attackers.
Rose who was in the gymnasium suddenly bunched her brows and abruptly got up from her meditation. Right when she exited the door to look for Han Tu and Han Huo, she saw the two approaching her surreptitiously.
“There are enemies. It seems quite different this time. There seems to be a highgod!” said Han Tu softly after they got beside Rose.
“It must have something to do with that fucking Baum! Not a single intrusion happened during all those days Father was in the shop. But right on the night that he is away, the enemy comes! Coincidence? I think not!” cursed Han Huo in a low voice.
“You two be careful. If there’s any real danger, just escape without me,” Rose knew that Han Tu had the ability to escape by tunneling underground. She knew that Han Shuo loved the two kids very much and definitely cannot accept anything to happen to the two.
“Woman, what are you worrying about? Don’t you remember what my father said before he left? I’m more than capable of bringing all three of us to escape if there’s any danger we can’t handle,” replied Han Tu smugly.
“Yea, that’s right. You are my father’s woman, how can we allow anything to happen to you? If you are not around, who is going to sleep with my father?” said Han Huo in a mischievous smile.
Rose turned red-faced after being teased by the two buffoons. Her slight nervousness was replaced with an urge to beat up the brothers. Han Tu and Han Huo started smirking mischievously after seeing Rose’s reaction. They continued to mock Rose, as though this ancient and mighty highgod was nothing to be afraid of.