The leaders typically do not need to speak for themselves, so the Pavilion Master of Ghost Shadow Pavilion, Tian Wai Fei Xue, Bai Sheng, lazily raised a hand towards the Hell Messenger, signaling him to begin the meeting.
Lu Ye secretly praised in his heart, "Ah, my good baby is so cool," then turned to face the neatly standing team and announced loudly, "Today is the day of great achievement for our Ghost Shadow Pavilion base. Later, all sect disciples will follow their group's Ghost Envoy to their respective living quarters according to their assigned groups."
Before the Hell Messenger could finish speaking, enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted from the audience below.
They had waited for this day for over two months, and finally, they would be able to sleep in houses.
After the applause subsided, Lu Ye continued, "Although our Ghost Shadow Pavilion suffered a devastating disaster, today marks the day of our sect's rebirth! We will gradually regain our past glory and once again awe the world!
While your martial arts have all been crippled, the Pavilion Master has not abandoned everyone. She has been working hard to develop an antidote, so please wait patiently. One day, the Pavilion Master will find the antidote and restore your martial arts!
During this period, all disciples will begin desertification control and tree planting to beautify the environment around our base!
However, if anyone wishes to withdraw from the Ghost Shadow Pavilion, they may first inform their Ghost Envoy, who will then inform me. Our Ghost Shadow Pavilion has always been understanding and does not force anyone.
But, if anyone neither withdraws from the Ghost Shadow Pavilion nor follows commands, and violates sect rules, they must accept punishment according to sect rules. Those whose actions are severe will be executed without mercy! Have all disciples heard clearly?!"
"Heard clearly!" the shouts from below the high platform were earth-shattering.
During the construction of the base, Lu Ye had already sent twenty people to Prince Yu's desertification control camp to learn tree planting.
In the future, they would train the sect disciples, and in the near future, every disciple of the Ghost Shadow Pavilion would be skilled in desertification control and tree planting.
Originally, Bai Sheng had planned to have the sect disciples help at Prince Yu's desertification control camp, but she felt that since the base was within the territory of Ta Sha Commandery, planting trees here was already a form of assistance.
Moreover, Prince Yu was very poor. If these thousand-plus people went there, wouldn't he have to provide food? Pay wages? Arrange accommodation?
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Pavilion Master Bai decided that the Ghost Shadow Pavilion disciples would plant trees around their own base, radiating outwards from the base as the center.
She had not concealed anything about the Ghost Shadow Pavilion from Prince Yu, but she had not revealed too many details. She had casually mentioned that she and Lu Ye had established a martial arts sect, and as for the sect's specifics, that was their privacy and not for disclosure.
Following this, Lu Ye vigorously promoted the "toxic chicken soup" written by Bai Sheng, conducting ideological education for the sect disciples. Into their relatively blank minds, he imprinted the values of the Ghost Shadow Pavilion first.
After the meeting, the 11 Ghost Envoys took their respective team members to settle into their living quarters.
The Ghost Envoys each had their own private rooms, while the ordinary disciples lived together in groups, with twenty people sharing a large dormitory.
Although it was a dormitory, each bunk was equipped with a pull-able cloth curtain, of a uniform color and specification, creating a small private space for everyone.
Each bunk had a serial number written next to it.
Upon seeing their bunk spaces, the disciples were very excited. The bunks were covered with brand new, soft bedding. Several sets of clean change of clothes were neatly folded on the bedside. Below each bunk were basins and buckets for washing.
Clean, hygienic, and uniform.
"The Pavilion Master is truly considerate, preparing such complete living essentials for us. She really put thought into it," a disciple exclaimed sincerely.
"Indeed, it feels very much like home," several other disciples echoed.
One disciple lowered his voice slightly, saying, "I heard from the Hell Messenger that we were all orphans, beggars, and refugees before. It was the Pavilion Master who took us in."
"Yes, I heard that too. Without the Pavilion Master, we wouldn't be where we are today, so we must be loyal to the Ghost Shadow Pavilion and loyal to the Pavilion Master!" another disciple said with firm eyes and a sonorous tone.
"Yes, loyal to the Ghost Shadow Pavilion, loyal to the Pavilion Master!" all the disciples in the room began to pledge their allegiance.
The base kitchen was large, complete with pots and pans. Next to the kitchen was a warehouse, filled with grains and cured meats, as well as many dried mushrooms and dried vegetables.
On the other side of the kitchen was a large water storage tank. Since the base's well had not yet yielded water, the base's drinking water was released by Bai Sheng from her spatial dimension.
To facilitate travel, Bai Sheng had placed many items belonging to her spatial dimension in the Pavilion Master's chambers as anchor points for entering and exiting the dimension.
From now on, as long as her mind moved, she could travel freely between the base and her spatial dimension. Even if she were far away in the capital, she could still teleport to the base through her spatial dimension.
The spatial dimension would greatly facilitate future travel between the capital, Hong Shu Village, and the base.
Bai Sheng had also selected the location for the base's well. Although the base was about ten li away from Hong Shu Village, they were on the same ley line, so there should be groundwater.
The well had been dug to nearly 100 meters. If all went well, water should be found in another ten-odd days.
The well-digging team was hired by Lu Ye from Ta Sha Commandery. The old well-digging master, Ye Tou, and his team were now exclusively working for Prince Yu. No one could hire them except Prince Yu.
In addition to the well, Bai Sheng had also established a nursery near the Ghost Shadow Pavilion base. However, to match the base's eerie and ghostly atmosphere, she had specifically selected tree saplings from her spatial dimension that tended to grow tall.
Once the saplings grew taller and cast the base in deep, gloomy shade, it would deter unauthorized personnel from approaching the Ghost Shadow Pavilion.
To facilitate life at the base, she also planned to create a vegetable garden, ensuring that the over a thousand disciples would never be idle.
If the base had a vegetable garden, Hong Shu Village should have one too, so Bai Sheng ordered people to create a vegetable garden next to the nursery.
Vegetables and fruits were planted.
Thus, they were busy until the end of the year.
The workshop had produced its first batch of products for sale, all of which Bai Sheng had stored in her spatial dimension.
The spatial dimension had a preservation function, preventing the products from spoiling.
Regarding this, Bai Sheng's explanation to everyone was that the products in the warehouse had already been sent to the capital by her people in the middle of the night.
Her family all knew that she and her elder brother liked to transport things late at night, so they had no questions.
However, Bai Sheng felt that she still needed to find a way to extend the shelf life of the skincare products. After the New Year, she planned to research this thoroughly.
On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, all workers responsible for household tasks were given leave, including the assassin and bandit laborers.
The workshop workers would return to work on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, with paid leave.
To ensure everyone had a good New Year, Bai Sheng also gave each person a fat chicken and a rabbit, along with twenty kilograms of rice and flour.
On their way home, the workers were all beaming with joy and immensely proud.