Free Web NovelChapter 1269: Chapter 966: Half-Step Immortal Energy
When Jiang Yuan was checking the rewards on Immortal Peak, a thousand miles away in the Human World courtyard, Vice Alliance Hierarch Du Li of the Demon Realm Alliance was utterly shocked by the scene before him.
He came here in the morning and got a beating, thinking he could hide in the courtyard today, relax for a while, and return by noon after taking another beating.
First, the scenery in Mr. Jiang’s courtyard was so beautiful and fascinating. Even without cultivation, sitting under a pavilion or by the bridge to admire the view, immersing oneself in the rare rich spiritual energy and the tranquility of life, one could temporarily forget the conflicts and calm the mind.
Secondly, Du Li could never have imagined that the Cloud Concealment Sect would move in to live here, and with the entire sect relocating!
It is well known that the Cloud Concealment Sect is among the Ancient Ten Great Sects most adept at divining the secrets of heaven. For them to make such a bold decision must mean they’ve predicted some crisis. But what could it be?
Du Li wanted to find out the truth, so he strolled by the third-layer farmland nearest to the Divine Mountain, where he found everyone from the Cloud Concealment Sect chopping trees and digging up stones, exhausted and taking breaks through meditation before continuing.
The more he pondered, the more confused he became—could it be that the entire sect’s relocation was to do labor for Mr. Jiang?
Why would Mr. Jiang have these people working day and night, demolishing a perfectly good mountain? Doesn’t he know the mountain’s rich spiritual energy is closely tied to numerous Divine Woods?
While pacing on the field edge, unable to figure it out, Du Li happened to notice Jiang Yuan, far away in a small space, click to upgrade a building.
Thereupon, the Vice Alliance Hierarch suddenly sensed a change happening to the buildings above the farm field and flew up immediately.
A mass of gray fog flew from nowhere, enveloping a building. Amidst the intensely obscuring gray fog, faint sounds of construction could be heard, and after a dozen breaths, the fog dissipated, revealing a building that had become more solemn, magnificent, resplendent!
"Isn’t he not at home? How can he perform this even more magical construction technique remotely?" Watching the continual renovations and upgrades of the buildings, Du Li became even more in wonderment.
The Demon Realm Alliance was recently engaging in major construction in Cloud City. There were plenty of builders, whose combined efforts left the citizens of Cloud City marveling at their skills.
Yet their craftsmanship was nothing compared to Mr. Jiang, merely a case of child’s play before an expert.
He would sometimes wander over there to inspect and oversee progress, witnessing firsthand how builders would conjure a tall building out of nowhere.
In essence, building in the Human World is no different, except the cultivators’ methods are more refined, and the efficiency is higher. Even if construction techniques are cultivated to advanced levels, a towering building still begins from the ground, and when necessary, a deep foundation is needed to ensure the structure’s safety.
But Mr. Jiang’s construction technique is the real miracle!
Without needing to dismantle the old structures, just a gray fog drifting over, unseen building materials, and after the fog clears, the appearance is vastly different from before.
"It’s more like refining a magical treasure than building!" After staring for a while, a flash of insight crossed Du Li’s mind; this scene was quite similar to Leng Yutang refining magical artifacts and treasures.
Could it be that these buildings, whose purpose is unknown, are all refined like magical treasures?
With this thought, he eagerly tried to peek inside the palace-like building to see its purpose.
"Woof woof! What is Alliance Leader Du doing?" Ling Di found it amusing; the dignified Vice Alliance Hierarch of the Demon Realm Alliance, stooping at a door and peering through windows, casting a suspicious look.
Though knowing these buildings of the master were not ordinary, if not personally opened by him, not even the most powerful deity could enter. Yet, Old Dog still felt uncomfortable—not knocking a bit would make it seem like he failed his duty as a guard dog.
Caught red-handed, Du Li didn’t feel too embarrassed, hastily explaining with a smile: "Senior, did you see the extremely magical scene just now? These houses were shrouded in gray fog, then transformed radically.
I am genuinely curious, not knowing how this is achieved, nor understanding what exactly happens in these buildings with heat emitting and crackling sounds?"
"Hmph, you say that gray fog must be the master’s construction technique." Ling Di scratched an ear with his hind paw, unperturbed: "I firmly believe, one day, the master will make them as sacred and vast as the Celestial Palace! As for the purpose, well, the master conducts alchemy and forges magical treasures in these buildings."
"Thank you, Senior, for clarifying my doubts." Du Li thought it seemed these were Mr. Jiang’s alchemy room and forging facility, and lingering here was indeed inappropriate.
He quickly bowed, took his leave, and flew back to the edge of the third-layer’s ten thousand acres of fertile land to gaze at the Divine Mountain.
Just at this moment, Jiang Yuan needed to complete a mainline task and clicked to accelerate farming.
Then, amidst a gentle rustling, Du Li was astonished to find all the crops around him, in an instant, sprouted, bloomed, bore fruit, matured, withered, and disappeared into speckles of light through the entire process of being harvested.
Next, as a paper airplane flew by, he watched as seeds just dropped onto the square plots, instantly began to take root, sprout, bloom...
Du Li was completely bewildered.
Before his eyes, it was as if time was being manipulated within the farmland, infinitely accelerated in an unimaginable way.
Where usually a crop would take months to years from sprouting to maturity, it all rushed by this swiftly, with ordinary crops maturing in an instant, only to be sown, grow, and harvested again.
