Arrangement

With the Spirit Jade Mountain in place, the floating island finally no longer looked so bleak and desolate.

But that was all it was—no longer desolate. It was still a long ways off from bustling and prosperous.

He had initially considered moving Guiyuan Mountain Residence over so that everyone could live on the island, but then he remembered that the residence was right next to a spirit vein—the vein nourishing it made it far better than this floating island—so he shelved that idea for the time being.

However, thinking of Guiyuan Mountain Residence, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that he currently had no place to live at all.

So these days, every time he returned, he could only hang around in the sect's main hall.

Looking around, he mused that maybe he should just build his new residence on the floating island.

He was a sect master now, after all. Building himself a new home wasn't too much to ask for, was it!

With that thought, he began to act.

His private storage now held a large assortment of materials he'd picked up from the cultivation world—including plenty of lumber.

With that lumber, using the synthesiser to build a house was more than enough.

That said, he didn't have much of a vision for his residence at the moment. It wasn't like he really needed one anyway—he had places for cultivation and places for seclusion.

Still, having a proper residence was better than not having one, if only so he didn't have to run to the main hall every time he needed to think.

So he decisively opened the synthesiser, used some spirit bamboo purchased from the cultivation world to synthesize a small bamboo cottage, and placed it right on the peak of Spirit Jade Mountain, not far from the source of the waterfall.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao nodded in satisfaction and clapped his hands, saying:

"This will do for now."

He could always upgrade it later if his standards for living quarters went up.

There were no paths on Spirit Jade Mountain, so Lin Xiao could only fly straight up.

He arrived before his little bamboo cottage, admired the falling waterfall beside it and the exotic flowers and rare plants around, then pushed open the door and stepped inside.

The interior area was actually a bit larger than it looked from outside, divided into an inner and outer room, totaling about thirty square meters.

Lin Xiao opened his private storage and pulled out a bunch of tables, chairs, cabinets, and other furnishings, setting them all up.

This was something he'd learned from Senior Liao.

He'd been amazed back when Guiyuan Mountain Residence was first built about a year ago—how Senior Liao had instantly filled his living space to the brim the moment he moved in.

So ever since, every time he visited the cultivation world, whenever he saw furniture that looked decent and was reasonably priced, he'd stash it away.

Now, he could finally pull off what Senior Liao had done back then!

After arranging the tables and chairs, he brought out a bed, hung up various curtains, and set out a bunch of decorative jars and bottles. He even hung a few paintings on the walls.

Looking at the room that had gradually become cozy and fully furnished, Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

He'd deliberately bought a very large bed, so that in the future he could have his father and older brother come stay over.

Finished with the residence, he descended Spirit Jade Mountain and began planning other things.

He didn't need to rush expanding or moving any existing buildings. First, he needed to construct the buildings the sect still lacked.

The first thing that came to mind was that their head chef, Fuzi, still didn't have a proper kitchen. What they were using now was just the simple stove platform built at the foot of Guiyuan Mountain Residence back in the old days.

But for something like a kitchen, it was better to ask Fuzi himself what he wanted first.

Then there was the system quest—building the Scripture Library.

That huge pile of books in his private storage was just waiting to be put on display for everyone.

However, since he'd just synthesized Spirit Jade Mountain, he was pretty much out of spirit stones at the moment, which meant he'd need to go mining again.

And the Scripture Library couldn't be built small, so the materials required would naturally be a lot. The materials in his private storage definitely wouldn't be enough, so he'd have to go dig up earth and chop down trees as well.

But it was already getting late, and recalling the aroma of food he'd smelled when he returned, Lin Xiao had no heart for construction work.

Mealtime came first!

So, as his heart moved, his feet followed. He flew like greased lightning to the entrance, left the floating island, and headed back to the mountainside to go eat.

He completely forgot about Senior Liao, who was still somewhere in the lesser world trying to free up space.

At dinner time.

The members of Lingxian Sect once again gathered together in full force after a long while.

Everyone looked at the familiar color of Fuzi's dishes on the table, and at the rich spiritual energy that was plainly detectable within them, and they were deeply moved.

During the time Fuzi had been away from the sect, everyone had missed him terribly.

Even eating the food prepared by his little disciple, Shengsheng, couldn't even begin to cure that longing.

Liu Yunan had even considered shutting down the Lingxian Food House down in the mountains and breaking out the meals Fuzi had stored in the sect's warehouse to satisfy their cravings.

Of course, that was all just wishful thinking.

What remained of his sanity and sense of duty held him back from such an act of dereliction.

Although Lin Xiao had forgotten to call him, when mealtime came, Liao Pantu still appeared punctually at the dining table and sat down leisurely.

At that moment, Tietou was holding his rice bowl, tears brimming in his eyes:

"Fuzi, I finally get to eat your cooking again!"

The sect members who had stayed behind all nodded in agreement, each clutching their own bowls.

As Lin Xiao announced, "Dig in!", everyone lunged at their food like starving wolves with green glints in their eyes.

Chopsticks whipped across the table, leaving trails of afterimages.

At times like this, the advantage of higher cultivation within Lingxian Sect was clear.

The higher one's cultivation, the faster one could snatch dishes, and the more portions and varieties they could get their hands on.

Conversely, the lower one's cultivation, the slower their chopstick speed, so they could only hover over one dish at a time, unable to fluidly weave between the various plates like the stronger cultivators could.

For a moment, the hearts of those with weaker cultivation burned with an even fiercer determination to train harder.

As soon as dinner's over, it's straight to the training room to cram in extra practice!

About halfway through dinner, everyone's pace gradually slowed.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao spoke up, turning to Liu Yunan beside him:

"Baldy, now that we're starting to do business with the Yuan family, we'll need to raise our supply output. Relying only on our sect's own production won't cut it anymore. In the next few days, find the time to select a few talisman-making techniques that have high demand but aren't too essential, and send them to the royal family."

After a moment's thought, he added:

"And it doesn't have to be limited to talismans, either. Simple formations, alchemy recipes—things like that all work. Take a look at the goods data from the cultivation world I gave you, and arrange things based on their quality and importance."

Hearing this, Liu Yunan nodded in acknowledgment.

"Xiao Ge'er, isn't it a bit... risky to give them the production formulas directly? What if they take the formulas and hand them to the sects behind them, and stop doing business with us altogether?"