Chapter 539: The Source of Information

Chapter 539: Chapter 539: The Source of Information

Li Ziyan took a deep breath, "Master..."

"Hmm?"

She clutched her chest and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "To be your disciple, Ziyan is truly too fortunate!"

This girl really likes to put on airs.

"Alright, do you think I don’t know your ways?" Li Mo waved his hand, "I didn’t bring you here to brag; you have to help me with something."

"Whatever you command, Master, I’ll go through fire and water without hesitation!" Li Ziyan replied righteously.

"I plan to build a palace floating in the sky as the core building for the Forbidden Sect." Li Mo pointed to several large mansions beside him, "These are my practice works. What do you think?"

The disciple looked at him doubtfully, "Master, have you really just started this today?"

"What else?" Li Mo calmly raised his hand, "Stone wall!"

A wall rose with a boom, making the girl’s eyes widen.

"Really? What kind of spell is this!?"

Although the expression of shock he had when he first saw this wasn’t any less than his disciple’s, seeing the look of awe and admiration on her face in front of him, Li Mo couldn’t help feeling a sense of pride, "Lord Xuan said, this is a forbidden construction technique, effective only in the Grotto Heaven for now."

"For now?" Li Ziyan blinked, "Does that mean this spell can be used outside in the future?"

"I didn’t dare to ask, but seeing Lord Xuan’s expression at the time, that’s what he meant."

"That’s... unbelievable..." the disciple murmured.

It takes generations for thousands of commoners to turn a village into a town and then build it into a city. Which of the slightly larger cities in Luo Kingdom doesn’t have a history of one or two hundred years?

If raising a hand could construct a high-rise from the ground, then there would never again be a shortage of housing. Everyone could have their own shelter from the wind and rain.

And rerouting rivers, blocking mountains, all could be overcome with such efficient construction spells. The creator is nothing short of a divine embodiment of good!

"In short, I’m still unsure about building it alone, so I want to ask you." Li Mo coughed twice, "Lord Xuan said I could find two more assistants and share the construction method with them."

"Oh..." Li Ziyan looked at him with a half-smile, "So Master noticed my identity as the daughter of a sinner?"

Li Mo’s expression tightened immediately, and he frowned, "Li Ziyan! You’ve already stepped away from the mundane, crossing into the realm of cultivation, past origins mean nothing to a Kunshan Cultivator!"

She burst into laughter, "Why so serious, I was just joking."

"I took you as a disciple because of your talent, not because of anything else—" He paused, shaking his head, "Forget it, just remember not to mention these things again."

"Yes, I’ve realized my mistake!" Li Ziyan stuck out her tongue, "Since Master has such a need, I naturally must do my utmost."

She wandered around the mansion inside and out, finally saying a bit helplessly, "If ten is full marks, this mansion by Master only gets a three."

"So low?" Li Mo was surprised, "You’re not deliberately belittling me, are you?"

He thought, no matter how bad, it should be around six or seven.

"No way. Sure, it’s big, spacious, and some materials are extremely luxurious, but it feels like someone who doesn’t understand only looked at the mansion’s outline and then imaginatively pieced together such a house." Li Ziyan shook her head, "For instance, the entrance directly faces the main room, all surrounding rooms are the same size, the courtyard lacks any beauty, all the paths are straight... Anyway, the three marks are for ’livable’ and ’imposing’; if I added ’transcendent’ and ’ethereal,’ I could only give one mark."

Li Mo was left speechless.

He himself sensed something was off, which is why he rushed to bring his disciple in, but one mark was a heavy blow.

"By the way," Li Ziyan suddenly lowered her voice, "Master, can we take those gold cups and gold cutlery from the house? If we secretly take a few pieces..."

"Don’t even think about it. They’re made of flesh and only solidify in the Grotto Heaven." Li Mo took out the construction manual and flipped the first page of rules for her to see, "Look, it clearly says here."

He hadn’t dared to try stealing a piece because Lord Xuan could see through everyone’s thoughts, but he knew it was true because before leaving, he held onto the manual tightly, yet after returning to the Holy Hall, the manual wasn’t with him.

"What kind of book is this?" Li Ziyan curiously stroked the pages, "I’ve never seen this type of paper..."

She wasn’t awed by the lavish hall but was drawn to the book.

"It was personally given by Lord Xuan, with explanations for the construction method." Li Mo switched to the main topic, "Now, I shall bestow the spell upon you."

Li Ziyan eagerly nodded, "Go ahead!"

He followed the forbidden teaching, bit his fingertip, and pressed the oozing blood drop onto his disciple’s forehead, muttering an incantation, "Hallo, Welder."

The spell was a bit awkward, and being the first time he used it, he wasn’t confident it would work.

But the next second, he knew it succeeded.

As soon as he finished speaking, the strand of blood quickly merged into her skin.

Then another manual materialized from thin air, slowly landing before Li Ziyan.

"Is that it?" Li Ziyan quickly caught the manual, "I don’t feel like I’ve learned any new spell?"

"Try shouting at the open ground to see ’stone wall’." Li Mo said confidently.

The disciple followed the command.

The effect was obvious; a tall stone wall appeared right in front of them.

"Now, we can start constructing the sect." Li Mo smiled.

...

Meanwhile, Chen Xuan left Baihe Village, flying west until he finally landed deep within Earth Slope Mountain.

This was where the mountains intersected, the terrain was low, surrounded by peaks, so that even though Earth Slope Mountain wasn’t very tall, this place could completely isolate the view of Baihe Village and most of the towns in Pei State.

Plus, it was already night; hardly anyone would notice the unusual occurrences in the valley.

The only witnesses to his arrival seemed to be the incessantly chirping insects and the nocturnal birds.

But Chen Xuan knew the world wasn’t as peaceful as it seemed.

After receiving detailed intelligence about the Demon-Hunting Letter from Li Mo and the Nine Department Judges, he already had a theory in mind.

Folk organizations might relay demon disaster information but could never disappear so completely that no one knew their real identities. Given the communication efficiency of this era, if an organization wanted to collect information, summarize and analyze it, and send it to the appropriate demon exorcists throughout Luo Kingdom, it must be quite extensive, similar to a post and postal system, with outposts in every town and village to ensure quick response and smooth information flow.

And massive size means easy exposure.

Even a large commercial guild that has been running for decades can become well known, not to mention a crucial demon-exterminating organization? Even if it doesn’t directly handle demon disasters, having an abundance of intelligence means it’s extremely valuable, bound to attract those wanting to find their whereabouts, allied with them or even cooperate.

If it were a famous, well-known organization, that would make perfect sense.

But neither the Kunshan Cultivators nor the Nine Department Judges knew about this organization—its headquarters, how many people, how it operated, all unknown.

This is very puzzling.

The smaller the organization, the more concealed it is, but if the manpower and outposts aren’t stacked up, how could they have detected Baihe Village’s anomaly so quickly?

Unless this information fell from the sky.

In another world, Chen Xuan wouldn’t be certain, but here he knew the solution: keeping the organization streamlined while obtaining timely information on emerging demon fiends across regions.

——That is by relying on Lotus Cloud Sect’s Sect Protection Array.