Before It Even Started

No one knows the year or month.

No one knows the realm or place.

No one knows if it's real or illusory.

In the dark void, layers of self-illuminating white clouds floated.

Parting the clouds to see the sun.

Within the clouds was a floating mountain, with misty vapors and flocks of cranes.

The mountain was neither large nor tall.

At the foot of the mountain were gurgling streams and neat paddy fields. On the mountain were green bamboos and ancient pines, gnarled like coiled dragons.

At the summit stood a very simple courtyard Taoist temple, in the middle of which grew a peach tree of unknown age, nearing its end.

Peach blossoms kept falling, yet never seemed to finish.

The girl counting peach blossoms was just a maiden in her prime, with celestial beauty, pure and clear to the bone, her slender figure full of the charm of a mature woman.

"Passing through a myriad of flowers, not a single petal clings to me. Mother, my recent luck with romance is too strong. I don't know which one to choose."

Her clear, proud voice echoed in the courtyard.

"Silence!"

A vast, ancient female voice came from the clouds.

"The Tides Physique must never be with a man."

The girl pouted, raising her head in proud complaint.

"But I have too many romantic prospects, and I can't cut them off no matter what!"

"If you insist on indulging in the mortal world, then be with a woman."

"I don't want a woman, I like cute boys!"

"Liking men is also fine. If you are fortunate enough to meet a man who can allow you to glimpse the Heavenly Dao, then you can stay with him for life."

"Mother is lying again! We stand opposite the Heavenly Dao. Apart from gods, where can I find a man who can let me glimpse the Heavenly Dao?"

"You're right. Only gods in this world are qualified to control you. Never cheapen yourself!"

Sword-Wielding Mountain.

Ling Zhouyue suddenly opened her eyes.

Golden afterglow fell through the grass window, illuminating her face, which, no matter how much dust it gathered, still radiated a pure and clear beauty to the bone.

Heh, even the immortals are all dead, where are there any gods!

Aren't girls great?

Dismissing the disturbing dream sounds, she raised her arm and took a swig of wine.

Her white body lazily rolled over, like a wave surfing, splashing out the mellow aroma of wine.

Immortal breeze intoxicated, sunset slightly drunk.

Xiao Ran's first flight after transmigrating was dedicated to a kite.

Just like his first flight before transmigrating, which was dedicated to paper.

History is always strikingly similar.

In the center of the giant kite.

Xiao Ran sat cross-legged on the front steps of the double-layered disciple residence.

He slightly opened his eyes. In all directions, above and below, as far as the eye could see, were mountain peaks of all sizes piercing through the clouds.

Spiritual energy, mist, beast roars, and bell sounds merged together, filling the heavens and the earth, grand and ethereal, unlike the mortal world.

Completely different from the dilapidated scenery outside the Mountain Protection Formation, it was as if he had transmigrated a second time, placing himself in another world.

Unfortunately, Xiao Ran was not fortunate enough to enjoy this magnificent immortal scenery.

He frowned slightly the entire time, focusing intently to sense the power of his bloodline.

After all, it was his first flight, and although exciting, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

If he encountered even a slight gust of wind or a crane flying by, the paper kite would become unstable and sway incessantly.

The short journey of just over ten li took him more than fifteen minutes.

Finally, in the afterglow of the setting sun, he flew to the sky above Sword-Wielding Mountain.

Finding the right spot, he slowly released his strength, landing smoothly.

Xiao Ran breathed a long sigh of relief.

Tonight was going to be alright!

The new disciple's room was located southeast of the thatched hut, at a forty-five-degree angle, three zhang away.

In terms of absorbing the spiritual veins of feng shui, this was the second-best spot on Sword-Wielding Mountain, after the thatched hut.

Xiao Ran walked into the room.

A bamboo bed, wardrobe, long desk... all kinds of furniture were neatly arranged.

The kitchen was fully equipped with cooking utensils and flint, and the small storage room was stocked with various farm tools.

Lin Yunzi, who oversaw the outer disciples, really understood the daily needs of mortals who had not yet refined qi...

Before paying his respects to his master, Xiao Ran had two things to do.

First, he needed to secure the foundation.

Xiao Ran took out a cloth-wrapped sledgehammer and eight huge telescopic wooden wedges with mechanisms from the storage room.

He inserted the eight wooden wedges into the pre-arranged holes in the room and hammered them into the foundation one by one with the cloth-wrapped sledgehammer.

These wooden wedges telescoped vertically, reaching ten zhang into the ground.

Then, he opened the mechanisms, extending eight underground fixing rods horizontally.

Sixty-four fixing rods, arranged in both vertical and horizontal directions.

They formed a three-dimensional grid under the foundation, firmly securing the two-story building, capable of withstanding winds up to level nine!

In addition, the positions where the eight wooden wedges were fixed were also very special.

They seemed to form a bagua diagram, but the order of the trigrams was different from that of a regular bagua diagram, making it a version more suitable for the end of days era.

Qian (☰) Kan (☵) Gen (☶) Zhen (☳) Xun (☴) Li (☲) Kun (☷) Dui (☱) After all, it was the end of days era, and the spiritual veins were abnormal. To absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth more efficiently, he needed to take a different approach.

Without considering the bonus from restrictions, this pseudo-bagua arrangement would have a more direct spiritual absorption effect than the thatched hut.

Because he used a cloth-wrapped hammer, and the wooden wedges were inside, Xiao Ran's master was still sound asleep after he secured the foundation.

By this time, it was already dark.

The stars had just appeared, the moon hung in the starry river, and the starlight merged with the bright moonlight, all shining on the new disciple's room.

Everything was silent, and only the chirping of crickets could be heard.

The second thing Xiao Ran had to do was to build a complete drainage system for the kitchen and bathroom.

Especially the problem of excretion, which he had not... anticipated before.

Who would have thought that an inner disciple, no, a personal disciple, would still have to defecate? We who are here are all fairies who do not eat the food of the mortal world, taking spiritual energy as food and immortal dew as drink. If you defecate, you are not qualified to cultivate immortality.

What made Xiao Ran even more troubled was that his master was a female Daoist, and it would be really uncivilized for him to eat, drink, and excrete next to her.

But this matter was extremely urgent! Refining qi and achieving bigu was not something that could be done overnight. He had to immediately fix the drainage and excretion system of the disciple's room, otherwise he would really be caught short tonight.

Taking a shovel from the storage room, Xiao Ran dragged his tired body and began to dig a pit, piecing together sections of bamboo pipes and placing them in the pit.

Both the thatched hut and the disciple's room faced east, so the drainage direction could only be west.

Halfway through digging the pit to the west, he even dug up warm underground water.

There was actually underground water on the top of a thousand-zhang-high mountain, and it was warm!

You can't judge a mountain by its appearance.

The underground water was smooth and clear, with a refreshing coolness like melting ice and snow, and a hint of sulfur...

With warm underground water, Xiao Ran could not only solve the problem of domestic water, but even create a hot spring! Xiao Ran loved soaking in hot springs the most, soaking in a hot spring in the Immortal Realm... wonderful! This was a matter for the future.

Continue digging the channel to the west.

Xiao Ran dug a pit along the water vein, all the way to the edge of the cliff.

Here were some messy rocks and thorny bushes.

Domestic sewage flowed through the underground pipes, discharged from here, leaking into the mountain soil and thorns, nourishing all things.

Suddenly, Xiao Ran smelled a strange aroma of wine.

Following the scent, there seemed to be large patches of wine stains in the bushes.

Wait, this faint fishy smell...

Xiao Ran frowned, realizing that things were not so simple.

Suddenly, an illogical premonition poured into his heart.

He squatted on the ground, shuddered, and turned around—

Only to be met by his immortal master, Ling Zhouyue, coldly overlooking him.

"What are you doing?"

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