The First Wind Pillar

Rota had no reason to refuse Tougen Akiyama's goodwill. How could he not know what the man was thinking? He merely wanted Rota to look after them a little in the future.

"Old Heavenly Master, if you do not find my son unworthy, could you also teach Taki some skills?" Tougen Akiyama looked at Rota expectantly.

"Taki? Heh heh, that boy's physique is not particularly suited to martial training, but I can still teach him some basic means of self-defense."

As a member of the prestigious Tougen Family, Taoyuan Long naturally possessed only the physical qualities of an ordinary person. Besides, at his current age, he was already somewhat too old and had missed the best time to begin martial training.

Tougen Akiyama did not mind that. He simply hoped Rota would take Taki in, even if only in name.

Rota closed his eyes and sighed. "Fine. Taki is quite likable as well, so taking on one more disciple is no trouble."

"Hehe, then thank you, Old Heavenly Master. You need not worry about building the Celestial Master Mansion. Leave it to us. As for the style, we will build it according to the design you told us about before."

"I'll have to trouble you all. As for the labor costs, I'll pay them all together once construction is complete," Rota replied with a chuckle.

Why not pay the wages from the start? Simply because once construction truly began, there was no way to estimate the total cost. It was better to settle everything after completion. Besides, that was usually how things were done.

"No problem. We trust your word completely, Old Heavenly Master." Tougen Akiyama smiled happily at Rota.

A few days after they reached an agreement, the Tougen Family had already prepared the first batch of building materials