Saints and the Destined

Qing Province, beside the Firefly Sea.

At noon, a massive construction site was bustling with activity.

The scorching sun roasted the hundred-zhang-high platform, while patches of dark-brown sweat stains marked the ground. A million laborers braved the heat and worked tirelessly.

Above the construction site hung enormous banners bearing slogans such as "Work in Place of Relief" and "Free Grain Distribution."

Most of these laborers were refugees who had fled to Qing Province. After the Ghost Ridge Palace took them in, they were sent to this construction site.

The Ghost Ridge Palace provided them with food and lodging, as well as wages—and the wages were quite generous. This not only attracted refugees; many locals from Qing Province also responded enthusiastically, scrambling to join the construction teams.

However, despite their numbers, these laborers could only perform the simplest tasks on the outskirts of the site.

The true core construction of the site was carried out by cultivators.

"Area A, Team 3 cultivators, we need Earth Store Stone Wood for the foundation here. Notify the Logistics Department immediately and have it allocated."

"Formation Masters! Where are the Formation Masters? Who's responsible for constructing this area? The Glazed Heavenly Gold Formation Patterns here are full of errors. What are you even being paid for? Fix them immediately. If anything like this happens again, you'd better watch your hides."

"Elder Wang, I need you to handle this Nine Nether Sky Fire Sand. Place it here. The Spirit Nurturing Realm disciples can't withstand this heat wave."

The entire construction site was clamorous, with one voice rising after another. Some cultivators carried Iron Giant Wood and repeatedly drove it into the foundation, each dull impact making everything within a hundred meters tremble and rustle.

Some Formation Masters held golden-line horned-dragon brushes and carved formation patterns into