Lit Up

Qiu Luoye wanted to keep a few of his old subordinates, including a tiger that always followed him and a stone placed in front of his door.

"Back then, when I fought that battle with Lao Shui, that bastard Lao Shui tricked me. He wouldn't fight me, but instead led his men to attack my home."

Many of my family members stayed behind, but they were all terrified when they saw Lao Shui. Only Tiger and Stone dared to fight them a bit.

They truly followed me, and now that I've achieved my Proper Land, I don't want to abandon them.

Li Banfeng really didn't know how to handle this matter.

Li Banfeng knew many Local Earth God, and as far as Yao Lao was concerned, there were no Strange Monsters following him.

The current Medicine King Gully was formerly Bitter Medicine Pass. Yao Lao has always stayed in this area and may not have experienced the process of Proper Land.

Li Banfeng and Qiu Luoye didn't know whether the other Proper Land Local Earth God had any Strange Monsters around them.

Fortunately, Xiao Yeci found some books with similar records.

"For the new land to Proper Land, the Strange Monsters that want to follow must become Contract Guardian Spirit."

Qiu Luoye nodded, as if they understood. "It means we need to change their names."

"This isn't difficult. First, tell me how to write the three characters 'Contract Guardian Spirit). Give me a month, and I'll definitely be able to teach them!"

Xiao Yeci was a little afraid of the Qiu Luoye. She secretly glanced at Li Banfeng, unsure if this Local Earth God was joking.

Li Banfeng's expression was serious; he knew Brother Qiu was speaking earnestly, "Miss Xiao, you really need to discuss this matter carefully. I don't think simply changing a name is enough, do you?"

Xiao Yeci nodded. "Simply changing the name won't work. Contract Guardian Spirit can only move within a fixed territory, and this territory needs to be drawn by the Local Earth God."

Once the new land is converted into Proper Land, this place will be called Secret Realm or a forbidden land. Similar places exist throughout Pro State.

These kinds of places often contain the contracts of the Local Earth God, and the Contract Guardian Spirit only operate within these Secret Realm. Their task is to help the Local Earth God protect the contracts.

After thinking for a long time, Qiu Luoye understood Xiao Yeci's meaning. "In other words, someone needs to watch over my contract. This task is perfect for my old buddies."

"This is easy to handle. I don't need to pick a location anymore. Tomorrow, just designate ten miles of land next to my house, and let my old buddies stay right at my doorstep. I feel at ease handing the deeds over to them."

Li Banfeng felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Xiao Yeci said to Qiu Luoye, "I'm sure many people know where you live, right?"

Qiu Luoye glared at her. "What do you want to do?"

Xiao Yeci shook her head repeatedly, saying, "Please don't misunderstand. I didn't mean to do anything. After the new Proper Land registered, according to the book, the location of the deed can be changed once, which means digging it up and burying it again. Don't you want to change the location?"

Now both Li Banfeng and Qiu Luoye knew where the problem lay.

There are far too many people who know where the Qiu Luoye live.

In the new land, the land is vast and sparsely populated. Although the Strange Monsters are intelligent, they are not as cunning as humans, and few dare to covet the contracts.

But once it becomes Proper Land, from a small town to a large city, with the population increasing dozens of times, once word gets out that Qiu Luoye's residence, people will probably line up to come and dig up the contracts, and the contracts will really have to be moved to another place.

Where would be a suitable place to move to?

Qiu Luoye scratched his head and said, "I need to think about this carefully. What kind of place can be a forbidden area?"

Xiao Yeci said, "I've read in books that there are more than one forbidden area. Some Local Earth God have created more than a dozen forbidden areas in their territory, and no one knows where they have hidden the contracts."

This made Qiu Luoye even more troubled. "This is too troublesome. I heard that Yao Lao lives deep in the mountains, and I know quite a few places where he lives."

I'll do what he did: find a mountain, build a house, and live there with my old buddies.

Xiao Yeci added, "Once the location is chosen, a contract must be signed with the Contract Guardian Spirit will then be unable to leave the forbidden area."

The tiger was a little dissatisfied. "We're not allowed to go out for the rest of our lives? Can't we take turns on guard duty and go down the mountain to live our lives in shifts?"

Xiao Yeci and said, "That might be a bit difficult. I've never seen tigers roaming everywhere in any Proper Land."

Indeed, there are no Strange Monsters wandering freely within the boundaries of the Proper Land.

Qiu Luoye nodded and said, "This young lady is right. From now on, this place will become Proper Land, and you can't wander around aimlessly anymore."

"Just stay home with me. With me here, you won't feel bored."

Tiger agreed quite readily, "I'm willing to follow Master Qiu, even if I don't have to go down the mountain."

Xiao Yeci whispered, "You need to think this through carefully. Once you become Contract Guardian Spirit, you'll be Contract Guardian Spirit for life, and you won't be able to be Wandering Monster."

The tiger flicked its tail and said, "What's so great about being Wandering Monster? I'll just follow Master Qiu."

The stone didn't speak.

Qiu Luoye looked at the stone and said, "What? You don't want to be with me anymore?"

Stone answered honestly, "If it were before, following Master Qiu would have been fine, but after that girl sat on me just now, I'm a little flustered."

As they spoke, a blush appeared on the surface of the stone.

Bang!

Qiu Luoye kicked a stone. "Your face got sat on by a peach, and you've even messed up your heart."

"Get lost! I'm not keeping you. Go to my place later and collect some cultivation points. Find your own way out!"

In addition to handling the deeds and Contract Guardian Spirit, Qiu Luoye also had to carefully measure the land to ensure that the Hundred Li Land was sufficient.

Some Strange Monsters that have no intelligence at all must also be sent away as soon as possible. After the Proper Land, these Strange Monsters may mutate and become a menace.

Li Banfeng looked at Xiao Yeci and asked, "From which books did you learn these things?"

Xiao Yeci said, "Both the Lu Family's and the He Family's libraries have them. Sister Yu Xiu is a very kind person; I can read all their books."

The information in these books is very useful, but the records are somewhat fragmented, so you need to read and take notes as you go to make sense of them.

Li Banfeng secretly admired Xiao Yeci, thinking that she was a diligent scholar, but unfortunately she hadn't had a good opportunity before.

Qiu Luoye asked, "Seventh Brother, is this also your lover?"

Xiao Yeci's face flushed red instantly.

Qiu Luoye burst into laughter. "What are you shy about? You won't regret following our Seventh Brother!"

"Seventh Brother, this new lover is better, much better than the previous one."

That ex-lover?

Is he referring to Chu Er?

Thinking of Chu Er, Qiu Luoye shook her head. "That lover is no good. He acts all proper in front of others, but when he sees Seventh Brother, he just throws a tantrum."

This one is better; he's handsome, speaks softly, and can read.

Seventh Brother, you probably don't know this, but people who can read know a lot of words. You have to spoil them a lot.

Stone agreed, "Girl, come and sit here with me."

"Get lost!" Qiu Luoye kicked the stone away and hurried off to attend to her business.

With the help of various Lineage, the Land Block was developed faster and faster, and there was not much uncultivated wasteland left. Qiu Luoye was not good at counting, so He Yuxiu found a shrew to help him. After repeatedly measuring, they counted the area in one-mile radius and found that Qiu Luoye's Land Block was less than 10,000 square meters.

"I made a lot of money fighting with the Local Earth God over the years, but I lost it all in one battle with Lao Shui." Qiu Luoye looked at the account book and felt a headache coming on.

He did win many battles back then, but he didn't know how to do the math. The Land Block he won weren't very big, but the nine hundred Land Block he lost to Shui Yongquan were a real loss.

"If it's not even 10,000 pieces of land, can it be considered Proper Land?" Qiu Luoye asked Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng looked at Xiao Yeci.

Xiao Yeci shook her head and said, "I dare not speak carelessly about that. The book says it requires ten thousand Land Block of land."

Li Banfeng returned to Portable Abode. He had previously verified with his Wife that everything Xiao Yeci said was accurate.

Even his Wife wasn't sure about this matter. "Hey, husband, it's very rare for a new Proper Land. This Little Slave doesn't know much about it either."

I've heard of Land Block that can be converted from 8,000 to 9,000 Land Block that can't be converted.

It's best to be cautious about this. We can't gather 10,000 men right now anyway. Let's use this time to have Qiu Luoye acquire a few more plots of land.

"Where am I supposed to get it?" Qiu Luoye was at a loss. "None of these neighboring families have bothered me, so why should I go and steal their land?"

Despite its volatile temper, the Qiu Luoye do not oppress others.

Li Banfeng said, "Why don't we talk to Brother Shui and see if he can spare us a few plots of land?"

Qiu Luoye shook his head and said, "How could I possibly ask for that? I lost the fight back then, and he was being lenient by not taking my contract. How could I possibly have the face to ask for the land back?"

"You're so smug, so thin-skinned, so great!" A wisp of will-o'-the-wisp drifted near the Qiu Luoye, and Shui Yongquan's figure emerged from the will-o'-the-wisp.

Qiu Luoye exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"If I don't come, where are you going to find the land?" Shui Yongquan pulled out a map from his pocket, which was already marked.

Shui Yongquan said, "Qiu Daxiang, I have taken thirty li of territory from you, and now I am returning thirty li to you, but not in its original place."

"There are Decency Village on the original territory, as well as a lot of newly developed land. I can't give you all of that, but I can return these other areas to you. Is that acceptable to you?"

Qiu Luoye didn't look at the map; he looked at the Shui Yongquan and asked, "Old Water, why are you helping me?"

Shui Yongquan laughed, "Old Elephant, you've got guts! You really dare to do this. You're about to become Proper Land Local Earth God. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't envious."

I may envy you, but I hope you can succeed. I hope that one day, someone will ask me, "Have you ever seen a new land become Proper Land?"

I said I'd seen it before, right next to my house. The Local Earth God is my brother, Qiu Daxiang!

Qiu Luoye stammered, "Old, Old Water, I don't know how to say it..."

"Then let's not talk about it!" Shui Yongquan took out the contract, cut his palm, and splattered blood. "Come on, brother."

A month later, the last piece of land allocated to Qiu Luoye by Shui Yongquan, which was also the last piece of wasteland in Qiu Luoye's territory, was cleared.

Originally, this land was to be given to Ma Wu, but Qiu Luoye thought about it carefully. Today, all the land has been cleared out, and there will definitely be many people coming to see it.

Ma Wu's method of reclaiming the land was too unique and not suitable for others to watch, so the land was handed over to He Yuxiu to reclaim.

The area within a mile radius was no challenge for He Yuxiu. By noon, the land reclamation was complete, and a faint glimmer of sunlight shone down from the sky.

He Yuxiu walked out of the Land Block and stood next to Li Qi, saying, "Seventh Brother, I've been through so much land reclamation, but this is the first time I've ever seen such beautiful daylight."

This patch of light is truly beautiful; it doesn't resemble a lamp in the night sky, but rather a ray of new light at dawn, because the surrounding sky is bright.

Li Banfeng was overjoyed. The most urgent matter now was dealing with the affairs of 10,000 people.

"This is difficult," Li Banfeng sighed. "Even with high prices, Lao Wuhua is still not very willing to come and stay. We've only managed to gather a little over two thousand people so far, and with Juanzi and the others, that's just over five thousand. We've only reached halfway."

He Yuxiu made a subtle joke, "I'm in good health, why don't we have the baby tonight and give birth to the rest of them?"

Li Banfeng asked in astonishment, "Five thousand?"

He Yuxiu laughed and said, "No rush, take your time. You Tao has a good figure, and Ye Ci can take care of children. We sisters can have children together for you."

Li Banfeng looked up at the bright sky and laughed out loud.

Shui Yongquan stood beside the Qiu Luoye, and the two of them were also laughing.

Ma Wu was laughing, Lu Chunying was laughing, Chu Er was laughing, and everyone looking at the sky was laughing.

Juanzi led all the Three-Headed People to look at the sky, Xiao Shan whispered, "Sister, our house is lit up."

Xiao Yeci nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, it's so bright."

You Tao touched Xiao Yeci's hand. "Yes, why is it so shiny?"

Qiu Luoye blinked and said, "Isn't it a little too bright?"

A burst of intense light illuminated the Qiu Luoye's Territory as bright as day.

Shui Yongquan cried out in alarm, "Oh no! Dawn is breaking! Quick, hide!"