"That old bastard had done every wicked thing under the sun."
Third Old expressed her heartfelt sympathy upon hearing this.
"Now that's the pain of a dysfunctional family."
She controlled one hand to bring over a bucket of mixed merit cement, while the other grabbed a handful and slapped it onto the broken end of a Pillar. She smeared it around haphazardly. Shen Tang shot her a warning look. "Take this seriously. Don't do shoddy work! If anything goes wrong, I'll be the one cleaning up the mess."
Third Old said, "You should be grateful someone's helping you. And you're still being picky."
Did Shen Tang expect her to wield a putty knife and do the job properly?
It wasn't like mending the sky or patching the earth, where every detail mattered. She was only filling the gaps with merit, so there was no need to be too meticulous. Besides, at most a thousand years from now, the humans beneath their feet would be gone. There was no point in making the continent too sturdy. This repair only needed to last a thousand years.
It was just that Shen Tang didn't like hearing this.
She was aiming to repair it to a standard that would last another ten thousand years, and she even had the nerve to say, "Would you move house in a thousand years, then slap together a shoddy building for the people you cherish to live in?"
Third Old said, "...Well, no."
Even the most casual pet owner wouldn't let their beloved pet live in a dangerous building. They'd put it in the best place they could afford.
Third Old inwardly shook her head. She'd almost let Shen Tang lead her down the wrong path.
"Did the Heavenly Dao fall out with you just because you protected