The two of them walked down along the stone steps. They passed through the rear courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, went by the armory, then turned past a narrow alley, and the view before them suddenly opened wide.
They had arrived at the academy construction site.
Kindling Number One had been chosen in the southeastern corner of Jade Dragon City, originally a tax office set up by the Extreme Strength Sect.
That building had been razed flat in the Demonic Calamity, leaving only a few broken walls and rubble strewn all over the ground.
Now, this stretch of ruins was bustling in full swing.
Yang Wudi had stripped off his upper garment, revealing a body of knotty muscle, and was squatting on the ground, gripping a boulder several dozen zhang across.
His Dark Gold Blood-Qi wrapped around the boulder. The muscles on both his arms were twisted into ropes, his veins bulged high, and his clenched teeth creaked.
"Put it on the left! Left! Move it three chi to the left!"
Yang Zhen stood not far away directing him, his voice already shouted hoarse.
"Shut up!" Yang Wudi bared his teeth.
He planted the boulder down onto the foundation, and the entire construction site shook.
Off to the side, Zhao Ji and Feng Wuhen were each dragging a Mystic Iron crossbeam several zhang long. The two mid-stage Spirit Transformation old monsters were drenched in sweat, their expressions twisted to the extreme, and that humiliating feeling seemed to be seeping out from every pore.
Shi Potian had it even worse. He had been assigned to dig the drainage ditch; a mighty Spirit Transformation expert was sprawled in a mud pit, using divine abilities to clear the way, splattering his own face with rotten mud.
And around the construction site, three