Day after day, a few more days passed.
Around the Ice God Temple in the Ice God Secret Realm, a new scene was slowly unfolding across the wilderness.
Qian Wuyou lay in a specially made rocking chair.
He held a gourd of fine wine in his hand, lounging against the cushion. For once, he had set down the weight on his shoulders and stolen a moment of relaxation.
"Drink while there's wine today; tomorrow can bring tomorrow's worries!"
Qian Wuyou took a small sip of wine and murmured with a sigh, though a hint of concern still lingered between his brows.
"I wonder how my little sister, Tianzhen, and Wuxie are doing."
After returning from Heaven Dou City, Qian Wulu had taken the initiative to offer her help, determined to ease the burdens of the newly reborn Angel Family.
The Angel Family was now in dire need of rebuilding.
After the radical faction of the Angel Family had moved to the Ice God Secret Realm, everything had to start from scratch.
Their first priority was finding food and shelter and establishing a home.
The land in the Ice God Secret Realm was fertile, but the clan members still had to clear the wilds with their own hands, turn the soil, and plant grain and vegetables before they could gradually build up their food stores.
The Ice God Secret Realm was also safe, with no outside enemies to trouble them. But apart from the Ice God Temple, there wasn't a single house in the entire realm for the clan members to live in.
To solve this problem, the entire clan worked together, felling trees in the mountains, quarrying stone, and building houses with their own hands.
After several days of effort, neat rows of houses had sprung up across the wilderness. They weren't luxurious, but they were more than enough to give the clan members a stable place to live.
Once the houses were built, everyone divided the work and began clearing large stretches of nearby wilderness. Neat fields gradually took shape, one after another.
Everyone had their own duties. Some repaired houses, others tended the fields, and still others planned out the settlement.
The Angel Family members, once so proud, set aside their airs and worked alongside one another, putting down roots here and building a new home for themselves, step by step.
Just as Qian Wuyou was lost in thought, he saw Qian Wulu arrive at the Ice God Temple, with the sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie following close behind.
"Big brother, thanks to Tianzhen and Wuxie's help, I've not only taken care of the clan's logistical work, but also finished compiling the records for everyone who moved to the Ice God Secret Realm."
Qian Wulu's eyes now held a capable gleam, and none of her usual liveliness remained.
The sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie stood quietly at her side, their eyes gentle yet steady.
Clearly, the hard work of the past few days had helped all three of them mature quickly.
"Mm! You've all worked hard!"
"Please, go ahead and give me your report."
The lazy expression vanished from Qian Wuyou's face, replaced by the solemnity of a man in charge.
"Big brother, take a look at the clan records first. There are three thousand five hundred people who moved with us to the Ice God Secret Realm, including the original one thousand members of the Angel Legion."
"Next, the remaining two thousand five hundred clan members are all between Soul Elder and Soul Emperor in strength, from level 30 to level 60. Strictly speaking, all three thousand five hundred of us could serve as soldiers."
Qian Wuyou wasn't surprised by Qian Wulu's report at all.
After all, every clan member who had chosen to move to the Ice God Secret Realm belonged to the Radical Faction.
If they hadn't had the strength to protect themselves, how would they have dared to provoke the Spirit Hall bishops who supported Bibi Dong?
"Mm! Good! Very good!"
Qian Wuyou nodded, signaling for them to continue.
"Big brother, besides the clan records, Tianzhen, Wuxie, and I have also inventoried and catalogued all the vast resources we seized in Heaven Dou City last time."
"Food, cloth, ores, herbs, Soul Bones, cultivation resources—you name it, we have it. We even have a full assortment of rare treasures."
"It's enough to support the entire clan for a long time, and to provide the resources needed for the family's future development and the clan members' cultivation."
Qian Wuyou rubbed his chin, pondering.
To put it simply, he had all the people and resources he needed. He could easily conquer a few kingdoms.
For example, the four kingdoms within the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Four Kingdoms: "Bu Hao! You're coming for us?"
"Oh! Right!"
"Big brother, I forgot to mention one more thing!"
Just then, Qian Wulu seemed to remember something and hurriedly spoke up.
"In the past few days, no fewer than five hundred clan members have submitted applications to me, all of them wanting to join the Angel Legion."
"The problem is, all five hundred applicants are young kids from the next generation, and most of them are around level 30, at the Soul Elder rank."
"They heard that we punched the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and kicked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and then saw all the resources we seized from Heaven Dou City..."
"Now they all want to get stronger. They're itching to come with us and hack people to pieces instead of staying back here to farm and handle logistics."
At this, even Qian Wulu couldn't help rolling her eyes.
A bunch of level 30 Soul Elders, and all they thought about was causing trouble.
"Clan Leader, what the young miss said is indeed a problem!"
"I don't know why, but none of the younger generation wants to handle all those tedious logistical chores. They're all set on going into battle with us to gain experience."
"We've compiled the applications, but whether to accept them, how to arrange things, and how to train them are all decisions for you, Clan Leader."
The sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie couldn't help rubbing their temples.
The Angel Family wasn't some barbaric, war-hungry power. So why was the younger generation so eager to fight and kill?
"They want to fight and kill?"
"Heh! That's easy enough..."
Qian Wuyou smiled faintly and calmly settled all the arrangements.
"Put all the supplies into storage and seal them up. Introduce a contribution-point exchange system for the entire clan, with no favoritism or special treatment."
"Clan members can earn contribution points by clearing land, guarding the settlement, handling logistics, or going out on missions. From now on, they can exchange points for cultivation resources and daily necessities according to their needs."
Qian Wuyou paused, then laid down the core policy for the family's main fighting force.
"The Angel Legion is the foundation that allows our family to stand on its own. Starting today, all members of the main fighting force will earn double contribution points. Weapons and armor, as well as cultivation resources, will be given to them first. We'll do everything we can to raise the overall strength of our main force."
Then Qian Wuyou clearly assigned positions and responsibilities, his reasoning orderly and his decisions decisive.
"As for the younger generation who are itching to fight and kill, put them all in the Angel Reserve Legion. Assign a few instructors to drill those kids mercilessly every day."
"This will satisfy their desire to grow stronger while gradually building a solid foundation. We can slowly train them into the family's reserve force of the future."
The younger generation had simply grown restless after leaving the stifling confines of Spirit City, and now they had too much energy and wanted to fight and kill.
This was an easy problem to solve. All they had to do was train them hard until they'd worn off that excess energy!
Compared with these minor issues among the younger generation, he was about to face a storm of fury from Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the forces across the entire continent.
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