Paying Respects to the Young Master

A few days earlier, Xiao Yan had casually complained that Xiao Meng had taken over the back mountain, but Xiao Zhan took those words to heart. As the Xiao Clan gained more and more powerful members, they naturally needed more space.

Thus, Xiao Zhan decided to undertake major construction, an idea that received the full support of the other elders. They, too, felt that the Xiao Clan's grounds were indeed rather cramped.

Xiao Zhan spent lavishly, buying up several nearby streets. Within days, brand-new residences began rising from the ground.

Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others all received independent courtyards equipped with cultivation rooms. Even Xiao Yu and the others were given small residences of their own.

Among them, Xiao Yan's residence was the widest, largest, and most imposing. As for Xiao Meng, he still lived in his original house, though the back mountain now belonged to him.

Over the next few days, Xiao Meng became the busiest person of all. One person after another dragged him off to set up formations. No sooner had he finished one than he had to work on another, with a long queue still waiting behind them. He was exhausted every day.

Yet Xiao Meng enjoyed it instead, treating it as a form of arduous cultivation. Thus, whether it was a qi-gathering formation or a defensive formation, he chose only the best arrangements for every residence.

After setting up the formations, he rarely showed himself. Instead, he stayed in the back mountain, calming his mind as he contemplated the Myriad Ages Undying Scripture. As for the Life-Devouring Gu he had raised within his body, Xiao Meng had not dealt with it yet. The system had said that this Life-Devouring Gu was a Nine-Transformation Life-Eating Gu, and letting Big Old Two devour it would