Labor Is Glorious

Zhang Yang dragged Kong Xiuping along, heading straight for a place seventy miles west of Azure Cloud City.

This place has a medicinal herb garden base of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Zhang Yang pointed to the medicinal herb garden under construction and said to Kong Xiuping, "Brother Kong, this is where we will house our disciples. Just look around, all the secrets are open to you!"

Although Kong Xiuping was speechless, since he had already come, he had to see clearly how the Azure Cloud Sect was settling its disciples.

Then he saw about two or three thousand people dividing up the medicinal garden, cultivating the spiritual soil, and making preparations for planting the spirit medicine.

To Kong Xiuping's great surprise, among these thousands of people, some were working with great enthusiasm, while others were dejected.

"Brother Zhang, why are some disciples not very enthusiastic?" Kong Xiuping asked Zhang Yang with a strange look in his eyes.

His father sent him to investigate, and now that he's discovered something unusual, he naturally has to find out the details.

Zhang Yang explained, "Among these two or three thousand people, the lively ones are our Azure Cloud Sect disciples, while the dejected ones are Rogue Cultivators from Azure Cloud City who violated the rules. They committed serious offenses, so after we captured them, we made them work for a year before releasing them."

Kong Xiuping then understood the reason and nodded slightly.

So there was a group of criminals involved; no wonder they were acting so strangely.

But why are those Azure Cloud Sect disciples so happy doing chores instead of cultivating properly?

He had also seen the disciples from Langya Sacred Land who had been sent to cultivate medicinal herbs. Those disciples were all dejected, just like the criminals here.

Why are the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect so happy?

After an investigation, Kong Xiuping discovered some slogans posted on the construction site:

"Every brick in building Azure Cloud Sect is a valuable asset; we'll be there wherever we're needed!"

"Work hard to build today, and enjoy life to the fullest tomorrow!"

"To get rich, plant more medicinal herbs and more trees!"

"Labor is glorious, laziness is shameful!"

Kong Xiuping was stunned when he saw these slogans.

He felt some of the slogans made sense, while others seemed to be persuasive, and still others were clearly tempting...

So, is this why the Azure Cloud Sect disciples are so enthusiastic and hardworking?

He thought it was impossible.

Because, surely not all of these Azure Cloud Sect disciples are that stupid?

He frowned and silently inspected the first construction site.

Zhang Yang, along with Kong Xiuping, headed to the second construction site.

Same situation.

Slogans are everywhere!

The Azure Cloud Sect disciples continued their work with great enthusiasm, while the criminals remained dejected.

This isn't right!

Kong Xiuping observed silently for a while, then glanced at Zhang Yang, walked over to a Foundation Establishment Disciple was singing Le Yang and digging vigorously, and asked, "Are you a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect?"

"Certainly!"

The Azure Cloud Sect disciple who was digging stopped his hoe and answered proudly.

Kong Xiuping asked in surprise, "Then why are you willing to dig in the ground instead of cultivating properly?"

The Azure Cloud Sect disciple looked regretful and shook his head, saying, "I'm not destined for that!"

"Um?"

"I lack talent," the Azure Cloud Sect disciple said frankly. "The sect gave me seven years, and I'm still only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, with no signs of improvement whatsoever."

My potential has been exhausted, so I can only blame myself for not being able to cultivate, not the sect.

My Eldest Senior Brother once said that cultivation depends on talent.

My senior brothers and sisters have also said that if you've spent a lot of resources and still haven't seen results, it means your potential has been exhausted and you can't continue on that path.

Kong Xiuping was quite surprised; this Azure Cloud Sect disciple actually possessed such awareness?

He simply couldn't imagine that these disciples had been educated for nearly ten years; how could their ideological awareness not be high?

"Don't you feel regretful?" Kong Xiuping asked curiously.

The Azure Cloud Sect disciple nodded. "Of course there are regrets, but we've exhausted our potential, so what can we do?"

Moreover, the Eldest Senior Brother also said so.

If we can break through again and demonstrate our talent for cultivation, we can continue cultivating.

I'm currently Body Refinement, continuing to hone my physique. Who knows, maybe one day I'll Core Formation Realm?

Kong Xiuping deliberately asked, "You are clearly a cultivator, yet you're digging in the ground. Are you truly content with this?"

The Azure Cloud Sect disciple grinned and asked in return, "Do you know what you used to do?"

"Didn't you ask?"

The Azure Cloud Sect disciple laughed and said, "I used to be a farmer, a man who lived hand to mouth."

It was the senior brothers and sisters of the sect who found me, gave us cultivation Cultivation Method Cultivation Resources, and enabled us to cultivate.

Now that our talents have been exhausted, we can simply continue doing what we used to do. What is there to be dissatisfied about?

More importantly, I have a clear feeling that I can live longer and that there are still opportunities in the Future.

As for the farmers like me, many of them are probably dying because they are unable to cultivate.

Compared to them, I'm already very satisfied.

He paused for a moment, looked at Zhang Yang beside him, and smiled brightly. Then he turned back to Kong Xiuping and said, "I'm only chatting with you a little longer because you came with Eldest Senior Brother."

Don't disturb me while I'm working; I haven't finished today's goals yet!

After he finished speaking, he didn't bother to greet Zhang Yang and continued digging.

Kong Xiuping walked away with a strange feeling in his heart.

He glanced at Zhang Yang, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Brother Zhang, could you let me take a look myself? You don't need to follow me."

He was a little worried that Zhang Yang might have deliberately hired people to act in his shoes.

He'd already suffered losses at Zhang Yang several times, so he couldn't help but think more about it.

Even if he's foolish, after suffering so many losses, shouldn't he be more cautious?

Zhang Yang chuckled and gestured, "Please!"

He had been working on his ideology for over ten years; how could Kong Xiuping have discerned the clues in such a short time?

He's deliberately showing off his generosity to Kong Xiuping, hoping Kong Xiuping will act as a tool to help him train the Azure Cloud Sect disciples.

Kong Xiuping acted alone on the construction site. After asking a few people, he received answers that were very similar to those given by the Azure Cloud Sect disciple earlier.

None of the Azure Cloud Sect disciples harbored any resentment.

They were all very willing to mine and build medicinal plantations.

After accompanying Kong Xiuping on an inspection tour of more than ten construction sites, Zhang Yang asked, "Brother Kong, do we need to go and check on even more distant sites?"

Kong Xiuping shook his head with a complicated expression; he no longer needed to look.

Having visited so many construction sites, all in roughly the same condition, what can you possibly learn from them all?

He simply couldn't understand why the Azure Cloud Sect disciples were so willing and obedient.

Moreover, as Primordial Spirit Realm, he clearly sensed that those Azure Cloud Sect disciples were truly willing to sacrifice for the sect!

"Since we're not going to look, shall we go back?" Zhang Yang asked, looking at Kong Xiuping. "Also, I remember Brother Kong was going to report these matters to Sage Master... So, shall we return to Langya Sacred Land now?"

Is three days enough?

Three days later, how about Brother Kong demonstrates his Supreme Lore to my fellow disciples?

Brother Kong shouldn't be the kind of person to slip up, right?

Otherwise, wouldn't that be letting down the teachings of our Sage Master?

This leaves Kong Xiuping absolutely no room for maneuver...