Preparation (Fourth Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Preparation (Fourth Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Outside the Small Medicine Field, under Hu Donghan's specific instructions, Niu Ergen did not dare slack off in the slightest. He kept watch over the other ten servants the entire time, never letting them leave his sight for even a step.

Niu Ergen was clever, so he knew that all the treatment he enjoyed now came from Hu Donghan. Niu Ergen was also honest, so he had faithfully carried out Hu Donghan's orders without daring to show the slightest negligence.

As dawn began to break, Niu Ergen and the ten servants who had stayed up all night yawned together.

The moment Hu Donghan returned from the Small Medicine Field, Niu Ergen and the ten servants jolted as though they had been soaked in cold water, becoming much more awake.

Niu Ergen trotted up to Hu Donghan, respectfully bowed, and said, "Greetings, Martial Uncle."

After his earlier experiment, Hu Donghan had gained a rough understanding of the Medicine Spirit Ghost, and his mood had improved considerably. Smiling, he nodded. "Mm... you did well. You must be tired after staying up all night, right?"

"Thank you for your praise, Martial Uncle. It was only one night without sleep, nothing worth mentioning," Niu Ergen quickly replied.

Indeed, Niu Ergen spoke the truth. Once a cultivator reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, they could go without sleep or rest and would not feel weary. If one reached the Late Qi Refining Realm, going without sleep for a month would only damage one's mind and spirit. As for cultivators in the Qi Refinement Early Stage and mid-stage Qi Refining, their bodies had already undergone several rounds of tendon cleansing and marrow washing. Compared with ordinary people, they were stronger by an unknown amount, and only after three or four days without sleep would their bodies suffer harm.

Hu Donghan smiled faintly again and said, "You stayed up all night, so you should indeed be somewhat tired. However, there is still quite a bit of work for you to do during the day today. There will also be some matters to attend to over the next few days. Once we get through these busy days, things will be easier."

Hearing this, Niu Ergen immediately said, "It's no problem. No problem at all. Whatever Martial Uncle says, this disciple will do."

The other servant disciples also agreed one after another.

After eating the meal delivered by the servants, Hu Donghan immediately brought the group to the vicinity of the Small Medicine Field and explained what he had in mind.

Naturally, the servants were thoroughly bewildered and could not make heads or tails of it—the key to Little Jade Flat's medicine fields should obviously lie in the two Large Medicine Fields.

Little Jade Flat had just over sixteen mu of medicine fields in total, with more than thirteen mu located in the two Large Medicine Fields. The Small Medicine Field occupied less than three mu. By ordinary reasoning, the main focus of guarding them should naturally be on the Large Medicine Fields.

Yet Hu Donghan was now ordering them to build a fence one and a half men high around the Small Medicine Field, and to build a small house for one person on the side of the Small Medicine Field facing the Large Medicine Fields!

What did Hu Donghan mean by this? Could it be that he planned to live here at the Small Medicine Field from now on?

Could it be that his future focus would be on the Small Medicine Field, while he would not pay much attention to the two Large Medicine Fields? Wasn't that putting the cart before the horse?

Moreover, Hu Donghan had specifically ordered them to build a fence as tall as a man and a half, which left them even more puzzled.

Little Jade Flat was located halfway up the mountain, and Overlapping Peaks was thick with yin energy, so there were basically no wild beasts at all. What use was a fence?

A fence to keep out insects? It was a novel idea, but they had truly never heard of such a thing. If spiritual herbs became infested, how could a mere little fence possibly stop it?

However, though they could not understand it, Hu Donghan was now the person in charge of all Little Jade Flat. Since Hu Donghan had said so, they could only obey. In any case, even if something truly went wrong in the end, Hu Donghan would be the one bearing the brunt of the trouble. As for servants like them, they were merely following orders!

That was the advantage of obedient servants.

If those two former servant leaders had been here, when Hu Donghan told them to do this, they might have smugly offered objections, fancied themselves clever, and tried to lecture Hu Donghan.

Of course, among the servants, only Niu Ergen vaguely had some guesses—

Hu Donghan had previously told him about possessing a Medicinal-Scent Ghost. In Niu Ergen's view, Hu Donghan's special attention to the Small Medicine Field had to be because of the Medicinal-Scent Ghost. As for the exact details, Niu Ergen did not know.

Though Niu Ergen had his suspicions, he would not casually spread the matter around. Since Hu Donghan had not told him to speak of it, he had to keep it secret. In this regard, what Niu Ergen did greatly satisfied Hu Donghan.

Building a not-too-good house and surrounding three mu of land with a fence one and a half men high was not a particularly large project.

Although these servant disciples were not specialized craftsmen, completing such work would only take two or three days.

And the Medicine Spirit Ghost was in no rush to cultivate spiritual herbs over those two or three days.

Taking advantage of this free time, Hu Donghan went to the Disciple Market again to find Lang Tianya and informed him that he had moved to Little Jade Flat.

Moreover, Hu Donghan placed a large order with Lang Tianya. He needed a daily supply of Wandering Souls filling three Soul Rings. As for the method of trade, Hu Donghan would send servants every day to collect the Soul Rings. When he bade Lang Tianya farewell and left, Hu Donghan also left behind a spiritual herb worth forty spirit stones as a deposit.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, and Hu Donghan's new residence had been completed.

Hu Donghan's new residence was not large. It had only two rooms and a basement, with a total area of less than one hundred square meters. Compared to the large houses built beside the two Large Medicine Fields, it was worlds apart.

However, Hu Donghan did not think much of it.

To Hu Donghan, this new residence was merely a place to cultivate. If he had not habitually left a room for Hu Meier as well, he might even have considered building only one room.

The new residence had a front door and a back door.

The front door faced the two Large Medicine Fields and the mountain path leading down; once the back door was opened, the three mu of medicine fields came into view.

After merely looking over the rooms and confirming that there were no major issues, Hu Donghan waved his hand and dismissed the servants. He also instructed them that from now on, they only needed to take care of the two Large Medicine Fields and were not to come disturb the Small Medicine Field unless necessary.

After dismissing the servants, Hu Donghan released the Medicine Spirit Ghost and entered the basement with it.

This basement was the "dining hall" and cultivation ground Hu Donghan had prepared for the Medicine Spirit Ghost.

The basement was not large, only around thirty square meters.

Hu Donghan brought the Medicine Spirit Ghost into the basement, first found a corner, and drew upon the soul power within the Soul List to temporarily create a Soul-Forming Ground. Then Hu Donghan beckoned the Medicine Spirit Ghost over, extracted a portion of its soul power, and mixed it into the Soul-Forming Ground.

The Medicine Spirit Ghost's soul power was different from the soul power within the Soul List, remaining separate from it. Moreover, the Medicine Spirit Ghost's soul power was unstable, continuously rolling back and forth within the space of the Soul-Forming Ground, as though stirring something within it.