"The sage never strives for greatness, and thus achieves greatness."

Chen Fan stared at the scene before him, his breath caught in his throat, his eyes filled with shock.

All I saw was -

At the moment the Copper Pipe were activated.

The ceiling of the Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion is inlaid with countless stalactites that emit a ghostly blue light, like an inverted galaxy, casting an Ice-Cold blue glow.

The light did not diffuse.

It fell straight to the ground, as if it were a tangible object.

Just like...

Dry Ice.

He found a suitable adjective in his mind: like countless swirls of Blue Grade Dry Ice falling from the ceiling.

These stalactites weren't just randomly placed; the falling Ice-Cold, bluish light formed a "Formation" on the Black Jade Stone floor that he couldn't understand, but which looked very sophisticated.

At a glance.

The entire interior of the Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion is like Immortal Realm.

"Call..."

Chen Fan looked at this scene, took a deep breath, and turned to look at his Camp. This "Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion" seemed out of place with his Camp, and did not look like a building that should belong to him at all.

This building must be kept strictly confidential.

He had no doubt.

Once leaked, many forces will covet this Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion.

Even the "Training Room" is a building that many forces don't possess, yet he has an even more advanced "Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion."

He looked at the "Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion" panel.

It looks impressive.

However, the specific effects still depend on the panel.

Building Name: Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion.

"Building grade": White.

Building grade: Level 4.

Architectural effect:

1: Cultivation speed is increased, depending on the amount of Eerie Stone consumed, up to a maximum of ten times.

2: The speed of comprehending Martial Technique is increased, depending on the number of Eerie Stone consumed, up to a maximum of ten times faster.

3: Contains the essence of Mountain Embryo, with a low probability of sudden enlightenment.

PS: Upgrading to level 5 requires 5,000 Eerie Stones and 1 "Sea Embryo".

"10 times..."

After silently reciting the number, Chen Fan strode into the Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion, found a place to sit cross-legged, and looked at the Ice-Cold blue light falling on him from the ceiling, which felt warm and comforting.

It felt like I was in a sauna in a bathhouse in a past life.

Slowly close your eyes.

He silently activated the Cultivation Manual that Zhou Mo had passed on to him.

He had tried cultivation before.

He dedicates several hours each day to practicing, and with the Cultivation Manual Zhou Mo gave him, it will take at least six months to absorb all 50 [units of energy/techniques].

Reaching Level-Two Cultivator with a single Eerie Stone was a bit too slow, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

One hour later.

He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

He unleashed the Full Firepower of the Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion, cultivating at ten times the speed for an hour, but as expected of the Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion, he felt... he felt he made no progress at all.

Even at ten times the speed.

That's equivalent to cultivating for ten hours.

His physical strength hadn't increased, or rather, it had increased, but he couldn't perceive it at all. However, he had consumed "7" Eerie Stone, which was quite obvious.

There are several people in the "Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion," and how many Eerie Stones have they consumed? At this moment, he is the only one cultivating, so the Eerie Stone he has consumed are not many.

Using this building to quickly cultivate a group of powerful Cultivator is actually not cost-effective.

The time it took was a bit too long for him.

The cost-effectiveness of consuming the Eerie Stone is also not high.

However, quickly elevating everyone to the second or third level of Cultivator, giving them stronger physiques, and making their work easier, is still no problem at all. It also reduces energy consumption, allows Zhou Mo to comprehend the "Water-Cutting Saber Art" more quickly, and makes fieldwork safer.

Cultivator of the same level cannot defeat Strange Entities, let alone Defensive Structure like Arrow Tower, but they can defeat humans.

This is also the primary function of Cultivator.

Hitting someone.

After all, conflicts are inevitable when you're out and about, and physical fights are obviously easier to resolve than words.

This Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion belongs to the category of buildings with profound cultural significance.

Chen Fan walked out of the Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion and looked at Zhou Mo, who was standing eagerly outside the door. "You can go in and play later. Come with me to work first."

Then he looked at the people who had come to visit the new building.

"The others followed suit, heading up the mountain to dig for treasure."

This Spirit-Nurturing Pavilion is incredibly advanced.

He is currently in the late stages of microbial disease.

He wanted something more down-to-earth.

He was more excited about Weiwei his parents in the latrine.

It's better to be a little more down-to-earth.

On Nameless Mountain.

Holding the Godslaying Spear, Chen Fan Weiwei in the Open Ground near the nest of his parents. With each step, he forcefully drove the Godslaying Spear into the ground, then pulled it out and carefully smelled it to see if it had any odor. He repeated this process over and over again.

Although it is White Exotic Treasure.

But it's quite sharp.

The soil here isn't as hard Sinkhole Floor, so it works quite well as Luoyang Shovel.

And nearby.

King Mazi, the Crippled Monkey, and others also searched diligently and thoroughly, including Weiwei, who kept digging holes everywhere in an attempt to find the dung pit left by its parents.

Only...

They were busy for a full hour.

We didn't see a single hair.

"Young Master."

The Addicted Monkey, panting, came running over and said, "I've searched the whole area, but I haven't found a single latrine. Could it be that when That One senior left 180 years ago, he dug them all up?"

"Impossible!"

Chen Fan firmly shook his head, denying this possibility.

"That's a senior, a great figure whom even the Wraith King dares not mention by name. He's a powerful figure who can smash a crater in an entire mountain with a single blow. Wan Gui stones are treasures in our eyes, but in the eyes of such a senior, they might be as worthless as toilet paper."

"When you have hundreds of thousands of Eerie Stones, if you see an Eerie Stone lying on the roadside, would you pick it up?"

"I will definitely pick it up," the Crippled Monkey said confidently.

After a long silence, Chen Fan, somewhat unsure of himself, said, "That's true, I would definitely pick it up, but... if it were in a cesspool, you probably wouldn't pick it up, right?"

I'll still pick them up.

"Yeah... I'll pick them up too..."

"But"

He frowned slightly and said, "Even if they really did take it, there should at least be an open latrine with digging marks left behind. We didn't even see an open latrine."

"The latrine must be nearby. Keep searching."

"It's unlikely that such a big shot would be able to take the Eerie Stone from the cesspool with him when he leaves."

"If that's so stingy..."

Why didn't you take the Snow Lotus and Mountain Embryo with you?

Just then -

Hundreds of meters from the cave entrance, Crocodile on the ground in the distance suddenly raised its head and roared, its voice filled with excitement and a sense of boasting.

"Found it!"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he rushed over with the Godslaying Spear in hand. He saw the Crocodile lying on an Open Ground, having already dug a hole with its claws.

"Well done! Weiwei, dig the hole bigger!"

I'll blow your head off and eat it when we get home tonight!

Half an hour later.

Chen Fan stood expressionlessly beside the excavated latrine, using his Godslaying Spear to pick up a stone and examine it. The latrine had been there for a long time, yet there was no foul odor. Over the years, the excrement had decomposed into fossil-like stones.

They have already smashed many stones.

No Eerie Stone was found.

This gave him the feeling that he was gambling on stones.

Two things are certain at this point.

The first thing.

Weiwei parents do have a cesspool, but they are quite particular about it; the cesspool is located far from the entrance to the nest.

The second thing.

That so-called important person is very stingy.

There wasn't a single Eerie Stone in this cesspool; that guy took them all with him when he left.

"Oh."

Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh helplessly. He really couldn't imagine that a big shot who could smash a mountain with a single blow would go to dig up Eerie Stone from a cesspool before leaving. He was quite frugal.

"As expected of a senior."

Standing at the edge of the cesspool, Zhou Mo clasped his hands together in solemn respect and said, "I've always wondered what level of cultivation one needs to reach to smash through a mountain with a single blow, and how many Eerie Stones that would require."

"Now I understand."

"It was this mindset of not wasting a single Eerie Stone that enabled our predecessor to reach such a high level."

As the saying goes...

"The most difficult things in the world must be done by starting with the easiest. The greatest things in the world must be done by starting with the smallest."

"Today, seeing how much my senior cherishes even such a trivial thing, I finally understand the meaning of 'The sage does not strive for greatness, therefore he achieves greatness.'"

"I was so foolish to think I could achieve it all at once."

"Senior, I understand."

"You've got a screw loose."

Chen Fan glanced at Zhou Mo with a hint of annoyance. "You're still stuck here pondering? Go look around elsewhere. Since you found the first latrine, there must be a second and a third."

"That One important person can't possibly take all the Eerie Stone from the cesspool with him, can he?"

"All the stones in this cesspool have been smashed."

"There might be some left at the bottom."

Another half hour passed.

Chen Fan stood expressionless before a cesspool with the Crippled Monkey and the others, remaining silent for a long time.

Since digging the first cesspool, they have found a pattern. Weiwei's parents do not like to build the cesspool too close to the entrance of the nest, but rather in a more distant place. They have dug out the third, fourth, fifth, and even a total of six cesspools.

It's fair to say that the gains were considerable.

However, instead of finding a single Eerie Stone, they did find a pile of fossils made from excrement.

"Young Master."

The Crippled Monkey standing to the side tentatively looked at the fossils in the dung pit and asked a question.

"Should we take all these fossilized feces back with us? Weiwei, Mom seems pretty capable. These things have decomposed in the soil for hundreds of years; they might be some valuable treasures that we can use later."

That makes sense.

Chen Fan sighed softly. Although he was still a little disappointed, he accepted it gladly and nodded. "It'll be hard for you all. Pack all these fossilized feces into boxes and take them back. You never know when we might need them."

The Crippled Monkey's words reminded him.

Those Strange Entities, especially Strange Entities without Sentience, are extremely sensitive to this aura. If these fossilized feces are placed together, ordinary Strange Entities will not dare to approach, which is equivalent to a natural, non-luminous Eerie Fire.

That means we've gained something.

As the saying goes, thieves never leave empty-handed. They'd been digging here for so long; they couldn't just go back empty-handed, could they? That would be disgraceful.

"Get to work."

Chen Fan clapped his hands, looked at everyone, and smiled again, "These are all good treasures, take them all back, don't leave a single one behind."

"Station Master," Zhou Mo leaned over from the side, thoughtfully suggesting a possibility.

"We may have been trapped in a misconception all along. We learned from the Wraith King that 180 years ago, a great figure known as 'That One Person' left this place."

"And the Canyon we are in is also a crater left behind by That One great man."

"It is known that That One important figure is very likely a Cultivator with a very high level of cultivation."

"It's probably not Builder or anything like that, since there aren't any Building Wreckage around here. But since it's an important person, they're likely accompanied by a bunch of Attendant. This latrine might not have been dug by the important person themselves, but rather Attendant their followers. In that case, it wouldn't be surprising if they took all the Eerie Stone from the latrine."

"And then?" Chen Fan turned his head to look at Zhou Mo, somewhat not understanding what Zhou Mo was trying to say.

"What I mean is, if that's the case, then this senior isn't actually what I thought, not particularly admirable."

"Stop trying to understand the Tao, get back to work!"

After waving Zhou Mo away, Chen Fan continued to look around, still somewhat unwilling to give up, and continued his search.

As he walked, he kept stabbing the ground with the Crippled Monkey's Godslaying Spear, feeling like a tomb raider using Luoyang Shovel.

The only difference is that others rob graves, but he robbed excrement.

Another half hour passed. During this time, everyone packed the excrement into boxes and had the Crocodile run up and down the mountain several times. They had basically carried it all back to the Headquarters.

Chen Fan looked up at the sky and finally gave up. He had been poking around for a long time but hadn't found any new latrines. It seemed that there really were only these few latrines left, and none of them had any Eerie Stone left behind.

"I'm leaving, I'm going home."

Chen Fan casually plunged the Godslaying Spear into the ground one last time, then pulled it out and headed towards the Crocodile lying on the ground, preparing to go home, as it was getting late.

But at that moment...

He suddenly noticed that the tip of the Godslaying Spear, which had been pulled from the ground, was wrapped in a faint milky white liquid.

"This is?"

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback, and after a long while, he suddenly realized that this was all too familiar to him; it was the milky white liquid emitted after the Eerie Stone shattered.

The Spear he had just thrust into the ground shattered an Eerie Stone buried underground.

"Hello!"

Chen Fan immediately became excited, looked at the Crocodile lying nearby ready to take them home, and shouted, "Don't just lie there, come over and dig this out to see what's down there!"

"Is there a latrine that hasn't been dug out yet?"

Zhou Mo, Crippled Monkey, and the others immediately became excited and ran over in a flash, looking expectantly at the Crocodile digging. Their previously extinguished hope was rekindled.

The pit was quickly dug out.

It really is a Deep Pit.

There were signs of excavation in those latrines. After That One important person removed the Eerie Stone from those latrines, he filled them back in. He was quite particular about it.

At the bottom of the Deep Pit, there were no fossils, only Eerie Stone mixed with Soil. At a glance, a large number of white Eerie Stone were interspersed with many Ghostly Green Eerie Stone, which looked extremely eye-catching.