After finishing the mountain-protecting Grand Formation at Hundred Blossoms Manor, Liu Changxu and his wife Li Zhenxin turned their attention to building their own residence.
Liu Changxu naturally attached great importance to their residence on Hundred Blossoms Mountain. Only after repeated discussions with Li Zhenxin and Lian'er did he finalize the construction plans:
First was the Purple Cloud Pavilion, which would serve as the family's home. It had five floors: the first housed the living room, dining room, and kitchen; the second held the hot spring baths; the third contained the children's bedrooms; the fourth held the bedrooms for Liu Changxu and his two wives; and the fifth was a cultivation chamber for secluded training, equipped with an upper-grade second-tier Spirit-Gathering Formation.
Second was the Hundred Arts Hall, a place for refining pills and magical artifacts, crafting talismans, and refining Formation Discs.
Third were cave dwellings for their spirit beasts and a hive for their spirit insects, the Amethyst Bees. Since Liu Changxu and his wife's spirit beasts, the Yellow Mountain Lion and Blue-Scaled Python, had enormous bodies, only cave dwellings excavated into the mountain could accommodate them.
As for the Amethyst Bees, they were still first-tier spirit bees, so their honey could no longer meet Liu Changxu's cultivation needs and merely satisfied his appetite. His wives and children, however, needed it very much, especially his daughter Liu Jiao, who loved Amethyst Bee honey most of all.
Moreover, as long as they had second-tier spirit flowers from which to gather nectar, the Amethyst Bees had a strong chance of advancing. Once they succeeded, they could benefit Liu Changxu's cultivation again.
Fourth was the Dueling Platform, a circular stone platform covering thirty mu, used to practice spells and spar with others. A second-tier formation would also be installed to prevent the