After several days of flying, the Liu Household's party returned safely to Peach Blossom Mountain. In the few months they had been away, the mountain had undergone tremendous changes!
After his father, Liu Shihao, successfully reached Foundation Establishment and the Liu Household became a Foundation Establishment lineage, the lineage's Elder Council deliberated on a major expansion of Peach Blossom Manor. The proposal then passed unanimously at a gathering of the entire lineage.
The new plan would turn the original Peach Blossom Manor into an inner city, with the expanded grounds forming an outer city. Taller outer walls would be built, along with Peach Blossom Hall, a new lineage affairs hall capable of holding gatherings of several hundred people, and more courtyards, pavilions, and other buildings.
To this end, every member of the Liu Lineage pitched in, launching a massive construction effort on Peach Blossom Mountain. To speed up the work, several thousand mortal members of the lineage were also called up from Peach Blossom Town at the foot of the mountain.
The greatest difficulty in building the manor was sourcing construction materials, since even the lowest-quality materials required were lower-grade first-tier stone and spirit wood. The lineage therefore increased production at its stone quarries and sent dedicated logging teams deep into the mountains to harvest the necessary spirit wood.
Since Peach Blossom Hall would serve as the venue for gatherings of the entire Liu Lineage and the upcoming Foundation Establishment celebration, it was completed first.
The newly built Peach Blossom Hall stood in the manor's inner city. Its main structure was tall and magnificent, exuding imposing grandeur! Its walls were made of middle-grade first-tier gold crystal stone, while its roof, doors, and windows were made of middle-grade first-tier golden sandalwood. The interior was simple and spacious, its floor paved with