Early morning.
The Sect's major construction work was largely finished, though it would still take some time to complete everything.
But the main timber structures were up, so that sheer, tremendous noise was gone.
People might have found the noise tolerable, but for Green Snake, it had been something of a torment.
As the noise diminished, its perception of the outside world finally stopped being one long shudder.
It had even been putting more energy into cutting timber lately.
Unfortunately... ever since Qinghe left, she had never returned.
It wondered whether she had lost track of time while immersed in arduous cultivation.
Green Snake gently swayed its tail, gazing leisurely toward the fully roofed Main Hall.
Interior work required finesse. Although Green Snake considered itself clever, it could hardly carve those exquisitely intricate decorations with its tail.
So its work ended here.
Now Li Yingling, the Sect's boss, had given it a new assignment.
Here were its allotted Spirit Stones. Off it went to cultivate.
This was good news for Green Snake. As long as it showed sufficient talent for cultivation, it would still be entrusted with important work as its cultivation advanced.
Take Zhou Ping, for instance. He was nothing but cultivation trash. Green Snake could finish him in an instant without even trying.
Naturally, there was no need to ask why it did not compare itself with Li Yingling.
She was Eldest Senior Sister. Naturally, she had her own distinctive strengths, as Green Snake could certainly understand.
Unfortunately, this Eldest Senior Sister had cultivation to spare but not a shred of emotional intelligence.
With the simplest, most humiliating word, Li Yingling had expressed her opinion of a mountain-guarding demon beast whose fighting strength rivaled the Sect mascot's.
[Laughable!]
Green Snake still remembered the hurt that word had inflicted