Looking at the scattered, huge rocks in front of him, Ma Buxiu was momentarily at a loss for words.
What would normally have taken at least a month to move mountains was accomplished by Li Xingkong with just a few sword strikes, making it all seem so surreal.
After cultivating, one can actually possess such strength. If there are many cultivators in the future, won't these old engineers become useless? The productivity of one person can be equivalent to their entire team plus all kinds of modern tools, and even more flexible. After all, no matter how advanced the current vehicles are, they can't traverse all terrains with ease, but a cultivator is different; they can go wherever they want.
The people following behind Ma Buxiu saw Ma Buxiu staring blankly at the stone and caught up with him in a few steps, getting close to Ma Buxiu.
Like him, they reached out and touched the glaze on the surface of the stone, and then they all stared blankly, not uttering a sound.
After a long while, one of the drivers patted Ma Buxiu on the shoulder.
" Old Ma, once I finish this job, I'll take a long leave and go back to cultivate myself. I can't afford not to, or I'll be eliminated sooner or later."
"Approved? Bah! What a load of rubbish! You're all better off going back to your spiritual practice. Don't come back until you've mastered it. I'm giving you a long vacation."
Ma Buxiu rubbed his hands together. If the work hadn't already been assigned, he would have been preparing to take his old buddies back to pick up their cultivation materials right now.
We have no choice but to fix it. The tide of the times has already swept in, and if we don't seize the opportunity to keep up, we'll be drowned in this new era.
Kicked the large rock in front of him, Ma Buxiu looked up at Li Xingkong, who was still in mid-air, his eyes filled with envy and longing.
After Li Xingkong shaved the entire mountain into large and small rocks, he did not stop. Instead, he used the power of his sword to plow through the surrounding terrain. The flying sword flew back and forth at great speed. To others, all they could see was a white light wandering around in the vast wilderness. As the white light flashed, the originally uneven terrain gradually became flat.
The reserved land has completely transformed from its original desolate state. If someone who didn't know better came to see it, they might think they were there to reclaim wasteland and start farming.
Manipulating his Sword Control Technique, Li Xingkong swiftly completed the task of leveling the land all by himself. Of course, besides finishing the project, Li Xingkong also had a good time showing off.
Since he learned the Sword Control Technique, he had never thought of using it so freely. This spell was too noisy and inconvenient to use anywhere, and there were no targets for him to practice attacking. Although the small mountain could not move, its size was enough to allow him to use the Sword Control Technique to his heart's content.
After leveling the entire piece of Earthly Capital, Li Xingkong sheathed his sword, then leaped down and landed beside Ma Buxiu and the others.
"Master Ma, how do you think my land is leveled?"
Li Xingkong and pointed in all directions.
"The immortal's supernatural powers are truly unparalleled. The land is perfectly level; at this rate, we can begin laying the paving stones immediately."
Ma Buxiu first showered Li Xingkong with praise, then stretched out his hand, randomly pointed to a few directions, made a few gestures, closed one eye to look at them several times, and finally nodded, giving Li Xingkong extremely high praise for the land he had leveled.
"Alright, then you can proceed with the follow-up work immediately."
Li Xingkong made his move this time partly because he was itching to get his hands dirty, and partly to speed up the progress of some projects. After all, his array design would be completed in about a week, and if the project here couldn't be finished by then, he would have to wait even longer.
Li Xingkong finished the most time-consuming task here, Ma Buxiu and the others naturally wouldn't drag their feet either.
"Quickly, call the others. Our plans have changed. Go and get the road-paving supplies now. The second phase of the project can begin immediately."
Old Ma gave a few instructions to the person next to him, telling him to go and call everyone to get ready for the meeting.
After giving his instructions, he then spoke to Li Xingkong.
"Immortal Master, what are you going to do with this stone?"
Old Ma pointed to the stones scattered on the ground. These things definitely needed to be taken away, but since they were cut out by Li Xingkong, the right to dispose of them was also in Li Xingkong's hands.
"A stone? What else can you do with it? Just throw it away."
Li Xingkong was a little confused about what use this thing was. He took a couple of steps and walked up to a rock that was about half a meter high. He just kicked it slightly, and the whole rock was kicked up like a shuttlecock.
After bouncing a few times on his feet, Li Xingkong used one foot to push off with a powerful thrust. The entire rock seemed to transform into a cannonball, flying rapidly into the distance. Just as it was about to disappear from sight, the rock crashed to the ground with a thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"What I mean is, if you don't want this stone, can we take it back with us?"
Looking at Li Xingkong's casual kick, and then at the landing point several kilometers away, Old Ma felt a chill run down his spine.
Fear.
"Sure, but what use do you have for this piece of junk? It's worthless."
Li Xingkong never expected that Old Ma had this hobby.
"This stone was cut by your flying sword! Not just me, many people are treasuring it."
Although Old Ma said he really liked the stone, he didn't hide his intentions. He just wanted to take the stone home as a souvenir. For no other reason than the way the stone died, it was enough to give it some collectible value.
The first mountain to be torn apart by a flying sword—that's incredibly memorable.
"Hey, is that so? Then take it if you want."
Li Xingkong laughed. He really hadn't thought of this kind of commemorative significance. Modern people are really interesting; they actually collect things like this.
"Alright, don't worry, the construction period won't be delayed because of this. We'll move all these stones away today."
Old Ma was extremely excited; if Li Xingkong hadn't been there, he would have already called for a truck to come and haul away the stones.
"Okay, call me over after your project is finished."
Li Xingkong glanced around and realized there was nothing more for him to do. He had also familiarized himself with the area so he wouldn't get lost next time. He could leave the rest to the construction team. After all, Li Xingkong hadn't seen many spells that could be used for paving roads, so he couldn't be of much help in this area.
The spellbook did contain two architecture-related spells, but for a project of their scale, these spells were negligible. One was a weakened version of Turn Earth into Mud, and the other a weakened version of Turn Earth into Steel with a Point. These two might have some advantages in small-scale construction projects, but in such a large-scale project, relying on him alone to cast the spells would be much less efficient.