One Night

Lin Xiao wasn't surprised by his question, and shrugged in response:

"It would be fine to let the royal family collect the deposit."

"The royal family has no powerful backing, so they definitely won't do something short-sighted like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Let the royal family be upfront with them, collect the deposit, and also give them a warning."

He then continued to explain:

"After all, if the forces behind these sects were really good to them, the three major sects wouldn't be in this state now. Their relationship with the forces behind them is evident from the fact that no one came to their aid when the Shangyang Sect got into trouble. And this situation is certainly not unique to the Shangyang Sect."

Think about it, if other sects had good relations with powerful backers and had someone to support them, they wouldn't have hesitated to attack Shangyang Sect Shangyang Sect when it was in trouble. They would have taken advantage of its weakness to finish it off.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunan suddenly understood:

"Therefore, their relationship with the forces behind them is definitely not very close. As long as the royal family gives them a further warning, they certainly won't do something that would cut off their own source of income."

Seeing that he understood, Lin Xiao smiled and nodded, saying:

That's it.

Having figured out these key points, Liu Yunan was full of confidence:

"Then I will send a letter to the capital tomorrow!"

After saying that, Lin Xiao then addressed everyone:

"Everyone, we're about to officially start building our floating island. When you're not cultivating, you can go dig some soil and cut down some trees, etc. There's a lot to build, and we'll need quite a few materials. I'm also thinking of building a big kitchen for Fuzi on the floating island, and a canteen for us."

As he spoke, he pointed to the dining table in front of him:

"We're almost out of seats at this table."

Upon hearing this, everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks and nodded in agreement:

"Brother Xiao is right! I'll go dig the soil after I finish my cultivation tomorrow!"

"I'm going to cut down the tree!"

"I'll help you move them!"

"I can build houses! Brother Xiao, tell me what kind of canteen and kitchen you want, and I can help you build them!"

"Me too! I can even help Old Master Lin make furniture!"

Everyone was talking with great enthusiasm, and when they got excited, they all wanted to roll up their sleeves and get to work immediately.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao stopped him.

"Don't rush, everyone. Our floating island is so big, it definitely can't be built in just a day or two. Let's take it slow, take it slow."

That being said...

The next day, just as dawn broke, Lin Xiao, who had spent the night mining Spirit Stone Spirit Stone, went to the floating island without even having breakfast. He found that the open space on the island was already piled with many mounds of earth, wood, and other materials.

Further away, there were several rows of trees and flowers with their roots carefully wrapped in soil.

There was even a makeshift brick kiln built in front of them, which was already sealed and firing.

It's obvious they started working in the middle of the night.

These brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, grandmothers... they're really...

Not long after he came up, he encountered Tietou, who was carrying things upstairs.

"Hey, Brother Xiao, you've finished your cultivation?"

Upon seeing Lin Xiao, Tietou unloaded the items from his Storage Bag and ran over to greet him.

Seeing that Tietou was still busy at this hour, Lin Xiao said helplessly:

"Didn't I tell you there was no rush? Why didn't you help me persuade everyone? Instead, you worked with them all night."

Tietou scratched his head and chuckled:

"Well, everyone's got nothing better to do anyway. The thought of building the floating islands is making everyone restless and eager to do something. This is the last trip. Everyone else has gone to cultivate, and I'll go cultivate as soon as I finish this trip."

He spoke as if nothing was wrong, so Lin Xiao asked him:

How's your weapon crafting learning going?

"Huh?" Unexpectedly, Tietou was caught off guard by this sudden mention. After a moment's hesitation, he said:

"Is it... not bad?"

Seeing that he no longer seemed very interested in weapon crafting, Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh at the youth's short attention span. He then patted his shoulder and said in a serious tone:

"Tietou, our sect now has Yigao for alchemy, Elder Liu for talisman crafting, and Yuanjiao for array engraving. We're only missing an elder for weapon crafting. Our sect can't afford to fall behind in any of these areas. I have high hopes for you..."

Tietou was quite surprised to see that Lin Xiao thought this way.

He had thought his job was simply to lead Tuantuan and the others on patrols, but he never expected that Brother Xiao would entrust him with such an important responsibility...

However, after his trip to the Green Field Mystic Realm, he went a bit too far and neglected his weapon-forging career. This was really a mistake!

"Don't worry, Brother Xiao! I promise I'll continue to study weapon crafting diligently starting today! I'll make weapon crafting my top priority after cultivation!"

"Yes, that's how it should be. You have to keep it up. The future of our sect's Artifact Refining Hall depends on you to carry it forward." Lin Xiao nodded with great satisfaction.

Upon hearing this, Tietou pounded his chest repeatedly, as if he'd been injected with adrenaline.

"Alright, Brother Xiao! I'll take care of the future of our sect's Artifact Refining Hall!"

After Tietou went down to cultivate, Lin Xiao looked at the brick kiln that was firing, thought for a moment, took only some of the materials on the ground, and put the rest aside without touching them.

Then he took out two ordinary Cold-Concentrating Jade.

There are still a lot of these things left in the sect's treasury. After all, he had dug out almost all the Cold-Concentrating Jade from the three ice caves in the Icefield Mystic Realm.

Although it is said to be a top-quality material for refining weapons, their sect doesn't need it now.

Moreover, with so many of them, it's not in Lin Xiao's nature to leave them to gather dust in the sect's storeroom.

This kind of material should be used when it's needed to have its value; as long as it's not completely wasted, it's fine.

This time, Lin Xiao doesn't plan to build the library as small as the buildings below.

Now that we have more available land, we should definitely build a grand library.

With two Cold-Concentrating Jade, the Spirit Stone he had mined overnight, and the materials prepared by everyone in the sect overnight, Lin Xiao was very confident that he could synthesize a very magnificent library this time.

He opened the Building Synthesizer and quickly fed in various materials and Spirit Stone without blinking, also adding a few books to guide the synthesizer in the right direction.

Perhaps it was because he had spent 50,000 Spirit Stone on synthesizing Spirit-Rich Mountain yesterday, but now Lin Xiao suddenly felt that investing even more heavily didn't seem so painful anymore.

He had already begun to anticipate the sight of a tall and magnificent library standing on this floating island.

Just thinking about it makes me feel cool.

The system didn't keep him waiting long.

Not long after, a notification sound rang in his mind:

[Ding--The Library has been successfully created. Please select a placement location.]