Xiushui City

Lin Xiao quickly checked the scope of each part to ensure that the entire city could be integrated with the existing construction of Xiushui Village to the greatest extent possible after it was placed.

However, since the city's planning already referenced the original appearance of Xiushui Village, this was not difficult.

Lin Xiao quickly chose a placement location.

He was planning to inform Liu Yunan to take some men to calm the tourists in the village who were unaware of the situation, fearing that they would be frightened by the sudden turn of events.

But at that moment, a notification popped up in my mind.

[Ding--Congratulations to our sect member Liao Pantu successfully advancing to the Spirit Transformation Stage! He has extracted concepts from the * Original Essence Heart Sutra * and the core of the * Soul-Refining Art *, combining them to create a brand new advanced technique, the * Original Essence Soul Sutra *. He has become the sect's first Spirit Transformation cultivator to create a unique technique. The reward has been sent to your private treasury; please check it. {Note: 'Advanced' means departing from the original technique's established outline and generating new core content, distinct from derivative branches belonging to the original technique's outline.}]

What?!

In just over a month, Senior Liao actually quietly Spirit Transformation? And he even created a brand new advanced cultivation technique called the "Original Essence Soul Sutra"?

Lin Xiao was greatly shocked.

After the initial shock came ecstasy.

In that case, their Lingxian Sect, at least in the Mortal Realm, could practically do whatever they wanted, right?

Although he didn't really want to walk sideways.

However, it's true that they could be more high-profile.

For example, at this annual meeting, if he had known earlier that Senior Liao could Spirit Transformation, he wouldn't have needed to invite a portion of the people first; he could have simply printed a bunch of invitations and distributed them widely throughout the Mortal Realm!

But the annual meeting is tomorrow, so it's obviously too late to send the money now.

Fortunately, this was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Although I'm a little curious about the rewards in the private treasury, the most important thing right now is to get the city ready to welcome tomorrow's guests.

Once Lin Xiao saw from high above that Liu Yunan had settled the people below, he aligned the huge phantom of the city with the predetermined position and then confirmed.

"Buzz--"

A deep, resonant hum reverberated in people's ears.

Immediately afterwards, the people on the ground felt a tremendous shaking from beneath their feet, followed by howling winds from all directions.

The commotion startled the birds and beasts in the surrounding mountains and forests, who darted out from every corner and fled in all directions.

Dust rose from the ground.

"Ouch! What happened!"

"Oh my god, could it be that the mountain god is angry?" Although Liu Yunan and the villagers of Xiushui Village had tried to calm them down, many people were still flustered and at a loss in the face of the sudden commotion.

"Don't panic, everyone! This is the immortals of our Lingxian Sect building a city! Don't panic!" Because there were so many people, there were many who Liu Yunan and his group couldn't calm down, so many villagers also helped to explain to the uneasy tourists.

People could feel a constant buzzing vibration beneath their feet, as if some violent change was taking place underground.

After about ten breaths, the commotion underground gradually subsided until it completely ceased.

Just when people thought it was over, another earth-shaking roar came from all around!

But this time the commotion was different from before; it wasn't coming from underground, but from the surface in the distance.

With a loud "boom," people saw a tall wall suddenly rise up.

Because of the distance, people cannot see the whole wall, but because of its height, it is clear that it surrounds Dayi area with Xiushui Village as its center.

The surrounding villages were also included.

Liu Yunan had already arranged for his disciples to communicate with those villages. When they learned that their village could also benefit from the construction of Xiushui Village, they were overjoyed.

In recent years, the nearby villages have also benefited greatly from the presence of a cultivation sect nearby. Not only has the marriage market improved for young people in the villages, but the sect also sends immortal disciples down the mountain to help in the event of natural disasters. Furthermore, the increase in the number of tourists has not only made Xiushui Village rich but also provided a good living for the surrounding villages, making everyone much wealthier.

I heard before that Xiushui Village was going to be built into a town. Originally, the surrounding villages just thought that it would be a great thing if they didn't have to travel all the way to Emerald Peak Town to go to town to shop or buy things.

Unexpectedly, not long afterward, they too became city dwellers.

Therefore, the surrounding villages, like Xiushui Village, have an extremely high level of trust in the Lingxian Sect. When Lingxian Sect specially sent disciples to discuss with them, saying that if they did not want to live in the city, the sect would give them a settlement fee to help them relocate to villages outside the city's boundaries.

Where can you find such a considerate immortal?

Therefore, the villagers in the nearby villages also saw these movements. Although they were also still frightened, when they saw the tall city wall rising from the distant horizon, their excitement had already overshadowed their anxiety.

When the towering city walls finally stopped growing, a new round of activity began.

Suddenly, it was as if an invisible, enormous machine was crushing the ground. The crushed ground was not only flat, but also covered with smooth, black jade-like bluestone slabs. These slabs crisscrossed within the city walls, covering the entire city in the blink of an eye, even the small paths in each village were not spared.

In the blink of an eye, one after another exquisite and magnificent buildings rose from the ground, standing before people, some perched atop high mountains, others overlooking the water.

Those who witnessed it were so astonished they forgot to marvel; they were so shocked they forgot everything else, simply staring in disbelief at everything.

This includes spies from many other countries.

Indeed, since the emergence of the Lingxian Sect, especially in the last two years, many spies from other countries that were already stationed in the Pusi Kingdom have reached Xiushui Village.

However, those spies were just ordinary people, and the only news they sent back to their country was that Pusi Kingdom had a new sect called Lingxian Sect.

The news they could usually send back from Xiushui Village was nothing more than the fact that Lingxian Sect had frequent contact with ordinary people, unlike other sects that were far removed from the secular world. Their superiors were too lazy to even pass on this useless information.

People were astonished by the changes they witnessed; it was the first time they had seen with their own eyes what the work of a celestial being truly meant.

But behind the scenes, even more changes are quietly taking place in every corner of this city.

Once the city was completely placed, Lin Xiao heard the system notification again:

[City placement complete. Please name the city.]

It's time to name it.

This time, Lin Xiao didn't hesitate; he had already thought of this name.

[City name: Xiushui City, is this confirmed?]

"Sure."