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Celestial Venerable Baiyu thought it over and shook his head. A name suddenly flashed in his mind,

"Could it be Fan Wubing? Ye Wuyue and Guan Xin are both close to him."

"Although he is strong, there should be a limit. To be able to bring Unruffled Platform’s ability to such a degree doesn’t seem like something a human could do," Celestial Venerable Shangli said, "Unless it’s a being like Ancestor Qing. I don’t think Fan Wubing can compare with Ancestor Qing."

"That’s true. It definitely shouldn’t be Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable... she’s not someone who would care about such trivial matters."

Celestial Venerable Shangli pondered a bit, said,

"You never know. After all, the last time she showed up was when Li Yuan opened the heavens. One can’t guarantee that her thoughts won’t change."

"If it really is her, without Ancestor Qing around, only Zizai Ancestor can handle it."

"Let’s focus on our own affairs," Celestial Venerable Shangli said, "What about the situation at He Yue Village?"

Celestial Venerable Baiyu said,

"It seems they are constructing a large Spirit Gathering Array."

"Spirit Gathering Array... are they trying to gather the free Spiritual Qi?" Celestial Venerable Shangli shook his head, "A futile effort. The Qi of the world, Central Spirit Mountain monopolizes ninety percent. Relying on the free-flowing Qi for what purpose? One would think the farming families to be so formidable, with much confidence, but now it seems... it might just be rashness."

He shook his head,

"The farming families have maintained their own system, staying stable for over a hundred thousand years, could they also make mistakes now?"

"Ultimately, it’s because the farming families haven’t had anyone to take Ancestor Feng’s place in all these years."

Celestial Venerable Shangli reminisced about the past,

"During the war between Heaven and Man, Ancestor Feng nourished spirits with his own body, protecting billions, such grand spirit, and today’s farming families have lost it."

Celestial Venerable Baiyu nodded.

Celestial Venerable Shangli asked,

"What’s Carefree Heaven busy with? With the Supreme Dharma Orbiting Device lost, Carefree Heaven is hard-pressed to avoid responsibility."

Celestial Venerable Baiyu said, "Carefree Heaven doesn’t engage in worldly disputes, its duty is managing the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, Daoist Immortal Platform, and Spirit Monsters and Immortal Spirits. Recently, wasn’t there a Celestial Land appearing at Changsheng Continent? It’s floating around everywhere. Although Carefree Heaven hasn’t disclosed more details, it seems that Celestial Land is attracting attention from many long-dormant Ancient Immortal beasts, it’s likely quite significant."

"Hope they won’t lose anything else."

Celestial Venerable Baiyu chuckled.

...

Beside He Yue Village lies a field for catching the wind and venting the air, bisected by the winding Luo River.

At this very moment, over several hundred craftsmen from the Mo Family are constructing a large array here. Leading and directing the work is the renowned top Great Immortal Artisan, Yan Mingzi.

But to outsiders, what’s quite strange is,

This top Great Immortal Artisan now and then holds the array blueprints, consulting a very young girl who still retains a girlish quality, truly embodying the saying "not ashamed to ask the young." The onlookers were quite curious, just who is this girl?

Besides knowing her name is Zhuge Hong, a genius disciple who joined the Mo Family just a few years ago, nothing more was known.

How much of a genius must she be to have a top Great Immortal Artisan seeking her advice?

And even this genius occasionally encounters problems she can’t solve.

Here she is, again faced with issues regarding the assembly of various sub-arrays.

Zhuge Hong and Yan Mingzi discussed for a long time, still unable to make a conclusion.

Then, Zhuge Hong put her hands on her hips, looked up, and shouted,

"Master!"

No sooner had she spoken than a faint beam of light flashed.

Fan Wubing immediately appeared.

Upon seeing him, Yan Mingzi hurriedly greeted,

"Master Fan, you’ve arrived."

Fan Wubing smiled, "Master Yan, no need to be so formal."

Zhuge Hong explained the problem.

After some thought, Fan Wubing provided the answer. Zhuge and Yan both mulled it over, their eyes lighting up, exclaiming genius.

Yan Mingzi couldn’t wait to relay the solution to the laborers.

"As expected of Master!" Zhuge Hong tiptoed and massaged Fan Wubing’s shoulders, smiling brightly, "Disciple will give Master a shoulder rub."

Fan Wubing immediately picked her up and brought her in front,

"Cut it out. I just remembered, when I designed this plan, weren’t you watching by my side? How could you not know how to solve this problem? You were pretending not to understand, weren’t you?"

Zhuge Hong giggled, "Got caught."

"How many times now, what are you trying to do?"

Zhuge Hong muttered, "It’s because Master hasn’t been paying attention to me lately. An An is so lucky, she can stay by your side every day. And I’m here all by myself, exposed to the elements... sun and rain... rain and wind... wind and sun..."

"An An stays with me for a reason."

"What reason? I asked An An, she wouldn’t say. Is there a secret between you two?" Zhuge Hong pouted, "I could become a gossip in front of my two martial-sisters."

"Save your energy," Fan Wubing said, "Finishing this grand array sooner is what’s real."

"Tsk~ making the disciple do all the work, and then not giving the disciple any benefits... what kind of master are you?" Zhuge Hong lay down on the ground, rolled her eyes, and started pretending to be a salted fish.

"I’m discovering that you’ve really gone bad. Or perhaps, after achieving the goal of apprenticeship, you’ve started doing whatever you want?"

Previously, Zhuge Hong wasn’t capricious; she was a very energetic and earnest girl full of zeal. If no one paid her any attention, she’d quietly conduct research in her own warehouse.

Now, she’s both willful and lazy, and clingy. Ignore her for a few days, and she begins slacking off.

Zhuge Hong turned over, saying, "Then just expel me from the sect, Master."

"Alright, starting today, I hereby—"

Not even halfway through the sentence, Zhuge Hong got so frightened she immediately stood up, hastily covering Fan Wubing’s mouth,