490: Chapter 365_2 490: Chapter 365_2 Whether they will live here in the future or not, since they have taken up the task, they will build it, creating the abode of the Immortal Sect they imagine, whether it be caves or the main palace.
Their previous residence at Nangong Ximen was quite good too.
Following standard mountain construction practices, they used the best resources available.
The decorating materials were extraordinary.
They had bought some materials on the main street before, and some were crafted from their own clan’s resources.
There were places that specialized in Immortal Sect construction materials where all sorts of business were done, and their clan’s people did not only refine artifacts but also made some weapons.
Just like the Array Masters familiar with formations, they would employ formations in both artifact refining and other crafts.
For example, the construction of the current palace and Immortal Sect required the participation of Array Masters.
This time, each family also brought talented individuals from various fields.
Jiang Tang did not specifically ask for anyone to be invited.
However, their work was very thorough, considering all aspects in their thoughts and actions.
Believing that joining the Saint Sect would provide development opportunities for each skill, they joined in very actively.
Not every skilled person from the three families came, just some of the younger disciples.
The young could venture out, while the old folks stayed at home and kept watch.
Liu Jiaojiao stayed by Luo Yaxuan’s side throughout the task.
Having her parents and her senior brother with her was such a blissful thing.
They worked together on construction, digging caves, doing everything with their magical treasures and spells.
Before the mountain was even built, they set up tents, leveled an area on the mountainside to make a platform that would later serve as a lookout.
There would be stairs built from the mountain’s base to its summit, all of which required some engineering.
However, for these capable individuals, construction was incredibly fast.
Their magical treasures turned into mixers, grinding large stones into pebbles or rubble stones, leaving the ground smooth and polished.
The stairs were made of stone, as using other materials would have been wasteful.
The mountain was abundant in stones.
They could excavate stones while digging caves and then use them to build the stairs.
Among the several mountains, they discovered a type of rock that could be used to pave floors and as marble for tables and benches.
This kind of marble was perfect for construction and paving because it was not only smooth but also beautiful.
They didn’t expect to be able to save on construction materials by coming here, just using the steel meant for palace construction that they had brought from home to create the pillars of the palace.
Liu Jiaojiao, with the happiness of a woman in love, worked alongside her beloved senior brother to build their future together.
In their imagination, they would live here, making this their foothold and shaping it into their ideal home.
Luo Yaxuan, always under the admiring gaze of his junior sister, didn’t work with his clan’s members but that didn’t stop him from laboring here.
When it came time to assign tasks, Jiang Tang actually distributed two Spirit Pills to everyone, supreme elixirs that everyone had come for specifically for this mission.
He was so generous to hand out two pills each.
Everyone knew the high price that a single Spirit Pill could fetch on the market, and here they were, receiving resources before even starting the task.
How could this not motivate everyone to work hard?
Liu Yong and his wife, they had come here purely for supreme elixirs.
Speaking about it made them feel a bit ashamed; as Elders of the Western Gate of the Immortal Sect, their combined resources couldn’t even afford a single Supreme Elixir.
They had thought that they would have to work for a long time on the task before receiving a supreme elixir, ready to accept this to improve their cultivation.
Yet they never expected to receive such pricey supreme elixirs right away.
The excitement in the couple’s hearts was immense.
Even Liu Jiaojiao did not expect to receive two Supreme Elixirs.
None of those who had just received the elixirs consumed them right away, choosing not to neglect their tasks.
Since everyone’s cultivation experience differed, they might need days and nights to assimilate two Supreme Elixirs if they were to level up.
If they did, then their taskwork would be delayed.
No one dared to do something as worrisome as stealing from others, especially in this foggy place.
If someone dared such an act, it meant the end of a potentially great future.
In the Cultivation World, this was also a test of one’s character; if a person had a bad character, the higher their cultivation, the fewer friends they would have.
No one wants a friend who’s a vampire, only thinking about their own benefit without regard to the friendship.
Liu Jiaojiao thought that if she could improve her cultivation, she would always be able to stand by Luo Yaxuan’s side and not become a burden to him.
The two supreme elixirs in her arms kept the young girl constantly excited and thrilled.
Even while working, she stole glances at her senior brother with a look full of deep affection.
Luo Yaxuan had always accepted his junior sister’s admiring gaze, and his male vanity was satisfied.
His master and mistress were quite kind to him, and if he truly could become part of their family in the future, he was not opposed to it.
His feelings for his junior sister, after all, did hold a certain sentiment.
Sun Zi’an was not always with them, as he was a chef here, and not just a chef earning a few hundred yuan.
The three families also brought their own chefs, each responsible for different things.
Initially, he was in charge of Luo Yaxuan and Liu Yong’s family’s meals, but he had too much free time, so he took on the additional job of providing three meals a day for Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang didn’t have to cook for himself, and he didn’t resist, because the person in front of him was not merely flattering him, but was also doing a professional’s work.
Jiang Tang also took care of the meals for the ten people he brought with him.
Everyone used to think the food Jiang Tang cooked was delicious, but they found the meals Sun Zi’an prepared even tastier.
This might be due to a specialization in the trade, and not solely the result of Sun Zi’an’s culinary skills.
When Sun Zi’an said he would take care of all three meals for Jiang Tang and his entourage, Jiang Tang didn’t know how good this man’s cooking skills were.
But for the sake of his own enjoyment, Jiang Tang handed over one of the secret cooking manuals produced by his space to Sun Zi’an.
Sun Zi’an was overjoyed to the point of being indescribable when he received the supreme elixirs.
This time, he had come following his master’s son.
To put it bluntly, as a servant disciple doing tasks in the Immortal Sect, he only got some Spirit Supplement Pills every month, and those pills came in many tiers.
For servant disciples like them, having inferior and mid-grade pills was already good; they didn’t get many, and high-grade pills were out of the question.
Never had he expected to receive two of the legendary supreme elixirs.
He thought that someone like him would never have a chance to even see supreme elixirs, let alone receive such favorable treatment.
Just to repay Jiang Tang, he was willing to cook three meals a day for him, and unexpectedly, this act earned him a recipe book.
The more Sun Zi’an read it, the more excited he became; he couldn’t believe his fortune in seeing a cookbook even more advanced than those used by Imperial Chefs.
The culinary skills of his family’s Imperial Chefs had been passed down through generations; currently, his grandfather and father were both serving as Imperial Chefs in the Imperial Palace.
He was different.
Cooking was merely a profession and a hobby to him; he thought of trying his luck in the Immortal Sect.
Due to genetic problems and poor Spiritual Roots, his cultivation was not high, he had to work much harder than his peers, and he knew nothing other than pleasing his superiors through his culinary arts.
With such a starting point, he received Luo Yaxuan’s gift—a manual for cultivation—and so he joyfully continued in his profession as he grew stronger in his cultivation, finding another pleasure in the process.
In the Immortal Sect, everyone had their own skills, and he treated cooking as his skill.
Sun Zi’an didn’t have many friends in the Immortal Sect; everyone was finding resources in their own ways, while others had to venture outside to do tasks.
His task became being a chef for others, and he followed them wherever they went.
Later, when the Immortal Sect didn’t offer resources, he had a master and Luo Yaxuan, the young master, who provided them.
At the moment, his purpose as their chef here was merely to fulfill a task, and he had not expected such good fortune to fall into his lap.
Sun Zi’an felt like he had discovered a great treasure.
The supreme elixirs excited him, and the cookbook drove him to frenzy!