Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
There was a lot of fake wine in the Dao-Ending Period.
Earlier, Lingzhou Yue had been in a great mood after taking in a loser disciple, which had caused her to overindulge in the fake wine. In addition to the dream that had interrupted her sleep, she now had to pee before sunrise.
The scarcity of spiritual energy in the Dao-Ending Period had resulted in the adulterated purity of herbs. This had resulted in blocked spiritual meridians of cultivators and caused various waste products to accumulate in their bodies easily.
If they were to excrete this waste through their skin and airways with their spiritual meridians, it would not only be a waste of their spiritual energy but it could easily trigger a cross-infection.
Therefore, low-tier cultivators retained the excretion method of mortals. It was environmentally friendly, and they could get closer to the natural truth of the Dao.
Of course, there was only one reason Lingzhou Yu, whose physique was unique and whose cultivation base was formidable, had to pee—she had drunk too much fake wine!
Picking herself up blearily and staggering, she exited the straw hut under the moon and the stars.
Lingzhou Yue had always prided herself in her formidable ability, slow divine sense, and idle manner. Besides, the moonlight was dim and her dream was still a cloud over her head. That was why she did not notice the disciple house beside her straw hut.
It was when she was done peeing in the bush on the west cliff and started going back to sleep that she discovered the new building on the opposite side. Following the fresh soil in front of the building, she then found Xiao Ran, who was digging a tunnel.
‘Digging a pit, huh… Are you here to poop?’ was Lingzhou Yue’s instinctive thought. However, as an honorable master, she had to remember her status in front of her disciple. She must not utter such crude words.
Therefore, with a stoic face and feigned aloofness, she looked like a fairy under the moonlight as she asked, “What are you doing?”
The wine fragrance, the wet patch, the ammonia stench… Xiao Ran was unable to wrap his head around it. Pretty girls in his past life had not pooped. They had farted rainbows. Why was an actual immortal woman in the cultivation world, who had long achieved inedia, peeing?
It did not make sense.
Xiao Ran saw his master’s flawless face, which gave off a heroic vibe as though she was a portrait, but what he smelled was undeniably pungent ammonia with a slight wine fragrance.
Xiao Ran could not accept it.
However, the cold hard truth proved that even a fairy had to pee, especially a fairy who liked drinking wine. Actually, her pee smelled like wine too.
This was not within the area of Xiao Ran’s expertise. He really did not want to talk about this with a fairy, especially when said fairy was his master.
He said straightforwardly, “This disciple has built a disciple house and installed a toilet inside. It’ll discharge the domestic wastewater out of the Sword-Wielding Mountain through the buried bamboo pipes.”
This could work? Never mind, anything that had nothing to do with cultivation was worth encouraging.
Lingzhou Yue replied, “You’re very innovative. Let me have a look at your house.”
“I’d like to hear Master’s opinion, please,” answered Xiao Ran.
Lingzhou Yue walked to the disciple house and… Goodness, it was large! Hold on, this house…
Her sword-like brows creased, as she felt that something was amiss.
Holding on to her bamboo wine, Lingzhou Yue went around the outside of the house.
The disciple building was magnificent and elaborate. It was traditional in style but majestic at the same time, as though it had been crafted in heaven, somehow exuding an unthinking instinct of the Dao. It felt even more pronounced when the silver moonlight draped across the roof of the disciple house…
It was simply breathtaking.
Upon scrutinizing where the house was, one would realize it was right on the second-best site of the Sword-Wielding Mountain’s underground spiritual vein. What felt bizarre to Lingzhou Yue was the seemingly unruly Bagua foundation, which was more efficient in drawing spiritual energy than her straw hut.
She had asked Xiao Ran to replicate her house, not outdo her!
Lingzhou Yue was dazed after observing the building.
For a flash of a moment, it felt like she had managed to peek at heaven’s secret, grasping a wonder of heaven’s way that she had never experienced. She suddenly recalled her dream earlier…
It was impossible. There was no god in this world.
This was only a normal house without restrictive spells or arrays. There was no spiritual energy either!
After some time, Lingzhou Yue asked Xiao Ran, “Who did you get to build this house?”
Xiao Ran answered frankly, “The handymen.”
“There are people who can build such a thing here?”
“Mm, they’re professionals.”
“Do you think I’m stupid?”
‘Aren’t you, though?’
Xiao Ran said,. “This disciple only gave them a sketched blueprint without a word of explanation and they built this perfectly… That’s how professional they are.”
The bamboo case that contained wine halted when it reached Lingzhou Yue’s lips.
“You drew the blueprint?”
Lingzhou Yue was skeptical. She magnified her divine sense and closely scrutinized Xiao Ran from head to toe and inside out. Yup, it was confirmed that he was almost perfectly average in all Five Elements and was more of an untrainable genius than anything else.
As far as his physique and talent were concerned, this disciple had no strength or advantage other than an individually prominent part of his entire body. However, judging by his honest gaze, he did not look like he was lying.
It was hard to explain.
Lingzhou Yue probed, “Are your ancestors royal craftsmen?”
Xiao Ran did not know how to explain himself. It was not like he could say, “It’s the skill I bought by reaping off DP from you.”
“I guess so.”
Since Xiao Ran did not elaborate, Lingzhou Yue refrained from asking too much. After another sip of wine, she sighed. “I didn’t expect to see a divine genius in the mortal realm. Perhaps it’s not fortuitous that I found you among so many people.”
Perhaps it was not fortuitous? Did that mean her motive before this had been completely unanticipated? She had simply looked for a loser as her Direct Disciple despite the available people?
Xiao Ran frowned, trying to figure out his master’s intention.
Lingzhou Yue quickly quipped, “Don’t let your thoughts run wild. Take me inside your house.”
“Yes, Master,” answered Xiao Ran.
After opening the wooden door, the pair entered the disciple house.
Goodness! The corner of Lingzhou Yue’s beautiful eye twitched.
The luxurious space, the furniture combination, the large bamboo bed, the bamboo fiber blanket, and the open plan allowed the moonlight to shine everywhere…
It was double-story too. One floor for sleeping and another for cultivating? What was more infuriating was that there was a private washroom, a private bathroom, and a huge bathtub that felt like a ship…
‘Infuriating mortal!’
‘This is a cultivation world. Why are you making it so lavish?’
Lingzhou Yue kept a straight face when she suddenly pointed at the spark of flame outside the window.
“Eh? Why’s my straw hut on fire?”
Xiao Ran was speechless.
“The wine! It’s the fake wine! It combusted on its own!” cried Lingzhou Yue.
Xiao Ran was still speechless.
“Extinguish the fire for me, quick!” Lingshou Yue ordered.
‘As if!’
Xiao Ran had no words for his master.
She looked really beautiful and smart, but why was she talking and acting like a three-year-old brat?
He needed someone to exploit for Devotion Points. His master, who relished in indulgence, was the perfect target.
Xiao Ran thought that his master seemed more adorable now.
“No need to put it out. Just stay here from now on, Master.”
Lingzhou Yue feigned courtesy as she waved her hands. “That’d be too much.”
Xiao Ran said straightforwardly, “I built this house for you anyway, Master.”
“Hmm?” Lingzhou Yue was flummoxed.
As she was carefully watching the disciple she had casually taken in, it seemed like he was growing more handsome and easier on the eyes.
Seeing that he had moved his master, Xiao Ran increased his effort in order to take advantage of the situation and reap more DP.
“This disciple found warm groundwater on the peak while digging the sewage drain just now. We can chisel a hole in the ground in the bathroom and siphon the hot water up through the bamboo pipe into the bathtub. You’ll be able to take hot baths every day then, Master.”
“We can do that?”
Lingzhou Yue was unable to imagine such an advanced setting.
A while later, Xiao Ran chiseled a one-meter deep hole in the south part of the bathroom and planted a siphoning bamboo inside to draw the warm groundwater. It flowed from the bamboo pipe into the large bathtub, steaming floating dried flowers and spiritual herbs that were already available in the bathroom.
Lingzhou Yue could picture it now.
No woman could withstand this.
If she were not concerned about the opposite sex, she would have undressed immediately.
“Master, please.”
Upon saying that, Xiao Ran took his leave, leaving Lingzhou Yue standing in the bathroom with a stunned expression.
This bloody construction genius! Had she picked a gem?