"She..."
Eren looked down in disbelief.
"Was I sleeping for a month?" he asked incredulously. "How could she do all this in a single day?"
He could see that his disciple Wang Qingyu had finished creating a residence for herself. And the house she created looked even more luxurious than his own.
It was to the point that he felt slightly embarrassed when he thought about the place where he lived.
She had created a house from wood, but it was much bigger than he expected. Ten of his houses could fit inside her house.
Helped by the winds of Phoenix, he landed outside the house. That looked sturdy as well.
She had also created a fence around the house, to keep any potential beasts outside.
Eren looked at the wooden board on the fence, in which a message was written.
"Unauthorized intruders will be killed without mercy."
He couldn't help but scratch the back of his head.
"Is this girl the reincarnation of some civil engineer from earth or something?"
Eren jumped over the fence, landing on the other side. He couldn't see the girl anywhere on the mountain, which made him think that she was inside the house.
"Qingyu?" he called out but there was no response.
He pushed the door open, and entered the house.
After entering the house, he was even more stunned. The house looked good from the outside. But it looked even better on the inside.
There were multiple rooms, but the most shocking part was that all of them had furniture.
It was furniture that couldn't be gathered from the mountain.
"Looks like she had brought some of these things in her storage ring."
He walked inside the house, checking the rooms.
There was a room that appeared to be filled with musical instruments. It was said that the girl loved music in her free time.
There was also a room, in which she had gathered many fruits for future consumption. There was also a proper bathroom with a bathtub that was still half filled.
There was some water on the floor, making it evident that she had finished showering not long ago. Wet clothes were lying on the corner of the bathroom.
"She is quite talented."
"I don't remember reading about her being so skillful in these things. Is it because she didn't need to do it when she was with Zhang Wei?"
Eren soon reached the bedroom of the girl, where a comfortable bed was placed. On top, there was a silky mattress.
The girl was sleeping peacefully as she had worked the entire night to create the house. She didn't want to disappoint her master after all.
The girl was in such deep sleep that she didn't even realize there was someone else in the room.
Eren looked at the girl, who wasn't even dressed properly at the moment. She was so defenseless as she slept.
Eren walked closer to the bed, gazing at the girl who had worked really hard last night.
"All intruders will be killed? You're lucky that I have a firm mind. If it was someone else..."
Although the mountain was only half frozen and she was a Cultivator, he could still feel how cold this place was.
He made sure to cover her with a blanket before turning around to leave.
"You did great. I am quite proud of you," Eren said before he left.
As soon as he stepped out of the room, Wang Qingyu opened her eyes slowly. There was a beautiful smile on her face as she embraced the blanket.
....
Eren stepped out of the house, wondering if he should have this disciple create his own house nearby.
If possible, he didn't want to live in the house at the edge of the cliff. He wasn't even sure if the house was sturdy enough.
A simple earthquake and the entire house could fall off the cliff. And if he was asleep when that happened, he didn't even want to think what was going to happen.
"Sigh, as a teacher, how can I be shameless enough to ask her to create a house for me. it would be too embarrassing."
He quickly dropped the idea before gesturing for the Phoenix to bring him up.
At first, he didn't notice it. But with time, he realized that he could send messages to the Phoenix with just his mind, without needing words.
Gentle winds wrapped around Eren, helping him rise in the air. There were still many hours left before his meeting with the unknown.
He had thought that he was going to spend that time with Wang Qingyu. He had thought that she would still be chopping wood to create her house.
Unfortunately, she had surpassed his expectations. And even worse was that she was sleeping.
"Should I go to the library again? My luck can't be so bad that I will find them there again, can it?"
After thinking about it, he once again dropped the idea. He still hadn't forgotten that dangerous feeling when the Sect Master was behind him.
"There is no guarantee that the Library would have any information about that in any case. And if it's a treasure of the other Overlords, they might even be suspicious about this question."
In the end, he justified his decisions and dropped the idea of checking the library without gathering more information.
He returned to his house and started waiting for the promised time of the meeting.
As the time drew near, Eren started feeling somewhat nervous. He didn't know who he was going to meet.
There were only a few people who could enter his house that was at such a dangerous location. They were all Elders or stronger in the Sect.
He really hoped it wasn't the Sect Master.
Soon, the time arrived. But no one entered through the gate. There was no presence outside.
The Phoenix also didn't sense anyone arriving towards his mountain.
"Are they running late?" Eren asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a strange pain in his heart. His heartbeat became irregular. His connection with the Phoenix was suddenly cut.
Not just the Phoenix, but he couldn't even feel Celeste.
He looked next to him. Celeste was still there, but she appeared to be frozen in time.