Raising his head, Fu Xian smiled at the bright sun.
"The sun high above the immortal island is truly a sight to behold.
It just makes me wonder even more, how fast is it moving?
It must be moving at an extreme speed around our world.
Or is the phenomenon of the world revolving around the sun still true here?"
He was curious but unfortunately couldn’t find an answer.
"A single day passes just like that. Anyways, it’s time to take a break.
Even if I’m obsessed with creating this new talisman, I can’t rush things.
It’s better to be patient and slowly map it out instead of rushing things and getting a talisman of lower quality."
After standing up, he walked around his courtyard with his hands behind his back, observing the small garden to the side, "I have been neglecting you a bit, haven’t I?
Alas, unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t grow a third-grade tree previously.
Or rather, my attempts were superficial. I tried only as much as someone practicing a creation art on the side does.
But now that I’m at the third stage, it should be easier for me to learn how to grow a tree, or at least how to make it survive, right?
Though to do so, the right decision is to first expand my courtyard."
Fu Xian chuckled when he said this. He had said he needed to expand his courtyard three times in just a month, it seems his inner self truly wished to expand it.
"As far as I know, an early third-grade cultivator may have a yard of a square kilometres. This is quite a lot. Enough area to cover over two hundred acres of land.
I don’t have a great need for a palace or other large construction, so making most of my courtyard a farmland would be fine...
But rather than a farmland, it would be better to keep it a garden.
Alright, let’s go.
Didn’t senior brother Puyan say that the eldest sister is the construction cultivator of this neighbourhood? Let’s ask him."
Fu Xian slowly left his yard and walked down the path.
His senior brothers and sisters had told him where their courtyards were, so he naturally knew how to visit them.
He casually strode down the road until he entered he central area.
As fourth-stage cultivators who are close to the fifth stage, every one of them was extremely important and lived in the first circle around the central yard.
From outside, these courtyards didn’t seem too far away, but when he approached, Fu Xian felt an insurmountable power emanating from within, as if it contained countless mysteries.
He took a breath and steadied himself.
When he stepped in front of senior Puyan’s yard, he saw two armoured men outside, their face without expression, an aura of indifference spreading.
Fu Xian looked at them and said lightly with a smile "I’m Fu Xian, here to visit senior brother Puyan."
One of the guards nodded and turned to the door, knocking while speaking some inaudible words.
A moment later, he stepped inside.
Thinking he was going in to report, Fu Xian simply waited outside.
Just as he expected, a few moments later, the guard came out with a young lady in a pink-red dress, smiling brightly "Senior Fu, master has invited you. Let me take you in!"
Fu Xian nodded, his face calm and kind, while his thoughts were spinning around "Wow, the guards and servants are all foundation building cultivators. Is this what it means to be powerful?
No, even outside, such people would be rather important.
As a fourth-stage cultivator, it’s fine to have a steward or butler who’s at the second stage, but for even the guards outside to be this strong is rare...
Is this the heritage of the immortal city? Do they have so many cultivators that these weaker cultivators have no chance but to become guards and servants of higher cultivators?
Or are they people senior brother brought from outside?
After all, even a guard might have better opportunities in this immortal city than a normal cultivator outside, so it’s quite understandable if he does have a strong group of servants.
Nonetheless, it’s still quite impressive. Maybe one day, I will also reach this stage!’
Then Fu Xian suddenly thought... if he had the chance to take his clones, why would he find some random people?
It would be best to get these rather useless clones to work and do some menial work for him rather than wasting their time outside.
The young lady in front of him led Fu Xian in. Down the main road were several kinds of trees, beautiful in full bloom.
"Senior, this is the Fruit Flower Path of master! It’s famous in the surrounding neighbourhoods, known for its excellent smell and invigorating breath.
Some cultivators only come here to appreciate the flowers bloom and suddenly gain an inspiration... maybe senior also gains something?"
When Fu Xian heard this, he was curious and looked deeply at the flowers, hoping to gain an inspiration.
But then he stopped himself and shook his head "No, take me to a different path.
Young lady, you should say such things before you enter the path next time.
Many of us cultivators might have just comprehended an inspiration.
Every time we do, our comprehension is burdened and we need some time to rest before we may once more naturally comprehend an inspiration.
While it’s not too bad, if you are not careful, you might waste opportunities.
Just like now, if I enter prematurely without having recovered, I would miss this opportunity to awaken spiritual inspirations.
Next time I come here, having seen the path already, I wouldn’t have a chance to awaken an inspiration here."
The young lady was suddenly shocked and bowed "It’s fine, don’t bow, this isn’t your fault."
A voice came from afar – it was Fu Xian’s neighbour and senior brother, Li Puyan!
"Actually this matter isn’t as dramatic as junior brother said. There is a chance to awaken spiritual inspirations everywhere, such places as mine just give a slightly higher chance. How could I claim to have the power of passing on spiritual inspirations?"
Fu Xian shook his head "Senior brother, please don’t jest. Although I don’t know whether a fourth-stage cultivator has this ability, but with so many third-stage trees riled up on a path, the chance of comprehending and awakening an inspiration is quite high..."