Fu Xian looked into the distance, towards the south.
’Mu Yan, I am doing a great favour to you. Go to the Stone Lotus County, make arrangements for it, yeah? The path of those two little children, make sure they support you and don’t become a hindrance.’
While Fu Xian had some goodwill towards them, in the end, their distance wasn’t strong so he was able to look at things coldly.
How many royals were there every year? And yet there were still so many counties without a Royal Office.
It’s not that they never had any Royal Officer, instead, they probably had them several times. These officers would die for various reasons over the years, maybe old age, maybe accidents...
In the end, they always pulled their Royal Eunuch with them. Only a few talented eunuchs were able to leave the sinking ship and continue their rise.
Obviously, Fu Xian didn’t want Mu Yan to be bound to the children too much.
But looking at it from his neutral point, he knew that Mu Yan was already connected in several ways to the children.
"Alas, you’re so bothersome. How come every one of these high-investment clones has their own personality...?" just as he thought of this, he remembered Yiyuan.
"Never mind, they’re all individualistic. In this case, Mu Yan is still very good and has many similarities with me."
He smiled and shook his head, returning his focus to the main pavilion.
Walking up to the small pool, he was curious about whether he should fly over or enter it some other way.
But when he just stood at the edge for a few seconds, he suddenly saw jade stones floating from the ground.
They formed a small road on the surface of the pool leading to the pavilion.
"Is this a sensory mechanism?" Fu Xian didn’t enter right away but walked away from it.
The jade stones fell into the deep waters right after he distanced himself.
When he approached it from a different point, he counted the seconds it took the jade slabs to rise.
"After five seconds they rise, forming the path in just five more seconds."
He nodded, this was some well done construction work.
Walking around the pool again, he wanted to see if any path would form.
Just as he thought, nothing happened. He would have to stand still for a moment to enter.
This wasn’t a function to defend against intruders, it was purely aesthetic.
"Eldest senior sister is so meticulous, even when she’s focusing on other things, she was still able to design these little extra details.
It seems she’s truly a talented constructor!"
Having said so much, Fu Xian didn’t waste any more time and entered the pavilion on the small island in the middle.
He noticed a few other small aesthetic details, such as the island having a natural shape and yet still being mostly of the same size in every direction, putting the pavilion in the perfect central position.
Walking into the pavilion, he felt a different sensation.
The spiritual power was extremely condensed here – as if the spiritual power of the whole courtyard had gathered here to the limit!
"Extremely strong spiritual power, the origin of water spiritual power, the gathering place of wood spiritual power, and also housing the talisman spiritual aura.
Senior sister, you’re so kind! You thought of everything, truly!"
This courtyard was designed specially for him. The formation had a spirit gathering function, but instead of gathering spiritual power, it gathered wood spiritual power. Since the spiritual vein and water spring were directly below this island and in the pool, he basically got a three in one package!
He couldn’t even see the many hidden intricacies that created such a perfect cultivation environment for him!
Sitting down, he entered cultivation.
"The Emerald Lake cultivation art needs exactly these spiritual powers. With this, raising my roots and planting them somewhere else will be easier!"
As he started cultivating, his form of a tree manifested again.
This time, his roots were somewhat strained and difficult to control.
They had been growing in his previous courtyard for many years, their properties becoming more and more suited for that place.
But when they had their first contact with the spiritual powers, their whole behaviour changed!
The strained and difficult to control roots spread out far and wide.
Their roots went beyond the pavilion –
Some entered extremely deep, as if connecting to the spiritual vein below his courtyard directly.
Others spread out around the island and entered the lake. When this happened, the lake vision around Fu Xian manifested again. This time, the vision was even more endless, seemingly truly encompassing the whole world!
The formation of trees in this lake was a lot faster even, speeding up his cultivation process by a lot!
Finally, when the wood power entered from outside, the trees experienced another sensation.
The previous rather illusory trees gained form. They, too, spread their roots into the lake and the depth below the island.
A total of ten trees manifested in the core region around Fu Xian, while the other trees behaved the same way.
Fu Xian only glanced over before focusing on his cultivation...
An hour passed.
When he woke up and looked at the manifested trees, he was in shock.
"Each of these trees has 10% of the absorption speed of mine? And the absorbed and transformed spiritual power directly enters my body?
Is this the true meaning of ’Forest’?
One doesn’t cultivate alone but with the help of countless trees?!"
He couldn’t believe it!
This was just the first wave of wood and water spiritual power!
According to his estimations, with the current output of spiritual power, he could manifest at least thirty or even forty more trees!
When his cultivation ended, these trees disappeared last.
While their form had become more solid in reality, they were still visions at heart.
"Maybe when I’m an immortal high in the sky can I transform the imaginary into the real..."
He smiled as he stood up.
Walking out of the island, he went right the main pathway down the pomelo fruit tree garden.
Leaving his new courtyard, he went to the old one.
At the entrance, Ye Long seemed to have been waiting for some time. His eyes, too, were full of excitement!
"Master!" he called out as he bowed.
"Ye Long, I made you wait!"
"No, master was busy, I didn’t wait long at all."
"Very well. Ye Long, as I have said, my new courtyard has been constructed. You take your things and move there right away.
As for this courtyard..."
To be honest, Fu Xian initially thought this courtyard would be expanded. He didn’t think they’d construct a whole new courtyard!
But even after over an hour passed, no one came to claim it.
"When you advance to the Foundation Building stage, if you want, you can move here. The spiritual vein here is still good, and there is a good atmosphere all around."
When Ye Long heard this, he looked like he was about to reject it.
"Don’t worry about it for now. Come to the new courtyard!"