Ever since hatching, the Green Snake had thought about many things.
From the moment it saw Ning Qianqian and Ning Kun—two people who had dropped out of their respective sects' foundational education—it began preparing for the rest of its snake life.
After all, when it first saw the two, the Green Snake sensed something was off.
For this reason, it worked hard on its cultivation, preparing in its mind.
First, it would demonstrate its unparalleled cultivation ability, making the Sect Leader willing to invest resources in it.
Then, it would show its wisdom, making the Sect Leader understand the benefits of having a smart subordinate.
After gaining the Sect Leader's trust, it would properly integrate resources and develop the sect.
It could start from this small sect and work its way straight to the pinnacle of the snake world!
For this, the Green Snake made many preparations.
But it never expected... the situation would completely deviate from its plans.
The good news—the Sect Leader was smart and ruthless.
The bad news—too smart, too ruthless.
It was just a snake, yet before it could even take human form, it was sent to a construction site to work.
The Green Snake lifted its tail, manipulating spiritual energy to cut the wood in front of it into neat planks.
Most of this wood was spiritual wood, which ordinary people's saws would be useless on. It required a cultivator to handle.
For a cultivator, this was quite easy work.
For such a mindless physical labor, its own Sect Leader had even found an excuse—this was to let it practice its spiritual energy control.
Although it knew this was purely the Sect Leader's excuse, seeing the Sect Leader's perfunctory expression, the Green Snake understood deeply—if it didn't take this step, the Sect Leader would not offer another.
The situation was stronger than the person; it was better than learning characters under Chen Baiqing!
The Green Snake lifted its tail, manipulating spiritual energy to make a clean cut, splitting a rather large piece of wood in two.
But truly, it could feel its control over spiritual energy had improved.
The Green Snake lifted its tail somewhat mechanically, but the next moment, an extremely oppressive spiritual energy suddenly came from its side.
This spiritual energy was of high quality, far beyond what the hired working cultivators could possess.
At least... it should be a cultivator at the Golden Core stage or higher.
It turned its head and saw a young woman holding a long sword, her face full of anticipation as she swiftly moved to another pile of wood, cutting it all into planks.
Then she used spiritual energy to quickly move these planks to their designated positions.
And the Sect Leader Chu Xingchen was currently applauding and praising:
"Excellent! Just like Qinghe! Keep it up. When you're done with this, go find Ning Kun. He'll arrange things for you. Handle these matters properly, and come find me tonight."
Qinghe heard this and solemnly nodded: "Qinghe understands, I will guarantee the task is completed!"
Chu Xingchen received a satisfactory answer and nodded slightly. Then, after glancing at the somewhat shocked Green Snake, he shook his head slightly and turned to leave directly.
As if very displeased with the Green Snake's slow and clumsy movements.
The Green Snake looked somewhat blankly at Chu Xingchen's departing back, then looked blankly at Qinghe, who had a smile on her face.
It sensed for a moment. After all, Qinghe gave it a sense of closeness, and through this, the Green Snake confirmed Qinghe's true identity—this... this is a flood dragon, right?
At least a flood dragon at the Golden Core stage or higher, yet it was also handling wood here?
And why did it seem so willing and happy?
Qinghe naturally noticed the Green Snake's somewhat confused gaze. It glanced at the Green Snake, sizing it up, then continued working.
Just a Qi Refining Stage little snake, probably something the ruthless kid had picked up somewhere. Qinghe naturally wouldn't pay it any mind.
As a Nascent Soul Stage flood dragon, this kind of work—cutting wood and moving planks—was simple and quick.
After finishing this work, the ruthless kid had promised to treat it to a meal.
Moreover, when White Granny discovered it had sneaked out, he had also agreed to cover for it.
The ruthless kid's treatment of others, Qinghe didn't know, but for his own people, he could be trusted to keep his word.
The Green Snake watched for a while, then asked in a small voice: "Are you a flood dragon of our sect?"
Qinghe heard this and was taken aback, frowning as it said: "Of course not. This sect is poor and small. Qinghe is from the Tianyan Sect."
The Green Snake asked somewhat confusedly: "How many spirit stones did the Sect Leader pay you to hire you?"
What kind of foundation-building organization was Tianyan Sect? Why did the inheritance in his mind tell him that flood dragons were extremely rare?
Could it be that the inheritance in his mind was fake?
"Spirit stones?" Qinghe scoffed with a light laugh, "What's the difference between asking your sect leader for spirit stones and asking for his life?"
The Green Snake became even more confused—this wasn't their sect's flood dragon, and it wasn't asking for money, so why was it here to work? Was it here to perform good deeds for the day?
This world... was it really this simple?
Qinghe raised the sword in his hand, and with a single strike, he cut all the wood in front of him into pieces. Then, he glanced sideways at the Green Snake, looking at its clear, confused expression.
After thinking for a moment, he still spoke to explain:
"Qinghe is helping because your sect leader agreed. After this branch sect is built, there will be a separate room for Qinghe."
In case one day he was really driven by Granny White to sleep at the foot of the mountain, he could come here to sleep. It was also leaving a backup path for himself.
Additionally, the black-hearted kid had promised to treat him to a big dinner tonight. Since everyone was busy and had no time to play with him, it was fine to work hard and reap some benefits.
The Green Snake looked at Qinghe's calm expression, as if he had everything under control.
This flood dragon was probably very clever. Although it belonged to another sect, it could actually reserve a room here.
Even under such a black-hearted and suspicious sect leader.
Perhaps... it had some means.
After all, as a flood dragon, none of them should be simple!
The Green Snake thought for a moment and decided to get to know this flood dragon better. Maybe it could learn something from it.
Its tone softened as it said: "For Qinghe, a flood dragon, to personally handle such trivial matters is truly admirable."
Upon hearing this, Qinghe glanced sideways at the Green Snake. Although the corners of his mouth had already curled up in his heart, looking at the little Green Snake, for some reason, he found it quite pleasing to the eye.
But his expression remained as calm as ever, manipulating the wood into place, and then imitating Bai Xuanling's tone and words, he said calmly:
"Regardless of size, the true essence is to handle matters with all one's heart."
Hearing this, the Green Snake's face showed an admiring gaze.
Chu Xingchen could naturally hear the conversation between Qinghe and the Green Snake.
But he didn't pay much attention to it.
One lacked intelligence, while the other lacked experience.
Let them chat as they pleased. Anyway, they probably wouldn't achieve anything, as long as they didn't intentionally cause trouble, he would let them be.
He found Sandong who was watching the sect being built on the cliff edge.
Chu Xingchen pointed to the dragon and snake who were currently chatting and instructed:
"Sandong, keep an eye on these two. If they cause trouble or disobey arrangements, use a talisman to notify me."
Sandong nodded heavily: "Sandong understands."
Chu Xingchen said with a gentle smile: "Good, I knew Sandong was reliable. I can entrust everything here to Sandong."
Hearing this, Sandong nodded heavily, a determined expression appearing on his face.
However, Sandong did not know that Chu Xingchen had actually set up many observation arrays here to monitor the situation. Having Sandong do this was also to give it a sense of participation, so it wouldn't feel excluded.
Chu Xingchen nodded slightly, then turned into a rainbow light and left.
His own disciple was already on his way back.
Once Li Yingling returned, matters here would probably be handed over to them first.
It seemed something had happened at Xuanqing Tian Sect. Bai Xuanling had sent a message to Chu Xingchen asking if he was free.
For Bai Xuanling to send a message, it was probably not something easy to handle.
But it was just in time. This also left Chu Xingchen time to prepare.
Xuanqing Tian Sect... the top sect that was the first to occupy a spiritual vein.
How much of its former glory did it still possess today!
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