The blueprints of the True Martial Hall had been meticulously studied by Chu Xingchen.

The system didn’t provide the materials, and it certainly wasn’t stingy!

Not to mention anything else, even the pillars of the sect's main hall required sandalwood as the main beam...

That stuff costs several hundred spirit stones per piece, which is far beyond what I can afford to build.

However, while the main hall still needed effort, the system’s Spirit Gathering Formation was more than sufficient.

Yaoqin was very generous, and after Chu Xingchen carefully counted the spirit stones she gave, there were about thirteen hundred of them.

After constructing the Spirit Gathering Formation, there were still plenty left over. While it wasn't enough to build the entire True Martial Hall, it was enough to build a couple of side rooms for temporary residence.

The construction of the sect should have been prioritized earlier.

After all, during these days, although Li Xingtian's cultivation level had increased rapidly thanks to the Blood Qi Spirit Stone, Li Yingling's cultivation level had hardly moved.

My first disciple’s talent was being wasted.

Although it was put on the agenda, the progress wasn’t that fast, as most of the obvious feng shui treasure lands already had owners.

Even though Chu Xingchen’s cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, in these nearby areas, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say I don’t eat beef, but it’s not worth starting a massacre over a piece of land.

Ruining one’s reputation in such a remote place isn’t worth it.

In the future, our sect will have to advance into the Central State, at least before advancing into the Central State... we can’t be notorious, right?

So finding an undeveloped feng shui treasure land was now a relatively important task.

This task was to be handled by Chu Xingchen and Li Xingtian together.

Li Yingling would stay home to look after Chen Baiqing and teach him the cultivation technique given by the system.

Chen Baiqing came from a poor background, was young, and was completely illiterate.

A pure illiterate.

For Chen Baiqing now, that cultivation technique could only be used as a pillow while sleeping.

Speaking of this, Chu Xingchen was a bit troubled. My first disciple was a genius in cultivation, and along the way, Li Yingling relied entirely on talent.

Li Xingtian relied on his past life.

Now, Chen Baiqing could only rely on his senior sister.

After all, Master might not be reliable in this matter, as Chu Xingchen had no confidence in teaching children.

However, fortunately, Li Yingling was quite proactive, which was a win-win situation.

As the sun set, Chu Xingchen and Li Xingtian returned side by side.

Today, unsurprisingly, they found nothing. The places with slightly abundant spiritual energy and no people were barren, rugged, difficult to develop into larger projects, or would consume a lot more spirit stones.

However, this wasn’t discouraging, as this matter had just begun.

Chu Xingchen said confidently, “Next time, you go look to the east. I’ve studied feng shui, there must be a spiritual vein there!”

“…Master, yesterday you said the east was definitely a desolate place.”

“Damn it! Xingtian, have you been learning bad habits from Yingling? You never used to contradict your master.”

Li Xingtian looked at his master, wanting to say he learned it from him, but swallowed the words back.

After all, Master could be quite petty at times, and it wasn’t worth it to have a verbal spat and make things difficult for himself.

At this moment, the two had just reached the courtyard gate.

Li Yingling’s slightly impatient voice came through:

“No! Didn’t I teach you this character a quarter of an hour ago? Haven’t you remembered it for a long time?”

Then came Chen Baiqing’s slightly choked voice:

“I’m… I’m sorry… Senior Sister…”

“Hey, hey, don’t cry, don’t cry, Senior Sister isn’t mad at you…”

This conversation made Chu Xingchen, who was about to push the door, pause. It wasn’t like this yesterday… He looked at his second disciple.

Chu Xingchen suggested, “Why don’t we go out for a meal first?”

Li Xingtian nodded in agreement.

As they spoke, they were about to turn and leave.

But before they could take two steps, the door behind them was suddenly opened. Li Yingling, who opened the door, looked at her master with a resentful gaze and shouted discontentedly:

“Master! Junior Brother! Where do you think you’re going?”

“Master suddenly remembered there’s actually a place quite suitable for building the sect… I’ll go now…”

Before Chu Xingchen could finish his excuse, Li Yingling reached out, grabbed his arm, and pulled him inside, saying:

“No more excuses, it’s your turn to teach!”

Chu Xingchen looked helpless, then casually hooked Li Xingtian’s shoulder, pulling him into the courtyard as well, and looked over.

Chen Baiqing sat on a stone chair, gently wiping tears with her small hands, seriously staring at the literacy primer in front of her.

But she seemed to have a proper attitude, could it be she’s truly slow?

Chu Xingchen didn’t believe Chen Baiqing was truly slow, shook off Li Yingling’s hand, and snorted coldly:

“Let me show you my teaching skills.”

With that, Chu Xingchen pulled Li Xingtian over to Chen Baiqing.

Li Xingtian looked helplessly at his master, thinking, you can show off, but why drag me along?

The two walked straight to Chen Baiqing.

She was softly sobbing while reciting the content of the primer.

Chu Xingchen reached out his small hand, gently rubbing Chen Baiqing’s little head, and said:

“Come, good disciple, tell Master what you don’t understand? Master will teach you.”

Chen Baiqing timidly glanced at Chu Xingchen, cautiously extended her small finger, and pointed at a character.

Chu Xingchen looked at where Chen Baiqing pointed, glanced at it, and was about to explain when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

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He directly picked up the book in front of Chen Baiqing, flipping to the cover.

“Hmm? The Great Dao Treatise?!” Chu Xingchen looked at Li Yingling in confusion, “Why is it this one?! Where’s the primer?”

“She memorized it all yesterday, she’s been reviewing this one since last night,” Li Yingling sighed;

“I flipped through this Great Dao Treatise twice and memorized it all, but she still hasn’t fully recognized all the characters.”

Chu Xingchen and Li Xingtian exchanged glances, suddenly realizing who the problem was.

“You taught well, but don’t teach anymore…” Chu Xingchen placed the Great Dao Treatise back on the stone table, “From now on, Li Xingtian, you teach.”

“Me?” Li Xingtian looked at his master in surprise.

“Who else?” Chu Xingchen said with a pained expression, “You only need to focus on cultivation, but I have to consider the development of the sect…”

“Master, no need to say more, I’ll teach.”

Li Xingtian surrendered decisively, knowing he couldn’t out-argue his master, and besides, teaching the junior sister was part of his duty, though he had never taught anyone before…

He just lacked confidence.

Li Xingtian picked up the Great Dao Treatise from the table, looked at the teary-eyed Chen Baiqing, and tried to show a gentle smile:

“You did well, I’ll teach you from now on.”

Chen Baiqing cautiously looked at her second senior brother, seeing his smile slightly fierce…

But beneath that fierce exterior, Chen Baiqing still felt his goodwill towards her.