"Master, trust me, we absolutely need to go this way!"

In a dense forest, Li Yingling firmly tugged at Chu Xingchen's sleeve, saying, "Believe in my intuition."

The sect didn't have many people, but tasks still needed to be assigned.

Li Xingtian was responsible for Chen Baiqing's education.

Naturally, with the intention of contributing to the sect, Li Yingling volunteered once again to search for the sect's location.

Thinking that having more people could be helpful, Chu Xingchen nodded in agreement.

This time, they were exploring a direction they hadn't been to before.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, Chu Xingchen's speed had doubled, and his spiritual sense had expanded dramatically.

In the direction Li Yingling pointed, Chu Xingchen's spiritual sense swept over, and he felt that the spiritual energy seemed even more barren...

It didn't seem like there was any kind of feng shui treasure land.

With a sigh, Chu Xingchen still followed Li Yingling's intuition, taking her into the air and flying straight in the direction she indicated.

Trusting in his First Disciple's fortunate luck.

Li Yingling's gaze continuously scanned the area in front of them, trusting her intuition and making slight adjustments to their direction.

After a few moments.

At Li Yingling's request, Chu Xingchen stopped at a place where the terrain was open.

The area was wide on both sides, with a small waterfall not too high, cascading down into a clear lake.

Chu Xingchen quickly scanned the area, and while the scenery was indeed pleasant, the spiritual energy was quite low.

Li Yingling, with her outstanding aptitude and high sensitivity to spiritual energy, looked around with a puzzled expression, then confidently said:

"Master, there's no mistake, it's definitely here!"

Hearing this, Chu Xingchen didn't hesitate to unleash his spiritual sense, scanning every inch of the land in front of them with full force.

Soon, Chu Xingchen locked onto a spot with slightly abnormal spiritual energy.

The location was in the center of the lake, where the spiritual energy was much weaker than elsewhere.

Without hesitation, Chu Xingchen opened a shield and flew into the water, quickly reaching the center of the lake.

In the center, there was a dark red stone firmly fixed in place by chains.

This stone... seemed to be blocking the spiritual energy?

With a slight manipulation of spiritual power, Chu Xingchen lifted the dark red boulder.

Immediately, a pure stream of spiritual energy began to slowly flow from where the boulder had been.

This is... an underground spiritual vein?!

Chu Xingchen quickly placed the boulder back.

This place must have been discovered long ago, but the person who found it couldn't establish a sect at the time.

So, they blocked the underground spiritual vein to hide the place for future use.

Damn, that's sneaky!

As punishment, Chu Xingchen decided to claim this land.

Now, he needed to quickly buy some materials and start building to claim the spot!

After ensuring the stone was properly placed, Chu Xingchen swiftly emerged from the water.

Li Yingling eagerly asked, "Master! How is it?!"

"You get the credit!" Chu Xingchen raised his hand and flew with Li Yingling towards Yuzhou City.

In the air, Li Yingling's proud voice echoed:

"Master, I told you! I'm really lucky!"

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Half a day later.

Chu Xingchen, along with his three disciples and a pile of materials, hurried to the feng shui treasure land.

Before coming, Chu Xingchen had visited the Demon Suppression Bureau to claim this land for his sect and made a simple report.

Now, he had the legal rights to this land!

Zhao Wanqing also owed Chu Xingchen a favor, so the process was expedited, and Chu Xingchen quickly received official documentation.

Near Yuzhou City, Chu Xingchen was somewhat of a connected person.

Chu Xingchen had already planned the layout for this land.

First, set up a Spirit Gathering Formation!

Hovering in the air, Chu Xingchen followed the formation's blueprint, embedding each formation core.

Li Xingtian and Li Yingling were handling the wood, preparing to build wooden houses. They planned to construct two buildings to assert their claim.

The Spirit Gathering Formation was complex, and after carefully setting it up, Chu Xingchen turned to see his two disciples building a crooked house, more like stacking blocks than constructing a house.

The untreated wood was simply inserted into the ground, stacked like building blocks.

It was quite an eyesore.

Even though it was just to occupy the space, they should at least respect their Foundation Establishment status, right?

This incident taught Chu Xingchen that professional tasks should be handled by professionals... relying solely on his disciples and himself was clearly insufficient.

As for the professionals, Chu Xingchen quickly thought of the perfect person for the job.

The youngest disciple, Chen Baiqing, was still young and without cultivation, so Chu Xingchen let her play or read by the side.

At this moment, Chen Baiqing sat quietly on a stone by the lake, reading a book.

She was so well-behaved it was almost heart-wrenching.

Beside her was a bag of candied fruits, which she ate slowly while reading.

Time had passed, and there were still many candied fruits left.

Chu Xingchen called out with a smile, "Baiqing, it's getting dark, time to go home!"

"Okay, Master." Chen Baiqing quickly put her book away, carefully repackaged the candied fruits, placed them in her arms, and picked up her book.

She ran towards Chu Xingchen with a gentle smile on her face.

She looked very much like a cat waiting to be petted.

Chu Xingchen couldn't help but reach out and ruffle her hair.

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The next morning.

In the courtyard house.

Chen Baiqing got up early, diligently reading at the stone table in the courtyard.

Creak...

The sound of a door opening caught her attention, and she turned to see that the earliest riser today was surprisingly her master.

She quickly stood up, bowed to Chu Xingchen, and softly said:

"Good morning, Master."

This "good morning" was something Chen Baiqing learned from her Senior Sister and Senior Brother, who occasionally greeted each other this way in the morning.

However, her master used it the most.

In the past, when she heard adults greet each other, they mostly said "morning peace."

But since everyone used it, Chen Baiqing naturally followed suit.

Chu Xingchen walked over with large strides, ruffling Chen Baiqing's hair again, and said:

"Good morning, but you don't have to be so formal. Up early to read?"

Chen Baiqing lifted her head and said, "It's not that early. I'm slow, so I need to spend more time."

Chu Xingchen was speechless... Chen Baiqing wasn't slow at all; she was more than smart enough.

But compared to the genius Li Yingling... there was indeed a noticeable difference.

Chen Baiqing hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked, as if afraid of angering Chu Xingchen:

"Master, are you going out since you're up so early?"

Chu Xingchen ruffled her hair again, speaking gently:

"Yes, I'm planning to visit the Qingfeng Sect."