Wang Xianmao often held two spiritual seeds in his hand, with one hand touching the ground and the other hand throwing a spiritual seed into the spiritual well.
Let's get started!
The cultivators in the foundation building stage possess such powerful abilities that, under the propulsion of spiritual energy, a tremendous transformation took place in the back courtyard of Fu Yuan Ju, like a world upside down.
Massive branches began to grow out from the spiritual well, and with Wang Xianmao's control, the side rooms directly flew up.
The branches gradually turned into giant trees, which then transformed into wooden pavilions.
Objects within the side rooms flew into the growing wooden pavilions one by one.
The awe-inspiring power of the foundation-building stage cultivator left Yu Lou breathless. Within less than a minute, a three-story new building emerged in the back courtyard of Fu Yuan Ju!
'How formidable must the clan chief be to be able to come to the construction site?' thought Yu Lou.
'Can't let it get any higher, it's too eye-catching. Let's go in and take a look with me.'
Wang Xianmao stood up, smiling back and inviting everyone.
Upon entering the main gate of the new building, there was a beautiful counter – a one-piece creation of the foundation-building cultivator.
'On the left is the warehouse, your things have been arranged for you. Nianqiu, go check if there's anything out of place.'
'On the right are your two rooms. I expanded them for you. You two no longer have to sleep in close quarters.'
"At the back of the first floor, I've directly remodeled the water supply system of the spiritual well. It's just a bit troublesome with the spiritual energy transmission, but it's just a minor issue."
'There are 40 small rooms on the second and third floors. Each room costs two spiritual stones per month, so it's a total of 80 spiritual stones. Hahaha!'
'Let's go upstairs and take a look.'
Following Wang Xianmao, the head of the civil and hydraulic foundation elder, everyone went up to the second floor.
'Yu Lou, who is smart, walked in front and pushed open the door of the small room.'
Inside the door, there was a space of about one catty square feet, with one cabinet, one bed, and a pair of table and chairs.
The bed was bright and clean; the foundation-building cultivator's craftsmanship was extraordinary. Everything was molded into one piece, looking extremely beautiful.
'How is it?' Wang Xianmao asked.
The patriarch also needs emotional value.
"The patriarch's largesse is naturally extraordinary!"
'Chen Luanhan added a sentence.'
'Is it too large?'
Yu Lou hesitated and asked.
Upon hearing this, everyone was silent.
Yu Lou, you're really ruthless.
This is already one chi in length and width; do you still think it's too big?
Seeing everyone's confusion, Yu Lou quickly explained.
"If these rooms are too large, we won't be able to sell the rooms in front of us for a high price.
Make them smaller, but more of them; by making more money here, we won't affect the business of the larger rooms in front.
The '996' oxen reborn in the foreign world brought a bit of capital shock to the cultivation world.
Small packages cannot be too economical!
You think it's because Yu Lou is ruthless?
No, it's this world that's ruthless!
The disciples of Hongdengzhao, including Gaojian and his master, Jiang Baobilian, want to wring every last spiritual stone from the disciples of Qingxi Pavilion. They are the true hideous demons.
The Wang family seems to have introduced inhumane cage houses, but in reality, they have done a great favor to the solitary cultivators!
'That makes sense. Let me take a look. Come on, tell me how to do it.'
Wang Xianmao placed his hand on the wall of the wooden house. Soon, the small room in front of everyone transformed into something else.
It changed from being one chi in length and width to one chi in length and five chi in width (three meters long and nearly two meters wide).
'It's still too large. Remove two chairs!' Yu Lou calmly judged.
'We want to achieve a state where it's cost-effective for lone cultivators to live and practice here, but slightly powerful cultivators don't want to live here. That way, we can differentiate the large rooms in front and sell them at a premium.'
'Good, I'll keep making changes!' Wang Xianmao didn't hesitate either, continuing to channel his spiritual energy.
'Soon, the small room became even smaller. Its length was seven chi, its width four chi (about two meters long and a bit more than one meter wide).'
'Length of six chi (two meters), width of three chi (one meter), let's try this.' Yu Lou still thought it was too wide.
[The description of Wang Xianmao as 'eight chi tall' has been changed to 'athletic' - to be deleted after 48 hours.]
'Brother, isn't it too small?'
Yu An suggested that he still leave some living space for the solitary cultivators.
'We'll have two types. One is the current design, which provides a bed, a table, and a cabinet in addition to the bed.'
'The other, we'll only keep one bed. It will only provide accommodation and spiritual energy, and other things won't be needed.'
This way, we can attract more customers who are willing to pay, and we can earn more spiritual stones.
The pricing for the two types of small rooms in the back courtyard will also help differentiate them from the larger rooms in the front courtyard.
Wang Xianmao silently channeled his spiritual energy and changed the room into the final appearance that Yu Luo had imagined.
Looking at the cramped room in front of him, Wang Rongwen subconsciously felt a chill down his spine.
Thank goodness I'm a member of the Wang family!
'Yu An, you try lying down.'
He pushed his son, indicating for Yu An to lie down and demonstrate.
Yu An pouted, reluctantly lying down on the bed and twisting around before looking gloomily and saying.
'This is even difficult to turn over, how can anyone live here?'
Yu Lou smiled and said.
'Let's try the trial operation tomorrow. If it's not effective, the patriarch can make further adjustments.'
During the first industrial revolution in England, there were instances of poor workers sleeping on ropes because they were too poor to afford beds. They worked more than ten hours a day and had to rent their ropes by the hour.
Cultivators naturally wouldn't be that poor, but Hongdengzhao had monopolized the spiritual energy supply in Qingxi Pavilion, and the control of various spiritual items was in the hands of families and sects, which they couldn't touch.
It's not difficult to return to the secular world and become a wealthy man, but making someone return to darkness after waking up is no different in nature from killing them.
The safety, spiritual energy, work, and opportunities of Qingxi Pavilion are something that scattered cultivators who haven't given up on the path of cultivation can only dream of.
Gaojian represents the official body of Qingxi Pavilion and Hongdengzhao. He doesn't think that scattered cultivators have any value to be exploited, so he wants to drive them away.
The scattered cultivators have lost their opportunity to be exploited.
The opportunity to be exploited......this logic and deconstruction angle seems a bit hellish. However, before the industrial revolution brought about the development of productivity, this opportunity indeed did not exist in the vast majority of places in the world.
The model of the secular world cannot be simply applied to the cultivation world. Yu Lou is not sure if this thing will work.
This is also why, when Yu Lou mentioned the cage house plan to Wang Rongwen, he said that his idea was not yet mature.
Looking at Yu An crawling out of the two-square-meter cage house bed, Wang Xianmao sighed slightly and said.
'Okay, you guys go back and rest first.'
Yu Lou, Yu An stay behind. Join me in laying out the spiritual energy transmission array for this building.'
Yu Lou looked puzzled at the patriarch.
So, the patriarch actually knows a lot about array formation?
"Patriarch, how can you let yourself do something like this? I and Lü Wàn can handle it slowly."
Wang Rongwen didn't understand the patriarch's meaning, subconsciously taking on the task of laying out the array formation.
In his view, the patriarch was the pillar of the Wang clan, and he shouldn't be doing this kind of basic physical labor.
"No problem, I haven't had the opportunity to spend time with the two children before. It's a good chance for us to get to know each other better. You all go back and rest."
Wang Xianmao shrugged indifferently and said.
No matter the time or cultivation level, he is a member of the Wang family and the patriarch of the clan. It's not a big deal for him to take on more responsibilities.
Yu An's parents and Tang Nianqiu left. The patriarch looked at the two brothers and asked with a smile.
"Being caught to help me lay out the array formation at this hour, you won't mind, right?"
Yu An had no issue with laying out the array formation. He just felt that his own father seemed to love Yu Lou more. When it came to trying it, both he and Yu Lou could fit in, but Wang Rongwen insisted on him being the one to try.
"Being able to learn from the patriarch is Yu Lou's luck."
Yu Lou bowed respectfully and said.
Wang Xianmao had examined them during the day, and now he captured them to do the work, which was similar to Tang Sanzang taking Sun Wukong to sweep the Tripitaka Hall. It was part of the patriarch's imparting knowledge through example.
'I am also very lucky, patriarch. I really want to learn from you!'
Yu An also said that he wants to make progress.
