Three days passed...

After returning to his house, Zheng-Fu stayed inside his room to calm his mind. On the third day, Chen-Bing and his team reached the top of Zheng-Fu's mountain.

In the fore courtyard of Zheng-Fu's house...

"Good morning, Little Comrade! Your private mountain is quite far. But on this mountain, the weather and the atmosphere are so good. Is that house that you want me to renovate!?" Chen-Bing said when he arrived in front of the house and saw Zheng-Fu standing there.

"No, it's not this house. I'll keep it just like this. But what I want is to construct buildings and things to connect with this house. Make this house remain inside the new house!" Zheng-Fu replied.

Hmm!

"It's quite simple! And how about the place to build that room?" After listening to Zheng-Fu's construction plan for a while, Chen-Bing nodded in agreement with a casual expression. Because that was very easy for him. He then asked for a place to build a secret cultivation room that Zheng-Fu wanted.

"As for that place, Master Chen-Bing can follow me and take a look. As for the rest of you, just wait here!"

Umm!

Ten minutes passed at the cave behind the waterfall...

"This is where I want you to build that room. It might be a difficult task because you have to dig deeper into the cave and make a huge hall inside it!" arriving at the cave behind the waterfall, Zheng-Fu explained the area where he wanted Chen-Bing to build a secret cultivation room.

In this cave!?

"This is very difficult work. The construction won't be difficult, but digging may be quite a difficult task!" Chen-Bing thought hard when he saw the actual site. He did not think it would be this difficult. In general, the construction that had to be done involved digging into the ground. But this time it was underwater digging that required many times more caution.

"So, can you do it? If you can't, that's all right. Consider this task too difficult for you..."

"I can do it! It's just a simple task! For me, the more difficult the task, the better. It's a challenge for a builder like me. As for the construction cost, I think it might be quite high. I'm afraid that..."

Flop!!!

Zheng-Fu took out a dimensional ring containing two thousand lumps of Abyssal Flake Ore and handed it to Chen-Bing. "There are two thousand lumps of Abyssal Flake Ore in it. If you exchange them for high-level Purple Heaven crystals, I believe you'll definitely get a large amount. But if this number is still insufficient, I'll gladly add more as you wish!"

Ah!

"Where did you get so many lumps of this ore from? Do you know that this ore is currently in great demand within Heavenly Command Sect? Since last week, once this type of ore was released for sale, famous forgers and apothecaries are all looking for it!" Hearing what was inside the dimensional ring, Chen-Bing immediately examined it, before speaking up. He could not believe that Zheng-Fu would have so many lumps of this ore. Because now they were in high demand in the market.

"How I got it is not important. What matters is whether it is enough for the construction fee?" Zheng-Fu did not want to answer where he got the Abyssal Flake Ore because it was his secret.

"Of course, it's enough, maybe even too much!" Chen-Bing nodded quickly to confirm the answer.

"Then that's good. And how long do you think it'll take to complete this secret cultivation room?" Zheng-Fu smiled slyly, before asking about the construction timeline.

"I'm not sure when it'll finish. Because the time spent digging should be long enough. Unless we have the mole monsters or digger beasts to help us. If so, it might speed up the digging time. As for the construction period, it probably won't be very long. Overall, it should be completed in three to four months," answered Chen-Bing, as he roughly calculated the construction time. He also allowed time for any obstacles encountered during construction.

Umm!

"It'd be great if it could be faster, but anyway, just you could completely finish it is good enough!" Zheng-Fu actually wanted it to be completed in a week or two, but he knew it was not possible. Therefore, Zheng-Fu could only accept it. And while waiting for this secret cultivation room to be completed, he could only speed up his energy cultivation.

Back at Zheng-Fu's house...

When Zheng-Fu and Chen-Bing returned to Zheng-Fu's house, they saw that Chen-Bing's team had begun to establish their residence. And they also prepared various construction materials and placed them in a pile, consisting of red pine, solid black pine, fine oak, and tiger stripes wood, all of which have been sawed and processed.

"What about the house? How long do you think it will take?"

"Not more than a month and it'll be done. Because the house is easy to build and does not require anything complicated. Plus, it doesn't have to create a lot of room like the tavern. So, it's very simple!" Chen-Bing replied.

Umm!

"If so, that's great. Well, then I won't interfere with your and your people's work!"

"Big Brother, so where are we going to live?" At that moment, Chang-Yue loudly asked, wondering where she was going to stay during the construction.

"We're still here, Chang-Yue. I have cast a soundproofing spell surrounding this place. We won't hear construction noise or any noise. Plus, no one could see what we're doing inside the house!" replied Zheng-Fu. He had already thought that little Chang-Yue would ask this, so he had prepared an answer for her in advance.

Oh!!!

A week passed…

In Zheng-Fu's room.

Wooooooosh!!!

Bang!!!

Aaaaah!!!

"Seven days with fifteen-level divine pills. My energy level only rose to the intermediate level. Am I going to have to take all my existing fifth-level divine pills to be able to level up?"

For the past seven days, Zheng-Fu had been secluding himself to cultivate energy in his room. He had used up to fifteen Heaven Converged Divine Pills but his energy level only increased to the mid-range of the seventh level of the Heavenly Golden Core stage. There was still halfway left before he could reach the peak of this level. He became upset at the thought that it would take so many more divine pills to advance to the next level.

"But no matter how many more pills it takes, I'm willing to accept it, to increase my energy level. But these days, why can't I sense that young woman in black, or has she stopped following me?" Just as Zheng-Fu was about to start cultivating once again, he suddenly recognized the secret young woman who had secretly followed him. For these past seven days, Zheng-Fu had not been able to sense her identity at all.

In the hall within the main manor of Heavenly Command Sect Academy...

"We got news from other Sacred Sects that Dragon Deity Secret Land is about to open in the next three months. Those who can enter must be no higher than the Deity Soul stage. And our sect will also send our disciples to join the search for treasure this time. What do you all think?"

An elder, in his mid-sixties, spoke among the many elders and masters who had come to the meeting.

"We should send our main disciples to join in. I think that the other sects will send their main disciples as well, especially those Devil Sects and Demon Sects. And to protect our disciples, the elders of the Deity Soul stage should accompany them too!" said a strong-looking middle-aged man. He was one of the academy's high-rank elders and was also a Deity Soul stage cultivator.

"I agree, although the treasures within Dragon Deity Secret Land are important, the safety of our sect's disciples is also important!"

"If so, we'll announce this matter to all disciples. And those with energy levels at Heavenly Star Stage and above can participate in this treasure quest. What do you all think?"

"Umm! It's reasonable. And how many disciples are we going to send?"

"I think there should be more than a hundred people. The other sects would have the same opinion!"

"What about the disciple named Zheng-Fu? Master Five Pillar Elders instructed us to keep an eye on him. What if he wants to go along?"

"Disciple Zheng-Fu? Has his energy level reached the Heavenly Star stage? Isn't he just an outer disciple who hasn't reached the Heavenly Golden Core stage yet?"

"That was three months ago. His energy level has now reached the Advanced Heavenly Golden Core stage!" Master Min-Hou spoke up. He knew this from his master. And he had to tell everyone about Zheng-Fu's energy level.

Impossible!

"How is it possible for him to level up by such a leap?"

"Is it because he was allowed to cultivate in Heaven Command Secret Land?" the elder who spoke first guessed. He still remembered a matter three months ago, when Zheng-Fu asked to enter the secret land in exchange for his Buddha Prayer.

"That's right, it's exactly what the Deputy Director said. Because he had cultivated within Heaven Command Secret Land, he had leveled up by such a leap. And I think he should be able to advance to the Heavenly Star stage in these three months!" Min-Hou explained.

"But advancing from the Heavenly Golden Core stage cultivator to the Heavenly Star stage is not easy. Will he be able to do it?"

"That would be difficult to say. After all, it was only half a year since he joined our Heavenly Command Sect, but he managed to promote from the highest level of the Divine King stage cultivator to the Advanced Heavenly Golden Core stage. Do you guys still think it's impossible?"

Ah!!!

"Let's just say we'll announce this to all the disciples. And whether or not he can become a Heavenly Star stage cultivator is up to Heaven's destiny. If he could advance to that stage before this treasure hunt arrives, he has the right to participate!" another elder sitting in the middle of the hall interjected.

Umm!!!

The other masters and elders all agreed. If the disciples were not allowed to face the wide world, they would never grow up. And for Zheng-Fu, it was up to whether he could become a Heavenly Star stage cultivator before this treasure hunt began. And when the meeting ended, the announcement of joining the treasure search in Dragon Deity Secret Land was immediately announced throughout the sect for everyone to know.

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