Chapter 45: The Cultivation Room

Half an hour later, after Lin Dayou had finished washing clothes and gone out to work, and after Lin Yun had finished washing up and came to wake him, Lin Xiao finally woke up again.

Opening his eyes and seeing that it was already daylight outside, Lin Xiao leaped out of bed like a carp flipping out of water.

He quickly washed up, grabbed two pieces of dry food from the kitchen, and rushed out the door, leaving Lin Yun to dutifully close the house up behind him.

When he arrived at the sect, Lin Xiao headed straight for the spiritual field. But upon seeing it fully planted, he slapped his forehead.

He had been too sleepy and had forgotten that the field was already occupied with plants. He hurriedly began digging up soil.

As the other sect members arrived and saw Lin Xiao working hard at digging in the distance, they all came over to ask if he needed help.

But Lin Xiao refused all offers, urging everyone to focus on their cultivation instead. After all, for him, now at the fourth level of Qi Refinement, digging up a few square meters of soil was nothing.

Sure enough, shortly after everyone began their cultivation inside the grass hut, Lin Xiao finished the digging.

This time, he planned to combine a larger piece of spiritual land, instead of doing it in small increments of a few square meters.

So, he spent five spirit stones to synthesize a single piece of spiritual land about fifty square meters in size.

There wasn't enough flat land on the mountainside to place this spiritual field without taking up space needed for future buildings. So, Lin Xiao arranged the spiritual field in the form of terraced fields on the hillside behind the sect, about 300 meters from the main hall.

Lin Xiao felt that this distance was far enough—it was at the very edge of the sect's defense range.

With the spiritual field in place, Lin Xiao excitedly rubbed his hands together and took out five seeds of the Morus Plant from his private stash, planting them one by one in the field.

As soon as they were planted, he eagerly took out five portions of the Spiritual Plant Growth-Accelerating Bone Meal and sprinkled them on each of the small mounds.

Soon, the soil of the spiritual field began to change. The Morus seeds, which had not even sprouted earlier, quickly germinated and started to grow visibly.

In a blink, they began to branch out, and soon buds appeared. Moments later, the buds unfurled into large, lush leaves.

Seeing this miraculous scene for the first time, Lin Xiao was thrilled.

He immediately took out ten spirit silkworm eggs from his private stash and placed them directly onto the newly grown Morus leaves.

Then, he waited…and waited. After what felt like forever, all he saw were tiny bite marks on the Morus leaves from the ten silkworm eggs.

He was dumbfounded.

Oops.

Clearly, he had forgotten that while he had the bone meal to accelerate plant growth, he had no way to speed up the silkworms' growth.

So, after all that excitement, he still had to wait for the silkworms to grow slowly and spin silk.

Only then could he start synthesizing the beginner-level sect uniforms.

Lin Xiao now just wanted to find a quiet place to reflect.

He went to sit under the Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Tree, resting his chin in his hands as he pondered.

He had gotten too carried away—it was entirely unnecessary!

He had originally planned to complete the three sect tasks, but now there were still two tasks left undone. Why had he rushed to make uniforms?

Calming down, Lin Xiao reassessed what he should be doing.

Besides himself, the other sect members were only at the first level of Qi Refinement, and Jiang He and Iron Head hadn't even reached that level yet.

With just nine days left before that so-called Shanyang Sect came to recruit disciples in Cuifeng Town, there was a real possibility they might notice their small sect in tiny Xiushui Village.

What if they found their presence intolerable, or if the cultivation world had some rules against small sects like theirs, leading to trouble?

As the saying goes, "A man with no long-term plans will face immediate worries."

Although Lin Xiao didn't think his small, ragtag sect would be noticed, he couldn't afford to take chances.

Yes, the sect had defensive capabilities, but its range was limited to just 300 meters. What if something happened when they were outside that range?

So, the most pressing task was to improve the strength of the sect members.

That way, if danger did come, they could at least run faster—perhaps just enough to get back inside the sect's defensive range and save their lives.

With that in mind, Lin Xiao finally remembered his primary task: Building the Cultivation Room!

Though he didn't yet know if the Cultivation Room would accelerate their cultivation, Lin Xiao figured it couldn't be just an ordinary room, right? It had to have some effect.

Determined, Lin Xiao set to work.

The leftover mud from building the main hall was still plentiful in his private stash, as was the wood.

So, he didn't need to gather any more materials—he could synthesize it right here!

However, first, he sneaked into the grass hut and quietly removed the beginner-level Spirit Gathering Array.

The cultivators in the hut immediately noticed that the spiritual energy around them became sluggish, and the concentration of energy dropped significantly. But since they were in the middle of their cultivation, they didn't stop to investigate.

After all, Lin Xiao was outside. If there were any real problems, he would say something.

Unbeknownst to them, Lin Xiao quietly took the Spirit Gathering Array and headed behind the main hall.

However, placing the Cultivation Room directly behind the hall didn't seem quite right.

After thinking it over, he moved to the right rear of the hall.

After running about a hundred meters, Lin Xiao stopped and opened the Building Synthesizer.

As usual, he added the materials: mud for bricks and wood for beams.

For the third item, he placed the beginner-level Spirit Gathering Array inside.

After hesitating, he also added a few straw mats for sitting.

Finally, after some thought, he added four of his remaining 104 spirit stones.

Then, he started the synthesis.

[Synthesis of Building—Cultivation Room initiated. Please wait.]

Once again, Lin Xiao waited for the familiar process.

He sat down nearby, plucked a blade of sourgrass, and began chewing on it idly.

Before long, the system notification rang out.

[Ding—Cultivation Room synthesis complete. Please select placement location.]

With his experience from the main hall, Lin Xiao had already estimated the correct spot.

When the Cultivation Room finally appeared before him, he calmly inspected its base size.

About 30 square meters—just as he had guessed.

Using the main hall as a reference, Lin Xiao aligned the Cultivation Room's position and decisively placed it.

[Ding—Congratulations to the host for completing the sect's Cultivation Room. Task rewards have been issued. Please check your inventory.]

Compared to the grandiosity of the main hall, the Cultivation Room appeared much more humble.

There wasn't even a naming ceremony this time!