Even the Divinity Transformation True Man within the sect would give him some face, one could say that all the cultivators of the Four Seasons Sect who have not yet ascended in the Tao Furnace Realm are his juniors.

A true ancestor-level figure.

Is such a figure personally coming out to greet them?

Is it true?

"You all seem very puzzled."

Deacon Wei still wore a kind and benevolent expression as he said loudly:

"But there's no need to be puzzled."

"This is your first test after entering."

Hearing the word "test," everyone felt a bit nervous, wondering what kind of task it would be.

Unexpectedly, Deacon Wei spread his hands and said:

"There aren't many places to live within the Spiritual Fertility Hall, you'll have to build your own residences."

Everyone: "..."

Huh?

No available land to live in the Spiritual Fertility Hall?

This was unexpected for them, as the Spiritual Fertility Hall is one of the most important places of the Four Seasons Sect.

No residences?

A True Man, who seemed to be about the same age as Li Ye, couldn't help but ask: "Deacon Wei... has something happened within the Spiritual Fertility Hall?"

Otherwise, how could there not be any residences?

"Of course not." Deacon Wei still shook his head with a smile: "It's just that currently the Spiritual Fertility Hall is full, so we have to expand outside the chaos.

Don't say I didn't take care of you juniors.

On the first dig, treasures are the most abundant!

If you can mine enough Heavenly Inquiry Stones to progress and build your residences in the chaos, you can decide the size of the residences among yourselves."

Upon hearing they were to develop the chaos, the True Men immediately perked up, asking questions without any concern for appearances:

"Really?"

"Are we going to build residences on newly developed land?"

"How about the treasures mined... what's the procedure?"

A slew of questions were thrown out.

Even Li Ye didn't expect his usually composed senior brothers and sisters to act so frantically.

But as he inquired, he gradually learned the reason.

Developing the chaos is similar to how he acquired Chaos Soil, yet the chaos here in the Four Seasons Sect is even more peculiar.

This chaos was personally collected by the ancestor before the world was established and then sealed. Almost all the time, idle cultivators would throw various spiritual materials and countless spiritual qi inside.

Thousands of years later, who knows how much spiritual qi has accumulated.

What treasures have been nurtured within the chaos by the spiritual qi, no one knows.

But there is one thing for sure.

Within it... there might appear the innate spirit treasures of the Tao Furnace Realm!

Thinking of this.

There was nothing more to say.

The Golden Core True Men picked up their hoes and began mining the stone. The Heavenly Inquiry Mountain's stone was very special, and even highly skilled cultivators could only mine it slowly like mortals.

So gathering enough stones was not easy.

However, the True Men didn't mind much, as they were all acquainted with each other. Even those who had little interaction with Li Ye soon became familiar with him with laughs and jokes.

He silently remembered the names of these senior brothers and sisters in his heart.

And so,

It took a full three months to gather enough Chaos Stones to stably cover a hundred acres of land.

Exactly ten Golden Cores.

That meant ten acres per person, no more, no less.

Anyway, the Spiritual Fertility Hall's residences are symbolic places, and one can return to their Cave Mansion anytime. There would be a teleportation array to the Spiritual Fertility Hall in the Cave Mansion as well.

During the mountain-stone development, Li Ye had thoroughly familiarized himself with the senior brothers and sisters, each carrying a basket, confidently heading to the edge of the chaos.

"Let's set off!"

"I wonder what we can dig up."

"Could there possibly... be an innate spirit treasure?!"

Even Golden Core cultivators could have moments of anticipation, and hearing them discuss, Li Ye was also curious about what treasure he could get.

...

Soon.

With the help of Deacon Wei, they arrived at the border of the chaos.

Before them was the roiling, gray mist mixed with a touch of starlight—this represented that they could enter; if not, the chaos mist would be solidified.

"I'll go first."

Sister Ye, who previously cultivated that terrifying Flying Immortal Falling Star Tulip, volunteered to speak.

Without waiting for a response, she grabbed a stone and strode into the chaos, amidst the unknown chaotic spiritual energy eroding, she pressed a stone slab onto the ground.

The instant she pressed it down.

The chaotic mist mysteriously parted, revealing a path just wide enough for one person to walk, extending three zhang forward.

No more, no less, exactly three zhang.

They needed to blaze the trail from this path, then within the chaos, use Heavenly Inquiry Stones to build Cave Mansions and properties enough for living and staying.

This was not an easy task.

Chaos represents disorder, and placing the Four Seasons Sect's "order" of Heavenly Inquiry Stones within it means withstanding the impact of the chaos.

—Sister Ye's face already showed an abnormal flush.

That was evidently blood rushing caused.

"Let me go second."

Li Ye offered, saying with a smile: "This is a rare opportunity to face the chaos, I intend to use this to advance to mid-Golden Core."

What he said wasn't wrong.

Fixing the stone slab does drain the chaos, extracting pure spiritual qi, but it also inflicts considerable damage.

But since Li Ye said this.

The senior brothers and sisters didn't refuse, only advising him to be careful.

"If it doesn't work, come back in time."

"I have pills here, let me know if you feel unwell."

"Don't be reckless."

After all, Li Ye had the lowest cultivation among them, while they were already mid-Golden Core, some even approaching the late-stage bottleneck.

It was indeed an opportunity where risk and opportunity coexisted.

Sister Ye patted his shoulder, then gave way, sitting behind to adjust her breath. The chaotic spiritual qi was violent, injuring her considerably.

Walking on the single-file path, Li Ye found himself surrounded by surging chaos mist, where unclear spiritual energy made it hard for him to breathe.

Even his mind conjured many illusions.

This was the truly perilous chaos, and even with all his advantages, long exposure would certainly drive him mad.

Even though it had been processed by the ancestor.

It's hard to imagine what a truly terrifying chaos it would be.

"Whew."

Suppressing his stray thoughts, he took the stone slab and gently laid it on the ground.

But as soon as he placed it down.

An extremely peculiar spiritual energy surged forth, containing not just pure spiritual qi, but also chaotic turbid energy.

It penetrated through the multi-layered spiritual power shield he'd cast in advance, viciously burrowing into his body, rampaging through his meridians, causing utter chaos!

The excruciating pain almost made Li Ye cough up blood.

Despite his preparations, employing protective techniques, using the Jianmu and Small Thousand World to stabilize his body and meridians, it was still overwhelmingly painful.

And due to this moment of pain, he let down his guard.

In the Small Thousand World, the originally dormant Tribulation Fire Spirit seemed to sense something, angrily leaping out, encircling Li Ye.

Someone dared to hurt its "father"?

The enraged Tribulation Fire Spirit blazed fiercely, pressing against the surroundings.

Then...

The chaos mist was actually ignited by it!

Centered on Li Ye, the originally solid and heavy chaos mist caught fire, spreading at a visible rate.

The brilliant Tribulation Fire instantly burned away about a mile of mist, leaving behind many glittering items and... piles of Tribulation Ash.

The cultivators stared at the suddenly cleared chaotic fog.

For a moment, they were dumbfounded.

Was this even possible?

From afar, Deacon Wei, observing the scene, paused and then revealed a satisfied smile.

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