Since no cultivators had yet arrived west of the Zikun Mountain Range, nor had any ordinary mortals migrated there, Yang Hong could openly claim territory without worry.
The **Qingfeng Villa**, spanning an area of 8100 li and encompassing 27 high mountains and peaks, was officially established!
This time, Yang Hong had no intention of remaining low-key!
Nine stone tablets were arranged in a circle. To better assert his claim, Yang Hong also set up a few simple formations around the nine tablets.
The four large characters of "Qingfeng Villa" were magnified a hundredfold and projected above the stone tablets, ensuring that even ordinary mortals could clearly see it was Qingfeng Villa's territory from ten li away.
For cultivators, the visibility extended ten times further.
"Husband, isn't this too conspicuous? Will it attract the Buddhist cultivators to continue pursuing us?"
Upon seeing the towering hundred-zhang stone tablet projection, Zhu Yuyan was extremely worried.
"No need to fear. I have a premonition that the Buddhist sect itself has plenty of troubles and won't have the time or energy to hunt me down.
If they truly valued me highly, they would have appeared long ago.
Their continued absence indicates they are facing significant problems."
Previously, he had converted countless remnant souls. Although he had only briefly glimpsed their memories, Yang Hong, with his own lingering concerns, had paid special attention to any memories related to Buddhism. Through those fleeting impressions, he understood that Buddhism faced numerous crises, making him less of a priority.
"Really? But didn't you say earlier that the Taiyuan Continent had been moved to the Buddhist realm?
If that's the case, they could easily summon more Arhats and Bodhisattvas to suppress us."
Zhu Yuyan remained worried and continued to analyze, "Perhaps the Buddhist sect's troubles originate from the Buddhist realm, from those Arhats and Bodhisattvas."
Yang Hong had a faint feeling that the Buddhist realm was not at peace. The fact that Bodhisattva Puji had descended to find Yang Hong, not to kill him, but to politely ask Yang Hong to help 120,000 Buddhist cultivators overcome their heavenly tribulation, indicated that the Buddhist realm was in urgent need of various combat forces.
"I hope so," Zhu Yuyan said, tilting her head in thought for a moment. She didn't argue further but changed the subject.
"Husband, Wanyan and I just took a look around. Within this 8100 li radius, on the 27 mountains, there isn't even a single first-grade spiritual plant. Now there are only various weeds and ordinary plants.
Shouldn't we start by developing spiritual plant cultivation?"
"I'm already aware of this. It's likely that when the 'Black Despair' descended earlier, the spiritual plants, due to their spiritual energy, were directly destroyed by the chaotic spiritual energy storms.
Conversely, ordinary plants, lacking spiritual energy, survived in seed form even though the parent plants died."
"We will indeed need to cultivate spiritual plants next, but before that, we need to build our residences."
Yang Hong had surveyed the surrounding environment and used his divine sense to observe the natural environment further afield, forming a preliminary assessment.
Zhu Yuyan frowned again, her delicate feet pressing lightly on the ground, creating a pit about a zhang deep.
"However, beneath the surface is a layer of loose soil, and below that is sand. There are no stones suitable for construction."
"Heh heh... This is not a problem either."
Yang Hong smiled calmly again and cast a spell, **"Earth Shaping into Steel" (Zhidi Chenggang)**. The sand beneath the ground, guided by the spell and his divine sense, converged and fused together, forming a massive grey-black boulder, ten zhang in length, width, and height. It was freshly made.
Although it was only a first-tier minor spell, the hardness of this grey-black boulder had already reached the level of a fourth-tier stone material.
"Husband, has your cultivation improved?
Has your cultivation seal been lifted?"
Yang Hong shook his head, "Not yet. However, my cultivation has recovered to the Nascent Soul stage."
As he spoke, the corners of Yang Hong's mouth curled up slightly. He was confident that he could continue to improve his cultivation in a short period.
**Yang Hong: Sixth Prince of the Great Sui Dynasty. m..oΓg**
**Daily灌顶 (Guàndǐng) Slots: 20/20**
**Lifespan: 242/6000**
**Cultivation: Hundred-Year Nascent Soul (Sealed Nascent Soul Stage): Strength of 20 million jin, Divine Sense 2000 li)**
**Cultivation Techniques: Qingfeng Breathing Technique (221 layers), Qingfeng Body Tempering Technique (194 layers)**
**Martial Skills: Serious Punch, Serious Saber, Serious Sword**
**Spells: Sweet Rain Technique (Mastered), Universal Salvation Demonic Sound (Mastered)...**
**Domain: Time (13%)**
**Special Ability: Soul Enhancement**
His cultivation had improved. As he completed the three years of chanting the **"Duren Sutra" (Du Ren Jing)**, he had recovered to the Nascent Soul stage, and it was a Hundred-Year Nascent Soul at that.
Although it was only a hundred years of spiritual power, its purity, density, and recovery speed were more than double that of a ten-million-year Golden Core stage.
Yang Hong roughly estimated that he could now guarantee victory against three of his past selves from the day before.
A simple horizontal comparison indicated that Yang Hong was now invincible below the seventh-tier.
As long as he increased his total spiritual power, he would be invincible even in the seventh-tier Integration stage.
"Rock equivalent to fourth-tier stone material is indeed sufficient for building houses.
Husband, where shall we build the main hall next?"
Feeling the stone block condensed by the spell, Song Yuzhi inquired first.
"Of course, on the tallest peak. Let's go~"
Yang Hong pointed to the towering mountain peak in the distance before him, and a flying sword appeared beneath his feet, carrying him towards the mountain.
This mountain was located on the western periphery of the Zikun Mountain Range. Its height was precisely 10,800 zhang, and its body was a relatively regular cone shape, with a diameter of approximately 1080 li.
It was precisely because of its regular shape that Yang Hong chose this mountain as the sect's stronghold, rather than the mountain where the purple crystal jade vein was located, which was over 8,000 zhang high.
A height of 10,000 zhang is 30,000 meters. In his past life, this would have been an unbelievable height, but in a cultivation world like the Taiyuan Continent, it was merely a rather tall mountain.
Below 10,000 zhang, this mountain was still a warm spring. Above 10,000 zhang, with the clouds and mist reaching below one's feet, the temperature dropped rapidly, and snow began to fall.
The four of them arrived at the mountainside, three thousand zhang high on the east side. Yang Hong closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing for a moment, then placed a hand directly on the ground, his spiritual power and divine sense pouring madly into the earth.
A natural rule of the Earth Dao emanated from Yang Hong, making him appear incredibly majestic and expansive.
It was incredibly unbelievable, yet Zhu Yuyan, Song Yuzhi, and Wanwan, who were beside him, saw the same shock in each other's eyes.
Following this, a Dao charm of Creation slowly arose and joined the Dao charm of Earth, followed by the Dao charm of Water and the Dao charm of Wood.
All four Dao charms mastered by Yang Hong were activated and poured into his spiritual power, injecting it underground.
Rumble~ Rumble~
The upward-sloping ground began to dent rhythmically, and where it indented, simple yet grand and ancient buildings began to form.
If there were any transmigrators from Blue Star present, they would surely exclaim, "Wudang Zhenwu Temple!"
Indeed, what Yang Hong was currently building with his spiritual power was modeled after the Zhenwu Temple of Wudang Mountain that he had seen during his travels.
Furthermore, he was using his spiritual power to alter the surrounding terrain to mimic the terrain around the Wudang Zhenwu Temple.
However, as a "Zhenwu Temple" in the cultivation world, it was naturally impossible to replicate the Blue Star's Zhenwu Temple one-to-one.
As time passed, the main structure of the buildings was completely formed, and their positions began to shift slowly. At the same time, some seemingly useless viewing pavilions began to appear.
A Zhen and Yuan Two Principles Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation was being adjusted and manifested by Yang Hong.
"Alas~ My cultivation is still far too lacking. This formation only possesses its form, not its spirit. It cannot even be activated."
As the entire Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation was completed, Yang Hong stood up, wiping the fine sweat from his forehead.
"Husband, you must not let other cultivators hear those words, otherwise, they will die of shame."
Hearing Yang Hong's sigh of self-reproach, Zhu Yuyan truly felt a blush of shame.
She was now also a sixth-tier Spirit Severing stage expert, yet even shaping a simple house with her spiritual power was a bit strenuous. Yang Hong, on the other hand, had outrageously built a complex of palaces with formations!
It was truly a case of "comparing goods makes one throw them away, comparing people makes one want to die!"