35: Chapter 35 Emptying the Sword Sect's Treasury? If you're so capable, I have no objection!

"Why didn't the chicken skin get covered in dirt?"

"That's because I used demonic arts to keep the dirt away, of course."

Feng Yifan gnawed on the Beggar's Chicken and said to the Old Clan Leader, "I feel like our village is still missing something."

"I wonder what the Young Lord feels is missing?" The Old Clan Leader was stunned for a moment when he heard the phrase 'separated by demonic power' before he asked.

Good heavens, in all his years, this was the first time he had heard of using demonic arts for such a thing.

The Young Lord is truly extraordinary.

"Could it be a stone mill and a stone roller?" He snapped out of it and quickly said, "Young Master Zhang said before he left that he would hire craftsmen to build them for us, but we'll have to wait a few days."

Both of these items are for processing food. If they were bought in the county town and transported back, the road would be difficult to travel.

It would be better to use local materials and hire craftsmen to build them here.

Of course, it certainly wouldn't delay Tiger Young Master from eating his noodles.

"Flying Peng and the others will bring back some white flour from the county town. When evening comes, the women will roll the noodles. I guarantee the Young Lord will get to eat them."

They should have been treating this Tiger Young Master to good food and drink anyway.

The Li Clan now relies entirely on the protection of the Divine Lord to farm and live here.

Besides, they had already received benefits.

The Young Lord was able to promise on behalf of the Divine Lord to hire teachers and Martial Artist Instructors for the clan.

From this, it was clear that the Young Lord's status with the Divine Lord was extraordinary.

What was a few chickens and some noodles?

It wasn't like he wanted to eat young boys and girls.

"Mm, hand-rolled noodles with a few fried eggs," Feng Yifan said. "Right, did you tell them to buy garlic?"

"I did, I did!" The Old Clan Leader nodded quickly.

Ginger, garlic, pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers, and some spices for stewing meat—all had been repeatedly requested.

This wasn't Li Feipeng's first time buying them, so there certainly wouldn't be any mistakes.

"That's good." Feng Yifan nodded. "Oh, right, I was saying the village is missing something. I meant a pond."

A pond for planting and raising lotus roots.

"Let me tell you, lotus root is good stuff." He held the chicken, his mouth oily. "These lotus roots can be crunchy or starchy. They can be stir-fried, stewed, boiled, or stuffed with meat to make lotus root sandwiches."

A lotus root sandwich and some stewed ribs were his favorites.

"Then there are the lotus flowers. They're nice to look at, but mainly, they have seedpods. The lotus seeds are delicious when tender, and when they're old and dried, they can be used to cook porridge to clear internal heat."

Feng Yifan continued, "And then there are the lotus leaves, which can be used to wrap things."

"For example, the chicken the Young Lord is eating?" the Old Clan Leader immediately understood.

"Exactly! This is called Beggar's Chicken!" Feng Yifan made a crunching sound as he chewed on a chicken leg bone. "I've heard that if it's wrapped in lotus leaves, it has a unique fragrance."

Regrettably, he had never actually eaten it.

Speaking of which, there were quite a few regrets from his past life.

Even tender lotus seeds were something he had only eaten twice while traveling in the south.

So, he had always remembered them.

But now things were different.

I'm an Evil God now.

Since I'm an Evil God, can't I eat something good?

Eat whatever I want, play however I want.

Only then will this second life not be in vain!

"Dig, we must dig this pond!" The Old Clan Leader nodded. "Once the weeds in the fields are cleared in a couple of days, we'll start digging."

Digging a pond around the village had many benefits.

First of all, watering the fields and doing laundry would be much more convenient, and it could also prevent fires.

However, this was heavy labor that required many people, so previously they had only thought about digging a ditch to divert some water.

Now that the Young Lord said he wanted a pond, they would just dig it.

"Old man, you said at noon that you wanted to build houses first," Feng Yifan laughed. "Now you want to dig a pond. Does the clan have enough manpower?"

"Hehe, it's not enough, but we'll take it slow," the Old Clan Leader smiled. "Working a little bit at a time, we'll finish eventually."

"I don't want to wait," Feng Yifan said.

He knew that at this time, everything relied on human labor, so the Common People were used to projects progressing as slowly as ants moving a house.

Especially in a situation where labor was scarce.

Just like how the Li Clan was busy reclaiming wasteland, they could only put the house-building on hold.

Only after the land reclamation and sowing were finished would they start digging the foundations one by one.

Once the foundations were dug and the mud bricks were mostly dry, just when it seemed like they could build the houses, it would be time to weed the fields.

Weeding still relied entirely on manual labor.

At this rate, when would they ever finish?

"I want to eat lotus root stewed with ribs this summer," he said to the Old Clan Leader. "How about this, let's hire people!"

"Hire people?" The Old Clan Leader was stunned.

"Yup!" Feng Yifan looked at him.

What's wrong? Is that not okay?

If there's endless work and not enough hands, of course you hire people to do it.

There's no large machinery here.

If he could hand-craft an excavator, digging a small pond would only take a few days.

Actually, if there was a demon skilled at digging and building houses, catching one would also solve the problem.

Unfortunately, that wasn't possible.

At least not for the time being.

If such a demon really existed, it was hard to say whether he would catch them or they would catch him.

So it was best not to run into one for now.

"Hiring people would likely cost a lot," the Old Clan Leader said after a moment of thought.

They were too far from Xinan County.

And even if the Common People didn't live inside the city, they lived around its outskirts.

The population was highest within ten miles of the county town.

"What are you afraid of?" Feng Yifan laughed. "The Li Residence has money; just go ahead and spend it."

"...Alright."

At that moment, he finished eating the chicken.

Feng Yifan stood up and said to the Old Clan Leader, "Then you get busy, I'm going to play for a while."

With that, he stretched and began to wander around.

Although he had 'seen' the scene before him many times, seeing it and being in the midst of it still felt very different.

However, the Li Clan's settlement wasn't large, and it didn't take long to walk around it once.

Then he began to run around the settlement.

He ran like the wind!

He squinted his eyes, feeling the exhilaration that speed brought.

Opening his eyes, he saw lush green grass all around.

There was a very pleasant scent at the tip of his nose.

He couldn't help but regret not coming out of the temple sooner.

Being a newcomer, he had been frightened by those few waves of pressure.

Plus, the outside had been barren, with nothing worth seeing.

So even when he later realized that the pressure and roars were just manifestations of Great Demon auras and that they wouldn't actually come to kill a young tiger like him...

...Feng Yifan didn't have much interest in wandering around.

Instead of doing that, it was better to stay in the temple and Cultivate.

It must be said that the pressure of the Great Demons and the wolf pack led by the wolf demon had put quite a bit of pressure on him.

But things were different now.

Now, although the Spiritual Qi around Little Yao Mountain wasn't very dense, the yin baleful energy had been mostly cleared away.

The entire mountain was glowing with vibrant life.

"This is the empire I've conquered!" Feng Yifan couldn't help but exclaim with pride.

No wonder people love a sense of achievement; the taste is truly wonderful.

According to his observations, the Wolf King of the wolf pack surrounding Little Yao Mountain had no intention of attacking for the time being.

So, he decided to enjoy himself for a couple of days.

Mainly, since he had found a shortcut to increase his cultivation and magic power, there was no need for the purely time-wasting behavior of relying on instinct to Cultivate.

Instead of wasting time, it was better to think about how to quickly obtain a Body Tempering Cultivation Technique.

Also, was Little Yao Mountain missing something?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but send out a Divine Edict with a single thought.

...

Sword Sect.

Li Linfeng's mouth twitched.

Cultivation Techniques and Combat Techniques for demon cultivators.

These were things he had been asked to look for before.

But what was with the seeds for Spiritual Plants, spiritual flowers, and spiritual fruits?

And he even had the nerve to ask for a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root as soon as he opened his mouth?

"Lord Divine Lord," he couldn't help but say, "why don't you just let me move the Sword Sect's treasury back?"

"Oh, isn't that because I saw you couldn't do it?" Feng Yifan immediately replied. "If you can, I have no objections."

"..."