The ironworkers praised the main warrior of the Shi Family—Shi Youyou, and then hurried off to work again.

The ancient tomb sits deep in the mountains far from the city.

Surrounded by towering mountains, the tomb seems to have a tunnel carved out of a mountain.

Ten ironworkers led the way, digging at the foot of the mountain to start building.

They were enthusiastic and excited, building houses and laying bricks, and with their own tools, they quickly constructed an adobe house equipped with a door.

There was even a ceremonious touch as they unfolded and hung colorful lanterns at the entrance and arranged oil lamps and other items.

Before moving into the new house, they also burned incense and set up the food they brought, giving it an inexplicable solemn ritualistic feel.

From a distance, the young cultivators of the Shi Family stood dumbfounded, unsure of what to do.

After all, according to the usual routine.

Now was supposed to be the agreed upon time for martial arts exchange, but the Shi Family was left standing there.

"Why are they so skilled at this?"

"Don't they normally cultivate? Just build houses?"

"Plus, things like heating pipes and furnaces, winter warmth for mundane people, don't they use warming arrays?"

They whispered softly among themselves, filled with questions.

Their elders had said the two families shared a bond of hundreds of years, counting as family friends.

They were also among the families who fled the Xinyi State City back then, known before their decline.

Moreover, the two sides had worked together on missions and looted caravans over the years.

The elders had described them in a way that made their houses seem to be laid out like sprawling, pulsing flesh homes.

Such a dominating, eerie, and shocking scene they had somewhat anticipated before coming.

But this time, instead of playing with Yang Spirit Root, it seemed more like Earth and Wood Spirit Root.

"Are you guys bored?"

At this point, Embers Jiucai Rong couldn't hold back and came over to say:

"Do you want us to help you build a house, one magic coin per house, if you want furnishings like a bed, oil lamp, there would be additional charges."

"Of course, we can also install heating ducts to heat the room and provide a complimentary professional earthen bed."

Seeing no reaction from the other side, Shao Chaikun also advised:

"Young cultivators, you are young, right? Living in the wild, cultivators must learn wilderness survival skills and build shelters by themselves."

"After all, we are not advanced cultivators, able to fly through the skies, we must learn to be practical."

They weren't speaking nonsense; wilderness survival skills are very important.

Zhang Huaping had spoken to them about it.

These demon hunters were excellent at surviving in the wilderness, setting up camp, laying traps, and reconnaissance, all with precise methods.

The Shi Family members of this generation standing before them were only in their teens to early twenties.

Newcomers, likely with little to no outdoor adventure experience.

Who would let families like theirs, middle-grade families, go on adventures? Can't support themselves?

The truly talented contemporaries, carefully taught, usually reach Great Perfection in the Five-Elements Realm by their twenties and challenge the Four Viscera Realm in their thirties to forties.

Shi Youyou reached Great Perfection in the Five-Elements Realm at eighteen, hence her pride.

Who would waste high-speed growth time teaching you wilderness survival?

To be harsh:

They skip the camping refugee phase of wilderness survival entirely, only venturing out once they reach the Four Viscera Realm, flying low and camping with magical artifact houses at night.

"We really don't have much outdoor survival experience."

Shi Youyou frowned, "We don't need a house now because our elders' storage bags have houses–"

Jiucai Rong interrupted her immediately:

"Our two families are long-time friends; if it were an outsider, I wouldn't advise them."

"Seeing you're familiar, I remind you: don't be a spoiled girl, cultivators must conform to mundane matters, but defy for immortality!"

"Like in our place, some people only know how to study, can't even cook, or dress themselves, their parents accompany them to school, doing laundry and cooking."

"Would you want to be someone who only knows how to study to that useless degree?"

"On the Immortal Path, the heart must be cultivated, but knowing and doing must be in harmony!"

Embers Jiucai Rong directly fed them wisdom:

"Don't think about what the family can do for you, but think about what you can do for the family."

"We the young should rely on ourselves, do things personally, only then will the elders look at us differently."

"We are here to visit the tomb, a house is necessary, the night is cold, this ancient tomb is located in the wilderness, deep in the mountains and forests, you can withstand it with the Five Elements Realm, but your insides won't, so it's best to build the simple house yourself."

Shi Youyou watched them go about their work, feeling somewhat swayed.

They were too persuasive, and with a house costing just one coin: "Alright, you help us build one then."

"Certainly, no problem."

Jiucai Rong smiled brightly, calling for the team of ironworkers to get to work.

Although the fee was low, this falls under the business skill.

How to induce spending?

Look to various e-commerce platforms; they attract customers with large discounts, sometimes even free offers.

Once they spend the initial magic coin on this platform, there's hardly any resistance to future purchases and spending.

"See, these paving stones are laid to build walls like this."

"Also, the walls need to have a certain curvature."

"Now it's winter, we're building round-roofed houses, the curved dome can resist the wind and won't pile up snow like a flat roof, which could cave the house in."

"Moreover, once the dome is covered with a layer of snow, it has concealment."

The young cultivators also became somewhat interested watching them.

They find wilderness survival full of knowledge, especially building houses, quite interesting.

After all, they are young scholars eager for adventure and exploration, very interested in these skills.

Even a few who are more energetic and enthusiastic have joined in to help build the house.

Shao Chaikun said, "Look, this is my carving technique, I practiced it every day in the cafeteria."

"Very impressive."

Even Shi Youyou, who was observing the house construction from the side, was somewhat moved.

They thought their exquisite brick-laying technique was pleasing to the eye, especially the carvings and intricate craftsmanship.

They truly combined knowledge with action, personally involved.

"You should come and help too, move bricks and work hard, sweat and embrace youth, farming and building houses give a sense of fulfillment."

With Su Yuniang's coordination, Shi Youyou began controlling her black bear, wielding a large sickle to help chop trees.

The atmosphere among the Demon Cultivator disciples suddenly became harmonious.

...

Clatter.

Shi Youxing, the Shi Family's Patriarch, arrived through the teleportation array.

As she thought about it, the opposing family should also be present.

"They said their current generation is quite aggressive, likely to be confrontational, so I specially sent Shi Youyou to hold the fort."

"I figured their family doesn't have a Five-Body Realm Great Perfection at eighteen, so it should securely stabilize the situation."

She looked toward both sides at the tunnel entrance, surprisingly, they weren't fighting.

Instead, they were harmoniously moving bricks, building houses together gleefully.

Helping chop trees.

Helping build houses.

Helping dig holes, helping lay pipes.

Investing in construction.

"..."

Shi Youxing paused briefly.

What kind of bizarre scene is this?

She couldn't comprehend it but was greatly shocked.

How did both sides' young prodigies turn into migrant workers, rolling up their sleeves together in the snow, cooperating to build houses?

She had instructed them to actually fight, they shouldn't not fight, surely they are fighting now?

Suddenly, she thought of the Brain Separation Flower.

Possibly the mental attack on the brain.

It transformed her proud young prodigies into brick movers?

She summoned Shi Youyou to ask what had happened.

Shi Youyou revealed the whole story, leaving Shi Youxing speechless.

The young generation on the other side could truly earn money, let alone covering a house with magic coins, what a mess.

She hadn't intended to build this house.

Her storage bag already contained similar Magical Artifact houses.

Previously, she hadn't put it out because she thought the young prodigies might fight, leaving a space.

Planning to put the dwelling down now, but now...

"Should I go build the house?" Shi Youyou asked.

Shi Youxing stared at her expectant eyes, remained silent for a while, then uttered: "Then you go build the house, learning isn't bad, it can be a good practice."

Honestly, this might not be a bad thing.

Everyone is the hope of the family, tender flowers, and looking at the young from the other families, their proficiency in house-building was highly diligent, not caring about mess and chaos...

She thought the education of this generation of Demon Cultivator families was quite good.

Cultivators should abandon vanity, start from the bottom.

After all, traditional Immortal Path cultivators can be arrogant, but Demon Cultivators cannot, cunning, treacherous, without face, without shame.

Building houses now is indeed a time to exercise their humility.

Shi Youxing sighed inwardly:

"The Blood Separation Flower family must have reformed their education; their Demon Cultivator education is quite good. Maybe we should communicate with their patriarch, to learn how they educate this batch of descendants!"

"Helping others build houses, earning even a magic coin, this is real Demon Cultivation, eager to earn a bit more resources."

After some time, three families gradually appeared on the other side of the teleportation array.

They were the Zhu Family, Wang Family, and Liu Family.

These families also had Middle Grade Spiritual Roots.

But the family's foundation was mediocre.

If their manor and Shi Family were considered at the level of State City's top three families, then these families could only count as second-line families in State City.

There were grave elders in the Three Elements Realm, but not at the Divine Essence level within the Three Elements Realm, not strong enough.

At this moment, this batch of Demon Cultivator disciples crossed the teleportation array.

All three teams held their heads high, spirited, ready to see the young prodigies of the two major Demon Cultivator families, the masters, ready for a comparison, ready to broaden their horizons...

Then they saw these two groups fervently building houses, instantly at a loss for words.

No.

Are Demon Cultivators so gentle now?

Legendary ruthless and erratic behavior of the two major Demon Cultivator families, unexpectedly competes in house building before the grave?

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