Chapter 177: The Grass Snake's Hidden Line
No matter what, Lu Chen and the black dog A-Tu had now settled temporarily on the Flying Goose Platform. Compared to his previous hard work as a miscellaneous disciple in the Hundred Herbs Hall, this was certainly much more comfortable, with the protection of a Golden Core cultivator making life easier.
Since Lu Chen no longer had to work daily in the Flowing Fragrance Garden, life had become quite leisurely. He had more time to focus on his own tasks. After his injuries healed, he began cutting timber in the dense forest behind the Flying Goose Platform to build the wooden house he had mentioned earlier.
The wooden house was certainly more comfortable than the thatched hut. The forest was vast, with countless trees, and Su Qingjun was not stingy about such things. However, she had never seen anyone chop wood and build a house by themselves, so she often watched Lu Chen work with curiosity.
It took Lu Chen four or five days to complete the house. Although he was in good spirits, Su Qingjun shook her head, saying that while the wood was good, the house itself looked quite ugly.
Having the title of a nominal disciple and residing on the Flying Goose Platform, Lu Chen could not remain idle and carefree. It was not good to be idle, so he resumed his old job and began to clear and expand the spiritual field on the Flying Goose Platform. Su Qingjun provided some spiritual herb and fruit seeds to plant in the field. From then on, Lu Chen officially became a “hard laborer” working the land under the Golden Core cultivator Su Qingjun.
Such individuals were quite common in the Kunlun Sect. Although fundamentally they were still miscellaneous disciples, having a backing meant that it sounded much better to say you were a disciple of a certain Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivator rather than just a miscellaneous disciple of Kunlun. Moreover, working for high-level cultivators often came with better rewards, so many people eagerly sought such positions.
The reason so many people were eager to participate in the Eagle Fruit cultivation competition in the Flowing Fragrance Garden was to have a chance to be noticed by Su Qingjun, aiming for a situation like Lu Chen’s.
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With this treatment, Lu Chen had more leisure time compared to before. The spiritual herbs and fruits planted in the field were not as delicate as the Eagle Fruit trees he had dealt with before. As for Su Qingjun, she was relatively polite and did not truly exploit him, so life was still relatively relaxed.