Chapter 195: Gluttonous Sword
Other than sleeping for a couple of hours, Benton worked through the night, making good progress. He felt confident that, with another eight to ten hours of labor, he’d have all the building interior arrays completely analyzed and safed off where necessary, assuming he didn’t hit any major snags. The final piece after finishing the work on the inside would be to hook all the buildings in the Central Business District, the cafeteria, and the arena to the main power formation.
Then, and only then, would the sect grounds be ready for move-in.
So there were ten to thirteen hours of labor required and about twenty-four hours before the start of the memorial service. Benton nodded. By his calculations, he had a safety factor of close to one hundred percent.
Perfect.
That was good, too, because finishing the construction wasn’t the only task on his plate. He also needed to have a metaphorical sit down with Fatty Ren to discuss some details of sect management that hadn’t yet been addressed.
Since Benton had received a notification that he’d completed the Advance First Golden Core Disciple Quest, he’d also need to provide the Town Lord with a cultivation method and perhaps a technique.
Too bad he hadn’t been using one of the System’s cultivation methods thus far as that was a minimum of six Sect Points Benton had missed just from last night’s advance.
Oh well, he’d take the ten Shop Points from the quest completion and be happy with it.
Besides, any amount of any kind of points paled in comparison to the relief he felt at adding another Golden Core cultivator to the sect. If the current Fatty Ren had been present at the village during the attack, Ye Zan would probably still be alive.
Benton was very happy with the progress of all his sect members. They were all diligent cultivators and hard workers, especially compared to almost anyone back on Earth. Considering that most of them were teenagers, he found them all to be extraordinary.
But cultivation was a marathon, not a sprint. With the exception of Jin LiJuan who had lucked onto a fast track, all the others were on a much slower path. It would be years before even the very talented twins reached that level and months before anyone else even joined them in the Foundation Establishment realm.
Until that time, the safety of the entire sect rested solely on his shoulders. Or it had. Fatty Ren was not nearly at the same level of fighting strength. He hadn’t even formed a Concept yet. But the addition of a Golden Core cultivator who used the Gluttony element to punch above his considerable weight would give Benton the option of fighting on two fronts if needed.