Chapter 127: Mutual Support
This was the former site of the Swelling Water God Palace. Thus, there were existing plans they could refer to, and they could find out the general layout of the major earthly veins immediately. The main chamber was where Qingming was rooted, and it couldn’t be moved. That was why it was the most important area of it all. In the future, everything within a hundred li radius would be designated as the core zone, and all key structures would be located within this area.
But of course, the core zone did not need to be that big at the moment. They could afford to construct various temporary buildings in this area as well. They could be relocated little by little when the domain was bigger.
What was once the disciple area was where everyone was living right now. However, the Swelling Water God Palace did not have many disciples, so it was nowhere big enough to accommodate anyone. This would require planning.
Near the periphery of the core zone between the disciple area and the mortal towns, Wei Yuan selected a few scenic locations and designated them as commercial zones. In the future, these areas would serve as the sites for passing caravans or large, permanent shops. Although the spirit energy in these lands were somewhat lacking, the scenery was second to none.
Wei Yuan had devised these plans in the blink of an eye, not needing to put much thought into them. Next, he focused his mind on Qingming and, drawing on its power, began to examine the flow of the earthly veins and the distribution of mineral deposits in the surrounding area.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to make a major breakthrough in terms of mineral deposits. However, he found something while inspecting the earthly qi.
The central peak of the Swelling Water God Palace was steep, straight, and around two hundred zhang tall. It was also a natural focal point of earthly qi and vitality. That was why the gentle slope stretching over a dozen li between the central peak and the central hall where Qingming was planted was the area with the most abundant earthly qi and vitality in the surrounding region. The Swelling Water God Palace had established a herb garden here, but it was small in scale and poorly maintained. It had also been destroyed along with the mountain gate.
The two tracts of land flanking the central peak were slightly inferior, but that didn’t mean they weren’t excellent. Even by the Palace of Absolute Beginning’s standards, they were good enough to be developed into herb gardens. When the day came where Qingming had completely transformed this corner of the world, both plots would be on the same level as prime-grade herb gardens.
The Swelling Water God Palace had built some disciple residences here. It was a complete waste of a good land to put it mildly. After he was finished with the inspection, Wei Yuan planned to relocate all disciple residences to the foot of the mountain. Only a small section of the mountain would be preserved for the construction of several high level abodes.