Chapter 124 - A Self-Created Cultivation Technique, A Baby Girl Is Born - Part 3
March arrived.
Hundred Lotus Manor was in full bloom. The new distillery was completed; the Red Ant Guild had delivered the goods Li Yuan ordered; and 300 fearless troops arranged by Tie Sha had arrived to patrol the watchtowers around the estate.
The fortress Li Yuan envisioned was finally beginning to take shape.
Life at Hundred Lotus Manor bustled with activity, each person immersed in their own tasks.
Xiao Sheng and Niu Niu still hadn’t cultivated shadow blood, but Nian Nian had reached ninth rank. The two children were so disappointed that they stopped playing with her for a while.
Nian Nian herself was too busy to patch things up. Tang Qiu had her constantly at his side, teaching her puppet-craft theory and letting her gain hands-on experience by helping build the estate’s puppet defense system.
After his senior brother’s death, Zhou Jia went to pay his respects just once. Following that, he spent most of his days near the new distillery, either standing guard or sunbathing.
All he wanted was to do something useful for Li Yuan—the final hope of the Fallen Moon School. That alone was enough for him.
Meanwhile, those older folk who had accompanied Xue Ning from Beam Dragon Mountain moved into the distillery complex, making themselves at home in the adjoining side rooms.
Yan Yu’s and Xue Ning’s bellies finally started to show; both now had a faint roundness beneath their robes.
In between, there were minor domestic happenings.
Sometimes, Yan Yu would have troubling dreams. She’d find herself in a gloomy house, where a pale white silhouette stood facing away from her at the window. No matter how many times she called, the figure never turned around. Oddly, despite the eerie setting, she felt no fear, as if the dream harbored no malice toward her.