Who let him join the Sword Sect?!
Chapter 45: Heaven-Blasting Gang Prepares to Receive Guests

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Heaven-Blasting Gang Prepares to Receive Guests

"I’ve dug more holes than the roads you’ve walked."

There wasn’t a word of falsehood in what Fuji said.

Foxes repay favors, snakes mimic dragons, and naturally, Fuji digs holes.

Especially Fuji, a demon from the Demon Race similar to innate items, whose heavenly talents are usually beyond the reach of ordinary demons after becoming one.

Even on seamless grounds, Fuji could move freely, a skill that even orthodox Nascent Soul cultivators couldn’t match one of Fuji’s filaments.

However, Zhang Ze hadn’t expected Fuji to dig so fast.

Moreover, wasn’t she right here?

"Sister, aren’t you still here?" Chen Qin asked.

"Yes, but this is just one half," Fuji replied, "the other half went over there a long time ago."

Seeing that everyone didn’t understand, Fuji shook her hand, releasing a blob of blue liquid from her palm.

It landed on the table, bounced once, and then turned into a palm-sized Fuji.

The little Fuji waved at everyone, "See, just like that, another small half."

"I came up with it by combining the Sword Sect heart method."

"Master even praised me for being smarter than Senior Brother."

Big Fuji tilted her head, "Can’t you all do this?"

"I think we probably can’t," everyone replied in unison.

Zhang Ze picked up the little Fuji in his hand and examined her closely. Meanwhile, the small ball rolled out of Zhang Ze’s sleeve, and upon seeing it, little Fuji hugged it immediately, the two little things playing happily together.

Mei’Er watched little Fuji for a while, "Is this little one also at the Golden Core cultivation?"

"Yes, Golden Core, no matter how many I split into, it’s still Golden Core," both Fujis said simultaneously.

"One Soul, Two Bodies?" Mei’Er asked.

One Soul, Two Bodies is fundamental to Divinity Transformation for Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. Fuji, being Half-Step Nascent Soul, plus having unique Divine Techniques, made it understandable.

However, the little Fuji hugging the ball shook her head, "Nope, I am me, and she is her."

"Huh?"

Big Fuji looked at everyone, "Isn’t it normal?" Then she beckoned, and little Fuji merged back into Big Fuji’s body again.

Zhang Ze wanted to say it was far from normal, but gave up. Perhaps the way fungi think is one of the weirdest among the Demon Race.

Too bizarre, Zhang Ze didn’t dare to imagine what missions Fuji would post on the mission hall after learning about it.

"Shall we go and take a look now?" Fuji asked.

"Hmm, huh?!"

Everyone felt a sudden darkness before Fuji enveloped them and led them underground, appearing instantly in another underground cave heaven.

Fuji had been integrating the Sword Sect heart method and her innate Divine Techniques, seemingly developing some incredible skills recently.

When Zhang Ze and his group steadied themselves, they found they had arrived in an underground cave.

Fuji raised her hand, instantly illuminating the cave with glimmers of light as unknown slime began spreading and eventually brightened the entire cavern.

Then, this clone of Fuji merged back into a larger Fuji body.

"This feels more comfortable." The reassembled giant Fuji stretched and began introducing the cave she had just excavated to Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze noticed Fuji seemed to have hidden all her sensitive points now.

With Fuji’s introduction, even Zhang Ze couldn’t help but admire.

Various treacherous trap holes, death alleys at corners, bizarre stone carvings suddenly appearing, the sound of dripping water from unknown sources — all had no traces of artificial interference. At a glance, one would think it was a grotto heaven left from ancient times.

As they ventured deeper, Chen Qin unconsciously nestled closer to Zhang Ze, holding onto his arm.

Lily held onto Mei’Er.

And Fuji had dug a total of ten such cavernous realms.

Zhang Ze was quite pleased, so his thoughts drifted to other possibilities.

’Elder Sister Fuji is titled the Ten Thousand Forms Sword Venerate.’

’This should be related to her Lifebound Divine Techniques. Using it merely for digging is a bit of a waste.’

The thought of a future day where a few unfortunate ones about to ambush Elder Sister Fuji only to be surrounded by Fuji herself made Zhang Ze chuckle.

It’s necessary for Elder Sister Fuji to practice this ability now, and it could also add a layer of security to the Trial Cave.

"Sister, want some sparring?"

"Sure."

[Zhang Ze]

[Subsidiary Force: Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, Control Level 100%]

[Stronghold officially built]

[Rewards distributed]

[Thousand Mechanism City mission progressing...]

[Force mission initiated, New Sect Establishment]

[Make the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion famous and set the new sect on track]

[Thousand Mechanism City side mission unlocked, Trial Cave]

[Perfect the Trial Cave, making it the foundation of Thousand Mechanism Pavilion’s presence in Cyan Thorn]

Zhang Ze calculated, with the experience shared from Song Qingpao’s side in removing the Demon Path, adding up points right now was just enough to reach Foundation Establishment Second-Layer.

But it seemed a bit too fast, so Zhang Ze thought it unnecessary to shock others again, thus decided to save the points for now.

Ten days later.

Lily led a group out from the Teleportation Array, rubbed her goosebumps, and still felt that place was quite eerie.

Half of the ten Trial Caverns had been completed.

Additionally, with Fuji’s involvement, the trial’s highest difficulty had reached Half-Step Golden Core.

Liu Lili recalled those perverse mechanisms Zhang Ze developed and twisted, vicious jokes, shuddered once more.

Luckily, the ones suffering weren’t her, but rather those big fools who paid to come.

And the Thousand Mechanism Tools developed by the Thousand Mechanism cultivators in the pavilion now had subjects for testing.

Besides growing taller, Lily had made considerable progress lately, capable of maintaining order in formal settings more or less.

After delegating some follow-up matters to the Thousand Mechanism cultivators at her side, Lily saw Mei’Er approaching her.

Seeing Mei’Er, Lily couldn’t help but admire her boss’s eye for talent, truly insightful.

Now in the Heaven-Blasting... Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, of the few Golden Cores, Mei’Er had the lowest cultivation, yet she was the most suitable person to be the Pavilion Master.

The remaining three, the Sword Spirit Senior was taciturn and only cared about matters related to Chen Qin and Zhang Ze.

Focusing on cultivation daily, occasionally strolling in a few Trial Caves when free.

And as for Qiao Lezhi and Fuji...

Forget it; Fuji was still getting used to the surface world, and Senior Sister Qiao had already peacefully fallen asleep.

Only Mei’Er, inherently shrewd and capable, having spent many years with the Sword Sect Mistress, processed various sect affairs expertly.

"Where’s Qiao Lezhi?" Mei’Er asked Lily as she approached, wanting to find a task for the idle Qiao Lezhi.

Lily thought for a moment, "I think she went to Yangguan Road to play with the boss and Chen Qin."

Mei’Er felt exhausted.

Seeing Mei’Er’s demeanor, Lily took out a book from her pocket and handed it to Mei’Er.

"The boss couldn’t find you before he left, so he left this book with me, here."

Mei’Er took the book, flipping through it to find it was a new serialized version of "Taoist Path to Heaven" with additional content.

She no longer felt tired.

...

Yangguan Road, Drunken Immortal Tower, lakeside private room.

The group traveled lightly, not wanting attention, each carrying aura-suppressing Magical Artifacts, appearing to be mere Qi Cultivation practitioners to peers on the journey.

Chen Qin leaned by the window, nibbling on sunflower seeds, enjoying the autumn scenery by the lake. Qiao Lezhi, utterly bored, sprawled on the table, tossing Zhang Ze’s small ball around.

Picking it up and dropping it, repeatedly throwing it against the wall.

Zhang Ze was discussing his new book with the largest bookseller in Qin State.

The first batch of novels with the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion logo had long been printed and distributed.

Now they had spread to the core areas of Qin State, with storytelling sessions in taverns and tea houses along Yangguan Road frequently featuring adaptations of the novel’s humorous narratives.

Not just mortals enjoyed it, even Loose Cultivators at the Qi Cultivation or Foundation Establishment stage loved it.

Though Zhang Ze played with a system-boosting flow, having spent a year in the Sword Sect and heard many exaggerated stories from Grandpa Wang,

it was enough to deceive those Loose Cultivators without inheritance.

Now this book had become a guide to Immortal Cultivation and the Jianghu for some Loose Cultivators.

It’s said that some even broke through bottlenecks using the whimsical Taoist insights and cultivation methods Zhang Ze concocted in the book.

As for the truth, it remains unknown.

But to advertise the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion and attract many to experience the Trial Caves, Zhang Ze needed the book to spread even further.

And this commercial matter, naturally, had to be entrusted to specialized merchants.

The bookseller, Wang Wu, whom Zhang Ze brought in, eyed the booklet in Zhang Ze’s hands and swallowed hard.

He felt it wasn’t a book, but gleaming gold.