Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

Spirit Deer Valley.

Above the valley entrance, a massive Immortal Ship floated.

On the Immortal Ship were pavilions and towers, a sight of celestial grandeur.

With the approval of the old Sect Leader, Elder Han and the others had brought out the sect's most prestigious magical artifact.

To avoid damaging the valley's environment, this Immortal Ship became their temporary dwelling place.

In the hall, a giant geomancy map constructed with spiritual qi floated in the air.

One by one, pale blue light spots were continuously lit up, and each time a spot was illuminated, the massive spiritual qi map expanded slightly.

The three-dimensional map of Spirit Deer Valley appeared before everyone.

Elder Han, like a commander, stood in front of the map, continuously issuing various instructions to Little Walnut.

"No elephants allowed! Cows! Sheep, deer, all grazing animals are not allowed, the people from Medicine King Valley would go crazy."

"You... you send them to patrol further away, ask the nearby mortals and loose cultivators to leave."

"Those Thousand Mechanism Cultivators... please recall them too, don't let them hit any more lightning..."

Due to the discoveries in Spirit Deer Valley being too important, the Beast Taming Sect decided to set up a branch base here.

They are now surveying the extent of the influence from the village.

After the survey, they will encircle the entire Spirit Deer Valley, and the specifics of construction are currently in planning. Naturally, this project was given to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

After all, Thousand Mechanism Cultivators essentially come from a civil engineering background, helping each sect build structures is their ancestral craft.

However, compared to the past, it seems like more participants are involved in this event.

There's the Beast Taming Sect's own people, disciples from Medicine King Valley, cultivators from Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, idle hands from Sword Sect, and more from the Demon Race...

They're all using their strengths, either to help or to cause chaos.

In a way, this is a collaborative project across four major sects.

Although Thousand Mechanism Pavilion's status isn't quite there yet, it has Dragon Tiger Mountain and Sword Sect standing behind it.

...

In the valley.

Zhang Ze sat in a tree, chatting with his junior sister using Little Walnut.

They casually talked about various interesting and mundane things, discussing new discoveries in Spirit Deer Valley and some boring jokes.

His junior sister was the same, chatting about recent events as if they were mundane facts, and asking if he had eaten morning, noon, and night.

What surprised Zhang Ze was that Chen Qin did not complain about not being included in this grand project of his.

His junior sister put it this way.

[Anyway, every time you go out, you cause some trouble. And you can never stay put. Just take me along next time.]

Zhang Ze really wanted to retort that it's the trouble that finds him, not the other way around. But on second thought, regardless of his explanation, the outcome did seem to prove her point.

So, it was time to change the subject.

[Zhang Ze: How are things on your side?]

He remembered his junior sister had been sent off by Old Ascender to handle serious business.

Chen Qin was currently at the fourth Sword Pavilion, and according to the Sect Leader, a Dongqi underground palace had been unearthed in Jing State where the fourth Sword Pavilion was located. From the information on the manuscripts discovered on the outskirts, what's buried inside belonged to Dongqi's Brocade Dragon Guard.

Brocade Dragon Guard, a presence akin to the Eastern Depot.

Inside were either fervent followers of the Eastern Qi Royal Family or yin-yang people by the royal family's side.

Simply put, anyone bearing this title was loyally beyond words.

What was buried in that underground palace was either Dongqi's advanced technology or Dongqi's dark history.

No matter which kind, it was extremely important for deciphering Stone Pill and the development of Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, so Chen Qin was very conscientious about this field reporter work.

[Chen Qin: Still digging, this underground palace isn't for burying people but a weapons depot. The outermost array has been broken, but those inside are somewhat troublesome.]

[Zhang Ze: Are there self-destructing restrictions?]

[Chen Qin: Yes, and quite a lot, the entire weapons depot is sealed with restrictions, all of which are self-destructive. Breaking through isn't difficult, but the contents inside will surely be destroyed.]

[Zhang Ze: Have you asked Tang?]

[Chen Qin: I did, the Taoists from Dragon Tiger Mountain arrived days ago, and after researching for a long time, they still haven't cracked it.]

After casually chatting a bit more with his junior sister, Lily's voice suddenly sounded from below the tree.

"Boss, the matter of fitting legs for those Little Qilin is done, come take a look."

During the past few days of field investigation at Spirit Deer Valley, Zhang Ze and his group discovered that those capable of transforming into Qilin were mostly fish, and a few belonged to the frog and lizard category.

It didn't correlate much with the inherent quality of the original form; whether one could transform into a Qilin was basically a matter of serendipity, with some even found outside Spirit Deer Valley.

Currently, the Qilin they found were forty-five in total, and thirty-seven of them couldn't walk.

These unable to walk were all gathered in one pond.

Manually crafting so many magical artifacts is time-consuming, but for Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, it's not an issue.

Thousand Mechanism Pavilion had long mastered the concept of an assembly line, and with Dan Dan joining, the artifacts he crafted for processing were even more flexible than Thousand Mechanism Puppets.

Due to the existence of spatial magical artifacts, many wealthy or well-contributed cultivators within Thousand Mechanism Pavilion carried several assembly lines with them.

Ready to use, on-site processing.

Lily's five storage rings were like this, filled to the brim inside.

In her words.

[Boss, if you drop me in the wilderness now, I'll be able to create another Thousand Mechanism Pavilion for you after half a month.]

Jumping down from the tree, Zhang Ze followed Lily to the pond's edge, where the Little Qilin had all taken on a new form.