Chapter 735 Ma Yuan's efforts

?The administrator of the settlement department left soon after when he had made sure he had made all the necessary arrangements and provided all the relevant information. The courtyard was still not covered by a protective array nor was the courtyard fitted with any. The couple was advised that someone from the formation hall would come shortly to fit them and they all needed to be present so they could be handed the command tokens for those arrays and be guided on how to use them.

The couple had been worried at first about the maintenance of those arrays as they figured it would be of a high quality, a blue grade at least and something like that would require a lot of spirit stones, but lucky for them, their worries were misplaced as Yang Qing informed them the arrays, all the arrays around the Order draw their strength from the surrounding vein. All the courtyards were not constructed at random locations but in locations that were above rich spirit veins that would be able to meet the needs of the arrays and courtyards indefinitely, and should there be a problem with said spirit vein, the Order would be the one to handle it.

While they wouldn't provide other resources to the families, they would provide the accommodations and everything it entails.

The couple kept thanking Yang Qing profusely as they struggled to believe that all this was real. It took a moment before they felt they were not dreaming. Yang Qing stayed a bit before he left and let the couple and the Zou siblings enjoy the moment together. It was their start of living as a family and the start of a new life, a new beginning of sorts for all of them.

Before he left, he did tell the siblings and the couple about the timed visitation the siblings had which was only three days, and when it lapsed, someone from the Institute would come to pick them up for them to resume their reconditioning phase while also undergoing orientation at the Institute.

With all the arrangements in place, Yang Qing made his way to his parents' home to deliver the scallion pancakes he had promised to deliver whilst also checking in on them. It was already close to dusk by the time he separated from the Wang couple.

When he arrived at his parent's home, oddly enough he was surprised to find his father present. Usually, the person in question would do everything to avoid coming home all to avoid Yang Qing's grandfather, especially recently with his grandfather's admittance about working on a potion that would help temporarily suppress one's cultivation base a major realm below it, Yang Qing was sure his father would never be seen again.

So seeing his father at home and calm at that was rather surprising for him. Yang Qing couldn't help but wonder if his father had finally gone through with all the crazy ideas he had formulated against his grandfather, one of which was to jump his father, seal all his acupoints and cultivation base, and feed him a sleeping potion that would leave him asleep for at least two years.

Yang Qing feeling suspicious of his father, not that he would mind if his father actually went through with the plan, covertly asked his mother where his grandfather was. Her response illuminated his father's sudden bravery. As it turned out it wasn't that his grandfather was sleeping off somewhere from his father's doing, but that his grandfather experienced a sudden epiphany during his experiments and inadvertently triggered a tribulation for the core formation realm and had no other choice but to go with the breakthrough.

Yang Qing couldn't help but smile at the news, especially when he saw his father laughing every few seconds as he muttered something to himself. Yang Qing had no doubt he was gloating about his grandfather's misfortunes. To others, breaking through to the core formation realm was a worthwhile celebratory moment, but to someone obsessed with the body refinement realm that he wept months when he had to break through to the qi refinement realm, and wept longer when he had to break through to the foundation establishment realm, he could only imagine what breaking through to the core formation realm would do to him and seeing his father's gleeful look, he knew he was hoping it hit him heavily.

Yang Qing would be lying if he said some part of him wasn't celebrating the torment his grandfather would be in after he completed his breakthrough, stabilized his realm, and the reality of being a core formation expert hitting him.

"Have I become more sadistic since coming to the Order?"?Yang Qing worriedly thought before he pushed those thoughts to the back of his head when he saw his mother bring food over.

He joyfully gorged himself with his mother's cooking. His brother and sister-in-law only arrived later in the evening. After the meal, he shared the transformations of his physique had undergone with his father and brother. Even though his father wasn't as fanatically devoted to the body refinement physique as his grandfather or the other old codgers of the clan were, even his grandfather had to admit his father's natural talent and comprehension on the matter was one of a kind.

His father only managed to achieve the gold body stage, but his grandfather often said it wouldn't have been impossible for him to reach the diamond body stage or even the peerless jade physique, had he not chosen to break through to the qi refinement realm immediately after, just out of spite.

Their discussion went well into midnight with Yang Qing once again reaffirming the belief that one's insight and breadth of wisdom had little to do with their cultivation base. There could be countless cultivators out there with a lacking cultivation base but have unique insights on certain matters that others with a higher cultivation base might lack.

While he wasn't any closer to unraveling other mysteries of his physique, the discussion helped solidify his understanding of what he knew and discovered over the years. His father and brother also reaped a few rewards from the discussion with the former even getting more ideas to refine a few body refinement techniques he had and further lower the threshold of reaching the gold body among cultivators.

Yang Qing left soon after, leaving his father and brother to exchange thoughts and ideas on their various research while he made his way to his abode to have a good rest before the next day's events. Given only three days at the library, he intended to make it count. For the next three days, he would not take a single step outside the library, he therefore had to get as much rest as he could, which he strongly hoped he could given how excited he was at visiting the library.

"I should visit Hao Da before I go to the library.."muttered Yang Qing as he made his way into his abode.

Once inside, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in amazement at the transformation in his abode. What was once an untamed wilderness filled with vegetation growing wildly everywhere all owing to Yang Qing's yin-yang jade nature physique now had some rhythm and order to it, while still maintaining a bit of the free-spirited charm of the wild.

Directly support the authors on WebNovel! "Ma Yuan really went all out. Did he even rest while I was away.." Yang Qing muttered with stupefaction and admiration at the evidence of Ma Yuan's tireless efforts in revamping his abode. He could hardly recognize it.

Yang Qing's expansive abode had been transformed completely. What was once uncharted wilderness had been infused with harmony and purpose. As Yang Qing was walking slowly, carefully taking it all in, his sights fell on certain trees, trees that had not been part of the collection before he left. His eyes glittered with excitement when he saw those trees. It was something he had told Ma Yuan he wanted, and Ma Yuan had faithfully executed it.

Orchards burgeoned with plum, peach, and apricot trees, their branches heavy with ripening fruit, while clusters of fragrant citrus trees dotted the landscape, their vibrant hues adding splashes of color to the verdant scenery.

Yang Qing could hardly believe it took only four months for the trees to reach the heights they had reached, or to bear fruit. Even if their growth seemed to have been accelerated slightly, with Yang Qing's natural affinity with all manner of life, he could sense each tree had achieved optimal growth. Vibrant and full of life, lacking in no way including even its fruits. Nothing seemed to have been sacrificed for those trees to reach the levels they had reached. It was all the work of a skilled herbologist and farmer in Ma Yuan whose meticulous care could be seen all around.

Drawing upon his expertise in herbology and cultivation, he introduced a diverse array of medicinal herbs and aromatic plants, their potent essences infusing the air with rejuvenating fragrances. Among them stood patches of ginseng and goji berry bushes, their roots delving deep into the fertile soil, and clusters of lavender and chamomile, their delicate blooms swaying gently in the breeze.

While Yang Qing had no use for medicinal herbs owing to the high-speed regeneration and vitality his physique afforded him and if he had a need for it, the green flame tree was more than enough to meet all his or any other person's needs. In terms of restoration, it rivaled even his abilities. But he nonetheless appreciated the herb's presence, especially with the aesthetics it added to the place, and some could even be used as ingredients in cooking like the goji berries.

Yang Qing couldn't help but sigh when he saw another one of his ideas birthed to life. A few steps from him he could see lunar light bees buzzing from flower to flower, aqua flow butterflies fluttering their delicate wings leaving a trail of blue drops as they moved from plant to plant, sapphire scarab beetles producing a delicate shine that blended perfectly with the flowers around them, and serene vine wasps suckling on some nectar with evident delight.

Under Ma Yuan's skillful guidance, Yang Qing's once untamed domain blossomed into a vibrant sanctuary full of life and activity.

Yang Qing had already sensed Ma Yuan's aura on some part of his abode still hard at work. He made his way to him as he soaked in the transformation of his abode. As he looked around him he didn't know whether it was by design or a happy consequence of it, but his aura had been used as part of the transformations around him, which had in turn been a factor in the healthy growth all around. If it was deliberate, Ma Yuan's abilities were beyond what he expected. He found the man in question hard at work tilling the soil ever so gently mixing it with a solution made of various herbs and ground spirit gems in preparation to plant the sap of the twilight sky locust tree that was next to him.

Even though he was covered in sweat and dirt, his breath slightly labored, Yang Qing could feel how full of energy he was along with a pure carefree smile on his face, which Yang Qing had not seen in him ever since he met him. He seemed free and unfettered like a little kid engaging in a hobby he loved.