Chapter 13 – Construction ahead, please detour
Chapter 13 – Construction ahead, please detour
After two hours of hard work, Qin Yu finally cleaned up Bright Moon Plaza.
Resting for a while under the shade of a tree, Qin Yu took out his paper and pen, crossing out the title "The Path to Immortality Starting as a Servant Disciple" and changing it to "The Path to Immortality Starting from Shoveling Dung"!
He thought this title would attract more readers.
After finishing this, Qin Yu chose not to practice cultivation.
He kept an eye on his surroundings, determined to catch whoever dared to defile his territory.
Until the hour of You, which is five in the afternoon.
Qin Yu heard a chaotic noise from afar, like a cacophony of various animals gathered together.
"Something's up!"
Qin Yu perked up his ears, observing carefully.
The sound grew closer, and soon Qin Yu saw its source.
It was a large group of spirit beasts, all kinds of them, the largest being an elephant, standing four or five meters tall.
In addition, there were large birds flying in the sky, ostriches, antelopes, steeds, iron-eating beasts, and more.
Each spirit beast had a Xuantian Sect disciple riding on it.
At this moment, the diverse group of spirit beasts was charging towards Qin Yu's Bright Moon Plaza.
"You scoundrels, I've finally found you!"
Qin Yu jumped to his feet and rushed towards the spirit beast team.
"Stop, all of you stop right there!"
The spirit beast team hurriedly braked, stopping just a meter in front of Qin Yu.
"Are you looking for death? Are you crazy?" The disciple on the elephant stood up and cursed angrily.
Qin Yu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger.
Speaking calmly, he said, "Can't you put civilization pouches on your spirit beasts? Letting them defecate everywhere is so uncivilized."
"Civilization pouch, what's that?"
Qin Yu replied, "It's something to catch your spirit beasts' excrement."
Upon hearing this, the people on the spirit beasts burst into laughter.
The leader patted his elephant and said, "My Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant can drop hundreds of pounds at a time, what kind of pouch could hold that?"
Qin Yu retorted, "But you can't just let it defecate everywhere. Can't you take it to the toilet beforehand? I just cleaned the plaza, and now I have to clean it again after you pass through."
"Hah!" The person scoffed, "Cleaning is what you servant disciples are supposed to do, isn't it?"
The person on the ostrich chimed in, "If it weren't for our mess, the sect wouldn't even keep you servant disciples around. You should thank us for giving you a job, hahaha..."
"Correction, it's our spirit beasts making the mess, not us!"
"Yeah, yeah, it's our spirit beasts, hahaha..."
"You low-grade spiritual root trash, get lost. When you see us from the Beast-Taming Peak, you better call us senior brothers, or if we accidentally step on you, it's your own fault!"
The Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant roared, making Qin Yu's eardrums ache.
Qin Yu's face darkened, clenching his fists, he silently moved aside.
After the spirit beasts passed, Bright Moon Plaza was once again a mess!
As if to mock the ignorant servant disciple, the Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant left a large pile behind.
Listening to the fading laughter, Qin Yu's eyes turned red, and he said word by word:
"Just wait, soon I'll make you lick clean what your spirit beasts left behind!"
Qin Yu silently picked up his shovel and got back to work.
An hour later, two disciples inspecting the cleanliness came over.
"It's still a bit dirty, work a bit longer tonight and make sure it's spotless!"
"Next time, work faster. Since it's your first time, we won't record your name today!"
"Thank you, senior brothers!"
After they left, Qin Yu threw down the shovel, contemplating a solution.
'I'm new here, my foundation is unstable, confronting them head-on is not an option.'
Qin Yu wasn't a reckless person; he could fight those he could beat, but for those he couldn't, he would first say, 'Don't underestimate a poor young man!'
'If I can't confront them directly, is there a chance to get back at them from behind?'
Qin Yu thought for a long time, without any ideas.
He only had experience dealing with ordinary people.
But using those methods on cultivators was almost useless and could easily cause trouble for himself.
'I'm too weak, to deal with them, I have to use my last resort!'
With determination in his eyes, Qin Yu picked up the shovel and continued cleaning the remaining mess.
...
That night, Qin Yu didn't practice cultivation.
He found two wooden plaques and tinkered with them all night in his room.
Before dawn, Qin Yu hurried out with the wooden plaques.
...
As dawn broke, the disciples of Xuantian Sect emerged from their cave abodes to start a new day of tasks.
The outer sect disciples of the Beast-Taming Peak, as usual, rode their spirit beasts to the peak for lessons.
Xuantian Sect's outer sect disciples and servant disciples lived in the outer sect area, but the servant disciples lived in more remote locations.
Inner sect disciples resided on the various peaks, which belonged to the sect's inner sect area.
Servant disciples had to work in the sect during the day, while outer sect disciples could choose to cultivate or attend classes on the peaks to learn various cultivation knowledge.
The outer sect disciples of the Beast-Taming Peak, riding their spirit beasts, charged recklessly, and the disciples they encountered along the way quickly stepped aside, not daring to provoke them.
In the early stages of cultivation, spirit beasts were stronger than cultivators.
Thus, the disciples of the Beast-Taming Peak were always arrogant and domineering in the outer sect, and few dared to provoke them.
However, a few years ago, the disciples of the Beast-Taming Peak caused public outrage by charging recklessly through the bustling marketplace.
The Law-Enforcing Peak disciples mobilized the sect's law enforcement squad and arrested all the Beast-Taming Peak disciples.
The Law-Enforcing Peak, holding the sect's law enforcement authority, was led by the sect's Grand Elder and was one of the most powerful institutions in the sect.
After discussions among the sect's high-level officials, it was decided to prohibit Beast-Taming Peak disciples from bringing spirit beasts into crowded public places.
When attending classes in the inner sect, they also had to choose routes with fewer people.
Since then, the Beast-Taming Peak disciples chose the route passing through Bright Moon Plaza.
Their passage made the already sparsely populated Bright Moon Plaza even more deserted.
You could go a whole day without seeing a few people.
Today, as usual, the outer sect disciples of the Beast-Taming Peak took this route.
But as they approached Bright Moon Plaza, they suddenly saw it cordoned off with a line, and a large wooden plaque stood on the right.
The Beast-Taming Peak disciples braked urgently.
"Bright Moon Plaza under construction, unauthorized personnel prohibited, passersby please detour, we apologize for the inconvenience!"
The man on the Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant read the words on the wooden plaque.
Junior Brother A: "Why is there suddenly construction?"
Junior Brother B: "Who knows, isn't this the responsibility of the Timber Pavilion?"
Junior Brother A: "I don't see any construction workers here?"
Junior Brother B: "Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they're not there, maybe they're underground!"
Junior Brother A: "Damn Timber Pavilion, they should have informed us about the construction!"
Junior Brother B: "Exactly, exactly!"
Junior Brothers A, B, C, D... "Boss, where do we go now?"
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