New Beginnings

At this point, Lei Kongming was doubting his life. 'Wait! Now you are telling me that I will not receive any resources? Then what's the point of me being here?'

'Didn't I come to the Purple Cloud Palace for resources? Now I find out that my situation hasn't improved at all.'

'No, it's even worse than before,' he thought bitterly. 

'At least back home, I got monthly resources from my parents and my clan.'

Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia's thoughts were no different from Lei Kongming's. They were regretting why they hadn't listened to the elders of other peaks and had insisted on joining the 8th peak.

Soon, they reached the 8th peak, and the ship descended near a big lake. There was a small wooden courtyard house next to the lake and a garden—hm—better to say a farm filled with all kinds of spiritual herbs.

Lei Kongming's eyes lit up when he looked at the big farm of spiritual herbs. Even at a rough glance, he could see that the lowest quality among them was a 2nd-grade spiritual herb, which is equivalent to foundation-building level herbs.

"Xiao Ming, it's better not to be greedy about these spiritual herbs. They are my personal property, not resources for you to plot against," warned Su Zhiyuan in a solemn tone.

Lei Kongming was disappointed when he heard this, but then he discovered something else. Before, all his attention had been attracted by the spiritual herb farm, so he hadn't paid attention to anything else. But now, he realized that the concentration of Qi in the surroundings was very high. Just a few minutes of cultivation here was not much different from absorbing a spirit stone.

Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia were also amazed by the dense concentration of Qi, wondering whether other peaks had a similar concentration of Qi.

Lei Kongming had a similar thought but quickly dismissed it because other peaks also had a large number of disciples and elders, which would undoubtedly decrease the amount of Qi in the surroundings.

'Even if I don't receive any monthly resources from the sect, just the amount of Qi here at the 8th peak is enough to make up for it.'

"Alright, you three find a place to settle down. Come to me tomorrow if you have any questions," said Su Zhiyuan as she walked towards the small courtyard house next to the lake. Lei Kongming and the Mei sisters followed her.

Su Zhiyuan turned back and asked the three of them, puzzled, "Why are you following me? Didn't I ask you to find a place to stay?"

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"Aren't we going to stay there?" asked Lei Kongming, pointing to the small courtyard house where Su Zhiyuan was heading.

At this, a smile that wasn't quite a smile appeared on Su Zhiyuan's face. "Xiao Ming, on your first day entering the 8th peak, you want to sleep in my courtyard house?"

"Ha... Haha," Lei Kongming gave an awkward laugh with a stiff smile.

"By the way, what are your names?" asked Su Zhiyuan, looking at Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia with a gentle, sisterly smile.

What Su Zhiyuan didn't know was that her queen-like appearance, fierce behavior towards the elders of other peaks, and her claim of having beaten the palace master had given them a very powerful impression of her. So, even though Su Zhiyuan had a gentle smile on her face, both Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia were secretly very nervous.

"Elder Su, my name is Lei Meiying."

"Elder Su, my name is Lei Meixia."

Su Zhiyuan nodded and said, "The spiritual garden and the courtyard house are my property, so you are not allowed to trespass without my permission. As for the lake, you can enter, but be careful. There are a lot of fierce fish in it, and they might consider you their snack."

Seeing the three of them nod in agreement, Su Zhiyuan turned around to leave. Lei Kongming, Lei Meiying, and Lei Meixia looked at each other and exchanged bitter smiles.

"Brother Kong, now what should we do?" asked Lei Meiying.

Lei Kongming looked around and said, "Sister Meiying, Sister Meixia, let's first cut the trees near the lake to clear an area wide enough for our houses to be built."

Lei Kongming chose a place a little further away, but still within sight of Su Zhiyuan's courtyard house. Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia decided to build their courtyard houses next to his.

...…

A few hours later, Lei Kongming was wiping his forehead as he looked at the large area they had just cleared. The area was big enough for three courtyard houses to be built, and the trees they had cut were stacked in the corner.

Lei Kongming then glanced at the lakeshore a little further away, where a small area was filled with dense fog. He could hear the cheerful laughter of Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia coming from it. The fog was created by a formation disk that Lei Meiying had, which had been given to them by their 'good' father. Enveloped by the fog, both Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia are enjoying a bath in the lake, their laughter was mixed with the gentle sounds of the water.

"Kyaaa!!"

An embarrassing and shameful scream quickly attracted Lei Kongming's attention. He perked his ears to listen carefully while pretending to study the pile of trees in front of him as if pondering the great issue of building their houses.

"Sister Meixia, your hips are getting bigger. In the future, they might become bigger than Brother Kong's head."

"Sister Meiying, stop groping them! Besides, yours are the same size as mine."

"But Brother Kong seems to be interested in yours. I have seen him peeping at them."

"What?!" exclaimed Lei Meixia in a shameful voice.

"But Sister Meiying, I have seen Brother Kong peeping at yours, not mine."

"Eh? Doesn't that mean he wants both of us? It seems that the female elder of the fifth peak was right. We should not pay attention to their gentlemanly looks," said Lei Meiying in a teasing tone.

At this point, Lei Kongming's face turned red in embarrassment at being caught.