Chapter 242: High Tower Witch's Habitat

Star: "@High Priestess, you mentioned finding a dungeon earlier. Want your big sister to accompany you?"

High Priestess: "No."

Judgement: "If you come across any ancient bloodlines, remember to let me know."

High Priestess: "As if those things are so easy to encounter."

Judgement: "Someone actually found one while you guys were out these past few days. It seems they even created a few races, but unfortunately, the Supreme Council failed to acquire them."

Moon: "Is it only the Supreme Council that feels regret?"

Judgement: "Fine, I am quite regretful as well."

Moon: "So, do you have any thoughts of joining forces?"

Judgement: "Hmm?"

Sun: "Well, well, well. Moon truly lives up to his reputation as a merchant. He does not hesitate at all to sell people out."

Star: "It does not matter, as long as we can get intelligence on the bloodlines."

Death: "It does not matter +1"

Justice: "I will lead the charge this time."

High Priestess: "+1, +1"

It was just as a certain someone had said before.

Because the previous massive profits had set a shining example, the moment Moon proposed a deal with the Supreme Council, these people suddenly stopped being busy. They miraculously found the time and even volunteered to lead the charge.

Men die for wealth, and birds die for food. It was perfectly understandable.

Although this was not a dungeon, a precedent had already been set. Coupled with their thirst for ancient bloodlines, everyone hoped to squeeze more intelligence out of Judgement.

Of course, in return, they would also have to give Chu Yuan some benefits.

Titles like council members did not matter; holding actual benefits in their own hands was the most important thing.

To put it bluntly, the Supreme Council was nothing more than a version of Tarot Manor with more people, a larger operation, and a broader scope of management.

Furthermore, because its members were not as pure in their intentions as those in the Manor, the Supreme Council was nowhere near as united as outsiders believed.

It was filled with endless schemes, mutual calculations, and constant struggles for power and profit.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Judgement agreed to Moon's invitation to cooperate.

Tower: "By the way, did Moon make this proposal just because he cannot leave the house, hoping to earn a middleman's cut as the proposer?"

Moon: "Look at what you are saying, stating the absolute obvious."

Faced with Lan Qingyou's teasing and exposure, Shang Chuan's expression did not change in the slightest.

......

Gu Xiaobei went back.

She left with eyes full of tears, clutching a parcel she had retrieved from her Card.

The reason she was holding the parcel was that she needed a place to store the Teleportation Array Lan Qingyou had made for her, along with the calibrated instruments.

There was quite a bit of technical precision involved with these instruments.

Since they needed to collect mana from the surrounding air to properly mark a coordinate, the collection process would take up to an entire day just to be safe.

After a day, once the mana reached a ninety-nine point nine percent synchronization rate, the location would be successfully marked.

Of course, marking was one thing, and actual usage was another.

If it was just a one-way teleportation outward, there would be no issue.

So, after spending the entire night drawing two Teleportation Arrays and connecting the instruments to the composite steel plates, Gu Xiaobei left just as the sun was rising.

Although the other girl was somewhat reluctant to part, Lan Qingyou actually felt a lot more relaxed.

It was like that feeling of total freedom when everyone else leaves the house, and you can finally do whatever you want.

"Now then! What should I name this node?"

Since users could select their teleportation destination on the instrument, every location had a single opportunity to be named. Once entered, it could not be changed.

Thus, Lan Qingyou was currently acting extremely cautiously.

The prefix 'Witch' definitely had to be kept. The only question left was what words to append to the end to boost its prestige.

Witch's Home? Witch's Courtyard? Witch's Garden? Witch's Tower?

They all felt like they were lacking a little something.

Why not just call it the Witch's Tea Party?

That certainly sounded prestigious enough.

But the problem was that she usually drank fruit juice and filtered mountain spring water; she rarely drank tea. Not to mention hosting some kind of multi-person tea party.

Lan Qingyou suddenly felt a bit envious of Gu Xiaobei. Her teleportation point was simply named 'Joy Restaurant', without a single word changed. It felt so easy.

Why was naming something so difficult when it came to her turn?

First of all, this definitely had nothing to do with her educational background.

Secondly, it was impossible for her to go ask the people in the Manor for help, as she could not afford to lose that much face.

Forget it, she was done thinking about it. Prestige or no prestige, it was what it was.

As long as the person behind it was powerful, any name would command respect.

Having given up on thinking, Lan Qingyou decisively entered a string of words—High Tower Witch's Habitat.

Then, she tossed the entire set of Teleportation Arrays directly under the tree planted with ancient branches, which was intended to serve as a future habitat for avian monsters.

Of course, she only tossed it in after digging out a tall, spacious tree hollow.

She would use this as her entrance and exit from now on. Besides serving as a bird habitat, the spot had no other use anyway, so she might as well develop it a bit more.

After finishing, Lan Qingyou took a look around and tossed the potions she had brewed in her workshop over to Chu Yuan.

Because her trip had lasted longer than expected, a substantial amount of potion had been produced. Fortunately, Lan Qingyou had set out plenty of containers, so there was no overflow.

In other words, there were no losses whatsoever.

With all that handled, Lan Qingyou ordered a few items from Chu Yuan and went to sleep.

Having been outside for so many days, she had not even been able to take a proper bath, let alone get a good night's rest.

After returning, she had been busy with the Teleportation Array. Now that she could finally relax, Lan Qingyou did not hesitate for a second. She even started singing a nursery rhyme in the bathroom that she used to sing during baths as a child.

Lan Qingyou slept from the crack of dawn all the way until four or five in the afternoon.

Once she woke up, she immediately threw herself into the construction of her 'habitat'.

Having harvested so many good things this time around, she naturally had to give her magic array an epic-level upgrade.

The items she ordered from Chu Yuan yesterday had already arrived.

Lan Qingyou simply needed to take them out of her Card.

This time, Lan Qingyou had ordered a wrought-iron domed pavilion. Its dome was supported by eight Roman stone pillars beneath it, and perched at the very top of the dome was a tiny Witch with her hands raised in a lifting posture.

Lan Qingyou flew up and gently placed the Stone of Sun Glory into the Witch's raised hands.

In an instant, the pavilion's magical crests and circuits were activated, extending all the way from the top down to the Tai Chi Yin-Yang fish motif at the base.

With that, both nodes of Lan Qingyou's Yin-Yang fish were completely activated, and the entire magic array became an even more impenetrable fortress.

She was confident that with the current strength of this massive composite magic array—which integrated barriers, auxiliary support, and mana generation—it could absolutely rival the defensive fortitude of the Ark of the World Tree.