Chapter 19: Paving the Way!

Early the next morning, Li Xuan got up early, stretched his body a bit, and then walked out of the basement.

After emerging from the basement, Li Xuan looked up at the sky; it was just dawning, and Liu Li and the others wouldn't arrive for a while.

So Li Xuan pondered briefly, then went to the Kongming Grass and dripped the Green Spirit Liquid produced in today's little green bottle onto it.

A few breaths later, the fruit fell ripe, and Li Xuan obtained another Void Pearl, skillfully weaving the newly acquired Void Pearl into his grass‑rope bracelet.

At this point Li Xuan already had five Void Pearls, and his storage space reached fifteen cubic units, enough for him to use for a while, so the Kongming Grass didn't need further cultivation for now.

As for the next cultivation plan, it was the Dark Realm Ghost Orchid; its blossoms, when taken, can strengthen the soul, and Li Xuan isn't in a hurry to break through his soul‑power rank, so he uses this chance to boost his strength.

Next, Li Xuan further diluted the remaining diluted Green Spirit Liquid in the earthen jar, then sprinkled the liquid onto the seeds that needed seedling cultivation.

As the liquid was evenly spread over the seeds, they began to sprout at a visibly rapid rate.

Seeing the sprouting flower seedlings, Li Xuan took some flower pots from a corner of the Courtyard and transplanted the seedlings into them; with these seedlings, Li Xuan could report back to Ju Douluo.

After all, when you're in the Flower Sea, you have to look down.

……

Around seven or eight in the morning, Liu Li's Four Brothers arrived, greeted Li Xuan, and then got to work.

The Mao Cao Wu should be nearly finished today, and Liu Li and his men are probably doing their last job at Li Xuan's place.

Bai Wen also came into Li Xuan's Courtyard.

"Xuan Ge'er, is there anything else you need me to do?" Bai Wen rubbed his hands and asked Li Xuan.

At this point Bai Wen had grown to like working for Li Xuan, since working for him meant Bai Wen could eat his fill every day.

"There shouldn't be any work today, but tomorrow you'll have to accompany me on a trip; I need to walk through the Flower Sea, and you'll be my guide," Li Xuan thought for a moment, then continued speaking to Bai Wen.

Li Xuan believed that among the Flower Sea sections managed by others there would still be some rare plants, and he wondered if there might be a chance to acquire them.

"Sure, Xuan Ge'er, since there's nothing today, I'll head back now," Bai Wen waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Don't be in a hurry; here's something for you, you don't have to refuse. Stay with me; I can't let you go hungry," Li Xuan handed Bai Wen a bag of bread.

"Um…" Bai Wen hesitated, then took the bag from Li Xuan's hand and left the Courtyard.

After watching Bai Wen leave, Li Xuan took a pile of flower pots from a corner of the Courtyard and transferred the cultivated seedlings one by one into the pots.

After a morning of toil, Li Xuan finally transplanted all one hundred seedlings into flower pots and placed them in the sunniest spot of his Courtyard.

The exterior of the Mao Cao Wu was essentially finished; in the afternoon he could just lay some thatch on the roof to shield wind and rain.

Li Xuan had also completed his task, so there was basically nothing left to do; he gathered a bunch of thatch, spread it in the Courtyard, and lay down on it to sleep.

……

In the afternoon, Liu Li woke the sleeping Li Xuan.

"Xuan Ge'er, the Mao Cao Wu is finished; please inspect it," Liu Li said with a smile after rubbing his hands.

Li Xuan groggily got up from the ground and followed Liu Li to take a look at the Mao Cao Wu.

After Li Xuan and Liu Li walked around inside the Mao Cao Wu and confirmed nothing was amiss, Li Xuan took out several bags of Large Rye Bread from the Courtyard.

"Uncle Liu, here are a hundred jin of Large Rye Bread, considered payment for the four uncles over these days. Later I may still need your help, so I'll trouble you again," Li Xuan handed the bags to the four men and smiled. "Xuan Ge'er is still so generous; since that's the case, I'll gladly accept. If you ever need us brothers' help, just call, and we'll rush over!" Liu Li clasped his fists to Li Xuan, then shouldered the bags and left.

The three burly men behind Liu Li gave Li Xuan a considerably friendlier look.

At this moment, Li Xuan was the only one left in his Courtyard.

"In my past life, housing prices were so high I couldn't afford a home, but now that I've transmigrated and have no salary, I've at least settled on Douluo Continent," Li Xuan said with a helpless smile, then returned to his Mao Cao Wu.

Lying in the thatch pile, Li Xuan opened the marketplace; in recent days it hadn't spawned anything useful, so he spent his points each day on boxed meals and bottled water.

Today again yielded nothing good, so he bought another boxed meal and a bottle of water.

After eating and drinking, Li Xuan went to the Courtyard and moved the Kongming Grass, Bread Grass, and Dark Realm Ghost Orchid into the basement.

Now Li Xuan doesn't have many truly valuable items in hand, and these three plants are the most precious.

Having finished these, Li Xuan sat in the basement and began contemplating his current situation.

The Flower Sea isn't a place suitable for staying long; Li Xuan still wants to leave the Flower Sea.

Life inside the Flower Sea is truly unsuitable for people, and outside the yin‑yang person Ju Douluo watches hungrily.

For his own integrity, Li Xuan decided to leave here and venture out on Douluo Continent.

However, all the Flower Slaves in this Flower Sea are prisoners; although they mainly grow plants for Ju Douluo, the Flower Sea also serves as a place of confinement for these people.

Not only are the Spirit Hall's guards patrolling outside the Flower Sea, but also a dozen or so highly cultivated soul masters guard the area; as for their ranks, Li Xuan doesn't know, since he hasn't dealt with them yet.

Getting back on track, he still needs to think of a way to leave the Flower Sea.

After a while of pondering, Li Xuan actually came up with two possible routes out of here.

The first is to become the Flower Sea's overseer, which would grant permission to leave the Flower Sea to procure supplies, but the overseer can only be someone trusted by Ju Douluo; apart from Lin Mo, Li Xuan essentially has no chance to become the overseer.

The second is to dig a tunnel out of here; that's Li Xuan's only way to leave, but now he can't tell east from west, let alone find a direction, much less dig a tunnel through the Flower Sea.

So Li Xuan plans to wander the Flower Sea over the next few days, looking for rare plants while figuring out the Flower Sea's orientation, then find a direction suitable for tunneling.

Lost in thought, Li Xuan lay down on the thatch pile and fell asleep.

……

Early the next morning, Li Xuan got up early.

Now there's no seedling‑cultivation pressure, Li Xuan can relax a bit; he tidied the Courtyard, then the basement, and finally watered the seedlings and loosened the soil.

At that moment, Bai Wen's footsteps appeared outside Li Xuan's Courtyard.

"Xuan Ge'er, what's up today?" Bai Wen knocked on the door while asking Li Xuan.

"Brother Bai Wen, wait a moment, I'll be right out," Li Xuan said, took a bag of Large Rye Bread from a Void Pearl, then opened the door and smiled at Bai Wen.

"Xuan Ge'er, is there anything today?" Bai Wen, with a simple smile, patted his head and asked Li Xuan.

"Come accompany me to stroll through the Flower Sea," Li Xuan said with a smile.

Dear readers, I feel the number of words I've updated can't live up to your love. I'm trying to add updates, but these past few days I've been a bit tired. Sorry, I'll seize the chance to add more for you. I, the author, apologize to all of you.

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