Chapter 41: Plan in Progress

After Bai Wen moved the building materials into the basement, the two of them dug a tunnel underground together.

Not long after, the tunnel reconnected with the Stone Wall Tunnel, and Li Xuan and Bai Wen used ordinary building materials to brace the tunnel, preventing collapse.

As for the Iron Anvil Wood they had saved earlier, Li Xuan and Bai Wen planned to use it sparingly, since it was quite precious.

After breaking through the Stone Wall, Li Xuan first moved several pots of flowers and plants into the Stone Wall Tunnel, then cut a piece of Starfire Vine and planted it on both sides of the tunnel for illumination, while also providing light for other plants to perform photosynthesis and supply oxygen to Bai Wen.

Then Li Xuan summoned a small green bottle, poured the Green Spirit Liquid onto the Starfire Vine to accelerate its growth, and in the blink of an eye the vine stretched a hundred meters, instantly lighting the entire Stone Wall Tunnel brightly.

Now food, water, building materials, as well as light and oxygen have all been arranged for Bai Wen by Li Xuan; what comes next depends on Bai Wen.

After checking that nothing was missing, Li Xuan and Bai Wen finally returned to the basement.

"Xuan Ge'er, it's getting late, you should go back early to rest, so as not to arouse suspicion. I'll also get a good sleep today, replenish my spirit, and tomorrow we officially start digging the tunnel!" Bai Wen nodded at Li Xuan and said earnestly.

"In that case, Brother Bai Wen, I'll go rest now; I'll leave the rest to you!" Li Xuan bowed in thanks to Bai Wen, then turned and left the basement, returning to the surface.

After a moment's hesitation, Li Xuan did not take the Kongming Grass from the basement back to the Supervisor's Mansion.

Now Lin Mo watches him constantly; even if Li Xuan brought the Kongming Grass back to the Supervisor's Mansion, he would have no chance to cultivate it, and it might cause Lin Mo to mistakenly think the Kongming Grass is a magical treasure from his successful seedling, which would easily make him lose the Kongming Grass.

Since Lin Mo is already on the brink of madness over methods to improve breeding success, Li Xuan does not want to provoke him now.

In the end Li Xuan took nothing and returned alone to the Supervisor's Mansion.

It was already midnight; after Li Xuan arrived at the Supervisor's Mansion, he neither washed nor changed, put on pajamas, lay on the bed, and fell asleep after a short while.

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Time passed quickly, and three days slipped by.

During those three days, Li Xuan devoted all his energy to observing the Heavenly Material Earth Treasure in the West District.

The plants growing in the East and West districts are those that Jiu Douluo has discovered on the Douluo Continent, various rare exotic flowers and herbs.

Their quality is extremely high! In three days, Li Xuan only examined one third of the plants in the West District; these plants are mostly of precious quality, with over thirty percent being of rare quality.

The Heavenly Material Earth Treasure numbers reach as many as a hundred varieties.

The only regret is that Li Xuan did not find a single Immortal Grade spirit plant.

After all, Immortal Grade spirit plants are encountered by chance and cannot be sought; even if Jiu Douluo obtained a seed, it cannot be cultivated, so Li Xuan does not force it.

Nevertheless, Li Xuan did not idle; he recorded each plant's attributes, selecting those he needed and those with special abilities.

Li Xuan logged all the plants' names and locations.

He knows he will eventually leave the Flower Sea, so before departing, Li Xuan will try to take as many of these exotic flowers and herbs as possible out of the Flower Sea, since he likely will never return.

At noon on the third day, after Li Xuan finished lunch and was about to continue exploring the Flower Sea, Liu Li found him.

"Xuan Ge'er, the building materials and books you ordered have already been delivered; would you like to go see them yourself?" Liu Li asked Li Xuan.

"It took them three days to bring them back; they're really slow. Come on, Uncle Liu, let's go take a look." Li Xuan nodded, then walked with Liu Li toward his Courtyard. From a distance, Li Xuan saw trucks of building materials piled outside his Courtyard; his little Courtyard was already packed full.

It seems Zhao Da'an must have also gifted him some building materials; otherwise there wouldn't be so many.

"Uncle Liu, take a rest today; the building materials have arrived, and tomorrow we'll have to start working hard. You and the four uncles should go to the Supervisor's Mansion this afternoon for a good meal, rest well today, and resume work tomorrow." Li Xuan thought for a moment and said to Liu Li.

Liu Li was momentarily stunned, glanced curiously at Li Xuan, but since he wasn't a child and knew what to ask and what not to, he simply nodded at Li Xuan.

"Xuan Ge'er still looks after us; we've had so many meals at the Supervisor's Mansion these days, and today we get to eat delicacies again—life is wonderful. Xuan Ge'er, I'll take them to eat right now," Liu Li said with a smile, then called his brothers to leave Li Xuan's Courtyard and head toward the Supervisor's Mansion in the West District.

Li Xuan watched Liu Li's retreating back, smiled, and shook his head; Liu Li was indeed sensible, not probing him further.

Li Xuan carefully surveyed the surroundings, then used a Void Pearl to pack some building materials and sent them to the basement.

Although there were no watchers nearby, he still dared not take too many building materials at once; it would be too easy to be discovered.

Back in the basement, Li Xuan went straight into the tunnel.

Li Xuan was also curious how far Bai Wen had dug these past few days.

The tunnel was planted with Starfire Vine, and with the aid of Green Spirit Liquid, the entire tunnel was brightly lit.

Using the glow of the Starfire Vine, Li Xuan stepped toward the depths of the tunnel.

Soon Li Xuan arrived at the Stone Wall Tunnel.

After exiting the Stone Wall Tunnel, there was a wooden staircase sloping downward.

Li Xuan descended the stairs for three or four meters, and the ground became flat again; this should be the real tunnel.

The tunnel's height is about 1.5 meters and its width about 1 meter, so two people can walk side by side without any problem.

It seems Bai Wen also designed the tunnel meticulously.

Li Xuan continued along the tunnel toward the distance, and soon saw Bai Wen carefully tamping soil with a wooden stick.

Hearing the sound behind him, Bai Wen quickly turned, and upon seeing Li Xuan, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xuan Ge'er, you're here!" Bai Wen put down his tool, lowered his voice, and said to Li Xuan.

"Yeah, the new building materials arrived today, and I thought I'd bring you some." Li Xuan also lowered his voice and said to Bai Wen.

"Xuan Ge'er, let's go back to the basement to talk; it's too tiring to talk here!" Bai Wen said again in a lowered voice.

Li Xuan nodded, then picked up the basket full of soil; Bai Wen also shouldered his basket, and the two walked side by side back to the basement.

Sitting in the basement, Bai Wen poured himself a large glass of water and gulped it down; it seemed Bai Wen was exhausted as well.

The weekend is coming soon; wish everyone a happy time.

Tonight's night shift; tomorrow I'll add an extra update for all the readers!

(End of Chapter)