Chapter 66: Building an Underground Shelter, the Power of the Gold-Eating Insect

Mid-April, spring warmth and flowers blooming.

The auction at Xuanbao Pavilion has also completely ended, and the Flying Boat from Xuanbao Pavilion has also quickly departed.

Many Cultivators who came for its reputation have also left one after another, and the vast Miyun City has also become much less crowded with Cultivators.

However, there are also some Loose Cultivators who were attracted by the environment of Miyun City, and thus stayed behind, beginning to settle down in this place.

The Foundation Establishment battle from a month ago does not seem to have affected the prosperity of Miyun City; it remains bustling and noisy.

It is as if nothing had ever happened.

But Zhou Sui knows that this is merely the eve of the coming storm; for this past month, he has been preparing for the turmoil that may soon arrive.

"The Gold-Eating Insects have been digging for nearly a month, and have also gone about two or three hundred meters deep underground."

Zhou Sui feels very satisfied.

The digging ability of one hundred Gold-Eating Insects is quite astonishing; large amounts of soil and Mineral are swallowed by them to become food, and huge tunnels are dug out one after another.

Originally, he wanted to dig the tunnel directly outside of Miyun City, connecting to the deepest part of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

In this way, if turmoil truly occurs in Miyun City, he could also reach outside the city through this tunnel.

But when he had dug halfway, he discovered he could no longer dig further.

Because the underground was blocked by an invisible Array Formation power, forming a huge Array Formation barrier.

If one wants to dig through to create a passage connecting to the outside world, one must destroy this Array Formation barrier.

At that time, it would also inevitably alert the Cultivators of Miyun City and the Lu Family Cultivators, causing the collapse of the Array Formation.

Therefore, he also stopped digging.

"A Second-Tier Array is indeed powerful; it has almost no gaps to speak of, and wanting to attack from underground is basically an impossible task." Zhou Sui also understands why a Second-Tier Array is so powerful.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator controlling a Second-Tier Array can even withstand an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator for a while.

If other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were to attack, it would be basically impossible to break through; one is in an invincible position from the very beginning.

Therefore, even if the Lu Family Ancestor is on the verge of death, as long as he hides in Miyun City, no one dares to come and provoke him.

The entire Miyun City is as if wrapped in an invisible spherical barrier; whether it is the sky or the underground, it is all integrated, without any gaps that can be invaded.

"Forget it, since it is impossible to dig an underground passage to the outside world, then I will build a temporary living space underground." Zhou Sui changed his plan right then.

So he ordered the one hundred Gold-Eating Insects to start digging a huge underground maze three hundred meters below the ground, as well as many underground tunnels, extending in all directions.

At the same time, the Gold-Eating Insects also controlled the metal to thoroughly reinforce these passages, forming metal walls, ensuring that these underground tunnels have no danger of collapsing.

Because the underground tunnels extend in all directions, they are like a maze.

Even if someone discovers the underground tunnels, they will never be able to find the location of the true Immortal Palace.

This is also the Underground Shelter that Zhou Sui wanted to create.

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In the afternoon.

Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyan, and Xia Jingyan, the three women, were also invited over by Zhou Sui to visit this Immortal Palace.

They were immediately stunned, never expecting that their husband had actually spent a month building such a massive underground facility; it was simply beyond imagination.

"Husband, how on earth did you do it?"

Ji Bingyu is very surprised; she knows that this man has been cultivating diligently almost day and night, and has basically not left her side, but now he has silently built an underground maze, which is truly incredible.

"That's right, you are up to no good all day, yet you still have time to do this kind of thing?"

Xia Jingyan is completely bewildered.

What kind of time management master is this? During the day he is doing Alchemy, incidentally meditating and cultivating, and at night he is doing Dual Cultivation with them, studying the process of having children, almost twenty-four hours without rest.

But this man actually still had time to dig tunnels and build an underground maze.

If this guy had spent his energy on finding women, he would probably already have the three thousand beauties in the harem of an emperor.

Her expression is extremely strange; she doesn't even know how this man managed to do it.

"Ahem, what kind of talk is that? Of course, I didn't build it myself. In fact, I raised a group of strange insects called Gold-Eating Insects; they are experts at building underground caves."

"They basically work twenty-four hours a day without rest, and it took a month to build such an Underground Shelter. Although it is a bit crude, it can still house people."

Zhou Sui coughs and explains.

He waves his hand, and one hundred Gold-Eating Insects fly out. They are the size of a fist, dark gold in color, with dense and strange patterns appearing on them, permeating with powerful Geng Metal Qi, indestructible.

They also have a pair of transparent wings on their bodies; once they flap their wings to fly, their speed is astonishing.

Their stomachs are like Storage Bags, capable of storing a large number of things.

"Husband, you actually raised a group of strange insects; that is truly amazing."

"But with so many strange insects, how can you afford to feed them? It must cost quite a lot."

Mu Ziyan exclaims in admiration. She automatically ignores why Zhou Sui could raise a group of Gold-Eating Insects; anyway, whatever her husband does is correct, regardless of any reason.

As a Dao Companion, one must unconditionally trust one's man.

She couldn't care less about where her man found the Gold-Eating Insects.

Now she is just worried about how to feed these strange insects.

"It's fine, their main food is Mineral; if they are really hungry, they can also eat soil, so there is no need to prepare anything." Zhou Sui waves his hand and says nonchalantly, indicating that the Gold-Eating Insects are very easy to raise.

If they want to eat something good, they can eat various metal ores.

If there are really no metal ores, then they can eat soil.

There is really no Gu Insect easier to raise than them; there is no need to spend much effort.

"Amazing is amazing, but aren't you too cautious? You are actually worried about a war that hasn't even happened yet, and you actually dug an Underground Shelter three hundred meters deep under your own house."

Xia Jingyan's mouth twitches, and she doesn't know what to say.

She has seen many cautious Cultivators, but she has never seen a Cultivator as cautious as her own man.

Just because of a worry, he actually dug an Underground Shelter three hundred meters deep.

If I were to say it out loud, I reckon not many people would believe it.

"No, no, no, that is not the way to put it. Those who do not plan for all time are not fit to plan for the moment; those who do not plan for the whole are not fit to plan for a region," Zhou Sui said in a deep voice. "Although war may not necessarily break out, and Miyun City may not necessarily become the center of turmoil, who knows what the future holds? If it truly happens, it will be too late to regret it then."

"But by building this Underground Shelter, when war truly breaks out, we will have such a safe place. Even if it does not happen, we have not actually lost anything."

Hearing these words, Xia Jingyan could not help but nod: "What you say is right."

Perhaps this was the reason why this man, even when he was only a Qi Refining First Layer Cultivator, was able to survive in Miyun City. Caution is not a shortcoming; in this world fraught with crises, it is instead a virtue.

Only a person like this can go very far in the world of cultivation.

(End of this chapter)