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184: Reconstruction

Author: Biako Word Count: 8398 Updated: 2025-06-08 08:20:25

Reconstruction

The sun's bright rays shone above all of us as we slowly moved forward. The many peddlers along the path we crossed were surprised at first to see me dragging two almost dead bodies behind me using a chain wrapped around their ankles, but soon, after asking around, and knowing the reason why, and why everyone was calmly and quietly following me, they too joined the group.0

After all, the promise of labor and food is more than any of these people had hoped to get.

Surprisingly, many peddlers came, and they all came from different locations, and after asking around, not all of them came from the same place. Some came due to the drought, and the others the complete opposite, as they had their whole town flooded overnight.

It took many hours on foot to finally arrive at Lucid Springs, and there I found Wu Fan had done what I asked and had rounded up everyone available for work.

"I guess you did your job well," I said to Wu Fan who was sneaking glances behind me.

"Oh, these two, hang them by the ankles there," I said as I pointed at the only long light post remaining within the city entrance.

Wu Fan looked back at two young men and nodded to them.

One of the two limbed the light post and pulled the two of them all by himself while the other helped with lessening the weight a bit.

Xiao Bao woke up from the jolts and immediately shouted, "What the hell are you doing to me you filthy bastard!" he called.

A cough from me made Xiao Bao immediately look at me.

Fear gripped his heart as he remembered the horror I'd inflicted on him.

"You'll be staying there, reflect on your actions, and if you dare insult, anyone, in the city, then I promise I'll no longer use my fists and I'll be using my sword," I said

And that immediately got a nice reaction from him, he gulped down, or up in his situation and remained calm.

"Everyone gathered here, Lucid Springs isn't a place for slackers. Wu Fan here will be your city lord. You will hear his words, for his word is my will. Disobey him, and you disobey me."

"We won't dare!" one of the peddlers said as he bowed down.

The rest immediately followed, "We greet the City Lord!"

"But father! Aren't we your sons, why give the city lord position to a stranger!" Xiao Bao, against my last advice, still decided to speak back.

Before he could even realize it, I pulled my Creeping Demise, infused it with my Heart Flame, and sliced towards him. Not a moment later, his left hand was already in my own hand.

Seeing the familiar-looking hand and with his own rings on it, he finally realized that he lost it.

Then the pain finally reached his brain as he began to scream.

"I told you, dare speak up and I'll use my sword. This is my will, if you don't like it, then I can end your life right here." I said

Stifling his pain and suffering, Xiao Bao finally quieted down.

"Anyway, stay here, you'll receive food and drinks, you'll need to rest up for the night, tomorrow you'll all be working your backs off to own a place here," I said.

"Wu Fan, follow me," I said and headed towards my broken-down manor.

Once we arrived, Wu Fan who had remained calmed finally decided to speak.

"Was it wise to be so cruel to your sons?" Wu Fan asked.

"Wise? I doubt it, but they deserved that and more. Do you know what most cultivators do once they reach a certain stage in their cultivation? They sever their connection to mortals. Sons, wives, and hometowns, anything related to their mortal past is discarded and thrown away as if it didn't exist. In my case, I'm still attached to them, otherwise, I would have immediately ended their lives. Though I love my sons I hate to see them act so cruel to everyone. This is an opportunity for them to learn to be humble. They used my reputation and fortune to grow greedy and tyrannical, while they themselves never worked a day in their lives."

"So you're not planning on executing them?"

"Execute them? no, if I wanted them dead, they would be dead. I want them to learn from their mistakes, use them as slaves and workforce, give them the hardest and cruelest of jobs. Make them clean sewers, remove rocks and blockades, and have them dig wells. I want them to break their backs working off the gold they ate up. Only then will they become decent human beings. Also higher people who won't pity them or be swayed by their words. Though my son's current fortune is not a fraction of what I used to have, it can still sway a few greedy people to aid them in escaping their predicaments. I know them and know how they think." I said.

"Right, I'll make sure to do as you asked.

"Now let's start about making some plans for this broken city," I said and then sat on one of the few chairs that were still intact.

There was a table I used to place several papers and documents in front of me.

"Seeing the state of the city, it seems that everything is in desperate need of repairs. But thanks to the nearby forest, anything wood-related can be quickly fixed. The problem is we used too much cement in rebuilding the town that repairing and reconstructing new buildings will be a hassle."

"We still have some saved up raw materials we haven't used. I followed your ideas of creating storage space and made sure that any surpluses we got were saved up there."

"That's smart thinking, good, bring out as much of that stuff as you can and start by repairing the streets and the buildings that are least damaged. Anything that has too much wreckage should be straight up scrapped and rebuilt." I said.

"Some people still live in those rundown houses," Wu Fan said.

"Ask them to huddle up together, the city should take but few months to be functional, so they can probably be able to handle a few months in tight enclosures."

"Right, but why the city streets, that will take a lot of materials, we probably might not even be able to repair all of the lightly damaged houses if we repair the streets." Asked Wu Fan.

"Streets mean accessibility, having a functional road can aid in transportation, and in the long run, will help procure and distribute raw matter easily, it might be slow at first but the building and reconstruction will accelerate in momentously later on."

"Right, Lord Shen Bao is as brilliant as always." Said Wu Fan.

"That's not brilliance Wu Fan, just common sense. Anyway, we'll be needing to rebuild some of the river facilities. And grow crops, I can manage the crops and reflow the river, but it will take a few days."

"You can reflow the river? Are you god?"

"Huh? What are you talking about, that's just simple stuff a drought this severe is definitely not natural, something must have blocked the river and caused it to divert, a few peddlers had mentioned that they didn't run away from their home due to drought, but rather they were flooded. So I'm sure that something happened either at the source or along the way that caused the Lucid Spring river to dry up. I'll check up on it in the morning." I said.

"Very well, then what about this…" Wu Fan began giving me a detailed report on all that is missing and needed to rebuild the city.

From the broken sewer system to all the buildings that needed to rebuild along the riverside, to the bridge that was not safe for mortals to cross, to even the number of cattle that we currently have.

It took the better part of the day to finish what needed to be done, and once that was off I asked Wu Fan to leave back to his home and rest for a while.

"Should you rest up too, you went to a different city and back and didn't even look exhausted." Wu Fan said.

"Cultivator privileges, I'll still need to procure food for the people outside," I said.

"That's something I was trying to avoid, even if we use up all our resources I doubt we'll be able to feed the masses." Wu Fan said.

"Don't worry about that, I already have that figured out. Anyway, I'll see you later, rest up for now. I'll be back in a few hours with food." I said.

Surprise was painted on Wu Fan's face, as he clearly didn't understand how I was going to feed these thousands of new mouths.

But the forest nearby is bountiful and has a lot of food.

Soon, I took out my flying sword and headed towards the forest, there is a pretty big hunting session I'll be needing to do.

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93: Into the Poison Valley 94: Blight Bearing Toad 95: Obtaining Treasures. 96: The Lord's Test 97: Lesser Celestial Realm 98: Spatial Rooms 99: The Shackled Prince 100: Celestium of the Apes (FIRST MILSTONE WOOP WOOP!) 101: Modern Warfare 102: Lockdown 103: Celestial Formation Comprehension 104: The Wrong Foot 105: Wit Against Backing 106: Chance Opportunity 107: First Lesson -Understanding- 108: Second Lesson -Cultivation- 109: Third Lesson -Domain- 110: Fourth Lesson -Battle- 111: Fifth Lesson- Debate- 112: Final Lesson 113: The Hidden Treasure 114: I'm Rich! 115: Trouble in Para--Hell 116: A Pill With Secrets. 117: Qi Reactor 118: The Pagoda's Facilities 119: Finishing Touches 120: Riches Can't be spent, Power can't be used. 121: Refinement 122: Hammer and Swords 123: Blade Forging 124: Upgrades 125: Preparation Complete! 126: Battling a Nascent Soul 127: Hunted 128: Swamp of Balur 129: Escape 130: [Bonus chapter]Seven Mountain Peak Sect 131: Picking Up The Purple Cloud Sect Trail. 132: Sect Trial 133: Sect's Trials 134: Among Them! 135: In Prison 136: The Remnants 137: Challenged 138: Hard Against Soft. 139: Inner Sect Trial 140: Mirror World Trails 141: Sword Intent Mountain 142: Law 143: Trial Complete 144: Top Grade 145: A Plan Like No Other 146: Oscar Worthy 147: Honored Guest 148: Meeting Old friends 149: Tough Love? 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180: Handsome Reward 181: Hometown 182: A Father's Sorrow 183: Discipline 184: Reconstruction 185: Tracking Evil 186: Daunting Discovery 187: Buying Your Way In 188: Understanding Law 189: Martial Artist Tournament 190: I Guess I'm Not The Main Character... 191: Shen Bao Advances 192: Heavy Metal 193: Are You Not Entertained?! 194: Master of Puppets 195: Plot Armor Isn't Just For Me Apparently... 196: Second Breath 197: Powerful Cultivator 198: All The Toys In Play 199: Unleashed 200: (No title, CUZ IT'S CHAPTER 200!!!!!) 350: Behind The Black Door 351: You're Not Supposed To Be Here 352: Betrayal 353: Revelations 354: Forgotten Treasure 355: Travel 356: Treasure Hunt 357: Loot 358: Treasures 359: Confrontation 360: Resolution 361: Sharing Is Caring 362: Black Robed Woman 363: Trapped Souls and Saved Soul 364: In Hell 365: Crossfire 366: The Poison's Past 367: Another Step 368: Outside View 369: The Peak 370: Pseudo Ascendant 371: The Beyond 372: An old Acquaintance 373: Start of Class 374: First Class 375: Cocky 376: Duel 377: Perfection 378: Chapter 374 379: Venture 380: Departure 381: In A Strange World 382: The Cat Girl 383: Unexpected 384: Face off 385: Underground 386: A True Cultivator 387: The Sound of Life 388: The Monolith 389: Desires 390: Lucid 391: Awake 392: Stuck Between a Corpse and A Necromancer 393: Trapped 394: Insane 395: Never Before Seen Alchemy 396: Catch Me If You Can 397: The Twelve Paths 398: Crisis and Escape 399: Alone 201: Divide and Conquer 202: Another Cave 203: Confrontation 204: The Plot Thickens 205: Caught In The Act 206: Solved 207: Plot Twist 208: Gathering Info 209: Modern Warfare 210: Upgrades for You, You and You! 211: A Certain Octopus Would be Proud. 212: The Rage of A King, And the Confidence of A Cultivator 213: Two, Each of a Taste. Each of a Function. 214: Success 215: War Preparations 216: Spatial Law 217: Tribulation 218: Testament 219: Rumors 220: Enraged 221: Recollection 222: Table Talks 223: Exposed 224: Outside The Box 225: Beacons of Hope 226: Two Faced 227: Plot Twist (2) 228: Conviction 229: Betrayal and Resolve 230: First Blood 231: A Friend's Troubles 232: Among Them 233: One By One 234: Under the Spyglass 235: Next Phase 236: Si Xue Fights Back 237: Sacrifice 238: When Shit Hits The Fan 239: Frustration 240: Surrender 241: What lives In The Deep 242: Plan B 243: Rolling Death 244: Big Brain 245: Invasion 246: A Craftsman's Resolve 247: To the Workshop 248: Finished product 249: Decision 250: Tracking 400: Time Skip 401: The Calm Before The Storm 402: Nascent Demonic Soul 403: Gifts 404: Cube of Worries 405: Opening Pandora's Box 406: Beyond The Limit 407: Broken Promise 408: Old Beast 409: A Moment Worth A Thousand Years. 410: A Drink 411: Dao Discussion 412: Dao in Simplicity 413: A New Destination 414: Lingering Regrets 415: Strange Planet 416: It Speaks 417: Map 418: Blinded By Greed 419: Kyu 420: Soul, Corpse, and Possession 421: A New Destination 422: Interrogation 423: Interrogation II 424: New Beginning 425: From Scratch 426: Cultivation And Loneliness 427: Secluded Cultivation 428: Test 429: Inner Sect 430: Petty 431: Comission 432: Deal 433: Traceless 434: Cooking on Low Heat 435: Mission Complete 436: Bet 437: Success 438: Book Worm 439: Well That's Awkward... 440: If You Can't Solve It With Violence... Use More Violence. 441: Demon Sect and a Party 442: Dark Hour 443: Encounter 444: Unexpected Development 445: Warmth 446: Encounter 447: Negotiation 448: Repair 449: Trouble In The Horizon 450: Invader 451: Battle 452: Arrival 453: Roaring 454: Movement 455: Heir 456: Ratatatata 457: Poison Gate 458: First Trial 459: Open Sesame 460: In a Box 462: Maze 463: Hunter And Prey 464: Box Inside A Box 465: Carnage 466: The Game 467: Sniper Elite 468: Boom Headshot! 469: Main Character 470: Map 471: Main Character II 472: Hunter and Prey 473: Thinking Outside of The Planet. 474: I Am...Atomic! 475: Za Warldo 476: Front Seat 477: Dance of Flame 478: Price of Power 479: Mei Ling 480: Infiltration 481: The Mist 482: Meeting 483: Dodge Ball Ice edition 484: ! 485: Discussion 486: Plot Twist 487: Confrontation 488: Origins 489: Sword Spirit 490: Ego 491: Creation and Destruction 492: Perfection 493: World Stirring Events 494: End of A Training Arc 495: Attack on Serpent 496: Battle To The Death 497: Poison God's Heritage 498: Escape 499: Epilogue And Prologue 500: Key 501: Reminiscence 502: Inside The Beast 503: The Great Flood 504: Planning 505: Library 506: Exodus 507: Planet Core 508: Return 509: Departure 510: The Second Step 511: Power Balance 512: Faith 513: Story of A Civilization 514: Captured 515: Fire Lord's Planet 516: The Mines 517: Preparation 518: Forming The Plan 519: Takeover 520: Tiger's Den 521: Gift 522: Escape 523: The Peak 524: He Who Devours a God 525: Against The Odds 526: Felled 527: Divine Tribulation 528: Battle Through The Heavens 529: Turmoil 530: Laugh 531: Poison God 532: Who Am I? 533: Lord of Lords 534: Galactic Turmoil 535: Revenge 536: Coming For You 537: Battle 538: Battle II 539: Only Man 540: Intruder 541: First Contact 542: Making A Name For Oneself 543: Secrets
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