Destiny is ashes

Chapter 693 Qingmu Yankui
At the foot of Mingguang Peak, in a small hut, Gu Yeqi dreamed of death.

It was dark at night. She stood beside the delivery room of the pharmacy and heard her own cry when she was born, her father's cheers of joy, and her mother's tired laughter.

Then the rosy glow of the sky appeared, and she saw herself running in the courtyard of the medicine shop, chasing dragonflies like a boy. Her mother, who was boiling medicinal herbs, looked at her helplessly through the window. Her father was about to go out to work and rubbed his head before leaving.

The sun was high in the sky, and then it was quickly obscured by wind and snow. The towering mountains surrounding the medicine shop were instantly covered with ice and snow. Wind and clouds surged around the ice peaks that pierced the sky, and the rosy glow at the other end of the sky turned into sunset glow.

Day and night were reversed in a flash, the wind and snow blinded the eyes, the sky and the earth roared, and a black team struggled to crawl on the pale old road. She saw her mother could never stand up again after falling down. She saw her father carrying her mother's stiff body and holding herself and struggling forward. The weight behind him made him kneel down again and again, and the warmth in her arms made him stand up again and again.

The man gritted his teeth but didn't shed a single tear.

But in the end, everything still returns to loneliness.

In the darkness, my mother passed away, and my father also passed away. I was left alone, surrounded by wild grass. I could not see the stars or the moon, and I could not tell the direction.

This is death. Eternal separation, the past that can never be returned to, the anger of powerlessness, and a kind of trembling that makes people unable to help but occasionally want to immerse themselves in it.

If she chose the darkness, she could leave this pale and colorless world and go to her parents.

But it’s no longer possible.

Because her father had bought a narrow and difficult road for her life at the price of his own death.

Compared with this road, even the most terrifying disaster is nothing but a passing cloud.

Only by living, not being changed by the world, but changing the world, can we match this painful and difficult road.

Looking around, there was no longer wind, snow and weeds, but a warm stove and bedding. The sunlight penetrated the clouds and windows, shining in front of the bed, like a guiding light path, which made her subconsciously get up.

Gu Yeqi blinked dazedly, rubbed his eyes, and then realized that he was awake.

"Oops... I overslept a bit."

As soon as I saw the sun, I knew it was almost noon. Not to mention my morning classes and work, I was afraid I would miss lunch, not to mention An Jing's speech...

"Gu Yeqi, Gu Yeqi, why did you fail at the most critical moment? Senior Brother is back, so you should have behaved well, but you slept until noon. Aren't you a lazy woman?"

Gu Yeqi cursed herself inwardly. She probably knew that it was because the senior brother had returned that she felt too at ease and relaxed, so that all the accumulated fatigue was released in one breath and she was able to sleep until now. She even knew that An Jing would definitely not care about this, but she just felt a little embarrassed and her face turned red.

Without having time to tidy up her hair or anything else, she hurriedly put on her clothes and rushed towards the center of the manor.

The structure of the manor is very similar to that of Xuanming Manor, with dormitories on both sides, warehouses at the foot of the mountain and a martial arts arena on the mountain, and the square in the middle.

Gu Yeqi did inform all the Sons of Disaster to gather at noon last night, but he was not there and did not know what the current situation was.

But halfway through the run, she breathed a sigh of relief.

There was a surge of people in the center of the manor. Apparently everyone had arrived, and he did not delay his senior brother's instructions.

But at this moment, there was a burst of surprise and exclamation from the crowd, with words of praise: "Great, Senior Brother!" "This is so powerful, this is great!"

"What happened? Why is there so much noise and bustle?"

Hearing these words, Gu Yeqi also showed curiosity and quickened his pace.

Then, she saw rows of tall and solid puppets like bronze and iron statues appearing in the crowd. With a low roar, the ten-foot-tall metal puppets were slowly starting up. They looked like headless giants, with observation ports on their chests. Their arms were exactly the same as those of humans, with five fingers that were dexterous, but extremely tough, and could take on all kinds of tasks. Even ferocious beasts could hardly destroy them, and they could take on field operations.

"This is the Tianji Yankui developed by my master Ming Guangchen, the Qingmu type."

An Jing's voice rang out in the center of the manor, with a relaxed tone: "The pure power of these puppets can be compared to that of strong warriors. Although they cannot be used in combat, there is no need to worry that ordinary little demons will destroy them. Each of them has the working ability comparable to dozens of skilled workers. It only takes one day to build a defensive fortification from scratch."

"I brought fifteen Qingmu Yankui this time, which are enough to quickly build a large-scale fortification. The maintenance of the basic formation of Mingguang Peak is also a piece of cake. With them, you can be freed from this simple work and devote yourself to complete cultivation!"

"Of course, this doesn't mean you can be lazy - although Yan Kui has strong working ability, when it encounters a strong demon spirit, it is no different from an ordinary person encountering a ferocious beast. It is absolutely unable to resist. Now the work around Mingguang Peak is fine, but if we expand outward and open up the surrounding forests, we will need you to clear out the surrounding ferocious beasts and provide a safe working environment for Yan Kui!"

"do you understand?"

"Understood!"

The voices of the Sons of Disaster were extremely loud, and An Jing was very satisfied: "Very good, very energetic! Next, I will choose a lucky guy to control the Yan Kui and show you its strength!"

At this moment, An Jing also noticed Gu Yeqi who came hurriedly, and waved to her: "Just right, Yeqi, you are here, and you are a warrior, come and try to control this puppet."

"it is good!"

Hearing An Jing's instructions, Gu Yeqi didn't care about the embarrassment of being found out for being late, and immediately stepped forward, and according to the method explained by An Jing, he probed into his internal energy and connected with the偃癸.

"Imagine, imagine a building you want to build. Don't worry about the details. Yankui will fill in the unreasonable parts by itself."

Suddenly, a hazy three-dimensional space appeared in her mind, and she could vaguely construct an image in this space with her will.

She quickly chose an image of a medicine shop hut that was familiar to her and which she had just seen in her dream today.

After entering this three-dimensional space, the blurry hut was materialized into a dismantled foundation, walls, and beam structures, which combined into an image of a hut similar to the one in Gu Yeqi's mind, but with a more reasonable internal structure. This was because the medicine hut in Gu Yeqi's hometown was originally a warehouse, which was converted and expanded, while in the Yankui blueprint space, a more reasonable structure was generated based on the database.

After receiving Gu Yeqi's order, the Yan puppets in front of An Jing immediately moved. Fifteen large Yan puppets started up at the same time, spewing out steam, and then nimbly moved towards the building materials that had been prepared on the side.

Because the job of the Sons of Disaster in the Mingjing Sect is actually plastering, all kinds of raw materials, whether it is wood boards, cement, bricks or various stones, are available, which are just right for the Yan puppets to use directly.

A strong warrior has strength exceeding a thousand pounds, and the power of a Yan puppet is actually even greater, not to mention that the magic on their bodies can directly process logs and shape stones. It is completely a simple small construction platform.

Two Yankui reinforced the mud and sand to prevent it from collapsing, and four Yankui dug the earth. In just a few breaths, nearly ten thousand kilograms of mud and rock were dug up, and it didn't collapse.

Then comes the piling. For Yan Kui, the piling work that requires the use of machinery only requires stability and hammering down hard. The whole process is as smooth as if the task was fast-forwarded a hundred times.

The following steps of leveling the pile heads, laying the waterproof layer, and laying reinforced concrete (the basic process in the Tianyuan Realm) were even easier and simpler, leaving the onlookers stunned.

"so amazing……"

Xu Keji, who had challenged An Jing in order to run away, murmured, "Although I know that some powerful warriors can use magical powers to pull up a palace from the ground in an instant, but that is magical power, and these puppets... just use the simplest strength and coordination to complete the most complicated task in a quarter of an hour..."

With the foundation laid and the frame erected, the specific construction of a house was actually the simplest matter. Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, one puppet after another used the fastest speed to build the prototype of a small house using neatly processed iron frames and wooden boards. The next thing to do was to reinforce the outer walls a few more layers.

From start to finish, it took just over a quarter of an hour, and a small house that met Gu Yeqi's requirements was built.

Although the doors and windows are still empty and details need to be added, overall, the structure of a house has been completed.

(End of this chapter)