I changed the world.

The cleanup of the ruins of Lishan Cave is almost complete. Piles of building materials, which have been dismantled and sorted, are stacked on the open ground of the square.

In addition, after basically cleaning up the items left behind in the ruins, Zhang Jing also found several magical artifacts whose spiritual energy had not yet dissipated among the debris. After testing them, Zhang Jing found that two of them were currently helpful to him.

One of the items is a purple jade pendant, currently worn around Zhang Jing's neck. Its effect is to greatly enhance his perception of the void during cultivation, while also stabilizing his mind. The direct consequence of these two factors is a significant increase in the efficiency of his cultivation.

The effect sounds simple, but even though Zhang Jing didn't know much about weapon crafting, he knew that this must be an extremely rare treasure. And under his observation using the True Fire Refining Eye Secret Technique, the treasure was also golden in color, which was quite unique.

The second item was a weapon—a cyan sword, similar to the arm shield he had previously acquired. It could be folded up into a bracelet, shrinking to fit on the wrist like an ancient and exquisite ring. Zhang Jing suspected this weapon was a standard issue weapon of the Lishan Sect. His servants had found several similar ones while cleaning the cave, most of them damaged or devoid of spirit, but five still retained some. Although seemingly not rare, Zhang Jing didn't currently have a suitable weapon. He had originally planned to have one custom-made, but now that he had a better one, he used it.

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In a flat woodland area about 100 meters from the hillside plaza, a huge square pit, about the size of a basketball court and more than three meters deep, has been dug out.

Zhang Jing stood at the edge of the pit, looking solemnly into it. At the bottom of the pit, there were neatly arranged skeletons, almost every one of them incomplete or broken. There were 269 skeletons in total, which were the remains of all the Dongtian Sect members that had been cleared out of the cave.

He solemnly bowed to the remains in the pit, and then prostrated himself on the ground: "Dear teachers, although I was unable to receive your teachings in person, I have the honor of passing on my skills across generations. I dare not forget this. Today, your disciple Hongjian lays you to rest in peace."

As he spoke, he bowed twice more solemnly.

"Refill it." After finishing his prayers, Zhang Jing glanced at the three servants of the grotto-heaven beside him and gave the order in a calm tone.

The three servants of the cave simultaneously stretched out their hands, and an invisible force field spread out, causing the soil on both sides of the pit to begin pouring into the pit as if someone were pushing it.

About fifteen minutes later, the pit was filled, and the entire piece of land was compacted and leveled as if it had been leveled.

Meanwhile, the three servants of the cave kept moving, repeatedly going back and forth between this small square and the place where the bricks and stones had been piled up in the ruins square. Pile after pile of square stone bricks that had been salvaged from the ruins were carried over and stacked on the flat ground, gradually piecing together a layer of stone paving.

Zhang Jing noticed that although no adhesive was used from beginning to end, the stones seemed to grow together in the hands of the Cave Heaven servants, and were joined together by some strange force.

Finally, in the very center of the square, a monument-like structure was built higher and higher...

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About an hour later, the servants of the cave had finished their work, and what appeared before Zhang Jing was a small square, about 20 meters square, paved with stone bricks. In the center of the square stood a simple and ancient-looking obelisk. There was even a pebble path connecting this small square to the large square on the mountainside.

Zhang Jing walked up to the obelisk and inspected it. He patted the obelisk, which, although composed of individual stone bricks, now seemed to be fused together as one, making it very sturdy.