Mo Lan nodded, "I see."

"Alright, this whole western area is now our territory. Before we start mining, let's solve the housing problem first. Whether it's a cave or building our own house, let's get started."

"Don't worry, Master. This is yours to handle. I will make sure everything is arranged properly." Upon hearing Mo Lan's instructions, Cui Sheng immediately bowed with a smile.

Originally, he was responsible for the living arrangements while working alongside Tie Niu.

Looking at the twenty-odd people in front of her, Mo Lan directly instructed, "That's settled then. As for the mining personnel, they will be dispatched as soon as possible. It's the same old routine: Cui Sheng will be in charge of living quarters, Tie Niu will be in charge of smelting technology, Fatty will be in charge of mining and transportation, and Lei Zi will be in charge of security."

"Yes, boss." The people whose names were called immediately stepped forward.

After assigning the responsible persons, the rest is up to them. The only thing that needs to be rearranged is security.

In any case, she couldn't let Qin Su laugh at her, and she couldn't allow anything to go wrong on her side.

Therefore, in the days that followed, she led Han Shuang and Lei Zi around the designated area again and again, thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the terrain before finally standing under a dense pine tree.

"Okay, this is the tree."

Lei Zi and Han Shuang exchanged a glance. Had they been searching for this tree for the past few days?

"Master, what's going on?"

"When it comes to troop deployment, our village has a limited number of people, and we can't waste them all here. I'm thinking of using a trick, borrowing the master's cunning methods."

Her cunning and resourcefulness, her cleverness and shrewdness—let's just take this little trick as a tribute.

"From today onwards, this tree will be the key to the entire Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Maze Array. In fact, it originated from the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Array, but I have made some slight modifications and given it a new name."

"The most distinctive feature of this formation is its use of local materials. It utilizes existing trees, rocks, shrubs, and even weeds in the terrain as images to create a disorienting effect..."

After identifying the key point of the formation, Mo Lan led the two to continue wandering through the forest, moving a rock here, cutting down a clump of bushes there, and planting a small tree there...

Every time something is moved, the two women are instructed to memorize its location and direction, and then given further instructions on how to do the work.

After all that commotion, the two were sometimes bewildered and sometimes enlightened, but unknowingly, their minds were filled with a lot of basic knowledge of Qimen Dunjia.

Even this small amount of knowledge was incredibly beneficial to the two of them, instantly making them feel that their master's image was unattainable.

The three of them worked all day to arrange the entire forest on the west side of Tianjiao Peak, and finally returned to the pine tree.

Mo Lan circled the pine tree once, then suddenly swung her palm and struck the trunk.

As the pine trees rustled and a faint breeze blew by, the entire forest suddenly changed.

Han Shuang and Lei Zi watched in disbelief as the forest before them changed, their shock beyond words.

The dense, boundless forest was dark and oppressive, with the occasional roars of wild beasts that seemed to be right next to your ears, sending chills down your spine.

The two blinked, looked again, and it was still the same; the dark and eerie forest in front of them seemed to have no end.

It wasn't like this just now. Could it be the effect of the formation that Master described?

"Master...Master, is this the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Maze you spoke of?" Lei Zi was both frightened and extremely excited.