After leaving the small world, Zuo Qiuyan fulfilled her promise.

She took Su Nian to see the city lord of Rivet City. Now the city lord's daughter is Su Nian's second disciple. With these connections, the city lord of Rivet City, Shen Cangtian, easily agreed to their request.

However, resettling these 50,000 people is no small matter and will take at least a week.

Su Nian first led Xu Xinrou back to the summit of Liuli Peak. By the time they returned to Liuli Peak, it was already sunset.

Su Nian first went to visit Qian Shudie and Shen Xingyue.

The two cleaned very diligently, and in just half a day, the entire courtyard became spotless.

Su Nian inspected the cleanliness of the courtyard, reached out and touched the windowsill of the straight-lattice window, rubbing her fingers together. "It's alright. Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to the Scripture Pavilion to choose suitable cultivation techniques."

Shen Xingyue was overjoyed and cupped her hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you, Master!"

Su Nian nodded slightly, then looked at Qian Shudie.

As a phantom demon, she usually relies on her mental strength in battle, and her physical strength is extremely poor, making her no match for Shen Xingyue.

If it were just a contest of mental strength, Qian Shudie could at least fight against a late-stage Golden Core cultivator!

However, if it comes down to physical prowess... Qian Shudie, a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage, might not even be able to defeat a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the early stage.

"Are you already exhausted?" Su Nian asked Qian Shudie with a scrutinizing gaze.

Qian Shudie opened her mouth, but couldn't express her bitterness. She could only say resentfully, "Physical work has never been my strong suit..."

"Oh, really? Then it seems I need to train harder." Su Nian led the group to the courtyard, took out an enormous bucket from his storage ring, and placed it in the center of the courtyard.

Everyone stared at the enormous water bucket, when Su Nian said calmly, "Tomorrow I will take Shen Xingyue to the Scripture Pavilion to choose a cultivation technique. You will carry a shoulder pole to fetch water from the foot of the mountain. I want you to fill a thousand buckets of water within a day. You are not allowed to sleep until you finish."

Qian Shudie opened her mouth, but was speechless.

Su Nian added, "By the way, you are not allowed to use spiritual power, and you are not allowed to fly on a sword. You must do it step by step."

A thousand buckets of water might not be much for Shen Xingyue, a sword cultivator who had specifically trained her physical body, but it was an enormous challenge for Qian Shudie.

After spending the day together, Shen Xingyue realized that Qian Shudie's physical strength was a weakness. She opened her mouth, wanting to plead for Qian Shudie.

But before she could even open her mouth to speak, Su Nian interrupted her.

He said calmly, "Is condensing a golden core an easy task? There are countless cultivators in the world, and how many of them are stuck at this step in their entire lives? How can one have spiritual power without a matching physical body? A wooden table has four legs. If one of them is too short, it may not even be able to stand steadily."

Looking at the silent Qian Shudie, Su Nian said, "I don't care how spoiled you were before. Now that you've become my disciple, you must do as I say. Of course, if you feel that I'm teaching you wrong, or you're not satisfied with my attitude, then you're welcome to leave anytime."

Qian Shudie remained silent.

She kept her head bowed deeply.

Both Xu Xinrou and Shen Xingyue looked at her with a hint of worry in their eyes.

Finally, Qian Shudie slowly raised her head, a smile on her face.

"Yes, Master! Your disciple understands!"

Seeing the bright smile on Qian Shudie's face, Su Nian frowned slightly.

This girl's attitude changed so quickly, could she be plotting something?

He said calmly, "Then let's leave it at that. Tomorrow, you should train hard. Once your physical strength catches up, I'll take you to the Scripture Pavilion to choose a suitable cultivation method for you."

"Yes, yes! This disciple will remember Master's teachings!"

"Well... it's getting late, you two should get some rest. Senior Sister Xu and I are heading back now."

After saying that, Su Nian deliberately put her arm around Xu Xinrou's waist in front of the two of them, just like last time, and left.

Xu Xinrou did not resist, or rather, she had gradually come to accept Su Nian's ambiguous actions.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Shen Xingyue sighed deeply.

"Sigh! I'm sorry, Fei Die, Master is making an example of someone again."

Qian Shudie: "..."

She silently rolled her eyes inwardly.

There was no explanation.

The next morning.

Su Nian and Xu Xinrou lived in different rooms in the Liuli Palace. He woke Xu Xinrou up early and asked her to accompany him to the disciples' courtyard to call Shen Xingyue and Qian Shudie.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Qian Shudie carrying two buckets of water on a shoulder pole, bumping along the way to the large water bucket. She then lifted the buckets, stepped onto the steps, and poured the water into the large water bucket.

After pouring out a bucket of water, Qian Shudie also noticed Su Nian.

She didn't come over to greet me, but instead turned around to fetch another bucket of water. After pouring both buckets of water into the huge water bucket, she quickly went down the mountain.

Watching her busy figure, Su Nian and Xu Xinrou came to the huge bucket and were slightly surprised when they saw the water level, which was about a foot high.

"It's barely dawn, and you've already mentioned so much?" Xu Xinrou asked in surprise.

"It seems she got up very early, probably wanting to finish the task as soon as possible and get some rest," Su Nian said calmly.

"Hmm... probably."

"Let's leave her alone for now and go find Shen Xingyue."

"Uh-huh!"

With Xu Xinrou by his side, they knocked on Shen Xingyue's door, where the latter was already dressed and waiting.

They flew on their swords to Quanxiu's scripture pavilion, which was almost completely surrounded by Quanxiu disciples.

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