"Senior brother, it's just ahead that we'll reach Aragami Reef." A junior brother pointed excitedly at the front.

  Zuo Mo nodded slightly, his eyes gazing far into the distance, where a solitary island appeared.

  Everyone was somewhat excited, having flown continuously for over two months, and finally nearing their destination, they couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

  Upon seeing the desolate Aragami Reef, Mo Ye also understood why the sect was interested in such a barren place. Aragami Reef is located deep within the vast ocean, at the edge of the boundary river. If one were to think about crossing the small mountain boundary, this place would be an inevitable route. The endless ocean requires long-distance flight, and flying here would already leave one exhausted. The importance of Aragami Reef's geographical location is evident; it can provide a suitable resting place to recover and prepare for crossing the boundary river.

  If it weren't for the Xinhu Sword Sect being almost across the entire Tianyue Realm, they had several rivers and the desolate wooden reef was such an important stronghold that they would not give up. But even so, the sect would definitely pay a huge price.

  It's just that this place is also a bit desolate.

  The farther he flew, the more the entire island came into view, and Luo Mo couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

  He was not only not resentful of being sent to Araki Reef, but rather delighted. The atmosphere within the sect was discordant, and his familiar senior brothers and sisters were not there, so it's better to leave. Although Araki Reef is remote and desolate, the sky is high and the earth is far away, and the internal strife cannot reach such a distant place, and he can live freely and at ease.

  At this moment, several practitioners suddenly flew out of the island.

  "Could it be that the newcomer is a fellow disciple of the Void Sword Sect?" one of them shouted.

  "Exactly!" Zuo Mo said, as he was about to take out the token. Unexpectedly, the other party smiled first and waved his hand: "Since Left Brother has come in person, there's no need to check the token."

  "Does Shixiong know me?" Zuomo was somewhat surprised.

  Several people looked at each other and smiled, and the man said: "The left brother's battle with Chuan An's treasured jade slip is rare, but I was lucky enough to get one, so I can recognize the left brother."

  Zuo Mo finally came to his senses and hastily cupped his hands in a salute: "Brother, forgive me."

  "I figured you'd be coming these few days. Hmm, we've already packed up everything, from today on, the deserted island is handed over to Brother Zuo. This jade tablet contains some of our experiences and insights gained from guarding this place all these years, I hope it can help Brother Zuo. Farewell." The man bowed his head slightly towards Zuo Mo, he seemed unwilling to stay a moment longer, the other few people also bowed their heads slightly towards Zuo Mo before turning around and leaving.

  The handover process was so quick that it caught Zuo Mo off guard.

  It's actually following Zuo Mo and his group that makes them feel proud. The reputation of Zuo Shi Xiong is well-known even among the disciples of Lian Hu Lake Sword Sect, and they also feel honored to be with him. Wu Kong Sword Sect has just expanded, compared to those large sects with deep foundations, the mentality of their disciples still lags behind.

  "Let's go down." Zuo Mo glanced at it and urged the stupid bird under him, taking the lead to dive downwards.

  Others followed suit.

  The manpower and resources invested in the Xīn Hú Jiàn Mén Wēi Mù Jiǎo are extremely limited, and except for a few stone houses on the island, there is nothing else. The fellow disciples who came together didn't say anything, but their faces were still much darker than before, and the desolation of this place was even more severe than they had imagined.

  Zuo Mo didn't mind, and stepped onto the barren island. Only then did he discover that this island was much larger than he had imagined.

  "We're going to settle down here." Zuo Mo glanced at everyone and said lightly, "Everyone rest for two days first, we'll start work again the day after tomorrow."

  After two months of continuous flight, even the stupid bird was somewhat exhausted, and the mounts of other fellow disciples were even more unbearable. Zuo Mo took out a bottle of spiritual elixir, which was the Yuan Qi Pill he had refined, with a low grade of only second-grade, but it was easy to refine and not expensive, so he simply refined a batch. The stupid bird loved to eat it, and when bitten, it had a bean-like texture, which was used to recover physical strength, and the effect was pretty good.

  As expected, after taking seven or eight yuanqi dan, the silly bird regained its usual arrogant and beautiful appearance, proudly raising its neck, with the upper half of its body motionless, its two slender legs elegantly posing, leisurely strolling along the beach.

  The younger brothers looked at the silly bird with envy, and the silly bird's spirit was so strong that even a blind man could see it.

  They also imitated Zuo Mo, taking out the yuanqi dan to feed their own mounts, but still couldn't bear to part with it, and at most only fed two grains. Before departure, Zuo Mo gave each person a bottle of yuanqi dan, about fifty grains or so.

  In this era of soaring prices, a bottle of Yuan Qi Dan is not cheap at all. Everyone realized that following Left Shixiong doesn't seem to be so bad after all. Following a generous Shixiong won't be too disadvantageous, and besides, Left Shixiong is the core disciple.

  Zuo Mo chose some newly joined disciples who had been in the sect for less than a month. They had just joined and hadn't been pulled into any faction within the sect yet. As for those well-known disciples within the sect, Zuo Mo didn't want any of them.

  The disciples of the Condensing Pulse period, which one would listen to him?

  He brought these people, all of whom are in the foundation-laying period, and basically all of them are production cultivators.

  After resting for two days, everyone fully recovered.

  Zuo Mo immediately called everyone over.

  "From today on, for a very long time, we will be stationed in this godforsaken place." Zuo Mo's words were crude, but his first sentence alone made everyone feel deeply sympathetic.

  "But this place, although desolate, is undisturbed and can be considered a pure land. Now the sect is filled with troubles, you all know that even I find it annoying, if you think you can stay safe inside, that's just a dream!" As soon as Zuo Mo spoke, everyone's faces changed color.

  "Most of us here are engaged in production, but think about it, is there a place inside the door where you can focus on production with peace of mind? This place may be desolate, but there's no conflict, and for us, it's actually a good place! Desolate? What's to fear? It's just right for us to change ourselves. I'll set the rules here first: in this barren island, such as Lingtian, whoever opens up the land gets to cultivate it, whoever cultivates it gets to harvest it. I won't take a cut, and neither will the sect! As for other benefits that you should enjoy from the sect, they remain unchanged."

  "Really?" Several faces showed a hint of excitement. Previously, they thought this place was desolate and remote, and were unwilling in their hearts. But now that Zuo Mo said so, they suddenly became excited. They were all production cultivators, and had no interest in fighting and killing from the start. Opening up spiritual fields was hard work, but as long as they opened them up, they belonged to themselves, and the things they grew didn't need to be taken by the sect as a levy.

  It's worth noting that the spiritual fields rented from the Menpai have a relatively high extraction rate.

  Zuo Mo shrugged: "As long as I'm here, there's absolutely no problem. If the sect changes people, then I can't do anything about it."

  It's not like that, everyone believes even more, at least Left Shixiong didn't speak nonsense. The poor mountains and evil waters are just a bit more troublesome for cultivators to deal with. And most of the cultivators who engage in production can endure hardship and hard work.

  Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Zuo Mo decided to strike while the iron was hot.

  "Time is crystal! Nobody wants to waste crystals, right? Here's a plan..."

  Zuo Mo knew that time was pressing and he didn't have much left.

  The Aragami Reef was previously unremarkable, but as the situation has grown increasingly dire, its geographical location has rapidly become important. By comparison, the Koyama Border is even more remote, with only two border rivers compared to the Tengetsu Border.

  The situation is so bad that the number of monks coming and going will increase greatly.

  Having walked through it personally, Mo felt even more deeply the superior geographical environment of Huangmu Jiao. The journey of two months ago, flying over the ocean, took a month's time. Moreover, it is said that in the ocean, there are extremely ferocious aquatic monsters, and very few people choose to escape by water.

  Zuo Mo couldn't help but think that the people of Heart Lake Sword School were incredibly stupid. Good heavens, to have such a treasure land and yet be completely unmoved!

  Actually, he was wrong. Xiaoyue Boundary only has one boundary river, one leading to Tianyue Boundary and the other to Tianshui Boundary. Tianyue Boundary is not as prosperous as Tianshui Boundary, and it's precisely because of this that the boundary river between Tianyue Boundary and Xiaoyue Boundary rarely has any human traces. Huangmu Jiao is too far away from Xinhulian Sword Sect, it's an isolated territory, they naturally wouldn't manage it carefully.

  Zuo Mo had his own judgment. It was because Xiaoyao Sanjie, although remote, was even farther from the Tianyuan Blood Territory. In other words, if things went south to an extreme point and retreat was necessary, going from Xiaoyao Sanjie to Tian Shui Sanjie would be a good choice.

  He is exactly thinking of this idea.

  He estimated that after a while, there would be people constantly going from Jieheqian to Xiaoshan Jie.

  Crossing the border river is not that easy, it may take several months or even several years. And Aragami Reef, as the only supply point before entering the border river, presents an opportunity.

  Want to resupply here? Alright! Hehe, toll... accommodation fee... resupply fee... that's like plucking the feathers from a wild goose.

  He has made up his mind, even if a mosquito flies by, he will scrape off three or two drops of oil!

  Anyway, in a short period of time, the sect absolutely has no leisure to reason with itself. With a cold eye, he figured it out that although the sect seems powerful now, before the leader can digest these newly acquired powers, it's just superficially strong but actually weak inside. The leader must have also seen through this, only to see if the time left for him is enough or not enough for him to complete the digestion.

  It's up to fate now!

  He shook his head, threw away these messy thoughts, and even the master of the sect couldn't handle it, why bother himself. He decided to take care of his own affairs.

  Aragaki Reef is indeed a treasure trove, and wanting to collect crystal stones is also a good idea, but all of this has one prerequisite, that is, having enough strength as a guarantee.

  This is what he is now directing the crowd to do.

  Everyone received a jade tablet from Left Master, which contained their respective tasks to be completed.

  These tasks are varied and quite strange. For example, the Lingzhi Husbandry would be required to plant some special spiritual plants in a specific location on the island, while the Beast Tamer would often cultivate some special spiritual insects or beasts, and Zuomo even specially divided out cultivation areas for them.

  But most of all, it was digging ditches and canals, which left almost everyone perplexed.

  The water on the coral reef is abundant, and the effect of the "Small Cloud Rain" type of waterway mantra is doubled. There is no need to dig any ditches at all. Moreover, the ditches that Left Master asked to be dug are almost all over the island, crisscrossing and interconnected.

  What does Left Uncle Master want to do?

  Some meticulous cultivators even discovered that Left Shixiong had not appeared for two days.

  Where did Left Uncle go?