"I saw the young master of the Myriad Flower Blades massacring my family," Lin Ping exhaled.
"How did you feel when you saw that?" Su Mo asked.
"My family can't come back from the dead. They're already gone. Master, you have helped me take revenge on that man. All I can do now is make sure I live my life to the fullest. My family in heaven will be happy to see that I'm doing well, right Master?" Lin Ping expressed his feelings.
Su Mo felt that Lin Ping lived up to the main character's script. He became more satisfied with Lin Ping. Su Mo believed that Lin Ping would be his most outstanding assistant when he finally conquered the Cloud Hong Continent.
"All right, there's nothing else for you to do here. The formations seem to be doing their job well. You should go back and continue cultivating."
After testing the formations, Su Mo brought Lin Ping back to the cultivation room. Lin Ping obediently entered the disciple's cultivation room and continued his cultivation.
'Sigh, the hardest thing about taking in a genius disciple like Lin Ping is that he can learn everything on his own,' Su Mo thought to himself.
Su Mo got bored after setting up the last building, which was the blacksmith's workshop.
There were fewer people in the village now, and no enemies had taken the initiative to attack. Su Mo only had a few things to worry about.
Meanwhile, Su Mo, who had learned the Thirty-six Heavenly Cycles cultivation method, felt that he no longer needed to take the initiative to keep a close eye on Lin Ping.
The magic power in Su Mo's body could now circulate according to his own cultivation method. But the cultivation speed would be much slower than secluded cultivation, which did not matter to Su Mo.
The system was Su Mo's most prominent source of strength in increasing his realm, not his own hard work in cultivation. This caused Su Mo to run out of things to do at the moment.
'I should go and maximize the loyalty of the others," Su Mo thought to himself.
'But how can I do that? Should I give them some benefits? I don't think it's a good idea to give them benefits for no good reason. I might consider teaching them how to cultivate,' Su Mo continued to ponder.
After thinking for a while, Su Mo finally decided to teach the other six subordinates to cultivate. Then he proceeded to go to the herb garden. But he was not in a hurry. Instead, he took his time and walked over.
Su Mo had been very busy previously. Moreover, the Crimson Heart Village had internal and external issues, so Su Mo had to rely on his mantra to dash throughout the village.
Since Su Mo's workload had decreased exponentially, he was able to take his time and roam around freely. He was in a leisurely mood and decided to look around the village.
The current Crimson Heart Village was now a paradise on the floating island. Su Mo could absorb a large amount of spiritual energy into his body with every breath he took.
The scenery in the village was breathtaking. The plants in the village also possessed some spirituality under the nourishment of the flowing spiritual energy. All kinds of trees flourished, and flowers bloomed beautifully.
The green-colored brick ground was elegant. All kinds of buildings were lined up in an orderly manner. The sight of this was pleasing to the eye.
When Su Mo thought of the dilapidated walls and ruins from a month ago compared to the village now, he could not help but feel proud. The current Crimson Heart Village was simply magnificent in every way.
Not long after, Su Mo arrived at the herb garden.
Su Mo felt gratified when he saw the three subordinates cultivating. It seemed that these subordinates wanted to do odd jobs and improve their cultivation strength.
"Wake up, you guys." Su Mo used a gentle voice to wake the subordinates up.
"Clan Master Su!" The three men immediately stood up and bowed at the sight of Su Mo.
"There's no need to be so polite. I just came to check on you. I'm glad to see that you all took the initiative to cultivate after completing your jobs. Your initiative is worthy of praise," Su Mo said with a smile.
"You must be joking, Clan Master Su. We don't have much to do around here, other than work, so we decided to cultivate," one of the subordinates said.
The person speaking was Yu Yuanjia. He was the highest level cultivator out of the eight subordinates and the only person at level two of the Meridian Formation Realm.
"Well, It's been hard on you guys. After I've recruited some new disciples, you will have people working under you. Then you can concentrate more on your cultivation," Su Mo said.
"It wasn't hard for us at all. Besides, we have ample amounts of free time. We're having a much better time here than when we were in the Cerulean Ocean Blade Village," Shi Xingde said.
"Ahem, you better keep your mouth shut if you don't know what you're saying," Guo Zhemao, who was in deep thought on the sidelines, quickly said.
Guo Zhemao knew about the Crimson Hearts and the Cerulean Ocean Blades feud. But Su Mo had let them live and allowed them to stay in the Crimson Heart Village.
But Shi Xingde brought up the matter of the feud before Su Mo. Shi Xingde had unintentionally reminded Su Mo that he was a member of the Cerulean Ocean Blades.
"It's okay. Since you've already decided to work and cultivate in this village, you can consider yourselves as members of the Crimson Heart Clan. I don't care where you were from."
"That's right. Clan Master Su isn't a petty person. It was fine when Yu Yuanjia questioned Clan Master Su last time," Shi Xingde said as he rubbed his head in a silly manner.
"I did no such thing. Don't listen to Shi Xingde's nonsense, Clan Master Su!" Yu Yuanjia, who was known to be calm, quickly defended himself.
"All right, all right. If I had wanted to settle the score with Yu Yuanjia, I would've done it long ago," Su Mo said as he shook his head.
Su Mo did not hold a grudge against Yu Yuanjia.
"Clan Master Su, you're very forgiving," Yu Yuanjia hurriedly flattered Su Mo in an evasive manner.
"I came here to ask you guys something. Do you all intend on working on the herb garden forever, or do you have other ambitions?" Su Mo asked.
"We have no intentions of betraying the Crimson Heart Clan, sir. We are willing to work here and protect the herb garden with our lives," Guo Zhemao, who was usually in deep thought, quickly replied.
"That's right! You can drive us away all you want, Clan Master Su, but we won't leave!" Shi Xingde added.
But the two subordinates had obviously misunderstood Su Mo's question.
"Both of you, shut up. Clan Master Su isn't trying to get rid of us!" Yu Yuanjia quickly said.
"You don't have to be nervous. I've seen your recent contributions to the village. I know that you guys have a high loyalty level."
"I meant to ask if you intend on working on the herb garden indefinitely? Do you guys want to become the village's combatant? Or do you have other ambitions?" Su Mo voiced his thoughts.
"Of course, if we had a choice, we wouldn't want to work on the herb garden forever. But we know our own strengths and talents, and I'm afraid that we're not capable of becoming combatants," Yu Yuanjia replied.
"That's right, Clan Master Su. We're simply too weak," Shi Xingde and Guo Zhemao added.
Although caring for the herb garden was an important job, it would mean that these subordinates would just be the village's handypersons. Even if Su Mo promoted them in the future, they could only become supervisors.
Didn't self-cultivators dream of becoming stronger? Did they honestly want to waste their lives in a herb garden forever? Obviously not.
They wanted to fight for the village. The subordinates were willing to do their best for the village's sake.
"Indeed, your talents aren't outstanding, but as new members of my team, I'm willing to train you all. But it's up to you guys to decide," Su Mo said.
"We're in!" The subordinates answered in unison.
"All right, from this day forward, I'll train you guys!" Su Mo said with a smile.