Chapter 320 - 313: The Direction of Home in the Vast Great World

It took Song Ciwan a total of three days to complete the Refinement of the Han Guang Glaze Residence.

The entire process was much smoother than she had anticipated, with almost no noticeable obstacles.

Taking three days wasn’t an exceptionally long time, but it wasn’t short, either. After all, Song Ciwan usually only needed a quarter or half an hour to refine small Magical Artifacts.

This included her Magic Robe, the Hundred Transformations Ruyi Mixed Element Robe. As a Lower Grade Magical Treasure, its Refinement had only taken her less than an hour.

Comparing the Refinement times, one could imagine just how high-grade the Han Guang Glaze Residence was.

The treasure came with the Duality Dust Array and the Earth Demon Star Array. When active, it provided Invisibility, Gathered Spirit energy, offered protection, and could Attack. It was truly an all-purpose item, perfect for both home and travel.

In her past life, Song Ciwan had slaved away at a 996 job, working herself to the bone just to make a down payment on a cramped apartment in a first-tier city. By comparison, the Han Guang Glaze Residence was the absolute top-of-the-line model for homes, an Immortal Grade item among mansions.

After refining this treasure, Song Ciwan felt her spirit had been elevated in a whole new way.

’What does it mean to be a homeowner?’

’A house you can carry with you, set down anywhere, that is both defensible and livable, suitable for both peace and war—now *that* is a real house!’

With the Han Guang Glaze Residence, amidst the vastness of the Great World, Song Ciwan felt an unexpected sense of home.

She held the miniature Han Guang Glaze Residence in her palms, admiring it for a moment before standing up. As was her custom, she first cleansed herself and her surroundings with the Great Derivation Birth Skill.

Soon, with a flicker of movement, Song Ciwan left the temporary Cultivation Room.

The moment she left, the temporary Cultivation Room distorted like ripples in water and collapsed. Song Ciwan used Earth Escape, moving straight up until she reached the top of the cliff.

There, on the clifftop, was a relatively flat clearing. Moonlight spilled down from above, making for a perfect night.

A light frost clung to the grass and plants on the ground, and the evening breeze was refreshingly cool.

The dark silhouettes of distant mountains rose and fell, and the faint chirping of insects echoed from the forest. Despite the abundance of life in the mountains, the night felt tranquil and serene.

Song Ciwan’s mood seemed to be cleansed by the clear moonlight, filling her with an indescribable joy.

She first cast the Sun and Moon Transformation Skill, using the Illusion Technique to distort the view of the surrounding area.

Then, she placed the Han Guang Glaze Residence on the clifftop clearing. The treasure grew in the wind, and in a moment, it transformed into an exquisite house covering roughly two hundred square meters.

In truth, the Han Guang Glaze Residence could become even larger. If the courtyard and all other areas were fully opened, the treasure could expand to a maximum of one thousand square meters.

However, there wasn’t enough open space on the clifftop. Besides, Song Ciwan lived alone, with only the Big White Goose for company, so she had no need for such a large area and was in no hurry to expand it to its maximum size.

In fact, knowing Song Ciwan’s habits, if the Han Guang Glaze Residence could be lived in while in its miniature state, she would have been the type to shrink it down to a speck of dust and then live "inside the dust."

Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible.

Furthermore, the Han Guang Glaze Residence’s primary method of recharging was by absorbing the energy of the sun, moon, and stars.

The moonlight was perfect tonight, making it the ideal occasion for her treasure to settle on this cliff and bask in the moon’s glow.

Song Ciwan admired the exquisite and classic design of the Han Guang Glaze Residence for a moment before activating its internal Array to turn the treasure invisible.

A moment later, she stepped inside. Home!

In the mountains, only a gentle breeze stirred. The clifftop remained a place of gravel and open ground, with short grass, tall trees, and swirling pine pollen.

The water-like moonlight and the vast starlight fell in silence, just as they had since time immemorial.

No one knew she had come, and no one knew she was still here.

Inside the Han Guang Glaze Residence, Song Ciwan arranged things freely, just as she pleased.

She divided the currently open area into three sections. One sixty-square-meter section was a small courtyard in front of the house. This courtyard needed to be reserved for the Big White Goose, so Song Ciwan specifically used the Array to conjure a goose house that suited its habits.

If the Big White Goose was willing, it could live here from now on.

If it didn’t like it, she could make a nest for it inside the main house.

Next to the goose house, Song Ciwan created a small flowerbed. She could fill it with soil for planting, and when it was convenient, she planned to transplant a fruit tree into it.

In the future, she could also plant some Spirit Grass, combining aesthetics with practicality.

The Han Guang Glaze Residence was essentially a Personal Cave Mansion. Although it couldn’t be inhabited in its miniature state, planting flowers, grass, and trees posed no problem.

As long as it had sufficient Energy, Song Ciwan just had to remember to let it bask in the sun and moon from time to time.

If there was absolutely no sunlight or starlight to replenish its energy, using Primordial Pearls would also work.

However, that would be very costly and inefficient. It wasn’t worth it, and there was no need.

Song Ciwan also set up three rooms for herself. One was a thirty-square-meter kitchen and dining area, which could be used for cooking Demon Beast Materials. Another was a spacious eighty-square-meter Cultivation Room. With a table placed inside, it could also be used for Drawing Talismans.

If she wanted to perform Alchemy or Artifact Refining, she just needed to take out her Pill Furnace and Artifact Furnace. Given the sturdiness of the Han Guang Glaze Residence, she could refine as she pleased. Even if the furnaces exploded eight or ten times a day, it would be perfectly fine.

There was also a living space, another thirty square meters. In the living space, she placed a bed and a wardrobe, and also partitioned off a washroom.

Although Song Ciwan could use Magic to cleanse herself of dust at any time—and indeed, with her current level of Cultivation, she had already reached a state where filth could not cling to her, making washing as mortals do unnecessary—

she still set it up this way out of habit.

After everything was set up, the house still felt rather empty.

But Song Ciwan was not in a hurry. She decided she would purchase more home furnishings in the future and gradually decorate her home properly.

She released the Big White Goose from her Spirit Beast Bag. The Big White Goose, having slept for a long time, seemed to still be lost in a sweet dream. The moment it was released, it tilted its head, wobbled its round body, and its webbed feet stumbled randomly on the ground, looking for all the world as if it had downed ten pounds of hard liquor and was still hungover.

"GAA?" it squawked, lazily raising a wing and calling to Song Ciwan in a daze.

Song Ciwan was delighted to see it and couldn’t help but run her hands over its entire body from head to toe, petting it thoroughly. This made the Big White Goose even dizzier, to the point where it just wanted to lie in Song Ciwan’s arms and not get up.

Song Ciwan smiled. "Big White, look. This is our new home. That’s your goose house over there. Do you like it? If you don’t..."

Before she could finish, the Big White Goose, which had looked completely drunk just a moment ago, flapped its wings, leaped up, and with a SWOOSH, zipped into its goose house.

"HONK HONK HONK! HAWNK HAWNK HAWNK!" it cried out joyfully. One moment it was flapping its wings and taking off, the next it was diving down from mid-air. Sometimes it would rush into the house to inspect the rooms, and other times it would tear around the front courtyard in a frenzy. Its excitement was comparable to that of a five-year-old child.

Even an Immortal would find the energy of a five-year-old difficult to handle, so Song Ciwan simply let it burn off its excitement.

In truth, seeing the Big White Goose so full of life made Song Ciwan happy too.

Once it had tired itself out a little, Song Ciwan tossed it a basin of wriggling bugs and let it continue to frolic and hunt.

Song Ciwan then instructed it, "Big White, watch the house. I’m going to cultivate."

The Big White Goose: "GAA! HAWNK!" Full of vigor, it flapped its wings as if to say, ’You can count on me!’

Song Ciwan left some Primordial Pearls for the Big White Goose, along with plenty of food and water, before returning to her Cultivation Room.

She was ready to tackle the second major task: first, to refine the Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton, and then to refine the Spiritual Artifact, the Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death!