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Chapter 225: Telling the Heavenly Lord's Story

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In the eyes of the villagers, that colossal golden hand, studded with gems of vibrant hues, "crashed" down upon the rocky shore.

The power of that single strike was nothing short of terrifying.

The ground instantly caved in, leaving a massive depression.

Then, the golden giant hand swept left and right, leveling all the uneven terrain on the ground.

A chorus of awe rose from the crowd: “The Heavenly Lord’s divine power! How magnificent!”

After the ground was leveled, the giant hand pressed down again, as if compacting the earth. Then, it retreated into the clouds. When it reappeared, it cradled a colossal structure, slowly descending from the heavens.

This was a massive building, no smaller than Li Family Fortress. It covered an extensive area, boasting not only a main building but also auxiliary wings. Several buildings encircled a central space, with a massive parade ground in the middle, much like the training grounds for soldiers in a military camp.

It slowly descended, settling onto the cleared space created by the golden giant hand, and stood firmly. The golden giant hand then pressed down on the large structure, filling in any slightly raised areas with earth, before receding into the clouds once more.

Several individuals even dropped to their knees on the spot, fervently kowtowing toward the sky.

Only then did Gao Yiye speak: “The Heavenly Lord says that what he has just bestowed upon us is called a ‘School,’ a place for our children to learn. Teachers, please take the children inside for a look.”

The kneeling individuals quickly scrambled to their feet, and led the children rushing toward the school.

The massive parade ground, the imposing teaching building. Inside, one rectangular classroom after another was clean and bright. Both teachers and students couldn't help but feel joy.

Li Daoxuan suddenly realized a problem at this moment!

When the villagers were moving about in the old, one or two-story houses, he could still see them through the windows, even when they were inside. But modern, large buildings were different. This teaching building had a full five stories, with a complex internal structure.

As the villagers walked along the first-floor corridor, with classrooms on both sides, Li Daoxuan could only see the people inside the classrooms through the windows, but not those in the corridor.

This truly was a bit troublesome. If he created more buildings like this in the future, it would be very difficult for him to protect the villagers.

No sooner had he thought this, than he felt the box emit a bright flash of light.

Then, he suddenly discovered that he could actually see through things.

No, it wasn't exactly "x-ray vision," but rather he could adjust his "focus point." When he wanted to focus on the school corridor, the box seemed to exert a mysterious power, allowing him to see through walls, directly observing the people in the corridor, and precisely concentrating his hearing, only catching sounds from that specific area of focus.

“Tsk!” Li Daoxuan couldn't help but glance at the Salvation Index. With the arrival of three thousand people from Qingjian County, the Salvation Index had risen considerably, and the box had unlocked a new function for him.

This function was very useful.

Its uses included, but were not limited to... peeking. *Ahem*...

Clearly, this function required him to exercise "self-discipline." To see no evil, to hear no evil, that is the way of a gentleman.

While Li Daoxuan wasn't as eccentric as Bai Yuan, he should still strive to hold himself to the standards of a "gentleman" to be worthy of his own soul.

Shifting his attention back to the box, he adjusted his focus to the teaching building's corridor...

“Each of these classrooms can hold at least fifty children,” Mr. Wang calculated on his fingers. “There are over four hundred children in our busy community, and fewer than ten classrooms would be enough to accommodate them all. Yet this building has five floors, and each floor has ten classrooms. Even if thousands more students were added, it would still be more than enough. How incredible! A school from the heavens is truly astonishing.”

Zhao Sheng puffed, “Hoo... hoo... It’s just... climbing the stairs... is a bit... tiring... *cough*... This... it actually has five stories... so many steps... and the corridors are so long... why is this building so enormous?”

Everyone: “...”

Mr. Wang patted Zhao Sheng on the shoulder: “Mr. Zhao, from now on, you should do two sets of radio calisthenics every day. I think you need that more than the children do.”

Zhao Sheng wiped a bead of sweat: “Alright... I... *cough, cough*... indeed need to... exercise... a bit...”

*Cough*...

The others exchanged worried glances: “You should rest up before you talk again. We’re worried you’ll run out of breath.”

Mr. Wang said: “Let’s quickly head to Craftsman Well. We need to find carpenters to custom-build desks and chairs. The first batch will be for ten classrooms, five hundred sets of desks and chairs. This is no small task. We'll need to appoint a master craftsman to oversee it, and temporarily recruit a large number of carpenters, apprentices, and even call in labor reform prisoners to help, so that the school can become functional as soon as possible.”

From above, Li Daoxuan watched the flurry of activity among the teachers, musing, "Excellent. If everyone acts so proactively, the school will be up and running very soon. Make Mr. Wang the principal, and Zhao Sheng... make him the physical education teacher? Wouldn't that be a little too wicked? Pfft, ha ha ha ha."

“Never mind, never mind. It's better to arrange someone else for the physical education teacher role. Zhao Sheng can simply be the vice-principal.”

While his mind was still buzzing with thoughts of building the school, he saw San Shier rush into the school, looking left and right, clicking his tongue in amazement, as he approached Gao Yiye and whispered, “Saintess, the comic books you wanted to print and publish last time are ready.”

Gao Yiye was overjoyed: “Oh? Already? Come, come, quickly take me to see them.”

San Shier glanced at the teachers and children exploring the teaching building, and lowered his voice, “You still need to relay messages to the Heavenly Lord, don’t you? Now isn’t a good time to go...”

Li Daoxuan chuckled inwardly, and simply spoke, “Yiye, I’m going to visit a friend. Tell everyone not to look for me today.”

With that, he decisively closed the lid, making himself invisible to Gao Yiye.

Gao Yiye saw the low clouds in the sky dissipate and was overjoyed: “The venerable Heavenly Lord has gone to play with other immortals. He won’t be coming today, so I don’t need to relay any messages. And... hehehe... with the Heavenly Lord away, it’s the perfect time to bring out that book.”

San Shier shook his head, smiling. “Alright then. The Saintess is up to mischief, and I’m actually going along with it. I wonder what the Heavenly Lord will think when he returns and sees that peculiar comic book.”

“In any case, we’ll find out once we try.”

San Shier led Gao Yiye toward the bookstore.

Inside the bookstore, two hundred copies of the comic book were already stacked. They had blue covers, bound with cotton thread. Printed on the cover was a solemn and dignified image of the Heavenly Lord Dao Xuan, with a large title next to it: “The Heavenly Lord Dao Xuan’s Legend of Exterminating Demons.”