These places shall be cloaked in the mystique of rarity. In a land far removed from the well-trodden paths of Western lore, amidst the verdant plains and winding rivers, there existed a domain known as Ethereal Waters Manor. Herein dwelt Aurelius Willow, patriarch of the noble Willow lineage, and his progeny, Ambrose Revin.
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Aurelius, his countenance marked by astonishment, regarded his offspring with a gaze laden with incredulity. How could one procure the sum of a million ethereal stones? Must they resort to plunder?
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"Father, he who spurns the gifts of heaven shall surely endure its wrath! The looming calamity of the Great Ethereal Tide brooks no delay. If we falter now, the sands of time shall leave us naught but regret! The opportunity at hand, if left unseized, shall vanish ere three years pass!" declared Ambrose with solemnity.
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Though Ethereal Waters Manor could readily muster twenty thousand ethereal stones, the road beyond was fraught with uncertainty.
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"The third course of action: amass one million ethereal stones, and I shall elevate it to the echelons of the Second Tier Superior or even the exalted realm of Second Tier Supreme Spiritual Veins!"
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"The second path: expend twenty thousand ethereal stones, and I shall elevate the spiritual vein to loftier heights! From the depths of the Second Tier Inferior to the realms of Second Tier Medium Quality!"
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"Aye, the first option entails restoring the Yunmeng Spiritual Vein to its former glory. With the Zephyr Melody Willow as our beacon, no further preparations are needed."
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"Fear not, for the matter of the spiritual vein weighs heavy upon my mind. Yet ere now, a fitting array eye and spiritual artifact eluded my grasp. Now, with the Zephyr Melody Willow in our possession, the hour for enhancing the spiritual vein hath arrived!"
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In contrast to the tumult stirred by the Lesser Ethereal Cataclysm, the Lesser Soul Absorption Art, being an alchemical technique, wrought less clamor but bore greater dread!
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Could the accompanying spiritual artifact possess its own consciousness...? While unable to articulate its thoughts presently, it harbored a distinct awareness... Compared to Aurelius Revin and the Mirage Sovereign, the spiritual artifact and the Mirage Sovereign seemed to share a closer bond...
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"Five elements' genesis and decay, the Yin-Yang grand dao..."
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"The Celestial Heart is mine alone; I am the Celestial Heart!"
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"The Five Elements belong to Water; the Singular Beast quells the Seal."
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"Summoning the spirits, awakening the spirits; forging a covenant with the Mirage Palace."
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"Covenant—Heavenly Completion! Pact—Heavenly Decree!"
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With the covenant complete, Ambrose sensed a palpable deepening of the bond between himself and the Mirage Sovereign! Should Ethereal Waters Manor possess the legacy of puppetry, the Heavenly Puppet would offer a boon, facilitating cyclic utility! Yet the chasm of generations yawned wide. Even among kin, encounters were but nods of acknowledgment, leaving each to their own devices.
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Relying solely upon Ambrose and a handful of cultivators, alongside a retinue of commoners, the construction of such edifices in so short a span posed a formidable challenge. Yet Ethereal Waters Manor boasted its own reservoirs. Ambrose's actions garnered unanimous acclaim within the manor, endearing him to the common folk, who held him in high esteem! Houses, differentiated into five styles corresponding to the five elements, each family received a three-story manor spanning five hundred square meters, along with commensurate courtyards.
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Indeed, it seemed a quintet was already in place, yet for precaution's sake, the quintet was subdivided across five directions. When the time came for unions, one could not select a mate from the same sector, but only from the other four, to forestall consanguinity.
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With a whimsical flourish, the manors were fashioned akin to villas, much to the astonishment of all. Indeed, who knew abodes could be fashioned thus? Cultivators too had contingencies for consanguineous unions, such as those of the Willow lineage of Yunmengze, where surrounding villages were dispersed across several locales, intermingling but never nesting together. Such villagers had borne the Willow name for three centuries, their lineage remaining unbroken. Unlike cultivators, they could only beget offspring every few decades. Upon ascertaining their lack of spiritual roots, they would swiftly wed and bear progeny to perpetuate the Willow line.
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The ancestral hall, treasure pavilion, alchemy hall, refining hall, and formation hall stood resolute! A forbidden array of ethereal stones was also laid... The towering library tower, spanning five floors, hosted an array of tomes, with each level devoted to enriching the mind and honing spiritual arts.
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It was evident that Ambrose harbored hope aplenty for the future of Ethereal Waters Manor.
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The ancestral hall stood as the nucleus of the lineage's heritage, and the sacred precinct where ancestral spirits were honored. Encompassing five thousand mu, it was a grand confluence of architectural splendor!
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Gold, wood, water, fire, earth... Ambrose delineated the foundations in a pentagonal pattern, from innermost sanctum to outer expanse. In the realm of construction, Ethereal Waters Manor held sway, with concrete fortifications melding into a seamless whole!
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Truly, it was a paradigm shift within the annals of Ethereal Waters Manor.
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Under the guidance of array master Aurelius Yeling, a clan array was established near the heart of Peach Blossom Island, not far from the spiritual vein, serving as a branch clan enclave for Ethereal Waters Manor.
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Indeed, ordinary construction methods proved sluggish! Wrestling with copious quantities of stone and wood proved arduous, compounded by the dearth of hands for the task. Among commoners, the construction of commoner hamlets could be downgraded in quality, for they lacked the means to manipulate ethereal materials!
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Indeed, even a first-tier inferior stone of azure could resist fracturing. How then could these ethereal materials be hewn into the geometric forms requisite for construction?
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