I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

"Qingze?" Lin Xuanqi read it aloud, his eyes gradually brightening.

"Green is the fundamental color of our Lin family." Lin Che stretched out his hand, pointing to the lush green land beneath his feet, his voice tinged with pride:

"The blue robes of the Aoki Trading Company and its members are inseparable from the word 'blue.' Blue also represents vitality, hope, and the vigor of all things sprouting. This land has been reborn from the dead, which is exactly what this means."

His gaze swept from the nearby meadow to the distant lake, then from the lake to the hills even further away, his voice gaining a deeper tone:

"Ze is a place with abundant water and grass, and is a general term for lakes and marshes. The two characters Qingze together mean the water town of the Lin family."

"Qingze..." Lin Xuanqi chewed on these two words repeatedly, finding them increasingly meaningful with each repetition.

"It sounds good! And it has meaning! Unlike 'Black Tooth Swamp,' it's not bad at all!"

"I've felt that name should be changed for a long time, but I just couldn't think of a suitable one. Black Tooth Swamp, Black Tooth, it sounds so unlucky! Green Swamp is so much better, Green Swamp, just saying it makes me feel good!"

Lin Xuanfeng rarely showed an expression of agreement.

"Qingze, not bad." He nodded, his voice still steady.

Seeing that none of them had any objections, Lin Che made the decision.

"Then let's call it Qingze. From today onwards, the Black Tooth Swamp will be officially renamed Qingze." His voice was not loud, but it carried the majesty of the head of the family, as if he were announcing a major event that was destined to be recorded in the clan's history.

The morning breeze carried his voice, echoing across the empty swamp and startling several waterbirds perched among the reeds.

"This place is no longer that dead land filled with poisonous miasma, but the second foundation of the Lin family."

He turned to look at Lin Xuanqi, his gaze carrying a hint of solemnity:

"Report this to the clan later. From now on, all documents, maps, and jade slips must use the new name. We can also gradually change the name to outsiders. First, register it at the city lord's mansion so that outsiders know that this land has changed owners. The Black Tooth Swamp, which has been called for decades, is now called Green Swamp."

"Yes." Lin Xuanqi accepted the order, already mentally calculating which departments needed to be notified and which documents needed to be revised.

His fingers tapped lightly on the edge of the planning map, while a long list rapidly formed in his mind.

The maps need to be changed, the warehouse material labels need to be changed, and even the boundary markers carved on the stone tablets need to be recarved...

……

When we returned to Shattered Star Lake, it was already close to dusk.

The setting sun dyed the entire lake surface into a shimmering gold, and the willows on the island in the middle of the lake swayed gently in the evening breeze, casting dappled light and shadows on the ground.

Without taking a break, Lin Che immediately summoned his clansmen and held a family meeting in the council hall of the comprehensive area.

On the long table in the council chamber, a detailed map of Qingze was spread out.

That was something that Zhihei had spent three months mapping out bit by bit with the help of Xuanwang's spies.

They measured every inch of Qingze's land with their footsteps, detected the direction of every spiritual vein with their divine sense, and recorded the flow of every water source with jade slips.

Mountains, rivers, lakes, spiritual veins, vegetation—everywhere is clearly marked, even the small ponds hidden among the reeds are not missed.

The map was enormous, pieced together from the finest silk paper, covering the entire long table with a section of the edge hanging down almost to the ground.

The map was covered with dense text and symbols, some circled in vermilion, some outlined in ink, and some with small labels pasted on the side.

The council chamber was full of people.

Wang Lingsu and the other two, along with Lin Xuanqi and Lin Xuanjing, all arrived.

The group sat around the long table, their eyes all on the map. Some were studying their assigned areas, some were whispering with their neighbors, and some were waiting quietly for Lin Che to speak.

Lin Che stood in front of the map, holding a long, thin bamboo pole in his hand.

He pointed to the various areas on the map with a bamboo pole and explained the development plan for Qingze one by one.

The bamboo whip moved across the map, gently tapping each mark.

His voice was steady and powerful, and he spoke clearly and distinctly, without ambiguity or vagueness.

Each task was assigned to a specific person.

The council chamber was quiet, with only Lin Che's voice and the sound of bamboo poles tapping on the map; even breathing was deliberately softened.

"The development of Qingze is the Lin family's top priority for the next ten years." His gaze swept over everyone present.

"If the business alliance is holding us by the throat, we will generate our own blood. Qingze is the Lin family's blood bank!"

Once this place develops, we will be able to be self-sufficient in all kinds of feed, supplements, and medicinal materials.

We grow our own feed for the spirit beasts; we produce our own auxiliary materials for alchemy; and we can even find substitutes for the spirit materials that are purchased from outside in Qingze.

"At that point, the Merchant Alliance's little tricks won't be able to hurt us anymore."

He assigned the task to his sons, and the main pole lightly tapped on the map, calling out a name with each tap.

Lin Xuanqi was responsible for the overall planning and coordinating human and material resources.

He is the head steward of the Lin family. Over the years, he has managed the family affairs in an orderly manner and is best able to balance the needs of all parties. This task is perfect for him.

Lin Xuanqi nodded, already rapidly calculating in his mind how many craftsmen and materials were needed, and how many stages it would take to complete.

Lin Xuanfeng is in charge of security.

Although Qingze has been purified, it is still a wilderness, uninhabited for hundreds of miles around, and it is inevitable that monsters will appear.

The deployment of the guard team was the first and most crucial step.

Lin Xuanfeng accepted the order and was already calculating in his mind how many people to deploy, where to set up sentry posts, and how to arrange patrol routes.

Lin Xuandong was in charge of purchasing the necessary spiritual seeds.

The development of Qingze requires a large number of spiritual herb seeds, spiritual plant seeds, and spiritual tree seedlings...

The herb garden alone requires seeds of hundreds of kinds of herbs. Some varieties are simply not available on the market, so we have to ask people to import them from other places.

These all need to be purchased in advance; you can't wait until you need them to start making arrangements.

Lin Xuandong accepted the order and was already planning where to purchase the goods, how to transport them, and how to reduce costs.

Lin Xuanjing was in charge of the planning and construction of the medicinal herb garden.

Besides her mother, Su Wanwan, she was the person in the Lin family who knew the most about spiritual plants.

Over the years, she has managed Lingcao Valley very well, and the yield and quality of spiritual herbs have improved significantly compared to before.

Lin Che felt most at ease entrusting Qingze's medicinal herb garden to her.

Lin Xuanjing nodded quietly, his eyes, which were always immersed in the world of carving, now shining with focused light.

Lin Xuanqing was in charge of the entire formation setup in Qingze.

The area of ​​Qingze is too large, and manpower patrols alone are not enough; array formations are necessary to assist in patrolling.

An early warning array should be deployed around the perimeter to detect intruders promptly.

The protective array should be multi-layered in the core area to ensure the safety of important facilities;

The Spirit Gathering Array needs to cover the entire spirit field to increase the growth rate of the spiritual herbs.

Layer upon layer, large and small, there must be at least dozens of formations, which she needs to design and arrange herself.

Lin Xuanqing nodded, already sketching out the overall framework of the formation in his mind.

With the tasks assigned, everyone accepted their orders and left.

The doors to the council chamber opened and closed, then opened again, and the footsteps gradually faded away, leaving only the dense markings on the map, faintly glowing in the candlelight.

…………

In the days that followed, the Lin family began to shift their focus to Qingze.

Every morning before dawn, the low growls of spirit beasts and the rolling of wheels can be heard by the shore of Shattered Star Lake.

The sound came from the direction of the main area, pierced through the morning mist, echoed on the lake, and startled the water birds roosting in the reeds.

It was a fleet of spirit beast convoys, fully equipped and ready to go, filed out of the Lin family's main area, loaded with materials, tools and personnel, and headed towards Qingze along the newly built stone road.

Newly planted sacred trees line both sides of the stone-paved road. The saplings are still very small, with tender green leaves, swaying gently in the morning breeze, as if bidding farewell to the convoy.

The queue was very long, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Leading the way were the spirit beasts of the guard.

Several large, robust alligator snapping turtles strode with heavy steps, each step causing the ground to tremble slightly. Their shells carried sentry arrays and supplies, resembling small, moving hills.

In the middle was a wagon loaded with timber, spirit ore, and array base materials, pulled by the Wind-Riding Spirit Steed. The wheels made a dull sound as they rolled on the stone road, leaving two shallow tracks where the wheels had passed.

Behind them were the craftsmen and array masters in charge of the construction. Some sat in the car with their eyes closed, some were talking quietly about the construction plan, and some were looking through the blueprints in their hands, their faces filled with anticipation for the new land.

After all, the Lin family offered them the highest salary in the industry.

Lin Xuanfeng led his guard team to be among the first to move in.

He set up three outposts around Qingze, arranged in a triangular pattern, forming a defensive perimeter.

Each outpost was built on high ground, offering a wide view and allowing them to see all the surrounding activity.

The sentry posts are connected by an early warning array, so that if an anomaly is detected at one post, the other two posts will be notified immediately.

The security team patrols day and night to ensure construction safety.

During the day, they marched in formation on the meadows of Qingze, their steps neat and their bearing impressive.

Their shadows were stretched long in the sunlight, like a moving city wall, keeping all potential threats out.

As night fell, they took turns standing guard at the sentry post, the torchlight flickering in the darkness, casting the surrounding meadow in shifting light.

The team members sat around the fire, talking in hushed tones, their magical weapons gleaming coldly in the firelight.

Lin Xuanjing squatted in the wetland, personally examining the texture of the soil and the direction of the water flow.

Insert your fingers into the soil, feeling its moisture and fertility.

Dark brown soil seeped through my fingers, moist and soft, carrying a faint smell of humus.

She scooped up another handful of water, brought it to her nose, and smelled it. The water was clear and had no strange smell; it only had the refreshing scent of water itself.

Beside her were spread out several medicinal herb cultivation plans, covered with marks of revisions.

Some areas are marked with an X to indicate that they are not suitable for planting;

Some areas are circled to indicate that you can try them;

Some places are covered with annotations, indicating which kind of spiritual creatures are best to plant.

Her brows furrowed slightly at times and relaxed at others; in her focused eyes, she seemed to already see the scene of medicinal herbs growing in abundance on this land.

Blue-hearted orchids bloom by the water's edge, water lilies sway in the stream, and lotus flowers spread an icy blue across the lake's surface...

That magnificent scene filled her with anticipation!

Lin Xuanqing, along with Qin Yulin whom she had recruited as a laborer, set up the array base at the spiritual vein node of Qingze.

Although Qin Yulin kept saying, "That wretched Qingqing has conscripted me again," he was anything but careless with his work.

She squatted on the ground and used the magic pen to draw fine array patterns on the ground. Each stroke was precise and smooth, as if the patterns were not drawn on, but flowed naturally from her fingertips.

Wherever the magic pen passed, it left faint golden marks on the ground, which shimmered slightly in the sunlight.

Lin Xuanqing assisted by embedding spirit stones into the array base.

Her movements were swift and precise, each spirit stone fitting perfectly in the correct position.

The two had been together for many years and worked together seamlessly, almost never needing to exchange words; a single glance was enough for them to understand each other.

……

Every inch of Qingze is a testament to the Lin family's determination.

And Qingze's new name spread throughout Chuyang City with each trip of the Lin family's caravan.

The news first reached the vassal families who were on good terms with the Lin family.

The Wang, Zhou, Li, and Sun families reacted differently when they heard the news.

Wang Yanchi, the patriarch of the Wang family, stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly, saying that the Lin family was indeed farsighted.

Zhou Wanhong was silent for a moment, then sighed deeply and said that this land would probably allow the Lin family to rise to another level.

Li Guanhai stroked his beard, his eyes gleaming, and said, "Qingze, a good name. The Lin family has taken this step steadily."

Sun Zhiyuan slapped his thigh and said, "If only I had invested some spirit stones back then, it would have been great. Now it's too late to regret it."

The news also reached the ears of those who had previously mocked the Lin family for "putting in a lot of effort for nothing."

Some people said at the time, "Why would the Lin family spend so much money to purify a dead land? Did the spirit stones just fall from the sky?"

Others said, "That swamp is so poisonous, what good would it do even if it were purified? Could it still grow medicinal herbs?"

Now, when these people hear the name "Qingze" and hear what that land looks like now, they all shut their mouths.

The message was sent to the city lord's mansion.

When Yan Shuming heard the name "Qingze", he was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Lin Che is truly a visionary."

He put down his teacup and looked out the window, towards the direction of Qingze.

He didn't speak again, but just stared at the sky shrouded in twilight, lost in thought.

The people from the city lord's mansion were also amazed after witnessing the changes in Black Tooth Swamp.

They were ordered by Yan Shuming to conduct an on-site investigation in Qingze, and when they returned, their expressions were complicated.

That once desolate land, which even birds refused to fly over, is now a fertile land with abundant water and grass, and a vibrant spiritual atmosphere.

The lake water is crystal clear, and you can see the pebbles and fish swimming on the bottom.

The meadow was lush and green, like a soft carpet underfoot; birds built their nests among the reeds, chirping and twittering.

The fish frolic in the water, occasionally leaping out of the water and splashing up tiny droplets.

Black Tooth Swamp, no, Green Swamp.

Today, it has become the most beautiful scenic spot in Chuyang City.