As everyone finished eating, it was already close to the hour of Xu Shi. Fortunately, it was summer, and the sun set very late. Not until the hour of Xu Shi and three quarters, which was past eight o'clock, would the sun completely disappear and the sky darken.
The sunset still hung on the horizon, and the mountaintop was bathed in sunlight, not yet dark.
"So full! My stomach is bloated, I've eaten too much!"
"Me too, I ate too much and I'm stuffed."
"Me too."
Because they had eaten so much roasted meat, everyone in the princely manor was feeling stuffed, including Huangfu Yue.
Huangfu Yue touched her stomach and, seeing everyone express that they were stuffed, said, "Since we're all stuffed, we won't have dinner tonight."
"Alright," everyone nodded in agreement, with no one objecting.
Having eaten so heartily, no one could possibly eat dinner.
"It's this late already, and the sun will completely set soon, making it dark. We should hurry down the mountain now… otherwise, it will be difficult to descend in the dark on the winding mountain paths," Yang Wanqian said to her sister-in-law, glancing at the sunset on the horizon.
She expected her sister-in-law to immediately agree, but instead, she shook her head.
"We're not going down the mountain. We'll rest on the mountain tonight. I'll use earth遁 (earth escape) to bring you down the mountain late at night… after reaching the base, I'll use缩地术 (ground shrinking technique), and by tomorrow morning, we'll be able to leave the 500-li perimeter of the blockaded capital," Huangfu Yue explained.
Yang Wanqian's delicate eyebrows knitted together, a hint of timidity appearing on her beautiful face, her eyes flickering with fear. "It's too frightening to be on this mountaintop after dark. What if wild beasts suddenly appear?"
Upon hearing this, many of the more timid ones also became scared, showing expressions of worry.
"When we climbed the mountain earlier, we scouted around, and we didn't see any wild beasts on this mountain. There shouldn't be any wild beasts here, so there's no need to worry about them suddenly appearing… Besides, with me here, and so many of us, we don't need to fear wild beasts suddenly appearing. They absolutely won't be able to harm anyone," Huangfu Yue reassured them.
Hearing her words, everyone felt much more at ease. Although Yang Wanqian was still a little afraid, she thought of how powerful Huangfu Yue was and that there were so many of them, so there shouldn't be any danger. She didn't say anything further.
However, while Yang Wanqian remained silent, Xu Yuqing had something to say.
"Yue'er, you want us to rest on the mountaintop tonight? How can this be acceptable… Are you kidding me! How can people sleep on a mountaintop!" Xu Yuqing exclaimed agitatedly.
"Yes. Although the mountaintop is spacious, we don't have tents and can't set up tents to sleep in them. If we don't sleep in tents, what will we do if it rains or the wind picks up at night?" Zhong Liangshu, uncharacteristically, nodded in agreement with Xu Yuqing.
"Although it's summer and the weather isn't cold, I've heard people say that the mountains are very cold at night. Even in summer, it can still be a bit chilly in the mountains, and the mountain winds are strong. It's also common for winds to blow on the mountains at night… If it rains, it'll be even worse. Although the sun was out today and very hot, it's not guaranteed that the night will be as clear and rain-free. The weather in the mountains changes very quickly; it can start raining suddenly," Zhong Liangshu continued.
Huangfu Yue looked at Xu Yuqing and Zhong Liangshu, about to ask if they wanted to hurry down the mountain, when Zhong Liangshu spoke again…
"Yue'er, how about this: it's already a bit late to go down the mountain now, and you've already planned to use earth遁 to descend late at night. This way, we won't have to walk down the mountain as a large group, saving everyone trouble… Why don't you let us enter your Qiankun Bag (Cosmic Bag)? We can rest inside the Qiankun Bag tonight. Tomorrow morning, after you use the ground shrinking technique to get us out of the 500-li radius of the blockaded capital, you can let us out."
"That's a great idea," Xu Yuqing immediately agreed. The rooms inside the Qiankun Bag were far better than this bare, desolate mountaintop. She certainly didn't want to sleep on the mountaintop; she wanted to sleep in the rooms inside the Qiankun Bag.
"Third Sister-in-law's idea is excellent," Yang Wanqian also nodded in agreement. She had actually been reluctant to stay on the mountaintop after dark, let alone sleep on it at night.
Huangfu Yue looked at the others, and seeing that they all nodded, seemingly not wanting to stay on the mountaintop after dark or sleep there at night, she nodded.
"Alright, I'll do as Third Sister-in-law suggested. I'll let you all enter the Qiankun Bag and stay in it tonight." She could use her earth element ability to create houses within the space, similar to the ones she had previously made for Yang Wanqian.
With that thought, Huangfu Yue sent her spiritual power into the space and began to furiously create houses using her earth element ability. Within two minutes, she created five houses, each fifty square meters in size, with each house configured to have two bedrooms and a toilet. The master bedroom would be for Grandmother and her sisters-in-law with the little ones, and the secondary bedroom would be for the servants attending them.
After building the five houses for Grandmother and her sisters-in-law with their nephews and nieces, Huangfu Yue continued to create houses furiously, building six houses, each sixty square meters, for Feng Maoyuan and the other servants.
Once all the houses were built, Huangfu Yue proceeded to paint them, decorate them, and furnish them with beds and other necessary furniture, as well as the essentials for the toilets. All of this took less than ten minutes.
Huangfu Yue looked at everyone, "Do you all want to stay on the mountaintop for a while longer and enter the Qiankun Bag when it gets dark, or do you want to enter the Qiankun Bag now?"
"I want to enter the Qiankun Bag now," Yang Wanqian said first.
"I want to enter the Qiankun Bag now too," Xu Yuqing followed suit.
Zhong Liangshu and Zhu Jiayi then also expressed their desire to enter the Qiankun Bag immediately. Seeing that their masters all wished to enter the Qiankun Bag now, the servants also expressed their desire to enter.
"Yue'er, send all of us into the Qiankun Bag now," Consort Dowager Zheng said.
As Huangfu Yue nodded, she sent everyone into the houses she had just built within the space. The dozen or so houses were connected. Consort Dowager Zheng's room was at the easternmost end. She first took Consort Dowager Zheng to see the room arranged for her.
"Grandmother, this room is for you. Are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied, satisfied, extremely satisfied." Consort Dowager Zheng looked around, examining the room, and nodded repeatedly with a beaming smile. This room had everything, and it was clear it would be very comfortable to live in. Moreover, the room was decorated elegantly and tastefully, which pleased her greatly.
"Then, Grandmother, you can rest here with the people serving you. I'll take the others to their rooms," Huangfu Yue said.
"Alright," Consort Dowager Zheng agreed immediately.
Huangfu Yue then took her sisters-in-law to see their rooms. Zhu Jiayi and her sisters-in-law's rooms were also very nice, and they all liked them very much. After arranging for her sisters-in-law's accommodations, Huangfu Yue arranged for Feng Maoyuan and his subordinates, as well as the servants' living quarters. She arranged for Feng Maoyuan and his men to share two rooms, and the servants to share four rooms. No one had any objections to this arrangement.