Ye Lingyue had no choice but to write a letter and send it to Qi City, hoping Qi City could send some mud masons and soldiers to help repair the city wall quickly.

But to her dismay, Qi City quickly replied.

The letter was cold in tone, stating that the military was currently in a busy season and had no cultivation techniques to spare for rebuilding city walls.

After the new military orders were issued, the morale of the soldiers in the army was exceptionally high, with each hoping to kill more Spiritual Beasts to earn higher merits and receive promotions.

Thus, tasks like wall repair, which were heavy labor, found no takers.

Additionally, due to intentional obstructions from people like Hong Fang, the city walls of Dan City, even after collapsing for over half a month, remained unrepaired.

Over the past few nights, despite Ye Lingyue having ordered tighter patrols, several civilian households still suffered beast attacks, with many civilians taken by Spiritual Beasts, their fate still unknown.

"This way won't do, it seems I must make a trip to Qi City myself," Ye Lingyue frowned, looking at the letter in her hands.

"That's not a good idea, going there would be like a sheep entering a tiger's den, Hong Fang and Xia Houhong are just waiting for you to fall into their trap. Moreover, the Alchemist Mansion is very busy right now, and the city affairs also need you around, if you leave, the city will be in chaos," Lan Cai'er disagreed with Ye Lingyue going to Qi City. "How about I go to Qi City and ask for help from General Nie and Aunt Ye?"

Lan Cai'er, being a Commandery Princess of the court herself, did not have the deep-rooted hatred for Hong Fang and Xia Houhong like Ye Lingyue did, and after much thought, she still felt it was best for her to go to Qi City and explain the situation of Dan City.

Ye Lingyue still felt uneasy, but Lan Cai'er heartily slapped her chest.

"Look, Ling Yue, although I'm not as capable as you, I am at least a master of the Elixir Realm. Just give me a chance to kill some Spiritual Beasts and earn the rank of Colonel myself."

Ye Lingyue, worn down by her persistence, had no choice but to let her go to Qi City.

Shortly after Lan Cai'er left for Qi City, one day, Ye Lingyue was supervising the soldiers transporting fragments of broken walls.

The Qian Cauldron in her hand buzzed, emitting a feathery voice.

"Friend Ye, have a heart and let the old monster out. Look at my age, I'm old enough to be your great-grandfather. Isn't this torment too much for an old person? Don't you feel a bit guilty?"

Compassion? What's that?

Mom never taught me, and it's not in any book, Ye Lingyue ignored it and concentrated on directing the soldiers to move the City Stone.

Seeing the scarred wall and the residents displaced by the beast attacks, Ye Lingyue was filled with anger. If not for the Jin Wu Old Monster's mischief, the walls wouldn't be in this state.

Ever since the Jin Wu Old Monster had been imprisoned by the Qian Cauldron Power, he had begged countless times.

Even the most hardhearted person would have softened by now, but Ye Lingyue was utterly unmoved.

Left with no choice as he listened to the soldiers moving wall stones, the Jin Wu Old Monster tried again.

"Friend Ye..."

"Shut up," Ye Lingyue snapped fiercely.

"Friend, I actually have a way to help you repair the city wall."

As soon as the Jin Wu Old Monster finished speaking, Ye Lingyue's expression changed slightly.

"What method!"

"Friend Ye, you don't need mud masons or reinforcements to rebuild the walls. Moreover, if you let me out, the old monster guarantees that I can build the most durable wall on the mainland, sure to stand for a thousand years, impervious to beast attacks or bombardments," boasted the Jin Wu Old Monster, when suddenly the Qian Cauldron stirred and spewed out a clump of Golden Crow Elixir Fire.

"Don't think about escaping. I've left a Spiritual Imprint in your fire, so if you dare run, I'll refine you instantly. On the other hand, if you obey me, not only will I set you free, but I can help you find a physical body," Ye Lingyue's words immediately quashed the Jin Wu Old Monster's impulse to escape.

Where could he run to in this vast world?

Now that the Jin Wu Sect had been exterminated and he couldn't mix in the Central Plains area, the Jin Wu Old Monster thought about it and decided simply to stay silent, listening to Ye Lingyue's commands.

Ye Lingyue was as good as her word; she soon found the body of a middle-aged man in the city.

The man had died in a beast attack, his body still warm, limbs intact, and had been dead for just a few hours.

The Jin Wu Old Monster wasn't picky, the Golden Crow Elixir Fire entered the body of the man.

The complexion of the already ashen-faced man gradually reverted to normal, and then he slowly sat up.

"Thank you, Ye... I should address you as Cauldron Master Ye. Thank you, my lord, for giving me a new life," said the Jin Wu Old Monster changing his form of address.

This body was quite good, strong and in its prime, and additionally, it had belonged to an Alchemist, which particularly suited the Jin Wu Old Monster's taste.

"No need for niceties. Just tell me, what method can be used to rebuild the walls?" What Ye Lingyue cared about the most was still the city wall issue.

"Well, it involves using the Alchemists in the city to cooperatively refine a large amount of iron, especially the superior-grade Xuantie. Pouring molten iron to form the walls, naturally, will make them as solid as a rock, impervious for a thousand years," the Jin Wu Old Monster proudly explained. "Actually, the old monster, before founding the Jin Wu Sect, was a miscellaneous servant in a sect and had witnessed a similar casting technique used for building the sect's defensive gates. Having offended an Inner Sect Disciple later, I had no choice but to flee, but I still remember that craft."

Old ginger is spicier, the Jin Wu Old Monster had roamed the mainland for so many years, consuming more salt than the rice Ye Lingyue had eaten; his method indeed had some insight.

In other places, using molten iron to build city walls would be difficult to implement.

But Dan City is different, with not few hundreds but at least a hundred Alchemists in the Alchemist Mansion. Together with the Jin Wu Old Monster and Ye Lingyue, using molten iron to construct walls is absolutely feasible.

The only concern the Jin Wu Old Monster had was about securing the large quantity of Xuantie needed for such a massive project.

"You needn't worry about that. I have my ways of obtaining a large quantity of high-quality Xuantie," Ye Lingyue, who hails from the Ye Family, noted that her family owned some of the best Xuantie Ore Veins in Daxia.

Ye Lingyue immediately dispatched a paper crane, urgently sending it back to the Ye Family.

About two or three days later, the paper crane returned with a response from Old Master Ye.

Old Master Ye said that he would gather a sufficient quantity of ore within the shortest time and transport it to Dan City via land. The logistics would take at most about half a month.