Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 315: Chapter 250: Refining Profound Sect, Golden Yuan Mountain

Wang Yi and Zhao Mei went to tour the Refining Profound Sect together.

This Immortal Dao Sect had just been established. Inside, there was only a Sect Leader’s Hall and nothing else.

The Sect Leader’s Hall looked quite shabby. It was called a hall, but it was only five or six meters tall, like a small, dilapidated temple. However, it was fully functional. Zhao Mei could live inside, accept sect leader quests, and activate or deactivate the Sect Grand Array.

Zhao Mei studied the inside of the Sect Leader’s Hall for a moment, an excited look appearing on her face. ”This is awesome! It’s like I have a part-time job as a sect leader. I can develop my own faction! Haha! My Refining Profound Sect may be small, but it has the foundation of a super-sect. Who could possibly break through my Sect Grand Array?”

The new sect leader grew more excited as she spoke. ”No, I can’t wait. I have to start on the sect quests right away. I’m going to construct the five buildings that give us the foundation of a super-sect! First, I’ll open the Spirit Medicine Garden and the Alchemy Room to grow Spirit Plants and make Alchemy easier. Then there’s the Spirit Beast Garden. Once that’s open, I’ll put the Duck-Billed Dragons, Little Phoenixes, and all that in there to raise them as Spirit Beasts!”

Wang Yi asked, ”What are Duck-Billed Dragons and Little Phoenixes?”

”You’re a Lord, and you don’t even know what Duck-Billed Dragons and Little Phoenixes are? You’re so unqualified! They’re the little animals that have appeared in our Huaguo Mountain Territory!”

”I haven’t inspected the territory recently, so I really didn’t know! Excellent, excellent. So there are new little animals! Can they be raised into Spirit Beasts?”

”If they’re placed in my Refining Profound Sect’s super-sect-level Spirit Beast Garden, of course they can be raised into Spirit Beasts—and very powerful ones at that!” Zhao Mei said. ”The Spirit Medicine Garden will grow spirit medicines, the Alchemy Room will be for Alchemy, the Spirit Beast Garden will tame Spirit Beasts, and I’m also going to accept disciples!”

Wang Yi said, ”If you’re accepting disciples, consider Zhang Xiaohu and Han Xiaobao. They both have a talent for Cultivation!”

”Zhang Xiaohu? Han Xiaobao? I’ll remember them. Any other recommendations?”

”Those two young ladies Cao Dalang has his eye on both have high-level Spirit Roots... If you’re going to recruit disciples, I suggest you go discuss it with Jelena. Have her organize a disciple recruitment ceremony for you!”

”Great idea, great idea! I’ll also need artisans from the Hundred Skills Academy to build some houses. At the very least, I need to solve the disciples’ housing problem.”

”Alright, you figure out the details. I’m off!”

Wang Yi waved his hand and left.

He still had many things to do.

A moment later, Wang Yi found Li Longyu, and together they went to meet Zhao Wenliang and the other two.

As the eldest princess of the Golden Sparrow Country, Li Longyu’s marriage was a major event. The Jinque Country Court intended to hold a grand celebration, which involved a great deal of pomp and ceremony.

Wang Yi looked into it. Just on the Jinque Country Court’s side, completing all the procedures would take a month. According to custom, Wang Yi would also have to hold ceremonies and follow procedures in Huaguo Mountain, such as receiving and sending congratulatory gifts.

There were too many complicated matters, all time-consuming and draining. Wang Yi thought to himself, ’No wonder they say a woman can slow a man’s sword draw. I don’t have time for any of this.’

At first, Li Longyu listened with considerable interest, asking questions from time to time. However, once Tang Xian started talking about custom-made ceremonial robes, harem etiquette, and learning courtly manners, she began to doze off.

The princess was quite broad-minded. In the end, she said, ”Let’s simplify everything. Skip all the steps we can. It’s really not appropriate for the state’s affairs to be neglected over the matters of a young woman like me. I’ll just stay here in Huaguo Mountain. Just have the edict, ceremonial robes, and dowry sent over, and that will be that!”

Zhao Wenliang and the other two didn’t dare to object.

Strength determines the right to speak!

Right now, Princess Longyu’s orders were more effective than a Holy Decree from the Jinque Country Court.

After sending Zhao Wenliang and the others away, Li Longyu turned to Wang Yi and said, ”My husband, I know the competition among Players must be fierce. My past self must have been a Player, too. She must have been eliminated, which is why she was reincarnated... I don’t want to be a burden to you. Do whatever you want to do. I’ll support you in everything. And I’ll become stronger, too. In the future, I’ll definitely be able to help you!”

Hearing this, Wang Yi thought, ’This princess is really so understanding. It’s great to have a wife like her.’

”By the way, Yu’Er, your past self also left behind a Celestial Compass. I suspect that Celestial Compass is somewhere in the Celestial Net Country, and it might be related to their Celestial Net Array!”

Wang Yi recalled the Celestial Net Array quest he had triggered in the Celestial Net Country’s Celestial Essence City.

To Wang Yi’s surprise, Li Longyu nodded and said, ”Husband, I won’t hide it from you. When I obtained this Bronze Ship, I received some information in my mind—memories from my past self, I think. In those memories, the Celestial Compass seems to be a very powerful Secret Treasure that can be used in a set with the Bronze Ship. But to obtain this Secret Treasure, you need six Royal Artifacts! The Celestial Compass won’t appear until all six Royal Artifacts are gathered!”

”What are Royal Artifacts?”

”I don’t know! The information just appeared in my head out of nowhere!”

Wang Yi, however, made a few connections.

Speaking of Royal Artifacts, he had the Emperor’s Sword, the Gold-Keyed Axe, and the Cyan Emperor Jade Pendant. They were Royal Authority Items, so it was highly likely they were the Royal Artifacts Li Longyu mentioned.

In that case, he already had three, which meant he was still missing three!

The National Destiny Jade Seal that Liang Xiaoyu was in charge of might be the fourth.

”Husband, don’t worry about the Celestial Compass for now. Let me get proficient with the Bronze Ship first. It won’t be too late to look for the Celestial Compass once I can pilot the Bronze Ship smoothly!”

”Alright!”

Wang Yi watched Li Longyu pilot the Bronze Ship into the distance, then took out the [Ascension Trial Scroll].

’Being able to proactively challenge the void invasion is certainly a good thing, but I’m afraid this Ascension Trial can’t be stopped once it starts. Ascending too early is definitely not a good thing. I’d better lay low for a while...’

After some thought, Wang Yi put the [Ascension Trial Scroll] away again.

He planned to ascend in ten years!

At the very least, he wanted to finish using his ten years of exclusive exploration rights to the World of Suffering first.

The next day, Zhao Wenliang and the other two took their leave from the Mountain and River Station and returned to the capital to report.

Wang Yi summoned Jelena, Nangong Jin, and others for a small meeting. The main topic was discussing resource collection in the Ancient Barbarian Country and the development of ”miners.”

The Ancient Barbarian Royal Court had already been annihilated. There were vast explorable regions and many resources to be collected throughout the Ancient Barbarian Country.

In Wang Yi’s view, he had conquered the Ancient Barbarian Country, so it was only right that he collect all of the nation’s wealth.

This was a massive undertaking that would require sending more manpower to the Ancient Barbarian Country. One Manzi Camp was definitely not enough.

Wang Yi decided to have the small train open up a route to the Ancient Barbarian Country to facilitate the collection of supplies and deployment of personnel.

As for miners, Wang Yi needed a huge number of them—the more, the better.

For him, with Yamero Star, he could take in any number of miners!

The Ancient Barbarian Country currently had a large number of Refugees who could all be developed into miners. There were also Barbarian Witch Warriors, Ancient Barbarian Nobles, and others, who could all be captured, treated as war slaves, and sent to Yamero Star to mine for him.

In short, developing the miner workforce was also a massive undertaking.

In the end, after everyone’s discussion, Hatos would lead the War God team to the Ancient Barbarian Country to assist the Manzi Camp in collecting resources, plundering supplies, and clearing away all obstacles.

The Foreign Affairs Department would also need to send people to the Ancient Barbarian Country to guide the Refugees or receive the war slaves. The incoming Refugees and war slaves would then have to be jointly confirmed and sorted by the Production Team and the Secretariat to select the miners.

Wang Yi could predict that his territory would be extremely busy for some time to come. Fortunately, he had quite a few capable people under him. Moreover, Indigenous People like Pei Xue and Li Huaizheng had also matured.

「Three days later.」

Li Longyu could already pilot the Bronze Ship skillfully. It had become an important means of transportation, and she took it to the Ancient Barbarian Country to guide the Refugees.

At this time, the Exile Court was packed to the brim. Over 25,000 Refugees had gathered there!

Among these Refugees were men and women, old and young. They were organized by family, totaling over 5,000 households, and there were quite a few artisans among them.

Eggshell Village’s labor force was already overflowing. There were too many Refugees to accommodate.

Wang Yi planned to exile these 25,000-plus Refugees to Yamero Star.

This exile was basically an act of immigration.

With a simple operation in the Exile Court, the more than 25,000 Refugees vanished in an instant, exiled to Shanhai Pass City on Yamero Star.

Wang Yi arrived shortly after to make arrangements for the Refugees.

’This first Shanhai Pass City has Green-skinned Orcs, Dwarves, Wildmen, Barbarian Women, and Kunlun Slaves. Adding these 25,000-plus Refugees, the total population is close to forty thousand. That’s about enough. I need to find new mineral veins and build a second major city...’

After a brief moment of thought, Wang Yi once again stepped onto the Starlight River and began to explore.

He needed to choose a suitable location to establish the second major mining city.

Half a day later, Wang Yi discovered a vast mineral-rich flatland. It was a plain with flat ground, where many metal ores were scattered on the surface. There were even Chaos Crystal Stones.

’The mineral resources here are no worse than at the first major city, and the flat terrain is more suitable for a settlement. I’ll choose this place!’

Wang Yi surveyed his surroundings, thinking the terrain was excellent. He took out the Construction Drawings for Shanhai Pass and built another one.

This Shanhai Pass, in Wang Yi’s eyes, was the second major mining city.

The city was built; now he just had to wait for the miners to move in.

Wang Yi, however, continued to explore, searching for a suitable Starlight River to refine and take away, so he could build a Starlight Arch Bridge in his territory.

Half a day later, he hadn’t found a suitable Starlight River, but he did discover a small mountain that seemed to be forged from pure gold.

The small mountain radiated a faint golden light. The Eye of Insight detected some information: its name was Golden Yuan Mountain. It was composed of a metallic mineral matrix that naturally released Primordial Energy, influencing the ecosystem in a way that was wonderfully similar to the Profound Ice Mountain and Spirit Wood Mountain.

Wang Yi was overjoyed. The Mountain and River Collector immediately came online, consuming 8.88 million Chaos Energy to refine the Golden Yuan Mountain into his body.

’With this Golden Yuan Mountain, my Battle Sacred Land’s ecosystem can undergo its first Evolution, right?’

Filled with anticipation, Wang Yi couldn’t stand to stay on Yamero Star any longer. He quickly used a Town Recall Scroll to return to his city. He then went to his underground territory, released the Golden Yuan Mountain he had just refined, and placed it next to the Ice Mountain and Spirit Wood Mountain.

The moment the mountain peak took root, Wang Yi received a system notification: ”DING! Congratulations! The current territory ecosystem has met the conditions for Evolution. The first Evolution will now begin!”

”DING! Congratulations! The Battle Ecosystem is evolving. The Battle Tree has begun its transformation. Estimated time to completion: three days...”

Wang Yi received the system notification, his heart itching with unbearable curiosity, but there was nothing he could do. If he wanted to witness the results of the Battle Ecosystem’s evolution, he would just have to wait for three days.

He didn’t stay idle. He once again rode the Starlight River to explore the world, searching for wild Treasure Chests.

Unfortunately, wild Treasure Chests seemed to have vanished. Even when Wang Yi went out to sea to search, he couldn’t find any.

By now, Wang Yi didn’t know which part of the sea he had reached. He discovered an island, and on it, a group of monkeys was dancing. Amidst the monkeys, a blonde woman was sitting on a blue Treasure Chest, leisurely sunbathing.