Two buildings, each emitting a strange glow, were put away by Zhou Yan. He cupped his hands towards the elder and then left.
At Ziwei Academy, those who did not have permission were all forbidden from flying, even if they could.
A spark of inspiration struck Zhou Yan. He turned to Principal Wu Qingfeng and said, "Grant me permission to fly within Ziwei Academy!"
Zhou Yan received no reply, so he began his barrage of messages, repeatedly sending the same request to Wu Qingfeng.
"Grant me permission to fly within Ziwei Academy!"
"Grant me permission to fly within Ziwei Academy!"
...
After dozens of messages, Wu Qingfeng likely grew impatient. Zhou Yan received a trade request. Zhou Yan immediately clicked to accept. Wu Qingfeng gave him a scroll detailing how to break the flight restriction domain.
"Thank you, Principal," Zhou Yan replied promptly.
The other party had not responded to Zhou Yan at all, but they had been observing him. With Zhou Yan's talent, he indeed qualified to fly in the skies of Ziwei Academy.
Zhou Yan's mastery of formations was also quite high. He quickly grasped the methods described on the scroll, then unfurled his Yin-Yang Wings and soared into the sky, heading towards Yang Junming.
Flying through the air, looking down at the buildings, mountains, students, and mentors, was a unique sensation.
Yang Junming saw Zhou Yan flying from a distance and was surprised. He hadn't expected Zhou Yan to be granted permission to fly as an introductory disciple.
"Are you done with your selection?" Yang Junming asked.
"Yes, I'm done," Zhou Yan nodded.
"Remember to come here for assembly in three days," Yang Junming said.
"Then I'll be going. I won't be attending classes for these three days," Zhou Yan stated.
"Alright," Yang Junming agreed.
Returning to his villa, Zhou Yan teleported to his territory and took out the two buildings, clicking to construct them.
The territory prompt: "Constructing [Cultivation Space], [Cultivation Space] evolving into [Cultivation Secret Realm]."
A spatial portal appeared before him. This was clearly the evolved [Cultivation Secret Realm].
He first examined the realm's data.
[Building: Cultivation Secret Realm]
[Level: 1 (upgrade required)]
[Quality: ???]
[Special Attribute: Time ratio between realm and reality: 2:1.]
[Description: Can enter the secret realm for cultivation. Consumes Spirit Coins to maintain the realm's operation based on the number of entrants.]
This secret realm's time ratio was 2:1. This meant that spending two days inside the realm would only equate to one day outside.
A very good building, and it appeared to have no time limit. He could stay inside for as long as he wished.
A very satisfactory building.
As for the Spirit Coins this realm consumed, it was nothing to Zhou Yan. He immediately added one hundred trillion Spirit Coins to this secret realm. These Spirit Coins should last for a considerable time.
Zhou Yan immediately began the upgrade process.
After level 20, this building required three materials: Spatial Stones, Spirit Stones, and Time Gems.
Spatial Stones and Spirit Stones were manageable, but Time Gems were a material Zhou Yan had never heard of before. Furthermore, he discovered that his territory did not possess any.
[Building: Cultivation Secret Realm]
[Level: 20 (upgrade required)]
[Quality: ???]
[Special Attribute 1: Time ratio between realm and reality: 4:1.]
[Special Attribute 2: Speeds up monster respawn rate.]
[Description: Can enter the secret realm for cultivation. Consumes Spirit Coins to maintain the realm's operation based on the number of entrants.]
Upon seeing the secret realm's second attribute, Zhou Yan found it rather strange. This secret realm contained monsters.
Could it be...
Zhou Yan chose to teleport in. A flash of light swept over him, and Zhou Yan entered the [Cultivation Secret Realm].
This was indeed a secret realm world. Before long, several monsters appeared. Zhou Yan effortlessly defeated them, and a stream of spiritual energy flowed into his body. Although it was meager, almost insignificant, it was enough to confirm that this was a realm for monster-slaying and spiritual power advancement.
"Good place!" Zhou Yan exited the realm and went to the [Free Material Dungeon]. He changed the remaining material dungeons to Time Gems.
The [Free Material Dungeon] had already reached level 90. The high-level materials that could now appear were increasingly abundant.
Zhou Yan ordered people to enter and begin collecting this material. Such materials were extremely vital to the territory.
He would not let this opportunity slip by.
Afterward, Zhou Yan began constructing another building.
Territory prompt: "Constructing [Spirit Gathering Mountain], [Spirit Gathering Mountain] evolving into [Buzhou Mountain]."
"Buzhou Mountain..." Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan was completely stunned.
Looking at the giant mountainous building before him, Zhou Yan first examined its data.
[Building: Buzhou Mountain]
[Level: 1 (upgrade required)]
[Quality: ???]
[Special Attribute: Cultivation speed +1000%.]
[Description: Legend says it is a passage connecting heaven and earth, extremely mysterious.]
Upon seeing this initial attribute, Zhou Yan was astonished.
This was only a level 1 attribute!
Ten times the cultivation speed, this was incredibly powerful!
Moreover, Buzhou Mountain was massive. This meant his territory was large enough to accommodate such a colossal building.
This building now became a landmark of his territory. Zhou Yan moved it to a separate location.
After level 20, [Buzhou Mountain] grew even larger and taller. Zhou Yan estimated that the entire mountain range could accommodate fifty thousand people cultivating simultaneously without issue.
Next, Zhou Yan continued to examine the materials required for this building's upgrade.
Two-star Divine Spirit Stone, Two-star Heavenly Spirit Stone, Two-star Divine Soil, Two-star Divine Crystal.
As expected, such a building could not be upgraded with ordinary materials. Besides Divine Spirit Stones and Divine Crystals, the other two were also materials he had never heard of before.
[Building: Buzhou Mountain]
[Level: 20 (upgrade required)]
[Quality: ???]
[Special Attribute 1: Cultivation speed +2000%.]
[Special Attribute 2: Accelerates spiritual energy aggregation speed.]
[Description: Legend says it is a passage connecting heaven and earth, extremely mysterious.]
After [Buzhou Mountain] reached level 20, its cultivation speed increased tenfold again, reaching twenty times the normal speed.
Unfortunately, the [Free Material Dungeon] he had just dealt with had already been entirely allocated for collecting Time Gems.
He instructed Jin Sanyi to collect the materials required for this building and also to keep an eye out for Time Gems.
Subsequently, Zhou Yan convened a meeting with several individuals, informing them about the newly constructed buildings and instructing them to arrange for people to cultivate within them, ensuring such excellent buildings were not wasted.
Two hours later, they all presented their respective plans. Then, Jin Sanyi informed Zhou Yan that there was news from the Canglan Continent – someone possessed low-level Time Gems, which would be perfect.
"Oh, I didn't expect news so soon," Zhou Yan said happily. He then instructed Jin Sanyi to arrange a meeting with the individual at his shop.
The other party agreed, so Zhou Yan began his journey to the shop he had opened on the Canglan Continent, [Lingxiao Treasure Shop]. He had changed the name, altering "Hall" to "Shop."