Zhou Yan not only felt his realm improve but also a considerable increase in his combat power.
The Hun Yuan Bloodline was a top-tier bloodline, containing endless treasures. Zhou Yan had received much bloodline inheritance from it, but he had not yet fully unlocked its ancestral power.
He needed even greater strength to fully awaken this bloodline and unleash its true might.
"If this Hun Yuan Bloodline is already this powerful, then the Sha Shen Zhi Yan, which is of the same quality, must also have unique transformations."
Bai Qi was currently outside and it was not suitable to fuse this ability. He would have to wait until Bai Qi returned to the territory.
Zhou Yan checked the time; it was already very late. He hadn't expected fusing this bloodline to take so much time.
Zhou Yan noticed a building in the sky above the territory that seemed to have changed.
That building was the [Zi Wei Di Xing]. It had now reached level 30, which greatly surprised Zhou Yan. If he remembered correctly, it was only level 25 when he last checked. It had unexpectedly risen by five levels. Could this also be due to the Hun Yuan Bloodline?
This was the only logical explanation, and it greatly surprised Zhou Yan. The [Cang Jing Ge] still contained many abilities and attributes that could be extracted. If he were to extract and utilize those, wouldn't the [Zi Wei Di Xing] be able to level up significantly?
Zhou Yan entered the [Bi Guan Shi] to perform his daily cultivation.
After entering the [Bi Guan Shi] to cultivate, Zhou Yan discovered that his cultivation speed had increased several times over.
As his cultivation technique circulated, Zhou Yan found that his technique seemed to have undergone some changes. He wasn't entirely sure what these changes were, but they were all beneficial, with no drawbacks.
After cultivating for six hours, Zhou Yan realized that his current cultivation was several times faster than before.
Another busy day of classes. After school in the afternoon, Zhou Yan returned to the territory and entered the [Wan Jie Virtual Mall] again.
He had to visit the worlds he maintained cooperation with every month. He would exchange ideas with his collaborators and, incidentally, trade some high-level items. Only by maintaining long-term contact could cooperation endure.
Thus, Zhou Yan took time out and visited worlds such as [Shi Tou Jie], [Huan Jie], [Shu Ren Da Lu], [Jing Ling Sen Lin Da Lu], [Long Yao Jiu Zhou], [Yue Liang Xing], and [Da Huang]. He personally traded a large amount of high-grade materials with the people there.
Because he visited so many worlds, it took Zhou Yan two days to finish.
There were benefits as well. Zhou Yan again traded many top-tier materials from those worlds, even purchasing over a hundred thousand units of nine-star materials.
Although many materials were not immediately useful, they would eventually be used someday.
On the afternoon of the third day, Zhou Yan had just arrived at the territory when Xun Yu found him, saying happily, "Lord, do you remember the [Tui Hua De Sheng Ming Zhi Shu He Xin] that you brought back and placed in the Spiritual Spring?"
"Oh, I remember. Isn't that thing supposed to take a very long time to recover? Has there been a change?" Zhou Yan inquired.
Xun Yu quickly replied, "There has indeed been a change. Would you like to go and see?"
"Let's go and see." Zhou Yan had initially been concerned about the [Tui Hua De Sheng Ming Zhi Shu He Xin], but as the affairs of the territory became more numerous, he had forgotten about it. Hearing Xun Yu mention it now, he naturally wanted to see what changes had occurred.
Upon arriving at the Spiritual Spring, Zhou Yan first felt a strong life force. As he walked closer, he discovered that the tree roots, which had resembled dead wood before, had now sprouted tender buds, like a newborn seedling.
Furthermore, its name had also changed.
It was previously called [Tui Hua De Sheng Ming Zhi Shu He Xin], but upon checking again, it had now become [Xin Sheng De Sheng Ming Zhi Shu Nen Ya].
Although the seedling was still very small, it was sufficient to indicate that this item would undoubtedly become a Life Tree in the future.
A Life Tree was something that money couldn't buy. Each Divine Tree could nurture countless spirits. Zhou Yan could even envision countless cute spirit warriors appearing in his territory.
"Good, good. Keep growing, and it will soon be ready to be planted in the spiritual fields." Zhou Yan was very pleased. He asked Xun Yu not to move it yet and to let it grow for a few more months.
"That was my thought as well. I just wanted to inform the Lord," Xun Yu replied.
After understanding the situation, Zhou Yan went to the [Yi Huo Lian Dan Shan Zhuang] to check on the progress of the pills they were currently refining.
"Yao Yun, how have the refining efforts been lately?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Thank you for your concern, Lord. With sufficient materials, our cultivation has progressed rapidly. Especially for the five of us, we can now refine Rank 3 pills. As for the others, they can refine Rank 2 pills," Yao Yun replied.
"Rank 3, that's not bad. You all need to work hard and strive to refine even higher-grade pills. You don't need to worry about anything else; all your problems will be solved for you," Zhou Yan said.
"Rest assured, Lord, we will all work hard," Yao Yun replied.
After a period of refining, some of them were already capable of refining Rank 3 pills, which was a good growth rate. Zhou Yan continued to encourage them to strive.
He also produced many more pill formulas for them. Some of these formulas were acquired from Jin San Yi, and others were purchased by Zhou Yan from elsewhere.
Zhou Yan then went to see Ou Yezi. He found that Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang were still forging equipment. He only needed to wait for the moment the equipment was completed.
Zhou Yan was very curious about what kind of equipment Ou Yezi would forge. However, Ou Yezi was extremely meticulous when forging equipment. He would either not start at all, or once he did, it would undoubtedly be a masterpiece.
Zhou Yan had great patience and was not in a hurry.
As the affairs of the territory had all moved onto the right track, and the capturing of mounts was also underway daily, Zhou Yan no longer needed to manage it personally.
Finally, Friday arrived. Ye Bufan had contacted Zhou Yan, informing him that they would set off early tomorrow morning from Ziwei Academy to a place called Yuanyang City to procure some items, and that he should be prepared.
Zhou Yan actually had nothing to prepare. All his needs were met within the territory; he could simply take them out and trade them when necessary.
After arranging the meeting time, Zhou Yan parted ways with Ye Bufan.
There were quite a few people going together tomorrow: himself, Ye Bufan, Lin Tan, Li Qingjin, Luo Yushuang, Dong Qingyi, Gu Nianyun, Zhao Qingwu, and Zhuge Kaiming. A total of nine people, not a small number.