Zhou Yan also received a colored treasure chest for the first time, which he attributed to the Zombie Emperor's strength.
After all, the Zombie Emperor was a boss above the ninety-ninth heaven, extremely difficult to deal with. If not for the power of the top-tier scrolls, how could they have eliminated a monster of this caliber?
He was also eager to know what good things the colored treasure chest would yield.
Thus, under their watchful eyes, Zhou Yan opened the colored treasure chest.
A flash of colored light streaked by, and they looked at the item in Zhou Yan's hand.
It was a piece of equipment, and not just any equipment—it was a piece of soft armor, and of spirit artifact quality at that.
"This colored treasure chest can actually yield a spirit artifact! If we could get more colored treasure chests, wouldn't we be able to obtain more spirit artifacts?" Wu Song fantasized.
Yan Chixia quickly refused upon hearing this, "One Zombie Emperor is more than enough for us to handle. To think of more, do you think the Lord's top-tier scrolls are free?"
Considering that each top-tier scroll cost tens of billions of spirit coins, the Lord likely didn't have many. If they truly encountered a few more Zombie Emperors, they would have to flee for their lives.
Zhou Yan examined the attributes of this spirit artifact.
[Equipment: Soft Jade Treasure Armor]
[Quality: Spirit Artifact]
[Durability: 2500/2500]
[Attribute 1: Defense +500]
[Attribute 2: Constitution +100]
[Attribute 3: Agility +100]
[Attribute 4: Spirit +100]
[Attribute 5: Damage Taken -50%]
[Attribute 6: Spiritual Energy Damage -50%]
[Attribute 7: Mental Damage -50%]
[Attribute 8: Spiritual Energy Recovery +50%]
[Equipment Requirement: Level 50, All Attributes 50]
[Description: Refined from the silk of a hundred-thousand-year-old soft jade silkworm.]
This spirit artifact was indeed excellent. It could be worn at all times for protection, and he naturally decided to use it himself.
Among the items dropped by the Zombie Emperor, there was another item: a bead emitting a dense aura of yin.
[Item: Yin Condensing Bead]
[Quality: RRR]
[Description: Condenses yin energy.]
"Lord, the Zombie Emperor's ability to cultivate to such a realm is likely greatly related to this bead," Chen Qingzhi said.
"This fellow was an emperor in his life. It's understandable that he could possess so many top-tier items."
Holding the [Yin Condensing Bead], Zhou Yan already planned to give it to Nie Xiaoqian. He believed that with this item, her strength would be greatly enhanced.
The Zombie Emperor had been eliminated, and they were about to leave. However, as they departed, Zhou Yan instructed his soldiers, "Take all those stone statues with you."
"Yes!"
Those stone statues were no simple matter. Each one was carved with powerful runes, making them incredibly durable, unyielding even to saint artifacts. They would surely be useful if taken back.
Thus, the matter of the mine was fully resolved.
Zhou Yan arranged for people to thoroughly clean the entire tomb chamber and indeed discovered other gains.
As the emperor of a nation, the Zombie Emperor had accumulated a considerable number of burial goods. Various precious porcelain, jade, calligraphy, and paintings filled several tomb chambers.
Many of these were antiques of gold quality or higher. After placing these items in the [Treasure Chamber], it once again triggered the hidden attributes of the [Treasure Chamber].
This caused some of his other attributes to increase, with his four core attributes each rising by several dozen points.
However, he noticed that his own attributes had not increased significantly.
This was because after being thrown into the Soul Refining Land previously, he found that for every point his physical attributes increased, it required ten free attribute points.
In other words, while others gained 10 attribute points to increase their attributes by 10, he needed to consume 10 attribute points to increase his own attributes by just 1.
His physical quality had not decreased; instead, its quality had greatly improved.
This was not a bad thing, but rather a good one.
After all, his attribute points could be accumulated through the [Inheritance Temple]. The more people who inherited, the more attribute points he would gain.
The mine incident was nearing its end.
Zhou Yan returned to his territory.
This time, he had obtained many soul boxes and earned over twenty million soul coins.
Following this incident, he still decided to summon another military general.
The territory had too few top-tier military generals; more were needed to protect it.
Therefore, he went to the [Hall of Heroes] and began summoning military generals again.
The [Hall of Heroes] prompted: "Soul Coins - One Million. A military general has been summoned: Zhao Yun!"
"Zhao Yun! It's Zhao Yun!" Zhou Yan rejoiced and quickly looked at the young man before him.
Before Zhou Yan stood a man of imposing demeanor and noble bearing. He clasped his hands in greeting and said to Zhou Yan, "Zhao Yun greets the Lord!"
"No need for formalities," Zhou Yan said, feeling extremely pleased.
Zhao Yun was a renowned general from the Three Kingdoms period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was a pity that he was held back by Liu the Great, who only used Zhao Yun as a bodyguard.
Zhao Yun's strength was beyond doubt; he was courageous to a fault, and his martial arts skills ranked among the top three in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
He hadn't expected to summon such a top-tier military general as Zhao Yun this time. Now that he was summoned, he would not let his talents go to waste.
He checked Zhao Yun's attributes. His skills were indeed outstanding and incredibly powerful.
Moreover, Zhao Yun's strength leaned towards commanding cavalry, granting a speed bonus to mounted units.
He upgraded Zhao Yun's level to 80. To max out Zhao Yun's level, his current soul coins were far from enough.
After upgrading Zhao Yun with soul coins, he had no more soul coins to summon anyone else.
Having summoned Zhao Yun, Zhou Yan was quite satisfied.
He knew Zhao Yun preferred using a spear, so he took out the Dragon Soul Spear and said to Zhao Yun, "This Dragon Soul Spear is for you. Once you complete your job change, I will arrange other matters for you."
"Thank you, Lord," Zhao Yun replied quickly.
This Dragon Soul Spear was Zhou Yan's weapon. The fact that he gave it to Zhao Yun immediately upon his appearance demonstrated how highly Zhou Yan valued him.
Zhao Yun, having just been summoned, naturally did not know the significance of this weapon, nor that fewer than ten people in the entire territory possessed spirit artifact weapons.
After summoning Zhao Yun, Zhou Yan left the [Hall of Heroes] and personally took Zhao Yun on a tour of the entire territory before arriving at the [Inheritance Temple].
"Once you successfully complete your job change, I will assign you a position," Zhou Yan said.
"Zhao Yun will strive to complete his job change as soon as possible."
Zhao Yun also sensed the Lord's regard, which, for the loyal and righteous Zhao Yun, was deeply appreciated.
Zhou Yan waited for Zhao Yun to emerge before arranging a position for him, though he hadn't yet decided what that position would be.
He then proceeded to the [Cinema]. This building had been on cooldown for several days, but he still hadn't decided which world to visit.