His territory was not something he needed to worry about for the time being.
There were plenty of places to explore in this ice and snow world, and he had also discovered many mineable veins.
There were two five-star quality cold iron veins, one six-star quality ice crystal vein, and one seven-star quality cold jade vein.
Xiao He had already arranged for manpower to mine these veins, and it would take at least ten days to half a month to finish.
While he didn't need these veins for now, it didn't mean he wouldn't need them in the future.
Especially the veins above six-star quality, which were quite valuable. Once discovered, he definitely couldn't give them up.
After opening all the treasure chests collected by the soldiers in the past few days, he obtained a large pile of items.
He wouldn't go into details here. There were many things, and he would check them when needed.
With over two hundred million more soul coins, he arrived at the Bronze Sparrow Terrace and began summoning.
The Emperor's Heavenly Palace was so vast; it would be too lonely without summoning more palace maids.
He had absolutely no intention of wasting this Emperor's Heavenly Palace; it wasn't about having other intentions.
He summoned thousands of palace maids, maids, dancers, musicians, and so on, but not a single one was the woman he desired.
However, over a dozen figures of princess and wengzhu (daughters of imperial brothers in the Han Dynasty) level appeared, all from the Han Dynasty. But he didn't recognize them, and they were likely not famous in the Han Dynasty.
Their appearances were decent, and their talents were in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. In short, they could serve as decorative pieces.
He didn't have great aspirations for these women and left them all to Li Shuang, the stewardess of the harem.
He then went to the Sutra Depository to draw skills. At this stage, the most important thing was to draw more skills for the people in the territory to learn.
As for the later items, although also important, they were unlikely to yield anything too good.
Especially the talent lottery, the probability was too low. He could only try drawing talents after drawing a certain number of skills.
With skill lotteries, as long as the number of draws increased, higher-level skills would appear more easily.
This was also the main reason he chose to draw skills first.
He drew a few more S-level skills, but he didn't like them and didn't learn them.
After finishing all this, he returned to the Ziwei Academy.
Looking at the sky, it was still early.
He hadn't slept for several days, having been busy with the matter of primal stones. He still hadn't had time to decipher them and didn't know how many good things were inside.
He found that living alone in a villa felt a bit desolate, mainly because there was no one to clean it, making it feel empty.
The Ziwei Academy had powerful restrictions. Except for their own people, no one else could be teleported out of the territory.
He had to report to Deacon Zhao Changli to inquire about the procedures for summoning people from his territory.
Such a large villa should at least have a few maids to clean it.
His thinking was normal, wasn't it? What bad intentions could he have?
He started to go to his classroom, which should be called the mountain gate.
He probably attended a class and happened to see the teacher teaching. He called out "Report," and the teacher nodded slightly upon seeing him, then he entered.
He was a celebrity now. Second place in the freshman trial, first place in the Lord's battle. Those achievements had already spread throughout the academy. Many teachers remembered his face, so their attitude naturally improved.
The other students were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred. They didn't receive such treatment. It was good enough if the teachers didn't give them a cold shoulder.
This was preferential treatment.
Teacher: If you're capable, you can also get first place.
Student: Teacher, please just keep your cold face.
Zhou Yan began to listen attentively. Although he only understood half of it, he could still comprehend it.
After school.
He sent messages to Ye Bufan and Lin Tan, asking them to gather.
The two of them scurried over, but besides them, the person he least wanted to see, Luo Yushuang, was also there.
However, besides her, Li Qingjin, Dong Qingyi, and Gu Nianyun also arrived.
They each sent out a summons.
Upon seeing Zhou Yan, Lin Tan immediately distanced himself from Gu Nianyun. This kid likely had a psychological shadow from this woman. After all, he was just a farming lord, no matter how powerful he was, he was definitely no match for Gu Nianyun.
"Let's go buy a shop first." Zhou Yan suddenly remembered that he hadn't bought his shop.
Mainly because he was busy.
"You already bought the item?" Ye Bufan was surprised.
"You kid are pretty good. That thing is hard to find in the market. You might not even find it in the virtual market of the entire Canglan Continent."
Lin Tan was curious about where Zhou Yan got it from. However, they had already learned the mysterious tenets of Ziwei Academy and shouldn't ask what they shouldn't ask.
This saved Zhou Yan the trouble of finding an excuse.
Upon arriving at the Trading Castle, they found the shop. The "For Sale" sign was still hanging outside.
As they walked in, they found another group of people discussing the purchase of the shop with Wang Li.
Ye Bufan frowned upon seeing the other party and said, "Chu Tianhu, why are we running into him?"
Luo Yushuang also disliked this person a bit and said, "This guy is so bad, I really hate him."
Everyone was a bit surprised that even Luo Yushuang hated someone so much. It seemed this Chu Tianhu fellow had an extraordinary identity.
The other party also saw Ye Bufan and the others, and was slightly surprised. Then Chu Tianhu loudly exclaimed, "What a rare sight! I didn't expect to see little brother Ye here."
"Oh, little sister Yushuang is here too. What a coincidence. It seems we are quite fated. How about we just settle our marriage? If anyone bullies you, your Brother Hu will help you solve the problem."
Luo Yushuang immediately became angry and said, "A toad wanting to eat swan meat! Forget it."
Upon hearing this, Ye Bufan immediately said, "Sister, how can you speak like that? How can you say that? Aren't you insulting toads!"
Zhou Yan and the others heard this and wondered what deep-seated hatred Ye Bufan had with the other party to be so antagonistic.
Luo Yushuang immediately nodded and said, "Little brother is right. Some people are indeed worse than toads."
"Brother Hu, these two are actually insulting you. Should we teach them a lesson!"
Chu Tianhu's subordinate was very angry and made a move to attack.
Chu Tianhu glared at them, and they immediately stopped talking.
Then, Chu Tianhu said to Ye Bufan and his sister, "Haha! Little brother Bufan and little sister Yushuang are still so fond of joking. You haven't changed at all. Are you here to buy a shop too? What an unfortunate coincidence, I'm taking this shop."
"But I haven't agreed yet. You can't even produce what I need. Why should I sell it to you?"
Wang Li stepped forward, slightly angered, clearly very displeased with Chu Tianhu.
Chu Tianhu did not get angry but smiled and said, "Senior sister, that's not right. I definitely have the item. After all, my Divine Tiger Family is one of the top families in the Divine Dragon Kingdom. How could we not have a mere spatial stone? It will only take a little time. I'll use this shop for now, and I'll send it to you once I find the item."
This statement was full of threats to everyone present.
The Divine Tiger Family, like Ye Bufan's Dragon King Family, was one of the top powers in the Divine Dragon Kingdom.
Chu Tianhu saying this was clearly a warning to Wang Li not to offend them, or there would be unpleasant consequences.
Ye Bufan stepped forward and said, "Chu Tianhu, you're so arrogant. Is this how you use your family's name to throw your weight around? This is Ziwei Academy, not your home."
Chu Tianhu was unconcerned and replied, "If you want to think that way, then so be it. I was born into the Divine Tiger Family. If I don't use this name when I go out, how will people know the prestige of the Divine Tiger Family? I am promoting my family. Unlike those born into ordinary families, they don't even have the chance to be prestigious."
Although this statement was biased, if you listened carefully, it actually made some sense.