After handling everything in the territory, it was getting late.
Speaking of which, he hadn't practiced with Diao Chan and the others for over half a month. To prevent their cultivation levels from regressing, he had to diligently urge them to train during this period.
He was truly a qualified lord.
Diao Chan and the others had returned to their rooms. Zhou Yan boldly approached Diao Chan's door, opened it directly, and saw Diao Chan lying on the bed. The beauty asleep was like a picturesque scene; even after seeing it countless times, Zhou Yan still couldn't get enough.
Diao Chan wasn't sound asleep. Hearing the sound, she opened her beautiful large eyes and looked at Zhou Yan.
"Lord, you're here," Diao Chan was still as shy as ever, her face flushed red as she quickly hid into the silk quilt.
Zhou Yan chuckled and said, "Chan'er, we're old married couples now, why are you still so shy? Come here, my darling!"
"Ying ying ying!!!"
...
The next day, Zhou Yan arrived at the [Three Lives Stone] and found that its level had increased by several grades, reaching level 10.
This proved that everything in the territory was progressing in a good direction.
[Three Lives Stone] prompt: "Lord Zhou Yan successfully signed in at [Three Lives Stone], obtaining 2500 Soul Coins."
Now that he had signed in, he had 2500 Soul Coins.
He then proceeded to the [Mysterious Shop] and examined the refreshed items. The first shop was selling skill books, all of which were of at least D-grade quality. The best one was a combat skill book for the Battle Qi profession,《Waves Crashing the Heavens》, which was S-grade.
He already possessed two ice-element skills that were more powerful than this one, so he had no intention of using this skill.
He refreshed again, and new items appeared: five leather armor crafting blueprints, all of which required the tailor profession to craft.
His territory had dozens of tailors, but unfortunately, their ranks were not very high. The highest was only A-grade, which meant that most of the leather armor in his territory was obtained through purchase.
It was a pity that these civilian profession individuals couldn't be summoned at will; there was still a certain probability involved.
He moved to another [Mysterious Shop] and looked at the materials.
Seven-star [Mysterious Crystal x100], Seven-star [Spirit Stone x100], Seven-star [Luck Stone x100], Seven-star [Soul Crystal x100], Seven-star [Water Element Crystal Core x100].
The first batch that appeared were materials, all of seven-star quality, with one hundred units per item. These were all materials needed by his territory, so he bought them all.
Refresh!
Five more items appeared.
One-star [1x Training Card], Two-star [2x Training Card], Three-star [3x Training Card], Four-star [4x Training Card], Five-star [5x Training Card].
Afterward, he arrived at the [Scripture Pavilion] and saw that the number of skills was increasing. He could now aim for the fourth floor.
The fourth floor was for talent lottery draws. The highest talent he had drawn before was only A-grade. Looking at the empty fourth floor, he wondered who had redeemed the talents.
These were policies set by Xiao He. He had assigned a corresponding contribution exchange reference for all the cultivation methods, skills, items, and even houses in the territory.
As long as one had enough contribution, they could exchange for any item above. Moreover, the exchanged items would be updated once a week.
This greatly stimulated the entire territory's enthusiasm. Everyone was eager to work harder and obtain more items from above.
This was definitely much better than Zhou Yan directly giving things to his subordinates.
This was the role of a political talent when governing a territory. If Zhou Yan were to implement this, he would probably only receive a few more words of praise.
Upon reaching the fourth floor of the [Scripture Pavilion], he rubbed his hands, then extended his vulgar hand, or rather, his own hand, into the mirror and began to grope.
Then he took it out and looked.
S《Blacksmithing》
A good start, not bad, not bad.
This talent was indeed very good, and it wasn't something that could be drawn frequently. The probability of drawing high-quality talents from the talent lottery was very low.
He should be happy to have drawn such a high-level blacksmithing skill this time.
However, this was not the talent he wanted. Blacksmithing was something that could be delegated to his subordinates. He didn't need to be omniscient, but he had to develop his territory into a powerful one.
He drew another sphere from the mirror.
A《Identification》
Unfortunately, the quality was a bit lower.
One more time!
B《Strength Enhancement》, B《Stamina Enhancement》, A《Speed Enhancement》, C《Invulnerability》...
"There's only one chance left," Zhou Yan looked helplessly at the last lottery draw and casually picked out a sphere.
An astonishing ray of light burst forth, forcing his eyes shut. When the light subsided, a talent that surprised him appeared.
[Talent: Spatial Teleportation]
[Quality: RRR]
[Description: Possesses the ability of spatial teleportation. The stronger one's strength, the farther they can teleport.]
As the saying goes:
"Miracles always happen when you least expect them."
This talent was indeed very strong, but compared to someone who possessed a Spatial Divine Body, it would likely be inferior. It would depend on how strong the other party's Spatial Divine Body was, how well they mastered it, and their overall strength. These were all crucial factors.
After all, 《Spatial Teleportation》 was merely a talent, granting the ability to move through space, not to master space like a Spatial Divine Body.
He used this talent.
[Acquired Talent《Spatial Teleportation》]
Various methods for using 《Spatial Teleportation》 immediately appeared in his mind.
He discovered that there were still means to restrict this talent.
For example, if a spatial locking array was set up, his ability would be significantly limited. If the power of this array was sufficiently strong, he would be completely unable to use it.
Regardless, he had gained another life-saving method. In a crisis like the previous one, he could directly use spatial teleportation to escape.
He would continue to draw talents tomorrow to see if he could draw a good talent for Diao Chan and the others.
He looked at his Soul Coins with great satisfaction. He hadn't come for a week, and they had accumulated to twelve hundred million Soul Coins, enough for him to spend lavishly again.
"The Trial Ground is a good place. Not only does it drop high-level materials, but it also yields Soul Coins. Although the monsters are scattered, with more people, the harvest is quite good."
He arrived at the [Bronze Sparrow Platform]. After so long, he hadn't drawn a single top-tier hero, which seemed unreasonable.
Many talents of other qualities had appeared, but he still hoped to draw a top-tier hero.
With twelve hundred million Soul Coins in hand, he could start drawing heroes again. He used the advanced lottery draw for all of them.
[Bronze Sparrow Platform] prompt: "Soul Coins -10000, congratulations on obtaining Weaver Girl."
Looking at Weaver Girl's talent, it was not bad. R-grade tailor, weaver, needlework. This was quite good.