After completing all these, he arrived at the Bronze Sparrow Platform and began recruiting talent.
He directly used high-level summons, as this offered a greater probability of summoning skilled individuals.
The Bronze Sparrow Platform displayed: "Soul Coins -1000, congratulations on acquiring a palace maid."
The Bronze Sparrow Platform displayed: "Soul Coins -1000, congratulations on acquiring a dancer."
The Bronze Sparrow Platform displayed: "Soul Coins -1000, congratulations on acquiring a folding screen."
The Bronze Sparrow Platform displayed: "Soul Coins -1000, congratulations on acquiring a weaver."
...
After hundreds of summons, he had not managed to summon any particularly exceptional talent, with the highest quality being SSS.
However, at that very moment, he finally heard a voice.
The Bronze Sparrow Platform displayed: "Soul Coins -1000, congratulations on acquiring hero Yin Lihua."
"Yin Lihua!" Zhou Yan was startled. He hadn't expected to find someone of such caliber.
There was a saying that praised her: "To serve as an official, one should be a Zhijinwu; to marry a wife, one should marry Yin Lihua."
This was enough to show how extraordinary this woman was.
"Greetings, Lord!" a young girl bowed to Zhou Yan.
She was a woman of inherently kind nature, gentle disposition, and broad-mindedness.
She was also exceedingly beautiful, instantly winning people's favor.
[Name: Yin Lihua]
[Gender: Female]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Belonging Lord: Zhou Yan]
[Quality: RRR]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Level: 0]
[Souls Coins needed for level up: 100]
[Charisma: 48 (Base 4.8)]
[Luck: 50 (Base 5)]
[Strength: 3 (Base 0.3)]
[Constitution: 3 (Base 0.3)]
[Agility: 2 (Base 0.2)]
[Spirit: 5 (Base 0.5)]
[Profession: None]
[Talent: Assistant (Can effectively help manage all affairs), Governance (Upon marriage, doubles efficiency in managing internal affairs)]
[Skills: Clarity (Can allow one to understand clearly and concentrate), Administration (Speeds up handling of various administrative tasks), Discernment (Can distinguish truth from falsehood and find answers), Frugality (Can minimize consumption to the greatest extent)]
[Cultivation Method: None]
[Realm: None]
[Description: Evolved by mysterious energy, base attributes increased tenfold. To serve as an official, one should be a Zhijinwu; to marry a wife, one should marry Yin Lihua.]
Upon seeing Yin Lihua's attributes, Zhou Yan was utterly astonished.
Historically, Yin Lihua was the empress of Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu, and she passed away peacefully.
Moreover, it was precisely with Yin Lihua's assistance that Liu Xiu began his rise to power, his luck soaring, and eventually defeating the regime held by Wang Mang, the transmigrator.
Yin Lihua was truly a rare woman in history, devoid of vanity and extremely frugal.
Furthermore, all her skills were supportive in nature. Such a woman was hard to find even throughout history.
He quickly stepped forward, helped Yin Lihua up, and said, "You are truly the greatest gift heaven has bestowed upon me."
"You flatter me, my Lord. Yin Lihua cannot accept such praise," Yin Lihua replied humbly.
Zhou Yan immediately instructed others to search for Li Shuang. As for Yin Lihua, he would first raise her level to 50.
He also wanted to raise Yin Lihua's level to the maximum, but he didn't have many Soul Coins left, so he didn't reach the max level.
For such a powerful hero, especially one with auxiliary skills, she should be max leveled immediately.
He first brought Yin Lihua to the Spiritual Qi Courtyard, then found Diao Chan and the others, saying, "Her name is Yin Lihua, and she will be your sister from now on. If I am absent, she will be in charge of the territory's affairs."
Yin Lihua was surprised to receive such great trust and quickly replied, "Thank you for your favor, my Lord. In the future, I will have to rely on the help of my sisters to manage everything."
Zhou Yan replied, "I believe you can handle it, and they will surely help you. Just do what you think is best."
Although the others were surprised by Zhou Yan's instructions, they understood that he must have his reasons for saying this.
"Don't worry, we will work together to build up the territory well," Diao Chan replied.
"If there's anything you don't understand in the future, I will definitely help," Si Teng also said.
"Thinking and planning are not really my forte. If it's about running errands, I'm definitely up for it," Hua Yuerong replied.
"I can help too," Cai Yan added.
"Thank you all, sisters," Yin Lihua said gratefully.
"Where is Shang Xiang?" Zhou Yan asked.
"She's still forming her own female soldiers, and it seems to be going well," Diao Chan replied.
Zhou Yan naturally wouldn't stop her. Sun Shangxiang had her own ideas, and that was a good thing. He would only support her.
Afterward, Zhou Yan took Yin Lihua to clear dungeons, incidentally nurturing their relationship.
The more he interacted with her, the more he felt she was the quintessential supportive wife material. Such a woman had to be won over.
After clearing the dungeon, Zhou Yan had dinner with her alone and then said, "Stay tonight."
Hearing this, Yin Lihua's pretty face turned red, and she was speechless.
Zhou Yan embraced her and brought her to the Lingxiao Palace, where he made Yin Lihua his woman.
The next morning, he returned to the Ziwei Academy and resumed his studies with dedication.
In the afternoon, he returned to the territory and found that Chen Qingzhi and the others had returned.
Zhen Mi had also returned to the territory.
He instructed them to clear dungeons for a period, and then train soldiers after they were done.
With everyone back in the territory, he summoned his territory into the mysterious void and began to develop it with peace of mind.
Yin Lihua had started handling internal affairs since this morning. Diao Chan secretly told him that Yin Lihua's abilities were indeed impressive, managing those troublesome matters very well.
Even the great talent Cai Yan admired her. Cai Yan had been helping with the territory's internal affairs before, and for her to admire Yin Lihua so much, it was evident of her capabilities.
He sought out Yin Lihua and told her to handle affairs, but not to overexert herself. Many of the territory's matters could not be resolved in a short time.
Yin Lihua's gentle reply further endeared her to Zhou Yan. She was truly a woman one would feel protective of.
Zhou Yan was also satisfied. With Yin Lihua in the territory, he could temporarily reduce the burden of managing so many affairs.
He had acquired quite a bit of materials in the past few days, and he upgraded the buildings that could be upgraded. Then, he entered the Myriad Realms Virtual Mall.
After chatting with Jin Sanyi and the others for a while, and observing that the territory's development was progressing very well, he realized the value of professional talent who could maximize profits while also purchasing many necessary items for the territory.
However, Jin Sanyi also mentioned that items above seven-star were extremely difficult to acquire. In these past few days, they had only managed to purchase tens of thousands of units.
They were not short of money; they were short of goods. But the competition for these goods was too fierce, so they could only try to buy as much as possible.
Zhou Yan was aware of this himself.
High-level items still required him to collect them personally, which meant he needed to descend to the Lord's Continent.
After tomorrow, he planned to descend to the Lord's Continent again to search for high-level materials, and also to hunt more monsters to obtain treasure chests.
With more treasure chests, it was still possible to open some good items.
However, he still needed to attend to matters in some worlds.
So, he asked Xiao Wei to teleport him to the Elven Forest Continent · Trading Market.