It is worth mentioning that among these women, several possessed talent in business. He planned to assign these business-minded women to the [Myriad Realms Virtual Mall].
As for the others, he entrusted them to the housekeeper, Li Shuang, who would arrange their future work.
He decided to return to the [Bronze Sparrow Terrace] tomorrow for draws. Drawing over a thousand times daily was sufficient.
After all, drawing too many at once might not guarantee top-tier heroes. The probability of these top-tier heroes appearing was very low, and besides, he didn't have an urgent need for heroes at the moment.
He instructed Cai Yan to enter the [Inheritance Divine Hall] for her job advancement. His territory was not yet ready to descend onto the Lord's Continent.
Everything would wait until the vast majority of soldiers had completed their job advancements.
Only with thorough preparation could they ensure greater safety.
He was absolutely not afraid of danger.
It was solely for safety!
Nothing was more important than safety.
Next, he needed to focus on upgrading the territory's buildings.
The prerequisite was having sufficient materials in the territory.
He had not instructed Diao Chan and the others to procure materials for upgrading buildings. He only had them involved in reselling items from various worlds.
For him, earning money was more important.
As for the materials needed for building upgrades, he was currently preparing to purchase them.
The most crucial building in the territory was undoubtedly the [King's Crystal]. This building was only level twenty-four. To upgrade it, three-star homologous attribute cores were required, and in considerable quantities.
Coupled with the fact that other buildings also required numerous cores, he needed to purchase a wide variety of cores.
Attribute cores, regardless of their attribute or star rating, would certainly be needed in large amounts.
Then there was lumber.
Most buildings now required lumber and stone of three stars and above.
This was also the material needed in the largest quantities.
Materials below five stars were relatively easy to purchase in the trading market, so he wasn't overly concerned.
Materials above five stars, however, were not so easy to acquire.
However, this was only for others. For him, possessing the [Myriad Realms Virtual Mall] allowed him to immediately find out which shop had materials for sale and in which world materials were cheapest.
This was his advantage. He could even hoard materials he didn't need and sell them to others.
He would definitely establish a commercial team in the future, specifically to handle the reselling of materials from various worlds.
Currently, he lacked the manpower, so he had to personally take charge.
Although he had some materials now, they would only be enough for a few levels. He first needed to purchase sufficient materials.
He had already stored a considerable amount of stone of three stars and above, but he was still short on lumber. He planned to purchase a batch of lumber first to upgrade buildings.
Furthermore, he also needed to visit the [Stone Realm] again today.
The Stone Clan members who had added him as a friend yesterday had already started inquiring when he would come. These Stone Clan members were eager to give him their money. He had agreed with the Stone Clan members for 7 PM.
He needed to prepare enough equipment before 7 PM.
He entered the [Myriad Realms Virtual Mall] again. Xiao Wei was communicating with others.
After Xiao Wei finished her conversation, he said to her, "First, arrange for a few people to acquire equipment. I need to go to the [Stone Realm] later."
Xiao Wei replied, "Okay, I will have some people specifically purchase equipment. May I ask what quality of equipment we should primarily acquire?"
"The [Stone Realm] doesn't have very high requirements for equipment quality. How about this: primarily acquire equipment of Bronze to Gold quality. As for equipment of Dark Gold quality and above, I suspect it won't be easy to collect, and the price will be quite high, making it difficult to sell."
He decided not to purchase Black Iron quality equipment, as the profit margin from the price difference would be too small. He would mainly focus on mid-quality equipment.
Equipment of Bronze to Gold quality was mainstream in most worlds, available in the largest quantities, and easiest to sell.
Equipment of Dark Gold quality and above were considered high-end, scarce, and difficult to collect.
"Understood," Xiao Wei replied.
"Search which world has the cheapest lumber. I need to go there now," Zhou Yan said.
"Searching for you, please wait... Search complete. Please look at the large screen."
Xiao Wei moved a large screen in front of Zhou Yan.
The first result was a place called the [Treant Continent · Trading Market].
However, he noticed that the prices of lumber in the top ten worlds were not significantly different, with a gap of only a few Spirit Coins between them. It would be fine to go to any of these worlds.
The primary reason was that the inhabitants of the Treant Continent looked like treants, and each treant was over ten meters tall.
He worried that if he, a "small sapling," went there, he might be mistaken for an ant and trampled to death.
With so many worlds to choose from, he didn't necessarily have to go to this [Treant Continent].
He saw the name of the world ranked fifth: [Elf Forest Continent · Trading Market]. This obviously indicated a world inhabited by elves, and he was quite curious about it.
More importantly, he wanted to see what little elves looked like, and he was very curious.
Therefore, he chose this world. However, to ensure quick transactions in this world, he asked Xiao Wei to check what items this world lacked the most.
Xiao Wei quickly investigated and discovered that the items with the largest trading volume on the [Elf Forest Continent] were weapons and crossbows, specifically bow-shaped weapons.
Furthermore, their prices were increasing year by year.
After reviewing this information, he decided to personally visit the [Elf Forest Continent · Trading Market] to take a look before contacting Xiao Wei.
After all, his territory still had a considerable number of archer units, which had been kept from before, intended for his own army.
He first transformed his appearance to resemble the elves of the [Elf Forest Continent].
Although he had wings, these wings could not fly on their own. He could only fly by relying on his other abilities.
This was because the wings were merely illusions, not real wings.
"Xiao Wei, begin the teleportation," Zhou Yan commanded.
Xiao Wei replied, "Spirit Coins - 2600. Beginning teleportation..."
"Teleportation successful."
Upon arriving at the [Elf Forest Continent · Trading Market], he was greeted by a world of green.
It was an entire forest world. Every building was hollowed out from a giant tree, and every tree here was extraordinarily large, no smaller than a tall skyscraper.
Seeing such architecture was quite surprising. As expected, elves were a race that loved nature, and even their trading market was designed this way.
Here, it felt as if one was deep within a forest, able to feel the beautiful essence of nature.
Elves with wings flew in the sky, while some elves walked on tree trunks, which served as roads leading to many places.
It was a magical world. Every kind of architecture was entirely made of various plants and trees, with no trace of artificial construction.
However, these worlds were not real; they were virtual. Yet, many times, he felt as if these places were real.
The power of this virtual technology was incredible, managing to construct so many trading markets.
He had seen modern human skyscrapers, ancient pavilions and towers, the raw stone architecture of the Stone Clan, and even experienced sci-fi-like high-tech environments.
Arriving in this place filled with the aura of nature felt like visiting a scenic spot, similar to traveling, bringing a sense of joy to both body and mind.
The market here was not as concentrated as in other worlds. Each stall was built within a tree hollow, or on a giant leaf, or on a tree trunk.
If not for the stall numbers, it would have been quite difficult to find them.
Elves were generally petite. Every female elf was very small and cute, and the male elves were very handsome.
Every male elf here was of "fresh meat" caliber.
(Author: Five more chapters completed.)