He began constructing the [Dragon Vein Land Tiles], covering the entire territory.
One hundred billion spirit coins were spent without hesitation.
Only a divine tycoon like him could afford such a lavish expenditure.
As for star-leveling, that could wait.
No rush.
He noticed someone had added him as a friend, and he was curious, wondering who would do such a thing.
Upon opening the message, he saw:
Territory prompt: "[Zi Wei Academy - Outer Sect Teacher - Sun Xiaowu] wishes to add you as a friend. Accept, Reject?"
Huh, this name...
"They must be sending me an admission letter from Zi Wei Academy. I didn't expect them to contact me directly within the territory."
Full of curiosity, he clicked accept.
"Hello, I am an outer sect teacher from Zi Wei Academy, named Sun Xiaowu. I am honored to inform you that you have been admitted to our Zi Wei Academy. Here is your admission letter..."
The other party quickly began to explain and initiated a trade with him.
After accepting the trade, he examined the item.
It bore the nine gilded characters: [Zi Wei Academy Admission Letter].
As soon as he opened it, the entire admission letter floated into the air and transformed into a series of words.
"Lord Zhou Yan, Zi Wei Academy officially admits you to study at our school. Please present this admission letter and enroll before August 31st of year 111111 on the Lord's Continent. Any enrollment after seven days will cause this admission letter to automatically expire."
Below were the date and a stamp of a Zi Wei flower.
Truly worthy of one of the four great academies, even their admission letters were so extraordinary.
He put it away.
He then chatted with the teacher, Sun Xiaowu, who claimed to be an outer sect teacher, and asked out of curiosity, "Does Zi Wei Academy have inner and outer sects?"
Sun Xiaowu replied, "You ask too many questions. Remember what I said, goodbye."
Zhou Yan: "(￣ー￣)"
I only asked one question, was that too much?
Is there a need to maintain such an air of mystery?
Regardless, he had now been successfully admitted to Zi Wei Academy, one of the four great academies of the Divine Dragon Kingdom.
The new recruit trial assessment ended on July 31st.
He checked today's date.
August 13th.
He still had over ten days.
The maglev trains of Cang Lan Continent were very fast. According to the specific address provided by Sun Xiaowu, he could reach Luocheng in a few hours.
Luocheng was located in the heart of the Divine Dragon Kingdom, a place with a long history.
Some even claimed that Luocheng was the location of the Divine Dragon Kingdom's dragon脉 (dragon vein).
Online rumors were just for listening.
He planned to head to Luocheng on August 25th, primarily to familiarize himself with the area and check the living conditions. If the school dormitories were not satisfactory, he would simply buy a house outside.
He still had over ten days.
During these ten-odd days, he intended to visit the Lord's Continent.
However, before that, he needed to do a few things.
That was to build more defensive towers.
For the safety of his territory, he needed to construct more RRR-quality defensive towers.
Once all four city walls were fully surrounded by defensive towers, he could then venture to the Lord's Continent.
The thought of monsters attacking his territory, being covered by a barrage of defensive tower attacks, and finally dying in frustration, brought him immense joy.
He took out the buildings he had purchased yesterday: one S-quality [Spider Demon Lair], and another S-quality [Steel Shipyard].
He began construction.
Territory prompt: "Constructing [Spider Demon Lair], [Spider Demon Lair] has evolved into [Spider Demon Lair Dungeon]."
Territory prompt: "Constructing [Steel Shipyard], [Steel Shipyard] has evolved into [Intelligent Steel Shipyard]."
He curiously checked the attributes of the [Spider Demon Lair Dungeon].
It was an RRR-quality building with simple attributes. Territory residents could enter a basic level [Spider Demon Lair] dungeon to fight monsters once daily, with a maximum of 3 participants.
He was curious to upgrade this building. After reaching level 20, it required a material called a One-Star Void Stone to continue upgrading.
He did not have this material.
The dungeon gained an additional attribute:
[Special Attribute Two: Normal Difficulty (Territory residents can enter the Normal difficulty Spider Demon Lair once daily, with a maximum of 5 participants.)]
The number of uses for basic difficulty increased from once per person per day to twice per person per day.
He immediately understood the general function of this building.
As for the situation inside the dungeon, he had no time to deal with it for the moment.
He then looked at the attributes of the other building.
This was also an RRR-quality building.
It could now manufacture [Steel Transport Ships], and any ships built by this structure could navigate intelligently, heading to any destination without the need for a captain.
Of course, this was all contingent on the ship's intelligent functions not being damaged.
If ship blueprints were available, other types of ships could also be directly constructed.
He began to upgrade this ship. After level 20, it required iron ore, a material he had in abundance.
He directly upgraded it to level 60.
Five types of ships were added:
[Warship Cannon Ship], [Steel Battleship], [Amphibious Battleship], [Steel Submarine], [Steel Aircraft Carrier].
Upon seeing these ships, he took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Holy crap!"
At only level 60, aircraft carriers had already appeared.
What would appear after level 60?
He had no idea.
...
He arrived at the [Myriad Realms Virtual Mall].
He said to Xiao Wei, "Xiao Wei, the territory has been upgraded to level 50. You can arrange for people to enter the Myriad Realms again."
"I have already made the arrangements, Lord," Xiao Wei replied.
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Ask them to collect as many buildings related to defensive towers as possible. I want to head to the Lord's Continent as soon as possible."
"Then, arrange for me to go to worlds related to defensive towers. That would be faster."
A low-level defensive tower could randomly evolve into an S-grade or higher defensive tower.
Two S-grade defensive towers could evolve into one SS-grade defensive tower.
Two SS-grade defensive towers could evolve into one SSS-grade defensive tower.
It took three SSS-grade defensive towers to evolve into one R-grade defensive tower.
Two R-grade defensive towers could evolve into one RR-grade defensive tower.
It took three RR-grade defensive towers to evolve into one RRR-grade top-tier defensive tower.
If luck was bad, one top-tier defensive tower might require 72 ordinary defensive towers to evolve.
With good luck, it could be much less.
Buildings below C-grade could only evolve up to SSS-grade. Buildings B-grade and above had a high probability of evolving into R-grade or higher buildings.
In the previous market, he had already bought many low-level defensive tower buildings.
Regardless of the world, high-quality buildings were rarely seen.
Let alone such an important building as a defensive tower.
Once one appeared, a single call would attract buyers, and only lords who opened few shops would place buildings for sale.
Therefore, he didn't expect to buy high-quality defensive towers and planned to collect low-level ones to evolve.
This was a time-consuming endeavor.
Not every realm had buildings for sale, and even in realms where buildings were sold, the shops were far apart.
Sometimes, due to the long distances, if you didn't go to purchase them promptly, someone else would buy them first.
Fortunately, he had many people who could act as runners in multiple worlds; otherwise, it would truly be impossible to buy so many buildings.
"I have found a lord world for you, where there are quite a few low-level buildings," Xiao Wei said.
"Transport me there," Zhou Yan replied.
"Spirit Coins - 800. Initiating transport..."
"Transport to [Blue Star - Trading Market] successful!"
This was also a lord's continent, and the entire planet naturally could not compare to Cang Lan Continent.
Xiao Wei informed him that this world had several B-grade buildings that had only recently been listed.
So he had to act fast, as high-quality buildings were easily snatched up.
He quickly went to one of the shops, entered directly, and inquired about the area where buildings were sold. Immediately, he spotted a B-grade building, but it wasn't a defensive tower-like structure. It was a building called an [Arena].