Ye Yun exchanged one million for ten thousand three-day stones, and the rest of the stones Ye Yun cashed out into the real world. After all, his Imperial Palace now had considerable energy consumption every day, and using divine stones continuously would be a waste of real-cash cards.
As for the two drops of divine essence blood, Ye Yun saved them, planning to use them for the little golden dragon after bringing it to the novice village to level up to ten. It wasn't the right time yet, as its current stats were only high in HP; everything else was useless.
Walking down the Beast God Avenue, Ye Yun cleared the beasts on the ninth and eighth floors of the plaza before returning directly to Tianxing City and then teleporting back to Fengle City.
This trip to the Divine Realm Divine Mountain yielded Ye Yun over seven hundred million divine stones and countless other treasures.
"Your Majesty!"
Ye Yun's return instantly alerted the high echelons of the Dragon Palace. Zhou Ningdong rushed over the moment he learned of Ye Yun's arrival. They had been swamped since Ye Yun appointed them. Not only did they need to recruit personnel, but they also had to manage the myriad of civilian issues after the Dragon Palace relocated to the second heaven. Meanwhile, the nine divine cities in the game showed no signs of stopping their assaults on Fengle City; instead, their attacking armies grew in number and became more elite.
Thus, no one had the time to explore the Divine Realm again.
"En, how is the recruitment for the four legions progressing?" Ye Yun asked, looking at the four legion commanders following Zhou Ningdong.
"Boss, you..." Xie Yifeng exclaimed excitedly, his hands and feet waving uncontrollably. However, this action was quickly blocked by Chen Jiamiao beside him.
"You must show respect to His Majesty from now on, understand? If Old Tang finds out, he'll have your hide," Zhou Ningdong reprimanded Xie Yifeng, observing his impetuous nature.
"It's fine, it's just a title," Ye Yun said with a smile. As someone who had also slipped through the cracks of higher education, he didn't care much about such things; he only cared about strength. If it weren't for the spectral elder, Ye Yun wouldn't have given it so much thought.
"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be discarded," Zhou Ningdong said with a smile after a moment's pause. Being from a military background, he was accustomed to a straightforward personality. Although there were many rules in the army before, there weren't as many as now, so deep down, he disliked such complicated and tedious etiquette.
"We're all brothers, it's nothing," Ye Yun said with a smile. The Imperial Road was his path forward, but that didn't mean the path had to be lonely. Moreover, he enjoyed the company of these seemingly unreliable friends. Having lived two lives and come this far, Ye Yun knew their characters like the back of his hand.
Most importantly, Ye Yun wasn't afraid of betrayal!
"Heh heh, I knew it, Boss is still the same old Boss, how could he change?" Xie Yifeng laughed heartily upon hearing Ye Yun's words, completely disregarding the feelings of the others.
"Damn it, Old Xie, I think you need to attend a few years of the Dragon Palace Business School. Your EQ has never been online."
"Has his EQ ever been online?" Mu Ziming asked earnestly.
The group playfully bickered their way onto the terrace of the City Lord's mansion.
"Old Zhou, the personnel for the Dragon Palace's four legions are all recruited. We now have enough Bigu Pills for everyone, so I think it's time to improve everyone's strength."
The entire Shifang Empire had over two thousand Grand Gods, but humans were only a handful. The overall strength of the four legions couldn't even compare to the Seven Races, let alone the weakest demon race's army.
"Boss, four legions with millions of people. If everyone's strength is improved, the resources required would be enormous."
Zhou Ningdong said with difficulty. The Dragon Palace's current daily revenue was just over two hundred billion gold coins, but for an army of millions, this amount was still insufficient. Furthermore, only forty percent of these gold coins reached them.
"It's just money!" Ye Yun directly transferred four hundred million divine stones. "One hundred million divine stones for each legion. My only requirement is that the real-world strength of your four legions must break through to the Sun Realm within a week!"
"Of course, the remaining gold coins can be arranged by you legion commanders at your discretion!" Ye Yun said seriously, looking at them.
The empire's territory was constantly expanding. Although most of the newly acquired territories had been enfeoffed by Ye Yun, it didn't mean Ye Yun could shirk his responsibilities. After all, newly conquered territories were prone to public order incidents, so at the very least, he needed to help the lords stabilize the situation.
Moreover, the newly conquered territories were too vast. Even the Seven Races, the Divine Race, and the Ghost Race couldn't fully stabilize them at once, which had significantly slowed down the empire's progress, something Ye Yun did not want to see.
Therefore, for the new territories, Ye Yun intended to enfeoff them as fiefs to the various great families and forces of the conquered star domains.
Of course, as soon as Grand Gods appeared in these new territories, they would all be controlled by Ye Yun's divine sense and then conscripted.
As a result, in just over ten days, the number of Grand God realm powerhouses in the Shifang Empire did not decrease; instead, it increased by dozens.
"Yes!" The four of them were instantly excited upon hearing this. One hundred million divine stones was enough to improve the strength of their subordinates to the Sun Realm, and even the surplus divine stones could help them and their adjutants improve further.
The four of them took the divine stones from Zhou Ningdong and eagerly rushed off. The money for purchasing attribute points and improving talents was in place, but they still had to hurry to the fifth heaven in the real world to get Bigu Pills from Wang Chen.
"Old Zhou, Old Li, your current strength needs to continue to improve, otherwise, people below you will laugh at you." Ye Yun smiled and transferred one hundred million divine stones to each of them.
"Boss, this..."
Zhou Ningdong was relatively calm, as the four hundred million divine stones had already passed through his hands. However, Li Chenxu was encountering such a large sum of divine stones for the first time!
These divine stones were enough to push their talents and strength to another level, catching up to Wang Chen.
As commanders of the four legions, they held positions of high authority and commanded millions of troops, but it was essentially a position with little actual power.
Without Ye Yun's sponsorship, even with the support of national destiny, their strength would soon be obsolete.
With the support of national destiny, Wang Chen's strength had reached the quasi-extreme level, and the four legion commanders and other high-ranking officials of the Dragon Palace had reached the early stage of the Monarch Realm.
After this, Zhou Ningdong's strength would at least reach the quasi-extreme level, and he might even advance further into the extreme realm, surpassing Wang Chen.
Zhou Ningdong remained silent. After accepting the divine stones, Ye Yun could clearly feel the energy fluctuations emanating from him. This guy was already improving his talent and strength!
"Damn it, Boss, I'll go out and make arrangements first. Old Zhou is improving his strength without looking at the place," Li Chenxu couldn't help but complain as he looked at Zhou Ningdong, and then stood there motionlessly.
At this moment, the people in the dojo in the real world had gone mad. Countless bolts of lightning converged throughout the star domain, and countless lightning snakes roamed the star domain. The entire star domain was covered by an inexplicable pressure, making even the few Monarch Realm powerhouses of the empire feel suffocated.
"Is this the pressure of breaking through to the extreme realm?!" Yue Xia, who had just returned to deploy the battle plan, exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the sky full of lightning snakes.