Still staring at the message dropped by Mystic Heaven, Zhou Zhou couldn't believe it.
"How was he able to build the Imperial ancestral temple in just a few hours?"
He mumbled to himself.
But no matter how much he doubted the message, the photo Mystic Heaven dropped below his message destroyed every doubt he had.
Ha... Ha... Ha... Haha... Haha... Hahaha... Hahahahaha!
The spawn of space-time suddenly laughed out loud.
'It's been so long since I felt envious of someone!'
'Sigh! Mystic Heaven, you've really surprised me.'
'My military force and my lord talents has made me so blind and arrogant to the truth of the world.'
'What you think is your best is way less than that of another.'
'Worst of it is that your peak can be someone else starting point.'
Forcing himself back on the bed, he knew the best thing to do at this moment was to rest.
...
The next morning (9)
Opening his eyes, Zhou Zhou took a deep breath before climbing down from his bed.
"I can't waste any more time."
He muttered as he made his way out of his courtyard while going through the world channel.
[I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw his messages last night. I wish I was one of the top 25 strongest lords.]
[At least one of them would have the same luck as Mystic Heaven after receiving his opportunity.]
[Blazing Shit must be going insane with regret at this moment. LOL! He deserves everything that's coming for him!]
[Does anyone have an idea what alliance Mystic Heaven joined or created?]
[The Heavenly Dao Alliance. As at yesterday, it has only 213 members. Guess how many members it currently has?]
[At least 10,000]
[It should be more than that. I will say around 50,000 to 80,000.]
[All wrong! My Heavenly Dao Alliance has more than 2 Million lords currently!! LOL!!!]
[Damn!! Are people really leaving their previous alliance?!]
[Even though there's strength in numbers, humans will always choose to join the strongest parties. Overlord Association welcomed an additional 6 Million lords after the Overlord finished 3rd in the novice lord ranking.]
[What the f*ck? What's going on? I summoned a lord of cerulean planet when I summoned my daily quota of subjects just now. However, he has already lost his identity and memories as a lord and has become a subject.]
[I experienced the same thing! Is this really just a competition of producing a lord of all races, or a competition to find the race that would dominate every other race?]
Withdrawing his perception from the world channel, Zhou Zhou thought of the hint given by the Supreme Will yesterday.
"The remaining lords have to bear the fate and future of the cerulean planet."
He muttered as his urge to find a powerful backer increased.
Choosing to take care of yesterday's business, he quickly found Zhao Changshou.
"My lord."
Zhao Changshou bowed at the sight of Zhou Zhou.
"What's the progress?"
Zhou Zhou asked his chief architect.
"We've been able to connect the residential areas with several professional buildings and to the city's exit."
"Approximately, we're about 70% done."
Zhao Changshou said to his lord.
"That's very good."
"For your hard work, this is your reward."
Taking out the Extraordinary-tier potential advancement potion, Zhou Zhou handed it over to Zhao Changshou.
Seeing the bottle containing the potion, Zhao Changshou, who has experienced a lot in his 73 years of life couldn't control himself.
He immediately fell down on his knees with his head on the ground.
"Elder Zhao, please stand up."
Quickly helping his chief architect up, Zhou Zhou had no desire for anyone to kowtow to him.
"Your contribution to the city is obvious for everyone to see. Your reward shouldn't be anything less."
He said to the old guy.
"I... I don't know how I can be able to repay you, my lord."
Zhao Changshou had tears in his eyes as he said to Zhou Zhou.
He naturally knew what an Extraordinary-tier potential advancement potion represented.
The potential of humans was generally between Green bronze, White silver, and Yellow gold-tier.
The White platinum-tier humans could already be considered top talents with potential.
Anything above that would make one a rare genius of the human race.
Hahaha!
Zhou Zhou laughed after hearing Zhao Changshou's words.
"There's so much you can do to repay me!"
"You haven't even started building yet."
"You will need a high enough potential for the days to come."
He said with a smile still on his face.
Looking up at Zhou Zhou for a couple of seconds before bringing his gaze on the potion in his hand, Zhao Changshou accepted the potion.
The next second, he opened the cork and drank it in one gulp.
Observing Zhao Changshou, Zhou Zhou was shocked to see his white hair turning black at a speed visible to the naked eyes.
Even the wrinkles on his face weren't spared.
After he opened his eyes, Zhao Changshou had changed from a white-haired old man to a middle-aged man in his forties.
"Congratulations, Elder Zhao, for becoming a human with Extraordinary-tier potential!"
Zhou Zhou congratulated him after confirming from his attribute panel that he has really broken-through.
"Thank you, my lord!"
Zhao Changshou knelt on the ground with tears still in his eyes.
He finally felt that he could continue to advance.
Ever since he became a White platinum-tier advance grade architect, he had thought that this was the best he could achieve in his life.
He did not expect that there would be a day when he could continue advancing.
All of this was brought to him by his lord!
Handing Zhao Changshou the Imperial Ancestral Temple blueprint, Zhou Zhou said to him,
"I'm leaving this architectural blueprint to you."
"I hope you can build it as soon as possible."
Zhao Changshou took it and looked at it for a while.
He immediately discovered the uniqueness of this building blueprint.
"A race building?"
He was shocked.
Race buildings!
There were usually not more than five such buildings in most normal races.
He was the Honorary President of the Aurora Kingdom Architecture Association.
He had only come into contact with the Aurora Tower of the Aurora Race in his entire life.
It could be seen how precious such buildings were from this.
Zhao Changshou didn't expect his lord to give him this important task.
"Leave it to me, my lord."
"I will mobilize every architect in the city to complete the building in 2 days."
He pondered for a moment and said.
'Even an advance grade white platinum-tier architect require 2 days to build the Imperial Ancestral Temple, yet Mystic Heaven was able to get it done in a couple of hours.'
'He definitely has the assistance of an architect at the Legendary-tier!'
Zhou Zhou thought as he acknowledged the elder's words.
Going to the next task, he arrived at the military base before his soldiers left for the Time Ruin.
"My lord!"
Except Hui Teng who already left to take charge of his duties as the vice city lord, every other soldier was present.
Looking at the reserve soldiers, 16 of them in total, Zhou Zhou said to them.
"You all must be aware of my ambitions and my plans for the military, so I won't be saying much."
"There's only 3 spots left in the city's first army, and it isn't going to change in the future."
"So, do your best to advance any of your skills to the kingdom-tier as fast as possible."
"Preferably, your attacking skills."
"Yes, my lord!"
Zhang Xiang, Monica, Bianca, Jeremy and the other reserve soldiers responded loudly.
Choosing to boost their morals, Zhou Zhou took out the Epic-tier hero inheritance before calling Lu Chong over.
"Is that?! That's definitely a hero inheritance!"
Monica was shocked to her bones after catching a glance at the book in her lord's hand.
Hearing Monica's words, the entire military personnel were shocked, including Lu Chong.
He was certain that his lord won't present the same hero inheritance to him again after he rejected the previous one.
'That can only mean he got a new hero inheritance within a few hours of getting the previous!'
He thought in disbelief.
'My lord actually has a hero inheritance, and is even willing to give it out to one of us soldiers?'
Bai Yung couldn't believe his eyes as he watched Lu Chong walking towards Zhou Zhou.
"A hero is so rare that the Aurora Kingdom only has just 3 of them."
"Yet, here in this small city a hero is about to be born. Incredible."
Zhang Xiang mumbled as his zeal to grow stronger and acquire a spot in the city's first army skyrocketed.
Watching a fellow colleague receiving an opportunity to become something of a myth, the soldiers swore to surpass their best performances they've been putting on in the past.
The ones that were most impacted were the active soldiers. They've witness the growth of Lu Chong from one of the weakest soldiers of the city to the strongest combatant under their lord.
Not even the guardian dragon and his knight could compare to him.
Reading the information of the hero inheritance, Lu Chong dropped down to his knee as he bowed his head.
"Thank you very much for this opportunity, my lord."
"Lu Chong will never fail to achieve your expectations."
The spear genius, soon to be the spear demon said with his entire being.
Taking out the kingdom-tier spear skill book and the top-notch diamond-tier spear consecutively, Zhou Zhou had a smile on his face as he stared at the disbelief on Lu Chong's face.
"What? You think that was enough for what you achieved?"
"I don't know much about the Gods, but I do know acquiring a law skill is one of the bare minimum."
He said as he handed the skill book and the spear to the still shocked Lu Chong.
Looking at the items in Lu Chong's hands in shock, the soldiers were speechless at their lord's generosity.
Raising his gaze towards his soldiers, Zhou Zhou said.
"Your contribution to my city will be repaid with an equivalent reward."
"How far you can go depends entirely on you."
"Yes, my lord!"
The soldiers almost screamed out their lungs as their eyes glowed ruthlessly.
Their actions towards their bodies from henceforth would be disastrous.
"Aegon, bring Nezario to the entrance of the city."
Zhou Zhou said to the Targaryen before taking his leave.
"You monster! You're leaving us behind!"
Huang Sai said as he came beside Lu Chong with his arm crossed over his shoulders.
"I also never expected all this. My lord is really caring."
Lu Chong said as he looked at the items in his hands.
"Of course, he is."
"Congratulations on your path to be a hero, Lu Chong."
"But as your student, I won't be far off from you."
Bai Yung said as he arrived in front of Lu Chong.
"I'll be looking forward to that."
Lu Chong with a smile.
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