Picking up the required fusion certificates, Zhou Zhou fused Thorn Dune, Blackrock Desert and Silent Wasteland into Blazing Sun Desert.
Watching as his regional territory expand, he smiled.
"The weather condition of the city should become more moderate."
He muttered before pulling up the information on Blazing Sun Desert.
[Region Name: Blazing Sun Desert]
[Region Rank: White silver-tier]
[Region Area: 4,579km²]
[Region Lord: Blazing Sun]
"A White silver-tier region."
"Although it's still a long way from the Extraordinary-tier, at least some progress has been made."
Blazing Sun muttered before leaving his mansion to check on Hui Teng and his assistants.
Upon arriving at the residential district, he watched as each subject was handed the key to their new two-bedroom bungalow.
'Twenty thousand more subjects could still be housed in the city.'
He thought, trailing behind Hui Teng, his assistants, and the newly summoned subjects.
About four hours later, all 28,350 had been assigned homes.
Having left during the first one hour, Zhou Zhou toured new region, carefully observing the terrain changes and the newly constructed artificial lake.
"The flow of the lake water is faster than before."
Obadiah remarked as Zhou Zhou stared at the flowing lake.
"The region has indeed inherited the best qualities of the five regions."
Zhou Zhou nodded thoughtfully at Obadiah's words.
"It seems Zhao Changshou knew the regions would be fused."
"The city's infrastructures are designed to easily accommodate further expansion and changes."
He added before teleporting away.
..
"The heat has indeed reduced!"
"I thought it was just a slight change like in the past."
Yan Fang exclaimed.
He still couldn't believe the cooler air brushing against his face.
"It must be related to the lord."
Qian Du said with a smile.
He was glad that the once-harsh winds had become much more bearable.
"The terrain has improved as well."
"From now on, less time and fewer resources will be needed for each building."
He spoke with a smile as he turned to Yan Fang.
"His lordship is truly amazing."
Yan Fang was still in awe of the changes.
"How far has your skill progressed?"
He asked Qian Du.
"I'm still far from completing it."
"However, now that my master has begun guiding me, I should start making significant progress soon."
Qian Du replied.
..
Twenty minutes before nightfall, the first army returned to the city.
Incredibly, fatigue could be seen on their faces by the soldiers in the reserve army.
"What the hell did you guys do?"
Huang Sai asked Zhang Xiang.
"We spent our entire stash of energy potion."
Zhang Xiang could barely walk as he responded to Huang Sai.
"The hell?!"
"How many times did you all attack?"
Huang Sai couldn't even begin to imagine the scale of the battle required to exhaust their entire supply of energy potions.
"I really can't say."
Zhang Xiang shook his head and staggered towards his apartment.
Stepping forward, Jeremy supported him.
With each soldier of the first army receiving support from those in the reserve unit, Bai Yung was able to arrive at his lord's mansion with Dai Lui's aid.
"Here."
Taking out two Yellow gold-tier energy potions from his stock, Zhou Zhou handed them to his army's commander.
"Thank you, my lord."
Bai Yung said as he received the potions.
Drinking them life returned to his pale face.
"Don't go overboard next time."
Zhou Zhou said to Bai Yung.
As for why he led his subordinates to conquer three more regions, he didn't hold it against him.
A commander should be able to make decisions for his army.
"Here are the spoils."
Bai Yung brough his fist forward.
Tapping his spatial ring, Zhou Zhou collected the corpses and resources within.
"I will be taking my leave."
Bai Yung said after handing over the spoils.
Focusing on the corpses of the fog monsters, the native lords and the competing lords, Zhou Zhou counted a total of 169,142 corpses.
"No wonder Bai Yung looked pale."
He muttered.
"He and the other soldiers must have attacked countless time."
He then began looting them.
4 White silver-tier regional tokens!
57 Territory tokens! (27 Black iron-tier, 24 Green bronze-tier, 7 White silver-tier)
131 Ranking attempts!
One White silver-tier scarlet lord talent sphere!
One White platinum-tier scarlet lord talent sphere!
208 Green bronze-tier lord talent crystal fragments!
30 White silver-tier lord talent crystal fragments!
10 Yellow gold-tier lord talent crystal fragments!
4 White platinum-tier lord talent crystal fragments!
208 Origin Crystals!
376,506,450 Promotion Energy!
735,819 Mist Cores! (426,101 Green bronze-tier, 278,006 White silver-tier, 30,899 Yellow gold-tier, 803 White platinum-tier, 10 Diamond-tier)
9 White silver-tier advance grade alchemy pharmacist recruitment books!
4 White silver-tier advance grade alchemy technician recruitment books!
With skill books and equipment worth approximately 30 Legendary-tier items.
Other than that, the expedition gave him a total of 42,702,000 units of basic materials (fine sand, metal, wood, and stone), 54,482 Mist cores of various tiers and 132 blueprints.
"Incredible!"
"Conquering other regions is indeed the fastest way to accumulate wealth!"
"The ratio of expenses to profits can't even be compared!"
Zhou Zhou was super excited.
Not only would he be acquiring two more lord talents, his soldiers would be a able to comprehend their skills in the Hall of Truth faster after his territory advances.
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