429: Expanding Territory IV

After settling the Zhengqi Alliance, Qin Shilei returned to Great Xia.

He brought the 1.5 million ready-to-deploy Evolution users into the Blessed Land.

With the additional forty to fifty Platinum Experts and two hundred Golden High-level Experts from the Zhengqi Alliance, expanding territory could now achieve multi-faceted progress, advancing on all fronts.

Under the efforts of the two hundred thousand strong army, the entire Republic of Bal was scoured in less than three days.

Most of the insects became casualties under their blades.

Massive amounts of crystals and other resources also entered the spatial rings of various Evolution users and the treasury of the Qin An Royal Mansion.

Qin Shilei also obtained three purple items and a Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng from this.

The Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng could be consumed directly to increase cultivation, or it could be refined into pills.

Qin Shilei did not understand alchemy and did not want to consume it for the time being, so he planted it in the medicinal garden of the Blessed Land.

Sect Leader Huangfu Feng stepped forward, saying, “Reporting to Qin An King, two walled cities were discovered in Bal. Would you like to meet them?”

Qin Shilei said indifferently, “Alright, I’ll go meet them.”

Soon, they arrived at the city named Bastie.

When they flew to the gate of the city Lord’s Mansion, a line of respectful survivors was already standing below.

city Lord Meren stepped forward, bowed, and saluted, “Greetings, Qin An King, wishing Qin An King eternal life!”

Qin Shilei nodded, “Hello, city Lord Meren.”

Then, under the other party's guidance, he walked into the city Lord’s Mansion.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries in the conference room, Meren directly said, “Qin An King, I intend to become your subordinate force. What are the requirements?”

Qin Shilei did not reply directly, signaling Wen Zhiyuan beside him to respond.

“As long as you become a subordinate force of our Qin An Royal Mansion, should you encounter an irresistible formidable enemy, our Qin An Royal Mansion will send out peerless experts to help you defend against external threats.”

“Of course, as a subordinate force, you also need to pay a small price. First, you must submit twenty percent of your crystal income to the Qin An Royal Mansion; second, you must help organize survivors to produce some basic supplies, and of course, there will be certain compensation for this.”

These points had all been discussed by the members of the Qin An Royal Mansion.

If powerful exotic beasts were to attack Meren, the Qin An Royal Mansion would certainly be willing to send experts to help.

Because powerful exotic beasts also meant enviable spoils of war.

Of course, all of this was predicated on ensuring the self-safety of the Qin An Royal Mansion.

As for the second point, as time passed, many daily necessities became scarce. Qin Shilei hoped that these labor-intensive tasks would be handled by outsiders.

Upon hearing these conditions, Meren hesitated.

“This, our city Lord’s Mansion’s crystal income is extremely scarce; I’m afraid it won’t catch your eye, Qin An King.”

“What is your city Lord’s Mansion’s monthly income roughly?” Wen Zhiyuan asked with a frown.

Meren held up one finger.

Wen Zhiyuan asked somewhat dissatisfied, “One hundred thousand crystals?”

Meren said a little awkwardly, “It’s a little over ten thousand.”

Wen Zhiyuan was about to mock the other party for trying to fool them, but Qin Shilei stopped him.

“Let’s go. Since others are unwilling, why should we force them.”

After speaking, he got up and walked out.

Wen Zhiyuan and the others glared fiercely at Meren, then also got up and chased after him.

“Qin An King, please don’t take offense. It’s because our overall strength is too low that we can’t earn many crystals. How about I offer fifty percent of the crystals each month?”

Meren also got up and chased after them, calling out feignedly as he ran.

However, he was quickly stopped by someone from the Qin An Royal Mansion.

“Go live your life happily with your crystals; our Qin An Royal Mansion doesn’t care for them!”

By then, Qin Shilei and Wen Zhiyuan had already flown over ten kilometers away.

“Qin An King, should we just kill that Meren and arrange for our people to be the city Lord directly?” Wen Zhiyuan suggested.

“This place is a poor backwater with nothing good, so why waste manpower here.” Qin Shilei shook his head, indicating there was no need to pay attention to the other party.

“This Meren is too ungrateful, trying to exchange a mere two thousand crystals for our protection.” Wen Zhiyuan said indignantly.

Many of the current exotic beasts or zombies are Bronze, or even Silver Realm, and the crystals inside them are level two or level three.

Ten thousand level three crystals convert to almost two hundred thousand level one crystals.

Meren’s city Lord’s Mansion’s monthly income is definitely more than one hundred thousand crystals.

His feigned poverty meant he was unwilling to pay the price.

Qin Shilei had no intention of continuing to discuss Meren, changing the subject instead, “Zhiyuan, you can represent the Qin An Royal Mansion and go to the other city. I have something to attend to and will leave first.”

After speaking, he accelerated and flew away into the distance.

While Wen Zhiyuan and a few others went to another city in Bal, Meren and his subordinates returned to the main hall.

“city Lord, didn’t we initially decide to become a subordinate force of the Qin An Royal Mansion? Why did you suddenly change your mind?”

Meren’s subordinate, a dark-skinned young man, asked confusedly.

“At first, I thought that I could just offer some random tribute to get their protection. But who knew they would make such exorbitant demands, not only wanting a large amount of our crystals but also wanting our people to become cheap laborers. If that’s the case, how would we have time to kill exotic beasts and improve our own strength? Do you think I could agree to that?”

Meren explained logically.

“You truly are thoughtful, city Lord.” The man then added, “But won’t this anger Qin An King? They wouldn’t secretly send people to destroy our city Lord’s Mansion, would they?”

Meren said confidently, “He didn’t get angry just now, which also means he won’t play dirty tricks later. You can rest assured.”

The young man still worried, “Without the protection of the Qin An Royal Mansion, what if powerful exotic beasts appear again in the future?”

“Bad luck.” Meren glared at him irritably, “The people of the Qin An Royal Mansion have already eliminated most of the insects in our Bal. How could powerful exotic beasts appear in the near future?

As for the even stronger foreign races that will attack in three years, everyone will die together, so why should we live humbly in the shadow of Qin An King now?

It’s better to be a local overlord and enjoy ourselves to the fullest.”

Everyone thought this made a lot of sense and agreed, “You think so clearly, city Lord. Tonight, I must find a few women to accompany me.”

Meren thought he had calculated everything perfectly, but he did not realize that a life-and-death crisis was rapidly approaching.

Qin Shilei, riding the Golden Winged Thunder Roc, quickly arrived at the border of Southern Yue Kingdom.

Below, tens of thousands of Evolution users from the Qin An Royal Mansion were advancing.

However, their speed was slightly insufficient.

Because most of them were only in the Silver Realm and could not fly, they could only travel by truck.

Now that the battlefield was getting larger, Qin Shilei could not frequently use the Blessed Land to transfer the two million Evolution users on expedition.

Mu Ziping, who was beside him, suddenly spoke, “Now there is a problem that needs to be reported to Your Majesty. After nearly half a year of use, the trucks’ fuel is almost depleted. Should we first go find a batch of oil?”

Qin Shilei said somewhat sheepishly, “Since I learned to fly, I haven’t thought about the oil problem. I was indeed a bit lacking in consideration.

Send a portion of the Night members to investigate where large quantities of oil are stored, compile the information, and then give it to me. I will then bring that oil back.”

“Okay!” Mu Ziping had just replied when he found his communication talisman vibrating.

After a brief exchange with the other side, he looked up at Qin Shilei and smiled, “Reporting to Your Majesty, Wen Zhiyuan just sent good news: the other city in Bal has agreed to become our subordinate force.”

Qin Shilei smiled, “That’s also good news. You go ahead and arrange for the Night members to find the oil.”