354: Shipped! First prize in the prize pool!

"Ministers, rise. I have only come this time to see my Empress and my two imperial children."

"Proceed with all matters as usual!"

"Now... take me to the Mingwu Sect treasury!"

After finishing his posturing, Zhao Zheng took Jiang Wei, who had been hiding in the shadows to protect him, straight to the location of the Mingwu Sect treasury.

Click, click, clack.

The protective Formation was disengaged, and the treasury opened.

Revealing the Cultivation resources that the Mingwu Sect had accumulated for nearly a century.

Whether it was Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, or precious Magical Artifacts, they filled the room.

Needless to say, these items naturally belonged to Zhao Zheng.

"Jiang Wei, stay. Everyone else, get out."

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

When everyone had retreated and only Zhao Zheng and Jiang Wei remained.

Zhao Zheng immediately activated the System to recycle everything in the entire treasury, converting them into top-up points.

[Ding, recycling successful, top-up points + 130]

[Ding, recycling successful, top-up points + 241]

...

Except for a very small number of things that Zhao Zheng deliberately left behind, all other treasures were recycled by the System.

[Host Information: Zhao Zheng]

[Realm: Tongxuan Realm Seventh Layer]

[Summoned Famous Ministers: Famous Minister, Jiang Wei, Great Western King...]

[top-up points: 436,745 points]

If all these four hundred thousand plus top-up points were used for the lottery, it would inevitably provide a significant boost to the overall strength of the Empire.

However, Zhao Zheng was still saddled with a debt of nearly five million top-up points.

Most of these top-up points still needed to be used to pay off the debt.

And the price for a ten-pull lottery was ten thousand top-up points.

Therefore, Zhao Zheng gritted his teeth and chose to use the four hundred thousand top-up points to pay off his debt, with the remainder available for a few pulls.

After a "ding," his top-up point account was mercilessly devastated, leaving him with only a mere thirty thousand plus top-up points.

Immediately, Zhao Zheng turned his gaze to the System roulette wheel.

However, over these years, the System had also specifically implemented a small update for him; every once in a while, the prize pool would refresh, and each prize pool would have a specific theme.

"System! I want to draw prizes!"

"Ten-pull! Initiate!"

[Ding! Opening the prize pool for you!]

[Current System prize pool theme: Cavalry!]

[Ding, congratulations Host, you have drawn a consolation prize, Herdsman Commoners x10!]

[Ding, congratulations Host, you have drawn a consolation prize, Horse Bandits x10!]

[Ding, congratulations Host, you have drawn a consolation prize, Cultivation increase...]

[Ding, congratulations Host, you have drawn a consolation prize (limited unit), Liangzhou Cavalry x10!]

[Ding, congratulations Host, you have drawn a Fifth Prize (limited unit), Cossack Cavalry x10!]

Soon, the first ten-pull ended without any big goods, only giving some System soldiers and some ordinary supplies.

After a quick glance, Zhao Zheng continued to initiate another ten-pull.

After this ten-pull, the number of Liangzhou Cavalry obtained rose to 90, and there were also 20 Cossack Cavalry.

The former were all at the Mortal Transformation Realm Fifth Layer, and the latter were all at the Tongxuan Realm First Layer.

Moreover, they all came with mounts of the same Realm, possessing impressive combat power the moment they were summoned.

"There is only one last ten-pull left."

"Great System, I haven't pulled anything good in a long time, please let me have a big prize."

"I don't have high demands, a Third Prize would be fine too."

Zhao Zheng finished his devout prayer, moved his mind, and the final ten-pull commenced.

In an instant, the prize wheel spun.

One reward after another surfaced.

Suddenly, with a loud bang.

The System interface was filled with special effects, and all sorts of festive music began to play.

[Congratulations Host! You have obtained the First Prize of this prize pool!]

"What!!!"

"First Prize!!!"

Zhao Zheng was so excited he almost jumped up.

He didn't expect to actually hit the First Prize.

One must know, the dignified Jiang Wei at the Lingyao Realm Middle Stage was only a Second Prize.

His Holy Roman Empire was able to reverse its decline and ultimately defeat the Anti-Holy Roman Empire Alliance precisely after summoning Jiang Wei.

If a Second Prize was so powerful, Zhao Zheng didn't dare to imagine how strong this First Prize would be.

Regardless, he only felt incredibly cheerful now!

"As expected of a good System that serves the Host, it is truly so thoughtful."

"I must give you a five-star review! I will boost your popularity!"

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but praise, lavishing it with compliments.

In his mind, many grand strategies for conquest gradually began to brew.

Meanwhile, Li Jinian's true self outside the endless Void Realm smiled slightly.

"Got him!"

Zhao Zheng might make a small profit, but Li Jinian would never lose.

Just relying on the top-up point recycling base, he had made a killing of nearly ten million top-up points.

Now, spitting out a tiny bit of profit to motivate his Fellow Countryman to earn more top-up points, Li Jinian felt absolutely no pressure, and even felt like laughing.

"Fellow Countryman, oh Fellow Countryman, you still need to work harder."

"If you don't work hard, how can I afford a Maserati?"

"Ah, no, that should be, how can I bring benefits to more Fellow Countrymen~"

...

On the other side, the dazzling winning special effects ended.

The First Prize appeared...

[Ding, congratulations Host, you have drawn the First Prize! Prince of Qin's Mansion Black Armor Lancers x30!]

[Unit Type: Prince of Qin's Mansion Black Armor Lancers]

[Realm: Lingyao Realm Late Stage!]

On the unit icon, this was a troop fully covered in Tang-style Mingguang armor, holding long lances.

Upon seeing the displayed Realm, the corners of Zhao Zheng's mouth became harder to suppress than an AK-47.

Although the Realm improvement of System soldiers was not as fast as Famous Ministers, they had the strength there after all.

Currently, he didn't have many Lingyao Realm subordinates; apart from Jiang Wei who was at the Lingyao Middle Stage upon being summoned, other Famous Ministers had relied on their own Cultivation to improve.

Famous Ministers and System soldiers of the same Realm certainly did not have equal talent; the only two remaining Xiyuan Captains were still only at the Tongxuan Ninth Layer Peak.

At most, Zhao Zheng currently had fewer than four Lingyao Realm ministers.

Now that he had summoned thirty Lingyao Realm beings at once, and they were at the Late Stage, how could Zhao Zheng not be excited?

"Summon! Summon immediately!"

Zhao Zheng suppressed his excitement and directly issued the summon command inside the treasury.

Anyway, it had been emptied out, so it was just enough to accommodate them.

In an instant, the System's spiritual light flashed, and the Void Realm in front of him opened up.

War horses neighed, and one figure after another rode out from the opening on tall steeds.

Their powerful aura rushed toward him; they had friendly unit marks shining above their heads, wore full black armor, stepped in upturned boots, and wore sabers at their waists.

A pitch-black long lance was gripped tightly in their hands, their sharp edge fully revealed.

Even the war horses beneath them were covered in armor.

And these pieces of equipment were not ordinary; they were Magical Artifacts that had reached the Lingyao Realm grade!

It had to be said, the appearance of the Prince of Qin's Mansion Black Armor Lancers was truly too handsome.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

The group of Prince of Qin's Mansion Black Armor Lancers dismounted, cupped their hands in salute, and the war horses also lowered their heads one after another.

"For me to have you, my Beloved Ministers, is like parched seedlings receiving sweet dew."

"Rise, quickly rise!"

Jiang Wei, who was beside him, heard these words and felt they sounded somewhat familiar.

Right, the Emperor had said the same thing to him back then.