Chapter 749

"What a long teleportation distance."

Lin Yan murmured.

This spatial array must involve some power of spatial laws!

This made Lin Yan realize that this spatial array might be the creation of a Primordial Deity!

Lin Yan turned his gaze toward that sun.

At this distance, he could already feel temperatures of several thousand degrees—this was already the surface temperature of many stars before his transmigration.

Such temperatures were enough to melt steel.

Yet the spatial array remained intact.

Lin Yan pondered for a moment, then activated his power and flew toward the heavenly sun.

He intended to first absorb its energy, using the methods recorded in the Book of Divine Body to forge a Flame Divine Body.

Then, he would collect the divine substances within it.

"Your Majesty, the monthly milk production from the three provinces of Silver Sand, Ganhai, and Jialanxi has reached one million tons. Milk output has risen—should we lower domestic milk prices?"

In the imperial capital of the Flame Empire on the Continent of Gods, a female official reported to Sister Qing Ling.

Sister Qing Ling nodded and said: "Cut domestic milk prices by half, so commoners can afford it; export prices remain unchanged."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The female official withdrew.

The three kingdoms at the edge of the endless desert had now become the three provinces of the Flame Empire.

These three provinces had long been primarily focused on cattle and sheep herding.

After the land reclamation edict was issued, vast tracts of land were opened up.

But the three provinces were vast and sparsely populated, with large areas still grassland; Sister Qing Ling promptly issued incentives for animal husbandry, and now livestock farming in the three provinces was highly developed.

Under the boost of the Flame of Civilization, the grasslands in these three provinces grew exceptionally lush, and milk production was astonishing.

In the past, milk from these three provinces was hard to sell.

But now, with the Flame Empire's Church providing magical preservation methods and airships for transport, milk from these three provinces began supplying the entire Flame Empire.

Sister Qing Ling had already lowered milk prices several times in succession.

Making milk affordable even for ordinary commoners.

Now, commoners throughout the Flame Empire were growing prosperous.

Some hardworking commoners could even eat meat with every meal and drink milk daily.

This had been unimaginable before.

Among merchants, many new large and small traders had emerged.

A few large merchants had even begun to rival nobles in wealth.

For commoners and nobles in the Flame Empire, this was a grand and turbulent era!

Everyone could benefit from this great era.

But how much one benefited depended on one's opportunities—and above all, one's vision!

Hmm, diligence was also indispensable.

Even in the best of times, sleeping all day at home wouldn't do!

Thanks to faith in the Lord of Flame, internal security in the Flame Empire was also excellent.

The people's physical condition was continuously improving.

All of this ultimately fed back into Lin Yan's divine core as faith power.

The amount of faith power Lin Yan received daily from the Flame Empire was slowly increasing.

The growth rate was substantial—several thousandths per day.

Don't underestimate these thousandths—it meant the total could double in less than a year.

That was terrifying.

Of the Flame Empire's two empresses, Sister Qing Ling managed internal affairs.

Meng Ying managed external affairs.

Domestic governance was largely handled by Sister Qing Ling; under her management, the entire Flame Empire ran with perfect order.

Meanwhile, Meng Ying, as a Saint Realm cultivator, now devoted most of her time to strengthening her own power.

In addition, Sister Qing Ling had dispatched numerous airships to search for beastman tribes to expand the population of Yan Province.

A month ago, an airship discovered several beastman tribes in a remote wilderness region.

These tribes included fox-beasts, centaurs, lionfolk, and even tigerfolk.

After transporting these beastman tribes to Yan Province via airship, the number of beastmen in Yan Province reached over five million.

The shortage of population in Yan Province had finally been partially resolved.

And the beastman army could now expand again.

The centaur warriors increased to forty thousand, with the original fierce female chieftain still serving as chieftain of the centaurs.

The lionfolk warriors expanded to one hundred thousand.

The fox-beast archers also increased in number.

After the expansion, the total beastman legion numbered over fifty thousand—more than double its previous size.

Of course, the newly joined beastman warriors were still relatively weak.

But with abundant food and high-nutrition supplies, even without Lin Yan's blessings, their strength would steadily rise.

In addition, under the leadership of the female dwarf-giant Hester, the Flame Empire had also discovered dwarf-giant tribes to the north.

This dwarf-giant tribe was small, numbering only a few thousand, but each dwarf-giant was extremely powerful.

The Flame Empire also specially formed a battalion of dwarf-giant knights.

Meanwhile, Lin Yan's other Sacred Maidens each had their own duties.

Princess Luoying primarily oversaw the three western provinces.

The winged girl Mia primarily managed the thirteen northeastern provinces, while Tiger Sister Winnie assisted her.

Although some tiger tribes were found, none were the ones Winnie had once lived with, so Winnie remained in the thirty northeastern provinces.

The Endless Desert had now become a vast oasis.

It cultivated vast quantities of red dates, goji berries, Hami melons, and numerous specialty crops from the Continent of the Gods.

Once mature, these crops were highly marketable economic products.

The Endless Desert was also a province, called the Desert Province, whose Viceroy was temporarily held by Medusa chieftain Lucine.

This legendary Medusa was now also one of Lin Yan's Sacred Maidens.

Yet the Desert Province had the smallest population.

The million captives did not count as the Desert Province's population.

The entire Desert Province held only tens of thousands of snake women.

But it was precisely the largest in area.

The Flame Empire still suffered from insufficient population.

Even with over three hundred million people now.

But the Flame Empire's territory was now too vast.

In the past, with low productivity, crop yields and material variety were severely limited; such vast land could only support a small population.

Now, with the Flame Empire's three hundred million-plus population, such vast land was unnecessary.

Just the four southwestern provinces could easily feed over three hundred million people.

Thus, the Flame Empire now had sufficient productivity but insufficient population!

Yet Meng Ying and the fox woman Qing Ling had no immediate plans for further expansion.

The Flame Empire still needed further development.

Only after the nation was thoroughly stabilized would Meng Ying and Qing Ling consider the next expansion.

"Queen, a magical message has arrived from the border: the Eternal Night Empire's envoy delegation is coming to pay homage."

When all aspects of the Flame Empire had begun to stabilize, on this day, the fox woman Qing Ling received the report.

"Envoys? Let them come."

The fox woman Qing Ling said coolly.

About half a day later, a delegation of dozens arrived at the Ducheng of the Flame Empire.

They presented the Emperor of the Eternal Night Empire's letter of introduction.