Chapter 290: Accept Upgrade Quest, Trade Tycoon

"Many thanks to the Lord for bestowing these techniques!"

The three Profound Heaven Iron Maidens knelt to receive them, the excitement in their eyes beyond words.

"Hurry and cultivate."

Yun Shen was not very satisfied with these three legendary techniques, but he did not want to waste them either, thinking he would just use them for the time being; after all, the number of Profound Heaven Iron Maidens was not yet high, only a few hundred.

The cooldown period for forgetting a technique was one year, so this batch of Profound Heaven Iron Maidens who were switching techniques would have to wait another year if they wanted to change them again.

Top-tier legendary techniques were not easy to come by; it would be best to find opportunities to acquire a few legendary techniques later and then assign them affixes, which would make it easier to produce good results.

Yun Shen even regretted not asking Zhu Ying directly for ten legendary techniques at the time. Judging by how Zhu Youjian had casually given him a legendary skill book, along with the "bargaining chips" he hadn't even taken out of that storage ring, legendary techniques probably didn't amount to much in Zhu Ying's eyes.

The three Profound Heaven Iron Maidens quickly entered a state of cultivation, while Yun Shen sat down on the sofa with Jiang Lan.

Leaning back against the soft sofa cushions with a beauty in his arms, this life was simply blissful.

Jiang Lan had not come out to learn techniques; after all, the cooldown period was as long as a year, and Yun Shen still hoped to find a technique with higher compatibility for her.

It was just a pity that when he was in the Poison Domain, Yun Shen hadn't collected any techniques. He estimated that resources like techniques had all been handed over by those lords to the heroes and troops under their command to cultivate.

"This Main World doesn't seem any different from the world I'm from."

Jiang Lan's world was one with extremely advanced technology, having long since entered the interstellar era. Although it likely couldn't compare to the technological level of Blue Star, it certainly wouldn't be bad.

Yun Shen shrugged and said, "There wasn't much difference to begin with. At most, because of the Myriad Races Battlefield, the technological level is higher than in your world, but in terms of civilian use, one actually cannot use the most cutting-edge technology, otherwise it would cause too great a shock to human society."

"That is something for sociologists to worry about; I am only responsible for research and exploration."

Jiang Lan did not lose interest in the Main World because of this; on the contrary, after looking at some of the furnishings in the villa, little stars seemed to appear in her eyes, making Yun Shen wonder if this woman wanted to act like a husky and tear his new home apart.

"Ahem, these are all school property. If they break, we have to pay for them. Calm down, calm down."

Yun Shen hurriedly pacified this husky, fearing she would cause some kind of trouble for him.

He didn't know if the internal structure of these villas could be modified by the students themselves, but regardless, if he could avoid causing trouble, he would.

A look of regret appeared in Jiang Lan's beautiful eyes, and she took her leave: "Then, Lord, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go back to grind monsters first."

She had originally wanted to see the Main World, but now that she looked, it seemed there was no difference; Blue Star was just a planet with more prosperous technology.

Jiang Lan only liked research and exploration; unlike ordinary young girls, she truly had no interest in things like admiring the beautiful scenery of different planets.

"Then let's go together. Wait for me."

Yun Shen thought for a moment and did not bring the remaining seven epic techniques and the 【Exploitation of the Works of Nature】 skill book to the Myriad Races Battlefield as originally planned.

There were only ten slots for carryable items each month, so using them on these would be a bit of a waste.

He had just checked the various functions and facilities of the villa on the official website; there were safes in the training rooms that could be used to store some precious items.

After Yun Shen stored all the items in the safe in the training room, he opened the temporary passage once again.

"Let's go."

Since the three Profound Heaven Iron Maidens had all forgotten their techniques in advance, they completed the initiation for the new techniques very quickly, unlike Yun Shen, who had to wait for the six-hour forgetting time last time.

The five of them descended into the territory together. There were not many people left behind in the territory; most had gone out to grind monsters.

After the Newcomer Trial, the safety of the lord was no longer so critical. One could grind monsters with peace of mind, and the wild monsters that spawned nearby generally would not be strong enough to be impossible to deal with.

However, that was in the past. Now, with the resource buff brought by the Human Clan Taboo, the quantity and quality of various resources nearby had indeed risen, and the difficulty was significantly harder than in previous years.

Relatively speaking, the growth speed of the lords would also have a significant increase.

However, compared to the rapid grinding of soul crystals during the Newcomer Trial, there was now a relatively obvious problem: for Yun Shen, the speed of troop recruitment and upgrading had significantly declined.

During the Newcomer Trial, the wild monsters spawned near the territory were relatively high-level for lords who had just entered the Myriad Races Battlefield, and the soul crystals that could be ground out were also enough for Yun Shen to upgrade more troops.

But now, all his heroes and troops were level 10, yet the changes in the surrounding wild monsters were not great; the vast majority of wild monsters had not yet reached level 10.

There was also another matter, which was that the conditions for increasing the territory level had changed.

For upgrades up to level 10, one only needed to provide the corresponding resources and soul crystals, but after level 11, the number of residents in the territory who had reached the level cap had to meet the standard.

And the period from level 10 to level 11 was known as the "bottleneck period," which required completing various random quests to meet the upgrade conditions.

The upgrade quest from level 10 to level 11 could only be accepted the day after the Newcomer Trial ended at the earliest.

For early-stage quests like this, the difficulty would not be too great, and they could generally be completed very quickly; the time consumed during this might not even take a day.

Furthermore, from now on, every upgrade would usher in a wave of monster tides, just like during the Newcomer Trial. If one was not careful, the territory could be overrun by wild monsters, losing the lord qualification and having to flee back to the Main World in disgrace, from then on reduced to an ordinary person.

"Accept upgrade quest!"

【You have accepted the upgrade quest: Trade Tycoon】

【Quest: Trade Tycoon】

【Requirement: Conduct transactions with the Myriad Heavens Chamber of Commerce, with the total flow of income and expenditure reaching one hundred million Source Crystals. (0/100000000)】

【Reward: Unlock levels 11-20, Territory Upgrade Chest ×1】

Upgrade quests were randomly issued based on the lord's own situation, and the quest difficulty would also be adjusted according to the lord's strength.

Upon seeing this quest, Yun Shen suddenly remembered that exactly thirty days had passed since the last time he invited the caravan of the Myriad Heavens Chamber of Commerce to come, so he could invite them again.

Yun Shen took out his membership card and operated it casually, and a message popped up.

【Respected Orange Card Member, your application for a caravan invitation has been approved. The caravan is expected to arrive within 24 hours. Thank you for your support.】

Very good, next he just needed to wait a few hours, and he could...

【Respected Orange Card Member, hello. The caravan you invited is expected to arrive at your territory within ten minutes. Please be prepared.】

Yun Shen was bewildered. I just applied, how is this efficiency so fast? ===== CHAPTER 292 =====