Chapter 372: A New Buyer

"What? You are still asking me to send people to Wubei Territory?"

Weijinsi raised his voice, questioning his father with great confusion.

Lulansi gave a hum, "Wubei Territory currently needs to build a port, establish a new city, and develop various operations; there is a massive shortage of manpower."

"We have plenty of cities and manors with abundant populations; it will not be difficult to transfer some to Wubei Territory."

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of parchment from the table, and Moste took it and handed it to Weijinsi.

"This is Wubei Territory's policy for Free Citizens and Serfs. Publicize it, and there should be quite a few people willing to join."

Weijinsi only took a hurried glance at the policy on the paper. Regardless of whether it was attractive or not, he looked at Lulansi in confusion.

"Father, Luoning is now considered separated from us. It is only right that we give him a certain amount of support, but why must you go to such lengths to support him?"

"Besides, you also said last time that you would not strip Buleidun of his Marquis succession rights. But in the future, there will be two people with the surname 'Wushan' in Wubei Territory. Who exactly do you want the people below to listen to?"

He said: "You might not know yet, but now Mawen, Sanduoluo, and Weituolinuo have all sent their sons to Wubei Territory, and they will surely take Luoning as their leader in the future. When the time comes, after Buleidun inherits the Marquis title, are you not worried that the two brothers will turn against each other and start a civil war?"

Weijinsi was happy about the fact that Luoning had just sent him over two thousand gold coins.

But he felt displeased with the actions of the three Viscounts.

He was the next one to inherit the title, so why did none of these Viscounts come to cozy up to him?

Lulansi chuckled, "You certainly think far ahead."

It could not be said that Weijinsi's thinking was wrong; on the contrary, such a possibility did indeed exist.

But when it came to the time for Buleidun to inherit the title, how many years away would that be?

At the very least, one would have to wait for Lulansi to die, and then wait for Weijinsi to die as well.

Even if Lulansi could only live to be 150 years old, there were still 74 years left.

In over seventy years, he did not know what heights Luoning would have grown to.

"Weijinsi, although your thinking is not wrong, you do not understand Luoning."

He waved his hand and smiled: "You will know my intentions soon enough. For now, just do as I say."

Weijinsi spread his hands, "Fine, Father. I hope your decision will not bring us trouble."

Watching the Servant push Weijinsi away, Lulansi shook his head with a smile.

Seventy-four years—given Weijinsi's condition, that son of his would likely pass away before him by then.

Of course, that was assuming everyone died of natural causes.

"Master, Dean Milosilafu has arrived," Moste reported.

Lulansi was startled, "This old fellow has come really early this year. Bring him in. Oh, that's right, go notify Luoning and have him come over as well."

"Very well, Master."

At this moment, Luoning was in his room opening gold coins box by box.

When ten boxes of gold coins emitted a golden glow that lit up the room, a line of text appeared in his field of vision:

【Achievement "Wealthy" completed, Attribute Point +4000, Energy Essence +8000】

In an instant, Luoning's "savings" skyrocketed once again.

"With this much Energy Essence, I can first promote Ruidar to the Silver Moon level, and then after saving for a little while, I can promote Maiken to the Meteor level."

For a Knight to go from Meteor to Silver Moon, it requires consuming 4000 Energy Essence without needing to improve aptitude.

Luoning had not expected to obtain such a large amount of Energy Essence so quickly.

He had originally thought that obtaining one hundred thousand gold coins at once would at least have to wait until his business was up and running and he received a large order.

While pondering, he opened the achievement panel, wanting to check the requirements for the next tier of 【Wealthy】, but he discovered that the description for this tier had changed somewhat:

【Wealthy】: Obtain 500,000 gold coins at once to claim the final tier of achievement rewards: Attribute Point +10000, Energy Essence +20000

The words "final tier" had been added to this description.

It was clear that once Luoning completed this tier, the Wealthy achievement would disappear just like the seven-day login interface from before.

Although Luoning felt a bit regretful that he couldn't keep grinding it, he also felt it was reasonable that the achievement tiers had an end.

"Five hundred thousand gold coins, that's quite a high quantity requirement."

It was actually very difficult to obtain five hundred thousand gold coins in a single transaction; Wubei Territory's current scale was completely insufficient.

In fact, let alone Wubei Territory, even Wushan Territory couldn't do it.

But Luoning could completely split it into several transactions, and after gathering enough to reach a million, collect them all at once—that should count as obtaining it at once, right?

Putting his thoughts aside, he looked at the few achievements in front of him; it was clear they also had final tiers.

Take 【Famous Throughout the World】 for example: he was already a Count, so above that there should be Marquis, Duke, King, and Emperor;

For 【King of Slaughter】, the next step was to kill Level 8 transcendent units, and going up there should be Level 9 and Legendary—those three tiers.

Luoning did not know if there was anything above Legendary; if there was, perhaps there were even higher tiers.

Besides these two achievements, he had already completed five and four tiers of 【Population Prosperity】 and 【Gongchengluedi】 respectively.

If one looked at it according to the nine tiers of Wealthy, there weren't many left.

However, by the time he completed all the achievements, his strength would likely be standing at the pinnacle of the continent, right?

Knock, knock, knock~

The room door was knocked.

Luoning stuffed the ten boxes into his Space Ring, "Come in."

The person who came in was a Servant under Moste, "Young Master, Steward Moste asked me to inform you that Dean Milosilafu has arrived."

"Good, I'll head over right now."

He was looking for Dean Milosilafu mainly to inquire about information regarding Magic Potion materials.

Aierlong's Auxiliary Enhancement Potion and Awakening Potion had to be produced as soon as possible.

Lulansi's study.

"Good heavens, old friend, your illness has actually recovered?"

Milosilafu pinched Lulansi's arms up and down, his tone full of disbelief.

This Soul Devouring Surge that had plagued him and Xierwa for years had actually been cleared!

"Quick, quick, quick, tell me, how did you do it?"

Lulansi smiled mysteriously, "As for this, I must ask to keep it a secret; when the time is right, I will tell you the detailed process."

He did not want to tell outsiders, but Milosilafu knew his condition like the back of his hand, so there was simply no way to hide it.

Moreover, the two had a life-and-death friendship spanning most of their lives, so he only hid the matters concerning Luoning, choosing to be frank about his own recovery.

"You rascal!"

Milosilafu laughed and scolded, "Now that you're better, you're thinking of hiding things from me; back when you fell ill, you were begging me!"

Lulansi glared at the other man, "I was paying for a service, when did I ever beg you?"

Speaking of this, Milosilafu sighed, "Now that you are well, the 'Fireflame Potion' I have on hand has no buyer; it looks like it will go to waste."

Lulansi nodded, "It would be a pity to let it go to waste."

He thought for a moment, his eyes brightening, "I think, why don't you sell it to Aosen? He could certainly use it."

"Didn't you tell me not to sell it to him?"

Milosilafu raised an eyebrow, "What, now you don't feel he poses a threat to you anymore?"

"Your potion only alleviates the pain and cannot cure him, so what do I have to fear?"

Lulansi sneered: "I told you not to sell it to him back then mainly to vent my anger; I didn't want that old guy to be too comfortable."

Milosilafu nodded, "Since that's the case, I'll make a trip to Black Python City in a while. That fellow Aosen shells out over a hundred thousand gold coins to me every year; I'm afraid this is a heavy economic burden on his territory."

Wushan Territory pays such high fees every year, which has led to the number of the Knight Order being compressed to five units.

If Aosen's Count territory also maintains such high expenses, it will be a major test for his territory's finances.

In this way, it further weakens the threat of the Haide Family. (End of chapter)