Chapter 44

“Fine.” Silf smiled.

The two walked side by side along the forest path.

This main road had already been paved with pebbles, leading straight to the territory.

“By the way, that river should also be given a name,” Su Yu suddenly asked Silf, “What do you think it should be called?”

“Hmm…” Silf pondered for a moment and replied, “Liuchuan—how does that sound?”

“Agreed. A fine name.” Su Yu officially named the river Liuchuanhe.

As Su Yu walked, he considered his next development strategy.

Should he continue aggressively expanding the population?

Or begin constructing territory buildings?

As for the 【Global Human Civilization Lord Selection Tournament】 in three months, he had long dismissed it from his mind.

Originally, he had joined that tournament to obtain cultivation techniques from the Five Great Civilizations.

Now that he already possessed a mythic-level technique, he naturally no longer gave it any thought.

“Population expansion must continue—I cannot stop…”

“However, because the territory is too small, the war fog hampers their movement, lowering efficiency.”

Su Yu reflected deeply.

Thanks to his mythic talent, he could construct buildings beyond his territory’s borders.

Yet, in unclaimed wilderness areas, war fog would spread thickly.

Even if temporarily cleared, it would gradually roll back in.

Only when wilderness land contained a territory building would it remain free from war fog incursion.

But he could not possibly cover every single tile of land with territory buildings.

“Build city walls.”

“Enclose a hundred-mile radius—including Bai Bai Xiaowei’s territory!”

“That way, the war fog will naturally be kept outside.”

Having conceived the idea, he acted immediately.

Su Yu contacted Iloti via the terminal and instructed her to order Zhang San to relocate part of the population toward distant lands.

At a location one hundred miles from the territory, they would build farmhouses and then recruit settlers.

Build city walls!

He possessed the 【Rare·Obsidian City Wall Design Blueprint】.

As for the required material—obsidian ore—he had discovered a deposit north of Bai Bai Xiaowei’s territory the day before.

Building city walls, expanding the population, and cultivating farmland for sowing—all simultaneously.

Su Yu’s territory entered a phase of steady, rapid development.

The next step was to construct water conservancy projects and lay pipelines across the territory.

As for blueprints,

since everyone was currently occupied with farmland reclamation, development had not yet reached that stage.

Therefore, such blueprints were extremely cheap,

and Jian Ruiming had already purchased them in advance for him.

In a few months, once territories developed further, the price of these blueprints would surely rise.

It must be said that that little chubby fellow Jian Ruiming had resolved many trivial matters for Su Yu’s territorial development.

Though all were trivial matters, they saved considerable time.

Passing through Bai Bai Xiaowei’s territory,

Su Yu waved at her.

Bai Bai Xiaowei, resigned to her fate, lay reclining on her chair and waved back.

These past few days, Bai Bai Xiaowei had been anything but happy—she’d even wanted to cry.

That watchtower outside her territory,

harvested wild beast resources within a 1,700-meter radius every day.

She needed experience points; her hero troops needed meat,

so she had to travel over 1,700 meters beyond her territory daily to obtain them.

She wanted Su Yu to shut down that watchtower,

yet feared her territory would face danger.

Back then, she’d assumed she held little weight in Su Yu’s eyes,

which was why he’d built her only a single watchtower.

Even one watchtower could defend against monster waves,

yet he possessed two hundred—yet built only one…

That meant she carried very little weight in his heart.

But now, she realized she’d been utterly mistaken!

Damn it all!

Just one watchtower had stripped resources near her territory bare like this—

what would happen if several more were built?

Bai Bai Xiaowei had no choice but to expand her territory in the opposite direction from the watchtower.

This expansion was fine—until she actually began it.

Once she did,

she unexpectedly discovered a rare obsidian mine!

The catch was… Su Yu had already claimed that mine.

Watching Su Yu’s peasant laborers toil diligently at the site,

Bai Bai Xiaowei nearly broke down inside.

Those things were called peasants?

One peasant’s efficiency equaled ten of hers!

And… did Su Yu have no population cap?

How could dozens of peasants be working at the obsidian mine?

Su Yu grew ever more mysterious in Bai Bai Xiaowei’s mind.

She simply gave up and lay flat.

After all, Su Yu’s terminal had told her his city walls would enclose her territory as well.

So they were, figuratively speaking, frogs in the same boat?

No—rather, she was now Su Yu’s subordinate!

Once his territory developed further, even a tiny share of resources from him

would surely surpass what she could achieve through her own efforts.

Thinking this, Bai Bai Xiaowei lay flatter still,

even losing interest in practicing the advanced cultivation art she’d received from the Blue Star Sovereign.

What if Su Yu later casually tossed her a rare cultivation art?

After all, Su Yu clearly held rare cultivation arts in no regard.

Thus, Bai Bai Xiaowei spent her days idling in her territory, lost in daydreams.

……

Under Sylph’s “Gale Blessing,” Su Yu quickly returned to his territory.

He resumed studying the ring on his thumb: the Ring of the Light Throne.

After several days of study,

he discovered the ring allowed him to transform his body into light, concealing his aura.

He became a humanoid entity composed entirely of light.

However, that state offered concealment only.

Once attacked, it would force him out of that state—merely a “disguise.”

What could this disguise be used for?

Su Yu recalled the description in the [Ring of the Luminary Seat].

He had now become the Luminary Seat and was eligible to attend the Seat Assembly convened by the Twelve Realm Seats.

But what exactly was the Seat Assembly, and how was it convened?

Su Yu had no clue.

“My lord, it is time to study.” Iloti appeared at his side, head bowed.

Su Yu lowered his left hand and smiled warmly at Iloti.

Right now, his favorite activity within the territory

was studying with Iloti—learning how to shape the “Luminous Holy Radiance”

into clothing, tools, and so on.

In theory, the Luminous Holy Radiance could assume the form of anything in the world,

yet the amount of “Holy Radiance” a person could control was strictly limited.

Thus, one could not manufacture items from Luminous Holy Radiance without restraint.

For instance, Iloti normally used it only to fashion her own garments.

“Let’s go.”

Upon entering the [Hall of Heroes], Iloti’s cheeks flushed faintly.

Since learning to shape the “Luminous Holy Radiance” into clothing

required Su Yu to remove his current garments,

even though he began only with his upper garment,

Iloti still felt flustered.

As a pure, sacred angel, she had never been this close to a man before.

“M-My lord, do it like this first, then like this, and finally like that.”

Iloti demonstrated the manipulation of the “Luminous Holy Radiance” in her hands.

Su Yu imitated her movements carefully,

and finally,

the light in his hands spread over his body and began shifting in texture and form.

“It worked!” Su Yu rejoiced inwardly—after days of practice, he had succeeded today at last.

Seeing this, Iloti sighed inwardly in relief—she would finally no longer have to teach the lord.

A pristine white upper garment draped Su Yu’s well-proportioned frame.

“Can its color be changed?” Su Yu asked excitedly.

“Of course.”

“Where there is light, there is color.”

As Iloti spoke, she casually gestured, embellishing Su Yu’s spotless white garment with intricate ornaments.

It now looked far more like ordinary clothing—and quite splendid.

Delighted, Su Yu opened his mouth to speak,

when suddenly his gaze turned icy cold.

[Your farmer Zhang Tie has sustained critical injuries and entered a near-death state. Administer treatment immediately!]