Plenty of trivial headaches cropped up in this otherworld, with no major gains to show for them, yet somehow, time flew by incredibly fast.
Before they knew it, Azure Dragon had been in seclusion for twenty years, and the Houde Cultivators' campaign in the otherworld had already lasted more than fifty.
Over these twenty years, Qu Jianlei's gains from major projects had been almost nonexistent, aside from one Abode.
At the same time, however, as the management-fee income settled into a proper system, his ordinary wealth was rising rapidly and steadily.
The sheer scale of that increase sometimes gave him a surreal feeling... I suddenly became this rich?
Given his temperament, he could actually accept that reality calmly.
In his previous life on Blue Star, he had merely happened to stand in the path of a market boom and had taken off quite happily.
In this life, standing at the entrance to a world passage—wasn't he free to fly as high as he wanted?
Unfortunately, it was no small matter to convert ordinary wealth into all kinds of treasures and deep reserves.
That was where the gap between a nouveau riche and an ancient great clan lay. He had some ordinary treasures, but far fewer of the relatively rare ones.
When the twenty-year period ended, he made another trip to Nebula and helped Azure Dragon divine once more.
The probability of breaking through remained stable, which was good news, though there had been a few minor complications.
Far more than the Five True Venerables, the Grand Protector, and Song Yue'er were paying attention to this place; several other True Venerables had also passed by one after another.
Fortunately, True Venerable Qingning had been guarding it all along, and several brief standoffs occurred during that period.
More than one True Venerable