Earth Elemental Plane

After Li Yi finished laughing, his fingers tapped against the table before him.

The attendant official at his side bowed and said, "Your Majesty, why not summon East River Count to court and have him manage the finances for Your Majesty?"

"East River Count gathers wealth at such astonishing speed. He would surely be of great help to Your Majesty."

Li Yi's smile did not fade after hearing this. He glanced at the attendant official and pondered, "You have a point."

"However... Huo Ling is not suitable. His strength is still a little lacking."

"The Empire's finances are a pool of muddy water. It is not something he can meddle in with his current strength."

"We'll see when he has the strength of a Duke..."

Having said that, Li Yi picked up his chopsticks again and continued the work he had not finished earlier.

At least half of the dinner spread on the table remained untouched.

As Li Yi began eating again, the attendants in the hall resumed their duties as well. Those meant to serve dishes served dishes, and those meant to recite reports recited reports.

Naturally, Huo Ling knew nothing of what had happened in the imperial capital.

He had once again thrown himself into the work of constructing his mage tower.

He was currently teleporting through the void. Just moments ago, a group of fire elemental elders had driven him out of the Fire Elemental Plane.

Looking toward the distant Fire Elemental Plane, Huo Ling shouted provocations for a while before ultimately choosing to leave.

Gazing at the outer void, Huo Ling said in hollow loneliness, "My life is really too hard. Sigh! What a thankless fate!"

"I just finished a war, and now I have to toil about in the outer void. Sigh!"

Fortunately, no one