Inside the palace, Venina reported on the work as usual.
"Lord, another batch of the intelligent optical computers and evolution potions ordered for the citizens has arrived."
"The slave traders from the White Dragon Sea Empire have brought ten thousand Star-level slaves. All of them have sixth-grade bloodlines and quite decent talent."
"As for the Universe-level slaves, they are still being transported. Because of the distance, they will need some time to arrive."
"The Imperial Administrative Office has already sent us nearly all the manpower it can mobilize. It will be difficult to obtain more personnel from them, so we are recruiting heavily and beginning to establish a training system, selecting suitable talents from among the territory's citizens to cultivate."
"Mm, not bad." Wang Yu nodded lightly.
"Oh, right. This Lord has noticed that most of you are still using ordinary auxiliary optical computers."
"That won't do. If visitors see that, they might think that those working under this Lord cannot even afford intelligent optical computers!"
"Poor tools and equipment affect efficiency. Go order a batch of intelligent optical computers with high-end specifications. Replace them for the management team, guards, recruited Star-level instructors—in short, everyone working for the territory."
"And from now on, all new recruits will be issued intelligent optical computers as well. The territory will also cover all Virtual Universe fees from public funds."
"Yes! Thank you, Lord!" Venina agreed with great delight.
By now, she had gradually grown accustomed to her lord's extravagantly lavish spending. She no longer easily felt confused or thought the money was not worth spending.
In any case, money had to be spent where it should be spent—and spent generously. If something was to be used, it had to be the best!
Working for such a powerful and wealthy lord was simply wonderful!
Just then, Venina received a notification from a subordinate. After glancing at it, she respectfully said, "Lord, a batch of the Azure Wave Marrow and Stellar-level Evolution Potion you ordered has arrived."
"How much?" Wang Yu asked.
"One thousand tons of Azure Wave Marrow and ten thousand bottles of Stellar-level Evolution Potion." Venina immediately answered, then added with some difficulty,
"My lord, the quantities you requested are simply too great. Ten thousand tons of Azure Wave Marrow and one hundred thousand bottles of Stellar-level Evolution Potion are difficult to source in sufficient quantities at once. We can probably only purchase around half of what you asked for..."
"If you need them urgently, we can buy however much we need through high-end channels such as the Cosmic Galaxy Bank. But we would have to pay extra to have them shipped from more distant cosmic nations, and the cost would rise drastically. It could even double!"
"Do we need to purchase them at such a high price?"
For ordinary matters, Venina would not specifically ask Wang Yu for instructions just because they cost a little more.
But the amount involved in this purchase was simply enormous!
Together, the two purchases amounted to tens of millions of Universe Coin!
Not cheap White Dragon Coins or Ganwu coins, but Universe Coin!
Ten million Universe Coin was enough to become a One-Star Account holder at the two great cosmic banks. Tens of millions? Many Universe-level experts did not possess that much wealth!
"Only half? Fine, then buy this much first." Wang Yu thought for a moment and replied casually.
Azure Wave Marrow was a treasure that could rapidly strengthen a Planetary-level body. Its effects were extremely good. As long as the supply kept up, one could rise from Planetary-level 1st Order to Ninth-Order Planetary Level in less than a year. It was absurdly fast, and the effect was gentle, without side effects or damage to one's foundation.
However, everything had an "impossible triangle."
Fast, good, cheap—one could not have all three.
Since Azure Wave Marrow was both fast and effective, its price was outrageously high!
When Luo Feng had first entered the universe, he had purchased Azure Wave Marrow on Qiu Long Star for 9,000 Black Dragon Coin per gram!
Times had changed, but so had the star region. Within the White Dragon Sea Empire Territory, Azure Wave Marrow generally cost 10,000 White Dragon Coins per gram.
Luo Feng had bought thirty kilograms, enough to rapidly raise his Blue Star human body from Fifth-Order Planetary Level to the seventh order.
But energy accumulation naturally increased with each higher level. The eighth and ninth orders required even more!
If one relied entirely on Azure Wave Marrow to rise from Planetary-level 1st Order to Ninth-Order Planetary Level, roughly one hundred kilograms would be needed!
That was around one billion White Dragon Coins, or approximately 170 Universe Coin.
But that was only enough for one person. He had told Vinina to purchase ten thousand tons—enough for one hundred thousand people, amounting to 17 million Universe Coin!
Then there was the Stellar-level Evolution Potion. It was also a potion that could guarantee a Planetary-level ninth-order expert a 100% breakthrough to the Star-level, but it was equally outrageously expensive. Each bottle also cost one billion White Dragon Coins!
Purchasing enough of both for one hundred thousand people would cost more than thirty million Universe Coin, a price that would make even ordinary Universe-level experts tremble!
And it was not merely expensive. The resources were scarce, so it was impossible to easily supply him with so much stock.
After all, Planetary-level beings themselves were not valuable. A Planetary-level commoner with no background and average strength and talent earned only a few hundred White Dragon Coins a year.
Unless they were direct descendants being raised by a major family or powerful faction, no one would spend two billion White Dragon Coins just to let a Planetary-level person rapidly break through to the Star-level.
Thus, such luxurious resources with utterly terrible cost-effectiveness had very low demand, and there would not be much inventory. They would probably have to buy up all the available stock in the entire White Dragon Sea Empire to gather enough for one hundred thousand people.
Otherwise, they would have to purchase through high-end channels like the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, which could transfer goods from across the entire Human Territory. He could buy as much as he wanted, but he would have to pay dearly.
Wang Yu had considered it. Although publicly revealing that he had stepped through the threshold of the Origin Laws had greatly elevated his status, exposing a little more wealth would not be a problem.
But this was a long-term matter. There was no need to force it or rush.
And I have the System Shop. I can simply buy them directly from the shop and secretly distribute some to the citizens at intervals. As long as the quantities are not too large each time, it will not draw much attention. That would be safer.
I can also establish industries in the territory, such as training pharmacists and producing potions... Achievements made by pharmacists are recognized by the system as well, and they will provide achievement rewards.
Since I can buy rare resources from the shop without limit, pharmacists will not need to worry about material supplies. They can practice freely, making it naturally easier to cultivate powerful high-level pharmacists.
And not just pharmacists. Many other crafts can likewise be cultivated through an unlimited supply of resources.
As Wang Yu pondered the plan, he dismissed Venina and had her arrange for ten thousand ninth-order Planetary-level people to take the potions and break through to the Star-level.
The first successful breakthrough soon appeared, and the system sent a notification as well.
[A citizen has broken through to the Star-level. Reward: 10,000 Origin Energy]
"The reward for breaking through to the Star-level is ten thousand times that for breaking through to the Planetary-level?" Wang Yu contemplated the notification.
"It looks like a lot, but in reality, when forcefully raising them quickly, the Planetary-level can generate profits hundreds of times over, while the Star-level can only generate profits dozens of times over."
"Although each Planetary-level person earns less in absolute terms, the cost is also lower, and their numbers are enormous. It seems this is more of a benefit—the Planetary-level is the main source of profit and the foundation of this Lord's wealth."
"The highest level that can be rapidly force-fed with resources is the Star-level. As for the Universe-level..."
"It is not that it cannot be done. Even Immortal beings can be forcefully raised through resources. But starting at the Universe-level, forcefully raising them would probably lose money, and it would not be fast either."
"A nutrient pod alone costs several trillion to tens of trillions of Universe Coin. Nutrient solution costs ten billion Universe Coin per ton. It takes a hundred years to create a First-Order Universe Level expert, and their foundation would be terrible. They would absolutely be unable to comprehend a domain and would have no chance of breaking through to Domain Lord."
"Although those prices include a premium caused by scarce resources, and buying from the System Shop would be somewhat cheaper, it would only be around a twenty percent discount and would still take more than a hundred years."
"If I truly wanted to make up for their foundations, it would not be impossible. But I would have to give them Bloodline Evolution Potion as well. Forcefully raising Universe-level experts is simply too inefficient..."
"If the goal is only to make money, it is still much easier to rely on the nearly countless Apprentice Grade and Planetary-level people."
"For Universe-level experts, it is easier to directly buy slaves or recruit people. For now, I will order one First-Order Universe Level slave to test the waters and see how things go after giving him a little training."
"It seems that even with the system handing out money, most people can only serve as the foundation. The ones truly worth cultivating all the way up are still only a small number of geniuses!"
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