Profits at the Star Level

Inside the palace, Venina reported on the work as usual.

"My Lord, another batch of 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 possess sixth-grade bloodlines and have quite good talent."

"As for the Universe-level slaves, they are still being transported. Since the distance is relatively far, they will need some time to arrive."

"The Imperial Administrative Office has already assigned nearly all the manpower it can spare to us. It will be difficult to obtain more personnel from them, so we are recruiting at high salaries 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.

"By the way, I noticed that most of you are still using ordinary auxiliary optical computers."

"That won't do. If visitors see that, they might think that people working under me cannot even afford intelligent optical computers!"

"Poor tools and equipment affect work efficiency. Go order a batch of intelligent optical computers with high-end performance and configurations. The management team, guards, recruited Star-level instructors—in short, everyone working for the territory must be upgraded."

"And from now on, all newcomers will receive intelligent optical computers as standard. The fees for the Virtual Universe will also be paid in full from the territory's public funds."

"Yes! Thank you, my Lord!" Venina agreed happily.

By now, she had gradually adapted to her lord's extravagantly lavish spending habits. She no longer easily felt confused or thought the money was not worth spending.

In any case, money had to be spent wherever it needed to be spent—and it had to be spent generously. If they were going to use something, they would use the best!

Working under such a powerful and wealthy lord truly felt amazing!

Just then, Venina received a message from one of her subordinates. After glancing at it, she respectfully said, "My Lord, a batch of the Azure Wave Marrow and Stellar-level Evolution Potions we 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 answered immediately. Then, somewhat troubled, she added:

"My Lord, the quantity you requested is simply too large. Ten thousand tons of Azure Wave Marrow and one hundred thousand bottles of Stellar-level Evolution Potion—such enormous quantities are difficult to supply at once. We can probably only purchase about half of what you requested..."

"If you truly need them as soon as possible, we can buy as much as we want 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. The costs would rise drastically—possibly even doubling!"

"Do we need to procure them at such high prices?"

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 too enormous!

Together, they cost tens of millions of Universe Coins!

Not the cheap White Dragon Coins or Ganwu coins, but Universe Coins!

Ten million Universe Coins were enough to become a One-Star Account holder at either of the two great cosmic banks. Tens of millions of Universe Coins? Many Universe-level powerhouses did not possess that much money!

"Only half? Fine, we'll buy this much first." Wang Yu thought for a moment before replying casually.

Azure Wave Marrow was a treasure capable of rapidly strengthening a Planetary-level body, and its effects were extremely good. As long as the supply could keep up, one could advance from Planetary-level 1st Order to Ninth-Order Planetary Level in less than a year. It was absurdly fast, and its effects were gentle, with no side effects that would damage one's foundation.

However, everything had an "impossible triangle."

Fast, good, and 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 bought Azure Wave Marrow on Qiu Long Star. It cost 9,000 Black Dragon Coin per gram!

Times had changed, but so had the starfield. 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, allowing his Blue Star human body to rapidly rise from Fifth-Order Planetary Level to the seventh order.

But energy accumulation naturally required more at higher levels. The consumption at the eighth and ninth orders was even greater!

If one relied entirely on Azure Wave Marrow to advance from Planetary-level 1st Order to Ninth-Order Planetary Level, they would need roughly one hundred kilograms of Azure Wave Marrow!

That was around one billion White Dragon Coins, equivalent to about 170 Universe Coins.

But that was only enough for one person. Wang Yu had asked Vinina to purchase ten thousand tons, enough for one hundred thousand people—that was 17 million Universe Coins!

Then there were the Stellar-level Evolution Potions. They could guarantee a 100% breakthrough from Ninth-Order Planetary Level to Star-level, but they were equally expensive. Each bottle also cost one billion White Dragon Coins!

Buying enough of both for one hundred thousand people would cost over thirty million Universe Coins, a price that would make even ordinary Universe-level experts shudder!

And it was not merely expensive—the resources were scarce, making it impossible to supply him with such enormous quantities easily.

After all, Planetary-level cultivators themselves were not valuable. A truly ordinary Planetary-level civilian with no background and average strength and talent earned only a few hundred White Dragon Coins a year.

Unless they were direct descendants cultivated by major families or powerful factions, no one would spend two billion White Dragon Coins just to let a Planetary-level cultivator rapidly break through to Star-level.

Thus, these extravagant resources with no cost-performance value had very little demand, and there would not be much stock on hand. They would probably need to buy out all available inventory across the 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 mobilize goods from across the entire Human Territory. They could provide however much he wanted, but they would charge him dearly.

Wang Yu considered it. Although publicly revealing that he had crossed 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 things and rush it all at once.

"Besides, I have the System Shop. I can buy them directly there and secretly distribute some to the citizens at intervals. As long as each batch is not too large, it will not attract too much attention. That would be a safer approach," Wang Yu thought.

"I can also establish industries within the territory, such as training pharmacists and producing medicines... Achievements made by pharmacists are also recognized by the system and will yield rewards."

"Conveniently, I can purchase unlimited rare resources from the System Shop. Pharmacists would not need to worry about material supplies and could practice freely, making it naturally easier to cultivate powerful high-level pharmacists."

"Not just pharmacists—many other crafts can likewise be cultivated through an unlimited supply of resources."

As Wang Yu pondered how to proceed, he dismissed Venina and had her arrange for ten thousand Ninth-Order Planetary Level cultivators to take the medicine and break through to Star-level.

The first successful breakthrough soon appeared, followed by a system notification.

[A citizen has broken through to Star-level. Reward: 10,000 Origin Energy]

"The reward for breaking through to Star-level is ten thousand times the reward for breaking through to Planetary-level?" Wang Yu considered the message.

"Yet although it seems like a lot, in terms of profit from rapidly forcefully stacking them up, Planetary-level cultivators can generate profits hundreds of times over, while Star-level cultivators only generate dozens of times."

"Although each Planetary-level cultivator earns less in absolute terms, the costs are lower, and their numbers are huge. It seems this is a benefit. Planetary-level cultivators are the main source of profit, the foundation of my wealth."

"The furthest I can rapidly force someone upward using resources is Star-level. As for Universe-level..."

"It is not that they cannot be stacked up. Even Immortals can be forcefully piled up with resources. But starting from Universe-level, forcefully stacking them up would probably lose money, and it would not be fast either."

"A nutrition pod alone costs several thousand to ten thousand billion Universe Coins. Nutrient fluid costs ten billion Universe Coins per ton. It takes one hundred years to produce a First-Order Universe Level cultivator, and their foundation would be garbage. They would absolutely be unable to comprehend a domain and would have no possibility 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. It 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 Potions as well. Forcefully piling them up to Universe-level is simply too inefficient..."

"If I only want to make money, relying on the virtually countless Apprentice Grade and Planetary-level cultivators is much easier."

"For Universe-level cultivators, it is still simpler to directly buy slaves or recruit people. For now, I'll order a First-Order Universe Level slave to test the waters and see what happens after a little cultivation."

"Looks like even with the system giving me money, most people can only serve as the foundation. The ones truly worth cultivating all the way up are still only the few talented geniuses!"