"Although Emperor Ivan agreed to give me ten thousand life planets as my territory, which sounds like quite a lot..."
"But by the standards of the universe, it was actually nothing remarkable. Even the Hunyuan Galaxy, which only counted as a small galaxy, had over a hundred thousand life planets. I didn't even have a tenth of that!"
"No wonder Humanity's upper ranks made so many arrangements just to discover and cultivate talent. The universe may be vast, but those who could truly be called geniuses were far too few!"
Wang Yu could not help but sigh. Geniuses were hard to come by, yet the system's requirements for upgrading his lord rank involved cultivating powerful citizens of a high standard.
For the first upgrade requirement, given Tian Shi some time, he should be able to meet it soon.
But there would be more and higher requirements later. He had to discover and cultivate as many geniuses as possible.
The system's future demands did not even need to be too outrageous. Just requiring him to cultivate a few more Third-Class Elites would already be difficult enough.
Those Third-Class Elites were judged by the standards for branch elites of the Virtual Universe Company.
When Luo Feng and his two brothers had first trained in the Killing Fields, their outstanding performances had drawn the recruitment of Mingyu, an External Deacon of the Virtual Universe Company.
At the time, Luo Feng and Thunder God had both been First-Order Stellar Level. Luo Feng's psychic amplitude had exceeded thirtyfold, while Thunder God possessed a domain. Even so, they had only been offered the lowest status of Third-Class Elite.
Hong had only been Ninth-Order Planetary Level, yet he possessed the third level of Light Domain. Only then had he received genuine attention and been deemed qualified for First-Class Elite status.
Do not underestimate branch elites. In truth, during the Stellar-level Genius Battle held once every five thousand years, even a medium-sized country could not produce many geniuses of that caliber.
Such standards were truly extremely demanding!
He had lucked into Tian Shi during a burst of fortune, but finding geniuses afterward would be far too difficult!
"The Killing Fields are indeed a place for discovering geniuses, but it isn't just the Virtual Universe Company. Powerful figures from ordinary regional factions also regularly watch battles between Planetary-level and Star-level fighters, hoping to discover newly emerged geniuses."
"Even if I discover a genius, if luck is poor, I'll still have to compete with powerhouses from other factions for them. That won't be easy either."
"Hmm... It seems I should first obtain a position within the Virtual Universe Company. The Commerce Department would be best. Then I can find some elites lacking resources and tempt them with wealth and treasures..."
"The system's method of determining whether someone is a citizen of my territory is very simple. It depends on whether they consider themselves a member of my territory."
"For example, Ganwu Universe Country. As long as a genius considers themselves to have come from Ganwu Universe Country and to be a member of Ganwu Universe Country, then if I obtain Ganwu Universe Country as my territory, that genius will count as one of my territorial citizens even if they do not know who I am."
"As long as they have that sense of identity, it will work. It is a form of subjective recognition."
"Maybe I should change my way of thinking..."
"If geniuses are hard to find, then I'll make them myself!"
"There's nothing in this world that can't be solved by throwing money at it. If there is, then it only means I haven't thrown enough money at it!"
"Universe-level was generally considered to have an enormous threshold, with only a very small number of Star-level warriors successfully breaking through. But the truth was that they could be forcefully raised with nutrient solution."
"If I have Purple Fire Ape Wine, a single cup can directly transform an ordinary person into a Universe-level warrior and grant them an extremely high talent for the Fire Law."
"Even Immortals were said to need to comprehend a Lower-Level Origin Law completely. Yet if one had a treasure like the Ice-Fire Fruit, a single fruit could give a World Lord a fifty percent chance of breaking through into an Immortal. If it was Icefire Fruit Wine, one cup would guarantee a World Lord's successful breakthrough."
"The cost was simply absurd. A jug of Purple Fire Ape Wine cost more than a hundred billion Chaos Yuan Units, and even a single cup was worth several billion Chaos Yuan Units. Ordinary King-level Immortals could not afford it. The Ice-Fire Fruit was even rarer, with only one produced in the Ancestral God Secret Realm every ten thousand eras. Icefire Fruit Wine was something only the three Ancestral Gods could afford to drink."
"But absurd as the cost was, that was indeed how it worked. As long as one had money, anything could be forcefully created. Even Origin Laws, supposedly dependent entirely on comprehension, could be directly understood after consuming a treasure like the Ice-Fire Fruit."
"Bloodlines, genes, amplitude, will... all of them could be enhanced with treasures. They were simply unimaginably expensive."
"But the system kept giving me money, so I was not lacking in funds at all. After all this time, obtaining geniuses through ordinary means had proven far too difficult."
"Spending money would be much easier..."
Wang Yu turned his gaze toward the System Shop.
[Bloodline Evolution Potion] [Type: Potion] [Effect: Fundamentally promotes the evolution of genes and bloodline. Can raise the user's bloodline to sixth grade, with a small chance of raising it to fifth grade.] [Price: 200,000] [S-Type Bloodline Evolution Potion] [Type: Potion] [Effect: Fundamentally promotes the evolution of genes and bloodline. Can raise the user's bloodline to fourth grade, with a small chance of raising it to third grade.] [Price: 20,000,000]
If he wanted to buy slaves, those with sixth-grade bloodlines were already high-class slaves that were not easy to obtain.
But with a Bloodline Evolution Potion, even the ordinary version could reliably raise the user's bloodline to the sixth-grade level, with a small chance of reaching fifth grade.
The S-Type Bloodline Evolution Potion was even more powerful. It could raise a bloodline to fourth grade, with a small chance of reaching third grade.
Those with fifth- and sixth-grade bloodlines would naturally reach Planetary-level adulthood.
Those with third- and fourth-grade bloodlines would naturally reach Star-level adulthood.
Among Humanity, fifth- and sixth-grade bloodlines were already quite good, while third- and fourth-grade bloodlines could be considered superior.
As for higher grades, second-grade bloodlines naturally reached Universe-level adulthood, while first-grade bloodlines naturally reached Domain Lord Level adulthood. These were Humanity's most elite bloodlines.
There were Bloodline Evolution Potions for such bloodlines as well, known as the "Universe-level Bloodline Potion" and "Domain Lord-level Bloodline Potion." Their prices were even more astonishing: twenty billion and twenty trillion respectively.
If an undeveloped indigenous planet had an average population of around three billion, then even with the Blue Silver Empire granting him ten thousand life planets as territory, his total population would only be a little over thirty trillion.
He would also have to complete the enormous project of evolving every Apprentice Grade citizen into Planetary-level before he could earn thirty trillion Universe Coins and have enough funds to buy one bottle.
"Bloodline Evolution Potions are treasures forbidden by the Virtual Universe Company from being traded on the open market. I can buy some from the shop and grant them to my subordinates. I just need to make sure the number isn't too excessive."
"I think I'll first give Tian Shi a Universe-level Bloodline Potion, then select some people and grant them S-Type Bloodline Evolution Potions. Third- and fourth-grade bloodlines are already quite good. The Virtual Universe Company only grants S-Type Bloodline Evolution Potions to official internal First-Class Elites."
"For Human geniuses, such bloodlines are definitely not poor. As for combat skills, realms, and comprehension of laws, I can make up for them with other treasures."
"As long as the money is in place, there is no problem in this universe that cannot be solved."
"It's just that getting enough money really isn't easy! Thirty trillion Universe Coins sounds like a lot, but it's only thirty Chaos Yuan Units!"
As Wang Yu pondered, he watched Tian Shi battle the dojo students.
Just then, his intelligent assistant suddenly notified him that he had received an email.
The sender was Emperor Ivan, whom he had met not long ago. The email said that there was now a reply regarding Wang Yu's introduction into the Virtual Universe Company, and Ivan wanted to discuss it with him.
Wang Yu immediately contacted him. Upon learning that Wang Yu was in the Killing Fields, Ivan directly teleported over to Wang Yu's Meditation Room.
As soon as Ivan arrived, he smiled and shook his head. "Wang Yu, why didn't you tell me you were coming to the Killing Fields? I manage this place. If you had told me, why would you need to pay to rent a Meditation Room? I could have arranged one for you directly."
Wang Yu rose to greet him and waved with a smile. "It's only a small amount of money. How could I trouble Your Majesty over such a trivial matter?"
Ivan smiled and said nothing more. To them, one million Universe Coins truly was not much money.
After the two sat down, Ivan's expression turned serious. "All right, let's get to business. I've discussed the matter of introducing you into the Virtual Universe Company with those above."
"The person involved is Supervisor Lawrence, a World Lord powerhouse from the Commerce Department. He is an old friend of my clan ancestor."
"Although my clan ancestor is also a member of the Commerce Department, he serves at the Ganwu Branch. The head of the Commerce Department at the White Dragon Sea Branch is Lord Lawrence, so Lord Lawrence will decide your matter."
Wang Yu nodded lightly.
The Virtual Universe Company's branches had higher-level branches such as the Ganwu Branch, which managed an entire universe country. Beneath them were branches for smaller regions.
Of course, these smaller subordinate branches were all on the scale of starfields or medium-sized countries.
Anything smaller than that, such as individual galaxies, was simply too numerous. It was not worth establishing further lower-level branches and increasing the difficulty of management.
Ivan was an External Deacon of the Martial Department, responsible for managing the Killing Fields at the White Dragon Sea Branch. Since Wang Yu hoped to join the Commerce Department, Ivan had contacted the World Lord-level supervisor of the Commerce Department here on his behalf.
"Lord Lawrence is relatively easy to talk to. There won't be a problem with letting you join, but as expected, granting you the position of External Deacon will require you to pass an assessment."
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