Not Slaves, but This Lord's Seeds!

Wang Yu understood as well that this meant the lord was providing extra resources, allowing talents to be cultivated more effectively.

The Qian Wu Country Lord probably wished everyone under him would do the same—pay out of their own pockets to provide resources, cultivate more talents, and earn more racial contributions for him!

Later that day, Venina came to report again. The hundred million Apprentice Grade slaves Wang Yu had requested had arrived on War God Star, and their control chips had been removed on the spot, freeing them as civilians.

The result was...

[Purchased 100 million Apprentice Grade subjects. Reward: 1 Origin Energy]

"Buying slaves directly to increase the population gives such a small reward?" Wang Yu pondered as he looked at the message.

"Ordinary Apprentice Grade slaves generally cost 10 White Dragon Coins each. A hundred million of them cost a billion White Dragon Coins, yet the reward is only six million White Dragon Coins—one Universe Coin?"

"I'd lose money doing this, but... that's only the initial loss. Once they have descendants, and once they cultivate and improve, they can all earn money for me."

"Since it can make money, I have to keep buying. Increase my population ruthlessly!"

Wang Yu sat inside the D4-class Universe Spaceship, overlooking the densely packed hundred million slaves through the external simulation.

They were no longer slaves, actually. At this moment, they were already free civilians.

These people...

In the eyes of other powerhouses, they might have been nothing more than a group of worthless people not even qualified to be citizens, fit only to be sold as slaves for 10 White Dragon Coins apiece, used for hard labor or sent to dangerous places to risk their lives for resources.

But in Wang Yu's eyes, they were all seeds.

They were crops seeds this lord had scattered across his fields.

As long as he watered and fertilized them, cared for them diligently, then waited for harvest season, they would bring this lord returns a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold, or even greater!

Just getting them to break through to the Planetary-level would bring in a hundred million Universe Coins!

Not to mention that they could continue cultivating and growing stronger, have children, and those children could keep earning rewards for him...

Thinking of this, the smile on Wang Yu's face grew wider.

But this lord had only just gotten started. He did not have time to leisurely admire his subjects' lives yet.

The D4-class Universe Spaceship lifted off and quickly passed through War God Star's atmosphere, flying into space.

There were still many places where he would need money. He could not personally throw Universe Crystals at Venina every time. That would be far too troublesome, and it would diminish the lordly aura he was supposed to have.

So he had to make a trip to the Blue Silver Empire's Imperial Capital Star and deposit some Universe Coins into his Cosmic Galaxy Bank account, specifically for territorial expenses.

The hundred million newly freed slaves still wore tense, fearful expressions, hardly daring to breathe.

Many of them had been slaves since birth.

Some had spent most of their lives mining in mines. Some had assembled parts day and night in factories. Some had been bought and sold like merchandise by their owners, passed through several planets.

They had never known what freedom tasted like.

They had never even dared to imagine it.

But just now...

When those uniformed people drove them out of the transport ships, someone told them that the control chips in their heads had been removed.

From this day forward, they were no longer slaves.

They were free civilians!

"We're free!"

"We're not slaves anymore!"

As they gradually came to their senses and realized that they truly were no longer slaves, they immediately erupted into cheers!

Thousands, tens of thousands... a hundred million people shouted at once. Their voices converged like a roaring tsunami, making even the ground seem to tremble faintly!

Some burst into tears. Some knelt on the ground and kowtowed toward the palace. Some hugged complete strangers beside them, shouting and jumping.

"Thank you, Lord!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

"Long live the Lord!"

Countless people shouted the same words, their voices rising and falling without end.

Inside the D4-class Universe Spaceship.

With an almost imperceptible tremor, the spaceship broke through the speed of light and entered the Dark Universe.

After drifting through the universe for more than two hundred years, Wang Yu had long grown accustomed to traveling into the Dark Universe aboard a spaceship. He showed no reaction, merely lying on a soft, comfortable sofa as he looked at the Lord Mall in the system.

War God Star was still quite far from the Blue Silver Empire's Imperial Capital Star, roughly three hundred thousand light-years away. However, the D4-class Universe Spaceship was also fast, with a maximum speed approaching three times the speed of light. Traveling through the Dark Universe would take about five days, or ten days for a round trip.

In ten days, Venina could probably complete three rounds of selections. By the time he returned, he would be able to see the leeks... ahem, the talented subjects selected through layer after layer of screening!

Being a lord really was great!

Back when he was still Star-level, although he was a Third-Class Elite of the Ganwu Dojo and had some status and prestige, all his resources had to be used for cultivation. He did not have that much money to hire attendants and servants. At most, he could order around a few Planetary-level servants, and even they had been assigned by the Ganwu Dojo.

Now that he was a lord, millions of people worked for him, and a single order from him could decide the fate of hundreds of millions!

The feeling of holding power over the world and controlling everything was truly exhilarating!

Of course, he also knew that this control only extended to low-level beings like Apprentice Grade, Planetary-level, and Star-level cultivators. It did not really amount to much.

There were countless powerhouses in the universe. He was merely a minor Universe-level lord right now.

"I have to hurry up and improve! A Universe-level cultivator might be able to serve as the lord of dozens of planets within Human Territory, but on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, they're the lowest-ranking cannon fodder, the sort who get wiped out in droves by the aftermath of a powerhouse's battle!"

"If I keep a low profile in Human Territory, there generally won't be much trouble, but it's not absolutely safe. If I accidentally offend a powerhouse, they can slap a charge on me and have me arrested as a slave."

"Or they may not even need a charge. If some slave-catching squad is strong enough and has a powerful backer, they can simply rush over and seize me. Would the Blue Silver Empire stand up for me then?"

Wang Yu understood very clearly how chaotic the lower levels of Humanity were.

For example, the Fire Phoenix Group established by Pansi in the original story, which hid a large amount of Locke Divine Water.

With a World Lord at its head and multiple Domain Lords participating, it could already be considered a major force. Even if such a force acted tyrannically and randomly captured some Universe-level cultivators from low-level nations as slaves, basically no one would interfere.

The strong could not be bothered, while the weak were unable to.

The Blue Silver Empire possessed the territory of ten galaxies. For a low-level nation, it was not weak. There was a certain chance that a World Lord level powerhouse was stationed there; even at worst, there should be a relatively powerful peak Domain Lord level expert.

So it was still somewhat safer for him to operate here, but disaster could strike at any time. He could not let down his guard completely.

"Now that I'm going to Imperial Capital Star to deposit money, I can show off a little wealth. As long as it isn't too excessive, I can handle it with my status and strength."

"Probably... depositing ten million Universe Coins would be an appropriate amount. It would also let me become a one-star account holder at Cosmic Galaxy Bank."

Wang Yu looked at the Lord Mall as he pondered.

The mall had everything, from worthless ordinary dirt and stones to...

Even treasures of the Hunyuan Lord!