Lu Yi's trip had to do with the secret base he had been planning.
Earlier, he had found a construction crew in the Dou Ling Empire and hired them to build and renovate the site he had chosen.
A month had passed, and the holidays were nearly here. Construction was almost complete.
Lu Yi needed to inspect the finished work, settle the workers' wages, and erase their memories of the base.
The premises in Shrek City were only a public front, a temporary arrangement. This would be his true headquarters.
His future research, experiments, trade secrets, Wand workshop, and study of Necromancy would all take place there, not in the bustle of Shrek City.
Two days later, Lu Yi changed his appearance and personally inspected the completed base.
The island in the middle of the lake, several times larger than his premises in Shrek City, now had many cleared plots. Some of its original trees had been felled for building materials; Lu Yi had purchased the rest in advance and left them on the island.
Even low-ranking Soul Master construction workers were remarkably efficient. Each was the equal of a piece of heavy machinery—a first-rate body made for construction work.
Lu Yi first gave every worker a bonus for their hard work. He would settle the remaining wages once they returned to their city.
Seeing how fairly Lu Yi treated them, the entire crew grinned from ear to ear.
When Lu Yi had first approached them about the project, they had thought he might be a swindler. Only after arriving and seeing the great piles of building materials did they believe he genuinely intended to build something.
Back in a mid-sized city of the Dou Ling Empire, Lu Yi rented out a leisure club. After treating everyone involved in the