Amid the dreamlike, ethereal splendor of this Immortal Mountain and Blessed Land, everyone stopped to gaze into the distance, utterly entranced.
Even the well-traveled Pan Ning could not help sighing. "What a fine Blessed Land!"
Built by burning through mountains of money, it was naturally a fine Blessed Land.
"That money was well spent!"
Li Chen smiled at the sight. He had not come here for an on-site inspection in some time, but he had kept watch in secret through his puppets and remained informed of the construction's progress. He knew that, starting the year before last, costs had risen again and again. The treasury had allocated funds several times, increasing the budget until expenditure exceeded 150 quadrillion.
The construction cost of a Deer Terrace like this already rivaled that of a small Sky City.
And that was merely an empty city!
Over the years, Li Chen had sent people to store the rare treasures, spirit materials, and rarities gathered from all quarters within it. There were also Hu Meiniang's collections accumulated over many years, along with military provisions, equipment, supplies, and so forth that he had skimmed off when the armies marched out...
There were even spoils from campaigns against rebel kings and the suppression of martial sects and powerful local clans.
The contents were worth no less than 100 trillion, almost rivaling the construction cost of the Deer Terrace itself!
Beyond that, from the very moment the Deer Terrace was completed, it had continuously received a share of incense and fire prayer power and condensed Dragon Aura. If this fortune power were converted into spirit stones, there was no telling how much wealth it represented, but it certainly amounted to tens of quadrillions, enough to nurture multiple Seven-Star Mechanical Bodies with Nascent Soul combat strength.
All of this