To be honest, Lu Li had no idea about Dao Court's specific annual revenue.
Furthermore, it is unknown how much wealth the Dao Court accumulated over the past century.
All he knew was that after the Dao Court, its assets were numerous.
Just within the Litian Prefecture City, there are numerous businesses that generate income.
Battle Platform, the Litian Grand Market, cultivation restaurants and eateries, and it's said that the Spirit Source Division also runs a business renting and selling cave abode dwellings and residences.
In short, there are countless ways to make money in the city.
Not to mention the two prefectures, numerous counties and cities, millions of Demon Race, and millions of cultivators.
With such a vast power, Lu Li, having secluded himself for a century, had no idea how much he had gained from it.
All of this is recorded in the Heart of Primordial Beginning.
As Lu Li gave the order, the Heart of Primordial Beginning flashed with light.
The ethereal words echoed throughout the hall.
"Yes, Master. I will now retrieve the revenue from Dao Court's century-long development for you."
"We also suggest you review Dao Court's major development plans."
Lu Li nodded and waited quietly.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, two light screen projections suddenly appeared.
Extremely complex and detailed.
The light screen on the left displays a summary of Dao Court's revenue over its century-long development.
The light screen on the right displays the Dao Court's major plans for the near future and beyond.
Lu Li's gaze was immediately drawn to the long string of numbers on the left-hand light screen.
[Revenue Summary of the Litian Dao Court the Past Century]
[Statistical period: From the first year of the Dao Court Calendar to the 103rd year]
[Currency Value: Mid-Grade Spirit Stone ]
[Permanent Industries of Litian Prefecture City: Expand]
[ Battle Platform's average annual revenue is 8.704 million, with a cumulative total of 890 million over a century]
(Includes services such as admission tickets, betting commission, and combat power assessment)
[ Litian Grand Market's average annual revenue is 1.562 million, with a cumulative total of 159 million over a century]
(Shop leasing, transaction commission, auction commission, etc.)
[The average annual revenue from the rental of cave abode Residences is 4.38 million, with a cumulative total of 440 million over a century.]
(Long-term rental of inner city cave abode, short-term rental of outer city residences, temporary seclusion rooms)
[Xiu Xing Shi Restaurant has an average annual revenue of 4.21 million, with a cumulative total of 420 million over a century.]
( Spirit Cuisine, spiritual wine, and banquet catering)
[Annual revenue from city management fees is 3.26 million, totaling 330 million over a century]
(Entry tax, parking fees, freight customs clearance)
[Total revenue Litian Prefecture City's founding: 2.2 billion]
The entire left-side light curtain is extremely long.
The uppermost part is the core area of the entire Dao Court, Litian Prefecture City.
Lu Li couldn't even imagine that the Litian Dao Court could generate 2.2 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stone in revenue over a hundred years.
This is only revenue, and costs have not yet been factored in.
But this number is still alarming.
Keep in mind that this is only a portion of the Dao Court's revenue.
The real bulk of the revenue came from the output of the two prefectures and countless counties of the Western Continent.
Lu Li suppressed his shock and continued looking down.
[Revenue from Litian Prefecture: Expand]
[Total number of counties: 432]
[Average annual revenue per county: 260,000]
[Total Revenue Over 100 Years: 11.2 Billion]
[ Jingxi Prefecture Revenue: Expand]
[Total number of prefectures: 128]
[Average annual revenue per county: 150,000]
[Total Revenue Over 100 Years: 1.92 Billion]
[Total revenue of the two prefectures over the past century: 15.3 billion]
"15.3 billion!"
"Still Mid-Grade Spirit Stone? Am I that rich?"
Looking at Dao Court's final cumulative revenue over a century, Lu Li felt somewhat dazed.
More than 10 billion? How come he's now talking about 10 billion all the time?
This is not paper money, and it's not some kind of empty currency.
This is real income from Spirit Stone.
Such a massive amount of wealth is simply astonishing.
"15.3 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, which equals 153 billion Low-Grade Spirit Stone!"
"Such immense wealth, if used for in-game purchases, the effect would be..."
Lu Li didn't dare to think about it; he really didn't dare to calculate the accounts, and the result was truly shocking.
Only now does he finally feel the relief of having plenty of money in his pocket.
At least the spending on in-game purchases in the Jade Pendant Space is no longer restricted.
However, Lu Li also knew that behind Potian's revenue, there must be Potian's cost expenditures.
This only reflects revenue; costs have not yet been disclosed.
At the bottom of the screen were listed the Dao Court's major expenditures.
[Annual expenditures of various departments and prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Dao Court ]
[ Army Suppression Division: Average annual salary 4.873 million]
(Salary, pensions, equipment maintenance, military drills)
[ Ten Thousand Spirits Division: Average annual income 1.068 million]
( Demon Beast taming, alien race prevention, epidemic prevention)
[ Artifact Manufacturing Division: Average annual income 6.435 million]
(Spiritual material procurement, puppet research and development, production line maintenance)
[ Pill and Dharma Division: Average annual income 1.482 million]
(Talisman array crafting, elixir consumption, popularization of techniques)
[ Dao Propagation Division: Average annual income 2.206 million]
(The operation of the academy, teachers' salaries, and students' provisions)
[ Heavenly Pivot Division: Average annual income 4.343 million]
( Spirit Machinery Maintenance, Puppet Cluster, Inescapable Net)
[ Spirit Source Division: Average annual revenue 2.217 million]
(Transaction costs, warehousing and logistics, resource exploration)
[ Spirit Puppet Division: Average annual salary of 6.234 million]
(Research and development costs, illusionary interaction, spirit puppet repair)
[ Heaven Surveillance Division: Average annual expenditure of 2.189 million]
(Demon mark detection, mark stabilization, patrol enforcement)
[...]
[Expenditures of the two prefectures and counties:...]
[Special government expenses:...]
[ Dao Lord's Cultivation Supplies:...]
[Total expenditure of the Dao Court over the past century: 16.5 billion]
[ Dao Court's total revenue over 100 years: 17.5 billion]
[ Dao Court's total surplus over a century: 1 billion]
Lu Li watched the entire scene on the left-hand light screen from beginning to end.
The final number happens to be an integer.
A full 1 billion.
1 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, which, when combined with High-Grade Spirit Stone, equals 100 million.
This income, although not low.
But Lu Li always felt a sense of loss.
"Who would have thought that after a century of generating billions in revenue, they would only have saved up 1 billion?"
"That's quite costly."
"However, it seems... the millions of High-Grade Spirit Stone that Zongzheng Lie contributed when I captured him back then definitely weren't from the Jingxi Prefecture's own treasury."
"The real treasures have probably already been taken overseas by the descendants of those princes."
Lu Li stared at the light screen, remaining silent for a long time.
After a century of seclusion, the Dao Court has developed rapidly.
Their income and wealth are also incomparable to what they were a hundred years ago.
Millions of Demon Beast and hundreds of thousands of cultivators are under the jurisdiction of the Dao Court.
It's already quite an achievement to have obtained so many Spirit Stone.
After all, this past century has been a period of development for the Dao Court.
It's already quite an achievement to generate revenue without incurring pure expenses.
Lu Li understood that in the next century, Dao Court's revenue would be truly astonishing.
"Ten billion it is."
"With this wealth, the growth of the Jade Pendant Space can definitely be accelerated significantly."
After reviewing Dao Court's revenue...
Lu Li's gaze shifted.
He had already scanned the contents of the light screen beside him with his Divine Sense and knew them long ago.
There are also relevant records on the Jade Slip he passed on to the Great Xia.
However, when Lu Li's gaze fell upon the contents again...
I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
The Primordial Beginning judgments and plans were far bolder than he had imagined.
The first line of the light screen displayed several large, dark characters.
"Located across the Endless Sea, connecting the four continents of east, west, north, and south, it officially debuts in the Eastern Wasteland!"