The few under the moon heard Ye Yun's words, and their divine senses soared. Herbs were harvested like they were cut by a sickle at the root, falling in swathes, then piled up and sorted by their categories.
There was a certain knack to harvesting herbs. Normally, when picking herbs, they were uprooted to prevent the loss of medicinal properties. However, if the collected herbs were to be used very shortly, it wouldn't matter.
They already knew that Ye Yun possessed the Guiyuan丹炉 (Returning Origin Cauldron), so they naturally weren't as careful.
They harvested without stopping, because less than an hour after finishing, the herbs in the entire area had grown to five hundred years of age again. Thus, the five most powerful figures from the Tenth Directional Universe spent a whole day harvesting herbs fifteen times. The average age of the herbs reached around seven hundred years, yielding over sixteen hundred portions of the raw material for the Bigu Dan. Ye Yun, who controlled the Guiyuan丹炉, refined all these herbs into Bigu Dan.
"Damn it, what a waste. If this were in the game, with so many herbs and so many high-grade and top-grade Bigu Dan refined, the Guiyuan丹炉 should have upgraded long ago," Ye Yun grumbled as he looked at the Bigu Dan in his Sumeru ring.
That's right, the Guiyuan丹炉 was manifested by Ye Yun from the Heavenly Dao, but in the real world, the Guiyuan丹炉 could not be upgraded. This made Ye Yun quite displeased. He could only wait until the Guiyuan丹炉's level in the Heavenly Dao increased before manifesting it again.
In a day's harvest, Ye Yun refined a total of eight million ordinary Bigu Dan, six million good quality Bigu Dan, and over 1.7 million excellent quality Bigu Dan. He even refined over 200,000 top-grade Bigu Dan, filling Ye Yun's Sumeru ring to the brim.
Of course, with this herb garden, Ye Yun had no intention of giving up on collecting herbs in the game world, especially Bigu Dan. After all, Bigu Dan had the same effect when consumed in the game as in reality. Most importantly, once Ye Yun unified the Tenth Directional Universe, he would inevitably need to expand his army. To contend with the Demon Butterflies, stockpiling resources was paramount.
"You few, when the time comes, arrange all your alchemists here to tend to this herb garden! As soon as these herbs reach a thousand years of age, harvest and store them all. When you have free time, refine more Bigu Dan for the soldiers on the front lines," Ye Yun instructed the few who were still tirelessly harvesting. He couldn't refine pills here every day; he still needed to improve his own strength.
"Don't worry, Master. Moreover, the environment of the First Heaven is also very suitable for our artifact refiners for their usual refining and cultivation. Therefore, I hope Master can let some artifact refiners and alchemists reside here first. This would greatly alleviate the shortage of supplies on the front lines," Yue Xia nodded.
"Approved! Wang Chen, you will be in charge of commanding these alchemists and artifact refiners from now on. You will also be responsible for ensuring the logistical support for the major armies. If you lack personnel, transfer Liu Hai and the others over," Ye Yun left over two hundred thousand top-grade Bigu Dan and then threw all the Bigu Dan to Wang Chen.
The Dragon Palace was still recruiting personnel in various regions of Blue Star. The original one hundred thousand reserve members had all entered the Dragon Palace and become official members. Ye Yun letting Wang Chen lead logistics also had his own agenda.
Currently, the overall strength of the human race was relatively low. While he and the other alien powerhouses held sway for now, it was hard to guarantee that there wouldn't be a lot of dissent among these alien races in the future. This would be a major obstacle to Ye Yun's future management of his imperial territory.
Therefore, on one hand, Ye Yun planted his divine sense marks on all the alien supreme gods to control them. On the other hand, he needed to invest heavily in cultivating human powerhouses. The current 110,000 official members of the Dragon Palace were the greatest foundation of the human race. Ye Yun planned to cultivate all of them to the supreme god realm before considering further expansion.
However, in addition to the vigorous cultivation of official members, personnel for logistical support also needed to be trained. Moreover, as the territory expanded, the manpower investment in logistical support would only increase, which was a headache for Ye Yun. Fortunately, the high-ranking officials of these alien legions now had their own spatial treasures, which could resolve the current dilemma.
"Also, once the artifact refiners are in place, their first priority is to refine spatial treasures. Currently, the spatial treasures of the major legions can only accommodate a limited amount of items, which is insufficient to support large-scale troop expeditions. Therefore, spatial treasures are an absolute necessity!"
"Understood, Boss. As long as the personnel are in place, I guarantee that the supply of materials will be in order," Wang Chen said confidently, appearing exceptionally excited about taking on this task.
"Why would Brother Wang need to do this himself? Moreover, Brother Wang is managing two vast regions, the First Heaven and the Fifth Heaven; he's probably spread too thin. How about this: when our subordinate legions are in need of supplies, I'll have them report directly for collection. What do you think, Brother Wang?"
Upon hearing Ye Yun's arrangement, Yue Xia looked at Wang Chen with envy. He was in charge of two major strategic resource areas: artifact refining and alchemy. This was essentially the head of the empire's military supply department. In the future, even the generals and commanders of the empire would have to show him deference. If nothing else, with this herb garden, the number of pills under his control was astronomical.
Ye Yun did not object to Yue Xia's remarks. There were too few people currently, and all aspects required a large number of personnel. Ye Yun had even asked Zhou Ningdong and Hua Yiguo to recruit management talents. As for combat professions, they were being recruited almost simultaneously worldwide. Besides Hua Yiguo being recruited as the core of the Dragon Palace, he also asked Mia Luo to form an additional foreign legion of twenty million people to prepare for the future.
With tens of millions of Bigu Dan accumulated, Ye Yun stopped harvesting herbs and led the few people upwards, step by step.
The Sixth Heaven was an undeveloped wasteland, but structurally, it appeared to be a military camp, the station of the Great Emperor's Imperial Guard. The Seventh Heaven, however, was a void, with swirling clouds and mist, making it impossible to see any land. Over a hundred thrones were neatly arranged like soldiers in four columns. High above, nine golden dragons continuously circled a massive golden chair.
Nine Dragons Returning to the Void, this was the Emperor's Seat!
This was the imperial court! The place where civil and military officials attended court and discussed state affairs!
A flicker of heat flashed in their eyes as they looked at Ye Yun with anticipation.
Ye Yun flashed onto the imperial seat, and instantly, the nine golden dragons emitted a faint halo that enveloped Ye Yun.