The recruitment of the Imperial Guard itself was something that players would only encounter in the later stages of the game. Otherwise, the modification card wouldn't have been awarded after Ye Yun upgraded the Human King City Crossbow to level fifty. For players, how many decades would it take to upgrade the Human King City Crossbow, a special building, to level fifty? Even the wealthy Yaodie would probably have to spend decades without eating or sleeping to achieve it. Money was a minor issue; the various rare materials were the truly terrifying part.
In at least the four years of Ye Yun's current life, he hadn't even heard of them.
But even so, it couldn't stop the players' enthusiasm for a sense of superiority.
On the plaza, players recruited their favorite guards, but there seemed to be a strange tacit understanding. Not a single player complained about the massive cost of cultivating guards, which left Ye Yun, who was always concerned about the mental and physical well-being of the city's residents, somewhat bewildered.
Little did he know that these players all harbored the mentality of "better to坑 everyone than to坑 just me."
He sat before the Qitian Tower, watching the fiscal funds of Fengle City pour in like a waterfall, feeling incredibly exhilarated. A large portion of the revenue from this was his.
Although it wasn't a huge amount, no one would complain about having too much money.
Ye Yun thought for a moment and decided to recruit thirty of each troop type first, then another hundred thousand Dragon Guard soldiers. After all, the bug where the Divine City's evolution strengthened the city defense army every ten days was still active, so the sooner these guys were summoned, the better.
The reason for recruiting thirty of each troop type first was due to various considerations: in the future, these thirty individuals from each troop type would become the commanders of the major legions!
"Boss, there's trouble!" Just as Ye Yun was contemplating the new layout of Fengle City, Wang Chen, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, suddenly sent him a message.
"I say, Old Wang, you haven't shown your face for ages, and the first thing you say is there's trouble. What is it?" Ye Yun teased. Wang Chen was now in charge of the lifeline of the major legions and was a welcomed guest among them every day.
"It's Xiaotong. That girl Xiaotong, for some reason, has been liking to run around lately. I thought she was just wandering around our Human Star Domain, but I never expected her to go into the Ninth Universe by herself!"
"What? She went into the Ninth Universe? How did she sneak past the guards?" Ye Yun was shocked and enraged.
"How would I know? Yesterday, she suddenly told me in the game that she was playing in the Ninth Star Domain and not to worry, then she logged off."
Wang Chen was both anxious and helpless. The Empire had only been established for a year, and his responsibilities were not light. He couldn't spare more time to search for her, so he could only turn to Ye Yun for help.
Upon hearing Wang Chen's words, Ye Yun actually calmed down. Xiaotong was no longer the Xiaotong of four years ago. Although she was only a little over ten years old now, she had her own opinions. Most importantly, the girl's strength had reached the Extreme level. Let alone the Ninth Universe, no one in the Eighth or Seventh Universe could do anything to her.
"Old Wang, don't worry too much. Xiaotong has always been sensible and never acts recklessly. Perhaps she's just going out to play and will come back. Besides, she's an Extreme level expert, do you think anyone in the Ninth Universe would dare to lay a hand on her?"
Ye Yun comforted him. The Extreme level realm was no joke. The Tenth Universe didn't have any of them back then. Although the Ninth Universe had slightly richer spiritual energy than the Tenth, there was at most only one peak expert at the Extreme level.
"This... that seems to make sense. It's just, Boss, do you think Xiaotong might be bullied by boys?!"
"I'll be damned! Get lost!" Ye Yun swore. A ten-year-old little girl, and he was truly afraid she might encounter some perverts.
After hanging up the communication, Wang Chen felt relieved, but Ye Yun became somewhat nervous. He quickly contacted the army in the Ninth Universe, urging them to pay close attention to the whereabouts of the little princess and ensure her safety.
That's right, as Ye Yun's adopted daughter, she was naturally a princess of the Ten Directions Empire. It was just that Ye Yun hadn't officially bestowed a title upon her yet.
Ye Yun also knew that although Xiaotong was sensible, at her age, she was prone to playing. Sometimes, the more you told her not to do something, the more she wanted to do it. So Ye Yun indulged her, as her strength was undeniable.
Moreover, the Ninth Universe was already under military conquest, with over three hundred domains incorporated into the Empire's territory. Given the little girl's personality, even if she got tired of playing in each star domain after a few days, by the time she finished her tour of several star domains, the Ninth Universe would have been conquered by him.
After delegating the task, Ye Yun entered a state of seclusion once more.
As Ye Yun's attributes surged daily, the Black Ant also became increasingly unrestrained in the outer heavens. From a few law fragments every few days, it now provided no less than fifty law fragments daily. It would be a disservice to the hardworking Black Ant not to enter seclusion and quickly consume these law fragments.
Up to this point, Ye Yun had accumulated over a thousand law fragments. It could be said that as long as Ye Yun entered seclusion, he could achieve perfection in other laws at any time.
Of course, Ye Yun's ambition was not limited to this. He also intended to pursue a legendary realm before achieving the status of Emperor, which was the Dao! To reach the extreme of comprehending a certain law and achieve one of the three thousand minor Daos within the Great Dao!
Legend had it that all laws in the world converge into one to form the Dao! The Emperor's Path was still a long way off, and Ye Yun had ample time to achieve this realm, which no cultivator had ever accomplished before.
Within the universe, there were infinite planes. Lower planes had depleted spiritual energy and were vast and desolate. The beings there, let alone cultivating, would probably have to hide in endless subterranean abysses to survive, relying on the earth's energy deep underground.
Middle-lower planes had depleted spiritual energy, and all life struggled to survive. Intelligent beings practiced martial arts to temper their bodies, or devised other means through wisdom, similar to how Earth was before.
Lower planes, like the entire Tenth Universe, had rolled through endless years of history. Cultivators were still unable to escape the clutches of fate and the mortal world. The highest achievement for a Corpse Ritualist was only Monarch completion. Although the Tenth Universe now had over a hundred experts at the Extreme level, it was all due to Ye Yun using infinite resources and wealth to build them up. Even with the spiritual energy in the Tenth Universe increasing twenty to thirty times, it was still within the scope of a lower plane.
To be precise, the latter seven universes all belonged to the category of lower planes! Only the first, second, and third universes were considered middle-lower planes. Despite this small gap in classification, the spiritual energy differed by over a thousand times!
The Dao in the concept of "ten thousand laws returning to one Dao" referred to minor Daos. A Great Dao had three thousand minor Daos, and a minor Dao evolved from the endless accumulation and enlightenment after achieving perfection in a law. What Ye Yun intended to do was to condense one of his four major laws into a minor Dao using law fragments before becoming a Great Emperor.