As Ye Yun's operations progressed, the population of this territory quickly reached its maximum capacity of 500. Afterward, Ye Yun returned directly to Yun Tian City.
The Dragon Palace territory was, after all, a newly established one. It couldn't bring substantial benefits in its early stages. However, the marketplace was indeed a good thing. Before leaving, Ye Yun cleared out all 500 high-grade辟谷丹 (Bigu Pills) from the marketplace.
Ye Yun decided to prioritize upgrading the marketplace from now on. The upgrade required a large number of Sea Palace Pearls. With these five hundred people hunting Hong Beasts, for every ten pearls obtained on average, nine would enter the Dragon Palace's warehouse. Therefore, upgrading the Dragon Palace territory was only a matter of time. Although the warehouse level was low and its capacity limited for now, it was merely a matter of Ye Yun making a few more trips!
In Yun Tian City, on the New Mortal Continent, Ye Yun stepped out of the teleportation array. Looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside, the oppressive feeling from the Dragon Palace territory vanished, and his mood instantly improved.
"Master, the New Mortal Continent just announced that someone has established the sole territory in the Sea of Bitterness. I wonder if it was you, Master?" Yue Di was the first to learn of Ye Yun's arrival and immediately rushed over, his eyes filled with hope.
"Yes, in the future, give me a roster of your seven clans. Each clan can have a maximum of two thousand people," Ye Yun said kindly to Yue Di. Although they were indirectly benefited by his second draining, it was undeniable that joining the Dragon Palace territory was much better than sinking in the Sea of Bitterness.
Ye Yun also had a degree of selfishness. After all, with the seven clans under his care, their attributes would grow quickly. Even if only one in a million managed to contribute, with such a large base, the attribute point deductions would be quite substantial for him.
"Yes! Master!" Yue Di stood at attention and saluted excitedly, then scampered off.
The sole territory in the Sea of Bitterness – one could imagine the immense benefits to be reaped from it.
In the City Lord's mansion, Ye Yun looked at the Tuo Yun Token on his body. Without a word, he directly upgraded Yun Tian City to a three-star territory, capable of housing over thirty-eight thousand people.
However, the total population of Yun Tian City was currently just over four thousand. Even though its capacity had reached nearly four hundred thousand, Ye Yun had no intention of lowering the standards for players entering the main city.
"Master, this is the list of personnel from our seven clans applying to join the Dragon Palace territory. Apart from the Flowing Sand Clan with 1,500 people, the rest are all 2,000." Yue Di's efficiency was undeniable. Ye Yun had only rested in his residence for a short while before the roster was private messaged to him.
Meanwhile, the idle Ye Yun was unaware that a world-shaking event had occurred in the real world.
Dragon Palace Tower, Mi Li Island.
Eleven high-ranking officials sat around a conference table. The projection screen on the conference room wall was divided into over two hundred small screens, each representing the highest authority of a nation.
Such a joint video conference with the highest authorities of hundreds of countries would have been almost impossible in the past. Yet today, they were not only online simultaneously but also unusually quiet, with no arguments breaking out.
"Alright, out of the two hundred and ninety-six countries on the Blue Star, two hundred and sixty have joined. We will not wait for the rest," Elder Song said, sitting in front of the screen.
"Regarding the emergence of alien creatures in Polia, the land of the polar bear, we will now ask the President of our polar bear nation to explain in detail." After speaking, Elder Song yielded his microphone to the representative of the polar bear country.
"At 00:20 this morning, all contact with our Polian geological survey team was lost."
"At 02:20, we suddenly received intermittent audio information from a communicator of the geological survey team. I will play it for everyone to hear!"
The President of the polar bear nation sat in front of the video, his expression grave. As he spoke, he gestured to the security personnel beside him.
"Superior, superior, I am a communicator from the third geological survey team! Our Gate to Hell has been dug through, and many... so many... hell creatures have appeared. They have launched an attack on our army! Our army is resisting... No, our army is finished... Please... request sup... Don't kill me! Don't kill me... *static*..."
The audio clip lasted only a few dozen seconds, but everyone present could feel the fear in the communicator's tone.
"Emperor Pro, wasn't your plan to find hell terminated? Why is it still ongoing?"
"That's right! It caused so much harm to our Blue Star. We had already signed an agreement to cease further exploration and excavation of the Eye of Hell. Are you going against all the countries on the Blue Star?"
As soon as the polar bear president finished speaking, the Mi country and the Sun Never Sets Empire couldn't help but retort habitually.
"It's easy to say, how many agreements have you signed? How many have been implemented?" Pro exploded upon hearing their words.
"Why are you yelling at us! If you're so capable, then deal with the mess you've created yourself!" Trumpden slammed his hand on the table.
"Fine, your words are enough. I have thousands of nuclear missiles! Don't you dare act all saintly and preachy later!"
Hearing Pro's words, everyone's faces changed drastically.
This guy always resorted to this statement, intimidating all the countries in the world.
"Alright! Mr. Trumpden and Mr. Pro, please refrain from speaking out of anger. The Blue Star needs to unite now. Keep in mind that more than half of the thousand hours have already passed!" At this moment, Zhou Ningdong's voice rang out, instantly silencing the entire conference room. Ever since Ye Yun invited them to Mi Li Island last time, the Dragon Palace had become the center of the entire Blue Star! Even Zhou Ningdong possessed supreme authority, and no country dared to defy him.
"I believe all countries are secretly training their pioneers. The number of alien creatures appearing in Polia is not large, and most importantly, these creatures are not intelligent. I personally feel that everyone can take this opportunity to, just right, train their troops!"
"What do you all think?"
Zhou Ningdong finished speaking and scanned the room, saying in a deep voice.
"General Zhou is right. Our Hua Yi country will send a thousand of our pioneers to Polia. Pro, please don't say we're crossing borders then." Elder Song took over from Zhou Ningdong and said to Pro with a smile.
"My Golden Country will send three hundred pioneers immediately!" the plump leader of the Golden Country quickly added.
"Me..."