Large families usually did not store their treasures in cosmic rings, as it was too inconvenient. Opening a cosmic ring required a specific person's blood, and if the family encountered an emergency and that person was not present, then it would be troublesome. If that person's blood was stored in the warehouse, then it might cause other problems.
There were many strange battle techniques and innate gifts in the universe, and no one could guarantee that no one could influence the owner of that blood.
Thus, no family would store their treasures in cosmic rings. They would rather occupy space and hire experts to protect them.
King Zishan's palace was huge, but there were only three people in it: Lu Yin, Zhao Ran, and Kayze. Gavin and the others had asked Lu Yin many times to add more guards and maids to King Zishan's palace, but Lu Yin had rejected them all. He had many secrets that could not be exposed, and having too many people around would be troublesome. Besides, Zhao Ran was enough, even if she was unreliable.
King Zishan's warehouse was located in the northeast corner, and it took up quite a bit of space. There were no guards, and there was no need for any. It was just like the palace, with the Thirteen Imperial Squadrons patrolling the perimeter. Lu Yin had no qualms about stealing anything from King Zishan's palace.
Lu Yin's eyes lit up when he saw the inventory list that Zhao Ran had compiled. There were all sorts of precious items, such as antiques, paintings, letters from predecessors, exquisite tools, carvings, and so on. Of course, there were also star crystals and star essence, but there were not many of them, as very few people would directly give them away. What surprised Lu Yin the most was an astral route map that Endless Borders had sent over. It depicted a region in the eastern weave that had yet to be developed. If one followed this route from Frostwave Weave to Vastdearth Weave, they would save a lot of time.
This astral route map was a priceless treasure, and one should not underestimate the time it saved, as it would save a lot of money. If this route map was auctioned off, countless transportation companies would be willing to pay an astronomical price for it.
Endless Borders was truly generous, and Lu Yin directly sent the route map to Gavin for him to use.
Endless Borders had given Lu Yin a pleasant surprise, and Shamrock Enterprises was not bad either, as they had sent over ten glowing natural treasures. Although they could not compare to the natural treasures in the Daosource Sect's ruins, they were still very rare, and they were at least 10,000 years old.
The Nalan family was very direct, and they gave Lu Yin a Mavis Bank card. Madam Nalan understood Lu Yin too well, and she knew that giving him money would make him happier than anything else. In fact, she wasn't wrong, as Lu Yin was very happy now that he had money.
Many forces had sent congratulatory gifts. Some of them were close to the Great Eastern Alliance, while others were hostile. Even the Wei family of Armament Weave had sent congratulatory gifts. Although these gifts weren't particularly precious, they still represented the Wei family's sincerity. Wei Rong was a person with lofty ambitions, and he would never do anything short-sighted.
Lu Yin saw the Amethyst Trading Company's name on the list of gifts. They were giving 5% of Zenyu Star's profits to King Zishan's palace.
This was interesting.
Lu Yin looked at the Amethyst Trading Company's logo; this was equivalent to giving him free shares.
Looking at the bottom of the Amethyst Trading Company's list of gifts, there was a name — Zi Xianxian.
The Amethyst Company was one of the Outerverse's four major corporations. On the surface, they were a chain of businesses that spanned across the seventy-two weaves of the Outerverse, but in reality, they were the Outerverse's largest intelligence organization, and they were not as simple as they appeared to be.
Lu Yin did not know why they were giving him free shares, but it seemed that he should find some time to meet this Zi Xianxian.
Of the Outerverse's four major corporations, three had sent gifts, and only Aegis had not done anything. Lu Yin did not mind, as he had never interacted with Aegis before. However, Aegis seemed to have a close relationship with Wei Rong, so it was hard to say whether they would be friends or foes in the future.
Lu Yin wanted to exchange most of the items in the warehouse for money, but at that moment, Gavin arrived. "Your Highness."
Lu Yin grunted and then turned to look at Gavin. "How's the cooperation with the Nalan family going?"
Gavin smiled. "Everything is going well. Ever since the Second Imperial Squadron investigated many of the empire's powerful officials, many of the businesses that we worked with the Nalan family were handed over to private enterprises. This has boosted the empire's employment rate, and at the same time, we've improved our services and gotten rid of the bad practices. The empire's economy is now thriving, and we've completely recovered."
Lu Yin nodded and smiled. "Then shouldn't the empire return the money to me?"
Gavin looked embarrassed. "Um, Your Highness, the treasury doesn't have that much money right now. Can you wait for a while?"
Lu Yin was only joking, but he had not forgotten that the empire still owed him 50,000 star essence. This was not a small sum, and he had become the Great Yu Empire's biggest creditor.
"Alright, I've called you here for something else." He then tossed the inventory list over to Gavin. "Sell everything on this list for some money. Convert everything into star essence and then purchase more natural treasures. The more, the better."
Gavin glanced at it. "Your Highness, exchanging for star essence is rather difficult."
"Look for the Mavis Bank. They have some in stock," Lu Yin said. Star essence was almost non-existent in the Outerverse, and everyone traded in star crystals. For example, the Nine Stacks Sect had plenty of star crystals, but very few star essence. The Mavis Bank was an exception. They did not exchange star essence for external transactions, but they did have some. Lu Yin knew that there were very few people who could directly exchange for star essence from the Mavis Bank, and he was one of them.
"Your Highness, the central weave's Mavis Bank has run into trouble recently. Someone started a rumor that the Mavis Bank's inventory has been depleted, and they can no longer exchange for star crystals. Thus, many people have withdrawn their savings, causing the central weave's Mavis Bank to constantly transfer their inventory from the surrounding weaves. Their inventory has also been robbed along the way or met with accidents. The bank is currently in a terrible state."
Lu Yin was shocked. "I remember that something similar happened in the Frostwave Weave before. Someone started a rumor, and the Mavis Bank also managed to survive by transferring resources from the various branches. Can they not hold on this time?"
Gavin replied, "I'm not sure. The Mavis Bank has a very deep foundation, so they might or might not be able to hold on. This time, it's not just one weave that's facing problems, but rather more than ten weaves. Furthermore, they've been robbed along the way. News that the Mavis Bank is about to go bankrupt is spreading everywhere, and many people believe it."
The central weave?
Lu Yin muttered to himself. It couldn't have been Wei Rong, right? That would be too fast. He had just dealt with the Lockbreaker Society, and now he had to deal with the Mavis Bank. Could he handle it?
The Mavis Bank was not the Lockbreaker Society.
The Lockbreaker Society's greatest pillar had been Geoffrey, and he had been trapped in the Innerverse, which had led to the collapse of the Lockbreaker Society. If Wei Rong treated the Mavis Bank as the Lockbreaker Society without Geoffrey, then the Lockbreaker Society would be in trouble.
However, Lu Yin felt that it might not have been Wei Rong who had acted, as he was not that anxious.
"How about this? Contact Shamrock Enterprises and use these items to exchange for their natural treasures," Lu Yin said.
Gavin was put in a difficult position. Most of the items on the list were paintings by famous masters and manuscripts by famous people. Would the Lockbreaker Society accept these items?
However, Lu Yin had given the order, so he had no choice but to comply. If the Lockbreaker Society did not accept these items, then he would have to think of a way to sell them to collectors and exchange them for money to buy from Shamrock Enterprises.
However, Shamrock Enterprises did not seem to sell natural treasures; they only sold medicine.
Speaking of natural treasures, Lu Yin thought of Bushtree Planet. It was also this planet that had caused his falling out with Puyu.
Bushtree Planet was located in the Woori Weave, and it was a peculiar planet. All of the planet's water resources were hidden underground, and there were no animals, only plants. There were also many natural treasures, but it was a pity that these natural treasures only had a lifespan of ten years, and they would wither after ten years. Thus, to most cultivators, natural treasures that had a lifespan of ten years were useless. Even if they were taken away, they would still wither after ten years.
Only a few young cultivators could use them, which was why Bushtree Planet had been designated as a training ground by Darkstar Gorge.
Ever since Lu Yin had chased Darkstar Gorge away, he had been keeping an eye on Bushtree Planet, and he had not allowed anyone to train there. He had always wanted to find some time to take a look, and now was the time. If he could use the natural treasures of this planet to cultivate, then it would be perfect.
A few days later, Lu Yin left Zenyu Star and took a spacecraft directly to Woori Weave. Woori Weave and Darkmist Weave shared a common border, but because Woori Weave did not have any leading powers, if Lu Yin wanted to pull Woori Weave into the Great Eastern Alliance, he would have to pull in all of the hundreds of internal powers. Furthermore, these powers did not have any information that Mafioso Planet could use against them, so it would be rather troublesome. Thus, Lu Yin had initially excluded Woori Weave.
However, Woori Weave was still a part of the eastern weave, and it had to join the Great Eastern Alliance.
There were far more than eight weaves in the eastern weaves, and the remaining weaves had to be pulled in one by one. En Ya had been dealing with these matters recently, but it was not easy, especially since Wei Rong might cause trouble.
Sometimes, things could not be done in the same way, and it took time to find the correct method. Just like the current Great Eastern Alliance, if not for Mafioso Planet's secrets, it would have been very difficult for Lu Yin to establish it. This was the method. There were also methods for the remaining weaves, but he had not found them yet.
Lu Yin believed that he would find them one day.
He recited the Stonewall Scriptures for a while and checked the route. There was still an hour before he would reach Bushtree Planet. Lu Yin thought for a moment and then activated his gadget to check Peach and the others' resumes.
Liuying Zishan's encounter had always been a thorn in Lu Yin's heart. Where had that ball of light come from? It seemed to have its own consciousness, and it should have been forcefully fused with Liuying Zishan's body by some powerhouse. Even Liuying Zishan herself did not know about it. Lu Yin had a suspicion that it might have been the work of someone from the Yu bloodline.
If Liuying Zishan had encountered such an encounter, then what about Peach, the Blind Monk, and the others?
Lu Yin had been monitoring the captains over the past few days, but he had not discovered anything similar to what had happened to Liuying Zishan. However, he still felt uneasy, and so he casually flipped through the captains' resumes.
After a while, he discovered a strange phenomenon. These captains all came from different weaves.
He had originally thought that the captains of the Thirteen Imperial Squadrons were all from Frostwave Weave, as someone had told him this before. However, after using his authority as the Royal Regent to flip through the captains' resumes, he discovered that this was not the case.
Peach was from Modor Weave, Shalosh was from Myriad Veil Weave, the Blind Monk was from Grand Forest Weave, and Ban Jiu was from Future Weave. Even the captains who had already died were not from Frostwave Weave. Only Huo Qingshan and Rocky Auna were from Frostwave Weave.
This was very strange; where had Undying Yushan brought these people over?
The weaves that these captains had been born in covered nearly half of the eastern weaves, and there were a few that Lu Yin had never heard of before.