"This little devil lord!"

Huh...?

"Elder Yan, what did you say just now? I can't hear it clearly?"

"No… no… no, I was just complaining like an old man. Ho ho ho!!" Elder Yan immediately changed the subject with a snort of laughter when Zheng-Fu turned around and asked.

"Is that so? Don't let me know that you're secretly cursing me!?" Zheng-Fu said, staring at Elder Yan like a policeman detecting the culprit.

"You think too much... Why would I curse you? A genius kid, a schemer!" Elder Yan replied with a smile on his face.

"So, what will Younger Brother Zheng-Fu do from now on? Now the auction is over, and we also get a lot of money from the auction," Xiao-Jiang, who was also seated there, asked about the money they got from this auction.

"But how much is the total amount, Sister Xiao-Jiang?"

"The total amount? Um... just let me calculate for a moment!" After saying that, Xiao-Jiang got up and walked towards the semicircular table. Then she put her hand down and communicated with someone.

Ten breaths had passed...

"Alright… The total amount obtained from the auction is 15,220,000,000 monster crystal coins!"

Huh!!!

15,220,000,000 monster crystal coins!!!

"Such a large amount!?" Both Elder Yan and the elderly woman, including two young men and two young women with the kids, all shouted in unison in shock upon hearing the total amount.

"That's right, and we've gained so much because of the elemental spiritual stones. If they were just the common items, it wouldn't be possible to get this much," Xiao-Jiang said, smiling at everyone before turning to stare at Zheng-Fu once more, waiting for an answer.

Ah... Uh...!!!

"Sigh… I'll use this money to be a resource for building power and development in this city. Of course, everything requires money. No matter what, money is a necessity for everyone, except for the cultivators, whose cultivation resources are more important," Zheng-Fu explained what he had in mind. But that was only part of it.

He also had the Noah Zeppelin that needed to be built, which required a lot of resources and capital. But what was indispensable were craftsmen. And to find a craftsman would cost money to hire. Therefore, money was the most necessary thing.

"Are you sure there is only that?" Elder Yan asked, staring at Zheng-Fu with a doubtful face.

"Of course… for right now. As for the future, I still don't know yet. But now that's all. You're really asking a lot, you old man busybody."

"You!!!"

"Come on, Old Man... You really like to ask a lot, as if you were a child who is just starting to learn."

"Look at this kid behaving... How could I not ask? Every day, he keeps doing suspicious things. Whoever sees it must want to know!" Elder Yan replied to his wife, pouting like a child who had been scolded by his parents.

Sigh...

"Let's go get something to eat. I feel hungry now."

"Good idea... But this time, my most handsome younger brother must treat us!"

"Alright! This meal is my treat." Zheng-Fu smashed into his chest vigorously with his face up.

After all the discussions were settled, they all headed to the regular tavern to have dinner together. And when Zheng-Fu and the group arrived, the boss of the tavern had prepared a room and a table for Zheng-Fu very well, including many delicious foods.

At the City Lord's residence, in the accommodation in a guest house...

"Your Highness, are you satisfied with the guest house I provided, sir?"

"Oh! This place is excellent. I like it. The atmosphere of this guest house is very good, both cool and pleasant. If I said it wasn't good, it would be a lie."

Ha ha ha!!!

"Then that's great. If Your Highness needs anything more, just tell the maids. I've already ordered all of them to take very good care of you. Um... By the way, Your Highness, is there something you want to talk to me about?" Lao-Ying-Ba suddenly remembered the Third Prince's final words when they were still at the auction house.

"Oh... that's nothing. I understand it all now," the Third Prince replied with a smile on his face.

"Then I shall excuse myself first. Your Highness, please rest comfortably. If there is an urgent matter, let the maids call me at any time," Lao-Ying-Ba clasped his hands and politely said goodbye.

"Um… Thank you so much, City Lord," the Third Prince also clasped his hands in response.

Then, Lao-Ying-Ba walked out of the reception hall, leaving only a handful of guards to protect against unexpected events that may occur and good-looking maids. Of course, these maids also had martial arts skills and were the ones that Lao-Ying-Ba trusted.

One day had passed...

After the auction ended, the city returned to peace again. However, construction continued since the city wall was still being built to expand the territory to accommodate the families that would move into the city completely.

The construction of the city wall was carried out without haste, gradually and slowly, with no forced labour at all. It was very different from other places because the workers here were not slaves but villagers, both from inside and outside the city. Zheng-Fu had Lao-Ying-Ba recruit a large number of wall-building workers by announcing that they would receive money and food as compensation.

However, in the beginning, there were not many people who came to apply. It was because the others were afraid that they would not get what the announcement said, including fear of cruelty in working as well. Anyway, after the first group of people applied for work and received the actual remuneration announced, including that the working atmosphere was good, not taking advantage.

Therefore, a lot of people came to apply, so the city wall was finished faster.

The walls that should have taken a year to complete were shortened to half a year with the cooperation of the villagers. Not only that, but Lao-Ying-Ba had also set up a martial arts cultivation sect in this In-See City under the name the 'Beyond Earth Sect,' of which Zheng-Fu was the founder. And of course, everyone agreed.

Shortly after the Beyond Earth Sect was established, there were people flocking to apply uninterruptedly. There were more than a thousand people. But even then, many of them did not qualify to become disciples as well. Since most of the people were villagers, they did not have much background in martial arts training.

As for the Beyond Earth Sect, Zheng-Fu had entrusted Dong-Kuang as the Sectmaster and Dan-Chun-Gu was the Deputy Sectmaster. The rest were the elders who took care of various matters within the sect. As for Dong-Chen and the others, they were assigned to become general cultivation masters.

Regarding the matter of martial skills textbooks, Zheng-Fu handled it all himself. He had sent his people out to pick up the martial arts skills that were commercially available, including all general knowledge textbooks to be kept in the sect's textbook hall. Of course, these textbooks were not interesting in any way, but even then, they deserved to be included in the martial arts sect.

And it was not like there were not any good skills in those textbooks.

However, with Zheng-Fu's ability, he was able to adapt and modify low-quality battle skills to make them better. Thus, he managed to convert many low-level martial skills into intermediate-level skills from beginner to advanced, and also high-level skills.

Those skills would be stored in the upper-level textbooks. Of course, to study them, one must have enough qualifications before studying, in which Zheng-Fu had set up a discipleship system of five levels:

1. Apprentice Disciple

2. Outer Disciple

3. Inner Disciple

4. Main Disciple

5. Senior Disciple

All five levels would have different access rights, including access to and training in high-level martial arts textbooks as well. With a discipleship classification like this, some people might see it as unfair. However, this kind of classification also had its own benefits.

Regarding the establishment of this sect, Zheng-Fu thought several times about whether it was worth establishing or not. That was because establishing a sect was not difficult; the difficulty was how to keep it alive. And the most difficult thing was the system to handle it. But in the end, he decided to establish it by integrating the information that he knew in both this life and the previous one.

In the wide courtyard of the Beyond Earth Sect...

Ya!!! Ya!!! Ya!!!

"Hey! Be strong! You guys act like you haven't eaten rice yet!"

"Yes, sir!"

Ya!!! Ya!!! Ya!!!

"Sigh... It's really a pity that I couldn't attend the auction with Young Master!"

"That's right... I really want to see Miss Xiao-Jiang... Miss Xiao-Jiang, Brother Yan-Yu misses you very much. I want to see your face every morning and evening!"

"Ugh! You can only daydream every day!"

"Hmmm... Wu-Xiao, you must be jealous of her, for she is both prettier and younger, right?"

"You!!! Saying this, do you want to die!?"

"Huh! The two of you should stop biting each other. Sigh... It's like this every time you're together. I really have a headache with you guys. Learn to act nice.

Look, they're all looking at you!"

"Well, Yan-Yu started first, Brother Fu-Tao-Qi!"

"Me!? Hey hey hey, say it nice. When did I start? It was you who bit me first!?"

"Enough. Today is an important day for our sect. Do you guys want to upset Young Master!?"

We... we...

Ahem!!!

"Hello everyone. I, Dong-Kuang, am the Sectmaster of this Beyond Earth Sect. And since today is the day of the examination for the first round of outer discipleship of our school since it opened, may everyone focus and try to do their best in this exam. Put all that you've learned to use to be able to pass this exam... Good luck!"

Hey!!! Hey!!! Hey!!!

Suddenly, a loud cry resounded throughout the large martial training courtyard. When Dong-Kuang finished speaking, each person inside the courtyard showed a very energetic and confident expression that they would pass this exam. If they were able to pass into an outer sect disciple, they would have the right to choose one intermediate skill, making them look bustling like this.

And the number of apprentice disciples who took the first test was more than two thousand at once. After the recruitment announcement of the first-generation disciples, there was a selection process. And up to now, there were more than two thousand disciples. It was a number that was as much as an intermediate sect, except they were not as skilled as the disciples of the intermediate sects.

"The Martial Training Academy was established… There isn't much left of the city wall. As for the resources, there are enough to be used. Right now, the only thing left is time... The true time!" said Zheng-Fu, floating in the sky. As he stared down at the ground, he proudly looked at the In-See City which was manifold larger than before, including various places that were built and renovated.

But his pride would not last long, as Zheng-Fu sensed something bad that was going to happen soon. But he could not even know what it was. He only knew that it must be a bad thing since this country had been infiltrated by many countries, whether it was a famous chamber of commerce or major sects.

In trade and transport, the words of different countries were mixed with them, which showed that the country would soon be swallowed up and disappear.

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