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"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded, "I am determined to expand the Empire’s territories, and leaving it here will inevitably hinder my development plans."

Emperor Meng Wu nodded: "Good, I will discuss the price with your teacher."

...

Emperor Meng Wu closed his eyes, while Zhao Xing waited quietly.

He knew that Emperor Meng Wu must be discussing transaction details with the Five Poison Emperor now.

About a day later, Zhao Xing received a letter from the Five Poison Emperor.

"Meng Wu and the forces behind him can absorb this batch of treasures and have the means to move them, so they won’t impede your exploration."

"And they will pay all at once."

"Disciple, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhao Xing replied in the Star Mirror:

"Master, excluding the seven Demigod Cave Mansions, the remaining 3,557 can all be sold to Meng Wu."

"Because these cave mansions have inheritance restrictions, most are Martial Artists’ Inheritance Cave Mansions."

"Aside from Meng Wu and his forces, there are very few others in the Empire who can handle these treasures."

"Even if we explored ourselves, we’d still have to sell them. Rather than wasting energy, better to be straightforward and sell them in bulk."

Selling in bulk naturally requires a discount; however, selling the seven Demigod-level Cave Mansions at a discount would be too much of a loss.

Zhao Xing thought his people could explore these, as seven would not waste too much energy.

After a while, the Five Poison Emperor shook his head: "Not likely, Meng Wu and his people value the seven Demigod Mansions."

"Without these seven Demigod Mansions, he doesn’t want to wade into the muddy waters."

Zhao Xing pondered: "Teacher, how about joint exploration? Sell the others, and for the seven Demigod Mansions, both Meng Wu and we can explore."

Zhao Xing was about to break through to the Reincarnation Realm, and once he did, his power would greatly leap, possibly allowing him to control the Black Heaven Moon Tree and Spirit-devouring Grass. He could even cultivate a second type of mana with the Heart Sealing Technique. He definitely had the strength to explore the Demigod Cave Mansions.

After a while, the Five Poison Emperor responded: "Meng Wu agreed."

After several rounds of price negotiations, three months later, the specific transaction plan was finalized.

First, Meng Wu would pay the full amount at once and provide Zhao Xing protection, ensuring he wouldn’t encounter trouble while developing the Ancient Star Path.

In essence, developing the Desolate Domain is a military operation, and having protection from a bigwig in the War God Hall is more useful than relying on these Ministers of Agriculture from the Primordial Realm in some respects.

Secondly, Meng Wu will quickly move these jade slabs, not delaying Zhao Xing’s development schedule.

Furthermore, the strong ones in the War God Hall can provide a list of treasures which Zhao Xing’s side can exchange for if needed.

Every Emperor-level expert has some bottom treasures. Being able to access such transaction channels is a significant advantage for Zhao Xing.

As for the settlement method, it will be paid using the commonly used ’Xuanling Ancient Coin’ among the Emperors.

Lord-level cave mansions are priced at 100 Xuanling Ancient Coins, while Emperor-level cave mansions are priced at ten thousand coins.

This pricing is completely based on the worth of a Lord-level and an Emperor-level, and can be said to be quite fair.

However, even so, Meng Wu and his people can still make a considerable profit.

Not to mention, just the Boundary Ships themselves possess inherent value.

"The Lord-level Cave Mansions sold for a total of 120,400 Xuanling Ancient Coins, and the Emperor-level Cave Mansions for a total of 23.53 million Xuanling Ancient Coins, making a total of 23.65 million Xuanling Ancient Coins."

"And the largest seven Demigod Cave Mansions await excavation."

"Disciple, remember to call us for the next dividend, hahaha."

The three Emperors laughed heartily.

They could never have imagined that an arbitrary investment three hundred years ago would yield such enormous returns.

"Rest assured, teachers, certainly." Zhao Xing was also happily smiling.

The distribution of rights for the entire Ancient Star Path is such that Zuo Qiyu and the Five Poison Emperor together hold 40%, Emperor Hongshan and Emperor Lu Shan hold 30%, and Zhao Xing, Great Zhou, and various other small partners hold the remaining 30%.

Now with this money in hand, Zhao Xing and his other partners would receive about 7.09 million Xuanling Ancient Coins.

Among this, Zhao Xing and Great Zhou together would take 60%, which means 4.2 million Xuanling Ancient Coins.

What does this mean? The minimum wealth standard for an Emperor-level is ten thousand Xuanling Coins.

"This income is equivalent to robbing over two thousand Emperor-level individuals." Zhao Xing couldn’t help but marvel.

"I wonder what Yang Baihe, Du Yun, and Xu Youling will think during the next dividend."

"The captain would definitely have enough to marry an Emperor-level Daoist couple."

Zhao Xing doesn’t plan to distribute all this money, as the Ancient Star Path holds much promise ahead; to achieve good work, one must first sharpen his tools.

Since he is in charge, he naturally wants to continue investing in Great Zhou, strengthening it to quickly excavate those few Origin Realms.

......

Time flowed, and after taking over the Ancient Star Path, 360 years had passed.

In this year, several major events occurred.

First, Bo Wei announced merging the largest faction of Starry Historians into Academic City, and changed the profession name of Starry Historian to that of a Scholar.

This major event even affected Zhao Xing’s panel; henceforth, when he looked at Yang Baihe, the occupation name changed to [Scholar] instead of Starry Historian.

Bo Wei truly is a man who influenced an entire version.

Zhao Xing also understood that this shift was crucial for Bo Wei’s god-making plan.

Currently, within Academic City, there should be a group undergoing a special ’great awakening.’

The second major event was Zhao Xing’s Star Annihilation Dharma Assembly, which had reached its final session.