"In the past months, after His Majesty established Dragon's Teeth Army, Dragon's Teeth Army would consume over 30,000 element crystals per month. It's said that Commander-in-Chief Huang's Dragon's Teeth Army would expand to at least 2,000 people. In this way, Dragon's Teeth Army would consume over 50,000 element crystals per month. In the future, it would consume 600,000 element crystals per year!"
"Previously, Earth-Treasures Department had over 300 warehouses of element crystals. In the heyday of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, each warehouse contained 1 million element crystals. In the heyday of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace had hundreds of millions of element crystals. However, after so many years, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace didn't receive any replenishment. Therefore, most of the element crystals in Earth-Treasures Department had been consumed. By the end of last month, only 28 of the element crystals in Earth-Treasures Department were still in use. The total amount of element crystals in Earth-Treasures Department was less than 28 million. It's close to the lowest level!"
"Now, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace has 7,885 immortal generals in total. The expenditure of various element crystals per month is already close to 100,000. As His Majesty wants to expand Dragon's Teeth Army, Earth-Treasures Department would increase the expenditure of element crystals by 20%, reaching over 120,000 per month. It's like one disaster after another for Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace … "
"If the number of element crystals in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace couldn't be replenished, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace would collapse due to lack of element crystals in the next 30 years!"
"30 years will pass in the blink of an eye. As the president of Earth-Treasures Department, I have the responsibility to warn His Majesty …"
In the assembly hall of Heavenly Safe Building, Zhang Tie was sitting on the throne of Dragon Emperor as he slightly tilted his head and rubbed his face. At the same time, he listened to the president of Earth-Treasures Department's words as he glanced at Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin who looked solemn every now and then.
Opposite him, Guan Minjun, the president of Earth-Treasures Department was telling Zhang Tie about the "severe situation" facing Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace clearly with a solemn look. The president of Earth-Treasures Department's words contained three meanings: first, Zhang Tie was being extravagant; second, the current situation facing Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace; third, a warning that Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace would soon go bankrupt and be liquidated …
It was indeed not a long period for an immortal palace in Motian Realm.
As people promoted and trusted by Zhang Tie, Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin were brought here by Guan Minjun to testify the current situation facing Earth-Treasures Department.
When Guan Minjun talked, Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin remained silent. Only when Guan Minjun talked about some data, whenever Guan Minjun threw a glance at them, the two women would nod to prove that the president of Earth-Treasures Department was telling the truth.
To be honest, there were almost no ugly women in Motian Realm; especially female immortal generals who were all good-looking. Guan Minjun was a water immortal general. Although Zhang Tie didn't know her real age, he found that she was only at her 40s. She didn't look old at all. Additionally, she had a good figure. She was in the prime of her charm. Her slightly oval-shaped face, arched eyebrows, delicate facial features and shrewd and capable look made her look pleasant. What was more, besides the color of her hair and skin, her look and temperament especially her shrewd and capable look were similar to Olina …
When Guan Minjun talked, Zhang Tie couldn't help but steal a few glances at her.
Guan Minjun's words were indeed out of Zhang Tie's imagination. Previously, Zhang Tie thought that the storage of element crystals in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace could support Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace for at least 100 years. Unexpectedly, it could only support Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace for less than 30 years. Zhang Tie wondered what those elders who had been in secluded cultivation were thinking at that time. How could they dare sign a 100-year contract with new immortal generals of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace?
'Perhaps they all have a backup plan, such as continuing to sell cities or population resources of Dragon Emperor Big Domain. At that time, they just considered to support Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace in a short period and tide over the current difficulties. However, they left this mess to me at the same time. To be honest, those old guys are really old b * stards.'
If not that Zhang Tie had long prepared a countermeasure and didn't want to stay too long in Motian Realm, if someone else was in his position, he would definitely be in a dilemma. If an immortal palace lost element crystals and the support of immortal generals, it would be useless even if Zhang Tie was the master of Dragon Emperor, not to mention the disciple of Dragon Emperor.
Watching Guan Minjun who was talking, Zhang Tie felt that he saw Olina's shadow in this woman as he missed her so much. As a result, Zhang Tie became a bit absent-minded …
…
"Your Majesty, have you heard what I said just now …"
Guan Minjun abruptly raised her voice, which woke Zhang Tie up at a stroke. Zhang Tie then found that Guan Minjun was watching him with a slightly angry look as her face slightly blushed. By contrast, Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin were watching him with a meaningful look.
"Ahem … ahem … of course, I'm listening; of course, I'm listening …" Zhang Tie hurriedly replied with a hollow smile.
"Your Majesty, what do you plan to do then?"
"Can't the element crystals of Earth-Treasures Department last for another 30 years? No matter what, it's not that Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace is short of money. Earth-Treasures Department doesn't need to worry about that!" Zhang Tie said casually.
"Your Majesty …" Guan Minjun raised her eyebrows as she raised her voice once again, saying, "30 years will pass in the blink of an eye. I'm afraid that we can't last for another 30 years. If the other immortal generals in the immortal palace know that the immortal palace has run out of element crystals and Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace is about to run out of element crystals, the immortal palace would be in great chaos. Your Majesty, how could you be so careless …"
"Haha, what's your countermeasure, President Guan?" Zhang Tie continued to ask casually.
"We should either increase the source of energy or reduce the expenditure. If we want to reduce the expenditure, we should take the first step. Your Majesty, please control the number and scale of Dragon's Teeth Army. As for the strategy of increasing the source of energy, it's still in Mountain Ruins. As Mountain Ruins is about to open, more and more human and demon immortal generals have been entering Mountain Ruins in the past one year. As for the details, Your Majesty, please make a decision!"
"Commander-in-chief Huang is still in charge of the affairs of Dragon's Teeth Army. I don't plan to reduce the number and scale of Dragon's Teeth Army. As for the daily expenditure of Dragon's Teeth Army, I hope Earth-Treasures Department could fully support it. Don't delay the military strategy." Zhang Tie denied Guan Minjun's suggestion of reducing the expenditure the moment he opened his mouth, saying with a smile, "As for increasing the source of energy, Mountain Ruins is indeed a way. However, the old man has already ignored the affairs of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Therefore, I don't want to disturb him for such a trivial matter. We have to solve it based on the current battle force and capability of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. However, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace doesn't have any supreme-level immortal generals. If we enter Mountain Ruins now, we would have no chance to defeat the other immortal palaces and demon palaces …"
Guan Minjun let out a sigh, saying, "I'm just making a suggestion. It's fine as long as Your Majesty understands it!"
"Hahaha, don't worry, President Guan. Perhaps, this problem will be solved in a couple of years …" Zhang Tie said casually.
Guan Minjun threw a deep glance at Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie's casual and casual attitude made Guan Minjun feel unfathomable. She wondered where did Zhang Tie get his confidence from.
At this point, there was no need to continue today's meeting.
"Now that Your Majesty has known the current situation facing Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, this humble subordinate will leave!" Guan Minjun said as she stood up. After exchanging a helpless glance with each other, Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin also stood up.
Zhang Tie then raised his hand. Closely after that, Hong Yukun the internal servant of Dragon Emperor Pavilion appeared behind Zhang Tie and saw the three people off Heavenlysafe Building. When they were about to leave, Jiang Ruoxin turned around and threw a glance at Zhang Tie. She wanted to say something; however, when she found that Zhang Tie didn't say anything, such as letting the two women stay here, Jiang Ruoxin didn't say anything at all. Instead, she just left Dragon Emperor Pavilion with a bit disappointment.
Lowering his head, Zhang Tie rubbed his temples as if he was thinking about something.
Zhang Tie didn't see Jiang Ruoxin's glance back; however, he sensed it. Zhang Tie knew what Jiang Ruoxin was expecting. However, Zhang Tie didn't have time to play the love game with women for the time being.
Over the past half a year, Zhang Tie had been thinking about one thing — — how to stabilize the position of Dragon Emperor.
As for Zhang Tie, the position of Dragon Emperor was not only about his promise to Dragon Emperor.
'As one of the three emperor-level immortal palaces of humans, it has a great influence across Motian Realm. It's a heaven-sent opportunity for me to find the Grand Dragon Emperor who has been missing for over 900 years and convince everyone that the Grand Dragon Emperor has returned. As long as I seize this opportunity, I could promote to a heavenly knight and a semi-sage knight in the shortest period of time in the easiest way and realize a great leap in my battle strength.'
As long as he did a good job in the position of Dragon Emperor and completely controlled Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, everything would be reasonable.
In order to achieve this goal, it was worthwhile even if Zhang Tie was troubled by a lot of secular affairs all day long and couldn't even spare a few hours for cultivation each day.
As the saying went, sharpening one's axe would not delay the work of cutting firewood.
…
"Your Majesty, the three people have already left Dragon Emperor Pavilion …" Hong Yukun had already returned to Heavenly Safe Building as he reported to Zhang Tie in a low voice.
"Hmm, I see …" Zhang Tie put down his hands as he raised his head and asked, "Are there any other immortal generals outside? Let them in …"
"Are there any immortal generals outside for the time being?"
"Ahh, no more!" Zhang Tie raised his head as if he was a bit amazed.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the two branch heads and immortal generals of Silvermaple City and Wildsand City have been summoned by Your Majesty this morning? They're the last two branch heads and immortal generals who were summoned by Your Majesty in Dragon Emperor Big Domain. Over the past half a year, almost 1,000 branch heads and immortal generals of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palaces in Dragon Emperor Big Domain have been received by Your Majesty. Your Majesty's diligence and prestige have already spread across Dragon Emperor Big Domain …"
After thinking about it for a short while, Zhang Tie suddenly burst out into laughter, "Hahaha, it turns out that you've received all of them. That's great, that's great. I could be a bit relaxed from now on …"
"Your Majesty, you've been busy for quite a while. Do you want to take a short rest or enjoy some songs and dances …"
"No need, just take a walk outside. I want to see the progress of the Forbidden City. By the way, I want to breathe some fresh air …"
"I will arrange it right away …"
"Don't bother. It's too noisy on the ground. I will have some guards and leave in the air with a pair of metal wings …" Zhang Tie said as he stood up and walked out of Heavenly Safe Building.
Only after a short while, five people had flown out of Dragon Emperor Pavilion towards the north of Dragon Emperor City. Only after over 10 minutes, Zhang Tie and the four immortal generals had arrived at the airspace above the Forbidden City.
At this moment, airboats which transported various construction materials and goods couldn't be seen above the Forbidden City anymore. With the efforts of tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen in Motian Realm, a complex of palaces larger than that of Dragon Emperor Pavilion had basically been built in less than half a year. Only some final procedures were left.
According to his memory, this Forbidden City was a Hua palace that Zhang Tie moved here from the world where he came from.
"Your Majesty, I'm Leng Manxue …" The moment they arrived above the Forbidden City and hovered for a short while, Leng Manxue had already flown off the ground and arrived at Zhang Tie's side in the blink of an eye.
"How's it going? How long will it take for the Forbidden City to be completed?" Zhang Tie asked.
"Some palaces in the Forbidden City have already been put into use. However, some palaces have not been completed yet. It will only take half a month to be fully put into use!" Leng Manxue answered.
"Hmm, thanks for your hard work!"
"It's this subordinate's responsibility!"
Zhang Tie wanted to say something else; however, he suddenly stopped because he had received a message from Dragon Emperor Pavilion through his portable jade plate. A special envoy of Star Emperor Immortal Palace suddenly paid a visit to Dragon Emperor Pavilion accompanied by the general manager of Emperor NvWa's Palace in Dragon Emperor City and wanted to meet Zhang Tie.
Although Zhang Tie had been waiting for this day for half a year, the envoy of Star Emperor Immortal Palace actually arrived a bit earlier than Zhang Tie had imagined …
Previously, Zhang Tie thought that the envoy of Star Emperor Immortal Palace might not contact him until the Forbidden City was fully put into use. However, it seemed that the envoy of Star Emperor Immortal Palace couldn't wait anymore.
After receiving this news, Zhang Tie remained calm; however, he couldn't stand bursting out into laughter inside.
After being busy for half a year, he, the Dragon Emperor, was finally going to reap his harvest …
(To be continued.)
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