Chapter 741: Origins (1/2)

For large families, it was often a standard practice to not store family items in cosmic rings, as it was simply impractical to do so. Opening a cosmic ring required the blood of a designated person, and if a family were in an emergency and said individual was not present, it would become very problematic. If the person’s blood were stored in some other location, then that would lead to a whole different set of problems.

There were many individuals in the universe who possessed unique battle techniques or peculiar innate gifts, so no one could say for sure whether or not someone could use a person’s blood to manipulate and influence them

Thus, for any family, items were generally not stored within cosmic rings. Instead, they would be stored in a physical space typically under the protection of skilled individuals.

King Zishan’s palace was enormous but there were only three individuals inside it. They were Lu Yin, Zhao Ran, and Kayze, who was the gatekeeper. Gavin and the others had advised Lu Yin many times to employ more guards and servants for King Zishan’s palace. However, such proposals had always been rejected by Lu Yin. He simply had too many secrets that could not be leaked, and the presence of more people would only complicate matters further. Besides, Zhao Ran’s presence was enough, despite her being unreliable.

The warehouse that was a part of King Zishan’s palace was to the northeast of the residence, and it took up a huge amount of space. There were no guards, but neither was there any need for them. Just like the imperial palace, King Zishan’s palace was surrounded by roving patrols from the Thirteen Imperial Squadrons. If anyone was capable enough to steal from King Zishan’s palace, Lu Yin would take his hat off to them.

When Lu Yin saw the consolidated list that Zhao Ran brought up of all the items that were stored inside the warehouse, his eyes lit up. All of these gifts were very valuable. There were antique paintings, personal writings from ancient powerhouses, exquisite wares, carvings, and more. Needless to say, there were also star crystals and star essences, though there were too many of them. It was rare for people to directly give such items as gifts. What surprised Lu Yin the most was the gift that he had received from Endless Borders: it was a star chart that showed an undiscovered route that ran from Frostwave Weave to Vastdearth Weave. Following this route would save them roughly a quarter of the time the most common route for this trip took.

This chart was a priceless treasure. The time that it could save was not to be disregarded, as it also meant that one would be able to save money by following this route. If this map were placed on the open market, it would definitely be purchased for astronomical prices by transport companies.

Endless Borders had spared no expense when selecting their gift. Lu Yin had the chart delivered straight to Gavin and allowed the Minister of Finance to utilize it.

After the pleasant surprise of Endless Borders’ gift, Lu Yin quickly found that Shamrock Enterprises did not fall far behind in their generosity. They had sent over ten natural treasures that sparkled like gems. Even though they were nowhere near as precious as the natural treasures that Lu Yin had discovered in the Daosource Sect’s ruins, they were still very rare, most likely over ten thousand years old.

The Nalan family had been very upfront, giving Lu Yin a crystal Mavis bank card. Madam Nalan knew Lu Yin well, and she knew that giving Lu Yin money would make him the happiest. This was very true as Lu Yin was over the moon when he saw that he had received money.

Many powerhouses had sent over congratulatory gifts. There were some who were friends of the Great Eastern Alliance and others who were hostile towards the Great Eastern Alliance. In particular, the Wei family of the Armament Weave had also sent gifts. Even though it was not anything valuable, it still was a token from the Wei family. Wei Rong was a man of great ambition, and he never would act in a shortsighted manner.

Lu Yin saw that the Amethyst Exchange was listed among those who had sent gifts. They had given him five percent of the profits from Zenyu Star’s Amethyst Exchange.

Things were getting interesting.

Lu Yin stared at the emblem of Amethyst Exchange, as this gift was essentially the same as giving him performance shares.

At the very bottom of the doc.u.ment detailing Amethyst Exchange’s congratulatory gift, there was a name: Zi Xianxian.

Amethyst Exchange was one of the Outerverse’s four major corporations. On the surface, while it might seem that they ran a retail chain covering all seventy-two weaves of the Outerverse, the truth was they were actually the largest intelligence organization in the Outerverse. They were not nearly as simple as they seemed to be.

Lu Yin did not understand why they had given him performance shares. He felt that it would be good to set aside some time and meet up with this Zi Xianxian.

Lu Yin wanted to convert the majority of the items in the warehouse into cash, and at that moment, Gavin arrived. “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Lu Yin grunted in acknowledgement and turned around to look at Gavin. “How are the various joint ventures we have with the Nalan family going?”

Gavin laughed. “Everything has been going smoothly. Ever since the Imperial Second Squadron started investigating many corrupt government officials, many of the joint ventures that the empire has with the Nalan family were released to private companies. This has resulted in higher employment rates throughout the empire, improved services, and lowered negative public opinions. The empire’s economy is improving by the day, and everything is returning back to normal.”

Lu Yin nodded his head with a smile. “If that is the case, then shouldn’t the empire start paying me back?”

An embarrassed look appeared on Gavin’s face. “Your Highness, the imperial treasury does not have much cash at the moment, so can you give us a bit more time?”

Lu Yin had merely been teasing the minister, though the debt was not something that he would simply forget. The empire still owed him 50,000 star essence, which was not a small amount. In fact, he was currently the Great Yu Empire’s greatest creditor at the moment.

“Alright then, I have something else to discuss with you at the moment.” He passed over the list of items in the warehouse to Gavin. “Sell everything on this list for star essence. After that, buy natural treasures with the profit, the more the better.”