NOVPUBThe Ten-thousand Nations Federation had always been closely monitoring the situation of Qixing, believing that this Saint Creator must have his own forces.
For a Saint Creator, even if naturally disinclined to manage a power structure, there would still be a group that flocked to his side.
These individuals would spontaneously organize around the Saint Creator as the core, and in Zhuang Herui’s view, a Saint Creator should possess an entrepreneurial spirit.
Only by managing a power structure well could the Saint Creator gather more resources through it.
The Saint Creator was the most resource-consuming existence in this world; even the Eternal Mother Yongle was not someone particularly driven by business affairs.
The reason she managed the Bliss Palace seriously and had its assassins frequently undertake missions for clients’ fees
was to compensate for the drain on her own resources.
Qixing was exceedingly mysterious, and there was no definite information about the status of his forces.
The power called Infinite Tower was very likely related to Qixing; it had emerged at about the same time as Qixing.
Because of the focus on Qixing, the Ten-thousand Nations Federation had also begun to pay attention to Fang Mu.
Fang Mu had a traceable history within the Dragon Rising Federation from birth, and as a native, he had not previously attracted much attention from the Ten-thousand Nations Federation.
But now, Zhuang Herui felt it was necessary to start paying attention to Fang Mu.
To consider that Qixing would let Fang Mu handle such an important matter, it was less to say Fang Mu was Qixing’s disciple than to say he was also Qixing’s spokesperson!
Qixing had ended his long-lasting seclusion this time to eliminate those extraterrestrial embryos.
The extended periods of seclusion that Qixing undertook had to have a purpose, likely related to enhancing his Saint Creator abilities or strength.
The stronger the individual, the more difficult it became to make a breakthrough, and such seclusions could last for a very long time.
After the elimination of the extraterrestrial embryos was complete, Qixing would likely re-enter a state of seclusion.
At that time, whenever various forces wished to communicate with Qixing, they would probably all need to go through this young man before them!
Knowing in advance that Fang Mu was about to make his way to the Sea Clan, Zhuang Herui did not engage in too much conversation with Fang Mu.
Having formally made Fang Mu’s acquaintance today, there would be plenty of opportunities to enhance their relationship in the future.
Zhuang Herui was busy using Spirit Capturing Boxes to load those extraterrestrial embryos, while Fang Mu made preparations for his meeting with the Soul Whale Princess.
Since it was the Soul Whale Princess representing the Han Yang Empire who took the initiative to contact him, and because humans also desired cooperation with the Sea Clan, the partnership between the two was as good as settled.
Fang Mu’s ultimate purpose for visiting the Han Yang Empire this time was to trade supplies.
The bounty of supplies contained in the sea was not only comparable to that on land but possibly even more abundant.
Apart from needing a large volume of spiritual materials containing Thunder Energy, Fang Mu also wanted to acquire some Dragon Balls suitable for the Subduing Dragon Nightmare Tiger.
The Dragon Balls that Fang Mu currently possessed seemed somewhat lacking as his perspective broadened.
With a wealth of resources at his disposal, Fang Mu became increasingly selective in training his Guardian Beasts, striving to guide each one towards optimal evolution with every training session.
Having spent a large amount of Grandmaster-level potions on buying real estate and shops in the Second World, Fang Mu had less than six hundred bottles of various Grandmaster-level potions left.
Excluding those needed for daily use, he had about three hundred bottles that could be used in trading.
Fang Mu needed to build up a reserve of the elixirs produced by Xi Xi recently, as soon another round of investment was approaching for the Tide Bay project developed jointly with Chang Le Pavilion.
Fang Mu’s ventures could be said to be expanding, and following a period of short-term investment, the profits would become increasingly evident.
Fang Mu had now passed the initial stage of difficulty, and his development was set to proceed more smoothly going forward.
Any force might encounter setbacks in the process of development, but not Fang Mu, not Infinite Tower.
This was because the resource output in Fang Mu’s hands was constant, never facing a break in the supply chain, something incomparable by any other power.
Zhuang Herui soon returned all eighteen Spirit Capturing Boxes to Fang Mu.
"To increase loading speed for the extraterrestrial embryos, we want to fill each Spirit Capturing Box to the brim."
"We’ve loaded seventeen Spirit Capturing Boxes, and one remains empty."
"I wonder, my young friend Jianmu, could you possibly give me this empty Spirit Capturing Box to take back to the Ten-thousand Nations Federation?"
"It would allow Lord Han Ming to know what I am trading with you and enable us to assess the value of the Spirit Capturing Box."
Fang Mu looked at Zhuang Herui with a knowing gaze, having provided him with eighteen Spirit Capturing Boxes, of which Zhuang Herui filled only seventeen, leaving just this one empty, his intentions were clear without words.
Since Jiang Weng had successfully created the Spirit Capturing Box, he had been studying how to protect the intellectual property of its manufacturing technique.
Normally, a powerful Forging Spirit Grandmaster, after extensive study, might be able to decipher the secret of the Spirit Capturing Box and replicate it.
However, Jiang Weng had etched numerous energy circuits on the Spirit Capturing Box, one layer overlaying another.
If one went astray in deciphering these energy circuits, the energy activated would destroy the box.
Jiang Weng designed these intricate energy circuits, so complex that he could not remember the order nor untangle them himself, to deter those who obtained the boxes from entertaining the thought of cracking them open, lest this hard-won Spirit Capturing Box turned into a piece of junk.
