Fleecing the Supreme Council?

As a result, Lan Qingyou encountered no difficulties whatsoever in drawing the teleportation circle.

She even took some time to slightly improve the teleportation circle and the conversion device, adding a few small but very convenient functions.

Magician: "What specifically?"

Upon hearing that Lan Qingyou had improved his teleportation circle design, Magician’s interest was piqued.

After all, technology was about exchange and transformation.

Being set in one's ways and working behind closed doors would only cause technology to stagnate.

The Tower: "It’s nothing major, just a privacy mechanism."

Standing at the edge of the teleportation circle, Lan Qingyou operated the equipment while snapping a photo to send to everyone.

Chariot: "A privacy mechanism?"

The Tower: "Basically, only people I authorize can use my circle to teleport to my location."

Chariot: "I get it, I get it. It’s like a restricted VIP lane."

Magician: "That way, we don’t have to worry about people trespassing into sensitive areas."

The Tower: "Exactly. We’re the ones who brought this tech back, so having a few small privileges isn't asking too much, right? Besides, these private channels won't be charged. I’ve never heard of someone being charged to go back to their own home."

Justice: "So you’re saying it’s only a one-way charge when leaving?"

The Tower: "Think of it as contributing to the local tax economy. Though there’s only me here, so there’s not much to contribute, someone like High Priestess who has a city to manage would find it very necessary."

High Priestess: "I want it! My ten teleportation circles definitely need that privacy channel. Only people I approve should be allowed in."

The moment Lan Qingyou mentioned her, High Priestess immediately popped up.

Hierophant: "I want that function for mine as well."

The Sun: "Me too."

Magician: "Fine, I’ll just remake them all. As long as the function isn't activated, it won't affect the teleportation anyway. My workload was already heavy, and now you’ve gone and added to it."

The Tower: "It’s not hard. I’ll send you a photo; you’ll understand once you see it."

High Priestess: "Speaking of which, I found two low-level dungeons here. I’m planning to check them out tomorrow. Any suggestions?"

Hierophant: "My suggestion is to stay away for now."

High Priestess: "??"

The Fool: "Dummy, the mana tide is coming."

High Priestess: "...Fine, I’ll wait a few days then. By the way, @Justice, how much currency have you prepared on your end?"

Justice: "Currently, we have enough for three to four billion people to circulate. Why? Does your city need it?"

High Priestess: "While bartering is fine, it’s not easy to carry around. Having currency would definitely be better."

Magician: "I have cards here. You could easily make something like an ID card for the people in your city. And don't worry, even after these IDs are used, they can still be used to register as adventurers in the Adventurers' Guild. It’s an all-in-one card; it’s not a hassle at all."

High Priestess: "Oh right, I totally forgot about those."

High Priestess slapped her forehead. How could she have forgotten about Magician’s cards?

Those cards could serve as identification, communication devices, and storage—truly a must-have for home, travel, or combat.

High Priestess: "Wait, is your Adventurers' Guild still not up and running? It’s been over a month since you first proposed it, hasn't it?"

Magician: "Do you think a world-class organization is that easy to set up?"

This guy!

He actually had the nerve to label his organization 'world-class' when it didn't even have a formal office yet.

His shamelessness had reached a certain peak.

Magician: "But now that we have teleportation circles, we can move to the next phase. I plan to place all the teleportation circles inside the Adventurers' Guild."

The Star: "Wow, you’re so sneaky. You’re doing bundled sales?"

For a group of people long accustomed to rapid travel, going back to walking was simply impossible. This would effectively turn the teleportation circles into the transportation hubs of Kalim.

Placing such a hub inside his own shop would cause foot traffic to explode.

The Emperor: "I actually think it’s a sound decision. In games, you always see NPCs with question marks or exclamation points over their heads hanging around teleportation circles."

The Emperor: "Accept a quest at the Adventurers' Guild and teleport straight to the objective. It really gives off that fantasy RPG vibe."

Magician: "Exactly, that’s the general idea. And the Supreme Council has already agreed to this arrangement."

The Sun: "Then congratulations are in order."

Righteousness: "Damn it, why didn't I go back then..."

Riesling, still thinking about the lost dividends, sent an envious message.

Justice: "Wait, ten thousand and sixteen? That number looks a bit familiar..."

High Priestess: "Is it? It seems like a normal number to me."

Justice: "You didn't... fleece the Supreme Council, did you?"

Who was Chu Yuan?

As a member of the Supreme Council, it only took a little thought for him to see through that number. He struck right at the heart of the matter.

However, High Priestess didn't seem to have any intention of hiding it and admitted it quite openly.

High Priestess: "That’s a harsh way of putting it. Just tell me, did the Supreme Council get their ten thousand people evolved into Phantom Mist Vampires?"

Hiss—

Chu Yuan sucked in a breath of cold air.

She made a good point; he actually couldn't argue with that!

The task assigned earlier was indeed for ten thousand potions to evolve members of the Supreme Council into Phantom Mist Vampires, and High Priestess had successfully completed that task.

So even if High Priestess had fleeced the Supreme Council, there was nothing they could do about it.

Good grief, the Supreme Council only had ten thousand Phantom Mist Vampires, but you have ten thousand and sixteen on your end?

No, wait—that’s not counting her as the True Ancestor.

Damn it, how could he forget that she was a vampire who could control blood?

Sometimes, one really had to be a bit thick-skinned to get ahead.

Chu Yuan couldn't find any ground to criticize High Priestess’s actions.

High Priestess has over ten thousand vampires under her command?

While High Priestess and Justice were back-and-forth, everyone else who saw the message was stunned.

Admittedly, the atmosphere in the villa was great and everyone got along well.

But anyone with a functioning brain knew that standing alone made one weak.

Indeed.

There could be many explanations for High Priestess’s actions, but there was no doubt she intended to increase her strength by turning herself from a singular entity into a plural force.

At that moment, they remembered how Lan Qingyou, that witch, liked to pick 'lucky audience members' from the world channel whenever she was free.

It seemed they really needed to go find some ancient bloodlines.