Chapter 1340: Chapter 1340

Watching Shaliya leave with a smile, Du You felt a sudden headache.

Elsa’s intentions, after all this time, were something Du You was well aware of. But in Du You’s heart, Elsa was just a little girl, always treated as a little sister.

Obviously, Elsa didn’t see it that way, but Du You dared not let her cling to him here.

Now that Elsa had grown up and was full of charm, if he wasn’t careful, there was no telling what might happen, and that would be a real pitfall. With more women around him, Du You’s self-control in this area seemed to be getting worse.

Regardless of the situation, it was time to go. Du You summoned the two sisters back to his side overnight. After giving it some thought, there wasn’t much left that required his personal attention; after delegating his duties, most issues could be handled by Shaliya.

Then, Du You hung up a "closed-door cultivation" sign and left the so-called Imperial Palace.

As for the officials within the nation, they were already used to Du You’s ways, their own Lord, whatever he did, they just supported it.

Those officials who weren’t from his citizenry, although somewhat dissatisfied in their hearts, couldn’t say anything; didn’t they see their colleagues weren’t bothering about it? They were accustomed to their King’s style by now.

Besides, the King’s delegation of authority to them was also a good thing for them, wasn’t it?

The only thing that depressed them was that the King had not left an heir. The Empire had been developed to such an extent, but without a successor, this made many people feel uneasy.

With the two sisters in tow, Du You finally returned to Earth’s side. "Finally, I can relax properly."

Putting down the tasks that seemed never-ending brought an exceptionally liberating feeling. As for the several people who had now been promoted to level 53, raising them by two tiers, many skills had not been refined, and Du You couldn’t be bothered with it.

First, he would rest for a while and then consider dealing with less pressing matters. As for skill refinement, there was also the Tangled Undead Plane. Although the timeline of that plane was only twice as slow as Earth’s, consuming more Earth time, did Du You care about that?

What Du You didn’t expect was that after only two days of rest, trouble found him again.

"What’s going on, can’t you let me rest properly? Harry Asteroid, can’t you develop on your own without me there?"

This time it was not just Li Minglu; even Ke Jisi, who managed Harry Asteroid, made a request of him.

Lin Yucha looked at the documents in her hand and then said, "I’m afraid that won’t work, because the academy has accelerated their activities. Just last week, the academy’s territory was the first to reach the sixth tier, while we haven’t yet, which has a big impact on our territory."

"What kind of impact is that?" Lin Yushi curiously leaned over.

"The influence of the academy students. Because the academy’s territory level is higher, those students are willing to go there. Our side’s business and experience points gains have been greatly affected."

Du You was aware that to those students, with their level, there wasn’t much difference between a fifth-tier and a sixth-tier territory. But people are like that; they always like to go to places that seem more upscale.

Even if they get less benefit from such places.

Such student behavior had a significant impact on Du You’s territory, which was why Ke Jisi was worried.

"Also, Lord, you have already reached the sixth tier. If the territory that’s publicly associated with you can’t be upgraded to sixth tier, it doesn’t look too good," Lin Yucha pointed out her biggest concern.

Many sharp-eyed people knew Du You had other territories, but most people didn’t.

If Du You didn’t upgrade the level of his own territory, others would only think there might be some problem with Du You. Anyway, even just spreading a rumor was a good idea, wasn’t it?

"Moreover, Harry Asteroid is a technology-based territory. If a technology territory develops to the sixth tier, we will be much safer on both Earth and in outer space. The technological goods from Harry Asteroid represent the main source of income for our company. Even if you don’t want to manage the company, you can’t just let it perform poorly, right?"

Du You thought about it and it seemed to make sense, so he nodded and said, "Alright, alright, let’s go then. Really, there are always so many troubles." Fortunately, this time he didn’t have to deal with a large amount of paperwork.

For Du You, adventure and such were good things. After they got organized, they sent a message to Li Minglu and then used the spatial channel to go straight to Harry Asteroid.

"Lord, you’ve finally arrived. While I know there are many things going on at my sister’s place, the threats we face here are not small. If the territory can’t be upgraded, our troubles will probably be great."

"How big of a trouble? It’s not the academy attacking us, is it?"

"No, it’s not from the academy. Because we’ve been providing more and more power lately, our influence at the front line has been growing. I heard that the upper class of the Blood-colored Empire is already very dissatisfied with us. Once their upper class is unhappy, the forces they use against us will strengthen, and they might have powers we cannot handle."

In this world, although seventh-tier weapons couldn’t be used casually, there were still plenty of sixth-tier weapons.

Current battlefields saw the sparing use of sixth-tier weapons, but it wasn’t that no one had ever used them. Looking over their entire territory, it seemed that only Du You, the Lord, could exert sixth-tier combat power.

"Is that so? Then keep an eye on it and see who is coming after us. Also, select the targets well; we need to expand our influence as quickly as possible and strive to upgrade the territory to the sixth tier as soon as we can."

Ke Jisi had already been performing admirably here; with other territories’ support, there was no need to worry about Crystal Coins. As for the experience of the territory, they were already more than halfway there. However, as they approached the higher levels, it became increasingly difficult to gain experience.

Without fighting a few major battles, the territory wouldn’t meet the requirements for leveling up. But this was no big deal for Du You, as he himself was a tier six. A powerful sixth-tier fighter raising a territory to sixth tier wasn’t a difficult task. It’s just that Du You’s strength was somewhat outrageous, starkly differing from a typical sixth-tier.

"The targets you want have been collected over the years; they’re all here."

Almost forgot, Ke Jisi had been working in this territory for many years and had matured. It was only when he saw Ke Jisi’s still young and ice-cold face that Du You subconsciously overlooked this fact.

Looking at the information in his hands, Du You and the two sisters began analyzing. With their current strength, it would be a waste not to make good use of it. The need to upgrade the territory was now more urgent than ever. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝘯𝘦𝘵