The discussion covered many topics such as the businesses within and out of the empire they have either destroyed, assimilated, or created a trade deal with. Many of those destroyed are ones of arrogant nobles while the ones assimilated and taken over are ones of merchants who they feel is worth having or have large connections. The ones with trade deals are very few and those are only the really big merchant groups who are nice and give fair trade.
They did briefly talk about setting ships off towards the main land to do trade but quickly shut down the idea as they are still establishing even if they could make an extreme profit by trading unique goods over there.
This train of thought followed on to the two deciding to order ships and have them set out for other smaller islands for trade as they know none of the other merchant groups do trading off the continent apart from the mainland. They could get a monopoly of trade should they discover islands with people on them.
Though it was risky and agreed that the sailors who set out would be enslaved pirates where their only loss is a few disposable pawns and the ships. There are many high rank creatures and if not on the specific route the main land keeps clear of high super high ranked creatures even rank 7 and 8 creatures are very common. The ocean is many times bigger than the lands and doesn't have the humans taking it over, leaving beasts to prosper to terrifying levels.
Towards the end they talked about new products they can sell, and creating different branches for different items. Because right now they are all clustered together into singular large buildings limiting the variation they can show due to lack of space.
By the time left it was already early evening and the sun had already set and the chilly night winter breeze came flowing down the street, causing all the mortals still out to shiver.
He looks into the sky and sees it to be perfectly clear with a bright full moon shining down light upon the world. Thinking it's a good time for a break he goes to his restaurant and grabs a cup of hot chocolate and steals some of the cream before sitting on top of the roof staring into space.
He drinks his hot chocolate in the freezing cold temperature and the occasional breeze, thinking about space. 'Is space here like it was back on earth? Are the suns made of gasses? Is there gravity or is it a form of energy? What about black holes, do they such in everything incusing the heavens or does it have a limit? Is the space even real?
Many novels don't normally talk about space and only after multiple worlds up does it finally expand normally from either a small planet that only holds 1 continent or giant flat plain to have travel between planets. I'm pretty sure this world is round, but what if there are high realms that are an infinite expanse, the flat earth conspiracy theorists would have a field day.
Is this space real? It could be an illusion of sorts by the heavens and just provide Qi or is there an entire universe out there. Would I be able to harvest the other planets of their resources, gather black holes and suns, even find other worlds with life? Could the space out there actually be the higher plains and instead of ascending to a different plain of existence could it just be a type of travel to a different part of the universe or even a different universe connected like a multiverse?
There are way to many questions but I really want to know the limits of what should be the lowest world. If I can really go out their then I should defiantly harvest planets and suns for energy and resources before ascending when I reach that point. Maybe the heavens put restrictions preventing cultivators from flying into space, that's quite possible. If there are then I wonder if I can cheat the heavens and use science. Hmm, I should start on primitive tests for now, maybe a long string and a balloon and put a few things like regular tools from back home to do some tests. Would be a pretty fun side project, maybe there is even a different type of energy out there in space. Man, there are way too many questions, let's just relax.'
He then pauses his mind as he blackly stares into the abyss of space, just looking at it with wonder. The different colours of stars shining in the sky, weird comic patterns being created almost like what he saw when looking online of galaxies. Even a beautiful glowing belt of light similar to the aurora borealis, could be seen in the distance not quite in space and still on the planet but its colours ranged from red, green, blue, purple, yellow, orange and many more making it even more beautiful than its counterpart from earth.
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The next week went by in a flash and the whole time was spent with him either enjoying life with his harem/family and staring off into space, cultivating and training or doing business work.
Only a week has happened so not that much has changed but the noticeable things is that his cultivation has broken through to level 8 stage 1, from level 7 stage 1. His harem members also having advanced some cultivation levels and finally his merchant business finally starting construction on other buildings in most towns and cities they are already set up in.
There are a few other smaller things like him getting the silk worms and spiders he was after and getting a starting production line using some of the servant workers from the sect making bio-degradable bags to use in his shops, using left over waist from plants such as the corn and coconut husks.
Today though instead of heading off for his normal routine for morning sex, training, then checking on buisnesses. He instead got up and still had his morning time with his harem but then instead of training within the internal world he did it outside his place in the palace and trained in the court yard.
The reason for this was because today was the day his elder siblings return from the mainland. They have spent the past few weeks rushing over after they settled their business. His whole family are close, well apart from the new him who is still slowly growing familial feelings, so when his elder siblings heard about him waking up they wanted to rush over but couldn't because they had business to settle.
Right now, he is training not only to train but also as a way to calm his nerves. Although he doesn't show it, suddenly meeting the elder brothers and elder sister of his new family would still be quite nerve racking. Especially when he sees the memories of his elder sister.
'Man, although this shouldn't get to me, I guess it cant be helped. With what I can see from the previous Fen Chang's memories of his elder sister, she seems like a nightmare. Then there are the elder brothers who were also pretty unique with how they do things. I cant help but feel the previous Fen Chang is somewhat influencing my nervousness. It doesn't feel like he is actually here though, its more the memories that fused with mine are unconsciously making me nervous since between his father and mother, his relationship with his siblings was on a whole other level.'
He kept slashing his scythe around trying to get into rhythms quicker, eventually calling for his main sparing partner. He was also a scythe user. He was someone kept within the prisons and has been in their for over a hundred years, before even his father took the throne. Although living for a long time in the dungeon its not uncommon since he was a stage 3 cultivator who also practiced vitality stealing techniques.
On many occasions they spared with the over hundred-year-old man still having a good functioning due to Fen Chang allowing him to occasionally devour the vitality of beasts and non-useful pawns who have lost their purpose.
The two spared for over an hour with the old man slowly imparting his art of the scythe to his master, while Fen Chang was taking in the way his opponent moves and ways to add to his own style. He may be very powerful now with the strength to carry over 3000 tons but with his extreme weights he loses stamina pretty quick.
Within that hour alone he was in nothing but trousers and training shoes and completely topless. Drips of sweat constantly dropped down his face and chest many freezing on impact with the icy cold floor.
He got lost in training as he didn't realise that for the past 20 minutes 3 figures where floating in the sky above him, watching him train with complicated smiles on their faces.