Chapter 166: Solving The Spiritual Stone Issue
Furthermore, he wasn\'t the only one who had this train of thought, as Jue Mei had been thinking along these lines since the very beginning.
It was the same for the rest of the girls in the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode, as all of them were holding off on breaking through to the Lunar Ascendancy Realm. They amassed more combat power while waiting for Azmodeus to give the go-ahead for a breakthrough.
Due to this prolonged group session, every single one of the inhabitants of the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode had surpassed their realm in combat strength. Some of the more industrious ones like Rou Tian and Pan Nu achieved nearly 2 major realms above their own!
Although they were nowhere near the level of freak that the Anomaly was with his four major realm strength gap, they were still at a stage where they could be considered Heavenly Geniuses of the Starry Expanse!
Nevertheless, the strength of all the girls was just one of many things that changed over the years. Another one of such changes was that the surrounding topography and even the Azura Kingdom as a whole were going through too many alterations to properly gauge the full extent of them all.
For example, the Emonius Triade—an organization in which Azmodeus set his Life Treasure down next to—managed to have a number of their past members come back in droves after learning of all the progress that was being made by those who stayed around.
With all the excess Spiritual Stones and Star Stones lying around inside the bounds of the Emonius Triade, the 1500 or so members were able to increase their Potion Master Ranks by leaps and bounds!
Some of them had already advanced entire major realms within the Potion Master Profession over the last century, and that was not an uncommon occurrence either!
Even the old Headmaster himself had managed to jump up from the Middle-Gold Rank to a state nearing the Peak-Gold Rank, which was an accomplishment that he was exceptionally proud of.
Breakthroughs like this one were very common among those of the Emonius Triade. It was not because their talent suddenly spiked, but because all of them had long since accumulated the necessary comprehensions in the Potion Master Profession. All they lacked was an appropriate amount of energy in order to make use of said comprehensions.
Of course, every single member of the Emonius Triade knew where these Spiritual and Star Stones were coming from. In fact, they had been thinking of an appropriate reward to give to their \'Lucky exploring charm\'. After a period of long, hard thought, they eventually landing on allowing him to shoot straight up from B-Block status to the level of an Elder!
And if he continued to make miracles happen with all of the Spiritual Stones he brought, then it would surely be no longer than a few hundred years before he would once again be able to rocket up in status from an \'Elder\' to a \'Grand Elder\'. If luck permitted it, he might even be able to become a \'Supreme Elder\', which would put him at the same level as the Headmaster!
Nevertheless, all of this was merely what had happened inside the Emonius Triade, completely excluding everything that had changed outside of the organization\'s grounds.
One of such things that had gone through drastic changes was the status of all unofficially affiliated factions of the Heaven Exploding Faction.
Azmodeus\'s clone\'s managed to uproot the majority of the low-ranking nobles, whether through coercion like with the two Viscounts earlier or by using methods such as brainwashing for the more stubborn one\'s.
Another thing that had shifted within the political climate of the Azura Kingdom was the status of the Heaven Exploding Faction itself. They not only had its position in the eyes of the people elevated to an entirely new level, equal to that of a Marquis. But they also managed to monopolize various aspects of the Kingdom\'s economy.
Azmodeus, his Primordial Essence Clones, and his Mirror Mirage\'s have been creating a wide array of new creations and products that came from Earth. And with a little spoofing up using the cultivation world MO as the guidelines, everything they produced was made a trending item.
All of which were capable of affecting massive chunks of the Azura Kingdom\'s market, essentially allowing the Crimson Devil Lord to become a forerunner for niches like beauty, entertainment, food, and household appliances.
Through this method of utilizing his memories of Earth and his already high comprehension speed, which allowed him to see potential ups and downs in the market, he was able to amass no small sum.
Just his liquidated net worth alone had surpassed the tens of quadrillions of Azura\'s, making him one of the richest Tycoons in the kingdom!
And that wasn\'t to even mention the hundreds of quadrillions of Azura\'s that he kept inside the market in order to keep money flow at an all-time high!
But regardless of how many things Azmodeus modified about every form of climate in the Azura Kingdom, nothing ever seemed to satisfy him. In fact, he was already planning to go to the Assembly being held by Duke Doxing in the Royal Capital.
This was just the opportunity he had been waiting for, as he could slip into the Assembly/Party with only the highest-ranked of his Primordial Essence Clones.
So far, a total of sixty-five nobles of variegated noble ranks have come to the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode, informing him of all the clones that managed to obtain an invitation to the all-inclusive party being held a few million miles to the North.
This was where nobles from every part of the kingdom would congregate so that they could show off something in their possessions. They also made use of the meeting and proposed business deals for any related parties.
All in all, the Assembly was a good way for anyone to gain an extremely sturdy foothold within the Azura Kingdom as long as the cards were played right.
And Azmodeus would sure as hell play his cards right...!