An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

"Damn it! The design of that Hall of Heroes is clearly based on the ancient architectural style of our Republic of Korea! It's something from our kimchi country! Lu Xueyao is shamelessly plagiarizing!"

Of course, these brainless comments were instantly drowned out by the overwhelming ridicule from the Chinese audience.

In the real world, on Earth, in the Dragon Kingdom, at the headquarters of Bureau 749.

Director Shen Xingzhou looked at the exaggerated territorial expansion on the big screen. Even with his usually calm demeanor, he was so excited that he slapped his thigh and cheered repeatedly.

"Great! Excellent! With this town-level territory spanning a hundred miles, plus these buildings, Lu Xueyao has finally established a firm foothold in that world!"

Just as Shen Xingzhou was feeling elated.

"Chief!"

Chen Yan, an A-level Ghost Master, hurriedly pushed open the door and walked in, holding a sealed box made of pure gold in his hands.

This box contains the S-grade mysterious artifact, the Soul-Summoning Banner, which was awarded to the Dragon Kingdom as a reward during the national fortune settlement!

"Chief, the research report on this S-class artifact is ready!"

Chen Yan's tone was filled with awe and excitement: "This thing is simply an unparalleled artifact that can turn the tide of battle! As long as we activate it accurately, we can forcibly summon an A-rank or higher monster, and there's even a chance we can directly summon an S-rank monster! And force it to complete a designated task for us!"

"However, this item is of a very high level."

Chen Yan solemnly added: "The threshold for using it is also strict; at the very least, it must be activated by an A-level Ghost Master."

Moreover, fatally, every time a Rank A or higher supernatural being is forcibly summoned and commanded, the wielder suffers a severe backlash from the supernatural power!

"Moreover, the summoned strange beings have a limited lifespan, which depends entirely on the strength of the summoner."

Even with the strength of our top-tier A-level monster hunters, we can only keep the summoned monsters around for a maximum of 3 minutes!

Hearing these harsh restrictions, Shen Xingzhou was not disappointed; instead, a look of admiration flashed in his eyes.

"Three minutes? That's enough!"

Shen Xingzhou decisively waved his hand and said, "This is a good thing. If used properly, it could even completely solve the A-level strange incidents that are giving our 749th Bureau a headache!"

"As for the severe backlash you mentioned?"

Shen Xingzhou sneered, "Have you forgotten the massive amount of Netherworld Water that Lu Xueyao manifested for us before? That stuff is a divine medicine that can perfectly suppress and resolve all strange backlashes!"

"With the Nine Netherworld Water as a safety net, the side effects of this Soul-Summoning Banner are practically nonexistent in the face of our Dragon Kingdom!"

Shen Xingzhou issued the order: "Chen Yan! Immediately dispatch the top A-level Ghost Masters from headquarters, carrying sufficient Netherworld Water and this Soul-Summoning Banner, to Black Stone Village on the southwestern border!"

"That troublesome Class A anomaly lurking there has seriously threatened the safety of the surrounding cities. Tonight, use this soul-summoning banner to eliminate it!"

"Yes!" Chen Yan excitedly accepted the order and left for the Eternal Night Wasteland.

Within the town-level territory, Lu Xueyao was not idle; she began to set up the special reward building she had just obtained.

First was the bone altar, which she placed in an open square on the side of the lord's manor.

"Buzz—"

An altar made of massive, dark white bones rose from the ground.

As soon as it landed, a large amount of free-floating yin energy gathered around the altar.

"Click click click..."

Accompanied by the crisp sound of bones grinding together, ten white bone monsters crawled out of the bone pool in the center of the altar on their own.

Although they lacked sentience, their eyes glowed with soul fire as they stood quietly in a line below the altar.

Lu Xueyao was pleasantly surprised to find that as long as she used the Lord's Mark, she could easily issue some simple work instructions to these skeletons.

She hesitated for a moment.

"Little White, come out."

Lu Xueyao decisively summoned the White Bone Demon General, which was already four meters tall.

"Go, try eating a few." Lu Xueyao coldly pointed to the newly born novice white bone monster.

The Bone Demon General let out a low, excited roar, in a submissive manner.

It strode forward, grabbed three of the white skeletal monsters, and threw them directly into its skeletal mouth, where it began to chew them voraciously.

"Click, click..."

As the bones of their kind were completely devoured, Lu Xueyao keenly observed that the gray demonic patterns on the White Bone Demon General's body had clearly increased by several lines!

Its bone hardness has also noticeably increased slightly!

"really!"

Lu Xueyao nodded in satisfaction: "The bone monsters produced daily by this bone altar not only serve as free labor, but also as perfect daily food for Little White's cultivation, continuously promoting its rapid growth and advancement!"

She immediately made a decision: "From now on, half of the skeletons produced by the altar each day will be used to work within the territory, and the other half will be used as Little White's food!"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xueyao arrived at an open area on the edge of the territory and placed the Class A building, the Hall of Heroes.

A black hall, exuding an ancient and solemn aura, suddenly landed with a thud.

After landing in Valhalla, the three skeleton monsters that had been eaten by the Skeleton Demon General died.

Its faint soul fluctuations were actually detected by Valhalla!

"Buzz—"

The gates of the Hall of Heroes slowly opened, and three ethereal, bone-like heroic spirits, devoid of flesh and bones but radiating a chilling killing intent, walked out of the hall in formation!

Although they have become illusory spirits, they still retain their fighting power from when they were alive.

As long as they remain within this territory spanning hundreds of miles, they are an undead legion!

Lu Xueyao smiled with satisfaction.

Finally, she directly materialized the B-grade black iron ore vein at the foot of a desolate hill not far from the city wall.

"Go, get mining for me!"

Lu Xueyao skillfully issued commands to the remaining seven skeleton monsters.

These skeletons obediently walked towards the ore vein. They didn't even need any digging tools, because their hard bone claws were the perfect mining picks themselves.

Besides mining, Lu Xueyao also received careful guidance from Lu Li.

He took out the medicinal herb seeds from his storage ring.

This contains the seeds of the Vermilion Fruit, which can effectively enhance the body's Qi and blood.

There are Heavenly Soul Fruit seeds that can greatly enhance the power of divine consciousness.

There is even a special type of Blood Soul Flower seed, which carries a strong demonic and evil nature.

This alluring flower requires a constant infusion of flesh and blood and soul as nourishment to grow. The Blood Soul Fruit that it eventually produces can enhance both the physical body and the divine soul, making it a truly divine medicine of the demonic path.

In addition, Lu Li had her plant a seed of a special attack plant called Blue Silver Grass.

Once this herb matures under the influence of the spiritual spring, it transforms into a resilient blue silver vine.