Ling Feng heard the familiar tone coming from his phone, and a smile appeared on his face.
Ling Feng knew that this was Li Tianjiao, who had returned from the battlefield. The current Li Tianjiao was the true Li Tianjiao!
"Yes, I have something to ask you. Did Zhou Jin give you the spirit energy detector?"
Ling Feng asked in a deep voice.
Li Tianjiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he replied to Ling Feng nonchalantly, "Yes, I know what you mean. I've already started occupying the mountain tops. We encountered some King-level monsters, but with everyone working together, we can still secure the territory. However, the later safety zone construction work is a bit behind. You'll need to invest more money!"
Ling Feng's eyes lit up, "Don't worry about the money. Pay attention to personnel casualties!"
"No personnel casualties so far, don't worry."
Li Tianjiao responded and then hung up the phone.
Ling Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. This Li Tianjiao had changed so quickly. Perhaps it was because he had put too much pressure on him!
In fact, from the beginning, Li Tianjiao's talent was not much weaker than Ling Feng's, which was why there wasn't a significant gap in their strength after they both survived the battlefield!
It was just that later, Li Tianjiao became complacent and had a bit of bad luck, which led to many problems. Naturally, the gap between him and Ling Feng widened, and even their thinking diverged.
Now that Li Tianjiao was rapidly catching up to Ling Feng, Ling Feng wasn't surprised by any changes in Li Tianjiao. Instead, he was happy for Li Tianjiao!
Ling Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. He put away his phone, looked straight ahead, but his eyes became very hollow.
Yang Fei, who was beside him, saw everything. He knew that Ling Feng was probably worried about money.
Indeed, they were a bit short on money. Only with money could they hire manpower. They couldn't expect everyone to work for free just because of the reputation of the Ling Tian War God, nor could they tell them that the future was dangerous and they must all stand up now.
This was naturally a very tiring task for Ling Feng, as he had placed the safety of all humanity on his own shoulders.
Yang Fei couldn't even imagine what it would be like to bear such a burden himself!
"Heavenly Venerable..."
After an unknown amount of time, Yang Fei finally dared to call out to Ling Feng.
Ling Feng came back to his senses and looked at Yang Fei.
Yang Fei quickly said, "We have arrived in the Southern Cloud territory. We will reach the safety zone in about half an hour at most."
"Alright, then let the Hundred-legged Centipede stay here for a while. We'll walk there."
Ling Feng nodded and was the first to dismount from the Hundred-legged Centipede. Seeing this, everyone else also landed on the ground.
Lin Shuai Nan was still a little reluctant and waved goodbye to the Hundred-legged Centipede.
Watching the Hundred-legged Centipede disappear underground, Lin Shuai Nan turned back and said to Ling Feng, "Brother, can I have this Hundred-legged Centipede as my mount later?"
Ling Feng gave Lin Shuai Nan a big, unreserved glare and retorted, "Do you have the strength for that?"
"Huh? What strength? Doesn't this thing listen to you?" Lin Shuai Nan widened his eyes.
"Yes, it does listen to me because I am stronger than it, and I have tamed it. Can you?"
Ling Feng shrugged.
Lin Shuai Nan immediately deflated upon hearing this, shaking his head with a wry smile, "Heh heh, I probably can't. It will take me some time to defeat a King-level monster with my current strength."
"Good that you know!" Ling Feng didn't waste any more words and walked forward.
A group of people followed Ling Feng. Lin Si Qi and the others maintained some distance from Ling Feng. As people close to Ling Feng, they could all sense that Ling Feng was preoccupied.
Ji Yun Yue couldn't help but lean over and ask Yang Fei, "What's wrong with Ling Feng?"
They were returning to Southern Cloud, and Ji Yun Yue didn't want Ling Feng to look unhappy.
Yang Fei was about to answer when he saw several Heavenly Venerable's wives approaching from behind. This put Yang Fei under immense pressure, and he could only shake his head with a helpless wry smile and say, "It's very troublesome. Heavenly Venerable is probably worried about money. After all, there are too many safety zones to build now, the workload is definitely terrifying, and the investment required is also terrifying. In the early stages, developers can advance the funds, and they can be rewarded later. However, during this interim period, time cannot be delayed, so having the money in place is crucial!"
The few women understood what was going on after hearing this.
Lin Si Qi and the others exchanged glances, then nodded. Lin Si Qi also smiled with relief and then quickly caught up with Ling Feng.
"En? What's wrong?"
Ling Feng noticed Lin Si Qi approaching and asked her.
Lin Si Qi gave Ling Feng a charmingly flirtatious glare and then said, "I heard you're worried about money, that the workload for building safety zones is huge, and that efficiency and quality must be maintained, right?"
Ling Feng was stunned and then realized that his worried expression throughout the journey had probably been noticed by everyone!
In helplessness, Ling Feng could only shrug and nod at Lin Si Qi, "Indeed, I am worried about money. I'm thinking if there are other ways to be more effective. After all, the safety zones still have some resistance against true King-level monsters. If we want to increase the defense level, the cost will be even higher. Perhaps formations can be used instead. The power of formations is relatively better, but it also requires the development of a large number of spirit stones first."
Lin Si Qi shrugged, "In the end, it all comes down to one issue: money. As long as there's money, everything can proceed smoothly, can't it?"
"Yes, it's all because of money!"
Ling Feng was somewhat embarrassed. Since he came down from the battlefield, he had never seemed to be short of money. Now, he was troubled by it.
Lin Si Qi shrugged and said, "Then don't carry it all by yourself. You have so many wives, do you still need to go out and find ways to make money? We've accumulated a lot of wealth over these three-plus years!"
"I've seen the accounts of Jishi Group. The book balance is indeed quite sufficient, but it's only two trillion at most. Using this money to do things might affect the normal operation of Jishi Group, and this amount is insufficient!"
Ling Feng frowned slightly. Clearly, Ling Feng had already considered this matter. After all, Ling Feng was the true owner of Jishi Group. As long as he found Lin Shuai Nan, he could ask Lin Shuai Nan to report the accounts to him.
Indeed, Ling Feng had invested a lot of money in this back then, and it had brought generous returns. However, Ling Feng did not want to risk Jishi Group. Only in unavoidable circumstances could he use some of the money on the books, but now, he absolutely could not move it around casually.
Because you never know when an accident might happen, and then, when money is desperately needed, you can't produce it, and you'll be in a real pickle!