A Demon's Journey

The banquet was greatly helpful to Noah since he gained lots of information regarding the Great Qin Empire. He was also able to form connections with influential people in this town.

He also found out that the towns and cities in the Great Qin Empire were divided by different grades. This grade was determined by multiple factors, such as sales, security, influence, and the town lord's power.

Granca Town was a Grade 5 City. It could be considered just a step above average in the Great Qin Empire.

Noah didn't plan to approach the Capital of the Great Qin Empire any time soon. It would be disastrous if there was another security measure in the capital city to detect intruders.

Granca Town was a safe place for Noah and his group. There were thousands of such towns in the Great Qin Empire, and anything occurring in this town wouldn't attract the Royal Family's attention.

Noah could slowly strengthen the Heretical Paladins in this town while increasing their size steadily.

Meanwhile, all the influential individuals in Granca Town were startled to find out that Noah was already a 5 Star Warrior. Most of his subordinates were at the 3-Star Rank, while some had reached the 4-Star Rank as well.

The size of Noah's forces was rather impressive. It made them think that Noah belonged to a military background.

Only someone from the military could recruit so many people and form such a large force.

Among these influential individuals that Noah met, most of them were merchants. Noah struck a deal with a few merchants and secured supplies for the Heretical Paladins.

Noah could easily sustain the Heretical Paladins' needs with the money he held. If he ever fell short, Noah could always ask Yrellea and Tiana.

Azaroth had been very clear about dividing the tasks of his retainers. Noah's task had never been to gather money.

His task was to create a powerful force that could tear apart all enemies! He couldn't be allowed to split his focus from his primary task.

Thus, Yrellea had to support him with wealth whenever Noah required it. Fortunately, their Mystical Spiritual Connection Ring was connected using Spatial Laws. It allowed them to send objects to each other through a Spatial Tunnel.

During the banquet, everyone sat in the big hall and drank quite a bit of alcohol. They heard a very melodious song sung by the singers while watching some beautiful women dance.

After the banquet ended, nearly all these influential individuals were escorted to their rooms with a whore.

The next day, all these individuals had a satisfied look on their faces. It seemed that they were pleased with the banquet.

They met with Noah and expressed their desire to work with him. Noah nodded in response but kept a cold countenance.

Everyone was used to his expressionless look, so they didn't mind it much.

After they all left the area, Noah sighed in relief. He thought 'That was a bit draining. Fortunately, Sargan's plan worked, and I managed to leave a good impression on them. Also, it was a good display of my power, so they shouldn't look down on me.'

Sargan had explained his reasoning while informing Noah what he had to do during this banquet in great detail.

Noah followed those instructions word by word, and he slowly understood the reason behind them.

Everything remained normal for the next few days. Noah selected a training field and bought it with his wealth.

He then bought another piece of land in Granca Town and began the construction of nearly a thousand houses.

These houses belonged to the members of the Heretical Paladins.

All these things were extremely costly, but with Yrellea's assistance, Noah managed to acquire them with relative ease.

He sped up the construction by using more money as he wanted these houses to be built as quickly as possible.

In reality, Noah's decision to set up this entire colony had affected Granca Town as a whole.

The prices of the commodities had greatly changed, and the price of properties near Noah's colony skyrocketed immediately!

Moreover, Noah's demands to speed up the construction process had caused the officials to summon more experts from the nearby cities.

These experts were greatly proficient in either Wood or Earth Element. These two elements were crucial in building a house.

Fortunately, the houses that Noah wanted them to build weren't complicated. All were of a standard design, and it wouldn't take these experts much time to complete this project.

However, the news that someone of high status was creating a colony in Granca Town spread very quickly.

Even a sect in the region heard about this information. This sect was known as the Silver Mountain Sect.

This sect was constructed on Silver Mountain Peak, which held a variety of mines of different resources. All these mines were under the Silver Mountain Sect.

They mined out these resources, storing a portion of them while selling the rest to the nearby cities at a reasonable rate.

The Noble Families and the Royal Family would generally buy these resources before distributing them uniformly in these regions. This prevented the merchants from hiking the prices too much.

Naturally, this happened with all the resources that were mined out across the Great Qin Empire.

The Silver Mountain Sect mainly supplied the resources necessary to create weapons and armor. The elders of this sect heard that an influential individual had started living in Granca Town. His wealth was extremely great as he financed the creation of a new colony without collaborating with anyone.

The Silver Mountain Sect decided to send a scouting party to Granca Town. However, this group's task wouldn't just be to scout, but also act as an ambassador for the Silver Mountain Sect.

They had to find out if this newcomer was interesting in acquiring the resources from the Silver Mountain Sect directly. If he was interested, this group had to strike a deal with him. At the least, the scout group had to return with this individual's demands.

Noah had no idea that he caught attention of a nearby sect. He was focused on his training for the past few days.

Noah spent the first half of the day working on his sword techniques while the other half of the day was spent by working on his Ardor.

He had already pulled out the Seven Colored Bodhi Tree that gave him great inspiration as he tried to improve his Sword Techniques.

Noah's insight into the Sword Domain increased tremendously. Previously, he could barely use his Sword Domain to suppress his enemies or boost his attacks. However, this wasn't the true purpose of his Sword Domain.

The Sword Domain was a region which was created by Noah's Sword Laws. In a sense, Noah was the supreme ruler within his Sword Domain!

He now possessed the ability to launch an attack from anywhere in his Sword Domain. It meant that Noah could launch a sword technique to his left and it could attack someone on his right. He held complete control of the Sword Laws in his Sword Domain!

It also implied that whoever entered Noah's Sword Domain would be as good as dead unless he was utilizing a Domain of his own.