Walker Of The Worlds

After listening to Lady Kang's words, Lin Mu understood that one basically got what they paid for.

A country that was functioning would have a massive value that would often be impossible to estimate with normal methods. Getting the value of the property and fixed assets was the easy part, but when it came to things like manpower, raw resources that were unexplored, as well as the future potential, it became hard to put a price tag on it. Not to mention, even if one did by a country, they also needed to have the strength to manage it.

If not, the other people that were present in the country would simply takeover and it would become a worthless purchase. This was also why selling countries was quite difficult. If a ruler were to sell it, they would need to come to an agreement with the other people of the country. Otherwise, it would just be the same as selling nothing as the people would simply not accept a new ruler. It also wasn't unusual to see rebellions and coups taking place all the time in countries that were sold.

Thus, it was very important to have a firm hold on it with great power.

Another way to prevent rebellions was to actually have a cooperative agreement with the inhabitants of the country. Rather than ruling it directly, it was better to let the people living there pick their own ruler and then work together with them as a business partner.

This is basically what a lot of sects did, as it was less work on their end and still yielded them plenty of benefits. The fewer conflicts there were, the smoother it was for them to work.

"After hearing all this, I feel even more disinclined to be a King." Lin Mu stated while shaking his head.

"I suppose it's not something for everyone." Lady Kang replied. "Though there's always many that dream to be kings and queens." She added.

"Those that dream about it, only see one aspect of it. When they see the rest, it won't be a dream… It'll be a nightmare." Lin Mu said with a chuckle.

Lady Kang was a bit stunned hearing that, as it made her think about it for a few seconds.

"If only others understood that." Lady Kang muttered before a strange sensation was felt by her.

"Huh?" Lin Mu immediately became alert as he could feel the space shift. "Be ready, something's happening!" he said out loud.

They then saw runes appearing in front of them and turn into a sentence.

~SHUA~

'Reward Period has ended.' "Reward Period?" Lin Mu narrowed his eyes before feeling the spatial fluctuations surrounding them. "Are we being moved?" Lady Kang also sensed them now, as they had grown quite strong.

see the spatial fabric twisting. "Hold on!" he said before quickly grasping Lady

~HONG~

second, the space around them bulged inwards as the two were seemingly pulled into it. As if they had passed through a viscous membrane, the space

only saw this for a couple of seconds, before they felt returning to normal reality. This was such a short time that Lin Mu didn't get to glance much at his Spatial Perception either. All he got to

~THUD~ THUD~

on solid ground under them,

~HISS~

heard all around them, while hot air filled

didn't take them much to figure out that they were in a rather dangerous area. "A volcanic area?"

large lake of lava. There were tall cliffs from where lava was pouring down behind them, while in front of them there was a vast expanse that could only

were standing in was just one of the hundreds present in the area, with even more floating rock islands in them. Tall rock pillars rose to the sky, that looked like someone had bitten out chunks from them. This was apparently due to the deep marks that were rather symmetrical and could be considered as teeth marks. And since they were present on many such pillars, it seemed obvious that some creature or creatures had done

the next trial… The place we were in previously wasn't a trial ground." Lin Mu stated, having put two

if to confirm his words, runes appeared in front of them

'Find The Keys'

our way out." Lady Kang said, seeing

teleported here, this should be another section of the Spatial Plane." Lin Mu said before using

here was rather thick and prevented Lin Mu from looking out. It

limits of the Spatial Fabric and managed to barely glance at the formations that were hiding behind them. He didn't get to see them for long though,

space." Lin Mu stated. "We won't be able to leave

a rift into it. 'Ripping through the Spatial Fabric itself should be possible, but the formations behind it will quickly retaliate.' Lin Mu

only gotten to take a look at it for a few moments,

Array that was meant to attack anyone that tried to interfere with the trial

a rift, but this would definitely cause the array to react and attack him. Normally, he would be able to manage it, but considering this was a celestial's

this place would keep other people of their level in mind while making it. They wouldn't think anyone weaker

that if Lin Mu got caught in it, he would

number of keys we need to search. They are definitely making it vague on purpose."

we have to continue collecting them until we have the right amount. The

see if we can find the