Chapter 404: The Risks of Secret Realms

Yang Fan quickly pulled his thoughts back on track and said seriously, "Wan'er, I want to ask you about something."

"Do you have any channels to purchase Secret Realm coordinates?"

Hearing this, the smile on Lu Wan's face gradually faded.

"A Secret Realm?"

"Husband, do you want to invest in a Secret Realm?"

Yang Fan nodded, "I do have some thoughts in this regard."

Hearing this, Lu Wan fell into deep thought.

After a moment, she slowly said,

"Husband, Secret Realm investment is actually not easy to do."

"Secret Realm coordinates are expensive, and the investment payback period is extremely long, sometimes even longer than resource planets."

"More importantly… there are risks."

"Risks?" Yang Fan frowned slightly.

"That's right." Lu Wan explained seriously.

"Secret Realms are different from resource planets."

"Secret Realm coordinates are fixed, which means the person selling the Secret Realm definitely knows its location."

"The Divine Kingdom world is not completely protected by federal law."

"They sell you the Secret Realm, and then a few years later, after you have invested a lot of resources to develop it, they send troops to recapture it."

"There are even more shameless merchants who, right after completing the transaction, turn around and organize forces to seize it."

"Therefore, those who can truly control Secret Realms for the long term are often top families with deep foundations."

"They will arrange powerful believers to garrison it, and even if an accident really happens, they will immediately mobilize the Family's strength to recapture it."

Lu Wan said slowly.

"Things like Secret Realms are not purely investments in essence."

"They are more like a game of strength."

Hearing this, Yang Fan frowned slightly.

"In other words, High-tier Gods might also send troops to fight for Secret Realms?"

Lu Wan nodded.

"That is indeed the case in essence."

"Secret Realms are not restricted by Divine Kingdom rules, so theoretically any god can send troops to conquer them."

"However, Secret Realms also have Ranks."

"Heaven-Grade Secret Realms are mostly contested among High-tier Gods; Earth-grade Secret Realms belong to the battlefield of Mid-tier Gods; as for Xuan-grade and Yellow-grade Secret Realms, they are basically competitions among low-tier gods."

"Under normal circumstances, High-tier Gods would not lower their status to fight for lower Rank Secret Realms."

Yang Fan nodded thoughtfully, then continued to ask:

"If I send troops to garrison the Secret Realm and it is eventually breached by other gods, will my Divine Kingdom coordinates be exposed because of this?"

This was the question he cared about the most.

For Yang Fan, even if all the believers garrisoning the Secret Realm were wiped out by the enemy, he could completely accept it.

After all, with the Hundredfold Evolution Talent and Grade A talent Life Propagation, the replenishment speed of believers was extremely fast; losing a batch, they could be quickly cultivated again.

But if his own Divine Kingdom coordinates were exposed because of this, the nature of the matter would be completely different.

If such a risk truly existed, the Secret Realm troop-storing plan would have to be reconsidered.

Hearing this, Lu Wan gently shook her head.

"That won't happen. Secret Realms are ownerless lands to begin with, and their original gods have long since fallen."

"According to Divine Kingdom rules, even if all believers within the Secret Realm die in battle, only the original master of the Divine Kingdom can capture the spatial fluctuations."

"Wars between foreign gods will not expose each other's Divine Kingdom coordinates because of this."

Hearing this, Yang Fan instantly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

As long as his Divine Kingdom coordinates were not exposed, everything else was acceptable.

Even if he couldn't beat them in the end, what he would lose was just a batch of believers and the Divinity Points used to purchase the Secret Realm coordinates.

And these things were completely affordable for him nowadays.

What's more, with his current strength, he only needed to purchase Xuan-grade or Yellow-grade Secret Realms.

Secret Realms of this level naturally wouldn't carry too high of a risk.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan smiled and said:

"I understand, but I still want to give it a try."

"Mainly because I'm a bit curious."

Hearing this, Lu Wan couldn't help showing a thoughtful look.

"I do have quite a few Secret Realm coordinates on hand."

"However, those Secret Realms are shares held by other friends and do not belong to me personally, so there is no way to directly transfer them to Husband."

"But if Husband wants to independently manage a Secret Realm, there is a good opportunity recently."

"What opportunity?" Yang Fan asked immediately.

"The Han Family Military Government."

Lu Wan continued to explain:

"Speaking of which of the Five Great Families controls the most Secret Realms, none other than the Han Family."

"The Han Family is primarily a military force, and their Divine Kingdom's development direction is mostly biased towards the warfare faction."

"Compared to investing in resource planets, they prefer managing Secret Realms."

"After all, the Han Family is least lacking in large armies that can garrison Secret Realms for long periods."

Speaking of this, Lu Wan suddenly smiled.

"I was originally planning to talk to Husband about this tonight."

"I know a Peerless Prodigy of the Han Family named Han Jue."

"He and I were in the same cohort, and our relationship is quite good."

"He just sent me a message inviting me to tonight's dinner, and specifically mentioned that I could bring Family members along."

"I think we can take this opportunity to introduce Husband to him."

"Han Jue's status in the Han Family is not low, and this is an extremely strong connection. If Husband wants to purchase Secret Realm coordinates, he might be able to pull strings through him."

"Han Jue?"

Yang Fan furrowed his brows slightly.

This name… he always felt it sounded a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

Only, for a moment he couldn't recall it no matter what.

After thinking for a moment, he didn't delve into it further.

"Sure."

Yang Fan smiled and nodded.

"I've been staying in the villa lately, either lying down or kneeling."

"It's also time to go out and get some fresh air."

Hearing these words, certain images immediately surfaced in Lu Wan's mind.

Her originally fair and pretty face instantly flushed with a layer of crimson.

She embarrassedly raised her small fist and punched Yang Fan lightly on the chest, "Pervert!"

…

That afternoon.

Yang Fan and Lu Wan took a private airship and left the villa.

As the airship slowly ascended, outside the transparent cabin, the entire Frontline city gradually came into view.

"Husband."

Lu Wan sat on the side and softly explained:

"The living areas of the Five Great Families are actually not far apart."

"However, most of the Han Family's core strength is in the military, so in this Frontline area, the living quarters of the Han Family's direct descendants are also the safest place in the entire Frontline."

Yang Fan nodded and didn't speak.

His gaze passed through the airship glass, looking at the city scenery flashing by below.

The Frontline area was much larger than imagined.

The further they moved towards the core direction of the Frontline, the environment began to gradually change.

Tall buildings became fewer and fewer, replaced by independent manors one after another.

Large areas of green plants covered both sides of the road, and intelligent robots were working methodically.

Pruning trees, maintaining lawns, clearing roads.

The entire area was quiet and neat.

These plants were not any rare Spirit Plants, but after meticulous design, they gave an extremely comfortable feeling.

Simple, natural, yet full of vitality.

As if within the cold Frontline city, a man-made utopia had been forcibly carved out.