Lin Zhan returned directly to the Undead Fortress in Yellowstone Park.
Led by Wu Ding and Xuan Shang, Young Master Lin walked into the Undead Fortress, completely bewildered.
"Holy crap, what the hell is going on here? Where's the fortress?"
Lin Zhan stared blankly at a ruin ahead. Damn it, I've only been gone for a day, and a perfectly good military fortress has been destroyed. Don't they know how much money it costs to build a fortress?
Young Master Lin rushed towards the ruins and saw soldiers from the four great kings' legions cleaning up the debris.
The young Taoist Zhang Haoming, still wearing his signature toad sunglasses and holding a loudspeaker, shouted:
"Everyone, clean carefully! Pick out any usable bricks, tiles, beams, wood, and steel alloys. Especially you soldiers from the Liu family, your ancestor tore this down, so you should do more work."
Soldiers from the other three legions, especially the prairie warriors leading a pack of huskies, rolled their eyes at the Liu family members.
All the soldiers of the Liu family legion, seeing the disgusted looks from their comrades, drooped their heads in embarrassment.
To be a soldier in a king's legion, the minimum standard was an elite soldier of high gold rank.
Fighting enemies on the battlefield was their profession, but now they were reduced to construction workers because of a sneeze from their ancestor. They were just short of wearing hard hats.
The young Taoist turned around and saw Lin Zhan walking towards him. He quickly ran over excitedly:
"Holy crap, Big Brother, you're not dead? How come nothing happened this time? It's a bit unreasonable."
Lin Zhan looked at the approaching young Taoist with a dejected expression, reached out to pat the little fatty's head, and said:
"When did you grow a rebellious streak, kid? What, you were hoping I'd kick the bucket early so you could inherit my fortune and become Big Brother?"
The young Taoist shook his head and said, "Forget it. Whoever wants to be Big Brother can be Big Brother. I don't want to. Big Brother, do you know how much the Ten Thousand Races have offered for you now?"
Lin Zhan was stunned and shook his head, signaling the young Taoist to continue.
"This time, we captured three legendary necromancers alive. Brother Tie Si and the others started interrogating them."
Lin Zhan said in confusion, "Why were the fourth brothers interrogating them?"
"It's because the sixth brother suspected they had hidden all the valuable items."
The young Taoist then realized and said:
"Big Brother, don't interrupt. To be honest, the sixth brother is an ancestor-level interrogator. He directly extracted information about the ancestors of these skeletons. Besides the treasures hidden by Baines Johnson, they also found a bounty list, with you at the top."
"Those scumbags from the Ten Thousand Races are really generous. If you're killed, they'll reward you with 200 legendary cores and king-level resources equivalent to 2 million king cores. Good heavens, if you save these things, you could cultivate another 10 legendary powerhouses."
Lin Zhan shrugged with disdain:
"What's 10 legendary powerhouses? The Ten Thousand Races have lost at least 99, if not 100, legendary powerhouses because of me. Shouldn't my price be higher? By the way, who's the unlucky guy at second place?"
The young Taoist said with a dejected expression, "That unlucky guy is me, your brother-in-law. But I..."
"The Ghoul Race accepted our order. They said since we wrongly accused them last time, they have to fulfill the order, otherwise they'd be letting us down."
"In addition, the Imperial Sons of the Divine and Demonic races have accepted your bounty. Big Brother, what should we do about this? There are only a thousand days to be a thief, never a thousand days to guard against one."
Lin Zhan narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, saying:
"I'm not worried about the Imperial Sons of the Divine and Demonic races. They accepted my bounty because I'm an Imperial Son of the Human race. We'll have to fight eventually, so it's normal."
"As for the Ghoul Race, it's not difficult to deal with. When they come to assassinate me, we'll have a perfect excuse to attack the Ghoul Race. I plan to cripple half of the Undead race this time."
Then Lin Zhan, like a thief, whispered to the side: "Ancestor, Ancestor Chang Ruo, are you there?"
Chang Ruo and Cao Yu walked out of the void:
"What kind of trouble are you stirring up this time, kid? What, did you steal someone's chicken to be acting like a weasel?"
Lin Zhan handed the bounty to Chang Ruo and said, "Ancestor, someone wants to assassinate me and Xiao Ming. This is the bounty. Those damned Ghouls don't respect our Great Shang at all."
Chang Ruo took the bounty and chuckled:
"I didn't realize, you two little brats are quite valuable. You two shouldn't separate for a while. With me and Ancestor Cao Yu following you, the Ghoul Race won't be able to cause much trouble."
Lin Zhan shook his head with a sinister smile:
"Ancestor, what I mean is, can we make the Ghoul Race's assassination attempt bigger? I promised the Ancestors that I would cripple half of the Undead race within a month. This is a perfect excuse for me."
Cao Yu smiled and said, "I guessed you wouldn't be up to anything good. My father and I will conceal our aura and openly follow you. You can also call over those iron-eating beasts from the Tie family, plus your own guards. This will be the visible protection force."
"The Ghoul Race is not weak, with three Great Emperors backing them. Now there will definitely be an Emperor rank reviving. And these guys are stubborn. If they say they'll assassinate you, they will come. If they find your security forces so strong, they might even send an Emperor rank."
Lin Zhan's eyes lit up instantly: "Holy crap, a complete Emperor rank! That's different from those crippled Emperor ranks of the Lizardmen. This is a huge opportunity! If we kill this fool, we can definitely let another ancestor advance to the Emperor rank! This deal is worth it."
Then he said to the young Taoist next to him:
"Brother-in-law, go and get all the guards. Also invite Brother Tie Si and the others. If your elders are free, invite them too. Tell them to put aside what they're doing and say someone wants to assassinate you. And mobilize all the Ancestral Court guards. Remember, spread the word."
The young Taoist nodded, knowing that this was a big deal. He quickly scurried away on his short legs.