Lin Rui was pondering when Lu Weite continued, "Lord Lin Rui, I have another important matter to discuss with you. When you first led us into the dimensional war, we promised to hand over at least one-tenth of the income as profit to you."

Saying this, he took out a spatial treasure and handed it to Lin Rui, saying, "This is the ledger of all our earnings from the dimensional war, for the territorial internal affairs department's verification. It also includes the total taxes we paid, amounting to thirty-six million Spirit Crystal Coins."

Lin Rui raised an eyebrow and said, "It looks like you've made quite a profit. Just casually giving away a spatial treasure? I remember you didn't even have a single spatial treasure before."

Lin Rui directly handed the spatial treasure to Audrey, who was overjoyed, arranging for a few soldiers to give the ledger to Caroline, while she blissfully accepted all thirty-six million Spirit Crystal Coins.

Her wealth now far exceeds anyone else in the territory.

There's no choice, her Twilight Highlands trait is simply too strong.

It activates every cycle, and with so much Territorial Essence invested in it, the [Historically Significant] trait keeps triggering, granting her a large number of [Spiritual Gems], and they are an abundance of Super-Tier Spiritual Gems.

Were it not for these Super-Tier Spiritual Gems being needed in the territory to create Clan Badges for the soldiers, they would all be invested into the Radiant Hourglass.

The progress of the Radiant Hourglass is also now more than halfway.

And this has caused the territory to owe her a lot of Spirit Crystal Coins.

There's no other way; each cycle, her income from selling Spirit Crystal Coins reaches as high as forty million.

These thirty-six million Spirit Crystal Coins barely solve the income of a single cycle.

This trait of hers is practically a Divine Level trait; after ten cycles, she could earn three hundred million Spirit Crystal Coins, comparable to the Lusen Chamber of Commerce's total income from the entire dimensional war.

So Lin Rui set up taxes, partially in preparation for her.

How could her forty million in income not require a two million tax?

Don't think that just because she has a close relationship with Lin Rui, she doesn't have to pay taxes. Even the lord's industries, workshops, and shops still have to pay taxes.

The fifty percent of her income that goes to Lin Rui is a profit share, a collaboration between the territory and him, like a project dividend.

Audrey, still unaware of Lin Rui's plans, was happily listening as Lu Weite continued to converse with Lin Rui, saying, "It's not just because of the dimensional war; more importantly, thanks to Lord Lin Rui, I've already risen from a board member to the chairman position of the Thirteen Council."

"Wow, so you're the chairman now?" Audrey asked with a grin, "Chairman Lu Weite, I have a deal here too. Are you interested?"

Lu Weite hurriedly shook his head and said, "How dare I claim to be the chairman? The power of our chamber's board positions is roughly equal. I am just temporarily acting as the chairman, presiding over the board, so I am called the chairman. Many matters still need to be discussed. But if Lady Audrey has the intention to trade with us, we would certainly be eager to welcome it."

Lin Rui also looked at her in surprise, not knowing what she wanted to sell.

Audrey then took a dark gold-patterned talisman from her backpack.

[Phoenix Battle Team Badge: Phoenix's Wings]. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

[Trait: Recruitment Artifact].

[Phoenix Battle Group Black Knights are an elite troop of evil forces, they serve their evil leaders, using terror and death as weapons, bringing destruction and oppression. The history of the Phoenix Battle Group Black Knights can be traced back to a dark and bloody period. At that time, an imperialistic evil leader rose, aiming to conquer and rule the world. To achieve his ambitions, he gathered many powerful and ruthless warriors, crafting the undefeatable Phoenix Battle Group Black Knights on the battlefield. Equivalent to a righteous elite fighting force, the Phoenix Battle Group Black Knights are characterized by their fall and corruption. They enhance their strength through twisted magic and dark rituals, exuding an aura of evil and death. These Black Knights possess a cold exterior and terrifying power, becoming a symbol of fear for evil forces.]

[As long as dark, corrupted, and fallen spiritual energy is infused into the Phoenix's Wings, the Phoenix Battle Group's Black Knights can be assembled. By consuming 1000 points of spirit energy and one Tier Five Spiritual Gem, 12 Skeleton Soldiers can be trained into 1 Black Knight.]

[Phoenix Battle Group Black Knights are well-equipped, highly skilled melee powerhouses. They wear heavy armor, wielding powerful weapons and shields, able to slay enemies on the battlefield and protect their comrades. They possess deep tactical knowledge, proficient in various combat techniques and formation adjustments, and are indispensable soldiers.]

This is an artifact Audrey obtained during the Other Plane War.

Phoenix Battle Group Black Knights are also a very powerful troop type.

Their basic traits include: [Guiding Qingxiao Operation: Reduces all damage taken by 20% when fighting under the sky canopy.]

[Star Field Army: When fighting on the ground, reflects 20% of the damage taken.]

[Adaptive Defense: The Black Knight launches attacks on the enemy, providing a shield that absorbs damage based on the enemy unit's damage type (physical or spiritual) equivalent to 20% of life value, lasting 5 seconds. This effect has a 10-second cooldown.]

[Warrior's Soul: 25% of lost life value will be converted to physical defense, and 25% will be converted to spiritual resistance.]

[Blade of Fear: When the Black Knight uses a skill, it drains 50% of the skill's damage as life, and reduces the opponent's speed by 80%.]

[Swordsmanship Mind: Flexible swordsmanship can win for a while, but a flexible mind can win throughout life. Swordsmanship attack causes spirit energy damage based on wisdom value * swordsmanship level, and significantly boosts self attack speed based on wisdom value as a coefficient.]

Core traits also include [Decaying Domain: Elite-level Trait: The Black Knight emits an inherent decaying aura, twisting and endangering the surrounding environment. When enemies enter the Black Knight's domain, their physical attack speed is continuously reduced by 5% per second, and each time attacked by the Black Knight, their physical attack speed decreases by additional 5%.]

[Shadow Shield: Elite-level Trait: The Black Knight can gather dark energy to form a shadow shield with a base of 1000 defense value. This shield can absorb malice and curses from enemies to fortify itself, rendering the opponent's curses ineffective, and each curse doubles the shield's strength. After absorbing a curse, each curse grants the Black Knight additional 15% physical defense and spiritual resistance for 15 seconds, making it even more indestructible.]

[Shadow Ghost: Elite-level Trait: The Black Knight excels at operating using shadows and darkness, making it difficult for enemies to lock onto targets. They can move rapidly in battle, disappearing into the dark light, causing confusion and fear in the enemy. On the battlefield, twelve Black Knights increase evasion rate by 5%. On the battlefield, 120 Black Knights increase evasion rate by 10%, increase enemy critical strike rate by 5%. On the battlefield, 1200 Black Knights increase evasion rate by 20%, decrease enemy critical strike rate by 10%, and critical damage by 50%.]

This is a special troop type that cannot be naturally recruited.

Lu Weite, looking at this artifact, was breathless and asked, "Lady Audrey, do you intend to sell this artifact?"

Audrey glared at him, "What dream are you having? Do you know what this artifact means in the hands of a Necromancer?"

This was one of Matthew's core artifacts back in the day.

It's no exaggeration to say that if used well, this could create a standout Explorer like Lin Rui.

Not to mention creating a top Explorer, easily creating a top ten Explorer is definitely no problem at all.

Lu Weite calmed down a bit, realizing he was indeed daydreaming; even if this kind of artifact were for sale, it would be traded at the Divine Throne Banquet.

That would leave no room for their chamber to share in the profits.

So Lu Weite asked, "Then Lady Audrey, how do you intend to trade this artifact?"