Trading

Walking up to the main counter, Dante saw a demi-human deer woman manning the main counter handing out small cards to each customer.

Without Dante needing to do anything, one of his Ancient Puppets already handed him one of the small red cards and Dante walked up the large stone steps.

Soon he reached his purchased rooms but when he attempted to walk in he was stopped by a flashing red formation at the entrance. Powering his Chaos eyes Dante immediately knew why the red card was needed.

Apparently the red formation was placed on every room, able to defend from an attack of a peak core building cultivator! The red card is able to allow whoever holds it to enter and leave at any time.

Of course only being able to defend from the peak of the core building might seem useless, but a majority of the people who are staying here are unlikely to be attacked by anyone stronger.

After all, people above the Fairy State are still rare despite how common Dante and other large families make it seem. And most people in the Fairy State wouldn't need to cause trouble in a tavern.

After all, Fairy States can easily afford their own houses or they join a force with a compound.

Dante sat cross legged on the large double bed in the center of the room, the rest of the puppets stood loyally around the edge of the room and on every possible entrance. Soon Dante's soul spread outwards with him as the center.

It continued outwards until it reached a large compound on the side of the city. Dantes soul wrapped around every tree and every crumbling wall in the compound before stopping at a large grove of orange trees.

This is the Sandalwood that Dante was looking for. It is a rare hundred year old wood that is grown by a relative of the Saint Family. Although it is a young wood in comparison, Dante needed a large quantity to compress and strengthen it for a puppet.

The next day Dante awoke and headed towards the compound that grew the Sandalwood.

''Stop, no one can enter the compound.'' Two Fairy State Guards at the entrance stopped Dante from walking any further.

''Tell your patriarch that I want to purchase some SandalWood.'' Dante had an indisputable tone and before the guards could tell him to scram, two saints either side of him released their full power.

The Aura radiated throughout the entire compound for a few minutes as the Fairy State guards leg trembled, almost falling to the ground. However the aura was quickly lifted and the Guard scurried away to go find the patriarch.

But it turns out that it was unnecessary, quickly the aura of a Saint rose up and flew towards the entrance before slowly turning into the figure of a old woman.

She was the Ancestor of this family, and also the daughter of one of the big four families. But now she couldn't help but be shocked as she looked at the young figure at the entrance. She originally thought it was an attack but now she seemed to be mistaken.

''Are you the patriarch?'' Dante questioned

''No, but I am qualified to facilitate any deals you wish to have with my family.'' The old woman answered in response. As for the actual patriarch he was only an Ancient and was unqualified to deal with two Saints.

''Very well, I want to purchase all of your SandalWood.'' Dante went straight to the point.

But this stunned the old woman once again. A majority of their income comes from the sales of SandalWood but there has never been such a large customer.

''Uh very well, please come with me.''

Soon Dante was sitting in a large waiting room as the disciples of the family rushed to cut down various sandalwood trees for him. In the end he spent a whole hundred thousand heavenly notes to purchase it all.

This is an incredible amount of money for everything, but to Dante it was worth it. No matter how much he spends it is always worth it for a powerful puppet clone. After all, each one can bring countless values to him in the future.

Especially one specifying in creating offspring. If he managed to cultivate some powerful descendants he could create even more value.

It took three hours for all the sandalwood to be collected and delivered to Dante and for Dante to leave and show up to a large villa purchased by one of his puppets.

Soon Dante was sitting in the master bedroom with a large tree trunk placed in front of him. He drew a sword out and slowly carved it into a variety of different shapes and pieces. This puppet would actually take Dante at least a week to make.

Solely because he was manipulating such a large quantity of materials and needed them each being perfectly created.

While Dante was focused on creating puppets, Dante V2, the Flame Spirit Physique also started to develop his own kingdom. With the basis of five cities Dante V2 began to develop his own army.

Unlike the Families which might have one powerful army and mainly focus on high level combat power. Empires have to take the other route and need a powerful army to control the Empire.

Of course Dante V2 can't expect that much, however he still managed to develop an Army of one million Body Tempering cultivators. This might not seem incredibly useful for the current Dante and incomparable to his Planes.

However for a small kingdom this is very impressive. Of course the only reason Dante V2 can manage this so quickly is due to his Puppet Technique.

Soon Dante V2 used this army to march on nearby cities, quickly occupying half a county as the army increased in strength rather than decreased. Rather than rush to occupy the rest of the county, Dante V2 focused on building up his strength.

Not to mention he had to make all of the citizens into puppets. But his army was also constantly increasing in numbers and the Empire's finances needed to be put into place.