Song Zining became serious. “This place should be kept between you and me, no need to reveal it for the time being. Otherwise, there might be big problems. I don’t think those Highbeards are that reliable, we had better keep them in check and control their passage.”

Qianye nodded. That was indeed the proper course of action.

Song Zining said after a moment of thought, “I have some savings in the Ningyuan Heavy Industries, enough to buy a batch of resources and ship it over. Let’s go around the continent in the Martyr’s Palace and check out the flight path. After confirming the route, I’ll go back first and ship the equipment over. Additionally, I’ll bring a group of trusted men from Dark Flame and Ningyuan. That should balance out the Highbeards’ power.”

Qianye knew he was far inferior to Song Zining in this field, so he merely nodded.

“Oh, right. You should also set up a mercenary corps in the outside world. It doesn’t need to be very strong, just set up a shell first. Later on, we’ll inject our own people into the framework and recruit more talents....