"Just now—"
"Was I being watched by the rumored land God, Venerable God, of Four Seas Village?"
"Could it really be a deity?"
"Or is it an unparalleled demon?"
Zhao Jiuyuan took a deep breath, muttering to himself.
He pressed his hand against his violently beating heart.
As a person with 'extraordinary talent,' he was born with a scarlet heart, and his perception was far superior to ordinary people.
Therefore, while others couldn't sense the gaze of a terrifying existence, he could.
This also made his martial arts path exceptionally smooth. He advanced to the third-order 'Yuangang Realm' before the age of fifty and even advanced to the middle stage of the third-order at sixty-five.
"Since it is rumored that the other party is a true deity…"
"Moreover, the third-order demons in Azure Wood Town have indeed been completely exterminated by the other party's people…"
"Lord Ming sent me here; no matter what, I must meet him."
"If it really is the legendary deity—"
A bright light appeared in his eyes, and he clenched his fists.
Even if he is not a true deity, but an unparalleled demon, then Zhao Jiuyuan will just die.
What is there to fear from death?
Every year, aren't there countless commoners in their Xuan County territory who are eaten by demons?
He, Zhao Jiuyuan, is also a member of the human race, and he is not more noble than the rest of the commoners—so why can't he die?
His eyes were firm, and he continued to stride toward Four Seas Village.
…
"Interesting."
"A human with extraordinary talent."
"He was actually born with a scarlet heart."
"The heart inherently belongs to fire. This person's heart fire is extremely strong. He is born with vigorous Qi and blood, and his martial arts aptitude is far superior to ordinary geniuses."
Inside the [Divine Domain], Li Yue smiled.
In the past half month—
The population of Four Seas Village has been increasing day by day.
Every day, many human commoners from all over Azure Wood Town bring their families with them.
Those who dare to come naturally believe Li Youming's words, thinking that he is a true deity and not some demon in disguise.
But also—
Within the scope of Azure Wood Town, there are still a large number of human commoners who dare not come, fearing that they have just left the tiger's den and entered the wolf's lair.
Li Yue doesn't care about these either.
Anyway, when he advances again and the [Jurisdiction] expands, these commoners will still become his believers.
It's just a matter of sooner or later.
Huff—
With a thought, he opened the [Believer Information]. Looking at the number of believers on it, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
…
[Daily Incense]: 10,173 strands
[Dao-level Believer]: 0 [Provides 100,000 strands of incense daily]
[Heaven-level Believer]: 0 [Provides 10,000 strands of incense daily]
[Saint-level Believer]: 0 [Provides 1,000 strands of incense daily]
[Class A Believer]: 12 [Provides 100 strands of incense daily]
[Class B Believer]: 652 [Provides 10 strands of incense daily]
[Class C Believer]: 2,308 [Provides 1 strand of incense daily]
[Class D Believer]: 1,455 [Provides 1 strand of incense every ten days]
…
"The total number of believers has reached 4,427."
"I can harvest ten strands of divine power every day."
"Among them, two more Class A believers have appeared."
Li Yue's eyes showed the life stories of these two Class A believers.
One is named Li Xiudao, no more than eighteen years old. Like Li Xiuwu, he is an orphan, raised by the kindness of many families. His parents were eaten by the wolf demons of Qianlang Mountain in his early years.
The other is named Li Xiuqi, twenty-three years old, already married, with a son and a daughter, and his parents are still alive.
"In the original Li Family Village, there are already four Class A believers with the Xiu generation."
"Including Li Youming and Li Deyang, the original Li Family Village actually accounted for half of the Class A believers."
Li Yue sighed.
It was already evening.
A large number of villagers gathered in front of the land God Temple to offer incense.
Two sticks of incense in the morning and evening. Although Li Youming didn't set a time, it was roughly when the sun rose and when the sun set.
This was the time that the villagers spontaneously formed after a long period of adjustment.
Of course—
There are also villagers who come during the day or even at noon. Li Youming ignores these.
He only requires all Four Seas Village villagers to offer two sticks of incense in the morning and evening. You can offer as many more sticks as you want at other times.
Fragrant incense filled the air.
Smoke lingered.
The entire land God Temple seemed much more ethereal.
"The White Jade Spirit Rice has become seedlings, and I can use the 'Spirit Rice Essence' to accelerate its growth…"
"In addition, I also have ten first-order 'Blessing Divine Talismans' and three second-order 'Blessing Divine Talismans' in my hand."
"Those armors haven't been bestowed yet either."
"Then let's bestow them all today."
Li Yue's expression was calm.
He glanced at the 'Spirit Rice Essence' floating in the [Divine Domain].
Immediately—
The 'Spirit Rice Essence' flew out of the [Divine Domain]!
…
Deng Jiu'e was inspecting the spirit fields.
Every day, she would carefully inspect every White Jade Spirit Rice plant.
Now the White Jade Spirit Rice has become seedlings, a green patch, making her very happy to see.
These—
Are all future spirit rice!
She didn't know how precious spirit rice was before, but the village chief came to check it many times and also told her how precious the spirit rice was.
"These are all resources for the village to become stronger in the future."
"Venerable God has bestowed such a divine object upon us, so we must not waste it."
Deng Jiu'e said to herself.
Suddenly—
She saw a blue-gray bug with wings, nibbling on the tender leaves of the White Jade Spirit Rice.
She immediately narrowed her eyes, and without saying a word, she drew her knife and slashed down.
The knife flashed, and the blue-gray bug was immediately cut in half, its body falling into the soil, while the tender leaves of the White Jade Spirit Rice were unharmed.
It can be seen that her mastery of the 'Gale Blade Technique' is already quite high.
"Fortunately, there is the first-order spirit knife brought back by the temple warden, otherwise I would not be able to kill this first-order 'Spirit-Eating Bug' with one strike."
Deng Jiu'e's delicate face wore a smile.
The shell of this first-order 'Spirit-Eating Bug' is extremely hard. If it is not killed with one strike, it will immediately fly away.
This is also the main purpose of her inspection—killing bugs!
She bent down, picked up the corpse of the 'Spirit-Eating Bug' that had been cut in half, and put it into the small bag around her waist.
There are already three or four corpses of Spirit-Eating Bugs inside.
"Almost four or five Spirit-Eating Bugs can be killed every day."
"The temple warden said that after the corpses of these Spirit-Eating Bugs are dried, each one can be sold for more than ten taels of silver."
Deng Jiu'e was quite shocked when she first heard this.
After all, in the past, when she was in the land of demons, one tael of silver was very precious.
Now, the insect corpses she gets from just removing insects every day can be sold for sixty or seventy taels of silver, which makes her more and more aware of the preciousness of this spirit rice field.
She had already made up her mind in her heart.
Even if she, Deng Jiu'e, dies, she will definitely not let anyone destroy this spirit field!
Just then—
She saw a dazzling white light flying over from the land God Temple.
"A divine gift from Venerable God?"
Deng Jiu'e shuddered and quickly knelt on the ground.
Then she saw—
That dazzling white light sprinkled a large amount of starlight, the starlight twinkling, falling on all the 'White Jade Spirit Rice' in the entire spirit field.
Immediately afterwards—
She was shocked to discover—
The tender branches of the 'White Jade Spirit Rice' that had been sprinkled with starlight instantly grew a large section upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"Class C Spirit Field!"
"White Jade Spirit Rice!"
"Spirit Rice Essence!"
And this scene—
Was also seen by Zhao Jiuyuan, who was being led by the Four Seas Village Temple Guard toward the land God Temple.
His body shook, and he exclaimed.
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