After a deathly silence, Village Chief Wang Tie, who had gained enormous benefits, was the first to recover. He stepped forward and tremblingly performed a grand salute. "Wang Tie, loyal and faithful servant beneath our god's throne, greets the Grand Elder and pays homage to our god!"
"Greetings, Grand Elder..."
With someone taking the lead, no matter what they thought in their hearts, the others had no choice but to step forward and pay their respects.
As for Qian Gui and several other disciples stripped of all divine power, they collapsed to the ground like puddles of mud and were soon dragged out of the divine hall.
Afterward, Shen Mo had Guo Yun, Wang Qiuyue, and more than forty ordinary disciples from Wang Family Stronghold summoned to the divine hall. Before everyone's eyes, he "bestowed" divine power upon them. Twenty-seven met the standards for elite disciples and received the corresponding status. The remaining minority lacked sufficient accumulation and remained ordinary disciples, but the divine power in their bodies had become five times denser than before... They were beside themselves with delight, all feeling gratitude and righteousness toward Shen Mo, eager to repay him.
Whether veteran disciples, elite disciples, or ordinary disciples, everyone watched with burning envy, wishing they could immediately offer loyalty and faith so that the newly appointed Grand Elder could exercise the Long-Eared God's authority and grant them more divine power!
However, Shen Mo could not possibly fulfill their wishes so easily.
If he bestowed divine power equally upon all, they might be deeply grateful for a short while, but there would be no true loyalty. Only by balancing favor and authority, dividing and governing them, could he win their hearts and make them useful to him. Besides, the Long-Eared God and the "Self God" both required vast