Believer Count Skyrockets, Four Villages Unite

Looking at Li Youming, who appeared to be in his thirties.

Zhang Ronggui was filled with shock in his heart.

Strictly speaking, Li Youming was two years older than him.

But now, as the two walked together, it felt as if they were a generation apart.

Truly, Divine Grace is as vast as the sea!

He sighed in his heart, though his expression remained solemn as he bowed to Li Youming:

"Lord Temple Keeper, I am Zhang Ronggui, Village Chief of Zhang Family Village. I have led the villagers of Zhang Family Village here to pay respects to Lord Zhangyue. Our village intends to merge into Four Seas Village!"

"Our Liao Family Village is the same!"

Liao Jinzhi, who looked middle-aged, quickly added.

"Haha—"

"I welcome the addition of Zhang Family Village and Liao Family Village! From now on, you are all villagers of Four Seas Village, and your descendants shall forever be protected by Lord Zhangyue!"

Li Youming laughed heartily and spoke.

He was also feeling quite stirred.

The four villages had existed in this region for over a hundred years.

He never imagined that today, he, Li Youming, would actually unite the four villages into one.

"May our descendants forever be protected by Lord Zhangyue!"

Zhang Ronggui, Liao Jinzhi, and the large crowd of villagers following behind them were all beaming with joy.

With a deity's protection.

In this world, they no longer had to worry about being eaten by Demonic Creatures one day!

A vast, surging crowd—

A large number of villagers headed toward the Land God Temple.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the Land God Temple.

Each villager, including those from Four Seas Village, took out incense, lit it, and bowed respectfully.

"All villagers of Four Seas Village thank Lord Zhangyue for slaying the Wolf Demon and protecting us!"

Li Youming said loudly, bowing his head respectfully.

"We thank Lord Zhangyue for slaying the Wolf Demon and protecting us!"

Li Deyang, Li Xiuwu, Chen Mazi, Chen Ergou, Zhang Ronggui, Liao Jinzhi, and all the villagers shouted in unison.

The sound was vast and mighty, carrying a touch of solemnity as it drifted far into the distance.

Within the "Divine Domain."

Li Yue watched the massive crowd of villagers kneeling outside the Land God Temple.

A smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

He could feel it—

In just this single day, he had gained a large number of believers.

Moreover, the faith level of many believers was rising!

Slaying the Wolf Demon was the most powerful of miracles.

It was a major event that benefited all the villagers.

It had avenged the blood debts of a great many people.

"A deity that truly exists, a deity that slays demons for the villagers, a deity that bestows blessings upon believers."

"Who wouldn't be willing to worship such a deity?"

"Especially in this world filled with Demonic Creatures and Evil Specters."

He chuckled softly.

He opened the "Believer Information" to take a look.

[Believer Information]

[Daily Incense]: 1,694 strands

[Dao-Grade Believer]: 0 "Provides 100,000 strands of incense daily"

[Heaven-Grade Believer]: 0 "Provides 10,000 strands of incense daily"

[Saint-Grade Believer]: 0 "Provides 1,000 strands of incense daily"

[Grade A Believer]: 4 "Provides 100 strands of incense daily"

[Grade B Believer]: 62 "Provides ten strands of incense daily"

[Grade C Believer]: 665 "Provides one strand of incense daily"

[Grade D Believer]: 91 "Provides one strand of incense every ten days"

"Eight hundred and twenty-two believers now."

"The daily harvest of incense has increased significantly."

"Almost every two days, I can condense three units of Divine Power."

Li Yue said with satisfaction.

Furthermore, he discovered that besides Li Youming, Li Deyang, and Li Xiuwu, there was actually another 'Grade A Believer'.

"Li Xiuling?"

"This is a young man who received the blessing later on; I never expected him to become a Grade A Believer so quickly."

He raised an eyebrow.

He had already reviewed Li Xiuling's life story.

It was unremarkable.

He had been in the village since birth and had never left.

His parents were farmers, and with two younger brothers and a younger sister at home, he naturally followed his parents in farming as the eldest child.

He was only twenty-three, but he looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties.

However, ever since he became a 'Grade B Believer' and received his blessing, his fate had already changed.

Now that he had become a 'Grade A Believer', he was truly at the forefront.

He took out the Land God Register to check the information of all 'Grade B Believers'.

Among them, six 'Grade B Believers' had committed quite a few misdeeds.

These were believers he would not consider blessing for the time being, unless they worshipped him devoutly for over ten years and accumulated merit through good deeds.

"Excluding the ten Grade B Believers who have already received blessings."

"There are forty-six more Grade B Believers eligible for a blessing."

"Among them, thirty-three are elderly or middle-aged women, and the remaining thirteen are middle-aged men and young people."

Li Yue's gaze was calm.

He beckoned gently.

One after another, first-tier Blessing Talismans appeared beside him, glowing with brilliant white light.

There were eighteen in total.

Taking advantage of the Divine Might from slaying the Wolf Demon that still lingered in the villagers' hearts, bestowing these talismans would surely make their faith even more devout.

Slaying the Wolf Demon was Divine Might like a prison.

Bestowing the talismans was Divine Grace like the sea!

Moreover, moving forward.

Four Seas Village needed to expand outward.

Only with more Martial Artists could this task be better accomplished.

As of now in Four Seas Village—

Including the two villages that had just been merged in, there were only nineteen Martial Artists.

Furthermore, three of them were elderly men with declining blood and qi, no longer fit for battle.

But that did not matter much.

As long as they received the first-tier Blessing Talisman he bestowed, they would immediately regenerate their blood and qi, becoming ten years younger!

Whoosh—

With a thought, these eighteen first-tier Blessing Talismans instantly flew out of the Divine Domain.

Zhang Ronggui was extremely devout.

From the moment he witnessed the miracle and the slaying of the Wolf Demon, his heart had been filled with piety toward Lord Zhangyue.

When he was young.

His three older brothers and one older sister had all been eaten by the Wolf Demon.

He hated the Wolf Demon to the bone.

But as so many years passed, even Martial Masters from the county town had gone up the mountain, only to die at the hands of the Wolf Demon.

Now he was old, yet the Wolf Demon still remained.

He had long since stopped daring to think about revenge, and he was terrified of the Wolf Demon.

Therefore, the moment he heard Li Youming was going into the mountains to slay the demon, he simply did not believe it.

In his heart, the Wolf Demon was too strong.

It was simply invincible!

But now—

The Wolf Demon was dead.

Slain by a deity!

This fear of the Wolf Demon immediately transformed into devout faith toward Lord Zhangyue!

"Thank you, Lord Zhangyue, for slaying the Wolf Demon and avenging my kin..."

He was extremely grateful.

But just then—

He saw streaks of white radiance flying out from the Land God statue.

One of those streaks of white light instantly surged into his body.

He 'saw' it.

It was a Divine Talisman glowing with brilliant white light.

The Divine Talisman disintegrated, transforming into a massive surge of blood energy that roared through his body.

In an instant.

He completed his third blood transformation, then his fourth blood transformation.

His once-aged body became robust again in the blink of an eye.

Most of his gray hair turned black again, his sagging skin tightened, and the strength throughout his entire body skyrocketed!

"Is this... me?"

He looked at his own hands in disbelief.

This terrifying strength, far exceeding his past self—was this really him?

He had reached the limit of the First Rank?!

He looked around.

He discovered that over a dozen other people in the crowd also had blood energy surging from their bodies; clearly, they had also just completed more than one blood transformation.

"Is this a divine blessing?"

"I actually received a blessing from the great deity?"

He muttered to himself, then, with immense piety and tears streaming down his old face, he prostrated himself before the Land God statue:

"Zhang Ronggui thanks Lord Zhangyue for this grace! For the rest of my life, I, Zhang Ronggui, am willing to dedicate myself to my God!"

At this moment.

It was as if he were glowing.

And it was as if he had finally found the meaning of his life.