Spreading Faith, Pave the Way with Martial Might!

Over the past month.

Four Seas Village had completed its transfer of power.

Li Youming, as the Temple Keeper, was undoubtedly at the very pinnacle of power, holding the reins of everything in Four Seas Village.

Zhang Ronggui served to assist Li Youming.

Li Deyang became the village chief of Four Seas Village, responsible for the daily affairs of the village.

Chen Mazi and Liao Jinxian served as deputy village chiefs, assisting Li Deyang.

Li Xiuwu and Li Xiuling each led fifteen Martial Artists to form two hunting squads, spending their days hunting in the mountains.

The remaining ten Martial Artists were assigned to the Temple Guard, responsible for patrolling and guarding the Land God Temple, as well as patrolling and guarding the village.

A month ago, the village only had twenty-six first-tier intermediate Martial Artists.

But over this month, another fourteen people received the grace of Lord Zhangyue and became first-tier intermediate Martial Artists.

Furthermore, one more first-tier peak Martial Artist, Chen Ergou, had emerged to become the captain of the Temple Guard.

As of now—

The entire Four Seas Village possessed seven first-tier peak Martial Artists and forty first-tier intermediate Martial Artists.

"Lord Temple Keeper, are we preparing to take action?"

Li Deyang looked at Li Youming, who sat in the seat of honor, his eyes gleaming.

Below him sat Chen Mazi and Liao Jinxian.

Opposite them sat Zhang Ronggui, Li Xiuwu, Li Xiuling, and Chen Ergou.

"Yes."

"There are only two months left until the deadline of the divine oracle."

"We must not only fulfill the oracle of Lord Zhangyue, but we must also do it to the best of our ability."

Li Youming looked at everyone with a solemn expression.

"Lord Temple Keeper, please give your orders."

"Whatever you say, we will do!"

Chen Mazi said, his blood boiling.

The village was going to expand its population, and as a deputy village chief, his status would naturally rise along with it!

"Ever since the collapse of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty."

"Demonic Creatures have risen everywhere, and Evil Specters run rampant."

"Everyone is struggling to look after themselves, and the county towns have basically become self-governing."

"Even the various villages and towns are acting on their own."

Li Youming swept his gaze across the crowd:

"Not to mention the world at large, just in the four directions around our Cangmu Town, a vast number of humans are suffering at the hands of Demonic Creatures."

"To spread our faith, we must pave the way with force!"

His voice carried a hint of murderous intent.

The eyes of those present burned with fervor, their blood boiling.

"Deyang, how many of the new houses I asked you to build are ready?"

Li Youming turned his gaze toward Li Deyang.

"One hundred and twenty have already been built; although they are only simple wooden huts, they can still shelter people from the wind and rain."

Li Deyang replied immediately.

This was the result of his mobilizing the entire village's manpower over the past month.

It was all thanks to having so many Martial Artists now; they could sprint down the mountain while carrying hundreds of catties of timber, which greatly increased efficiency.

"Continue building."

"What about the food?"

Li Youming looked at Liao Jinxian.

"We still have over four thousand catties of the original wolf meat in storage, and the hunting squads have had quite a harvest this month; in total, we have over seven thousand catties of cured meat."

"In addition, we have over sixty thousand catties of grain in reserve."

Liao Jinxian said in a deep voice.

This batch of grain had been purchased from the town with silver earned from selling a large number of pelts and carcasses over the past month.

They had even managed to sell two of the wolf carcasses that had shown signs of demonic transformation.

Li Youming nodded.

Housing and food were among the means he used to attract outsiders to join Four Seas Village.

In this era, having a roof to shelter from the wind and rain, and being able to eat one's fill and stay warm, was the greatest luxury for many.

And these two things were also the main reasons he had waited for a month.

"Ronggui, Xiuwu, Xiuling, the three of you come with me out of the village."

"Bring the entire hunting party."

He issued the order.

"Yes, Lord Temple Keeper!"

The three immediately accepted the command.

Within the "Divine Domain."

"Has it begun?"

Li Yue watched as Li Youming led the men out of Four Seas Village, his expression calm.

As the Orthodox Land God of Four Seas Village, he could only obtain Incense Wish Power when believers offered incense within his "Jurisdiction."

It could be said—

The "Divine Domain" belonged to the core area shrouded by the Divine Path Law.

The "Underworld Dharma Domain" belonged to the peripheral area shrouded by the Divine Path Law.

As for the "Jurisdiction," it could only be considered an area radiated by the Divine Path Law.

In other words—

If one left his "Jurisdiction," the Divine Path Law would no longer exist there.

Therefore, offering incense outside the "Jurisdiction" would not generate any Incense Wish Power.

If no Incense Wish Power was generated, how could he obtain it?

"However, this past month has allowed me to harvest fifty-two units of Divine Power."

A look of satisfaction appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Through "Regional Chat," he learned that the believers of other Wild Gods from Blue Star did not have nearly as many.

He could currently obtain 1,922 units of Incense Wish Power every day.

Whereas the Wild Gods of Blue Star—

Most could only obtain six or seven hundred units of Incense Wish Power daily.

Some even had only three or four hundred.

"This demonstrates the importance of slaying Demonic Creatures with magnificent heavenly might to shape the image of an unrivaled deity."

"It also reflects the effect of bestowing a total of forty-seven first-tier 'Blessing Talismans'."

He smiled.

The other Wild Gods of Blue Star, even if they had completed 'Personal Quest—Three,' would possess at most seven first-tier 'Blessing Talismans' in their hands.

When less Divine Grace is bestowed, there will naturally be a gap in the believers' level of faith.

Furthermore, for the others to slay Demonic Creatures, they first had to lure the creatures into their "Jurisdiction" before taking action.

Moreover, the strength of the Demonic Creatures was not inferior to the deities; even if they eventually won after a prolonged battle, it would damage the deity's image.

Of course—

All of this depended on how each individual utilized their resources.

Some people were naturally suited to be deities; perhaps there were those whose daily harvest of Incense Wish Power was even higher than his.

"But it does not matter—"

"There is less than four months left until the next Grand Sacrifice..."

"The Grand Sacrifice offerings, a hundredfold increase..."

A look of anticipation appeared in his eyes.

Regarding the matter of the offerings, he had not transmitted it to Li Youming via divine oracle.

After all—

Offerings must not be tainted by any direct causal link to the deity.

If he were to transmit the matter of the offerings to Li Youming as a divine oracle, it would create a direct causal link.

Therefore—

The offerings could only rely on Li Youming's own initiative!

But he felt—

Li Youming was a very qualified Temple Keeper, so he believed that for this year's second Grand Sacrifice, he would certainly prepare excellent offerings.

Subsequently—

He opened the "Regional Chat" interface and typed in another message:

"Buying a batch of spirit rice seeds. No restrictions on variety. Contact me if you have stock."

For the past month, he had been sending this message almost every single day.

After all—

He still hadn't used that 'Spirit Field Divine Talisman' he had obtained.

It was simply because he lacked spirit rice seeds.

He had considered having Li Youming find a way to acquire some.

But spirit rice and spirit rice seeds were different things.

The spirit rice occasionally sold in the county town could not be used as seeds.

Spirit rice was unique; only a portion of special individuals from each harvest could serve as seeds.

These seeds were inevitably culled and set aside.

They were the lifeline of the county town's largest faction and were absolutely impossible to purchase.

He wasn't the only one in the "Regional Chat" interface looking to buy spirit rice seeds, either.

Over the course of a month.

There were now quite a few Blue Star Deities who had completed 'Personal Quest—Three': Slaying Demonic Creatures.

As long as one completed 'Personal Quest—Three', they would receive one 'Spirit Field Divine Talisman'.

Once they had the 'Spirit Field Divine Talisman', they naturally needed spirit rice seeds; otherwise, opening up a spirit field would be useless.

He hadn't held much hope, just sending the message as a matter of routine.

Unexpectedly—

In the blink of an eye, a female deity named 'Chu Yue' contacted him:

"I have a batch of 'White Jade Spirit Rice' seeds. Twenty units of Divine Power. Do you want them?"