"What kind of person is this?"
"Ten divine power for one Yin Soldier Artifact, and they've already sold thirty..."
"Not making a single penny—what's the point?"
Chu Yue frowned.
She had spotted the Yin Soldier Artifacts priced at ten divine power each immediately and bought two herself.
After all, forging them herself would still cost her two hours.
Buying them directly consumed exactly the same amount of divine power, and she did not have to spend any time.
Then she became curious—just how many Yin Soldier Artifacts could the other party sell without making a single penny?
So she had kept Regional Trading open, watching them sell one by one.
And the result—
Thirty had already been sold.
She truly could not understand what sort of mindset would make someone do such a thankless, laborious thing.
Could there really be such a thing as a "self-sacrificing personality"?
Sacrifice yourself, make everyone else happy?
"Still, they sold thirty in just over a day."
"Did they stockpile them beforehand?"
"The woods are big, so all kinds of birds live in them."
She shook her head, closed the Regional Trading interface, and could not be bothered to keep watching.
More and more Blue Star Deities discovered this.
Quite a few people were discussing it in Regional Chat as well.
While forging second-rank Yin Soldier Artifacts, Li Yue also opened the Regional Chat interface and watched.
"Sure enough—"
"I've already been called the 'ultimate grind king.'"
A faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
In just over a day, he had sold thirty second-rank Yin Soldier Artifacts, earning a net profit of one hundred and fifty divine power!
The sales volume was far, far higher than when he had sold them for twenty divine power each.
"Among one hundred thousand Blue Star Deities, there should already be one or two thousand who have advanced to Subordinate Ninth Rank..."
"Even if only some of them need second-rank Yin Soldier Artifacts..."
"That's still a huge market."
"And as time passes, there will be more and more Subordinate Ninth Rank Blue Star Deities."
Li Yue was satisfied.
In a few more days—
He would recover the cost of fifty units of Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments.
After that, every additional one sold would be pure profit!
His heart brimmed with drive.
As long as no second Deity among the one hundred thousand Blue Star Deities in this region obtained Subordinate Ninth Rank Divine Law Fragments, he could keep this business going forever.
"Hmm?"
"Li Youming killed another third-rank Demonic Creature?"
"Not bad, not bad."
"Just three more third-rank Demonic Creatures, and I can complete [Personal Quest—Six]."
Li Yue smiled.
A glimmer suddenly shone in his eyes.
The light fell before him and formed an enormous round mirror.
Upon the round mirror—
Li Youming's perspective appeared.
As his Temple Keeper, he could naturally see everything Li Youming saw.
In any case, while forging Yin Soldier Artifacts, he could not continue comprehending Divine Techniques.
But dividing off a small portion of his attention to keep track of other matters was effortless.
"Eh?"
"The third-rank Demonic Creature he just killed was the centipede demon from Poison Dragon Ridge?"
"Then Li Youming's next step should be to kill that Fox Spirit from Hundred Fox Mountain..."
Li Yue muttered to himself.
He naturally already knew the situation with the Demonic Creatures in Cangmu Town.
After all, one of the Demonic Creature leaders from the Land of Demons now served under him.
However, Cangmu Town only had some lower third-rank Demonic Creatures. They were not worth mentioning to him.
"Thank you, my lord, for slaying the Demonic Creature of Poison Dragon Ridge!"
A great number of raggedly dressed villagers knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces as they respectfully bowed to Li Youming.
They were weeping with joy.
The great Demonic Creature that had plagued Poison Dragon Ridge for eighty years had finally died!
From now on, the people of Poison Dragon Ridge no longer had to fear being eaten by Demonic Creatures!
"You need not thank me."
"I have already said that I, Li Youming, am a Temple Keeper personally ordained by Lord Zhangyue."
"I came here to slay Demonic Creatures under Lord Zhangyue's Divine Oracle!"
"If you wish to give thanks, then thank Lord Zhangyue, the Orthodox Land God of Four Seas Village!"
Li Youming said solemnly.
"May I ask, my lord, is Lord Zhangyue truly a Deity?"
An elderly man asked.
The other thousand-plus people also raised their heads, looking toward Li Youming standing atop a massive boulder. Their eyes were filled with excitement, gratitude, doubt, confusion... and many other emotions.
They were grateful to Li Youming for killing the Demonic Creature for them.
Yet they did not dare believe that the Deity he spoke of was real.
After all, Deities—
Were nothing more than vague and elusive legends!
"Of course it is true!"
"More than four months ago, Four Seas Village was just like all of you—raised by Demonic Creatures as blood food."
"But Lord Zhangyue descended, slaying the Demonic Creatures with the radiant Divine Path and allowing Four Seas Village to flourish!"
"Lord Zhangyue also bestowed many Martial Artists upon Four Seas Village to slay demons and eliminate evil!"
"Four Seas Village is often blessed by Divine Grace; it is a place sheltered beneath Divine Grace. If you are willing, you may return to the village with me and bathe beneath Lord Zhangyue's divine radiance. From then on, you will never again suffer the harm of Demonic Creatures and Evil Specters!"
Li Youming deeply saluted in the direction of Four Seas Village and spoke with solemn dignity.
Yet even after he said this—
The villagers of Poison Dragon Ridge remained half-believing and half-doubting.
Still, some revealed resolute expressions and respectfully bowed.
"I am willing to return to the village with Lord Temple Keeper and worship the Orthodox God!"
Li Youming smiled.
"Once you enter Four Seas Village, you will understand that I, Li Youming, have not lied."
He did not mind the Poison Dragon Ridge villagers' distrust.
After all—
Without witnessing Divine Might descend with their own eyes, there were exceedingly few members of the Human Race who could believe in the existence of Deities.
But it did not matter.
Once some of them went, they would bring back plenty of news in the future. Sooner or later, more people would head there.
Besides—
He did not want so many people flooding over in one swarm either.
Four Seas Village could not accommodate that many people yet.
"Everyone!"
"Those willing to settle in Four Seas Village, register with Liao Jinxian."
"I bear a Divine Oracle and must go elsewhere to slay demons and eliminate evil. Farewell."
Li Youming clasped his fists.
Then his body drifted up like a willow leaf, vanishing from the bounds of Poison Dragon Ridge in the blink of an eye.
Only Liao Jinxian and five Four Seas Village Martial Artists remained to handle the aftermath.
The villagers of Poison Dragon Ridge bowed toward the direction in which Li Youming had vanished.
Two days later.
Li Youming looked at the enormous fox corpse beneath his feet and slowly calmed the surging Qi within his body.
All around him lay many smaller Fox Demon corpses, all slain by him.
"Lord Temple Keeper."
Li Xiuwu arrived with others. Seeing the corpses covering the ground, he immediately bowed respectfully.
"Send these Demonic Creature corpses back to Four Seas Village."
Li Youming ordered.
Every time he killed Demonic Creatures, he had their corpses sent back to Four Seas Village.
As long as they were placed before the Land God Temple, the great Lord Zhangyue would collect them.
Clearly—
He knew that these Demonic Creature corpses were of use to the great Lord Zhangyue.
Naturally, he would not waste them.
Only those first-rank Demonic Creature corpses that Lord Zhangyue did not collect would he distribute among the village Martial Artists for food.
"Yes, Lord Temple Keeper."
Li Xiuwu accepted the order. This was not his first time doing such a thing.
Were not all the countless Demonic Creature corpses from the Land of Demons sent back by him and his men?
But at that moment—
An enormous ice spike hurtled through the air from afar, emanating terrifying cold, as though it would shatter and freeze Li Youming in a single blow!
Besides that—
A scorching poisonous smoke and a sharp wind blade came slicing in from two other directions.
"The final three great Demonic Creatures of Cangmu Town have joined forces to ambush me?"
"With just you?"
A terrifying killing intent instantly appeared in Li Youming's eyes, his gaze sharp as a blade.
Perfect—
He had not even used his full strength when killing the previous three great Demonic Creatures.
This time—
He would let these Demonic Creatures see just how powerful Li Youming—
The Temple Keeper who walked the Mortal Realm on behalf of Lord Zhangyue—truly was!
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