"An increase in Martial Path cultivation?"
"I hadn't expected this village chief to have such a strong heart for the Martial Path."
"Unfortunately, his Martial Path aptitude was mediocre, about the same as Li Youming's."
"At thirty-five, he had only undergone two blood and qi metamorphoses. He'd reached the middle stage of the first rank and made no further progress."
"He was fair enough in his dealings. He'd made minor mistakes, but no major ones."
"He'd done small good deeds, but no great ones."
"Since your faith is so devout..."
"Your wish shall be granted..."
Li Yue's expression was calm.
He had two first-rank Blessing Talismans in his hands.
A first-rank Blessing Talisman could elevate a Believer with no cultivation from an ordinary mortal to a first-rank Body Refining Realm martial artist.
What's more, they would immediately undergo two blood and qi metamorphoses upon ascending, becoming a middle-stage first-rank Body Refining Realm martial artist.
That was one of its uses.
A first-rank Blessing Talisman had another use as well.
It could raise the cultivation of a martial artist already in the first-rank Body Refining Realm by two minor stages, though it could not carry them across a major realm.
In other words—
Someone originally at the lower stage of the first rank could rise straight to the upper stage!
Someone originally at the middle stage could rise to the first-rank limit!
But even someone already at the upper stage could only rise to the first-rank limit!
"As for the other first-rank Blessing Talisman..."
His gaze swept over the list of Grade B Believers.
There were now twenty-seven Grade B Believers!
Most of them, though, were elderly people and middle-aged people.
Only two were young.
One was the twenty-two-year-old Li Xiuwu.
The other was the twenty-five-year-old Li Deming.
"Li Deming is Li Youming's second son."
"One family shouldn't receive too much favor."
"I'll bestow this first-rank Blessing Talisman on Li Xiuwu."
He murmured to himself.
As for putting a first-rank Blessing Talisman up for sale in the Deity Shop, that idea hadn't crossed his mind at all.
Even if a first-rank item like the Blessing Talisman was quite miraculous, it would fetch at most two units of divine power in the Deity Shop.
As an Orthodox Land God of the Subordinate Ninth Rank, was he really short of that little divine power?
At that thought,
a sudden idea struck him.
If he couldn't sell one—
could he buy one instead?
As a Blue Star Deity who'd crossed over, he had access to Regional Trading.
Any Blue Star Deity could list items for sale through Regional Trading.
And now—
It was the second day since they'd crossed over. He figured many Blue Star Deities had already completed [Personal Quest—One] and received their quest rewards.
There were one hundred thousand Blue Star Deities in the region.
Surely some of them would list first-rank Blessing Talismans for sale!
In his eyes, a first-rank Blessing Talisman was more valuable than two or three units of divine power.
But perhaps some Blue Star Deities valued two or three units of divine power more?
He immediately opened the Regional Trading interface.
At once, he saw—
Large numbers of first-rank Blessing Talismans were up for sale.
"Compared with strengthening their Believers, quite a few Blue Star Deities would rather get divine power..."
A smile touched Li Yue's lips.
He wasn't short of divine power for the moment.
But he very much needed items that could strengthen his Believers!
Only if his Believers were strong could they survive better.
And they could search for Offerings more effectively, too!
He reached out and placed a first-rank Blessing Talisman in the Deity Shop, then checked the value the shop assigned it.
Two units of divine power.
"Well, I'll be."
"They're all profiteers..."
"A first-rank Blessing Talisman worth two units of divine power, and you dare list it for five?"
"Do you think there'll still be suckers once everyone's become a Deity?"
Li Yue was rather astonished.
He saw that some of the first-rank Blessing Talismans on Regional Trading were listed for as much as five units of divine power each!
They really had the nerve to put those up.
Most were priced at four units of divine power each.
Only seven were priced at three units.
"Three units of divine power..."
"That price is acceptable..."
His eyes flashed. He immediately bought all seven first-rank Blessing Talismans listed for three units of divine power.
He spent twenty-one units of divine power.
Two hundred and thirty-four units of divine power remained.
The seven first-rank Blessing Talismans appeared out of thin air, joining the two he already had as they hovered in the Divine Domain and radiated white light.
"Now I have nine first-rank Blessing Talismans..."
Li Yue looked back at Believer Information.
Twenty-seven Grade B Believers.
Besides the fifteen elderly people and farm women, as well as Li Xiuwu and Li Deming, there were ten middle-aged people, all between thirty and forty.
"Never mind."
"If members of the same family receive a little more favor, their faith might become even more devout."
He added Li Deming to the list of recipients for the first-rank Blessing Talismans.
After all, he now had seven more first-rank Blessing Talismans. There was no need to be so stingy.
Next,
he selected six of the ten remaining middle-aged people.
As for saving a few Blessing Talismans and bestowing them later, once he had more Grade B Believers?
He had no such intention.
First-rank Blessing Talismans were available in Regional Trading, after all.
If he needed more later, he could simply buy them.
Besides—
He suspected first-rank Blessing Talismans weren't especially hard to obtain.
"A first-rank Blessing Talisman contains six martial arts. I can choose one to bestow on the Believers..."
"I'll go with Gale Blade Technique."
"Fast and ferocious. It's far more powerful than the Stone-Splitting Palm Li Youming practiced..."
Li Yue murmured softly.
Whoosh—
He flicked his finger.
The nine first-rank Blessing Talismans flew out of the Divine Domain!
In front of the Land God Temple.
Quite a few people had finished the three steps of bowing, offering incense, and making a wish, and were preparing to leave.
Though Lord Zhangyue's appearance had been exciting, life still had to go on.
They couldn't stay in front of the Land God Temple forever.
But just then—
Nine beams of white light shot out of the Land God statue and flashed into the bodies of nine Believers who were still kneeling on the ground, their piety plain to see!
Li Deyang was one of them.
In that instant,
Li Deyang felt a brilliant white Divine Talisman appear inside his body.
The Talisman gleamed with white light, then broke apart, turning into a vast stream of blood and qi that coursed through him.
In the blink of an eye,
the blood and qi that had already undergone two metamorphoses went through two more!
His Martial Path cultivation leaped directly from a middle-stage first-rank Body Refining Realm martial artist to one at the first-rank limit!
He was only one step away.
One step from becoming a second-rank True Qi Realm martial master!
At the same time—
The other eight people,
including Li Youming's second son, Li Deming, all unleashed powerful waves of blood and qi.
In an instant, they went from ordinary mortals to middle-stage first-rank Body Refining Realm martial artists, after undergoing two blood and qi metamorphoses!
Their cultivation was no weaker than that of the village's strongest martial artists before.
What's more, Gale Blade Technique appeared out of nowhere in their minds, along with a wealth of insights into the technique.
It was as if they had practiced Gale Blade Technique painstakingly for ages,
and had thereby reached the middle stage of the first rank!
In the blink of an eye,
Li Family Village had gained eight middle-stage first-rank martial artists and one martial artist at the first-rank limit.
This was the might of a Deity!
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