With that, the "two of them" put away their sighs.
Lord God of Wealth carefully "examined" the blueprint. After a moment, he said with great satisfaction, "Not bad, truly not bad! You've put a lot of thought into this, worthy brother."
"As long as you're satisfied, elder brother. Then I'll have skilled craftsmen carve it according to this version of the plans. Oh, right—besides the main statue, should we also arrange for two subordinate gods?"
Subordinate gods were also known as guardian gods.
They usually remained at the principal god's side.
"Not for now. I won't hide it from you, worthy brother. My incense fire has been declining for several centuries. The few subordinate gods I had before have already left one after another."
"Even the immortals of the Heavenly Court are this realistic?"
"Immortals and mortals may be different, yet they are also alike. Gods with flourishing incense fire have visitors crowding their gates, while gods like us, whose incense fire has withered away, naturally cannot avoid being neglected. But thanks entirely to you, worthy brother, after our trip to Dragon-Tiger County, you brought me quite a bit of incense fire. I also plan to recruit several subordinate gods later, to serve at my command."
Hearing this, Lu Chen's thoughts stirred. Could there be another divine office for me to claim?
Unexpectedly, Lord God of Wealth seemed to have guessed what he was thinking beforehand and laughed heartily. "Rest assured, worthy brother. Once my incense fire recovers a little more, I have a fine position reserved for you. Mere subordinate gods naturally aren't worthy of my brother."
Holy crap...
Was this... a critical-hit reward!?
Lu Chen scratched his head and laughed. "Elder brother, then I... feel rather embarrassed."
"You brat, why are you being polite with your elder brother?"