Soul-Nourishing Wood Seedling

Although they had been high school classmates for three years, neither he nor Li Shuhao was much of a talker, so they had never been close.

"Li Shuhao had the C-Rank Talent Steel Body. He was bound to take the path of the Battle Divine Kingdom, so he needed Subsidiary Divine Kingdoms to help stabilize his rear-line supplies. He had invited several people in our class with decent talents, and his offer was very generous.

"I think you should consider it. Li Shuhao was now a genius acknowledged by the Li Family. His future prospects were far beyond ours. If you latched onto a powerful backer, your Divine Kingdom would be safer in the future.

"My dad also joined one of his classmates back then. We all knew each other from childhood, so there was more trust." Zhang Pang explained patiently.

"I understand, but I've been rather busy lately. We can talk when I have time," Yang Fan replied.

Yang Fan did not want to refuse outright. In others' eyes, Li Shuhao's recruitment was an opportunity. Rejecting it too obviously would not fit Yang Fan's principle of keeping a low profile.

"Fine. You received a C-Rank Rating too, so you really can look around some more. Maybe even those favored children of heaven in Class One will extend an olive branch to you. Anyway, I've delivered the message. Oh, and when you have time, come hang out—not in the Virtual World, but at my house for dinner."

"Sure," Yang Fan agreed.

Zhang Pang's father had long done business in Moonlight Residential Community. They had often visited each other as children, which was why the two were so close.

After hanging up, Yang Fan tapped his wristwatch and entered the Federation Fund loan page.

Citizen Yang Fan, your current loan limit is 5 million Faith Points. Please sign the informed consent form.

Yang Fan opened the informed consent form. Its terms filled dozens of pages. To help students grasp the key points, the Federal Government had highlighted the core issues.

Among them was the price of being unable to repay the loan: he would be forcibly sent to the Frontline, producing supplies for frontline Divine Kingdoms without pay until every last debt was repaid.

When the countdown ended, Yang Fan decisively tapped Sign.

With the Evolution Talent, Yang Fan was confident that he could double the principal within a year. Risk simply did not exist.

Loan successful. The Federal Government recommends using all of this startup capital for the development of your personal Divine Kingdom. Do not indulge in pleasure or give it to others. If you encounter fraud, please call the official Federation Fund loan hotline.

Unlike the rewards distributed by the Ministry of Education, Yang Fan could use the loaned Faith Points however he wished.

Faith Points (Faith Points provided daily)

Looking at his suddenly skyrocketing Faith Points, Yang Fan did not hesitate and immediately opened the shopping mall.

"Help me search for buildings similar to Moonwells. They must not consume the energy of believers, must generate fixed returns through the natural passage of time within the Divine Kingdom, and preferably be able to slowly affect believers' bodies and improve their aptitude."

Yang Fan entered his requirements into the search bar.

Searching...

C-Rank Building Sun Spring: Produces one drop of Solar Essence every 10 years. It can strengthen the body, increase strength, detoxify, and more. Value: 1,000 Faith Points. Building price: 300,000 Faith Points.

C-Rank Building Ghost Spring: Condenses one drop of Ghost Poison every hundred years. Value: 50,000 Faith Points. Building price: 100,000 Faith Points. (Merchant's note: If believers are not strong enough, they can easily suffer chronic poisoning. It must be extracted from the Divine Kingdom every thousand years, or it may form a poisonous mist zone.)

C-Rank Building Skeleton Tower: By feeding it animal remains, it steadily produces Skeleton Soldiers. Each Skeleton Soldier is worth 0.1 Faith Points. Building price: 500,000 Faith Points. Average return rate according to big data: 36%.

...

B-Rank Building Hundred-Arms Tower: By feeding it iron ore, it can automatically produce hundreds of types of cold weapons, which can then be sold. Building price: 200 million Faith Points. Average return rate according to big data: 16%.

...

Seeing that even B-Rank buildings had appeared, Yang Fan hurriedly hit the pause button.

"I want to make stable Divine Kingdom Investments. With my current funds, I can only purchase C-Rank Buildings at most. Recommend the optimal choice for me."

According to big data calculations, the optimal choice is to pair Moonwells with Sun Springs.

At current market values, the two have a return rate of 12%. Moreover, leaving them in place long-term will positively affect the surrounding environment, improve believers' physiques, and assist in practicing the Federation Body-Tempering Art.

When placed together, the two will gradually fuse over time. After a thousand years of Divine Kingdom time, there is a one-in-ten-thousand chance of evolving into the special building Fountain of Life. As long as even one appears, the return on investment will rise sharply.

"Help me check the price of a Fountain of Life," Yang Fan asked curiously.

Special Building Fountain of Life: The officially recommended transaction price is 1 billion Faith Points. It is currently severely out of stock and cannot be purchased.

Fountain of Life: Any lifeform below the fifth tier can be placed within it to rapidly recover from injuries. It produces one drop of Water of Life every 10 years. Each drop is worth 1 million Faith Points. It is likewise severely out of stock and cannot be purchased.

Reading the description of the Fountain of Life, Yang Fan could not help but suck in a cold breath.

This was practically like buying a lottery ticket—once it hit, he would become rich overnight.

Yang Fan suddenly remembered seeing in a textbook that someone had arranged vast numbers of Moonwells in their Divine Kingdom. Now it seemed there had probably been Sun Springs among them as well. As long as a single Fountain of Life was born, it could wipe out all the sunk costs.

Thinking of Li Tianheng, that Li Family genius from the day of awakening, who possessed a Fountain of Life in his Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan was deeply shaken.

"I wonder just how far those favored children of heaven with backing have developed their Divine Kingdoms." Yang Fan rubbed his temples, suddenly feeling enormous pressure.

With the SSS-Rank Evolution Talent, Yang Fan did not think his potential was inferior to those geniuses. Yet the gap between them was likely far, far greater than he had imagined.

"They have the accumulation of several generations, while I have a cheat. The road ahead is long; I'll walk it and see." Yang Fan encouraged himself.

"Purchase four Moonwells and five Sun Springs." Yang Fan directly pressed the purchase button.

2.7 million Faith Points vanished in an instant, yet Yang Fan did not feel the slightest heartache.

With these, plus his Evolution Talent, his net monthly income would be 300,000 Faith Points.

"Continue searching for high-yield spirit plants. They must improve the Divine Kingdom environment, be easy to plant and harvest, not waste believers' energy, and cost less than 1 million Faith Points."

Search successful. Recommended C-Rank spirit plant: Soul-Nourishing Wood. It is extremely easy to cultivate and can be used in alchemy. The older it grows, the more valuable it becomes. Long-term planting will clear the minds of nearby living beings and slightly enhance comprehension.

Soul-Nourishing Wood Seedling ×, price: 500,000 Faith Points. (Merchant's reminder: Soul-Nourishing Wood takes too long to mature and easily attracts the covetous eyes of others. The investment risk is extremely high. Without Lineage backing or considerable strength, it is best not to cultivate it in large quantities.)

Current market prices: Ten-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood, 510 Faith Points per tree; Hundred-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood, 700 Faith Points per tree; Millennium Soul-Nourishing Wood, 5,000 Faith Points per tree; Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood, 1 million Faith Points per tree.

Looking at the introduction to Soul-Nourishing Wood, Yang Fan suppressed the stir in his heart and continued asking, "If I cultivate 1,000 trees, would that count as a lot?"

According to big data surveys, it would not.

"Then buy them."

Transaction successful.

"Also buy Water Lotus seeds ×."

Transaction successful.

"Randomly match 1 million unranked herbivores."

Transaction successful.

"Buy one F-Rank Breeding Card with a duration of 100 years."

Transaction successful.

In the blink of an eye, Yang Fan had spent more than 1 million Faith Points again.

For the moment, he could not think of anything else his Divine Kingdom needed, so Yang Fan stopped purchasing.

Once this batch of resources entered the Divine Kingdom, it would usher in a tremendous wave of development.

With his Divine Kingdom developing at such breakneck speed, Yang Fan, as its god, had to remain vigilant at all times. The remaining Faith Points were for unexpected needs.