Divine Kingdom Development Paths

After dinner, upstairs in the room, Yang Fan took Luo Rou's right hand and directly transferred five million Faith Points to her.

Sensing the changes in her Divine Kingdom, Luo Rou looked puzzled. "Why did you transfer five million Faith Points to me?"

"I'll transfer some to you every month from now on. Until I'm capable of curing you, use the Water of Life to keep yourself going," Yang Fan said bluntly.

Luo Rou stared at Yang Fan in disbelief. Her eyes held confusion, incomprehension, and even a trace of wariness.

Although these five million Faith Points were far less than the assets she had given Yang Fan, Luo Rou had never expected him to transfer funds to her.

Don't scumbags only take and never give?

Luo Rou was somewhat confused. She wondered whether she had misunderstood him, or whether Yang Fan was playing the long game to catch a bigger fish.

But her Divine Kingdom no longer had any assets. The little Faith Points she had left were meant to purchase basic supplies. There was no fish for him to catch at all.

Her only remaining value was having a First-Order God for a grandfather. But for a Divine Lifeform to covet a God's property—wasn't that courting death?

"You..." Luo Rou trailed off, not knowing what to say.

"What?"

"Nothing. I suggest you only consider the rights and obligations in the contract. If you overthink things, be careful you don't get anything at all."

"What do you mean?"

"Forget it if you don't understand." Luo Rou snorted and lay back down on the bed to rest.

With five drops of Water of Life helping suppress the poisonous gas in her Divine Kingdom, she had slept well yesterday. Now, she wanted to catch up on more sleep.

"I'm going to attend class in the virtual world. Don't disturb me unless it's important," Yang Fan reminded her before putting on his helmet.

As Yang Fan entered the classroom, everyone's attention fell on him.

"Brother Yang."

"Good morning, Brother Yang."

Quite a few people came forward to greet him. Yang Fan's status in Class Seven of Senior Year Three was now on the same level as Li Shuhao's.

"Godfather, over here! I saved you a seat!" Zhang Pang jumped up and called out.

Seeing him clown around like that, Yang Fan smiled knowingly and strode over.

After sitting down beside Zhang Pang, Yang Fan noticed that he seemed somewhat reserved.

"What's up?" Yang Fan asked.

"Well, Godfather..."

"Don't. Call me Brother Yang. Doing that title once was enough; it's weird if you keep saying it." Yang Fan rolled his eyes.

"Alright, Brother Yang. I heard you married into the Luo Family and are now a second-tier talent of the Luo Family." Zhang Pang's face was full of curiosity.

"How did you know?"

Yang Fan was equally surprised. This had only happened yesterday. How had the news spread so quickly?

"The whole school knows. There are quite a few direct descendants of the Luo Family in Class One of Senior Year Three. Through group chats, word spread from one person to ten, then from ten to a hundred. By this morning, basically the entire school knew. Yang County is only so big—what secrets could there be?" Zhang Pang explained.

Yang Fan nodded, tacitly acknowledging it.

"Brother Yang, you're incredible. You even ran into such a good opportunity. That's the Luo Family, one of the two great families. From now on, you've risen to the top and become a true dragon." Zhang Pang looked utterly envious.

Not just anyone could become the Luo Family's live-in son-in-law. The Luo Family had set their sights on Yang Fan because they valued his potential.

"Brother Yang, when are you coming to my house for dinner? Remember to bring my sister-in-law."

"Your sister-in-law isn't in good health and can't go out conveniently. You can come to my house instead."

"Alright, I'll come mooch a meal tonight."

"My family moved, so I'll send you the address later."

"You moved so quickly?"

The two were chatting enthusiastically when Li Qingying entered the classroom.

Her gaze also lingered on Yang Fan for a moment.

"After the school's first major assessment ended, some students merely went through the motions, while others gained a great deal. The matter has passed, so I won't criticize or praise anyone here.

"Next, you need to prepare for the midterm examination. This is especially important for the few students in our class following the warfare path. For you, it is an important placement examination. Not only will the school offer corresponding rewards, but the factions you belong to will also use this examination as the basis for evaluation and determine your rank.

"The midterm examination three months from now is a major competition second only to the college entrance examination. From now on, you cannot slack off."

"Yes, Teacher," everyone replied in unison.

"Today, we'll be discussing the growth paths of believers. Yang Fan, what insights do you have?" Li Qingying called on him directly.

Again? Yang Fan inwardly groaned. He truly did not like answering questions in class.

He only wanted to listen quietly and absorb knowledge. How had he become the student representative? He did not like the pressure of being called on in class!

"Ahem, Teacher Li, I don't have any particularly unique insights," Yang Fan said awkwardly.

"Really?" Li Qingying looked suspicious. She did not believe Yang Fan's answer at all.

He had scored more than twenty points in the first Prosperity assessment. With such a wealth of knowledge, he must have studied diligently in the library often. How could he possibly not know even this?

Having felt that Yang Fan had fooled her once before, Li Qingying only felt that he was pretending to be weak again.

Li Qingying was also somewhat helpless about it. This top student in her class seemed rather low-key, making him difficult to use as an example.

"Li Shuhao, you answer." Li Qingying turned toward him.

Li Shuhao stood and spoke eloquently. "Once believers attain Mortal status, they begin breaking through ranks, advancing from First-Order Lifeforms to Fifth-Order Lifeforms. After that, the Divine Kingdom must choose a development direction, which is the path Teacher mentioned.

"At present, there are three most common development paths for Human Divine Kingdoms.

"The Immortal Cultivation Path: cultivating techniques from within outward. Believers' spiritual roots are generally divided into metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The realms are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and so on.

"The Martial Arts Path: cultivating techniques from without inward. The realms are Martial Disciple, Martial Master, Martial King, Martial Emperor, and so on.

"The Mechanical Path: rather than focusing on cultivating techniques, one chooses to use technology to modify the body. It is divided into First-Tier Artificial Lifeforms, Second-Tier Artificial Lifeforms, and so on.

"Besides the three mainstream paths, there is also the Phantom God Path, which follows the spiritual aspect, the Zombie Path, which follows viruses, and others.

"However, there is too little data on other paths. They are usually only suitable for specific groups, and their development directions are overly narrow. Unless there are special circumstances, they are not recommended."

Li Qingying was very satisfied with Li Shuhao's answer. "Not bad. As expected of the top student in our class. Even after becoming a second-tier talent of the Li Family, you still make time to study all kinds of knowledge. Keep it up, and your future achievements will surely be extraordinary."

"Thank you for the praise, Teacher. I still have much to learn when it comes to theoretical knowledge. I wouldn't dare show off before my classmates." As he said this, Li Shuhao deliberately glanced at Yang Fan.

By now, the default top student of Class Seven of Senior Year Three was Yang Fan. Even when he answered that he did not know after being questioned in class, everyone only assumed he was keeping a low profile.

Seeing the admiring looks everyone cast his way, Yang Fan felt increasingly uncomfortable.

He genuinely had not known any of what Li Shuhao had just said. Why had these people all started overthinking things?