Virtual World

Having finished all that, Yang Fan used Faith Points to issue a Divine Oracle.

At that moment, everyone around the Moonwell in the Divine Kingdom seemed to sense something in the depths of their souls and knelt down in unison.

"Our God, we are Your most devout believers. Please bestow a Divine Oracle. We are willing to die for You," the believers cried out together.

Yang Fan's voice descended, ethereal and sacred. "Your strength is still insufficient to bear My will. The Divine Kingdom has only just begun; all living things are weak and cannot shoulder great responsibilities. From this day onward, I shall grant you a method—the Federation Body-Refining Art—as well as various foundational skills. These will be the foundation upon which you stand and the gateway to higher realms. Cultivate diligently without slacking, and only then can you transform."

"Thank You, our God."

A golden curtain of light descended from the heavens and entered the center of every believer's brow.

After they received the inheritance, Yang Fan stirred his thoughts slightly, and ten stone houses appeared on either side of the Moonwell.

"This is the Moonwell. Build your tribe around it, and it can reduce illness and disasters. Every ten years, a drop of Moonlight Dew will form in the well. Without My Divine Oracle, you are not permitted to take it for yourselves.

"One hundred kilometers from here lies a treasured land where Bodhi Treasure Snakes are bred. They are First-Order Demonic Beasts. Once you have achieved success in the Federation Body-Refining Art, you may form teams to hunt them. These snakes are powerful and far beyond what you can touch now. Remember this.

"In the great river on the other side, I have placed Water Lotus plants. Their maturation period is roughly one hundred to three hundred years. You must send people to inspect them at regular intervals. Once they mature, harvest them and place them in the storehouse."

"We shall obey the Divine Oracle." Everyone responded in unison. There was no greed in their eyes, only devotion.

These believers were human as well, and they too had the seven emotions and six desires, but that was only when they interacted with other beings in the Divine Kingdom.

Before Yang Fan, their God, they did not dare overstep in the slightest. It was as though this were an instruction engraved deep within their souls.

After he finished giving his orders, the golden radiance of the Divine Oracle slowly faded.

God: Yang Fan

Divine Kingdom Area: One million square kilometers

Talent: F-Rank Resource Talent (All resources in the Divine Kingdom grew 10% faster)

SSS-Rank Evolution Talent (Unique talent; could accelerate the evolution of the Divine Kingdom; hidden.)

Believers: Barbarians (600)

Cultivation Method: Federation Body-Tempering Art

Faith Points (Faith Points provided daily)

Building: Moonwell (Produced one drop of Moonlight Dew every ten years)

Assets: Bodhi Treasure Snake (X First-Order Demonic Beast), Water Lotus (X F-Rank spirit plant)

Looking at the current changes in his Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan revealed a satisfied expression. Next, he did not plan to continue purchasing resources. After all, he still needed to save Faith Points to accelerate the evolution of the Divine Kingdom.

Because of his awakening, today was the first time Yang Fan had stepped out of his house in several months. Feeling somewhat exhausted, he collapsed directly onto his bed and fell asleep.

He slept until dawn. When Yang Fan got up, he felt refreshed, and even his body seemed noticeably stronger.

Yang Fan had expected this. Under the tenfold flow of time, one day in the outside world equaled ten years in the Divine Kingdom. Furthermore, the Divine Kingdom was currently in a period of rapid development, so there were bound to be considerable changes.

Yang Fan sent his consciousness into the Divine Kingdom and discovered that the tribe's population had reached six hundred, a full threefold increase. Nearly half of them were infants or children of seven or eight.

This was thanks to the many antelopes Yang Fan had placed around the tribe. Food was abundant, and with the Moonwell there, the chances of dying from illness had decreased significantly.

In addition, because they had cultivated the Federation Body-Tempering Art, both adults and children looked much sturdier than before, brimming with vitality.

The Moonwell had also condensed a drop of Moonlight Dew, but Yang Fan did not plan to sell it yet. There was too little of it, and the listing fees would eat away too much of the profit.

Beyond that, the number of Bodhi Treasure Snakes a hundred kilometers away had doubled as well, though many were only a meter long—still baby snakes that had not matured.

What shocked Yang Fan most was the number of antelopes. Through his perception, their population had actually approached five hundred thousand.

However, the surrounding vegetation was being consumed rapidly, and many antelopes had begun starving to death, causing their numbers to gradually reach a dynamic balance.

Yang Fan paid no attention to this. In the end, there were simply too few hunters. As for the green vegetation, it would continue growing, while the carcasses of dead antelopes would enrich the soil. It was entirely beneficial to his Divine Kingdom.

The Divine Kingdom was flourishing. Yang Fan was confident that those ordinary high school students with backgrounds similar to his could not possibly have developed as well as he had.

Of course, he could not compare himself with a genius like Luo Bing. She had the support of a great family behind her, and those high-rank buildings had likely already been placed in her Divine Kingdom. Their initial resources were worlds apart. Even with the SSS-Rank Evolution Talent, the gap between them remained like an uncrossable chasm.

The development of a Divine Kingdom required time. You could not become fat in one bite. At this point, Yang Fan had returned to reality.

"It's almost time for class," Yang Fan thought. He took a helmet from beneath his bed and put it on, instantly entering the Virtual World.

"My dad bought me a Breeding Card yesterday. When I woke up today, I found that my believers had increased by thirty. The effect's really good."

"Same here, but my starting population was a little low. I only had fifty people."

"What does population matter? As long as you have enough resources, you'll have at least hundreds of thousands by the time you graduate high school. Some can even reach over a million. What truly matters is how to make your believers stronger."

"Now that you mention it, I'm wide awake. My dad transferred fifty thousand Faith Points to me yesterday and had me buy the Federation Body-Tempering Art."

"Same. My dad said it was definitely worth it, so he bought it for me right away too."

"Let me tell you guys, the Ministry of Education rewarded me with an E-Rank Building. Guess what it is..."

The moment Yang Fan entered the school grounds in the Virtual World, he felt the fiery atmosphere. After all, everyone had only awakened as Divine Lifeforms yesterday. It was only natural for them to be this excited.

"Brother Yang, I saved you a seat." Zhang Pang waved at Yang Fan from the third row.

As soon as Yang Fan sat down, Zhang Pang could not resist asking, "Brother Yang, you really stole the show yesterday. A C-Rank Rating—among the entire senior year, aside from the children of great families, you're definitely in the top tier. Tell your brother, what did the Ministry of Education reward you with?"

"One hundred thousand Faith Points and a C-Rank Building." Yang Fan did not hide it. Or rather, there was no need to hide it.

"Just as I thought. You must have bought plenty of good stuff yesterday, huh?" Zhang Pang's face was full of envy. Given his family circumstances, one hundred thousand Faith Points was not beyond his means, but it was still a considerable sum.

"Not bad." Yang Fan smiled calmly.

"What did you get from the C-Rank Building?"

"A Moonwell."

"Not bad, brother. You haven't even graduated high school, and you're already earning three thousand Faith Points a month." Zhang Pang gave him a thumbs-up.

Everyone was naturally familiar with all-purpose buildings like Moonwells. The textbooks had even described a Lower-Order God who had constructed over ten thousand Moonwells in his Divine Kingdom as a long-term investment.

At that moment, a young woman with a graceful figure stepped onto the podium. She was Li Qingying, the homeroom teacher of Senior Year Class 7, and a First-Order God.

"Good morning, Teacher Li," all the students of Senior Year Class 7 said as they rose to their feet.

"Good morning, students. Please take your seats." Li Qingying waved her hand, and a blue curtain of light instantly formed a blackboard behind her. She then wrote four large words—Divine Lifeform.