After the teacher left, Zhang Pang could not help saying, "Brother Yang, now that we've awakened our Divine Kingdoms, the Federal Government has granted us plenty of permissions. Want to go have some fun in the entertainment district?"
"Have fun with what?" Yang Fan looked suspicious.
"I'll tell you quietly. Yesterday, I checked out quite a few places. There's a Heavenly Fragrance Haven club. With our status, we can spend on the first floor, and it only costs 2,000 Faith Points..."
"Sorry to interrupt. Women only slow down the speed at which I draw my blade. Catch you later." Yang Fan hurriedly exited the Virtual World, afraid Zhang Pang would tempt him.
Returning to reality, Yang Fan opened the shopping panel again.
"Now that my believers are cultivating the Federation Body-Tempering Art, what methods can strengthen them?" Yang Fan entered his request.
"Based on the citizen's needs, the following solutions are provided:
First, purchase spiritual plants that can alter aptitude. This will greatly speed up the believers' cultivation progress.
Example: 100 D-rank Spirit Plants, Blood Lotus Seeds, cost 10,000 Faith Points. Believers must consume them over a long period. Each person must take one per month in Divine Kingdom time, and only after persisting for decades will there be results."
Yang Fan's cheek twitched. "That's way too expensive."
He already had 600 believers. One dose would cost 60,000, and twelve months would cost 720,000—while only one day had passed in the outside world.
"Spirit Plants that alter aptitude are extremely expensive. This is already among the cheaper options I found."
"Isn't there something that can slowly improve my believers' aptitude over time? This burns money too fast."
"You may purchase cultivation techniques to enhance your believers' strength. Considering that you have only just awakened your Divine Kingdom, for long-term development, the technique you choose should not only increase strength but also imperceptibly improve your believers' aptitude."
"Recommend some."
"Muscle-Tendon Cleansing Art, C-rank cultivation technique, valued at 2 million Faith Points.
Muscle-Tendon Scripture, C-rank cultivation technique, valued at 5 million Faith Points.
Everlasting Spring Art, B-rank cultivation technique, valued at one point of Divinity. Your current status does not have permission to purchase it.
..."
The Artificial Lifeform recommended over a hundred cultivation techniques, yet not a single one was something he could afford. More importantly, his permissions seemed insufficient. Many of the later entries had been censored; he could only see that such items existed, without even knowing their names.
"I should just keep farming and get some sleep early." Yang Fan gave a bitter smile.
Over the following days, real life returned to calm.
Every day, Yang Fan entered the Virtual World on time for class.
How should a Divine Kingdom develop? What Resource Cards offered the best value in the early stages? How could one maintain the Divine Kingdom's ecological balance and ensure healthy Evolution? What were the different directions for cultivating believers?
As the homeroom teacher of Class Seven, Li Qingying was thorough in every lesson. However, perhaps because the students of Class Seven all came from ordinary backgrounds, she placed greater emphasis on logistical matters.
Even so, Yang Fan listened attentively. With his Evolution Talent, his Divine Kingdom could develop on all fronts.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed. Under the effects of the Evolution Talent, another hundred years had passed within the Divine Kingdom.
Divine Lord: Yang Fan Divine Kingdom Area: 1 million square kilometers Talent: F-Rank Resource Talent (All resources within the Divine Kingdom grow 10% faster) SSS-Rank Evolution Talent (Unique Talent, can accelerate Divine Kingdom Evolution, hidden.) Believers: Barbarians (5,230) Cultivation Method: Federation Body-Tempering Art Faith Points (Faith Points provided daily) Building: Moonwell (Produces one drop of Moonlight Dew every ten years) Assets: Bodhi Treasure Snake (X First-Order Demonic Beast), Water Lotus (X F-rank Spirit Plant)
Over a hundred years, the Divine Kingdom had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Centered around the Moonwell, the tribe had built hundreds of stone houses in every direction, and its territory now covered 5,000 square kilometers.
Thanks to the basic skill cards invested ten days earlier, the believers had generally become much smarter. They had even fenced off a large area to raise antelopes, making them easier to hunt.
Some believers had transplanted the wild fruit trees in the Divine Kingdom near the tribe, gathering the fruits in one place to improve efficiency.
The elderly did odd jobs in the tribe, young women gathered wild fruits, adult men formed hunting parties, youths played in the fields, and babies wailed in their rooms, waiting to be fed.
Under Yang Fan's gaze, a team of fifty adult men in the mountains was carrying a Bodhi Treasure Snake nearly twenty meters long back toward the tribe.
"The hunting party is back! It's an adult Bodhi Treasure Snake!" A half-naked little boy standing on high ground in the tribe shouted.
At his words, the entire tribe sprang into action.
"Ah Da, why are only you people back?" An elder stepped forward to ask.
"Village Chief, we used to capture young snakes. Perhaps we did it too many times, and those beasts grew clever. Today, an adult Bodhi Treasure Snake lay in ambush in the dark. Only half of the hundred-man team returned." The leading man answered calmly. There was no sorrow in his eyes; instead, he was extremely satisfied with this harvest.
"It is good enough that you did not return empty-handed. Adult treasure snakes have potent medicinal effects. Mix more water into it and give it to the children. Do not go to Snake Valley to kill snakes again for the next few months. Digest this harvest properly. If the tribe can produce another warrior like you, we can take the initiative and hunt adult treasure snakes."
"Everything for the tribe!" the man said excitedly.
"Everything for the god!" The village chief raised both hands, utterly devout.
From the void, Yang Fan watched everything with satisfaction.
Over a hundred years, the believers' overall strength had increased by far more than tenfold.
The number of Bodhi Treasure Snakes had increased greatly as well. There were roughly 1,500 treasure snakes at maturity, while most of the rest were young snakes.
As if he had noticed something, Yang Fan frowned slightly.
"Why has the number of antelopes fallen so much? There are fewer than 200,000 left."
After all, this was Yang Fan's own Divine Kingdom. He quickly found the cause.
The main reason was that the believers cultivated the Federation Body-Tempering Art. Coupled with the explosive growth in population, their consumption of meat had risen geometrically.
About thirty years ago, the previous village chief had discovered this problem and begun restricting the villagers' hunting. He had even fenced in and raised some of the antelopes.
The second reason was the reproduction of the Bodhi Treasure Snakes. Their consumption of meat was equally terrifying, several times greater than that of the entire tribe.
Though they were First-Order Demonic Beasts, these creatures were not particularly intelligent and did not understand the principle of draining the pond to catch every fish. They simply ate when hungry, slept after eating, and kept eating once awake.
If the tribe had not gone to kill young snakes every so often, their numbers would only have grown larger. They might have already begun destroying the food chain.
"There is still too little biodiversity in the Divine Kingdom. The chain is unstable. I also need to buy some grass seeds, so herbivores like antelopes will have more food."
After figuring out the Divine Kingdom's shortcomings, Yang Fan returned to reality and began shopping.
"Six-Leaf Grass Seeds can cover 100,000 square kilometers. They grow extremely quickly and require sufficient water. Once their growth density reaches a certain level, they will compete with one another for water, ensuring they will not grow wildly and destroy the ecosystem. Price: 200 Faith Points."
"Buy."
"10,000 unranked wild boars. Price: 300 Faith Points."
"Buy."
"1,000 unranked tigers. Price: 400 Faith Points."
"100,000 hamsters. Price: 300 Faith Points."
"100 million earthworms. They can enrich the soil and increase vegetation growth speed. Price: 100 Faith Points."
"..."
Buy, buy, buy.
With a grand wave of his hand, Yang Fan spent nearly 3,000 Faith Points to purchase all kinds of unranked wild beasts.
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