Spreading the Faith

"That's settled. Now for another matter."

Tang Chen paused, then said, "From now on, all of you must enshrine a statue of me in your homes."

At Tang Chen's words, the crowd below erupted like a boiling pot.

They called out to him one after another. "Why?"

Tang Chen couldn't think of any reason they would want to enshrine him, either.

So he said bluntly, "Because I'm the strongest, and you all have to listen to me. Besides, I'm only asking you to enshrine my statue, not give me your money."

The crowd fell silent at his words.

Tang Chen has a point, they suddenly thought.

They could only nod and agree.

Tang Chen was delighted to see them agree.

He took several blocks of refined iron from his Storage Ring.

Using Soul Power, Tang Chen carved the iron into statues of himself.

In each statue, Tang Chen looked mighty and imposing, wielding a Heavenly Divine Hammer. He truly had the bearing of a god.

Once that was done, Tang Chen left with Ning Zi and the others.

By now, Tang Chen could already support himself in flight with Soul Power.

Ning Zi and the others were still far from being able to do that, so they had to ride in a Carriage toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Along the way, whenever Tang Chen reached a village, he called all its residents out.

"Everyone, this is my statue. From now on, you must pay homage to it every day."

As he spoke, Tang Chen set a huge refined-iron statue in the center of the village.

Seeing his strength, the villagers dared not disobey. They nodded and answered, "Lord Soul Master, we obey."

Tang Chen laughed heartily at their reply and turned to leave.

As he went, he left behind