Chapter 167: Layout of the Divine Kingdom, Mother’s Birthday

At this moment, the layout of the Divine Kingdom had taken shape, divided into four major powers.

On Penglai Island, with the Cultivation system as its core, the "Immortal Alliance" was founded.

Countless Cultivators traveled on flying swords, with Spells crisscrossing the sky.

This was currently the strongest power in the Divine Kingdom, with deep foundations and the highest number of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining experts.

The ground was controlled by three other powers.

The "Wanxiang Martial Court," which followed the path of Martial Cultivation.

Focusing primarily on Physical Body Cultivation, they emphasized blood and Qi like a Dragon, breaking all techniques with a single punch.

Their military formations were disciplined, and their Battle Intent was heaven-shaking; they were the strongest shield of the Divine Kingdom.

The second was the Mechanical Civilization, personally controlled by Yang Da.

The entire city was silver-gray, with a cold structure, like a giant machine in operation.

Dozens of high-level research institutes were distributed within, operating day and night.

A large number of Believers underwent body modification according to established procedures—some replaced arms with mechanical structures, some connected nerves to computers, and others implanted chips in the back of their heads to partially upload their consciousness.

The sounds of liquid injection, gears meshing, and metal joining became the only "movement" here.

On the streets, squads of mechanical soldiers patrolled back and forth.

They had no expressions and no communication. All information was transmitted via data streams.

Here, language was redundant; thoughts were compressed, uploaded, and shared, while redundant emotions were removed, leaving only efficiency.

The entire Mechanical Civilization was cold, quiet, and efficient, like a supercomputing core that never stopped running.

The third was the Elf Kingdom.

Located in the vast forests of the Divine Kingdom, ancient trees reached the sky, and Spiritual Qi filled the air.

The Elves lived in harmony with nature and excelled in long-range attacks and support; they were often mobilized to help in external wars.

In the very center of the Divine Kingdom, a magnificent giant city rose from the ground—the City of Trade.

There were no factions here; Cultivators, Martial Artists, mechanical life, and Elves all gathered here.

Medicinal Pills, Spirit Plants, weapons, and resources were exchanged here, serving as a "blood circulation center" spontaneously formed by Believers.

Since the Divine Kingdom had ample resources, the four powers performed their respective duties without conflict.

Under Yang Yi's coordination, the entire Divine Kingdom was thriving.

Yang Fan was very satisfied with the development of the Divine Kingdom.

During this time, he could feel his own changes every day.

His Physical Body was stronger, his Spells were becoming more proficient, his emotions were more stable, his thinking was clearer, and his learning efficiency continued to improve.

He knew in his heart that this was because the development of the Mechanical Civilization was feeding back into his mental level.

Those ordinary intelligent life forms, though unable to bring about a qualitative change like Yang Da, the quantitative change led to a qualitative one.

With the development of the Mechanical Civilization, perhaps he himself in reality would also possess the ability of "Creation."

On this day, Yang Fan did not continue reading. Instead, he put on his virtual helmet and, following the coordinates, his consciousness descended upon Yang County.

Today was his mother Sun Rong's birthday.

Being in Taichu City, he couldn't rush back in reality and could only celebrate his mother's birthday through the Virtual World.

However, Sun Rong seemed exceptionally busy today, not having come online all morning until she just sent a message.

The familiar Yangcheng Villa was perfectly replicated 1:1 in the Virtual World.

At this moment, the villa was brightly lit, and the living room was piled with all kinds of gifts, leaving almost no room to step.

Besides his parents, Luo Bing and Luo Rou were also present.

Now, Yang Tiexin and Sun Rong had ruddy complexions and were glowing with health.

The white hair that used to be mixed in had all turned black, and they seemed to have become over a hundred years younger.

Because of Yang Fan, they no longer needed to exploit their Believers for mining. With continuous resource investment, their Divine Kingdoms developed steadily, their Believers fed back to them, and their bodies gradually recovered to their Peak state.

"Fan'er, Patriarch Luo Hai held a birthday banquet for me this morning. The county magistrate and many high-level government officials came. There were too many people, and I really couldn't get away. I only have time to see you now," Sun Rong explained somewhat apologetically.

"Mom, happy birthday," Yang Fan said with a smile. "How have you two been lately?"

"Good, very good!" Sun Rong nodded repeatedly, the smile on her face unstoppable. "Thanks to you, we now have so many resources we can't use them all."

"I recently opened a shop in the Yangcheng Villa area selling basic resources. With the Luo Family looking after it, business is booming!"

At this point, she suddenly lowered her voice, with a hint of excitement:

"Your dad really hit the jackpot this time! A while ago, a company called Xuanming Group came to the door, interested in his Believers' mining abilities."

"They gave him two medium-sized mineral veins directly and even gave him 10% of the company's shares! Just the dividends alone amount to 5 billion Faith Points every year!"

Sun Rong became more and more excited as she spoke, unable to help shaking her head: "Do you think that boss is stupid? With your dad's noob talent, I thought I'd run into a scam at the time!"

"I didn't even dare let him sign the contract. It was only after sending it to Little Rou's grandfather to confirm there were no problems that I felt relieved."

Yang Tiexin, standing aside, immediately became unhappy and rolled his eyes: "What do you mean noob talent? Without relying on my Believers, what would our family eat?"

"It was clearly that miniature mineral vein in my Divine Kingdom that supported us!"

"What your Believers mine in a month isn't as much as my production in a day!"

"You—"

The two of them started bickering again, sentence after sentence.

…

Watching this scene, the corners of Yang Fan's mouth curled up slightly.

Regardless, his parents were doing well now, and he was at peace.

"Dad, Mom, these are the gifts I prepared for you."

Yang Fan spoke up to interrupt their argument, taking out two cards and handing them over.

"Develop your Divine Kingdoms well and improve your Believers' strength. Now that our family's conditions are better, you both should work hard to Breakthrough to Demigod."

"This is?" Sun Rong took the card, a bit puzzled.

"Special building—fountain of life," Yang Fan said calmly. "Ten for each of you. They can greatly improve the environment of your Divine Kingdoms."

"fountain of life? What's that?" Sun Rong looked bewildered.

Luo Rou stepped forward to explain: "Mom, a fountain of life is equivalent to a B-Grade Building. The Mall price is about 2 billion Faith Points, and it's often out of stock."

"If traded in reality, the price would be at least 3 billion, or even 4 billion for one."

After she finished speaking, the living room fell silent instantly.

Sun Rong and Yang Tiexin looked at each other, their expressions somewhat frozen.

Three or four billion… for one?

Twenty of them, that's tens of billions of Faith Points?!"

"No, no, this is too precious!" Sun Rong came to her senses and hurriedly waved her hand. "We can't take this!"

"You're at Taichu Academy now, and your expenses are so high. It's enough that we can't help you; how can we hold you back!"

Yang Tiexin also nodded repeatedly, his expression becoming rarely serious.

To them, this was no longer a gift. If they really put it in their Divine Kingdoms, they probably wouldn't even be able to sleep peacefully, for fear of being targeted.

But Yang Fan but just lightly smiled. In their eyes, these were unreachable sums of wealth, but in his Divine Kingdom, fountains of life were already no different from jelly beans.

Since the number of moon wells and sun springs exceeded a hundred million, the frequency of fountains of life appearing had increased significantly.

Now, the fountains of life in his Divine Kingdom already numbered in the thousands. This bit of resources was just a drop in the bucket for him.

For Yang Fan, the only use of a fountain of life was that the water of life it produced had decent healing effects.

And the cost of one fountain of life was only dozens of divinity points.

Resources of this level were already beneath his notice.