Chapter 190: Large-scale Cultivation, Upgrading Defenses

"The current Brother Yang… ordinary women can no longer catch his eye." Sima Bang leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh. "In the future, the Qingshan District F4 will probably become the F2."

Yang Fan was now a peerless prodigy. The circles, resources, and people he would interact with in the future were already on a completely different level from theirs.

And Wen Yushui happened to be a muddled, liability of a teammate.

The four who were once the closest of friends had now, in the blink of an eye, lost two of their number.

One could only say that the distance between people sometimes widens faster than the distance between Divine Kingdoms.

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On the other side, Yang Fan returned to his small courtyard. Just as he reached the entrance, he stopped in his tracks.

Two figures were standing outside the courtyard.

He recognized one of them—it was his guardian, Guardian Tang Yue.

As for the other person, it was a slender middle-aged man.

The man just stood there quietly, yet his body faintly emitted a heavy wave of divinity.

That aura was not the slightest bit weaker than Guardian Tang Yue's.

Seeing Yang Fan return, Guardian Tang Yue hurriedly took a step forward and bowed respectfully. "Congratulations, Young Lord, on being evaluated as a peerless prodigy. This is Ye Wen. Like me, he is a Third-Order God. From today onwards, the safety of your travels will be jointly managed by the two of us."

Ye Wen looked solemn and also bowed. "Greetings, Young Lord Yang Fan."

Facing such an attitude from two Third-Order Gods, Yang Fan felt a slight sense of emotion in his heart.

Strength, status, potential—sometimes, as long as one of these reaches the extreme, the entire world will take the initiative to bow its head to you.

"Seniors, you are too polite," Yang Fan replied with a bow.

Guardian Tang Yue continued, "The Young Lord's status is different now. Taichu Academy has rearranged your residence. The new residence is located in the core area of Taichu City; that is where peerless prodigies reside."

Yang Fan nodded. He had no luggage to begin with. For a god, a so-called residence was nothing more than a temporary lodging point.

Subsequently, the three of them headed directly toward the central area of Taichu City.

Along the way, the surrounding buildings became increasingly quiet. The originally bustling trading area disappeared, replaced by large stretches of Spirit Plant gardens and independent courtyards.

Land in Taichu City was worth its weight in gold. Even the price of a simple, cramped room was ridiculously high.

Yet, in this most core location, there was actually a district of townhouses.

There were no buildings reaching into the clouds here, nor were there overwhelming Formation wonders. There was only silence.

The reason Taichu Academy made such an arrangement wasn't because anyone truly cared about the living environment, but to distinguish status.

It was telling all students that only by Cultivating hard and improving their evaluations could they obtain better treatment.

The three arrived in front of a silver-white villa.

The entire villa occupied a vast area. The front yard was filled with Spirit Plants, and there was even a garden in the back.

Compared to Yang Fan's previous small courtyard, this was like stepping from a common residential area into a wealthy district; the living space was at least four or five times larger.

"Young Lord, this is your key." Guardian Tang Yue handed over a silver authorization token. "If you have any needs, you can contact the two of us at any time."

After speaking, the two of them turned and left without further disturbance.

After entering the villa, Yang Fan didn't even carefully study the new environment; he just casually picked a room with good lighting.

Then, he took out his books, sat down quietly, and continued to study.

As the number of first-class intelligent life within the Divine Kingdom increased, Yang Fan's Mental Energy also became increasingly powerful.

Now, he was truly able to multitask.

While flipping through books in the real world, deep in his consciousness, he was also constantly discussing the feasibility and risks of mass-producing soul-nourishing wood with Yang Da.

"Master, with the blessing of the Evolution Talent, Spirit Plants like soul-nourishing wood are indeed very suitable for large-scale Planting."

"In about a hundred days in the real world, we can harvest ten-thousand-year soul-nourishing wood."

"In addition, the aura it emits is also of considerable help to the Cultivation of the Divine Kingdom's believers," Yang Da analyzed seriously.

Yang Fan nodded slightly. "And the risks?"

soul-nourishing wood was easy to Cultivate and, like ordinary trees, could be planted at high density.

With the current area of the Divine Kingdom, if they truly cultivated it on a large scale, the profits would definitely reach an extremely exaggerated level.

But the more profitable it was, the more danger it implied.

The point about increasing the risk of exposing the Divine Kingdom's coordinates always left Yang Fan with some concerns.

"Reporting to Master, the aura of soul-nourishing wood will indeed increase the probability of exposing the Divine Kingdom's coordinates, but within the current Divine Kingdom, there are already a large number of Penglai Islands."

"With the mixing of the two auras, the abnormality of the soul-nourishing wood will not be too obvious. Furthermore, according to the restrictions of the Divine Kingdom's rules, those capable of detecting Master's Divine Kingdom coordinates can only be other demigods. Those true High-tier Gods cannot directly peer into Master's Divine Kingdom location just because of the aura of soul-nourishing wood."

"Given the current overall strength of the Divine Kingdom, I believe there is absolutely no need for excessive worry." Speaking to this point, a trace of coldness even entered Yang Da's voice. "If there really is a blind demigod who takes the initiative to invade… wouldn't that even save the money for purchasing Divine Kingdom coordinates?"

Hearing this, a flash of decisiveness also crossed Yang Fan's eyes. "In that case, immediately help me calculate how many soul-nourishing woods the current Divine Kingdom can Cultivate."

"Calculations in progress…"

A moment later, Yang Da's voice sounded again. "Calculations complete. Based on the current usable area of the Divine Kingdom, and considering that the risk of invasion and destruction in the outer areas is higher, it is not recommended to plant in the border zones."

"Integrating factors such as Spiritual Qi concentration, soil bearing capacity, and believer maintenance efficiency, it is recommended to simultaneously Cultivate five trillion soul-nourishing wood seedlings."

"Five trillion…" Yang Fan's eyes narrowed slightly.

A single ten-thousand-year soul-nourishing wood was worth a million Faith Points.

A hundred of them would be one divinity point.

Ten thousand of them would be one hundred divinity points.

And after all five trillion matured… their total value would be as high as fifty billion divinity points!

In just over three months, he could obtain a profit of fifty billion divinity points.

This income was already close to the total output of twenty Spirit Vein Stars.

Such terrifying profits would have likely caused an ordinary demigod to lose their mind with excitement.

But Yang Fan did not let it go to his head. He always believed in one principle: the greater the profit, the higher the risk.

If soul-nourishing wood were truly a risk-free, guaranteed-profit business, the entire market would have been saturated long ago, and prices could not have maintained their current levels.

In the Mall right now, the profit rate of soul-nourishing wood was clearly unnaturally high.

Behind this, there must be reasons why a large number of gods did not dare to touch it.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan spoke slowly, "Yang Da, we'll follow the scale of five trillion for the soul-nourishing wood Cultivation. However, before that, the overall defensive strength of the Divine Kingdom must also be upgraded another round."

"Please give your instructions, Master."

Yang Fan's eyes were calm as he slowly ordered, "Purchase the A-grade defensive building—the Profound Heaven Great Wall of Realm Suppression."

"I want it to encircle the entire outer area of the Divine Kingdom. Furthermore, place City-Destroyer Cannons all along the walls. The defensive line no longer needs to retreat to the core area. I want to deploy heavy forces starting from the periphery."

"Issue a divine oracle to dispatch Cultivation and Martial Arts believers to the periphery for long-term garrison duty. Additionally, draw a portion of the Elf Race to coordinate with the border defense line."

"Yes, Master."