Chapter 20: Small Circles

"Rank 1 Demonic Beast: Dapeng Bird x 2,000, price 15,000."

"Rank 1 Demonic Beast: Peregrine Falcon x 2,000, price 15,000."

Yang Fan purchased them all, wanting to increase the number of aerial predators to prevent the Dark Night Vultures from dominating the skies alone.

After deploying the resources into the God Kingdom, Yang Fan once again sent down a divine oracle to inform them of the planting methods for the hundred spirit peaches and the existence of the Spirit Fish Babies.

"God Lord: Yang Fan

God Kingdom Area: One million square kilometers

Talent: F-rank Resource Talent (Accelerates growth of all resources in the God Kingdom by 10%)

SSS-rank Talent: Evolution (Unique talent, can accelerate the Evolution of the God Kingdom, currently hidden.)

Believers: Ancients (110,000)

Method: Federal Body Refining Technique

Faith Points: 970,988 (Daily faith points provided: 0.56)

Buildings: moon well x 5, sun spring x 5

Assets: Bodhi Treasure Snake (x 29,343, Rank 1 Demonic Beast), Dark Night Vulture (x 1,665, Rank 1 Demonic Beast), Spirit Fish Baby (x 10,000, Rank 1 Demonic Beast), Dapeng Bird (x 2,000, Rank 1 Demonic Beast), Peregrine Falcon (x 2,000, Rank 1 Demonic Beast), Taisui x 1, water lotus (x 21,000, F-rank Spirit Plant), soul nourishing wood (Century-old) (x 1,000, C-rank Spirit Plant), hundred spirit peach (x 100, C-rank Spirit Plant)"

Yang Fan continued his calm life, attending classes on time, regularly browsing malls and forums, and checking for any unexpected situations in the God Kingdom. In the blink of an eye, twenty days had passed.

In the God Kingdom, this was 200 years.

Exactly one month had passed since he last sold moonlight dew and other supplies, so Yang Fan prepared for another sales wave to replenish his faith points.

However, before he could enter the God Kingdom, he felt a warm current surge through his body.

Powerful energy flooded his limbs and bones; Yang Fan felt that he was more than four or five times stronger than before.

Noticing a massive change in the God Kingdom, Yang Fan hurriedly sent his consciousness inside.

"Believers: Mortals (120,000), daily faith points provided: 1.4."

During these 200 years, the population of believers in the God Kingdom had actually experienced a peak and then a decline.

Around Year 100 of the God Kingdom Calendar, the population had surpassed 240,000.

At that time, the population density of Shenqi City and the other four cities was extremely high. Various small tribes began to appear around the five major cities.

At the same time, the supply of taisui meat finally failed to meet the demand.

Believers began hunting to maintain their food supply.

Subsequently, people in the four major cities became dissatisfied with the distribution of taisui meat and initiated negotiations with the main city.

The negotiations failed, and war broke out.

The four cities of Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque, and Xuanwu besieged Shenqi.

Known in history as the Rebellion of the Four Kings.

All of this happened while Yang Fan was sleeping, but even if he were awake, he would not have actively interfered.

Believers are human too, naturally possessing emotions and desires like greed, anger, and obsession; war only makes a civilization stronger.

As a god, as long as the civilization in his God Kingdom did not face extinction, Yang Fan would never intervene in its development.

The Rebellion of the Four Kings lasted for ten years, and the population plummeted to 80,000.

The final result was a non-aggression pact signed by one emperor and four kings. Shenqi City would take 40% of the taisui meat, while the remaining 60% would be divided among the other four cities.

This war weeded out a large number of weak believers, leaving mostly the strong.

Thereafter followed nearly a century of peace, and the population soared again to 180,000.

Because the believers practiced the Federal Body Refining Technique, the stronger they became, the more meat they consumed.

The current population of 180,000 could no longer be fully supported by taisui meat alone.

The population began to fluctuate dynamically.

170,000, 160,000, 130,000, 120,000.

During this century, Shenqi City nearly doubled in size, and the other four cities also established their own walled cities, significantly reducing population density.

Believers began trading, and those in power began to enact laws and establish rules.

Because of this, Yang Fan's believers evolved from Ancients into Mortals.

Watching the development of his believers from a god's-eye view, Yang Fan was very satisfied. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before Rank 1 lifeforms appeared among his believers.

"The Federal Body Refining Technique is only suitable for building a foundation; even at its peak, it only produces Rank 1 lifeforms. Later, I'll have to buy cultivation techniques and even various weapons. Relying solely on the believers to figure things out and pass them down is too slow. This all requires faith points!" Yang Fan rubbed his head; sometimes, the God Kingdom developing too fast brought its own troubles.

Yang Fan roughly assessed the assets in his God Kingdom. He directly took out blank cards to withdraw all the moonlight dew and yang essence, then took 20,000 Bodhi Treasure Snakes, 2,000 Dark Night Vultures, 20,000 Spirit Fish Babies, and 20,000 water lotus seeds.

All these resources were sold through the Taotao Network.

"Total income of 810,000 faith points. After deducting 10% personal income tax and 2% platform matching fee, the net income is 712,800 faith points."

"Faith Points: 1,662,000 (Daily faith points provided: 1.4)"

Feeling that the biological chain in the God Kingdom was very stable, and in order to fully utilize his faith points, Yang Fan decided to spend 1.2 million to buy two more moon wells and two more sun springs.

"Faith Points: 462,000 (Daily faith points provided: 1.4)

Buildings: moon well x 7, sun spring x 7."

With the level of development in network technology in this era, as long as one was willing to put in the effort, basically all knowledge could be obtained from the internet. Therefore, the weight of knowledge taught by teachers in class was becoming lower, and daytime classes were becoming fewer.

Having a large amount of free time, even someone like Yang Fan, who didn't enjoy socializing, began to participate in classmate activities.

It wasn't because of boredom, but mainly because he gradually discovered that these classmates of his really had some redeeming qualities.

Unlike the God Forum, when talking face-to-face in the Virtual World, everyone was more sincere.

What kind of spirit plants can be grown on a large scale for the highest comprehensive return; what treasures can significantly improve a believer's aptitude; whether there are cheap and powerful cultivation techniques; and how private trading to avoid taxes was actually legal.

Everyone searched for information online, refined and extracted useful bits, and then shared them with each other.

Yang Fan had to admit that humans were indeed social animals; the efficiency of collaborating was far superior to working alone.

Especially for a genius like Li Shuhao with a major family background, his information sources were far beyond what they could compare to. Often, a single sentence from him would give everyone an epiphany.

A private room in Heavenly Fragrance World.

Li Shuhao, Wang Zhenyu, Yang Fan, Zhang Pang, and over a dozen other male students from Class 7, Third Year of High School gathered together.

With Li Shuhao, the big shot on the surface, present, many female students also wanted to participate. However, the Heavenly Fragrance World was a bit of an awkward place; with girls they knew in real life present, they couldn't really let loose, so they stopped inviting female classmates later on.

"Brother Hao, besides the Federal Body Refining Technique, my believers also practice the Muscle and Tendon Strengthening and Marrow Cleansing Technique. Their meat consumption is simply terrifying. The production speed of the wine pool and meat forest can't keep up at all. I have to buy meat from the mall every day now." Wang Zhenyu took a large gulp of wine.

By now, he had moved on and no longer saw Li Shuhao as a rival, but instead followed his lead, calling him 'Brother Hao' at every turn.

Before Li Shuhao could speak, a somewhat short classmate raised his hand and said, "I have a livestock talent and have raised many Bodhi Treasure Snakes. Especially non-ranked cattle, horses, sheep, and the like—I can produce an extra seventy or eighty thousand a day. Brother Wang, do you want to buy from me? We can bypass the mall taxes. I'll give you a 5% discount; it's mutually beneficial."

"No problem, I'll take as many Bodhi Treasure Snakes as you have. But forget about beef and mutton; my believers are already Ancients and have mastered the basics of the Federal Body Refining Technique. Ordinary meat simply has no effect anymore; it can only be used to fill their stomachs," Wang Zhenyu agreed with a nod.