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Chapter 37: Brother Yang, are you still accepting Subordinate Gods?
Everyone listened very attentively during this class, especially those students who believed they had a chance to ascend to Demigod.
Li Qingying explained the development directions, advantages, and disadvantages of each path very clearly. Yang Fan also pricked up his ears and sat upright.
"That is all for today's class. For those students who wish to breakthrough to Demigod or even God, you must start preparing from now on."
"If you choose the Cultivation path, you can start cultivating various spiritual plants and fruits in your Divine Kingdom. If believers consume rare treasures over a long period, the probability of birthing geniuses with spiritual roots will significantly increase."
"Similarly, the martial path requires cultivating precious medicines that can temper the body; the mechanical path requires family support to purchase a Mechanical Heart as early as possible."
After saying this, Li Qingying's figure disappeared from the Virtual World.
After the teacher left, Li Shuhao stood up and said, "Fellow brothers, let's gather at the usual place! It's my treat today."
"Long live Brother Hao."
"It has to be Brother Hao; you are too good to your brothers."
The boys in the class instantly became excited, looking foolishly infatuated, completely unconcerned with what the female students thought.
The girls, however, felt a bit awkward. Now, in Class 7, besides Li Shuhao, there was also the big shot Yang Fan. If they could exchange experiences on Divine Kingdom development with such people, there would naturally be many benefits.
However, Li Shuhao had a special fondness for the Heavenly Fragrance World, and since he hadn't invited them, the girls couldn't bring themselves to shamelessly tag along.
"Why are they going to the Heavenly Fragrance World again? Can't they change to another place?"
"This group of boys is so disappointing; I must never marry any of these classmates in the future."
Many girls complained inwardly.
Arriving at the private room in the Heavenly Fragrance World, Yang Fan and Li Shuhao sat in the innermost seats facing the door. Wang Zhenyu sat on Li Shuhao's right, and Zhang Pang also sat on Yang Fan's left due to their relationship.
The other students sat down casually; after all, they were all Gods following the logistics path, and their future achievements would be roughly the same.
"Brother Yang, I'd like to congratulate you here on receiving investment from the Luo Family. In the future, you will surely soar and become a true God." Li Shuhao raised his glass to congratulate him.
The other students also raised their glasses toward Yang Fan.
Today, Yang Fan was vastly different from a few days ago; he was now a member of a major family. Barring any accidents, he would surely be an existence that everyone looked up to in the future.
"You're too kind. Let's make progress together in the future." Yang Fan replied politely.
Yang Fan, who possessed an SSS-rank Talent when awakening his Divine Kingdom, hadn't shown any arrogance, let alone now that he had become a second-tier genius of the Luo Family.
Yang Fan really didn't feel much about this; he just felt that his future path was a bit smoother, and it couldn't be counted as a great opportunity.
However, his calm demeanor appeared unfathomable in the eyes of others.
To receive investment from the Luo Family and still maintain such a peaceful mindset—he was truly worthy of being the class's top student.
With this attitude of not being swayed by material gains or personal losses, he seemed just like someone who had lived for several hundred years.
Li Shuhao gave a thumbs up and said, "I still have a lot to learn from Brother Yang."
"It is I who should learn from you. The questions you answered in class today really broadened my horizons." Yang Fan said earnestly.
"Damn, stop playing that 'playing the pig to eat the tiger' act with me. There are so many classmates here, don't be sarcastic with me." Li Shuhao's face flushed slightly, and he actually glared at Yang Fan.
Seeing this, Yang Fan was also stunned for a moment. He had only spoken his true thoughts, so why was the other person angry?
"We're all classmates, it's just a joke, don't be so serious. Come on, everyone, let's drink." At this moment, Zhang Pang spoke up to liven up the atmosphere.
"Right, let's drink. We haven't gathered for almost half a month since the major exams a while ago."
"By the way, Wang Zhenyu, I've cultivated about 5,000 adult Bodhi Treasure Snakes again. Do you want them?"
"Yes, I'll take as many as you have."
"My Divine Kingdom has a batch of E-rank spiritual plant Ice Begonia Flowers. Using them in medicine and consuming them over a long period is beneficial for awakening spiritual roots. Brother Hao, Brother Yang, if you are planning to take the Cultivation path, I can help you cultivate them. The price is negotiable."
"And me, I have three micro-mineral veins in my Divine Kingdom. I wonder if you are still lacking any Subordinate Gods?"
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Everyone chatted one after another, but the core content still revolved around Li Shuhao and Yang Fan.
Especially Yang Fan; now that he had flown up to the branches, and no one had heard of him having any Subordinate Gods, other students naturally wanted to cling to such a powerful backer.
"I already have three Subordinate Gods: Mazi, Wei Feng, and Yumo. I don't have any need for now." Li Shuhao shook his head.
The three people Li Shuhao mentioned were precisely the three students in Class 7 with the best Divine Kingdom resource-type talents.
One had a Planting Talent, one had an Animal Husbandry Talent, and another had a small mineral vein in their Divine Kingdom.
It is not the more Subordinate Gods, the better. Once a contract is signed, the Subordinate God's Divine Kingdom will open to the protector. Not only do they need to station troops to protect the other party, but if someone invades, they must also send troops to reinforce them, or even launch a Divine Kingdom war.
Benefits and risks are inherently relative. If someone serves as your Subordinate God, they sell the resources in their Divine Kingdom to you at a low price and must prioritize your needs. How could one get so many benefits for nothing?
Although there is no risk of war before graduating from university, and the existence of Subordinate Gods is entirely beneficial and harmless to the development of one's own Divine Kingdom, the benefits obtained now will all have to be returned in the future.
The Subordinate God contract signed is different from federal law; it has higher rule-based restrictions, similar to an oath sworn between Gods.
Once violated, the Divine Kingdom will suffer Heavenly Punishment; in severe cases, the Divine Kingdom core might even shatter.
This is also why many Divine Kingdoms following the logistics path choose to become someone else's Subordinate God while still in school.
First, everyone is a classmate, so the level of trust is relatively high.
Second, once they enter society and face the pressure of their Divine Kingdoms being invaded, their bargaining chips will be extremely low. To ensure their own safety, they can only sell their Divine Kingdom resources at a pittance.
Many people's gazes turned toward Yang Fan. Currently, in Class 7, Third Year of High School, only Li Shuhao, Yang Fan, and Wang Zhenyu were qualified to accept Subordinate Gods.
Li Shuhao had no intention of accepting more Subordinate Gods, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yang Fan's potential was far above Wang Zhenyu's.
If given the chance, everyone hoped to become Yang Fan's Subordinate God.
The stronger the Main God's strength, the higher the status of their Subordinate Gods will rise.
Those grain merchants, weapon workshops, and butcher shops in the residential districts—which one of them didn't rely on a powerful God?
Otherwise, with so many resources just sitting in their Divine Kingdoms, they would have been invaded long ago.
"I haven't thought that far ahead yet." Yang Fan said indifferently.
With the Evolution Talent, Yang Fan was not lacking in those basic resources at all, so naturally, he had no motivation to develop Subordinate Gods.
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces revealed expressions of disappointment.
"Brother Yang, if you change your mind one day, feel free to contact me at any time."
"Me too. My father is preparing to take out a loan for me to buy another micro-mineral vein. Not to mention anything else, I can provide a lot of weapons for Brother Yang's student days."
Yang Fan indicated that he would keep it in mind, but he didn't care much in his heart.
"Old Wang, your results in this exam were also good. Did you manage to get any investment?" The classmate who had just sold the Bodhi Treasure Snakes asked Wang Zhenyu.
Wang Zhenyu nodded: "The Ma Family gave me 20 C-rank buildings, and there is also a subsidy of 100,000 Faith Points every month."
"The Ma Family? Could it be that big grain merchant from Yang County?"
"Brother Wang, you're awesome! This investment is quite substantial."
Many classmates' faces revealed envious expressions. A subsidy of 100,000 per month was an astronomical figure for an ordinary family.
"The initial investment can be considered earned back." Wang Zhenyu smiled slightly; he couldn't say he was satisfied, but he wasn't disappointed either.
Compared to Yang Fan, the investment he received wasn't worth mentioning, but for himself, this could be considered an explanation to his family.
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