Chapter 4: A Shopping Spree

Looking at the description of the Federal Body Refining Technique, Yang Fan couldn't help but say, "No wonder the teacher once said that after awakening a Divine Kingdom, one should buy a copy of the Federal Body Refining Technique even if they have to take out a loan. I didn't expect it could actually change a believer's aptitude."

Yang Fan's performance in high school theory classes was quite good, so he naturally understood how precious something that could alter aptitude and be passed down to the next generation was.

At a 95% discount, it only cost 50,000 Faith Points. Yang Fan clicked purchase without hesitation.

"Help me search for organisms that can provide a large amount of meat and have a strong Breeding capacity," Yang Fan said softly.

Currently, his Divine Kingdom only had a few scattered antelopes, rabbits, and tigers—all unranked wild beasts. Under the current circumstances, they could maintain ecological balance, but if the believers began practicing the Federal Body Refining Technique, it probably wouldn't be enough.

With his Evolution Talent, time passed too quickly within the Divine Kingdom. Yang Fan couldn't keep his eyes on Resource Cards all the time; maintaining a self-sufficient ecological balance was the best choice.

"Searching:

Option 1: 10,000 Red-Eyed Rabbits, ordinary wild beasts, value: 10 Faith Points. Pros: extremely strong Breeding capacity, herbivorous, no offensive capabilities. Cons: reproduction is too rapid and easily disrupts the ecology; requires a Divine Oracle for believers to cull them regularly to maintain a reasonable number.

Option 2: 10,000 Western Cattle, ordinary wild beasts, value: 200 Faith Points. Pros: delicious meat, herbivorous, docile temperament. However, Western Cattle do not like to gather in herds and have no fixed habitat, making hunting efficiency lower.

Option 3: 1,000 Bodhi Treasure Snakes, Rank 1 Demonic Beasts, value: 5,000 Faith Points. Pros: flesh and blood are highly nutritious, very suitable for Federal Body Refining Technique cultivation. Cons: average Breeding capacity; if no Divine Oracle is issued to restrict hunting, they are easily driven to extinction, and they pose a certain level of danger during the early stages of Divine Kingdom development.

Option 4: 100 Deep Sea Magic Wolves, Rank 2 Demonic Beasts, value: 50,000 Faith Points…

Option 5…"

The intelligent life provided over a hundred options, but Yang Fan quickly selected the Bodhi Treasure Snake.

Although the Bodhi Treasure Snake's Breeding capacity was weak, he currently had few believers—only 200. When releasing these 1,000 snakes into the Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan didn't even dare to place them too close to the moon well to avoid harming the believers.

In the short term, there was no need to worry about them being hunted to extinction.

Once the believers had mastered the basics of the Federal Body Refining Technique in the future, he could then issue a Divine Oracle.

Yang Fan browsed the mall for a while longer, spending 10 Faith Points to buy 10 stone houses. He spent another 1,000 Faith Points on 100,000 antelopes and picked up some of the cheapest Construction Books, basic tool usage, basic weaving, basic Planting, and basic gathering skills.

In any case, Yang Fan bought whatever was cheap. With his Evolution Talent, as long as the believers got started, they would naturally summarize their experiences and learn to progress. There was no need to spend a large amount of Faith Points on high-level skills.

Even if Yang Fan didn't buy these basic skills, the believers in the Divine Kingdom would eventually figure them out over time. However, he currently couldn't bear to look at these scantily clad believers, so he chose to push the progress along slightly.

Altogether, he spent 60,000 Faith Points. Now, the resources awarded to him by the Ministry of Education were less than 40,000.

Yang Fan took a deep breath and continued, "Help me search for spiritual plants that are in high demand on the market, easy to cultivate, but have long growth cycles, and are within my budget."

"Scanning. Found two types of spiritual plants.

Wood Lingzhi seeds, 1,000 in total. Matures once every 100 years, can be harvested repeatedly, but must be planted near fertile soil and requires the roots of a century-old tree. Cost: 30,000 Faith Points.

Requires believers to have Intermediate Cultivation Skills, and the century-old tree roots must be purchased. The cost for each sowing is 6,000 Faith Points.

If cultivation is successful, at current market prices, 1,000 Wood Lingzhi are worth 11,000 Faith Points. The three-month return on investment is 16.34%."

"Cultivation is too complex, and the initial investment is too high. Give me the second option." Yang Fan shook his head directly.

"water lotus x 1,000, F-rank spiritual plant, value: 20,000 Faith Points. Maturity period is between 100 to 300 years, can be harvested repeatedly. 1,000 water lotus seeds are worth 2,000 Faith Points. Annualized return fluctuates between 10% to 30%.

The maturity time for water lotus is too long. As a high school senior who has just awakened a Divine Kingdom, this intelligent life does not recommend large-scale cultivation of water lotus as an investment. Please keep this in mind."

As Yang Fan looked at the description of the water lotus, his eyes brightened considerably. Aside from the long growth cycle, the water lotus had almost no drawbacks, and it perfectly complemented his Evolution Talent.

Unlike others, he could harvest 2,000 Faith Points in a month at most, and his investment would double in less than a year. It was absolute profiteering.

"The river area in the Divine Kingdom is quite large; perhaps I can plant them on a large scale. It's just a pity that the initial investment cost is still too high," Yang Fan sighed inwardly, then clicked purchase.

20,000 Faith Points was not a small sum. For his family, it would probably take half a year of saving without eating or drinking. If not for the Ministry of Education's reward, Yang Fan likely wouldn't have been qualified to make this investment.

"Federal Government law stipulates that as long as one does not actively invade another's Divine Kingdom during school, a student's Divine Kingdom is protected by law. I have one year of high school left, plus four years of university. I have plenty of time to develop."

"Use the Evolution Talent to make various Divine Kingdom investments, then use the earned Faith Points to strengthen the believers' power, and finally push for demigod or even godhood," Yang Fan planned.

While Yang Fan was thinking, the mechanical synthesized voice of the intelligent life came from his watch: "According to the law, the Faith Points currently spent by citizen Yang Fan come from rewards issued by the Ministry of Education. All purchased items must be placed into your own Divine Kingdom for use and cannot be resold or gifted to others. Once discovered, you will face criminal liability. Do you wish to sign the informed consent form?"

"Sign." Yang Fan wrote his name on the light screen with his finger.

"Purchase successful. Bird Data Same-City Express is at your service. Various Resource Cards will be placed in your inbox within 30 minutes. Please collect them promptly."

Less than five minutes after placing the order, Yang Fan found dozens of new messages in his inbox.

With a one-click collection, the items in the inbox transformed into streaks of pale blue data, manifesting into reality in the palm of Yang Fan's hand.

"Is this the method of a high-level god? It's truly impressive. With the Evolution Talent, perhaps one day I'll be able to reach that level as well," Yang Fan remarked with some emotion as he looked at the cards in his hand.

In this day and age, people basically never left their homes.

One could attend classes at home and work at home. As long as one had Faith Points, one could even enjoy various forms of entertainment at home by projecting their consciousness into another Virtual World.

And virtual items could likewise be manifested into reality through Blank Cards.

This exponential growth in efficiency was all thanks to the emergence of Divine Kingdoms.

Yang Fan projected his consciousness into the Divine Kingdom and first placed the Bodhi Treasure Snakes at a location 100 kilometers away from the moon well.

Then came those 100,000 antelopes. 50,000 of them were placed on the east and west sides of the moon well, while the other 50,000 were placed around the Bodhi Treasure Snakes.

The Bodhi Treasure Snakes also needed to eat, and these antelopes were the food Yang Fan had prepared for them.

The antelopes themselves also had a certain Breeding capacity. Primarily, the current base number was large enough that even though they were at the bottom of the food chain, they should be able to reproduce normally.

Next was the water lotus. Yang Fan placed them in a large river closest to the tribe. Once they matured, they would still require the believers to harvest them.