Chapter 7: A Century of Development in the Divine Kingdom

After the teacher left, Zhang Pang couldn't help but say, "Brother Yang, now that we've awakened our Divine Kingdoms, the Federal Government has granted us many permissions. Want to go to the entertainment district and have some fun together?"

"Have some fun with what?" Yang Fan's face showed a look of suspicion.

"I'll tell you quietly; I visited quite a few places yesterday. There's a club called Heavenly Fragrance World. With our status, we can spend at the first level, and it only costs 2,000 Faith Points…"

"Pardon me, but women will only slow down the speed at which I draw my blade. Let's talk when you're free." Yang Fan hurriedly exited the virtual space, for fear of being tempted by Zhang Pang.

Returning to reality, Yang Fan opened the shopping panel once again.

"Now that my believers are already practicing the Federal Body Refining Technique, what methods are there to enhance their strength?" Yang Fan input his requirements.

"Based on the citizen's requirements, the following solutions are provided:

First, purchasing spiritual plants that can alter aptitude will significantly accelerate the believers' cultivation progress.

For example: 100 D-rank Blood Lotus Seeds, priced at 10,000 Faith Points. Believers need long-term consumption, taking one seed per person every month in Divine Kingdom time; results will only show after decades of persistence."

Seeing this, Yang Fan's face couldn't help but twitch: "This is way too expensive."

He currently had 600 believers. Taking it once would cost 60,000, and twelve months in a year would be 720,000—and that was only after one day had passed in the outside world.

"Spiritual plants that alter aptitude are all very expensive. This is already the cheapest tier I've retrieved."

"Isn't there something that slowly changes believer aptitude over time? This is too much of a money sink."

"You can choose to purchase cultivation techniques to improve believer strength. Considering you have just awakened your Divine Kingdom, for long-term development, the chosen technique should ideally enhance believer aptitude subtly in addition to increasing strength."

"Give me some recommendations."

"Muscle and Tendon Strengthening and Marrow Cleansing Technique, C-rank technique, worth 2 million Faith Points.

Yi Jin Jing, C-rank technique, worth 5 million Faith Points.

Everlasting Spring Technique, B-rank technique, worth 1 point of Divinity; current status does not have permission to purchase.

…"

The intelligent lifeform recommended over a hundred techniques, but there wasn't a single one he could afford. More importantly, it seemed his permissions were insufficient; many of the later ones were censored. He could only see that such items existed, but he didn't even know what their names were.

"I'll just stick to farming, wash up, and go to bed early." Yang Fan gave a bitter laugh.

In the following days of real life, peace began to return.

Yang Fan entered the Virtual World on time every day for class.

How to develop a Divine Kingdom? Which resource cards have the highest cost-performance ratio in the early stages? How to maintain the ecological balance of the Divine Kingdom and sustain healthy evolution? The diverse directions for cultivating believers.

As the homeroom teacher of Class 7, Li Qingying gave very comprehensive lectures every time. However, perhaps because the students of Class 7 all came from ordinary backgrounds, she focused more on the logistics direction.

Even so, Yang Fan listened very attentively. With his Evolution Talent, his Divine Kingdom could fully develop in all aspects.

In the blink of an eye, another 10 days passed. Under the effect of the Evolution Talent, another century had passed within the Divine Kingdom.

"God Lord: Yang Fan

Divine Kingdom Area: One million square kilometers

Talent: F-rank Resource Talent (All resources in the Divine Kingdom grow 10% faster)

SSS-rank Talent Evolution (Unique talent, can accelerate Divine Kingdom evolution, currently hidden.)

Believers: Barbarians (5,230)

Method: Federal Body Refining Technique

Faith Points: 7,788 (Daily Faith Point provision 0.006)

Building: moon well (Produces one drop of moonlight dew every ten years)

Assets: Bodhi Treasure Snake (X5,311, Level 1 Demon Beast), water lotus (X1,000, F-rank Spiritual Plant)"

In a hundred years, the Divine Kingdom had undergone earth-shaking changes.

With the moon well as the center, the tribe had built hundreds of stone houses radiating outwards, and the occupied area had reached five thousand square kilometers.

Benefiting from the basic skill cards invested ten days ago, the believers had generally become much smarter. They had even fenced off a large area to domesticate antelopes for easier slaughter.

Some believers also transplanted the wild fruit trees within the Divine Kingdom to the vicinity of the tribe, centralizing the picking to improve efficiency.

The elderly did odd jobs in the tribe, young women picked wild fruits, adult males formed teams to hunt, teenagers played in the fields, and infants waited to be fed in the rooms.

Under Yang Fan's gaze, a team of fifty adult males in the mountains and forests was carrying a Bodhi Treasure Snake that was a full twenty meters long back to the tribe.

"The hunting team is back! It's an adult Bodhi Treasure Snake!" a half-naked young boy shouted from a high point in the tribe.

Upon hearing this, the entire tribe stirred into action.

"A-Da, why are only you guys back?" an old man stepped forward to ask.

"Lord Village Chief, we used to catch young snakes. Perhaps because we did it too often, these beasts have learned to be clever. Today, an adult Bodhi Treasure Snake was actually lying in ambush. Only half of the hundred-man team returned," the leading man replied calmly. There was no sadness in his eyes; instead, he was very satisfied with this harvest.

"It is good that you did not return empty-handed. Adult treasure snakes have powerful medicinal effects; dilute it with more water for the children to consume. For the next few months, do not go to the Snake Valley to hunt. Properly digest this harvest. If the tribe can produce another warrior like you, we can take the initiative to hunt adult treasure snakes."

"Everything for the tribe," the man said excitedly.

"Everything for the God," the Village Chief raised his hands with utmost piety.

In the void, Yang Fan watched all this, showing a look of satisfaction.

In a hundred years, the overall strength of the believers had increased by more than ten times.

The number of Bodhi Treasure Snakes had also increased greatly. There were about 1,500 mature treasure snakes, while the rest were mostly juvenile small snakes.

Noticing something, Yang Fan's brow furrowed slightly.

"Why has the number of antelopes decreased so much? There are less than 200,000 left."

Since it was Yang Fan's own Divine Kingdom, he quickly found the reason.

The main reason was that the believers were practicing the Federal Body Refining Technique, and coupled with the population explosion, the consumption of meat had grown exponentially.

About thirty years ago, the previous village chief had discovered this problem and began to restrict the villagers' hunting, even domesticating a portion of them.

The second reason was the reproduction of the Bodhi Treasure Snakes. Their meat consumption was equally terrifying, several times more than that of the entire tribe.

Although they were first-tier demon beasts, these brutes did not have much intelligence and did not understand the principle of not overfishing. Basically, they ate when hungry, slept after eating, and continued eating when they woke up.

If the tribe hadn't gone to hunt the young snakes every once in a while, their numbers would only be higher, and they might have already started destroying the ecological chain.

"The biodiversity in the Divine Kingdom is still too low, and the chain is not very stable. In addition, I have to buy some grass seeds so that herbivores like antelopes can have more food."

Having figured out the shortcomings of the Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan returned to reality and began shopping.

"Six-Leaf Clover seeds, can cover a hundred thousand square kilometers, grows extremely fast, and requires enough moisture. After the growth density reaches a certain level, they will compete with each other for water, which ensures they won't grow wildly and destroy the ecology. Price: 200 Faith Points."

"Buy it."

"Ten thousand unranked wild boars, price: 300 Faith Points."

"Buy it."

"One thousand unranked tigers, price: 400 Faith Points."

"One hundred thousand hamsters, price: 300 Faith Points."

"One hundred million earthworms, can fertilize the soil and increase the growth rate of vegetation, price: 100 Faith Points."

…"

Buy, buy, buy.

With a wave of his hand, Yang Fan spent nearly 3,000 Faith Points to purchase all kinds of unranked wild beasts.