Chapter 26: Over Nine Hundred Units of Divine Power — Establishing the 'Bing-Grade Spirit Field'
Li Yue opened the [Personal Mission] panel and claimed the reward for [Personal Mission IV].
In an instant——
Forty units of Divine Power materialized within him out of thin air.
Before him, five first-grade Divine Blessing Talismans and one second-grade Divine Blessing Talisman also appeared from nothing.
"Nine hundred and twenty-five units of Divine Power."
"Almost a thousand..."
"This past month, I've sold a total of seventy-six Ghost Soldier Armament Arts."
"But in the last week, other Blue Star gods have been promoted to Ninth Grade (Lower) Ordained Earth Gods and have started competing with me for business."
"Prices have already begun to plummet — one Ghost Soldier Armament Art now sells for only twelve units of Divine Power."
"That's barely two units of Divine Power in profit for all the effort."
Li Yue smiled.
He didn't mind.
After all——
He had already earned a massive amount of Divine Power through the Ghost Soldier Armament Arts.
The Blue Star gods who had just been promoted to Ninth Grade (Lower) this past week were now locked in a price war, their profits slashed to almost nothing.
Not to mention——
He would soon be advancing to Ninth Grade (Upper).
When that happened——
His Divine Arts would grow far more powerful, and he might even be able to craft third-grade Ghost Soldier Armament Arts.
And if he could produce third-grade Ghost Soldier Armament Arts, he would once again hold a monopoly!
"The first-grade Divine Blessing Talismans, on the other hand, have started rising in price."
"The lowest they go now is five units of Divine Power per talisman."
"In another month, when more people are promoted to Ninth Grade (Lower) and open the [Divine War] interface, they'll realize how important Believers are — prices will probably climb even higher."
Li Yue's expression remained calm.
Back when he started, he had bought forty first-grade Divine Blessing Talismans in one go.
Over this past month, he had purchased another twenty first-grade Divine Blessing Talismans — ten of them at three units of Divine Power each, and the other ten at four units of Divine Power each.
He turned his gaze toward the crowd of Believers gathered outside the Land God Shrine.
He gave a gentle wave of his hand.
In an instant——
The Spirit Field Divine Talisman flew into his grasp.
The next moment, the Spirit Field Divine Talisman soared out of the Divine Domain!
Outside the Land God Shrine.
A great multitude of Believers knelt prostrate on the ground, kowtowing and offering prayers to Lord Zhangyue.
Suddenly, a radiant golden divine talisman burst forth from within the Earth God statue, blazing with breathtaking divine light. A surge of divine might spread outward, pressing down upon heaven and earth!
The talisman hung suspended in the air.
Then it began to expand, growing in the blink of an eye to the size of one mu of land.
The golden-gleaming talisman, now a full mu across, hovered above the heads of the crowd. The sight left every Believer gaping, struck speechless with awe.
When had any of them ever witnessed such a wondrous sight?
Even Temple Priest Li Youming felt a flash of astonishment cross his eyes.
He had not expected that Lord Zhangyue would manifest such a grand divine miracle this time!
"Lord Zhangyue has revealed his divine presence!"
"A miracle! Lord Zhangyue's miracle!"
"Lord Zhangyue, please bless my son with lifelong health, free from illness and disaster!"
"Lord Zhangyue, please bless my family with enough food and warmth — no more hunger and cold!"
"Lord Zhangyue..."
All the villagers were overcome with fervor, kowtowing without cease.
Lord Zhangyue had manifested a miracle — he was surely watching over them at this very moment!
And those newcomers who were witnessing a divine miracle for the very first time were even more visibly overwhelmed.
Lord Zhangyue truly existed!
So the Temple Priest and the other villagers had not been deceiving them — Four Seas Village really was under the protection of a god!
From this day forward.
They too would be sheltered by a god, and would no longer be reduced to prey for demons and monsters!
Many wept tears of joy, prostrating themselves fully on the ground in the most devout of reverence.
Having once lived in the land of demons, where any day might be their last as fodder for monsters, they understood better than anyone how precious it was to live under divine protection, free from constant fear.
They cherished it.
They were grateful for Lord Zhangyue's blessing!
High in the air.
The talisman, now spread to a full mu in size, rose up and then descended in an instant onto an open patch of ground not far from the Land God Shrine.
That stretch of earth immediately blazed with golden light, as though some mighty force of heaven and earth was reshaping the very land!
A moment later, the golden light faded.
Spiritual Energy began to well up from that mu of earth, curling into wisps of white mist that drifted upward — as though the land had become a realm of immortals.
The white mist did not disperse, drifting and swirling in the air.
"This is——"
Li Youming's pupils contracted sharply. His eyes filled with wild joy and excitement:
"A Spirit Field?!"
"Spiritual Energy condensing into mist — this is a Spirit Field!"
"Lord Zhangyue has bestowed upon us a Spirit Field!!"
Behind him, Village Chief Li Deyang, Deputy Village Chief Chen Mazi, Liao Jinxian, and the others were instantly shaken to their cores, their faces flushed with excitement and elation.
A Spirit Field!
Even in the county seat, there was only one and a half mu of Spirit Field in total — treated as the lifeblood of the county's most powerful family!
And now, Four Seas Village had a Spirit Field of its own!
With Lord Zhangyue's protection.
And now a Spirit Field as well.
They felt that life was truly full of promise.
As long as they worked hard to find spirit rice seeds to plant, Four Seas Village would have a steady, unending supply of spirit rice from here on out.
The number of Warriors the village would produce in the future——
Would absolutely explode!
"Thank you for Lord Zhangyue's gift!"
"All villagers of Four Seas Village — bow to Lord Zhangyue!"
Li Youming drew a deep breath, raised a lit stick of incense high in both hands, and called out in a booming voice.
"Bow to Lord Zhangyue!"
Every villager raised their incense sticks and shouted in unison, their voices surging to the heavens!
Dense waves of Incense Faith rolled forth like a tide, flooding toward the Land God Shrine.
At the very back of the crowd.
Two men with dull, blank expressions exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock and disbelief in the other's eyes.
A miracle!
A Spirit Field!
The Ordained Earth God of Four Seas Village — he truly existed!
"Big Brother! We must report this to the family head as soon as possible."
"A genuine god!"
"A full mu of Spirit Field!"
"And I think that Spirit Field doesn't look like a 'Ding-Grade Spirit Field' — it could be a higher-tier 'Bing-Grade Spirit Field'!"
The younger of the two men whispered, his voice trembling noticeably.
"Silence!"
"There is a god watching over this place!"
The older man's expression shifted immediately, and he hissed a sharp rebuke in a low voice.
Yet his own face was a storm of shifting emotions — shock, excitement, reverence...
A whole tangle of feelings impossible to fully conceal.
The two brothers had originally ventured into the "Land of Myriad Demons" to gather medicinal herbs, only to be captured by treacherous hands and locked in a sheep pen.
They had already given up hope, not knowing when they might be devoured by some demon or monster.
After all, what kind of place was the "Land of Myriad Demons"?
Humans locked in a sheep pen were nothing but two-legged sheep — mere prey for the demons.
But against all expectation——
They had encountered a powerful human warrior who slew the demons!
And that warrior had brought them here, giving them a house and food.
If it had only been that, it would have been remarkable enough.
But then——
There was actually a genuine god here!
What should they do?
Should they report the situation here to the family head?
What neither man noticed was this:
The temperature around them was slightly lower than everywhere else.
Liao Xiu'er, dressed in the garb of a ghost constable, was kneeling right beside the two men, watching them with an icy expression.
But the living and the dead walk different paths.
She could see the two men.
The two men could not see her.
Beside Liao Xiu'er stood Liao Chengping, and behind the two men stood three more ghost constables.
All of them were elderly villagers who had died of natural causes, and all had been Believers whose devotion had reached the Yi-Grade Believer level.
After being consecrated as reserve ghost constables, their souls had reverted to the appearance of roughly thirty years of age.