27: Chapter 27 The Profession of a Believer

"What's wrong?" Fang Yun looked at her curiously.

Wang Xinrou raised her head as if ready to speak, then seemed to remember something, her gaze flickering away evasively.

"Um..."

"Fang Yun."

"Do you have time tonight?"

Fang Yun was somewhat puzzled. "Yes, I do."

Hearing this reply, Wang Xinrou visibly breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly added,

"N—Nothing major."

"It's just..."

She paused for a moment, a faint flush slowly rising on her cheeks.

"Didn't I tell you before?"

"You've helped me a lot."

"I want to treat you to a meal."

Finishing speaking, she quickly lowered her head, as if afraid to see Fang Yun refuse, her fingers endlessly twisting the corner of her clothes.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have time."

"Next time is fine too."

"Or..."

"Actually, you don't have to either, it's just a meal anyway, hehe."

She smiled awkwardly, repeating the same words several times without completing a single proper sentence.

Watching her, Fang Yun felt like laughing; at the same time, he found this girl's earnestness somewhat adorable.

"Ah, it's just a meal, what are you nervous about?"

Wang Xinrou was stunned for a moment, and then her ears turned even redder.

"I'm not nervous." She softly retorted, though her voice lacked any persuasiveness.

Fang Yun didn't expose her, stretching lazily instead. Lately, he had been engrossed in divine kingdom construction and hadn't eaten a proper meal in a while, so this would be a good chance to have a decent meal.

He asked casually, "Where are we eating?"

He had been to basically all the upscale restaurants in Linjiang City and was long sick of eating there.

Wang Xinrou was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Let's just go near the school; the prices there are relatively cheaper."

After saying this, feeling somewhat embarrassed, she quickly explained,

"But the food tastes very good."

"Really."

"I've eaten there once before."

"The boss is a very nice person."

Seeing her distressed appearance, Fang Yun suddenly realized something and put away his previous flippant expression.

The girl's body stiffened slightly, her heart growing somewhat nervous as she couldn't help letting her thoughts run wild for a moment.

Could he tell that I don't have much money? What if he thinks I'm a stingy girl? Not to mention I've also taken many subsidies and resources from the Fang Family.

But divine kingdom construction required a lot of resources recently, and all her resources had been poured into the divine kingdom; she really didn't have any extra disposable money.

Lowering her head, she stared at the toes of her shoes as if something on the ground had attracted her, her light blue long hair hanging down to her waist.

"Alright, send me the address and I'll come directly to pick you up later."

Hearing Fang Yun's voice, she breathed a slight sigh of relief; unconsciously, her palms had begun to sweat slightly.

"P—Pick me up?"

"Eh??!!!"

By the time she came to her senses, she found that Fang Yun had already walked far away.

...

Virtual space, Sunshine High School office.

"How to quickly cultivate the vocational abilities of believers?" Feng Qingchen looked at Fang Yun with a frown.

She had heard of this Fang Yun; it was said he constantly pestered Su Qianqian in their class, and his reputation among the students was very poor.

On the first day of awakening, he seemed to have fainted, and later he beat up a classmate in class.

To be honest, Teacher Feng did not have a good impression of Fang Yun, but since the other party came to ask for advice, it wouldn't look good for her to refuse.

"Yes, Teacher Feng, in the process of developing my divine kingdom, I found that the believers severely lack abilities in this aspect. For example, whenever they process the spiritual items from my Planting, they always generate a lot of waste."

"In order to reduce this part of the losses, I was wondering if you have any corresponding methods here to avoid it?"

Fang Yun, who had just bid farewell to Wang Xinrou, came to the office to ask for advice modestly.

Hearing this, Feng Qingchen didn't ponder long before replying, "Your question can be simple or complex. I have two methods here that can both solve the problem you are currently facing."

The moment the other party offered two solutions, Fang Yun's eyes lit up as he listened.

Feng Qingchen continued slowly, "The first one is the simplest and most direct and efficient method: purchase the C-grade building [profession awakening altar], and through consuming Faith points, you can awaken different professions for your believers."

Fang Yun smiled and said, "This is pretty good, convenient and efficient. Does that mean I can just buy this directly?"

Feng Qingchen looked at Fang Yun speechlessly. Did this guy not know the price of C-grade buildings? Was that something a high school student like him could afford? She truly suspected whether the other guy had been sleeping through class in the past!

Looking at the excited Fang Yun, she could only interrupt him, "Fang Yun, this method is good, but the Faith points consumed are not low at all. Generally, a C-grade building costs over fifty million Faith points, and hard currencies like the [profession awakening altar] are only more expensive! Given your current divine kingdom development situation, you simply cannot afford it."

"Besides, if you purchase the [profession awakening altar] early on just out of worry over the losses of F-grade and E-grade spiritual plants and beasts, it's simply not worth it!"

Feng Qingchen didn't want the other party to stray onto the wrong path, so she kindly advised him.

Fang Yun knew the other party meant well too. He didn't explain anything, modestly accepting her teachings and nodding in agreement.

This made Feng Qingchen feel quite appreciated, and she inwardly exclaimed that the youth was truly teachable; it seemed classmate Fang Yun wasn't so hard to get along with after all.

In reality, what Fang Yun was thinking was to sell off some E-grade resources to scrape together the amount, or temporarily halt next month's amplification, first saving up Faith points to buy the [profession awakening altar] once and for all.

Inside his own divine kingdom were not the E-grade and F-grade resources Feng Qingchen imagined; his divine kingdom had a massive amount of D-grade resources. While these consumptions seemed unremarkable on the surface, in reality, with over a million people each generating a tiny loss, the wasted resources were astronomical.

Clearing her throat, Feng Qingchen began to introduce the second method: "Compared to the first one, this method is much slower and might take a year or half a year to yield results."

Fang Yun was somewhat puzzled. A year or half a year? Put in the divine kingdom, that would be over a hundred years.

"Establish an academy inside the divine kingdom, purchase the D-grade building [Inheritance Stele], store technical and other materials into the stele, and guide the believers to study."

"However, the speed of this enlightenment is extremely slow, and the effect is not as good as the [profession awakening altar]. Because the awakening altar can detect the potential vocational talents suitable for believers and maximize their usefulness, whereas enlightenment relies on the believers groping and learning on their own."

Fang Yun nodded. Cultivating vocations through enlightenment was indeed a method, and it should be the conventional one.

If he didn't have the help of his hidden talent, he probably would have chosen this method too.

Having obtained the answer he wanted, Fang Yun expressed his gratitude before leaving Teacher Feng's office.

Returning to the villa, Fang Yun checked the price of the [profession awakening altar] and was instantly dumbfounded.

80 million!

Right at this moment, a message from his desk mate Wang Xinrou also came through.

It was her home address.