71: Chapter 71 Wei Zheng Enters the Capital

Just as Fang Chuan was immersed in the immense joy of obtaining an artifact, the atmosphere in Yanjing, the capital of the Dragon Kingdom thousands of miles away, was exceptionally grave.

Late at night, a heavily guarded underground conference room was brightly lit.

This was the heart of the Dragon Kingdom's highest decision-making body; everyone sitting here was a heavyweight who could make the entire country tremble with a single stomp of their foot.

Yet at this moment, these bigwigs, who usually remained unflappable even if Mount Tai were to collapse before them, wore expressions of displeasure and confusion at being forcibly awakened from their sleep.

"Old Wei, you called us all here in the middle of the night—is it because the God Race in the Western Border is making big moves again?" an elderly man with white hair but a spirited demeanor asked, his tone laced with a hint of dissatisfaction.

The person addressed as "Old Wei" was none other than General Wei Zheng, the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Defense Military Region, who had just flown back from Jiangcheng on a special plane.

He was in full military uniform, dusty from travel, but his eyes were startlingly bright, showing no signs of fatigue.

Facing his colleague's inquiry, General Wei Zheng shook his head, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally landing on the middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table, whose face was dignified and naturally imposing.

The State Lord of the Dragon Kingdom, State Lord Qin Feng.

"State Lord, everyone," General Wei Zheng said in a deep voice, his voice not loud but clearly audible throughout the conference room, "I rushed back overnight because I have a major matter concerning the future of our Dragon Kingdom to report to you all."

Concerning the future of the Dragon Kingdom?

As soon as these words were spoken, the previously relaxed atmosphere in the conference room instantly tightened. Everyone sat up straight, and the sleepiness on their faces was swept away.

They knew General Wei Zheng's character too well; this General guarding the Western Border was known for his steady nature and never exaggerated. For him to use words like "concerning the future of the Dragon Kingdom," it had to be an earth-shattering matter.

State Lord Qin Feng raised his hand, signaling him to continue.

"I discovered a genius in Jiangcheng today." General Wei Zheng's opening statement was plain and unremarkable.

A genius?

Hearing this, the few bigwigs present furrowed their brows imperceptibly.

The Dragon Kingdom was vast and rich in resources, with a population in the trillions; how many geniuses emerged every year?

Someone who could be personally called a genius by General Wei Zheng must have exceptional qualities, but surely it didn't warrant calling them all up in the middle of the night for a meeting.

"Oh? What kind of genius could make you, Old Wei, go to such lengths?" Commander Huangfu Chongshan, a military heavyweight sitting next to General Wei Zheng, spoke up.

Commander Huangfu Chongshan was the current head of the Huangfu Family, a family of Celestial Gods. He was also a military giant who commanded another of the Dragon Kingdom's ace legions. His family had deep foundations, having produced more than one Celestial God, and his standards were naturally extremely high.

General Wei Zheng glanced at him, not answering directly, but instead dropping a bombshell.

"This young man possesses a special ability that can stably convert low-star followers into Five-star Believers."

Five-star Believers!

These four words perked up the bigwigs present.

They all understood the value of a Five-star Believer; each one had the potential to grow into a deity, serving as the core combat power of the Dragon Kingdom and the backbone force for resisting the God Race's invasions.

Although the Dragon Kingdom had mastered the technology to upgrade followers' star ratings, the success rate had always been a major problem.

Especially when pushing for five stars, the failure rate was extremely high, and every attempt required the consumption of massive resources.

A talent who could stably convert Five-star Believers was indeed worthy of attention.

But, it was only worthy of attention.

Who were the people present? They were the top tier of the Dragon Kingdom; their families or subordinates all had specialized institutions researching this, and even the Dragon Kingdom's Academy of Sciences possessed a national treasure capable of converting Eight-Star Followers.

A kid who could convert Five-star Believers, while certainly a talent, didn't seem to carry enough weight to alarm the State Lord and call them all here.

Commander Huangfu Chongshan's brows furrowed even deeper; he keenly sensed that General Wei Zheng hadn't finished speaking.

"Old Wei, you must have something else to say. Being able to convert Five-star Believers alone isn't worth such a big fuss."

General Wei Zheng nodded, his sharp gaze sweeping across the room again, and he said word by word: "This young man named Fang Chuan, during his eighteen-year-old awakening ceremony, had a Divine Kingdom potential measured at F- grade."

"What? F- grade?"

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

A wave of irrepressible exclamations instantly erupted in the conference room.

An F- grade Divine Kingdom was a recognized trash tier; it was difficult to even cultivate extraordinary followers, and the area of the Divine Kingdom was pitifully small, destined to collapse within a hundred years.

For someone possessing such a Divine Kingdom, even becoming a bottom-tier divine being was a pipe dream, let alone converting Five-star Believers—this was simply a fantasy!

"Not only that," General Wei Zheng completely ignored everyone's shock and continued to drop an even more astonishing fact, "According to his file records, he did not awaken any divine talents."

Commander Huangfu Chongshan, who was fiddling with a jade thumb ring, froze abruptly.

Several military giants retracted all their casualness, their gazes locked tightly onto General Wei Zheng's calm face.

No divine talent?

A young man with an F- grade Divine Kingdom and no divine talent, who could convert Five-star Believers?

"Old Wei, you… are you serious?" one bigwig's voice was somewhat dry; he truly couldn't connect these two diametrically opposed things, "How could a person without divine talent possess the ability to convert followers? This defies common sense!"

"Yes." General Wei Zheng's answer was resolute, "I didn't believe it at first either, so I personally tested him."

"He said he was lucky and discovered the ruins of an ancient Goblin Main God in his own Divine Kingdom. In the ruins, there was a special altar that can convert high-star followers."

"Impossible!" Commander Huangfu Chongshan immediately waved his hand, flatly denying it, "How could the Goblin race possibly give birth to a Main God? We have been fighting against the ten thousand races of gods for thousands of years and know these races like the back of our hands. The strongest in the history of the Goblin race were merely a few chieftains who reached the demigod level; they didn't even have a single true god!"

Commander Huangfu Chongshan's tone was very certain. The Huangfu Family he belonged to had a long heritage, and their family archives recorded countless secrets of the divine world; he had absolute confidence in his judgment.

General Wei Zheng smiled upon hearing this.

"Exactly, that's why I don't believe his nonsense about a 'Goblin Altar' at all."

He looked around at everyone, his eyes flashing with excitement and wisdom.

"I suspect that what he awakened is a second, growth-type talent that we have never seen before! A hidden talent that cannot be detected during the awakening ceremony!"

"Before advancing to a demigod, he told me that at best, there was only a probability of converting Five-star Believers. But tonight, just a few hours ago, he showed me a method to convert Five-star Believers with one hundred percent certainty."

General Wei Zheng's voice suddenly rose, carrying an irrepressible excitement.

"Oh, right, I forgot to mention one small thing to everyone."

"He is already a Tier 1 Demigod now."