147: Chapter 147 The White Jade Pendant as a State Gift! The Human Lord Kneels

As soon as they saw the scene inside, the worldviews of these Tier 6 powerhouses were completely shattered.

The top-tier resources that the major clans in the outside world treasured as heirlooms were actually thrown around everywhere in Lin Feng's wilderness like the cheapest broken stones!

Is this even a place for people to stay!

This is just too discouraging!

Lin Feng didn't pay any attention to these executives who had been stunned into stupidity.

With a shift of his consciousness, he locked onto Tang You's exclusive territory.

"Open the door, I'm coming in to take a look." Lin Feng said, turning his head on the sofa.

"Oh... okay!" Tang You's cheeks flushed, and she quickly released the defensive restrictions on the spatial barrier.

Lin Feng's divine sense entered smoothly.

Looking around, the environment of Tang You's territory was quite well-maintained, with virgin forests full of birdsong and fragrant flowers, and endless vast grasslands everywhere.

It looked vibrant and full of life.

Currently, the territory was guarded by two Tier 6 Phantom Color Spirit Dragons and one Tier 6 Cervitaur King.

Because they had spent years staying with Bai Ze and the Azure Dragon, these units had been somewhat imbued with the aura of ancient great beasts.

Their combat capability was significantly stronger than wild monsters of the same tier.

The Cervitaur race had even inherited Bai Ze's passive ability of strong luck, with various luck bonuses appearing one after another.

"The foundation is quite solid, it's just that the overall combat power is a bit thin..."

After reviewing Tang You's assets, Lin Feng muttered softly.

If this were heard by the loose players outside, they would surely be so angry they'd vomit blood on the spot.

Tang You naturally couldn't compare to a freak like Lin Feng, but in the circle of ordinary Tier 6 Deities, possessing such a lineup could definitely be considered a dimensional reduction strike.

Especially those two Spirit Dragons that carried a bit of the Azure Dragon's bloodline; they could hardly find an opponent among magic-type units of the same tier.

"Take these Tier 6 scraps to level up your soldiers; hurry up and get your combat power up."

As Lin Feng spoke, he opened his system backpack and, like dumping trash, scattered twenty or thirty Tier 6 elemental cores downwards.

"Keep this pile of Tier 7 ones for yourself to break through your Deity rank; rush to Tier 7 as soon as possible."

Immediately after, he grabbed another handful of Tier 7 crystals, fully a dozen or more, and smashed them down toward the grassland below like hail.

Tang You: "????? "

Watching the crystal rain falling from the sky.

Tang You was completely petrified.

The Tang Family Chamber of Commerce had spent decades of painstaking effort, casting nets across the entire universe, just to barely manage to find one Tier 7 Metal element core.

Yet in Lin Feng's hands, this thing was as worthless as dirt clods on the side of the road?!

Looking at the top-tier crystals rolling all over the ground.

At this moment.

The common sense and worldview that Tang You had built up all this time suffered an unprecedented, devastating blow.

...

Looking at the brilliant origin cores on the table, Tang You was completely in a daze.

"Take them. Haste makes waste. Refine and absorb them slowly; don't be overly eager for success."

Lin Feng waved his hand, his tone very flat, preparing to turn around and end this conversation.

Giving this much at once?

Increasing strength too quickly isn't good, and requires an adjustment period?

Listen to that, is that human talk! The high-tier cores that people fight tooth and nail for on the market are, in Lin Feng's words, as worthless as Chinese cabbage.

Tang You parted her red lips, a thousand words stuck in her throat, and she couldn't force a single sentence out.

Because she couldn't think of any vocabulary that could repay this kindness, which was greater than the heavens.

"Ding! A human city-state has selected the Azure Dragon as its faith totem!"

"Ding! A Goblin merchant group has selected Pixiu as its faith totem!"

"Ding! A ..."

...

Just in the gap while Lin Feng was carefully instructing Tang You on how to maximize the absorption of the medicinal effects.

A series of crisp electronic sounds suddenly rang out densely in the depths of his mind.

Harvested faith energy again?

Lin Feng's brows moved slightly; he immediately withdrew his divine sense and descended back into the Chaos Territory.

Looking around, he saw that on the vast land, merchant caravans fully loaded with goods had appeared out of thin air.

They were riding various mounts, shuttling between the major tribes, conducting bustling cross-plane trade.

What exactly was going on?

Lin Feng, feeling a bit curious, cast his gaze toward the sky above the Dwarf empire.

This Dwarf city-state was precisely the place where he had just dropped the treasure-gathering divine basin not long ago.

After a careful investigation, the truth became clear.

It turned out that while Lin Feng and Tang You were talking, a Goblin merchant group under the Tang Family Chamber of Commerce had successfully snuck into the Chaos Territory and directly visited the Dwarf Kingdom.

Goblins and Dwarves were both races born with a love for money. As long as there was money to be made, it was absolutely impossible for them to fight.

For these rare guests who had come from afar, the Dwarf King personally hosted a banquet and was exceptionally enthusiastic.

The Goblin merchant group brought exquisite silk from the outside world, special spirit wine, and many scarce resources that had not yet been produced in the Chaos Plane.

In exchange, the Dwarf King also generously brought out top-tier spirit crystals and special ores mined from underground.

Between different planes and different species, they exchanged what they had for what they needed.

To be honest, this was the first time Lin Feng had witnessed such a grand occasion of cross-plane trade with his own eyes.

After a bout of bustling trading, not only was the species diversity within the Chaos Territory enriched, but some overflowing surplus resources also circulated to the outside world through the hands of the caravans.

This kind of commercial interaction could not be directly converted into combat power values on paper.

But it could produce an even more heaven-defying chemical reaction—catalyzing the advancement of civilization!

Trade is always the strongest engine driving the wheels of civilization.

The Dwarves, who previously only knew how to wear animal skins and swing iron hammers, after changing into silk and brocade, saw their entire race's civilization level advance rapidly in a way visible to the naked eye.

The higher the degree of civilization, the smarter the believers' brains, and the greater the faith essence that could be squeezed out, naturally!

Of course, the surprises brought by trade were far more than that.

After being wined and dined, the Dwarf King excitedly took the Goblin representatives to visit the Pixiu sanctuary buried deep underground.

In the very center of the altar, the treasure-gathering divine basin was radiating a breathtaking golden light of wealth.

The group of Goblin merchants saw this divine object, their eyes glowing green, and even their breathing became rapid.

What was even more magical was.

The closer they got to the treasure-gathering divine basin, the more the Goblins felt their internal spiritual power churning.

Their own cultivation realms actually started to soar automatically!

A mysterious and vast power was attempting to merge into their meridians.

As long as they didn't actively resist, this power would continuously cleanse their marrow and bones, forcibly raising their strength.

Facing such an opportunity to get something for nothing, only a fool would refuse!

After this group of Goblins completely absorbed the energy overflowing from the artifact.

The system's notification sound also rang out simultaneously.

"Ding! Seventy-two Goblins have voluntarily converted into fanatical believers of Pixiu!"

Hearing the broadcast, Lin Feng's spirit was suddenly invigorated.

He hadn't expected that the exclusive artifact actually came with a built-in cheat function for forced proselytizing!

As long as they approached the artifact, any creature that was stained with the Deity's aura would be covered by this imperceptible power.

As long as they accepted the blessing, they would automatically be branded with the totem, turning into high-quality leeks providing faith.

Feeling the surging power in their bodies, the Goblin merchant group was completely stunned.

Not only did their strength increase, but they even comprehended a trace of Pixiu's wealth-generating talent!

Looking at the shocked expressions of these outsiders.

The Dwarf King laughed loudly, taking the opportunity to recount the great deeds of Pixiu's blessing.

This was the True God their race currently worshipped; as long as one was sincere, the Deity was never stingy with rewards.

After listening to this sermon, the Goblin leader's heart surged, and he made a decision on the spot, willing to trade the entire assets of his merchant group for this divine object in the sanctuary.

The Dwarf King naturally refused flatly.

There was only one such artifact in the whole world, and it was a holy object bestowed by the Heavenly God; even if they traded their lives for it, it was impossible to hand it over.

However, although he could not part with the genuine article.

The Dwarf King very generously gifted a high-imitation stone carving of the treasure-gathering divine basin in return.

Only at this moment did Lin Feng notice.

Around the base of the treasure-gathering divine basin, there were actually hundreds or thousands of identical stone carving imitations arranged.

These high-imitation goods had been soaked in the artifact's aura for a long time, and more or less had been imbued with a trace of extraordinary power.

Although they couldn't compare to one ten-thousandth of the genuine article, they were absolutely perfect for use as proselytizing tokens.

The Goblin merchant group treated it like a treasure, returned fully loaded with the imitation, and sped back to their own nest.

One passed it to ten, ten passed it to a hundred.

After just a few days of fermentation, the entire Goblin nation knew of Pixiu's supreme prestige.

The entire country naturally declared Pixiu as their highest faith!

This was also why, just now when Lin Feng was chatting with Tang You, the notification sounds in his mind had been ringing non-stop.

The proselytizing methods of the other several divine beasts were basically the same.

Another human merchant group from the Tang Family Chamber of Commerce visited the Holy Radiance Empire.

The White Kingdom's monarch entertained them enthusiastically, and the two sides exchanged scarce goods.

When leaving, the White Kingdom's monarch gifted a jade pendant stained with Bai Ze's holy light as a national gift.

After this merchant group returned to their station, the jade pendant was directly presented to the local human lord.

"What pure power of laws! Obtaining this holy object is enough to protect my entire race from decline for ten thousand years!"

This human lord was greatly alarmed and delighted, was conquered by the holy light on the spot, and immediately announced his conversion into a loyal believer of Bai Ze.

Not many days later, he even broke ground to build a sanctuary, and the whole country worshipped Bai Ze!

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Looking at the rapidly skyrocketing faith progress bar, Lin Feng marveled inwardly.

He really hadn't expected that an artifact could actually be used as a mobile base station for proselytizing.

This unexpected discovery caused a flash of inspiration to suddenly cross Lin Feng's mind.

Recalling the fanatical worship of their own totems by the Deities of hostile nations.

The Blood Moon Empire's yasakani no magatama, the Great Xia Alliance's Starry Sky Dragon Pearl...

All the clues connected instantly, and the underlying truth of the universe was revealed!

The quality of the artifact depended entirely on the bloodline level of the core divine beast.

The purer the bloodline, the stronger the artifact created.

What was even more deadly was that these totem artifacts had to be personally nurtured by the biological entity itself!

What the outside Deities projected into the territories were merely empty-shell avatars.

In this way, the carriers acting as the medium for harvesting were the guardian divine beasts of the major empires!

The top-tier divine beasts worshipped by the major empires of the Main World were all living entities kept in captivity by True Gods!

Through these entities, the True Gods distributed avatars and artifacts to all low-tier Deities, thereby spreading the faith network.

From the lowest commoners to high-tier Deities, and even the entire exclusive plane...

All living beings in the universe were merely feed kept by True Gods in a pigsty!

Layer upon layer of exploitation, ring after ring of harvesting, and all the final proceeds flowed into the True Gods' pockets.

Thinking through this farm logic that was terrifying to contemplate, Lin Feng broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, he was a transmigrator without a faith brand, otherwise, he too would have become fish meat on someone else's chopping block, sold by others and still counting money for them.

"Today's brazen robbing of business must have already attracted the attention of the higher-ups."

Recalling the scene of being swept by the Tier 9 pressure earlier, Lin Feng's eyes became incomparably sharp.

The True Gods of the Main World must have already detected the existence of a heretic like him.

It was just that due to some unknown reasons, they hadn't issued an order to eradicate him yet.

As long as he was still living under the nose of the Main World, his safety would never be guaranteed.

He must seize every second to become stronger!

Before he completely stepped into Tier 9 and possessed the capital to flip the table, he must maintain absolute low profile and must never easily expose his trump cards again!