114: Chapter 114 My nephew is still the most sensible.

Comparing the prices, Lin Xiao realized that compared to the price Meng Ning had mentioned, the magistrate's side was clearly much cheaper. The most important point was that the magistrate didn't seem to mention any limits?

Did this mean that as long as he had divine power points, he could actually buy more of them?

According to Meng Ning, those True God Spirit Puppets were refined using the actual bodies of Intermediate Gods as raw Materials.

If he had one of those in his hands before, how could he have been chased to within an inch of his life by a Third-order Deity?

At over nine billion each, based on his current income, he could buy one such spiritual puppet in about six or seven days.

If he bought eighty or a hundred of them, wouldn't even enemies who were Intermediate Gods have to kneel before him in the future?

At the thought of this, Lin Xiao felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

"Since the Magistrate has gone this far, I naturally wouldn't dare to say anything else. These hundred thousand deities will be given double the treatment of Divine Guards as previously discussed."

"As for that Lord Intermediate God, I really don't know what kind of treatment to offer. I ask the Magistrate to enlighten me."

If it were up to Lin Xiao's original thoughts, a Third-order Deity would get 8,000 divine power points per month. For a fourth-order, he estimated that 12,000 to 15,000 should be about right.

But this person was a direct descendant of a great clan commanding a hundred thousand deities. 15,000 divine power points a month sounded almost like an insult.

Since he didn't know, he simply pushed this difficult question back to the magistrate. Since the magistrate was the one who brought it up, he must have some idea of the amount in mind.

When Mei Fang saw this reply, his face couldn't help but twitch. The subordinates alone added up to 300 million a month, so how much should their lord be given?

After thinking it over, he actually came up with a solution.

"Given the Lord's status, some ordinary resources would seem a bit vulgar. This time, the Lord is going to take his subordinates to the Xuanxu Star Region to assume office."

"Needless to say, the border is dangerous, and there will definitely be no shortage of battles. If you can provide the Lord with a batch of Spirit Treasures every month, it will definitely please him, even if the quantity is small."

This time, it was Lin Xiao's face that twitched. Spirit Treasures? That guy really fucking dared to ask!

Although the refining skills of Meng Ning and the other subordinates had improved a lot, to the point where they could even refine semi-divine weapons, strictly speaking, they could at most refine some top-grade Magical Artifacts.

Above Magical Artifacts are Magic Treasures, though there are pseudo-Magic Treasures like Talisman Treasures in between. However, things with a limited number of uses obviously cannot be used as proper weapons or armor.

And above Magic Treasures are Spirit Treasures. Right now, Lin Xiao didn't even know how much Spirit Treasures cost or where they were sold!

Because this stuff was also fucking classified as controlled Materials! He couldn't find any sellers online at all! And now the other party wanted him to provide a small amount of Spirit Treasures every month?

Isn't this fucking making things... Wait, hold on. The other party seemed to have just said that these kinds of resources could be purchased through internal channels? Does that mean...

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao quickly suppressed his urge to spit in the magistrate's face and asked with a smile in his voice.

"The Magistrate must also know that even if I wanted to gift Spirit Treasures, there's nowhere to buy them. Does what you mean imply..."

Seeing that Lin Xiao had finally caught on, a smile appeared on Mei Fang's face as well.

"You are correct, divine friend. If there is a need, by spending some divine power points, I can help you purchase and gather all of them."

"Although each piece ranges from several thousand to ten thousand divine power points, buying just a small amount—say, around a hundred pieces—won't actually cost too much."

Several thousand to ten thousand divine power points? A hundred pieces doesn't cost too much?

Looking at these replies, Lin Xiao felt an urge to crawl through the network cable and give him a good beating. Over a million divine power points a month, and you call that not much?

"Every month I give my subordinates... Uh?"

He suddenly remembered that for his First-order Deity subordinates, he seemed to give 30,000 a day, and counting the Subordinate Deities, it seemed to be around 80,000 a day...

Averaged out, a million divine power points was only about thirty-three thousand a day. That was only about three thousand more than what he paid his subordinates.

Thinking about it this way, it really didn't seem like too much?

Seeing that Lin Xiao hadn't replied for a while, Mei Fang also felt a bit awkward. Over a million divine power points a month was indeed not a small sum.

Even for him, the magistrate, adding up all his various sources of income, he actually only made several hundred thousand divine power points a month.

But he had no choice either. The Lord's hundred thousand subordinates got 300 million a month. If they gave the Lord too little on his end, they might as well not give anything at all. Either way, they would offend him...

He thought about how Lin Xiao had previously agreed to give him a ten percent cut. Not counting the Lord's share, this ten percent was estimated to be around fifteen to twenty million divine power points a month.

Should the million divine power points for the Lord be deducted from his own cut instead?

Mei Fang grimaced at the thought. He was truly reluctant to part with a million divine power points, especially since this was a long-term supply...

But then he thought that out of respect for him, the other party had already given 300 million, so squabbling over this million or so really didn't seem right...

Fortunately, before he could agonize his way to a conclusion, Lin Xiao had already given him a satisfactory answer.

"The Magistrate is still the most thoughtful. Let's go with your method then. I will transfer the required divine power points to you when the time comes."

"However, the resources for this Lord and his subordinates cannot be distributed daily. I can only transfer them on the first day of the following month..."

"Hahaha, don't call me 'Magistrate' or 'Lord' anymore. I have lived a few more years than you. If you don't mind, you can just call me Uncle Mei from now on."

"As for the settlement date, we'll do as you said and have it paid on the first day of the following month. The Lord is not in our Anping County."

"Settling it daily would indeed be a bit troublesome. If my worthy nephew has no other matters, I will go ahead and reply to the Lord now?"

"I wouldn't dare keep the Lord waiting for too long."

Seeing that the magistrate had changed how he addressed him three times in such a short span, Lin Xiao knew that the other party was extremely satisfied.

"Then I shall shamelessly claim this connection. Everything will be according to Uncle Mei's arrangements."

"Hahaha, if anyone is climbing social ladders, it is me. If you hadn't been born in Anping County, with my status, how could I have ever had the chance to get to know you, my worthy nephew?"

"Ahem, actually, your uncle still has one more thing to discuss with you..."

"Uncle Mei, if there is anything, please just give the word. Your nephew will not hesitate for a second!"

Lin Xiao immediately seized the opportunity to solidify this relationship. With this connection, even a powerful clan like the Chen family would have to think twice in the future.

When facing him, they would have to weigh the magistrate behind him, as well as that Intermediate God who was drawing a salary for doing nothing! He just didn't know if the Chen family would be able to find out about this.

Mei Fang seemed a bit embarrassed at this moment, but at the thought of those ten-million-plus divine power points every month, he quickly overcame his slight awkwardness.

"Ahem, didn't we agree on that matter earlier? Before, I was only thinking about doing things for the Lord and forgot to report it."

"If I mention it now, the Lord will inevitably misunderstand. So I was thinking we shouldn't trouble the Lord with this matter in the future. If the Lord asks..."

How could Lin Xiao not know that the magistrate didn't want to share with his superiors? He naturally wished for the other party to pocket all of it.

If the superiors found out, they would take the lion's share, leaving the magistrate without even a drop of soup. If so, how could he remain devoted to Lin Xiao's affairs?

As the saying goes, a distant official is not as useful as a local administrator.

He was naturally more than willing to let the magistrate pocket more.

"Uncle Mei, what are you talking about? Your nephew doesn't understand. What would the Lord even ask about in the future?"

Seeing how tactful Lin Xiao was, the last stone in Mei Fang's heart finally fell to the ground. He couldn't help but feel that people from great clans were indeed much better than the locals of Anping County.

People like the Chen family would beat around the bush and remind him from time to time after gifting some small things, acting as if they were terrified he would forget. Was a gift worth tens of thousands of divine power points really worth all that?

His worthy nephew was still the one most to his liking.

"Hahahahaha, your uncle was just muddled from being too busy. Since everything is fine, your uncle will go ahead and reply to the Lord first."