138: Chapter 138 We can sleep on the floor

Shi Mu's settlement of divine power points for a single day was already enough to cover all the monthly expenses for himself and the one hundred thousand deities under his command.

Counting the rewards for himself and his legion of one hundred thousand deities, Lin Xiao's daily income had actually reached 2.4 billion divine power points.

It was precisely because of the terrifying revenue of an Intermediate God that he yearned for that realm even more.

Naturally, he put the large amount of high-grade resources he had saved up to good use. For places like the reception hall, Lin Xiao didn't put much thought into them.

The rooms on the second floor arranged for his deity-level subordinates were where he had put in the most effort. Spiritual Veins, Formations, and various types of spiritual wood and spiritual ores of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Most importantly, based on the Laws of his deity subordinates, Lin Xiao placed a complete Divine Artifact in each room!

As for Law fragments, he was even more generous in bestowing them.

Not only these deities, but even Hu Rong and the other newly Breakthrough demigods had a complete Law Divine Artifact bought for each of them by Lin Xiao after he consulted their opinions.

Once they made their Breakthroughs, these Divine Artifacts would be officially gifted to them. Later, Lin Xiao would buy them another set to place in their respective rooms.

Under his outrageously lavish investment, even deities like Pavilion Master Yan Yao and Jiang Ling saw their strength improve rapidly.

Among them, Guan Hong and Jiang Meng were the fastest; neither of them had ever been so wealthy in their lives! Blessed by two exclusive Divine Artifacts of the Law of Destiny and the Law of Time.

It was as if they had divine assistance. In just a few short days, each of them gained hundreds of core Believers, causing their strength to skyrocket.

This was only because Lin Xiao was able to block any news from leaking. Otherwise, if the outside world knew about the treatment here...

...even the heads of those Families might fight each other just to work as his subordinates!

The moment Lin Xiao's figure appeared in the conference hall, the ongoing discussions and voice transmissions instantly vanished, and all eyes turned to him.

As he sat down in the main seat, a cup of spiritual tea instantly appeared in Meng Ning's hand beside him. It was also made from a life law fragment and spiritual liquid through a special process.

"I am very pleased to meet you all. I hope we can get along well during the next four-plus years.

The Divine Beings will be managed by Hu Rong, Wang Tao, and Su Xue in rotation from now on, mainly handling chores within the temple.

As for the Elders and consecrators, they will be divided into groups of ten, specifically in charge of reception and resource exchange in the temple. I will leave this to Head Steward Meng Ning. You can arrange five people to act as group leaders.

The responsibility of the group leaders is to count the resources of the day to ensure there are no mistakes. Let's arrange it this way for now. Do you have any questions?"

Hearing this, the deities fell silent for a moment. Then, someone spoke up to ask.

"May I ask what our daily benefits are? And what is our monthly salary?"

"My Lord, you only arranged our tasks just now. What about those foreign demigods? Can we be provided with some assistants?"

Hearing these two questions, a look of surprise appeared on Lin Xiao's face, and he looked at the deities with a puzzled expression.

"Benefits? Monthly salary? Shouldn't you be asking your Families for those? If I remember correctly, the previous bet didn't mention that I would be responsible for these.

Of course, our temple is a proper organization. Our employees' spiritual meals and monthly wages will certainly not be lacking.

According to the county's average, deities get 1,000 divine power points per month. As for Divine Beings, they get 1,000,000 faith points per month.

As for daily meals and accommodation, the temple doesn't have extra space. We can find a nice hotel nearby for you.

If you perform well, you will naturally get better benefits. But if you perform poorly... then don't blame me for assigning you heavier tasks.

As for your question about the arrangements for those foreign demigods? That is none of your concern. Just complete the work at hand."

Just from their aura, Lin Xiao could already feel that there was something wrong with those demigods. Not to mention their numb and lifeless expressions, he planned to look into their situation in a bit before deciding on anything else.

The fifty Elders and consecrators were clearly unsatisfied with his arrangements. The Elder who had previously asked about the benefits spoke up again.

"My Lord, isn't this arrangement a bit inappropriate? After all, the temple pays First-order Deities 1,500 divine power points per month. We are working for you, yet we only get 1,000?

And on top of that, there's the issue of accommodation. For you to say the temple doesn't have enough rooms, isn't that being too dismissive?"

Spatial technology was not some incredible cutting-edge technology in the Divine Domain. Almost any decent residence would make use of it.

For example, the reception hall in the front, which was large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of guests, used spatial technology. Saying there wasn't enough space in the temple now—wasn't that obviously brushing them off?

If it were before, they wouldn't have minded staying outside. But after carefully observing everything in the reception hall, they no longer thought that way.

Whether it was the Spiritual Veins or the Soul-Soothed Wood, these were extremely precious resources to them. When there was clearly a better place, why should they go sleep in some "shabby place" outside?

Glancing at the deity who spoke, Lin Xiao maintained his standard faint smile.

"You are only here to work because you lost the bet to me. If you are unsatisfied with this salary and accommodation...

...then go back and have your Families and factions send someone else who is satisfied. As newcomers to the organization, you are only worthy of your current treatment.

If you want more and better benefits and wages, then perform well."

After saying this, Lin Xiao stood up and gave instructions to Meng Ning beside him.

"I'll leave this place to you. If there are any who refuse to comply with management, you can handle them as you see fit. Only come to me if there is something you really cannot resolve."

"Please rest assured, My Lord. Your subordinate will handle this beautifully, and there won't be a single slip-up."

Was this a joke? Slip-ups were impossible! If they didn't behave, a good beating would set them straight. If one beating wasn't enough, then two! They would eventually learn to behave.

For Meng Ning, who was about to step into the realm of a Second-order Deity, these ordinary deities were simply not worth his concern.

After all, he was a graduate of the Star Academy. Who among those who could successfully graduate didn't have a few tricks up their sleeve?

It was only when compared to the Geniuses and Prodigies within the same academy that they seemed ordinary.

If they were in a remote star like Anping County, let alone Meng Ning, any other deity-level subordinate could easily take on ten of them at once!

They only acted respectfully in front of Lin Xiao. If anyone dared to act up with them, they would pluck out all their thorns and stick them right back in one by one!

Seeing that Lin Xiao was about to leave, a Divine Being suddenly gathered the courage to shout. The voice wasn't very loud, but it was enough for Lin Xiao to hear.

Stopping in his tracks, he turned to look at the Divine Being who had spoken.

"Do you have questions as well?"

It was one thing for the deities, but even these Divine Beings had issues? Did those Families and factions send nothing but troublemakers?

Keenly sensing the impatience in Lin Xiao's voice, the Divine Being didn't dare to delay and quickly spoke up.

"My Lord, you misunderstand. We don't have any issues. We just wanted to ask if we could avoid staying outside. We can just sleep on the floor here in the conference hall.

If you need to receive guests, My Lord, we will absolutely clean everything up and only return after you are done... What do you think?"

Even the deity-level Elders were shocked by the reception hall. Although these Divine Beings couldn't fully comprehend its secrets...

...just the sheer density of the Spiritual Qi alone was enough to make them unwilling to leave. No matter how good the outside was, could it possibly compare to this place?