141: Chapter 141 The County Magistrate's Shattered Dao Heart

A week passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, many of Lin Xiao's Divine Beings successively achieved a Breakthrough to demigod status.

Even the core Believers of Wang Tao and Su Xue were about to reach the limit of the Tier 3 Believer Realm.

After learning the news, Lin Xiao specifically asked for their opinions. In the end, Wang Tao expressed that he wanted to follow the path of Divine Cultivation and Cultivate the Law of Force.

Su Xue, on the other hand, decided to follow the path of a Spell Cultivator and Cultivate the Law of Ice.

As the ones who had followed him the earliest, Lin Xiao was very generous toward them. He directly bought them two complete Divine Artifacts, and their parents and friends were filled with excitement upon hearing the news.

Their Family was finally going to produce a demigod!

Before long, they might even become Deities!

By then, they might be able to establish a powerful Family just like the Chen Family or the Fang Family.

In addition to these Divine Being subordinates, the progress of his Deity subordinates was not to be underestimated. Meng Ning had already touched the threshold of the Second-order Deity Realm, and according to him, he would be able to successfully promote to a Second-order Deity in at most one week!

The other Deities were also progressing just as quickly. While their core Believers were increasing rapidly, the strength of their Believers was also steadily improving and was about to reach the Late Stage of the Golden Core Realm.

It was not just his subordinates; Lin Xiao's own progress was also rapid. Not only did he have as many as one hundred thousand Tier 3 Believers, but even his ordinary Believers, after undergoing Body Tempering with the Spirit Spring, had also advanced.

Millions of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Believers had emerged, and the number was still growing further.

Unfortunately, unlike the good news on his side, the progress on the Intermediate God's side was very unsatisfactory.

Currently, in the chat group, apart from him, the group owner, there were still only three lonely members, and these people were not very active in the group either.

If it weren't for the fact that the exclusive red packets he sent were all collected, Lin Xiao would have suspected that these people had forgotten this group even existed.

After a week of accumulation, he had finally accumulated 14 billion divine power points. It was time to contact the magistrate to purchase the [True God Spirit Puppet].

"Why did you think of contacting your uncle today, my dear nephew? Is it because some blind fellow is causing trouble in your temple again? Give your uncle a name, and I will definitely handle this matter for you!"

Following the continued operation of Lin Xiao's temple, the county was recovering rapidly from that great undead war.

With demigods and Deities having surplus divine power points on hand, consumption in the county had also become significantly more active.

According to the statistics from his subordinates, the tax revenue in the county this month could increase by about 20% to 30% compared to the past.

Even though Anping County was located in a remote area, the monthly tax revenue had always been maintained at around ten million. With this sudden increase of two to three million divine power points, Magistrate Mei Fang could skim quite a bit of profit by maneuvering things slightly.

The Federation had always turned a blind eye to this aspect. If you had the ability to develop the area well, it was only what you deserved to skim some profit from it.

If you developed the area unsatisfactorily and were caught by those above making small moves on certain matters, then when the punishment came down, don't go crying that you were innocent!

From these extra two to three million divine power points, Magistrate Mei Fang could skim at least two to three hundred thousand divine power points in profit.

It was precisely because of this that Magistrate Mei Fang's mood had improved quite a bit recently. After all, no one would complain about having too many divine power points, not to mention that Lin Xiao would send him "little gifts" from time to time.

Although they were called little gifts, they were all resources for the Soul Transformation Realm.

Facing such a worry-free and sensible nephew, who could not like him?

Listening to the reply from the magistrate on the other side, Lin Xiao smiled and exchanged a few polite words, then spoke with implied meaning.

"I wonder if it is convenient for you to talk, Uncle? Your nephew has some important matters to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Mei Fang immediately understood what Lin Xiao was talking about. At the thought of this, his heart could not help but burn with excitement.

Recently, although Lin Xiao had not been buying any big items, he frequently purchased "small items" worth tens of millions of divine power points.

With resources worth tens of millions of divine power points, even if he only skimmed a few million divine power points from it, it was enough to make him incredibly wealthy. Upon hearing this hint just now,

he immediately went into his own Divine Kingdom; there was nowhere safer than his own Divine Kingdom.

Although acting as an agent for purchases belonged to the unwritten rules tacitly approved by those above, it still had to be covered up. Being too blatant would make those above lose face, and even if it was an unwritten rule, he would still be punished.

"It is quiet now. I wonder what you want to buy this time, my dear nephew?"

"What your nephew wants to purchase this time is a [True God Spirit Puppet]! I wonder if it is convenient for you, Uncle? How long until it arrives?"

Magistrate Mei Fang was currently immersed in the joy of an impending harvest, and his mouth was much faster than his brain. Seeing this, he smiled and replied.

"Oh, so it is a [True God Spirit Puppet]. You just transfer the divine power points over, and Uncle will immediately..."

When he reached the end, his brain finally processed this information. His eyes suddenly widened, and his breathing became rapid in an instant.

The power of the Law within his body even went out of control for a moment.

His words could not help but carry a hint of sharpness.

"My dear nephew, you want to buy a [True God Spirit Puppet]? This is a top-tier resource worth 9 billion divine power points! Wouldn't it be a bit too early to buy it now?"

Although Lin Xiao had previously inquired about the [True God Spirit Puppet] and the [god-extinguishing ship] from him, he only thought it was due to the other party's curiosity.

It was just like himself; even if he couldn't afford those high-end, top-tier resources in the internal channels, he loved looking at these resources the most, and was even more familiar with their functions and prices than some people who could afford them.

What was Lin Xiao's strength right now? He wasn't even a demigod!

With such strength, you have already started wanting to buy a [True God Spirit Puppet]. If you become a demigod or a Deity, wouldn't you just go to the heavens?!

This thing is good, but if you just leave it there without being able to use it, isn't that just wasting divine power points for nothing?

These thoughts flashed through Magistrate Mei Fang's mind. The reason why he had these strange thoughts, a reason he himself was unwilling to admit, was: he was jealous...

It had taken him over two thousand years to Cultivate to his current Realm! Now, he had only barely caught a glimpse of the threshold of the Intermediate God Realm, and he didn't know how long it would take to truly touch it.

As for when he could be promoted to an Intermediate God, or if he could even be promoted, he didn't even have any certainty!

Just the requirement of needing five Third-order Deities as Subordinate Deities was a threshold that almost stumped the vast majority of Lower Gods who longed for advancement.

Having been able to advance to the Third-order, who wouldn't long to make a dash to become an Intermediate God?

Taking a step back, even if one wanted to defect, who wouldn't hope to be able to defect to a Divine Master with greater strength and influence?

In the God Realm, there were countless people like him who had been stuck at the Third-order Deity Realm for thousands of years, or even stuck until they fell!

Yet, for such a Realm that was beyond his reach, a younger generation Divine Being was asking to buy one?!

Just listen! He said he wanted to buy one!!!

Compared to Magistrate Mei Fang's age of over two thousand years, calling eighteen-year-old Lin Xiao an infant would not be an exaggeration.

Yet now, this very infant was about to possess the coveted object that he had not been able to possess despite a lifetime of effort.

How could you expect Magistrate Mei Fang to calm down? How could he not be jealous?

For a moment, he even thought about running away immediately after the other party transferred the divine power points! With these 9 billion divine power points, his certainty of becoming an Intermediate God could increase by several percentage points.

Of course, this delusional thought only flashed through his mind for a moment. After trying hard to calm down, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Is this what it means to be a child of a great Family? The pursuit of our entire lives is nothing more than a trinket from their childhood..."

At this moment, Magistrate Mei Fang's Dao Heart was truly shattered. He still remembered the shock he felt when he first went to a first-tier Star Domain and the yearning he felt when he saw the Divine Might of an Intermediate God.

At that time, although he was only an ordinary Second-order Deity with no background and no resources, he had never thought of giving up.

He firmly believed that one day, he would also be able to become an Intermediate God and establish a foothold in a super first-tier Star Domain!

But today, Lin Xiao's 9 billion divine power points had crushed Magistrate Mei Fang in an instant. A child of a great Family could casually buy a [True God Spirit Puppet] as a guard.

Did his own efforts really have any meaning?

After becoming an Intermediate God, did he really have hope of gaining a foothold in the nine super first-tier Star Domains? These questions, which he had once deliberately ignored, were now like poison.

Corroding his heart...