157: Chapter 157 The Arrival of Classmates

For him, today could be called a triple celebration: he had ascended to Demigod, and on the Intermediate God side, he had successfully signed a Death Contract.

Meng Ning and his classmates who were closer had taken the fastest starship and arrived in Anping County. Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others had already gone to receive them.

Lin Xiao valued graduates from Star Academy highly. After all, these people had passed the selection and assessment of Star Academy.

Although other major factions had overlooked them for various reasons, he wasn't picky. He had divine power points, and with their talent, that combination was invincible!

As a relatively remote star, other than the special resource Star Domain of Gods Graveyard, which the county had put great effort into establishing...

...Anping County simply hadn't built or opened any other cross-boundary teleportation Formations.

For one, Anping County didn't have any impressive local resources worth showing off, so there was naturally no need for the outside world to travel here via boundary Formations.

And as for the local residents, let alone that; their demand for boundary Formation transportation was so low it could almost be ignored.

With things being this way, Anping County naturally had no need to build cross-domain teleportation Formations. After all, the maintenance costs for such things weren't cheap for the county.

Therefore, if someone needed to come to Anping County, or if local residents needed to go to outer domains, they would generally contact these cross-domain transportation companies online.

Just after getting off the starship, the group of students who hadn't graduated long ago furrowed their brows.

"Although I had expected it before coming, isn't the concentration of Spiritual Qi on this star a bit too barren? In this environment, I'm suddenly feeling a bit of regret..."

"After all, this is a remote Star Domain far from the Federation center, and it's not even the directly administered star where the Domain Lord resides. Naturally, the environment and Spiritual Qi can only be like this. It's just unexpected that the environment here is actually worse than my hometown. I don't know how Old Meng and the others chose a place like this?"

"I've staked everything on this; I even quit my job in the first-tier Star Domain. If things don't go well here, I'll probably be drifting for a while again. I hope Old Meng isn't joking with me..."

Just as the dozen or so people were feeling vaguely worried about their future, Pavilion Master Yan Yao, Jiang Ling, and a group of other gods greeted them from afar.

"Damn, you guys arrived quite early. The transportation must have cost quite a few divine power points; after all, our place is indeed a bit remote. I'll have Old Meng reimburse your travel expenses later; that kid is doing well for himself now. His benefits make us green with envy..."

After Meng Ning successfully reached the Second Rank, Lin Xiao was not stingy. He very generously increased the other party's daily income from the original 30,000 divine power points to 150,000.

The quota for 50 Subordinate Deity positions was also raised to the God level, with a standard of 10,000 per person per day. He also indicated that they should see how it goes first. If it wasn't enough for daily consumption, he could add more.

Although Lin Xiao was always generous with divine power points for his subordinates, he also hoped they would use these divine power points where it mattered most.

Instead of wasting them, as long as there was a genuine need that helped improve their strength or Realm, he was never stingy or harsh.

In addition to the increase in divine power points, Lin Xiao even rewarded him with another complete Divine Artifact. As for Soul Transformation level resources, equipment, and Spiritual Artifacts, he provided everything without exception.

As direct subordinates, Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others naturally knew about the rewards after Old Meng's Realm improved. This stimulated them quite a bit.

Each of them was secretly competing, comparing to see who would be the second to reach the Second Rank.

Seeing Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others coming over, the students who had been complaining immediately stopped talking. They walked over with smiles, hugged them, and one student lightly punched Pavilion Master Yan Yao's shoulder, scolding him with a laugh.

"Not bad, Xiao Yao, your current aura makes me feel a sense of danger. It's like heaven and earth compared to when we just graduated; could it be that you're also about to reach a Breakthrough?"

Strictly speaking, this student's words were just casual pleasantries. It was similar to asking, "Have you eaten today?" as a greeting.

Regarding this greeting, Pavilion Master Yan Yao just laughed it off and brushed it aside.

"Ah, what are you saying? You know my situation, don't you? The Second Rank is still a long way off; it's not like Old Meng, who had been at the Peak of the First Rank for a long time.

Let's not talk about that; you must be tired after taking the starship for so long. We've already arranged a place, so let's eat first. We can talk while we eat."

They took the students onto a flying vessel and headed toward the hotel that had been arranged beforehand.

Although the hotel's environment, food, and lodging couldn't compare to the Divine Temple, it was considered top-tier given the environment of Anping County.

Even if placed in some second-rate Star Domains, while this environment wasn't the best, it was definitely not bad.

The average consumption at the hotel was basically 10 divine power points, not including accommodation; if one wasn't careful, the consumption level could easily exceed three digits.

Previously, this place was definitely a den of money-spending that only children of wealthy families could afford to visit. And it had to be those third-generation descendants most valued by their Families.

In the past, if wealthy Families had any events and needed to host banquets to build connections, they would choose this place. After all, although the virtual world was cheap...

...that thing was really eating for nothing. Besides being able to taste it, you couldn't absorb any of the Spiritual Qi from the ingredients themselves.

Only some newly rich descendants whose status had suddenly changed due to their talent would go to restaurants in the online world to show off.

These days, with the opening of Lin Xiao's Divine Temple, many gods felt the pleasure of revenge spending. As one of the most high-class establishments in Anping County...

...it naturally became everyone's first choice, which made the hotel change from its previous deserted appearance. Recently, business had been incredibly good.

As one of the most high-end hotels in Anping County, the environment was naturally perfected as much as possible. Not only was there a complete Spiritual Vein beneath the restaurant serving as an energy source...

...but the entire building's construction Materials also made extensive use of processed Golden Core Realm spiritual Materials.

In the top-tier Heaven-grade private rooms, the owner had even spared no expense to build them using Nascent Soul Realm spiritual Materials.

High-grade spiritual Materials were not only sturdy, but they also possessed excellent special effects like Gathering Qi, Locking Qi, Calming the Mind, and Focusing the Spirit.

"Whoa? This restaurant's environment is great! To have this kind of environment here, the cost probably isn't low, right? We're all classmates; let's just find a random place to eat. Isn't this a bit too extravagant?"

"Yeah, Xiao Yao, we're not outsiders. Things like pretending to be rich when you're not shouldn't be done. Wouldn't it be better to use these resources to Cultivate and improve your Realm instead of just satisfying your appetite?"

Strictly speaking, they had come here to seek refuge. They were the ones asking for help, and in their eyes, this meal that Pavilion Master Yan Yao considered simple...

...seemed a bit too grand to the classmates.

Even ordinary gods like Pavilion Master Yan Yao, who had lived through hard times before, had gradually changed their past consumption habits after staying by Lin Xiao's side for a long time.

After all, although he hadn't reached the Second Rank yet, he had a daily allowance of 30,000 divine power points. Including the 50,000 for his Subordinate Deities, he had 80,000 a day.

It was hard to make someone with a daily income of 80,000 divine power points care about food costing a few hundred or a thousand.

After all, in the Divine Temple, they could eat unlimited amounts of Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Realm Yao Beast meat every day. The ingredients and taste here were just so-so.

"You said it yourself, we're all classmates, it's just some food. Why so many formalities? Since you've come to our place, naturally, you should listen to my arrangements. Just eat and drink well; don't worry about anything else."

Just as they were talking, a man with a wealthy appearance and a warm smile on his face trotted over to them.

"Wealthy" wasn't just an adjective, but an objective fact. This manager was covered from head to toe in Magic Treasure-grade items.

On his ten gemstone rings of various colors, faint Law fluctuations were flowing. These rings were all cut from complete Law Divine Artifacts.

Each one had a completely different effect, although they were only single-use items. But from this, one could see the manager's immense financial power.

"Welcome, Lord Yan and Lord Jiang. The private room has already been arranged; please follow me this way..."