159: Chapter 159 The Settlement Gets More Terrifying As It Goes On

Some classmates truly couldn't resist, and after seeking permission from Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others, they started taking selfies with the table full of spiritual meals.

They then shared the news on their personal pages.

"Dining with old classmates. I'm so excited to see real Nascent Soul Realm spiritual meals for the first time! Taking a photo to commemorate this, @Pavilion Master Yan Yao. Thank you, old classmate. You've really spent too much today!"

"Eating Nascent Soul Realm spiritual meals for the first time; the taste really cannot be compared to the Golden Core Realm. Checking in to commemorate, @Jiang Ling. Thank you for your hospitality, old classmate."

Once their post went out, it immediately caused a stir among many classmates in the group chat. Many had tipped off friends in the group before coming.

It was just a precaution, though it didn't really serve much purpose.

Therefore, many classmates were actually paying close attention, wanting to know what the situation was really like on Meng Ning's side.

If the treatment was truly excellent, they wouldn't mind defecting over. And this batch of classmates who went over were their experimental lab rats.

Upon seeing these personal posts, they immediately started leaving comments below.

"No way?! Is this real? Nascent Soul Realm spiritual meals? How many divine power points must this cost! I've only seen them online. Why does it look even better in your photos than the ones on the internet?"

"I'm officially envious! Nascent Soul Realm spiritual meals... forget eating them, I haven't even smelled them before..."

"It seems Old Meng and his group have really made it big. They're actually willing to bring out such precious resources for a banquet? @Meng Ning, Brother Meng, are you still looking for people on your side? Is it too late to go now?"

Besides the envy, some classmates who had long ago concluded that this was a trap on Meng Ning's part had only one thought: This setup really cost them a fortune.

Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others, who were eating, hadn't paid attention to this for the moment, and the classmates who had finished taking their check-in selfies naturally had no time to chat online.

After all, with high-Rank spiritual meals in front of them, everything else could wait until they finished this meal!

In the end, the classmates didn't feel embarrassed enough to summon their Believers, so they just buried their heads and ate furiously. As the high-Rank spiritual meals were consumed, a rain of Spiritual Qi immediately began to fall within their God Realms.

Although this Spiritual Qi rain didn't provide significant improvements to their core Believers, it provided substantial benefits to the Believers who had not yet reached the Spirit Rank.

Fortunately, the preparations for hosting Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others this time were very thorough, with every one of the dozens of classmates having a portion of Nascent Soul Realm spiritual meal.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these spiritual meals looked like just a small plate; the net weight of the Nascent Soul Realm Yao Beast inside, after skinning and deboning, was actually several tons.

Some of the particularly large ones even had tens of tons of meat. Although gods are not ordinary people, they could finish even tens of tons of spiritual meals.

However, this would obviously consume too much time. After spending half an hour on the spiritual meals, everyone sought permission from Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others again.

In the end, all the remaining spiritual meals were packed up and sent into their God Realms. These high-Rank ingredients were only fit to be consumed by the top-tier Prodigies among their Believers.

Those with slightly worse talent wouldn't even be able to smell them.

This is the helplessness of ordinary gods; they can only prioritize their most talented Believers with limited resources.

And this often leads to a situation where the strong remain strong and the weak can never get ahead, just like the current God Realm: without talent, there is basically no hope of ever succeeding in one's lifetime.

After packing up all the spiritual meals, the classmates smiled at Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Please excuse our behavior, Old Yan. We really couldn't bear to waste such precious resources. If we were to eat it all, who knows how long it would take..."

"That's right. I'm not afraid of you laughing, Xiao Yao. I've only ever feasted my eyes on this level of resources online before.

This is the first time I've truly seen the real thing and eaten it. I have to say, high-Rank spiritual meals are the best. Both the taste and the Spiritual Qi are simply amazing!"

"After all, it's a Nascent Soul Realm Yao Beast. Each one requires at least over a thousand years of Cultivation from birth to adulthood.

Even if the God Realm accelerates this growth time, it still takes over three years. Not to mention the resources spent on its growth.

With such carefully cultivated high-Rank Yao Beasts, how could they not taste good?"

Raising Yao Beasts is actually not that different from cultivating Believers; it involves selecting the best-talented ones from the clan from a young age and nurturing them carefully.

The higher the Rank of the Yao Beast, the more exaggerated the feeding and time costs.

For the Golden Core Realm, it's a bit easier; a batch can be ready for slaughter in about three to five hundred years. But starting from the Nascent Soul Realm, it's a thousand-year minimum.

For the Soul Transformation Realm, three to five thousand years is standard, and the Void Refinement Realm above that is measured in ten thousand years. Even calculating with God Realm time, it still takes a full twenty-eight years!

If you're unlucky and the Yao Beast you're raising encounters a Bottleneck during its advancement, it's not impossible for it to get stuck for a few thousand years.

It is precisely because of such high feeding and time costs that the price of ingredients for high-Rank spiritual meals has always remained high.

The cheapest Nascent Soul Realm Yao Beast costs three to five thousand divine power points. If it's larger or of a special species, a single one can sell for over ten thousand divine power points.

If the Nascent Soul Realm is like this, let alone the Soul Transformation Realm or even the Void Refinement Realm, which is strictly prohibited from being sold online.

If Lin Xiao were willing to take the Yao Beast meat from the Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, or even Void Refinement Realms that he obtained from the settlement and sell it,

his daily income could skyrocket by billions!

Actually, it's not just Yao Beasts; resources like spiritual plants and spiritual ores are the same. The higher the Rank, the longer the growth cycle.

And this is the most terrifying part of Lin Xiao's Golden Finger. It's hard to tell with ordinary resources. The higher the Rank of the scarce resource, the more the terror of the settlement is reflected.

Resources that others need hundreds or thousands of years to Cultivate, he has every single day. If his situation were known by high-Rank gods, even the tiny group of people at the Peak of the God Realm would fight each other to claim him.

After serving the spiritual meals, the manager tactfully withdrew from the private room. He would not enter to disturb them unless summoned.

After the classmates exchanged polite pleasantries for a moment, they finally steered the conversation to the main business. They were willing to come over because they already had the intention to defect.

This incredibly sumptuous spiritual meal had pushed their thoughts to the Peak.

"Old Yan, we've been old classmates for so long, so let's skip the empty talk. Now that we're here, can you give us a straight answer?

After we sign the Slave God Contract, what exactly will our treatment be?"

Everyone just wanted to confirm one last time, preferably by having the treatment written into the contract. But they couldn't explicitly say that.

Wouldn't that give others the impression that they didn't trust them?

Jiang Ling and the others heard this, their faces maintaining a reserved smile. In the end, it was Pavilion Master Yan Yao who gently shook his head and began to explain.

"We really can't disclose the specifics; this was ordered personally by the Lord. Not to mention you, even if my parents were here, I couldn't tell them either.

However, there are some things we do need to say upfront. Strictly speaking, your coming here this time is not to defect to our Lord.

The Slave God Contract is not to be signed with the Lord, but with us. As for the treatment, you should be able to see something from this spiritual meal.

I can only say it will definitely exceed your imagination! I can also be honest with you all: the quota each of us has is not much.

A portion has to be reserved for parents and relatives. You are the first batch, and if there are no accidents, it will likely be the last batch.

There are over three hundred people in total, and the extra quotas we have are basically used up. Of course, there's no rush for this kind of thing; you can consider it more.

During this time, we have arranged food and lodging for everyone. If you decide not to stay in the end, Old Meng will reimburse your travel expenses for the round trip."

There was only a brief silence in the private room before a classmate immediately smiled and made a decision.

"If it were a stranger, I might still hesitate, after all, this is a Slave God Contract. But since it's signing with you, there's nothing to hesitate about.

After all, I've known you for so long, Xiao Yao. If I truly didn't trust you, I wouldn't have come. Come on, I'm ready."

These were naturally just polite words. What really made this classmate make up his mind was, on one hand, today's spiritual meal, and on the other hand, the fact that Pavilion Master Yan Yao and the others wanted to reserve quotas for their parents and relatives.

This is hard to fake; it can be verified by waiting for a period of time. Since they even want to bring over their parents and relatives, the treatment certainly won't be bad.

Since it has to be signed sooner or later, it's definitely better to express one's stance as early as possible.