17: Chapter 17 Strategic Building: Exclusive Forging Hall

Teacher Tong Qian, who was just about to leave, suddenly thought of something and paused.

"A month from now, our class will hold an internal diagnostic test. As your homeroom teacher, I will give a small reward to the top five students.

I hope to see your name among the top ranks when the time comes. Spend this time working hard to manage your Divine Realm and improve the strength of your Believers."

Seeing the teacher's figure disappear, Lin Xiao also gave a greeting to his two subordinates.

"Remember the task I gave you; do not let today's lesson affect you. Once the population count is reached, I will naturally arrange for the improvement of your Believers."

"We will strictly follow your instructions, my Lord."

After Lin Xiao's figure disappeared from the classroom, Su Xue suddenly let out a sigh.

"I used to naively think that even without talent, one could change everything through hard work.

If others take one year to ascend to Demigod, I would spend ten, a hundred, or even three hundred years.

But after listening to the teacher's lecture today, I realize how childish that idea was.

Throughout the tens of thousands of years in the God Domain, for ordinary gods like you and me without talent, just trying to break through to Demigod already exhausts everything we have.

And those geniuses who, in our eyes, are brilliant and radiant, having broken through to become gods at such a young age—they struggle so much in front of true prodigies.

Is there really any point for ordinary gods like us to keep working hard...?"

Wang Tao was currently scanning the virtual notebook in his hand, wanting to deeply imprint the content into his mind.

Hearing Su Xue's lament, he did not look up. His tone, however, had returned to its former firmness, just like yesterday when he made up his mind to become Lin Xiao's Slave God.

"If we were still our former selves, we would never have known such knowledge today, living our whole lives in a daze, striving for an unattainable goal.

But today, we have come into contact with fields we have never heard of or encountered before. How can this not be considered a form of progress?

We naturally cannot compare to the prodigies the teacher spoke of, but by working hard alongside our Lord, it is not hopeless to become an elite.

Isn't this what you and I were dreaming of just yesterday? The reason you are lamenting is simply because you have seen a higher mountain peak.

Precisely because of this, we should work even harder. We must advance in the direction of geniuses, and even prodigies."

Su Xue looked at Wang Tao carefully for the first time, and only when she made him feel a bit uncomfortable did she suddenly smile.

"You are right; we really should work hard. It didn't matter when we didn't know before, but now that we do, my goal won't be satisfied with just becoming an elite."

When Lin Xiao told them to increase their Divine Realm population to 400 million yesterday, they felt uneasy thinking about how they would wake up every day owing over 100,000 faith points to their Divine Realms.

After listening to the teacher's lesson today, their uneasiness completely vanished. It was only a hundred thousand-plus faith points a day; let alone prodigies, it wasn't even a drop in the bucket compared to what geniuses consumed.

Take the powerful families like the Chen family; even if their descendants had no talent or were illegitimate, the family would still provide them with a large amount of faith points for a long time.

These faith points naturally couldn't compare to those of the direct-lineage geniuses in the family, but they were still resources that ordinary gods like them could never reach.

The Lord was, after all, an illegitimate son of the Lin family on Xuanyuan Star. With such status, it was normal for him to possess a sum of faith points that they couldn't comprehend.

After less than a single day, their nerves had been tempered to become resilient.

They stopped thinking about the behavioral logic and resources of the descendants of great families. Just like the prodigies the teacher spoke of, even if they knew about them, they couldn't understand them.

In the public rental housing, as Lin Xiao logged off, the virtual helmet began to deform. In a moment, it returned to its compact form, resembling an ordinary pair of headphones.

"Tsk, prodigies. I suppose the direct descendants under T0 powers like Star Academy must be at this level.

I must aim higher from now on; the subordinates I cultivate in the future must also be of the prodigy sequence.

Otherwise, when we fight in the future, if one of them can beat a whole group of my side, that would be too embarrassing."

Thinking about the massive amounts of various pills, potions, and the like needed in the future, Lin Xiao began to browse the shopping section again.

This time he had a goal, locking onto the topics taught by the teacher earlier. He searched within the four keywords: foundation consolidation, origin expansion, meridian clearance, and physical tempering.

Adding detailed keywords like 'building,' the shopping section quickly filtered out a large number of structures for him.

Aside from the B-grade secret refining furnaces named after various pills and potions, higher-level special structures appeared this time.

"Exclusive refining hall (A-Grade): Strategic Building: Market Guidance Price: 100,000 Divine Power Points (100 million faith points equals one Divine Power Point)"

"Description: Medium-scale refining workshop, professional craftsmen with reasonable division of labor, stable mass production of standard consumables below the Deity level.

While meeting the internal needs of the faction, it can also have a small surplus for external sale and trade. It is one of the essential key infrastructure units for small and medium-sized factions."

"Special Note: Out of stock. If you have a demand, you can place a buy order in the trading module. The system will match you with a preferred seller."

"Hiss! My goodness? 10 trillion for this so-called refining hall? So many faith points.

Can a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Deity afford this? Does the 'small and medium-sized faction' mentioned here refer to the likes of the Chen family? Medium? Small? Faction?"

Looking at the description about being able to meet the internal needs of the faction, Lin Xiao gulped.

If it can satisfy the entire Chen family, wouldn't my resources simply overflow with the few kittens I have right now?

If this thing settles, how much of a reward would it give me per day? The secret refining furnace already gives ten bottles a day; this hall is worth 10 trillion.

Wouldn't it give him tens of thousands of bottles of pills a day? Unable to hold back his curiosity, Lin Xiao tried to contact the seller that was marked as out of stock.

"Hello, would it be convenient to learn about the production capacity and other more detailed information regarding your refining hall?"

One minute, three minutes, a full ten minutes passed. Just as Lin Xiao was wondering if the other party was offline, the seller finally replied slowly.

"Hello customer, we do not have relevant stock on our side for the time being. Please feel free to inquire again when we have stock."

Meanwhile, in a distant and prosperous galaxy, a Tier 2 Deity glanced at the virtual projection in front of him with disdain.

He decisively blocked the customer, who was displayed as a Divine Being.

"These bumpkins are so annoying. Can't they see the price? A selling price of 10 trillion and it's out of stock; don't they get it?

They like to ask about everything, regardless of whether they can use it or afford it. Can't this trading module release a blocking function?

Can't we have anti-harassment for these ordinary gods who clearly have no purchasing power?"

Just as this deity was full of impatience for his work, a new dialog box appeared before his eyes.

A dazzling identity badge appeared behind the customer's avatar: [Star Academy (Luo Family Third Generation Direct Lineage: Luo Li)]

"Is your store's Exclusive refining hall out of stock? When will the next batch arrive? If the wait isn't too long, I would like to reserve one."

The Tier 2 Deity who was just full of impatience immediately wore a fawning expression on his face, even though the other party couldn't actually see him.

"Respected customer, hello. If you are really in a hurry, we can negotiate with the headquarters to spare one for you. It's just that, regarding the price..."

"300,000 Divine Power Points. I want it now."

"Okay customer, please pay the full cost of the item first. We will expedite the processing for you as soon as possible and ship it to you within an hour at the latest.

A friendly reminder: once the fee is paid, even if you change your mind halfway, our store does not support returns for any reason unless there is a major quality issue."

"Ding, Gods Savings reminds you: the company account has received 300,000 Divine Power Points in full. According to the remitter's request: if the goods are not received within one hour, you will be subject to double the penalty."