62: Chapter 62 A Fair and Upright Scheme

Seeing the unconcealed envy on the faces of the employees around him, Lin Xiao smiled and clapped his hands, signaling for everyone to look over.

"This workshop is partly because Pavilion Master Yan Yao's Believers have reached the necessary level, and partly as a thank you for him introducing all of you to me."

"But the rest of you don't need to be envious; I can make a promise to you here. As long as you work hard and perform well, I can help you buy relevant workshops."

"Not just workshops—if you perform excellently or make special contributions, I can even buy Divine Artifacts for you to place within your Divine Kingdoms for your Believers to gain insights from!"

"In short: I will never mistreat anyone who follows me!"

"My Lord, is what you're saying really true? I'm sorry, I'm just a bit too excited; after all, these things are truly a bit too precious..."

"What are you saying, kid? How could His Lordship joke about something like this? Didn't you see that Old Yan has already been bought a workshop?"

"Please rest assured, My Lord! I will put anything you entrust to me as my top priority and complete all your instructions without any compromise!"

Hearing Lin Xiao's promise, everyone was beyond excited. Spirit Rank workshops worth over a million, and complete Divine Artifacts worth millions.

To them, nothing was more enticing than these. At this moment, they almost wished something would happen so they could prove their loyalty to the boss!

Lin Xiao maintained the smile on his face as he answered the earlier employee's question.

"Since I've said it in front of you, I will certainly do it. But there are some things we need to state upfront to avoid any unpleasantness later."

"Whether it's the workshops or the Divine Artifacts, after they are bought, the ownership remains in my hands as long as you are working under me."

"You can continue to use these things, but once you have to leave due to some special reason, I will naturally take them back. I hope you can understand this point."

Whether it was on Blue Star or in the God Realm, Lin Xiao always believed that loyalty was inferior to interest. Only interest was the firmest contract in this world.

This move of his was an open and upright scheme: follow me and have everything, leave me and lose everything.

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did they not cause dissatisfaction among the employees, but everyone became even more excited instead.

"This is only natural. We are already incredibly grateful just to be able to use them. How could we dare to hope for Your Lordship to bestow them upon us permanently?"

"With the benefits Your Lordship is giving, I suddenly feel like a ten-year contract is too short. If I went somewhere else, who would be willing to give me such high compensation?"

Meng Ning listened from the side, his face full of shock. Was he sure this person wasn't the direct descendant of some Great Clan? Divine Artifacts? Was he serious?

If the other party really rewarded Divine Artifacts, Meng Ning felt that there might not be much need for him to go back and inherit some shop.

After all, millions of divine power points... if he were to save them himself, even if he became a manager, he didn't know how many years it would take to embez—cough, cough—save up enough.

As for the usage rights... as long as he didn't sell it or quit, what was the difference between this and his own?

Thinking this through, Meng Ning couldn't help but sink his consciousness into his Divine Kingdom and hand down a divine decree to his Believers: refine more Formation Flags.

Not just him, but the other employees also began handing down divine decrees to their Believers one after another. Previously, they had just wanted to hit the monthly quota on time.

Now they didn't think that way anymore; they wished they could rapidly explode production to show their faces in front of Lin Xiao.

Picking up the spirit wine in front of him and taking a sip, Lin Xiao noticed those few foreign races in the distance constantly glancing over toward him, as if they had something they wanted to say.

"You guys eat first. I have something to attend to and will be back in a while."

Watching the foreign races disappear along with Lin Xiao, a look of realization flashed in the employees' eyes.

"I didn't sense the aura of a foreign Divine Kingdom on His Lordship's person. Those few foreign races are truly presumptuous, still unable to recognize their place even at this stage."

"His Lordship seems a bit inexperienced in the ways of the world. Those foreign races probably think they can bully His Lordship because he doesn't understand these matters."

"If you ask me, His Lordship is still too merciful, to the point that these foreign races have lost their sense of rules. Is the restaurant a place they can just enter?!"

"After all, His Lordship spent a large sum to buy them, so it's normal to show them some appropriate care. I see that the Ape Race god's aura is weak; I estimate the situation of the Believers in his Divine Kingdom is worrying."

In the meeting room, after a sip of spirit tea, that strange feeling of slight intoxication instantly dissipated, and Lin Xiao's mind became much clearer.

"You seem to have something you want to say to me?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Cang knelt on both knees and respectfully kowtowed to Lin Xiao.

"This small god saw that Your Lordship hasn't mentioned the One-way Secret Realm Portal all day and felt a bit anxious. That's why I wanted to inquire about it."

"Oh? One-way Secret Realm Portal? What is that?"

Hearing this, Yan Cang immediately began to explain. Lin Xiao listened seriously, and a flash of realization and interest crossed his eyes.

If viewed from a gaming perspective, it was like opening an Instance for the citizens of his Divine Kingdom, with the other side being Yan Cang's Divine Kingdom.

Due to his relationship with Yan Cang, his Divine Kingdom's citizens could fight and train to their heart's content after entering the Instance. Once they encountered a life-threatening crisis, they only needed to shout once to leave.

It was equivalent to the God Secret Realm over at his villa in Anping County, and because it was one-way, Yan Cang wouldn't even be able to locate the coordinates of his Divine Kingdom.

This way, safety was also guaranteed.

"This small god's Divine Kingdom is barren, and the strength of my Believers has greatly decreased. In order to better serve Your Lordship's Believers, I ask that Your Lordship bestow some resources..."

Ling Yan, Qing You, and Yun Tong also spoke up one after another.

"We also implore the Master to open the One-way Secret Realm Portal."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao finally understood why Yan Cang had taken the initiative to mention it. It seemed the situation in his Divine Kingdom was likely even worse than he had imagined.

"Resources are easy to discuss; after all, I spent a large sum to bid for you. It would also be my loss if your realms dropped too severely."

"There's one more thing I'm not quite clear on. Can only one of these One-way Secret Realm Portals be opened? As you've seen, I have two Subordinate Deities here."

"There might be even more in the future, so I'm wondering if this teleportation can be opened more so they can also go in and train for a bit?"

Yun Tong kept her head lowered, her eyes glancing at Yan Cang beside her, a hint of worry appearing on her face.

Judging by this human junior's meaning, he wanted to turn the Divine Kingdoms of these foreign races into public secret realms.

If that were really the case, not only would they get no benefits, but the losses to their Divine Kingdoms and Believers would be even greater.

After all, sheep need time to grow wool; if too many people shear them, these "sheep" will eventually go bald.

When they lost their utility value, what would their end be? Ending up on the dinner table? Or being turned into Divine Weapons?

Sighing inwardly, Yun Tong didn't mean to blame Yan Cang. Even if they ignored the previous situation, this junior had now brought in a group of human gods from somewhere.

The matter of the secret realm couldn't be hidden for long anyway.

At the thought of that visible, terrifying future, her heart trembled and she felt suffocated. Although she knew such a day would come sooner or later...

When she could truly see it, her heart still felt an immense fear.

Even gods are afraid of death...