Looking at Li Youming's appearance, which seemed to be in his thirties,
Zhang Ronggui was filled with shock.
Speaking of which, Li Youming was actually two years older than him.
But now, when the two of them stood together, it felt like they were generations apart.
Truly, the grace of the gods is like the sea!
He sighed inwardly, but his face was solemn as he bowed to Li Youming:
"Temple Guardian, Zhang Ronggui, the village chief of Zhang Village, leads the villagers of Zhang Village to pay respects to Lord Zhang Yue. Our Zhang Village intends to merge into Four Seas Village!"
"Our Liao Village is the same!"
Liao Jinzhi, who looked middle-aged, quickly said.
"Haha—"
"Welcome to the joining of Zhang Village and Liao Village! From now on, you are all villagers of Four Seas Village, and your descendants will forever be blessed by Lord Zhang Yue!"
Li Youming laughed loudly and said.
He was also a little excited in his heart.
The four villages had been in this area for over a hundred years.
He never thought that today, he, Li Youming, would actually unite the four villages.
"Descendants will forever be blessed by Lord Zhang Yue!"
Zhang Ronggui, Liao Jinzhi, and the large number of villagers from the two villages behind them were all beaming with joy.
With the protection of a god,
in this world, they no longer had to worry about being eaten by demons one day!
Majestically—
a large number of villagers headed towards the Land God Temple.
Arriving near the Land God Temple,
each villager, including those from Four Seas Village, took out incense sticks, lit them, and respectfully bowed down.
"All the villagers of Four Seas Village thank Lord Zhang Yue for slaying the wolf demon and protecting us!"
Li Youming said loudly, kowtowing respectfully.
"Thank Lord Zhang Yue for slaying the wolf demon and protecting us!"
Li Deyang, Li Xiuwu, Chen Mazi, Chen Ergou, Zhang Ronggui, Liao Jinzhi, and all the villagers said loudly.
The sound was mighty, with a hint of solemnity, drifting far away.
… …
Inside the 'God Domain'.
Li Yue looked at the large group of villagers kneeling outside the Land God Temple.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He could feel—
that he had gained a large number of believers in just one day.
Moreover, the level of faith of many believers was increasing!
Slaying the wolf demon—this was the most powerful miracle.
It was also a major event that benefited all the villagers.
It even avenged the blood feud for a large number of villagers.
"A truly existing god, a god who slays demons for the villagers, a god who bestows blessings upon believers.
Who wouldn't want to believe in such a god?
Especially in this world where demons and evil spirits are everywhere."
He chuckled softly.
He opened the 'Believer Information' to take a look.
… …
[Believer Information]
[Daily Incense]: 1,694 strands
[Dao-level Believer]: 0 — Provides 100,000 strands of incense daily
[Heaven-level Believer]: 0 — Provides 10,000 strands of incense daily
[Saint-level Believer]: 0 — Provides 1,000 strands of incense daily
[Grade A Believer]: 4 — Provides 100 strands of incense daily
[Grade B Believer]: 62 — Provides 10 strands of incense daily
[Grade C Believer]: 665 — Provides 1 strand of incense daily
[Grade D Believer]: 91 — Provides 1 strand of incense every ten days
… …
"Eight hundred and twenty-two believers now.
The daily harvest of incense has greatly increased.
Almost every two days, I can condense three strands of divine power."
Li Yue said with satisfaction.
Moreover, he discovered that in addition to Li Youming, Li Deyang, and Li Xiuwu, there was actually another 'Grade A Believer'.
"Li Xiuling?"
"This is a young man who only received the blessing later. I didn't expect him to become a Grade A Believer so quickly."
He raised his eyebrows.
He had read Li Xiuling's life story.
Nothing special.
He was born in the village and never left.
His parents were farmers, and he had two younger brothers and a younger sister. As the eldest in the family, he naturally followed his parents to farm.
He was only twenty-three years old but looked almost like a middle-aged man in his thirties.
However, from the moment he became a 'Grade B Believer' and received his blessing, his fate had already changed.
Now that he had become a 'Grade A Believer', he was even at the forefront.
He took out the 'Land Register' and checked the information of all the 'Grade B Believers'.
Among them, there were six 'Grade B Believers' who had done a lot of evil.
These were believers that he would not consider blessing for the time being, unless they sincerely believed in him for more than ten years and did good deeds.
"Apart from the ten Grade B Believers who have received blessings,
there are still forty-six Grade B Believers who can receive blessings.
Among them, there are thirty-three elderly and middle-aged women, and the remaining thirteen are middle-aged men and young people."
Li Yue's eyes were calm.
He gently waved his hand.
One after another, first-order 'Blessing Divine Talismans' appeared beside him, shining with white light—
a total of eighteen talismans.
While the divine might of slaying the wolf demon still enveloped the villagers' hearts, he bestowed the divine talismans, which would surely make their faith even more devout.
Slaying the wolf demon was divine might like a prison.
Bestowing the divine talismans was divine grace like the sea!
Moreover, next—
Four Seas Village had to expand outward.
Only with more warriors could this task be better accomplished.
Currently in Four Seas Village—
including the two villages that had just merged, there were only nineteen warriors.
Moreover, three of them were elderly people with declining qi and blood and could no longer fight.
However, it didn't matter much.
As long as they obtained the first-order 'Blessing Divine Talisman' bestowed by him, their qi and blood would regenerate immediately, and they would become ten years younger!
Whoosh—
With a thought, these eighteen first-order 'Blessing Divine Talismans' instantly flew out of the 'God Domain'.
… …
Zhang Ronggui was very devout.
From the moment he saw the miracle appear and the wolf demon being slain, his heart was filled with devotion to Lord Zhang Yue.
When he was young,
his three older brothers and one older sister were all eaten by the wolf demon.
He hated the wolf demon to the core.
But after so many years, even martial artists from the county town had gone up the mountain and died at the hands of the wolf demon.
Now that he was old, the wolf demon was still there.
He had long since dared not think about avenging himself and was extremely afraid of the wolf demon.
Therefore, the first time he heard Li Youming say that he was going to enter the mountain to slay the demon, he didn't believe it.
In his heart, the wolf demon was too strong.
It was simply invincible!
But now—
the wolf demon was dead.
Slain by a god!
This fear of the wolf demon immediately turned into a devout faith in Lord Zhang Yue!
"Thank Lord Zhang Yue for slaying the wolf demon and avenging my loved ones…"
He was extremely grateful.
But at this moment—
he saw rays of white light flying out of the Land God statue.
One of the rays of white light instantly rushed into his body.
He 'saw'—
It was a white, shining divine talisman.
The divine talisman disintegrated, turning into a large amount of qi and blood power surging in his body.
In an instant—
he completed the third qi and blood transformation and the fourth qi and blood transformation.
His originally old body instantly became strong again.
Most of his originally gray hair turned black again, his loose skin tightened, and the strength all over his body soared!
"What is this…"
He looked at his hands in disbelief.
That terrifying power that far exceeded the past—was this him?
First-order limit?!
He looked around.
He found that there were still more than a dozen people in the crowd with surging qi and blood power, apparently having just completed more than one qi and blood transformation.
"This is the blessing of a god?"
"I was actually blessed by the great god?"
He muttered to himself, then bowed down to the Land God statue with incomparable piety and tears streaming down his face:
"Zhang Ronggui thanks Lord Zhang Yue for his grace! Zhang Ronggui is willing to dedicate this life to our God!"
At this moment—
he seemed to have light on his body.
It was as if he had found the meaning of life.
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