Li Youming looked at Zhang Ronggui, Chen Mazi, and Liao Jinxian in surprise.
These three were of the same generation as him, and all were martial artists who had completed two transformations of Qi and blood.
In the past—
Li Youming, Zhang Ronggui, Chen Mazi, and Liao Jinxian were the pillars of the four villages.
"I didn't expect that they could all receive Lord Zhang Yue's blessing."
"It seems these old guys have a very devout belief in Lord Zhang Yue."
A smile appeared on his face.
But thinking about it, it made sense.
As the pillars of the villages, they bore the greatest pressure.
The safety of the villagers rested on their shoulders.
Now that Lord Zhang Yue has manifested his power and killed the wolf demon, their faith is naturally devout!
Afterward—
He looked at Li Xiuwu and Li Xiuling again.
These two were the only believers who had received two blessings.
Now they have both become 'Body Refinement Realm' martial artists at the peak of the first rank.
"To be able to receive two blessings—"
"Their piety towards Lord Zhang Yue is probably close to mine..."
He guessed in his heart.
He was only happy about this and had no other thoughts.
The more devout the villagers' faith, the more successful his work as a temple priest would be.
"Now there are six first-rank peak martial artists and twenty-six first-rank middle-stage martial artists in the village."
He scanned the thirteen new martial artists among the villagers, feeling joy in his heart.
So many martial artists—this was something he never dared to imagine in the past.
Previously—
The four villages together had only eight martial artists.
Basically, each village had one elderly martial artist and one middle-aged martial artist, and the new generation had not yet been cultivated.
But now—
There were so many more!
All of this was due to the grace of Lord Zhang Yue.
And in the future—
He believed that more villagers would receive Lord Zhang Yue's grace and become martial artists!
… …
Late at night, all was silent.
Li Yue walked out of the "God Domain" and stood on the ground.
He looked at the clear crescent moon in the sky with a calm expression.
He gently raised his hand.
The surrounding moonlight gathered and formed a strand of even brighter moonlight in his hand.
"In myths and legends, demons can devour the essence of Primordial Moon to evolve."
"Judging from this strand of moonlight, myths and legends are not groundless."
"This strand of moonlight does contain a kind of cold energy."
"It's just—"
He looked at his "Territory."
Immediately, within the scope of his "Territory," all the moonlight gathered and fell into his hand.
But even if all the moonlight within the scope of the "Territory" was gathered, there was still only a strand of moonlight that was slightly brighter than before.
The energy contained in this strand of moonlight was extremely scarce.
"The cold energy in the moonlight is too scattered..."
"I feel that even if I gather the moonlight from the entire 'Territory' for a whole night—"
"It is estimated that it would not even amount to one-tenth of a unit of divine power."
He shook his head.
This is not as good as the incense and faith power provided by a 'Grade A Believer.'
At this time, the scope of his "Territory" had expanded a lot again.
He sensed it.
It was almost equivalent to 3.2 times the size of Li Village at the beginning.
"Some areas of Zhang Village and Liao Village are not within the scope of my 'Territory'..."
"Now the area of the 'Territory' has reached fifty hectares, not a fraction more or less."
"Is this 'Territory' area the limit that can be reached from the ninth-rank divine rank?"
He murmured to himself.
But fortunately—
Whether it is Zhang Village or Liao Village, the places where the villagers live are within the scope of his "Territory."
And the moonlight essence of fifty hectares of land overnight is not even one-tenth of a unit of divine power.
For ordinary demons, even if they devour the essence of Primordial Yin, it is absolutely impossible for them to gather all the essence within the scope of fifty hectares like him.
Fifty hectares of land is 0.5 square kilometers in size.
So—
It is really difficult to rely on devouring the essence of Primordial Yin to strengthen oneself.
He felt—
Like the previous wolf demon, even if it devoured the essence of Primordial Yin for a hundred years, it's estimated that the total amount formed may only reach the level of ten units of divine power?
"No wonder demons want to eat people."
"It is too slow—too slow to rely entirely on devouring the essence of Primordial Yin to cultivate."
"And humans are the spirit of all things, and the incense and faith power formed by faith alone is far better than the demons devouring the essence of Primordial Yin for an unknown amount of time."
"Eating one person is probably equivalent to cultivating for many days."
Li Yue sighed.
But this is not a reason for demons to eat people!
Since he has become the land God, he must protect the human race!
After all—
The human race is his source of faith, and losing one human means losing one person to provide him with incense and faith power.
He took a few steps and soon came to the original location of Liao Village, standing next to an abandoned ancient well.
There was a well cover on the ancient well, and some stones were pressed on it.
"Ghostly Qi..."
He looked at the ancient well.
From the moment Liao Village became his "Territory," this ancient well had no secrets in his eyes.
There was a very strong ghostly aura and resentment in the ancient well.
This showed that there were ghosts under the ancient well.
He raised his hand and waved it gently.
The stones and well cover on the ancient well flew out.
As the land God, he only needed to consume divine power when using divine arts.
But in fact—
As the land God, it did not mean that he was powerless without using divine arts.
On the contrary—
Even if it was just some basic abilities as a ninth-rank land God, his strength was not weaker than the peak of the third rank.
For example, at this moment, he could sweep away the stones and well cover on the ancient well with a flick of his sleeve.
This did not require any divine power.
"There is more than one ghost."
His expression was calm.
Wearing the land God robe, wearing the land God crown, and holding the land God seal in his hand, he faintly spoke:
"Why don't you come out and pay homage to this God?"
"Do you want this God to go and see you?"
As his voice fell—
Suddenly, a more intense ghostly aura surged out from under the ancient well, and then turned into two ghostly figures.
The one in front was a young man, who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old before his death, and his eyes were full of fear when he looked at Li Yue, but he still gritted his teeth and stood in front of the other ghostly figure.
The other ghostly figure cowered—it was a young girl who should not have been more than fifteen years old before her death, and her eyes were also filled with horror.
After all, in their eyes—
Li Yue's body was full of divine light, and his divine power was like the sky!
Just standing quietly in front of them gave them a feeling of being completely melted and turned into ashes!
"Liao Xiuer of Liao Village, pays homage to the Venerable God!"
The girl hurriedly knelt down and pulled the young man in front of her.
"Liao Chengping of Liao Village, pays homage to the Venerable God!"
The young man also knelt down.
The ghostly aura on both of them was quite strong, but there was no bloody aura.
Obviously, they had not harmed anyone.
"Why do you wander in the world?"
"Where does your resentment come from?"
Li Yue said lightly.
This world—
From the moment he became the land God, he could vaguely sense the existence of an underworld.
It's just that this kind of induction was very vague, but it also made him understand that there is also an underworld in this world.
As for how the underworld operates and whether there are gods to manage it, he had no way of knowing.
But the souls of the dead should all go to the underworld.
"Please, Venerable God, be the master for our brother and sister!"
The girl kowtowed deeply and cried.
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