"Thank you for your nurturing, Senior!"
After the initial elation subsided, Su Muxue gradually calmed down. The first thing she did was express her deep gratitude to "a certain Senior" in her heart.
At this moment, through the authority of "First Deputy Cult Master," she already understood the origin of this "merit and prayer power."
It was a gift from "a certain Senior!"
Uh...
It could be said like that, but a more accurate description would be:
The "salary" of the "First Deputy Cult Master" of the "Dehua Divine Cult"!
That's right, it was "salary"!
What Hao Ren said to Su Muxue earlier, boasting and putting on airs, was actually somewhat right by accident.
He said he would give Su Muxue a "great fortune"!
The position of "First Deputy Cult Master" was indeed a "great fortune," an extraordinarily significant "great fortune"!
After Su Muxue became the "First Deputy Cult Master," while "believers" offered sacrifices to Hao Ren, they would also piously offer sacrifices to her. Goddess Su would also continuously obtain "merit and prayer power."
Of course, the "merit and prayer power" that Su Muxue obtained would not infringe upon Hao Ren's interests.
Although her "merit and prayer power" originated from the "Dehua Divine Cult," she did not take a single bite from Hao Ren's bowl.
This was because the vast majority of Su Muxue's "merit and prayer power" was generated by the personal faith of the "believers" in her.
When "believers" had faith in the "Dehua Divine Cult," they could have faith in Hao Ren and Goddess Su simultaneously, and these two were not in conflict.
They each enjoyed their own "merit and prayer power!"
However, the large amount of "merit and prayer power" that had descended from the heavens now was not due to the "believers'" devotion to Su Muxue.
The current "merit and prayer power" was a reward from the "Dehua Divine Cult Merit Pool" to Su Muxue.
The "Dehua Divine Cult" had now become a genuine "sect," and its "merit distribution model" had been upgraded.
How to describe it? Well, the current "Dehua Divine Cult" was more like a "joint-stock company."
Hao Ren was the largest shareholder and concurrently the chairman.
Su Muxue was the second largest shareholder and concurrently the vice-chairman!
The "merit and prayer power" that Hao Ren obtained usually was equivalent to the salary paid to the chairman by a "joint-stock company."
The "merit and prayer power" that Su Muxue obtained usually was equivalent to the salary paid to the vice-chairman by a "joint-stock company."
In addition, the "joint-stock company" had a large sum of funds stored in the finance department. The "Dehua Divine Cult Merit Pool" was equivalent to that finance department.
The "Dehua Divine Cult Merit Pool" existed within Hao Ren's "Merit and Fortune Network" and had accumulated a portion of "merit and prayer power."
This portion of "merit and prayer power" was mainly used to maintain the operation of the entire "Dehua Divine Cult," for example, to pay for the consumption of "merit points" for "believers' prayers" and to reward members who had made significant outstanding contributions to the "Dehua Divine Cult," and so on.
Now, Su Muxue was considered to have made a significant outstanding contribution to the "Dehua Divine Cult!"
With her joining, her "destined great heroine" aura exploded, helping the "Dehua Divine Cult" to enhance its "sect aura" by more than tenfold. This merit was immense.
The "Dehua Divine Cult Merit Pool" rewarded Su Muxue with a full 1000 points of "merit."
Hao Ren had no objection to this!
This was well-deserved by Goddess Su!
He communicated his thoughts to Su Muxue through the "Merit and Fortune Network" and said,
"Muxue, do a good job. The Dehua Divine Cult is a project I'm very optimistic about. Let's make it bigger and stronger together. I believe you can completely condense a Golden Body of Merit through this!"
"Golden Body of Merit," a being that was "invulnerable to ten thousand calamities!"
Awesome and incredibly powerful!
All cultivators wished to possess a "Golden Body of Merit!"
One "Golden Body of Merit" could completely crush tens of thousands of "Heaven and Earth Manifestations," it was that powerful!
Of course, Goddess Su could not resist such a temptation.
She was touched in her heart and thanked Hao Ren again with gratitude.
"Thank you for your nurturing, Senior. I, I will definitely work hard!"
Goddess Su was too moved, her voice was even a bit choked!
Senior was too good to me, thinking of me first for such a "great opportunity."
I must work twice as hard to repay Senior's kindness!
"Goddess Su" was always elegant and pure as snow, and only in front of Hao Ren would she show such "true emotions!"
Hao Ren gave himself a V-sign in his heart!
Clearly, he was "leeching" off Goddess Su, but now Goddess Su was thanking him profusely in return.
Ah, this was probably my "damned charm!"
Heh, heh heh...
After completing the setup for "First Deputy Cult Master," Hao Ren discovered that the "Dehua Divine Cult" could set up several more "Deputy Cult Masters."
However, starting from the "Second Deputy Cult Master," it required "paid unlocking."
Uh...
Hao Ren was speechless!
This routine was so familiar, it was definitely like a cheap, pay-to-win "mobile game!"
Of course, unlocking the "Second Deputy Cult Master" did not require real money to top up, but the expenditure of "merit points."
Consuming 1000 points of "merit" could unlock the "Second Deputy Cult Master!"
The role of the "Second Deputy Cult Master" was to implement the "highest dogma."
To be happy, believe in the religion first, have more children, and plant more trees.
The "Second Deputy Cult Master" could produce an enhancement effect on "having more children" and "planting more trees."
"Having more children" and "planting more trees" were the "selling points" of the "Dehua Divine Cult."
Doing these two aspects well would greatly contribute to the spread of the "Dehua Divine Cult."
Their effect was even comparable to that of the "First Deputy Cult Master!"
Therefore, it should be unlocked!
Hao Ren used the "merit points" from the "Dehua Divine Cult Merit Pool" to directly unlock the "Second Deputy Cult Master" slot.
Yes, that's right, such unlocking costs were all used from the "merit points" in the "Merit Pool."
In other words, it was using "public funds!"
Currently, Hao Ren personally had accumulated over 13,000 "merit points," while the "Merit Pool" only had 3,000 "merit points."
His "personal savings" far exceeded the "public funds."
However, the feeling of using "public funds" was great!
Mwahahaha...
After unlocking the "Second Deputy Cult Master" slot, Hao Ren immediately assigned another "Orange Character Card," Xiao Long Nü, to this position.
Although "Xiao Long Nü" was not a "destined great heroine," she had awakened as a "destined Dragon Empress," and her foundation was no less than that of Goddess Su!
Assigning her to be the "Second Deputy Cult Master" was truly fitting!
Ding! Congratulations to the host, you have successfully appointed "Xiao Long Nü" as the "Second Deputy Cult Master!"
As the system prompt sounded.
In the two "temples" in "Qingyang Village" and "Mu Wang City," miraculous changes occurred instantly.
Swish swish swish!
Streams of spiritual light descended.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Yellow merit light surged upwards.
Soon, the spiritual light and merit light merged together, solidifying from the void.
The "Xiao Long Nü Merit Statue" appeared, standing side by side with the "Su Muxue Merit Statue," flanking the "Hao Ren Merit Statue" on either side.