According to the system's "Sect Function," the current "Dihua Divine Cult" lacks comprehensive features and its effects are not particularly outstanding.
However, when compared to the "Great New Dynasty," well, it's far superior.
The "Great New Dynasty" built "Merit Statues" for one purpose only: to take, take, and take more.
Madly demanding, relentlessly taking.
"Merit Statues" built with "Merit Stones" are inherently capable of consuming "Merit Power" to fulfill believers' wishes.
But, would the "Great New Dynasty," or rather, the "Heavenly Dragon Dharma King," do such a thing?
No! Of course not!
Firstly, the consumption of "Merit Power" is too immense!
Any wish, regardless of its nature, consumes a vast amount of "Merit Power."
The "Heavenly Dragon Dharma King's" plan is to hoard "Merit Power," not to be a "big spender" and engage in unprofitable ventures.
However, the "Dihua Divine Cult" does not face such problems.
Under the auspices of the "System's Power," the "Dihua Divine Cult" possesses the "Supreme Doctrine" and has established a "Sect System."
The "Dihua Divine Cult" has become a regular army, no longer a ragtag group.
Consequently, the "Merit Power" required to fulfill wishes has been greatly reduced.
The "Dihua Divine Cult" can indiscriminately grant believers' various "wishes for children," without any concern for "spending more than they earn."
This is because the "Dihua Divine Cult's" fulfillment of believers' "wishes for children" perfectly aligns with the "Supreme Doctrine": "Have more children, plant more trees," thus consuming very, very little "Merit Power."
Upon careful calculation, the "Merit Power" generated by a devout believer far exceeds the "Merit Power" consumed by her "wish for children."
This is the "Dihua Divine Cult's" method of making money, er, earning "Merit Power"!
This method is something the "Great New Dynasty" cannot emulate; if they dared to do so, they would incur losses, to the point of ruin.
Furthermore, the "Merit Statues" built by the "Great New Dynasty," although capable of transferring "Merit Power" between each other, consume a large amount of "Merit Power" with each transfer and the arrival time is very slow, making it entirely impractical.
Hao Ren possesses the "Merit Fortune Network." With a single thought, he can mobilize a large amount of "Merit Power" to a specific "Merit Statue." By consuming a vast amount of "Merit Power," he can frantically fulfill numerous believers' "wishes," aiming to rapidly open up the market.
This time, Hao Ren did exactly that.
With a movement of his thought, he channeled a large amount of "Merit Power" to the "Merit Statue" in "Heze Heavy Town," and then extensively fulfilled the "wishes" of numerous believers.
The believers went wild.
They discovered that no matter what they wished for, as long as it wasn't too outlandish, it would essentially be granted.
Wishes for children, no problem!
Wishes for marriage, no problem!
Wishes for wealth, even less of a problem!
However, some excessively outlandish "wishes," such as wishing for world peace, could not be fulfilled.
Fulfilling "world peace" would require enough "Merit Power" to allow Hao Ren to condense one hundred "Merit Golden Bodies"!
Regardless, the "Great New Dynasty" considered building "Merit Statues" in "Heze Heavy Town" a futile endeavor, but under Hao Ren, it was achieved, thriving and with a promising future!
As more and more common people returned from the deep mountains and settled in the areas surrounding "Heze Heavy Town," the "Dihua Divine Cult" saw its number of believers grow, and the collected "Merit Power" increased accordingly.
The "Merit Power" generated by "Heze Heavy Town," which was initially only one-thirtieth of that of "Muwang City," quickly rose to one-twentieth, then to one-tenth.
Hao Ren was highly optimistic about the prospects of "Heze Heavy Town."
"Heze Heavy Town" has a promising future!
After Liu Xiuer took control of "Heze Heavy Town," the "Great New Dynasty" finally began to take this "rebel force" seriously.
Especially with the death of "Zhu Zhenguo," which touched the bottom line of the "Imperial Astronomical Bureau."
"Zhu Zhenguo's" identity was no ordinary matter. He was not only a "Four-Coin Celestial Master," but he also possessed a hidden identity.
He was one of the "Three Giants" of the "Imperial Astronomical Bureau," the "Pig Emperor." In his youth, he made a mistake that all men in this world make, and thus, a person who should not have existed came into being – "Zhu Zhenguo"!
Although "Zhu Zhenguo" was an illegitimate son, his cultivation talent was top-notch. He smoothly cultivated all the way to the "Nascent Soul Realm."
The "Pig Emperor" himself greatly valued "Zhu Zhenguo."
This time, he specifically arranged for "Zhu Zhenguo" to go and suppress bandits.
In reality, it was to let "Zhu Zhenguo" gain some experience and earn more merits, serving as capital for his future advancement to the "upper echelons of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau."
In the "Pig Emperor's" view, "Zhu Zhenguo's" mission to quell bandits in "Heze Heavy Town" would be as easy as playing, posing no danger.
However, man proposes, heaven disposes!
"Zhu Zhenguo," who was supposed to be in no danger, was suddenly killed by the "Righteous Army" led by Liu Xiuer.
Heartbreak!
Heartbreak so severe that he couldn't breathe!
Upon hearing the terrible news, the "Pig Emperor" vomited blood and fainted on the spot.
When he awoke, the first thing he did was order the "Imperial Astronomical Bureau" to mobilize its full force and annihilate those damned "righteous rebels."
If things had proceeded according to the "Pig Emperor's" plan, Liu Xiuer, even with her "Heaven-Blessed Cheat," would have been useless. The disparity in strength was too great. The "Imperial Astronomical Bureau" possessed the power to sweep across the entire "Central Continent," and annihilating Liu Xiuer's "righteous army" would have been a matter of minutes.
However, the other two giants of the "Imperial Astronomical Bureau" stopped the "Pig Emperor."
The reason was quite sound: they could not afford to lose the forest for the trees!
Currently, the "Great New Dynasty" was playing a grand game. The "Imperial Astronomical Bureau's" most important task was to sweep across the entire "Central Continent's" "cultivation world" and bring the entire "cultivation world" under its control. Compared to this grand objective, Liu Xiuer's "righteous army" was insignificant.
The "Pig Emperor" naturally disagreed. His illegitimate son, "Zhu Zhenguo," was killed; should it be let go just like that?
The other two giants persuaded him.
"Of course, it cannot be let go! A mere rebel force actually killed our Imperial Astronomical Bureau's Four-Coin Celestial Master. They are doomed! We will dispatch a large army to uproot that rebel force."
Another reason, which the two giants did not explicitly state, was that the annihilation of Liu Xiuer's "righteous army" was not only to avenge "Zhu Zhenguo," but also to retrieve the two sets of lost "Merit Stones."
Kill two birds with one stone!
Achieve two goals with one action!
Exhilarating!
The "Pig Emperor" considered it carefully and finally agreed. However, he was not at ease with others undertaking this mission; he wanted to personally select the commander. The other two giants naturally agreed.
Thus, the "Pig Emperor" entrusted the heavy responsibility of revenge to his most valued general – "Daoist Rat"!