Chapter 435: Chapter 392, Heaven and Earth Human Bank (Congratulations for Myriad Rewards)
Emperor Qinghua looked outside and said, "This is good; chaos brings opportunity. Isn’t this what we hoped to see?"
Suddenly deprived of the Power of Faith, other divine beings with followers were also astonished, stirring a burst of discussions among all gods in heaven and mortal world.
Several days later, on the floating islands of the Nine Heavens, whoosh whoosh whoosh~ beams of Divine Light ascended, boom~ boom~ boom~ and exploded in the sky, alarming many divine beings.
Gu Liang’s crisp voice rang out: "The Heaven and Earth Human Bank is officially open, gods of the Heavenly Court may come to receive their salary."
In the Earth Immortal Realm, within a space of the Spirit Realm, three divine beings were seated discussing the Tao—specifically the Mountain God, the Land, and the River God of a mountain range in the Earth Immortal Realm.
"The Heaven and Earth Human Bank is open, gods of the Heavenly Court may come to receive their salary," Gu Liang’s voice echoed within the Spirit Realm.
The three divine beings suddenly stiffened, and looked up into the sky.
The Mountain God snorted and said, "To cut off our power of faith and use it to ingratiate themselves with the other gods, how disgraceful."
The River God frowned and said, "Be cautious with your words, this is His Majesty’s Dharma Decree."
The Land, dressed in a gray Divine Cannon, stood up and leisurely said, "Let’s go! Let’s visit this so-called Heaven and Earth Human Bank. Getting even a little benefit is still something."
The three divine beings vanished within the Spirit Realm, turning into a beam of Divine Light shooting into the sky; such events were frequent on the Primordial Land.
When the three divine beings arrived at the floating islands of the Nine Heavens, they already saw a dense crowd of divine beings, including ordinary Heavenly Soldiers, noble Star Lords, and even some Main Gods, all standing in front of the Heaven and Earth Human Bank.
"The hour has come, open the door!" a crisp voice called out.
The doors of the Heaven and Earth Human Bank slowly opened, revealing a spacious interior; the hall was divided into two levels, each level having several windows.
On the upper level, each counter was labeled "Make Coins", while the counters on the lower level were labeled "Deposit and Withdraw Coins"; at each counter sat a goddess with a gentle smile on her face.
Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, Ao Bing, and Nezha, dressed in Judicial Celestial uniforms, sat in a loft on the second floor, looking out the window at the influx of deities below; they were ordered to guard the place and apprehend anyone daring to cause trouble.
The Mountain God, River God, and the Land also entered with many other divine beings, looking around bewildered, wondering at the unusual architecture, something they had never seen before.
Gu Liang emerged from the second floor, looked at the gods ahead, and loudly said, "Our Heaven and Earth Human Bank, proposed by Emperor Gouchen and founded on the principle of serving the Heavenly Court and benefiting the Primordial World, issues four types of coins.
The first is the Purple Gold Coin, refined and purified from Chaotic Power, condensed and cast into coins, which can be absorbed for cultivation, with effects far surpassing those of nature’s spiritual energy.
The second type is the Faith Coins, refined and purified from the power of faith incense, greatly benefiting divine beings and not producing incense poison.
The third type is the Mystic Gold Coin, made with a mix of nature’s spiritual energy and a small amount of Merit, which can help calm and focus the spirit, preventing deviation during cultivation.
The fourth type, the Merit Coins, made from Merit, are equivalent to Merit Divine Artifacts, capable of protecting the Primordial Spirit and safeguarding the body.
Gods of the Heavenly Court can use their divine seal to go to the withdrawal windows to receive their salary.
Gods with Merit can go to the making coins windows, converting their Merit into Mystic Gold Coins or Faith Coins, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures can also be turned into Purple Gold Coins.
Coin customization only takes a small handling fee, one per hundred."
Gu Liang looked around at everyone with a giggly smile and said, "Welcome, everyone, to come and customize!"
"One per hundred, that’s not little!"
"Hehe~ why should I pay a handling fee to customize those coins?"
"Yes! A fee of one per hundred for Merit is a bit too expensive."
"So mercenary!"
The gods murmured softly among themselves.
Gu Liang, as if she didn’t hear them at all, took out a shiny golden bell and gave it a shake, "Ding~" The crisp sound echoed through the hall, "Now officially open for business."
Three big characters appeared above each window: Open for Business.
Gu Liang turned to enter an annex building where Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, Ao Bing, and Nezha stood up, bowing in unison, "Greetings, Junior Master!"
Gu Liang waved her hand, grinning, "Oh~ No need for formalities, sit down, all of you sit down."
Gu Liang herself found a spot at the table and sat down, followed by Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and the others.
With a casual wave of her hand, the tabletop was filled with plates of Immortal Treasures.
Gu Liang casually grabbed a handful of Silver Eye Fruits and tossed one into her mouth, eating joyfully. After finishing, she looked up at Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and the others, puzzled, "Why aren’t you eating? Hurry up and eat! These are the precious ones I secretly picked from my senior brother’s Bird’s Nest."
Ao Bing said softly, "Junior Master, stealing isn’t really nice!"
Gu Liang nodded seriously, "You make a lot of sense!" then she added anxiously, "So should I silence you all now!"
Ao Bing’s little face instantly turned pale.
Yang Jiao quickly said, "Eat, everyone eat more, don’t waste Junior Master’s kindness."
The others immediately reached for the fruits, fearing if they were slow, the Junior Master would ’silence’ them — Gu Liang as the Junior Master was indeed very fearsome.
Gu Liang said with satisfaction, "That’s more like it!"
Yang Jian transmitted a message, "Big brother, this Junior Master of ours isn’t a good person! She even steals."
Yang Jiao transmitted back, "Junior Master is joking with you! Without Master’s permission, who could steal from the Bird’s Nest?"
Yang Jian’s eyes flickered with surprise, joking.
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In the great hall below, the Mountain God, River God, and Land occupied a corner.
The Mountain God whispered, "What do we do now?"
Land immediately said, "There’s absolutely no way I’m paying the transaction fee. Do you think it’s easy to collect those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures? Let’s go get some salary first."
The Mountain God and River God nodded as well, both very poor gods with hardly any treasures.
The Mountain God, River God, and Land walked to a window and queued up.
Inside the window, a goddess smiled and said, "If depositing money please present your funds, if withdrawing please show your certificate."
The Mountain God, surprised, said, "You can deposit money?"
The goddess nodded, explaining, "If you feel you might encounter danger, or are about to duel with a powerful Cultivator, you can deposit all your money with our bank beforehand. If you win, you can retrieve it after the duel. If you lose, your life’s savings won’t fall into your enemy’s hands.
We will return it to your friends and family. Makes sense, doesn’t it?"
The Mountain God nodded subconsciously, "Makes sense!"
The Goddess with a smile asked, "Are you here to deposit or withdraw money?"
"Withdraw money. I’m the Mountain God of Da Bie Mountain, here to collect my salary."