Zhang Yao watched her grandmother finish her meal and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked up at Linjia Village, where the villagers were happily eating, showing no signs of worry about the future.

Those bandits seemed to have no effect on the villagers of Linjia Village.

That's true. The Mountain Goddess is so powerful, how could she possibly let a group of bandits in?

Even if those bandits manage to break in, it's uncertain whether they can leave safely. Most of the people in Linjia Village possess special abilities, especially the woman named Cui Ying, who can control dozens of fire snakes and easily devour the bandits.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

How wonderful! All the chaos and turmoil outside have nothing to do with this desolate mountain. Everyone can enjoy a good meal and a peaceful night's sleep here.

The villagers outside also have the barren mountains as a fallback option, so they are not left with nowhere to go.

Perhaps this is the true purpose of the Mountain Goddess: to create a paradise for this chaotic world?

Zhang Yao seemed to be deep in thought, and she began to communicate with her sister in her mind.

…

Inside the statue space, Yu Luo was examining the abilities these believers had acquired.

Thirty-one new believers gain power, and if she can train these people well, she will have many more helpers.

The new believers also gained considerable abilities, especially Zhang Yao, the twin soul, Zhang Yu, the younger sister of Zhang's wife, and Lin Mo.

Besides these, some believers also gained natural abilities such as earth fissures, gales, and lightning.

Some people also acquire abilities similar to those of Granny Gongsun, such as the ability to communicate with plants and animals and understand their needs.

Compared to natural abilities, Yu Luo felt that these communication abilities were the most useful and best suited for building homes, growing crops, and raising animals.

Of course, its offensive capabilities are also formidable, enabling it to protect its home in the desolate mountains.

By this time, the barren mountain had taken on a certain size and could defend against external enemies even without her.

“Blessing is easy. You have a quota for blessing every month. Even if you exceed the quota, the deduction of faith points is not much. The difficulty lies in managing these believers.”

The system provides a reminder.

Yu Luo nodded. She had naturally considered this before bestowing the blessing, and she already had a plan in mind.

“System, you’re right. But before we can manage them, we need to let them learn first, and we also need to set a rule that all those who can’t graduate will have their abilities taken back.”

“In the future, the blessing will not only consider faith value, but also score, so as to improve the cultural strength and ideological awareness of all believers.”

This direct blessing was unavoidable; the bandits over there had already swelled to a considerable size, and who knows what might happen this winter? The addition of a group of capable individuals would also give these people the ability to protect themselves.

The system was dumbfounded. It was the first time it had ever heard of believers having to take exams. It wondered how frustrating those people must have been while studying.

However, the host's consideration is indeed reasonable. If you want to continue to have the ability and survive successfully in this chaotic world, what's wrong with paying a little more?

The more you learn and the more you understand, the easier it is to manage.

The host can't possibly send them west, and they all end up running east, can they? The host can't possibly send a group of followers to fight an enemy, only for them to all get lost halfway there, can they? The host can't possibly send followers to trade, only for them to be unable to even do basic arithmetic, can they?

"System, those bandits cannot be allowed to live." After finalizing the management plan, Yu Luo thought of those bandits again.