"Creating a god?" Old Huang came to his senses and gave a bitter smile.
"It's not that simple. Why are so-called gods more powerful the older they are? To put it bluntly, the number of believers accumulated throughout history is astronomical. The power of faith from such a large number is barely enough for them to project a tiny fraction of their power onto reality. Do you really think this is a joke?"
"Gods, aren't they all abstract creations built up over time and by believers? They are just concepts. Creating a god is not difficult, but to create a god that can influence reality, with the current population of the Dragon Kingdom, it would take at least a thousand or eight hundred years."
Huang Lao rejected Li Xuanzu's proposal almost without thinking.
"The power of faith is indeed difficult to understand, but the Dragon Kingdom can actually find a few exorcists whose combat power is comparable to that of gods." Li Xuanzu said, holding up five fingers and breaking them one by one.
“Tianyan and Chunyang can give it a try, and that old man Huixin isn’t out of the question either. I remember that there seems to be a branch of exorcists in the Dragon Kingdom who rely on those mountain spirits and monsters possessing them. If we pick a few of them, they can barely count.”
"Wait, you mean..." Old Huang was momentarily speechless.
"Don't let your thinking get stuck. Who says that fighting against gods necessarily requires relying on their power? If a person can absorb the power of faith, tell me, is he a god or a human?" Li Xuanzu revealed a smile that was hard to decipher.
Old Huang felt a chill run down his spine, but after thinking about it carefully, the method seemed feasible.
"Then how do people absorb this power of faith?" Elder Huang asked the crucial question.
"I checked the information about the Dragon Kingdom. The so-called merit here is similar to the effect of the power of faith. It's too abstract to explain. Just do it according to your own understanding. Ideally, the Dragon Kingdom can produce a few fifth-level exorcists before the Spring Festival."
"Alright! Then I'll head back now." Old Huang grabbed his coat, said goodbye, and left.
He was extremely eager to see what Li Xuanzu had mentioned.
Merit is also cultivated in the Blazing Spirit Continent.
... ...
"Hahaha, it's done, it's done! Xuanzu, you're simply a god, hahahaha!" The next day, Li Xuanzu got up very early and just happened to receive a call from Elder Huang.
For the past few days, he has been sleeping alone on the sofa, as if he has returned to the past.
Transformation takes time.
"What do you mean, 'it's done'? What are you yelling about so early in the morning? Just say what you have to say." Li Xuanzu didn't turn on speakerphone, but Huang Lao's voice was very loud, which made Li Xuanzu move the phone further away.
"Merit, it really works! I had Master Tianyan try it yesterday, and guess what?" Old Huang spoke very quickly, and even though Li Xuanzu couldn't see him, he could tell what kind of expression he had.
"I'm not guessing, and I'm hanging up." Li Xuanzu wasn't interested in listening to him keep him in suspense and made a move to hang up the phone.
"No, no, no, you really are something else. Yesterday I publicized the record of the Heavenly Evolution Mage's battle against the strange creature. He already had a good reputation, and now the public has a very deep impression of him. Within tens of minutes of the record being released, the Heavenly Evolution Mage was only one step away from becoming a fifth-level exorcist."
"He's almost at a breakthrough now; I estimate he'll be done in a few hours."
"Oh, congratulations," Li Xuanzu said dismissively, then went to brush his teeth.
"Yesterday, I had Daoist Chunyang try it out, but the effect was not quite right. It must be because the people's willpower was not strong enough. But at least this method is feasible. Why should my Dragon Kingdom need gods?" Old Huang was excited after saying this.
"So what do you plan to do with the kids you've trained?" Li Xuanzu asked, his mouth full of foam as he brushed his teeth.
This time, it was Old Huang's turn to fall silent.
Those children, whose fates were sealed from birth, have now shouldered the heavy burden on their backs...
“They were all carefully selected by me. They are not related by blood and their character is acceptable. If I didn’t take care of them…” Old Huang did not finish his sentence.
If Elder Huang really abandons them, these young and weak children will likely...
They may not face life-or-death situations, but life will certainly be difficult.
The Dragon Kingdom is developing very well, unlike other countries that still have to worry about large numbers of zombies, food shortages, and insufficient labor force. The Dragon Kingdom has a very large reserve of psionicists.
It's not that after so much development, they can't support a few children.
"Let's observe for a while first. It's always good to have multiple safeguards." When Old Huang said this, the burden in his heart had just been lightened a little, but it became even more intense like a volcanic eruption as Li Xuanzu continued to speak.
"Hesitation only leads to trouble. It's better to release these children now. If you train them to become natural exorcists in the future, but they are useless, it will inevitably cause some bad things."
"Alright, at worst I'll just consider it a sin I committed and take responsibility for it."
In fact, it cannot be said that Li Xuanzu was cruel and heartless. Let's consider this issue from another perspective: why should we spend so much effort to raise these children?
At that time, when the Dragon Kingdom faced threats from many powerful gods, these innate spirits descended to the mortal world in the form of mythological figures to save the people from their suffering. However, despite their best efforts, they were still trapped in a predicament.
Thus, the exorcists of the Dragon Kingdom willingly offered up their innate spirits, transforming them into nourishment for the gods of the Dragon Kingdom. In this way, they successfully raised the power of the people's faith to an unprecedented peak.
This is the original form of the "Summoning Gods Plan" devised by Master Huang.
However, if there was no need to bring these children into the public eye in the first place, and they had only just begun to take shape after nearly a month of intellectual training, it was quickly overturned, and the public was forced to take on the responsibility of raising them. From the public's perspective, this is a great injustice.
Although schools have been rebuilt in the Dragon Kingdom, they are no longer like they were before the apocalypse, where everyone could receive some education. There are no fixed places; it all depends on your strength.
But this group of orphans, who have no family background or even relatives, can enjoy things that ordinary people cannot enjoy simply because they have nothing.
Think about it yourself, if Huang Lao nurtured them to adulthood and then kept them by his side to become exorcists or psychics, what would the people think?
Injustice, extreme injustice!
Is it because they are miserable and have no one to rely on?
If Huang Lao had listened to Li Xuanzu's advice and allowed them to return to society, they might have ended up in an even worse situation, perhaps even worse off than if they had remained orphans.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After receiving education, I was able to eat clean food that I never dared to dream of before.
Having finally escaped the ditch and seen the light of day again, they were forced back to that place, which was once bearable but is now unbearably smelly, because of a single sentence from Old Huang. Anyone who came here would be driven to despair.
He felt guilty about putting it back, but if he kept it, he would be letting down the people.
Often, it's difficult to have the best of both worlds.
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