Chapter 211
Near Yanlong Fort.
After the two gang leaders left, not only did they not betray the Shangshen Sect, they also helped with propaganda and eventually encouraged hundreds of people to follow them back.
The number of followers of the "Shangshen Sect" led by Lao Mo has increased to nearly 300.
Although this brought some pressure, food and water were adequately guaranteed due to the existence of the system mall and forum trading area.
Now that the two most acute and difficult problems have been solved, management will naturally be easy.
Of course, due to the large population, the available living space was rapidly decreasing, so the believers began a vigorous house-building campaign.
Originally, Scar Liang and Scorpion wanted to persuade Lao Mo to go back and seize the gang's territory, but Lao Mo refused.
Gang territory has many advantages, but also many disadvantages.
In comparison, a home built entirely by believers themselves can make them feel more cohesive and a sense of belonging.
Yes, home.
After seeing the idea of "Home Era" proposed by Dongtu Datong on the forum, Lao Mo was immediately amazed.
Although it feels like a big deal, the problem is...
He has already created the Shangshen Sect, so what if he makes things bigger?
The concept of home is very suitable for their Shangshen Sect and Ping'an Chamber of Commerce. Since it is useful, let's take it!
Only by living in a "home" can believers be truly brought together and truly protect this big family.
Lao Mo knew very well that the believers surrounding him and Gan Lin were simply a combination of interests - having food and water was like being a god, but if one day these things were gone...
He, the messenger of God, would probably be torn to pieces in the first place.
Such a situation is inevitable, but we must find ways to improve and guide it, and the concept of home is very suitable.
If you can build a home, then find a way to be self-sufficient, and not rely too much on mysterious merchants, only as a means to occasionally perform miracles.
Then, when he loses "God's favor" one day in the future, this branch of the church will still be able to continue operating.
The old man sat upright in the room, thinking quietly.
On the bed next to him, Gan Lin was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed.
Lao Mo glanced at the boy, reached out and pulled over the quilt made of room temperature cloth, and gently covered the boy's belly.
Gan Lin is the "Holy Son" of the Shangshen Religion, and also the only person in the world he can trust.
At least before he died, he had to eliminate this hidden danger for Gan Lin...
Suddenly, he saw Gan Lin's eyeballs moving rapidly under his eyelids and his eyelashes trembling violently.
Lao Mo could not help but sit up straight.
He was all too familiar with this reaction.
Obviously, Gan Lin saw the messenger of God in his dream again - he already knew that the one who appeared in Gan Lin's dream was not the God of Commerce, but Yin Guang and Wu Yue, the two mysterious businessmen.
Even though he could now obtain pure ice through the trading area, he did not dare to neglect these two messengers of God in the slightest.
In fact, he would wait until late at night every night to go to bed just to wait for such a moment.
After a while, Gan Lin opened his eyes and woke up from his dream.
Nothing new appeared in the room, but Lao Mo was not disappointed. When Gan Lin came to his senses, he handed the boy a glass of water and asked, "Has the messenger of God appeared again?"
Gan Lin drank some water, managed to calm down, and nodded, "Yes!"
"Lao Mo, guess what the Lord God's Messenger is going to give us this time?" The young man's face was full of excitement.
"Let me guess..." Lao Mo thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be new food?"
"Haha, yes!" Gan Lin said with shining eyes, "The angel of God said that he will give us a tree that can grow in drought and hot environments."
"This tree is very productive, bearing fruit every four months. The fruit tastes and tastes like butter bread..."
"Lao Mo, have you ever eaten butter bread?"
Lao Mo's eyes lit up. He grabbed Gan Lin's hand and said excitedly, "Is this really a fruit tree that can be planted in hot and arid areas?"
He also tried growing soybeans and wheat, but without success.
"Yes, that's true." Gan Lin nodded, "But the Lord Divine Envoy said that this fruit tree is very precious, so we need more Fire Stones."
Lao Mo immediately nodded and said, "That's what I should do."
Although he traded a lot of ice with Qingxue during this period, he still saved a batch of fire stones just to deal with moments like this.
Offering the Fire Stone to the gods is also what they need to do.
People must not forget their roots.
Lao Mo did not ask for the specific number. They tried their best every time and they would surely be appreciated by the gods.
He stroked Gan Lin's head and said, "Let's mobilize the believers to go out and find more Fire Stones tomorrow. We will prepare a miracle for the new believers tomorrow night."
"good!"
Gan Lin nodded, then lay down to sleep again.
Lao Mo finally lay down beside him and could rest.
Because of his excitement, Gan Lin couldn't help but feel a little sleepy. After a while, he said again: "Lao Mo, are you asleep?"
"What's wrong?" Lao Mo asked.
"I feel like everything now is like a dream..." Gan Lin whispered.
"Therefore, you must be even more grateful to the God of Commerce and faithfully implement His principles. Only in this way can you receive the God's favor for a long time."
Listening to the old man's earnest teachings, Gan Lin also placed his palm on his chest.
"Okay, I understand," he said. "I'll keep it in mind and put it into action."
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Ping An Grocery Store, attic.
After throwing Gan Lin's bottle back into Menghai, Tang Yu'an fished out the remaining bottles.
Today I found Xiao Risheng's bottle again, and traded 2,000 blue beard leaves from him.
This was naturally placed by Lan Yunqing with Xiao Risheng so that when the mysterious merchant came to his dream again, he would not be unable to get anything out like last time.
"The Lord said he wanted to give it to you... You are a god, please bless us..."
Listening to Xiao Risheng's words, Tang Yu'an was hesitant to speak.
It seems that Brother Yunqing has also accepted this and is even promoting it to his subjects. From what Xiao Risheng said, his family now knows that he can communicate with "gods" in dreams.
The God of Business hates getting something for nothing, so naturally he won't take anything from his believers for free.
So this time, Tang Yu'an exchanged canned meat and candy for 2,000 blue beard leaves and earned more than 30,000 points.
After finishing the bottle fishing, he started today's lottery.
"I don't think I've gotten anything good lately." Tang Yu'an muttered, "I hope I can get a special item or skill today!"
Zhou Qi could only keep smiling.
At least in his opinion, there are still many practical items in the recent draws...
Tang Yu'an clicked to start the lottery, and saw the turntable pointer spinning and spinning, and finally stopped at——
Congratulations! You won the rare material "Tencel"!
Tencel
Description: A rare material that can be used to craft sewing items, magical furniture upgrades, etc.
Tang Yu'an was stunned. Tensilk? It looked familiar...
He opened the furniture upgrade list and quickly found the place he had seen before.
"It's the upgrade material for the Purple Sleeping Pillow!" he said in surprise, "Brother Xiaoqi, I got the upgrade material for the Purple Sleeping Pillow!"
Zhou Qi was also startled. He said, "Is it the pillow that can reduce damage when lying down to sleep?"
"Yes! That's it!"
Tang Yu'an smiled and said, "After reaching level 2, it can reduce 90% of physical damage and 60% of psychic damage!"
Perhaps after reaching level 3, physical damage can be reduced by 100%.
Zhou Qi couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"It seems that the fighting method of lying down and sleeping when you can't win is not completely impossible."
Tang Yu'an chuckled and quickly checked other upgrade materials. Finding that they were all available, he quickly took out the purple sleeping pillow to upgrade.
Oolong tea is required as an upgrade material.
This oolong tea was probably the furniture elf's favorite food. Luckily, his parents loved drinking tea, and there were all kinds of tea at home, including a bag of oolong tea.
Last time, the god took away all the food in the house, but these teas were placed in his personal warehouse, so they were left behind.
Tang Yu'an brewed a pot of oolong tea and placed it next to the purple-red sleeping pillow. He also put matcha-flavored candies on a small plate, and then placed the psychic stones and Tencel materials needed for the upgrade on the sleeping pillow.
After confirming that there are no problems, click Upgrade.
【To meet the upgrade conditions】
[Do you want to deduct 1000 points immediately to upgrade the furniture "Purple Sleeping Pillow"?]
Tang Yu'an clicked "Yes".
【1000 points deducted successfully! 】
[The furniture elf Fufu is checking the order...]
【The elf Fufu is accepting orders! 】
[Fufu: The "Purple Sleeping Pillow" is being upgraded. This will take approximately 48 hours. Please be patient.]
As the system message popped up, the upgrade materials on the purple-red sleeping pillow disappeared, leaving only the oolong tea and candy next to the pillow.
Then, a purple-red figure suddenly appeared above the pillow.
This was the first time Tang Yu'an had seen the elf Fufu. Compared to Bobo and Yaya, this elf in a purple dress was cute and a little more beautiful.
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that she was wearing makeup and bright red lips.
Fu Fu stretched out her little hand wearing a silk glove and gently sprinkled purple-red furniture stars on the sleeping pillow. Then she flapped her wings and flew towards the oolong teapot.
She first flew around the teapot, smelled the aroma of oolong tea, nodded with satisfaction, and then stretched out her little hand and pointed to the ground.
A set of miniature exquisite tables and chairs appeared next to the purple-red sleeping pillow. Then Fu Fu took out a set of exquisite tea sets, took oolong tea from the teapot, and sat elegantly on the chair to taste it.
As for the matcha flavored candies, he didn't even look at them.
Tang Yu'an looked at her outfit and guessed that she might not like these candies... Although the candies were exchanged from the system mall, it was estimated that real matcha would not be added to them.
Next time I have to ask Round Head to make some authentic tea-themed snacks.
The elf is so cute. It is only the size of a palm, holding a mini teacup in its hand and sitting next to an exquisite small round table. It looks like a scene that only appears in a fairy tale.
Seeing the elf start drinking tea, Tang Yu'an thought for a moment, then took out his light computer and found some beautiful light music to play.
Fu Fu was obviously attracted by the music and turned her head to look at Tang Yu'an.
When Tang Yu'an smiled at her, the elf paused slightly, then curled the corners of her mouth imperceptibly.
Before Tang Yu'an could see her smile clearly, she had already turned back and continued drinking tea and listening to music.
After observing for a while, he and Zhou Qi left here temporarily, handed the attic to the elf, and no longer disturbed her "work".
They left through the teleportation array in the RV compartment and went to the cabin in the other dimension again, asking the housekeeping robot to continue making peace coins in preparation for going to Lanhu Town later.
The two young men began to study and practice again.
But this time, they didn’t stay for 15 days, because... Zhou Qi’s birthday was coming.
"Happy birthday, Xiaoqi brother!"
After this day, Zhou Qi will be 17 years old.
They chose to return to their home in the deserted city and spend time with Granny Guo and the others.
Because they often go to other dimensions and the speed of time flows differently from everyone else, in order to avoid confusion, Zhou Qi decided not to tell everyone his birthday.
He just went back home with Tang Yu'an, prepared a sumptuous dinner, and then invited all the people he was familiar with to get together.
"I will always love the food made by the store manager!" Lin Jue raised a glass of juice and said proudly, "Cheers to the store manager!"
Shi Tou and Mo Ke also joined in the fun.
Xiaocao picked up the juice and raised the cup. Seeing this, others followed suit.
Even Kang Kang, who was sitting next to Grandma Guo, tried to pick up his small cup. Jin Lili looked at this scene in a daze, and also reached out to pick it up, and then successfully lifted it up with the help of A Lian.
"Cheers! Manager!"
The two little kids' tender and clear voices rang out, making everyone laugh.
It was Zhou Qi's first time facing such a scene, and he felt a little uneasy, but he quickly calmed down.
"Everyone has worked hard recently."
He raised his glass of juice and clinked glasses with everyone. "After the flood recedes, we may face new challenges. I hope everyone can unite and build our home better."
"good!"
"Cheers to our homeland!"
Everyone was having a great time and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious, which made Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi feel a little dazed, as if they had returned to their original world.
Unknowingly, so many people have gathered around them...
Soon, Tang Yu'an picked up the juice, clinked glasses with Zhou Qi alone, and whispered to him: "Happy birthday~"
Zhou Qi smiled and clinked his glasses in response.
After the dinner was over, everyone was still reluctant to leave.
"When can I eat the restaurant manager's cooking again? It's so delicious! I can't stop eating it!"
"Yeah, yeah, it would be nice if I could eat it once a month..."
Zhou Qi pretended not to hear, asked everyone to rest early, and left with Tang Yu'an to return to Ping'an Grocery Store.
When he returned to the grocery store, Tang Yu'an still had a smile on his face.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Qi asked.
"Hehe, I'm the luckiest person. I can eat the delicious food you cook every day!" Tang Yu said happily.
Zhou Qi couldn't help but reach out and rub his head.
On his wrist, there was an exquisite bracelet, which was a birthday gift carefully selected for him by Tang Yu'an in the plane store.
This bracelet can emit a fragrance that can refresh the mind and keep the brain clear.
Tang Yu'an hopes that this bracelet can help Zhou Qi resist the control of the spiritual insect.
"As long as you like it." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an came behind him and suddenly jumped onto his back, "Of course I like it!"
Zhou Qi's heart skipped a beat.
Then, he heard the boy say, "I like all the dishes you cook!"
There was a hint of loss in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
Zhou Qi carried Tang Yu'an on his back, weighed him, and said, "After eating the physical egg, he has grown a lot stronger."
Tang Yu'an hummed proudly, then lifted his sleeves to show his arms, "Look, I've grown muscles."
The boy's arms are long, white, and his muscles are well-proportioned...
Zhou Qi took a look and quickly looked away, whispering, "It's cold, pull up your sleeves and don't catch a cold."
"I'm not afraid of the cold anymore!"
After eating the physical egg, Tang Yu'an's tolerance to temperature was significantly improved, but he still obediently pulled down his sleeves.
Then she couldn't help but lift Zhou Qi's clothes out of curiosity.
"Brother Xiaoqi, do you have eight-pack abs?" He reached into Zhou Qi's clothes and said, "Let me feel it!"
Zhou Qi's ears suddenly turned red.
He quickly held down the boy's hands and said in a panic, "An An...you, you don't do this..."
"Don't be so stingy."
Tang Yu'an leaned on his shoulder, her voice very close to his ear, her breath unconsciously spraying on his earlobe.
"At most, I'll let you touch me back when I have developed abdominal muscles."
Week: (//o///o//)
"Stop talking nonsense..." He loosened his hands, wanting the boy to get off his back.
As a result, the boy wrapped his legs around his waist very familiarly and was not affected at all.
He also swore: "I'm not talking nonsense, I will definitely be able to build muscles in the future, and I won't be as stingy as you and won't let you touch me!"
In fact, Tang Yu'an could also feel that as they grew up, they seemed not as close as they were when they were children.
They used to bathe together and have water fights, but now, every time they take a bath, Xiaoqi chooses to avoid it. Although it is indeed because the bathroom is small, but...
Tang Yu'an still felt uncomfortable.
Zhou Qi opened his mouth slightly, but was unable to express his thoughts.
It has been more than a year, and he found that his love for Tang Yu'an did not seem to diminish, but became stronger and stronger. This unfamiliar feeling made him panic.
He was afraid that if he expressed his love, their relationship would be ruined...
"Let's go get the message in the bottle." Zhou Qi changed the subject. "Gan Lin and Lao Mo must have been waiting for a long time."
"All right."
When it came to business, Tang Yu'an stopped playing and jumped off Zhou Qi.
Looking at the young man's back as he climbed up to the attic, Zhou Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
However, when Tang Yu'an turned around to look at him, he had already calmed down and followed her up to the attic to retrieve today's message in the bottle.
Because 48 hours have not passed yet, the purple sleeping pillow is still being upgraded.
The furniture elf Fu Fu was not drinking tea all the time. At this moment, she had changed into exquisite silk pajamas, lying on the sleeping pillow, and fell asleep under the small quilt.
Tang Yu'an also saw that she was wearing an eye mask and earmuffs on her ears. She was really an elegant and beautiful elf like a princess.
But this way, at least they didn't have to worry about waking her up.
So they started fishing for the dream bottle today.
Before starting, Tang Yu'an went to the plane store to look at Gu Qianli's window and found that he had not yet given out the agreed-upon secret signal. He estimated that he had not found the spirit storage bag yet, so he did not press the drift accelerator for the time being.
The first dream message in a bottle is still from Gan Lin.
"Lord God's Messenger, we have prepared all the Fire Stones!"
They had already prepared the Fire Stones as agreed yesterday, and to show their importance, Lao Mo also mobilized everyone to go out and look for more Fire Stones today.
Because they continued to search, the Fire Stones near their residence were almost gone, so the believers needed to look further away.
However, the earth and fire ability users seem to have found a fire stone mine.
This mineral is located underground and needs to be mined. Due to backward technology, Lao Mo has not yet allowed anyone to work on the Fire Stone Mine. He plans to wait until all the Fire Stones on the surface are picked up.
The more than one hundred new believers made up nearly half of the total number, making it difficult to manage.
Conflict broke out right after joining.
Scar Liang and Scorpion wanted to gain more power through this group of believers. Originally, Lao Mo really wanted to use them, but after they became too demanding, Lao Mo gave up the idea and gave them a good beating.
Gan Lin didn't expect Lao Mo to be so brave, but what he didn't expect was that the new batch of gang members could not beat their believers at all.
Those gang members fought like a pile of loose sand, while the believers were brave and united.
This was the first time Gan Lin witnessed the powerful force that could be unleashed when people come together.
Of course, the most important reason why they achieved an overwhelming victory in this battle was that they had taken good care of the believers during this month.
How could the believers who went out to work and pick up fire stones every day and then had enough food and water to eat be compared to these gang members who were hungry every other day?
So these more than one hundred people were quickly suppressed.
There will be injuries in battles, and Lao Mo showed his kindness again at this time. He not only accepted the newcomers again, but also treated their wounds.
Gan Lin had not said these words the night before because he was too excited to see the mysterious businessman again. Subconsciously, he did not want to tell him about the traitor and the fight among his followers.
But today, I felt relaxed and said everything out loud.
"You must protect yourselves." Tang Yu'an didn't expect such a thing to happen in Yanlong Fort, and couldn't help but say.
"Yeah! We will!"
Soon, they completed the transaction.
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An open space near Yanlong Fort.
The Shangshen Cult's ceremony of summoning gods began again. Thousands of fire stones were piled on the ground, emitting billowing hot air, which formed a heat wave when blown by the night wind.
The Holy Son Gan Lin was lying beside him, "sleeping soundly" with his eyes closed.
Lao Mo led everyone in reciting the purpose and rules of the Shangshen Religion over and over again, and finally made a request:
"Great God of Commerce, please take away all the Fire Stones and give us crops that can be grown in this dry and hot land!"
The believers also shouted.
Then, the new believers, who were originally full of doubt, saw the thousands of extremely hot fire stones on the ground suddenly disappear out of thin air, and then -
A small tree planted in a flowerpot appeared on the charred land!
Damn, this can’t be a trick at all, it’s a real miracle!
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