Then came the familiar newbie gift pack.
[Ding! New player gift pack has been issued. Please check it promptly!]
"This arrangement is perfect."
Luo Chen opened his system inventory and used the newbie gift pack he had received.
A blinding golden light flashed, making him exclaim, "It's golden!"
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a world without gods!]
Upon hearing the notification tone, Luo Chen's hand trembled.
He asked tremblingly, "System, does it mean exactly what it says? Is it really true that no god is possessing it?"
That's right, but this world is just a minor world, and there is no extraordinary power within it.
"That's not a problem. As long as there's a population, that's fine. A large population means abundant resources for faith!"
Luo Chen was somewhat excited.
The resources of an entire world—if this gets out, it'll probably be fought over by all the top gods.
In this world where everyone is a god, ordinary living beings are a scarce resource.
Although they live in a vast world and have countless subordinate realms under their command, those realms are all occupied by various major powers.
Ordinary gods and gods without a background can only use their supernatural powers to sense the heavens and seek out other worlds to spread their faith.
However, the heavens are vast and boundless. Although they are gods and have the ability to cross realms, they are separated by the vastness of the heavens and cannot enter a world simply by seeing it.
After all, almost every world is protected by the Heavenly Dao, and ordinary gods cannot defeat those Heavenly Daos when they cross worlds.
Powerful gods don't lack followers; only ordinary gods need to find worlds where they can spread their faith.
Over countless years, the surrounding worlds of this vast world have been spread by other gods, and to find other worlds, one must sense places much farther away.
As things have evolved, many gods without a background choose to serve under a god or become his apprentice in order to grow in the early stages.
Luo Chen immersed his mind in that world.
After a moment of surprise and doubt, I sensed something.
"System, it seems that there is no Heavenly Dao in this world."
"How could there be a Heavenly Dao? It was killed when he was only a level seven system," Ye Yu said, pursing his lips.
[Ding! There is no Heavenly Dao in this world, so please rest assured, host. How to manage it from now on is up to your decision.]
"That's great!"
Luo Chen nodded. It would be even better if there were no Heavenly Dao, as there would be no obstacle to spreading the faith.
After all, they were foreign gods. If Heaven hadn't been hesitant to offend them, it would have already broken off all pretense and launched a full-scale attack.
Therefore, when spreading faith, one will more or less be hindered by the laws of nature.
"We can plan for this later; for now, let's focus on completing the mission."
He looked at the task that the system had just issued.
Taking on apprentices... Given the system's apprenticeship reward function, it's not hard to see that the system is paving the way for itself.
"I just received an invitation to attend the academy's apprenticeship ceremony not long ago. I wasn't planning to go, but now it's necessary to go."
Several days later.
Luo Chen arrived at a divine academy in the Divine Realm with the invitation.
It's called an academy, but it's really just a place for the gods who came from Nogane to stay.
In this world, there are two kinds of births of gods.
One is that it was conceived by God and God.
If both the original and the original deities are of good quality, the resulting deity will not be bad either, and there is a high probability that it will inherit the authority of both original deities.
Secondly, it is naturally grown and born from the world.
These kinds of gods vary in quality and have varying degrees of authority, but most are weak, with only a very few having stronger authority.
The academy was established by other powerful gods, and recruiting these gods from humble backgrounds was an initial investment.
Those with talent will be recruited into powerful factions to work for them, while those without talent will be left to fend for themselves in the divine realm after graduation.
Luo Chen was once in the second category; his talent was neither good nor bad, just average.
Although he was not given important positions by any faction, he was not reduced to living on the streets either, and temporarily served as a teacher at the academy of one of their factions.
"Luo Chen, you've finally arrived! We were just waiting for you."
The dean watched as the figure entered the hall and walked over.
"Dean, there's no need to be so polite. I, Luo, originally didn't plan to come. After all, I know my own talent well, and it would be a disservice to other gods to have them become my disciples."
Luo Chen said.
"Oh, you're not that bad. Don't underestimate yourself. Come and take a seat."
The dean said with a smile.
Dean Gu Tianhe, a realm god, was not just being polite.
After all, Luo Chen's realm is that of a Great World God.
The ranks of gods in this world are divided into: nine levels of gods, priests, high priests, world gods, great world gods, domain gods, great domain gods, eternal gods, and rule gods.
Newly born gods are all first-level gods, and they only graduate when they are promoted to the ninth level and become a priest.
Therefore, the Great God of the Realm is considered a pillar of the academy.
Apart from the dean and a few other senior divine teachers who are domain gods, most of the teachers are world gods who have only been in the profession for a few hundred years.
There are several Great World Gods, but they are much younger than Luo Chen and are considered to have better talent than him.
Since Luo Chen had served in this academy for nearly a thousand years, the dean was quite familiar with him, so they could always have a good chat when they got together.
"You always stay in your own little kingdom, whether you have something to do or not, and you never come to chat with this old man."
The two sat down and began to talk.
"I'm busy improving myself. You know my talent is just average, so I can only make up for it with hard work."
Luo Chen calmly drank his tea.
"Sigh, a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. Do you have any plans to take on disciples recently?"
Gu Tianhe asked.
"I am indeed planning to acquire one."
Luo Chen nodded.
"Um?"
Gu Tianhe was stunned, unable to believe what he had just heard.
You know, this guy used to say every year that he had too few resources, that it was difficult to support himself, let alone train disciples.
Why the change of heart now?
"I'm just bored, so I'm thinking of taking on a disciple to relieve my boredom. The resources I use to train a disciple in the early stages could be multiplied several times over to improve myself, but it might not be very effective. I might as well see if I can take on a talented disciple and invest in him."
Luo Chen smiled shyly.
They seem to be preparing for a long-term investment and expecting future returns.
The reason why the gods of this world would take on disciples is simply because they have been stuck at a certain level for a long time and want to break through to a higher level but do not have a large amount of resources.
They had no choice but to settle for second best and see if they could train a disciple.
Once a disciple has grown up, it will be an easy task for them to help their master.
"You've finally come to your senses. Okay, I'll keep an eye out for some talented guys for you later."
Gu Tianhe felt somewhat gratified.
"Thank you very much, Dean."
Luo Chen smiled and nodded. Whether someone had talent or not didn't matter; his real purpose was to find a tool to farm resources.
"Enough of the small talk. Now that everyone is here, let's begin this year's apprenticeship ceremony. Let all the new students come in."
Gu Tianhe addressed the crowd below.
As the conference unfolded, a large number of newly born gods poured into the hall.
Sitting high above, Luo Chen looked down at the newly born gods below, feeling somewhat emotional.
Thousands of years ago, I was also one of them, but unfortunately, my talent was only average and I didn't catch the eye of those teachers.
This made his early life extremely difficult.
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