“You’re steady enough, and you certainly deserve praise.
I’ve honestly never seen a student with theoretical knowledge as solid as yours.” Li Qingying smiled before continuing, “However, don’t become too proud.
You’re only ahead of ordinary students.
Compared to the descendants of those great families, your advantage may actually be a disadvantage.” “Take the Luo Family and the Li Family, for example.
Both families have their own Actuaries who specialize in planning the Divine Kingdoms of their younger generation.” “These people have been immersed in this field for hundreds or even thousands of years.
There are plenty of students in this session whose prosperity level is higher than yours.” “Thank you for your guidance, Teacher.” “You took first place in this assessment, and I promised to give you a D-rank building.
What type of building would you like?” “Is there a building that can slowly improve the aptitude of believers?” “You’re not pursuing rapid increases in strength but are instead focusing on laying a solid foundation for your believers.
That’s quite a good approach.” Li Qingying paused.
“However, what you’re looking for isn’t something a D-rank building can provide.
Let me think.” Her eyes narrowed slightly as her consciousness connected to her own Divine Kingdom.
A moment later, her expression changed as though she had found something.
“The building you want isn’t available, but I do have an adult Taisui.
Would you like it?” “A Taisui?” Yang Fan froze.
He had read about Taisui in books before.
A Taisui wasn’t a demon beast.
Rather, it was a special form of livestock bred by top-tier Animal Husbandry Masters.
Its body was enormous, resembling a small hill, and it barely moved.
The most astonishing thing about it was its regenerative ability.
Even after a portion of its flesh was cut away, the flesh would grow back within a month.
Taisui meat did have the ability to improve aptitude, but the effect was extremely weak.
Most gods simply treated Taisui as a meat-producing machine, similar to the D-rank Wine Pool and Meat Forest.
However, an adult Taisui was worth as much as two million Faith Points.
Even among C-rank assets, it was considered relatively expensive.
“Teacher Li, isn’t this too valuable?” “I bought it when I was younger.
Nowadays, even the mortal believers in my Divine Kingdom find its taste too poor.” Li Qingying shrugged.
“It’s basically useless to me now.
Just consider it an investment in you.” “In the future, when you have the resources, you can also purchase the B-rank Hundred Spirits Blood Pool.” “If you place the Taisui inside it, you can continuously produce Blood Pills.” “Thank you, Teacher.” Yang Fan’s heart was filled with gratitude.
A Taisui was extremely useful to him at this stage.
Once he placed it inside his Divine Kingdom, his believers would be able to eat meat to their hearts’ content.
That alone would greatly assist them in practicing the Federal Body Refinement Technique.
“There’s one more piece of advice before you leave.” Li Qingying’s expression became serious.
“The Artificial Intelligence only evaluated the prosperity of your Divine Kingdom.
What I’m giving you now is investment advice.” “The returns on your Moon Well, Sun Spring, and Water Lotus are far too low.” “Your family circumstances aren’t particularly good, so you need to have your believers learn some crafts and engage in higher-return work.” “Developing a Divine Kingdom requires an enormous amount of resources.” “After you leave the Virtual World, quickly pack up those low-yield assets and sell them.
Then look for better investments.” She couldn’t help shaking her head.
“You’re still so young, yet your investment style is more conservative than those old fogies.” “How can that be?” Li Qingying suddenly remembered something else.
“And one more thing.
Ordinary people shouldn’t even think about producing a Fountain of Life.” “The probability of successfully producing one is lower than walking down the street, meeting an old man who takes a liking to you, and having him hand you a hundred million Faith Points.” “Yes.” Yang Fan’s expression became slightly awkward.
It wasn’t that he had never considered investing in high-return Divine Kingdom industries.
The problem was that, for him, the effort simply wasn’t worth it.
The higher the investment threshold, the greater the potential return.
But such industries required believers to possess specialized skills, and Yang Fan would also have to constantly monitor their work.
Take his parents, for example.
They had to descend Divine Oracles every day to direct their believers during mining operations.
If a mine was excavated too aggressively and the mineral vein was hollowed out, it could actually damage the foundation of the entire resource.
Under his tenfold Evolution Talent, such management was simply too energy-consuming.
One day of his time was equivalent to ten days for everyone else.
Even low-yield assets would eventually generate considerable returns under such circumstances.
Therefore, Yang Fan’s energy was better spent strengthening his believers.
If Yang Fan hadn’t come from an ordinary family and proven himself hardworking and studious, Li Qingying probably wouldn’t have bothered giving him such detailed personal guidance.
After Li Qingying left, Yang Fan didn’t immediately return to reality.
He had received an invitation.
“Brother Yang, I’ve booked a private room at Tianxiang Renjian.” “The coordinates are 369, 110, 1742.
You can teleport here directly by clicking the coordinates.” Yang Fan tapped the blue coordinates.
His entire body instantly transformed into data, and in the next moment, he appeared inside a private room.
If he hadn’t known that he was inside the Virtual World, Yang Fan would have thought everything around him was real.
The fresh aroma of food.
The faint scent of high-end perfume.
The sandalwood fragrance lingering around the tables and chairs.
Everything was so realistic that there was almost no sense of artificiality.
“How is it?” Seeing the surprised expression on Yang Fan’s face, Li Shuhao couldn’t help smiling.
“It’s your first time here, right?
Does it feel different from the classroom?” “Indeed.” “This is the entertainment district.” Li Shuhao smiled.
“If they didn’t make it realistic enough, who would spend money here?” “From the perspective of the cerebral cortex and dopamine secretion, there’s practically no difference between this place and the real world.” “Brother Yang, you should come here and relax from time to time.” “Constantly focusing on Divine Kingdom development every day can be extremely stressful.” “I’m not as wealthy as Student Li.” Yang Fan deliberately downplayed his circumstances.
“All my Faith Points have been invested into my Divine Kingdom.” “Brother Yang’s personality really suits me.” Li Shuhao laughed.
“I believe there’s a term for this—’delayed gratification.'” “I used to read books about Divine Kingdom investment in the library, and almost every book mentioned it.” “The books say that if a god wants to become wealthy, they must learn delayed gratification.” “Faith Points earned today should be reinvested into the Divine Kingdom rather than immediately consumed.” “Compound interest is the greatest miracle of Divine Kingdom investment.” “Even if your annual return is only ten percent, as long as you persist for a hundred years, your final return will be more than ten thousand times your original investment.” “Brother Yang, don’t you think that’s amazing?” “If an ordinary family could truly practice delayed gratification, couldn’t they also become wealthy one day?” Li Shuhao asked the question while looking at Yang Fan.
“I suppose so.” “A month ago, I thought the same thing.” Li Shuhao’s expression gradually became complicated.
“I even planned that after awakening my Divine Kingdom, I’d have my believers learn various life skills and then invest steadily.” “After a hundred years, I would become wealthy enough to let my parents enjoy their later years in peace.” As he spoke, Li Shuhao stood up.
He picked up a glass of red wine from the table and walked toward the window.
“Until I awakened my C-rank Steel Body talent and the Li Family reached out to me.” “Remember, I’m only a disciple from a branch family.” “At that moment, I realized just how laughable my previous thoughts were.” “I was classified as a second-tier genius of the Li Family.” “Because of that, I immediately received one B-rank building and twenty C-rank buildings.” “If this had happened before, that would have been wealth I wouldn’t have dared to dream of possessing even after working hard for my entire life.” “On top of that, I receive a monthly family subsidy of two million Faith Points.” “I can also enjoy an annual dividend of ten million Faith Points from the Li Clan Genius Investment Fund.” Li Shuhao gave a bitter laugh.
“I’m not afraid of Brother Yang laughing at me, but when I saw the Li Family’s legal team bring that contract to me, I nearly fainted from happiness.” “What compound-interest investment?” “What delayed gratification?” “What becoming wealthy through hard work?” He took a sip from his glass.
“In this world, choices are far more important than hard work.” “And sometimes, luck makes reality far more dramatic than any story.” “Congratulations to Student Li on your meteoric rise.” Yang Fan couldn’t help sighing.
Today had truly broadened his horizons.
He had never imagined that the wealth accumulated by these great families could be so astonishing.