These beasts were not Yang Fan's believers; they only followed their instincts to hunt and breed each other. In fact, after several decades or a century, their species might even face extinction.
Yang Fan didn't care at all. First, unranked beasts were extremely cheap, and second, this was a necessary process for ecological Evolution.
Li Qingying had mentioned in class that gods could introduce various resource cards, but had to pay attention to the strength level. If a creature of Tier 2 or higher was introduced during the Early Stage of a divine realm, it might bring catastrophic disaster to the domain.
As for low-level beast species, the more the merrier. Gods didn't need to interfere; if a species went extinct, it only proved that it wasn't suited for the development of the divine realm and was automatically eliminated by the ecological chain.
Survival of the fittest; on the path of developing a divine realm, moving faster wasn't necessarily better—time was equally important.
"100 Dark Night Vultures, Tier 1 Demonic Beast, price: 3,000 Faith Points. (Merchant Note: Not recommended for purchase within the first century of the Divine Realm calendar, as this Demonic Beast frequently hunts human infants.)"
After a slight hesitation, Yang Fan clicked buy anyway.
Based on what he learned in class, Yang Fan felt his believers were living a bit too comfortably.
The Bodhi Treasure Snakes were relatively lazy and rarely left that valley, while beasts like antelopes posed no threat to the tribe.
Pressure creates motivation; Yang Fan felt it was time to introduce some dangerous species into his divine realm.
A comfortable environment could never spawn powerful believers.
Upon receiving the card, Yang Fan immediately deployed all of them into his divine realm.
Beams of light flashed, and bursts of beastly roars resounded from deep within the dense forest of the divine realm.
Tigers, porcupines, rabbits, hedgehogs, and mice began emerging like ants.
A loud, resonant screech sounded across the sky.
At this moment, inside Snake Valley where the Bodhi Treasure Snakes resided, a fifty-meter-long old snake coiled its body and assumed an offensive stance, as if sensing a natural enemy.
With a thought, Yang Fan sent down a Divine Decree to the tribe: "My believers, you have performed very well over these past hundred years. As a reward, I manifest a miracle to grant you more food."
"Thank you, our God!" The believers prostrated in unison; even two- and three-year-old infants rolled over onto the ground to bow.
"Opportunity comes with risk. A crisis from the sky has been born; you must be prepared."
Leaving behind these words, Yang Fan pulled out three blank cards to collect the 11 drops of Moon Dew and the 500 Water Lotus Seeds from the tribe's warehouse, then went to Snake Valley to collect 500 adult precious snakes and 500 young snakes before returning to reality.
In a world where network data could materialize into reality, everyone could be a buyer or a seller.
"11 drops of Moon Dew, price: 11,000 Faith Points."
"500 Water Lotus Seeds, price: 1,000 Faith Points."
"Bodhi Treasure Snake bundle: 500 adult stage, 500 infant stage, price: 3,000 Faith Points."
After editing, Yang Fan clicked submit.
"Taotao Network item audit passed, qualification audit passed. Listed successfully."
"Transaction completed. Total revenue: 15,000 Faith Points. Taotao Network has deducted 10% personal income tax and 2% platform matching fee on your behalf. Your net earnings are 13,200 Faith Points, which have been deposited into your divine realm."
Hearing Taotao Network's notification chime, Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh, "As long as the price is reasonable, transactions are really fast. But taxes are quite steep too. On top of these, there's an annual poll tax. The Federal Government is truly ruthless."
Today, everything in the world was digitized and intelligent; whether you were an ordinary person or a High-Order God, you couldn't escape taxes.
Nothing was certain except death and taxes.
"God Lord: Yang Fan
Divine Realm Area: 1,000,000 square kilometers
Talent: F-rank Resource Acceleration Talent (Accelerates growth of all resources in divine realm by 10%)
SSS-Rank Talent: Evolution (Unique talent, accelerates divine realm Evolution, hidden.)
Believers: Barbarians (5,230)
Technique: Federal Body Refinement Technique
Faith Points: 14,988 (Daily Faith Point production: 0.006)
Building: Moon Well (Produces 1 drop of Moon Dew every 10 years)
Assets: Bodhi Treasure Snake (X4,311, Tier 1 Demonic Beast), Dark Night Vulture (X100, Tier 1 Demonic Beast), Water Lotus (X1,000, F-Level Spirit Plant)"
In just about ten days in reality, Yang Fan had earned 13,200 Faith Points. If his parents knew, their jaws would probably drop from shock.
To be precise, he currently wasn't fully utilizing his talent at all.
"I'm still too poor. If I had a background like Luo Bing's plus an SSS-rank Talent, wouldn't I skyrocket right on the spot?"
"I have to find a way to get more initial capital." A glint of greed flashed in Yang Fan's eyes.
With the Evolution Talent, his ability to earn Faith Points was naturally ten times that of others.
Take the Moon Well for example: its market value was 300,000 Faith Points, yielding 3,000 Faith Points per month and 36,000 annually, a return rate of only 12%.
Compared to other divine realm assets, its yield rate was extremely low, but for Yang Fan, it was a 120% return rate.
He could recover the cost in just one year. Most importantly, no time needed to be wasted on cultivation; believers only needed to cultivation.
"Unlike others, my believers don't need to waste time on life skills like Planting or hunting. Enhancing their strength is their core mission. As for necessary resources, they can be fully provided through buildings like the Moon Well," Yang Fan muttered to himself.
"It's almost time for class. I'll think about it tonight." Putting further thoughts aside, Yang Fan pulled out his virtual helmet and put it on.
Virtual World, Class 7, Grade 12.
"Today we will talk about the Prosperity Rating of the divine realm." Li Qingying wrote the words "Prosperity Rating" on the blackboard.
Ten days after the Awakening, everyone was no longer as fanatical as at the start. Although they were listening attentively in class, a trace of fatigue showed in their eyes.
To develop their divine realms, they had to buy resource cards, issue Divine Decrees, and find ways to earn Faith Points.
Especially for students from poor backgrounds, this period was exceptionally tough.
Seeing everyone's state, Li Qingying wasn't surprised at all. Instead, she said, "Before this class begins, I have some good news to announce. Class 7, Grade 12 will organize a monthly exam. Considering everyone has just awakened their divine realms recently, this exam will not involve any combat between believers.
Instead, an Intelligent Lifeform will connect to your respective divine realms to comprehensively evaluate your Prosperity Rating, ranking you accordingly."
Pointing her right forefinger at the large characters on the blackboard, Li Qingying showed a small dimple: "After all, this is an internal class exam, so the school offers no rewards. But as your homeroom teacher, I am personally willing to fund it.
Fourth through tenth place will each be rewarded 20,000 Faith Points, third place gets 40,000 Faith Points, second place gets 60,000 Faith Points, and first place gets 100,000 Faith Points, plus a selective D-Level building."
"Wow!" The classroom instantly burst into excitement, with most people looking thrilled.