Chapter 226 Getting Believers, Bestow
“I have to think of a way to get more believers.”
The power of faith from Little Red alone was far from what Zhou Chen needed.
He wanted more power of faith. Not only did he have to satisfy the needs of the
Godhood and the divine fire to sustain themselves, but he also needed enough
to provide additional divine power for his own use.
Otherwise, all his efforts would have been in vain.
“I should trick.. ah, no, who should I guide to believe in me, the Lord of
Benevolence? I have to think of a way to get more people to provide me with
the power of faith.”
Zhou Chen felt that this problem was a little troublesome.
As an outsider, although he had gained a deeper understanding of this world
from gathering information, in terms of snatching believers, he was far
inferior to the native Gods who had been in this world for a long time.
After thinking for a while, he did not have any good ideas.
“I should fool those children. Adults have complicated thoughts and a
difficult to deceive.”
After making up his mind, Zhou Chen left the house and began to walk to the
slums of this city.
He had been there before and had even treated a sick girl to pave the way for
the appearance of the Lord of Benevolence
After crossing the relatively quiet rich residential area and passing through the
bustling city area and the simple ordinary residential area, Zhou Chen reached
his destination.
Through his Bloodthirst, he quickly found his goal. It was a group of lonely
children, or rather, little beggars.
When Zhou Chen arrived, something unpleasant was happening in this shabby
place
“You bastard! Stay away from my sister!” A twelve-year-old boy pushed a
middle-aged man in his forties in business attire away and shouted.
Behind him was his seven to eight-year-old sister, who was shiveringar
wearing tattered clothes.
“Isn’t ten coppers enough to exchange for your sister?! I think you’re bewitched
by greed! The middle-aged businessman who was pushed away by the boy
was clearly displeased with his intense reaction. His face was dark, as if he was
preparing to use violence.
“Don’t speak nonsense, you evil person! Even if you offer ten kimpurs, I won’t
sell my sister to you!” The boy was not afraid. As he retorted, he opened his
thin arms and used his weak body to protect his sister behind him like a hen
protecting its chick.
“Isn’t this the pair of siblings from a few days ago? Zhou Chen could tell at a
glance that the ones who were in conflict with the middle-aged man were the
siblings that he had saved a few days ago. Near the siblings, he could see other
children he had seen before. These children were hiding in the broken shed
that was like a pile of trash and did not dare to come out. They only dared to
show their heads and secretly observe
This is an opportunity.”
The scene in front of him made Zhou Chen see the opportunity to obtain
believers. He quickly walked forward and grabbed the middle-aged man’s neck
from behind, lifting him up and facing him.
“Get lost.” Zhou Chen’s words were succinct, and his expression was calm. After
saying that, he threw the middle-aged man to the side.
This middle-aged man wanted to resist when he was being grabbed, but he
realized that he could not do anything. Moreover, the person who grabbed him
was dressed in luxurious clothes as well. He looked to have some status, so he
forcefully stopped his outburst and crawled up from the ground with hatred.
His eyes flickered with resentment and unknovwn thoughts.
Zhou Chen originally did not want to pay attention to this person, but his
perception was very sharp. This person’s resentful expression made him feel
that it could result in some troubles. Therefore, he suddenly turned around and
faced the middle-aged man. He instantly approached him, reached out, and
threw him out again.
But this time, he threw him into the high sky, sending him flying who knew
where.
This action immediately shocked the siblings who had watched the entire
orocess. ‘The younger sister was still okay, only staring with her eyes wide
open. But the younger brother’s behavior was exaggerated. He opened his
mouth and looked at Zhou Chen, almost forgetting to breathe.
“Alright, the annoying person has left. Little friend, how’s your sister now?
After throwing the middle-aged man to the horizon, Zhou Chen turned around
and looked at the siblings with a smile.
The boy ignored Zhou Chen’s smile. Instead, his body was trembling as he said
to him, “You.. You killed him.”
“Yes, I heard my Lord’s decree to eliminate that villain. Don’t worry, this is
nothing. Nothing will affect you.
Zhou Chen’s ridiculous throwing would undoubtedly cause the middle-aged
man’s death. After all, the man was only an ordinary person. He was destined
to fall into the ground and be crushed into meat paste.
However, Zhou Chen did not feel any pressure because this world was not
Planet Blue. The rules were different. No one would try to reprimand him, a
person with strength and money.
The boy was speechless for a moment when he heard Zhou Chen’s words. He
seemed to not know how to answer. Zhou Chen continued,
“I came here to introduce to you my omnipotent Lord, the savior of all things
in the world.” He said a bunch of prepared words and began to fool these
children into believing in him.
of course, he did not just rely on his mouth. He also brought them some bread
and other food to guarantee.
The great Lord of Benevolence will not give up on anyone who is in a difficult
situation. As long as you sincerely believe in him, you will obtain his
protection. As a loyal believer of the Lord, I will also give you some help.”
Zhou Chen’s words seemed a little stiff, but fortunately, he was facinga group
of lonely children. In addition to some material temptations, it did not take
long for him to make these children promise that they would change their faith
to the Lord of Benevolence.
“Very good. As long as you believe in the great Lord of Benevolence, your life
will gradually improve.” Zhou Chen said with a smile after sharing the bread.
He was wondering if his actions were useful.
There doesn’t seem to be any Gods competing for the faith of these children.
Their level is probably too low, and the power of faith they can provide is
extremely limited. Perhaps even if I turm them all into my believers, I won’t be
able to gather much power of faith”
According to his experiences in the past few days and the infomation he had
gathered, Zhou Chen gradually understood that the power of faith that every
believer could provide to a God was different. The amount of the power of faith
was not only related to the level of devotion of the believer, it was also related
to the believer’s level, in other words, strength.
For a silver rank existence like Little Red, even if only one of them believed in
him, it could allow him to obtain a trace of divine power from burning their
faith. However, even if all these children were added together, they would not
be able to match Little Red.
However, Zhou Chen did not have much choice at the moment. He was an
outsider, and he could not be too presumptuous for the time being. It was
better to collect these small faiths to train.
After fooling the children, Zhou Chen planned to leave. He wanted to go
somewhere else to see if he could get more believers.
But just as he turned around, a young voice stopped him.
“Lord Oracle, I have a request!” It was the boy from the siblings. Zhou Chen was
puzzled when he heard this. He turned around and looked at him.
“What request do you have? Tell me. If necessary, I will pray to ‘Him’ for you.”
Zhou Chen tried his best to maintain the image of a God’s envoy in front of
these children. Even he felt a little nauseated when he spoke.
Seeing Zhou Chen turn around with a mile on his face, the boy summoned his
courage and looked up at him. “Lord Oracle, I want to become stronger! I want
to become as strong as you! May I ask if the great Lord of Benevolence can help
me?
This kid’s appetite is not small.
Zhou Chen’s expression remained the same, but he had an idea.
“Hehe, Little John, I have my current strength because I was bestowed with it
after believing in my Lord for many years. You’re still too young to think of
reaching my level in a single step. You have to gradually improve yourself.”
Zhou Chen first told him that it was wishful thinking to directly catch up to
him. Then, he enticed him.
“But my Lord will never abandon his loyal believers. If you can organize
everyone to worship my Lord for the next three days, my Lord will definitely
give you a chance to improve.”
“An opportunity to improve? How strong can I become? John’s eyes lit up and
asked.
“How strong? That’s hard to say. It depends on your devotion to my Lord. If you
are pious enough, my Lord will give you strength that far surpasses that of an
adult man.”
Zhou Chen did not give a precise answer. He only told him that the more
devout he was, the greater the grace he would receive from the Lord of
Benevolence.
“It’s enough! With such strength, I can protect my sister and everyone else!”
John was immediately interested after hearing Zhou Chen’s words. He had long
had enough of his weakness and wanted to grow up quickly. Now that there
was a God willing to give him such a gift, he felt that his life was filled with
hope.
Okay. Organize everyone to pray to my Lord these few days. I’ll come back in
three days.” After saying this, Zhou Chen directly disappeared in front of these
children like a bubble, making them exclaim in surprise again.
In fact, this effect was only the bizarre shoes’ invisibility ability. Fortunately, it
was enough to create a mysterious impression of him to these children,
making them trust him more.
“It’s so troublesome to get believers. If only the monsters killed equaled the
number of believers, how good would it be.” At this moment, Zhou Chen had
already returmed to his room. The speech earlier had really vexed him. He was
more suited to trainingg or fighting monsters.
Therefore, for the next three days, Zhou Chen once again focused on
cultivating the Eight Desolates Coiling Dragon Supreme Art.
During this period, he called Little Red, and handed it the bizarre mirror to
observe the children.
The bizarre mirror had a very powerful detection ability. Zhou Chen knew the
location of the children very well, and he could monitor them through the
bizarre mirror to understand if they were focused on praying.
Three days later.
“The Eight Desolates True Energy of the earth attribute has been fully
mastered. This attribute has both attack and defense, and has a control ability.
It can also provide a lot of strength enhancements.”
Zhou Chen’s cultivation was progressing more and more smoothly. Even if he
encountered some bottlenecks in his cultivation, he would be able to
successfully break through under his continuous training.
Zhou Chen dissipated the earthen-yellow ‘True Energy that enveloped his body
and asked Little Red,
“Little Red, have those children been praying seriously these past few days?”
Little Red immediately replied to him through the spiritual connection.
“Less than half lasted for three days? That John is the most devoted one?”
While thinking about Little Red’s feedback, Zhou Chen followed the connection
with the Godhood in his necklace and searched for the voices of the children.
But for some reason, through the Godhood, he could only sense Little Red’s
prayers for the past few days. He did not notice any trace of the children’s
prayers.
“Are they too weak to produce faith?”
Zhou Chen had expected this. He then checked the power of faith and divine
power and found that it was no different from when Little Red was the only
believer.
“It seems like the power of faith provided by weak existences is very limited.
or they might not even be able to produce it.”
Zhou Chen frowned slightly. Although this was expected, the difference in the
production of believers’ faith was too great, making him feel that it was not
easy for God.
“But that kid was able to hold on for three days. It’s quite good considering that
he is only a child.”
Zhou Chen had left this mission for John to test him and let him know that he
had to put in the effort to obtain something
Otherwise, Zhou Chen could have given it to him directly. There was no need to
go through all this trouble.
After some thought, Zhou Chen activated continuous mirror jumps through
the bizarre mirror. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the dilapidated place
where the poor children lived.
After a while, he found John, who was still in the broken shed with his eyes
closed and kept drawing the character “benevolence” on his chest. Beside him,
his sister was also praying
“John, my Lord knows your piety.” When Zhou Chen spoke, John immediately
woke up from his praying state. When he realized that it was Zhou Chen, a
surprised expression immediately appeared on his face.
“Lord Oracle! Is the great Lord willing to give me strength? He looked up at
Zhou Chen in anticipation.
“Yeah.” Zhou Chen nodded slightly, but then said in a deep voice, “John,
although you have been very pious these days, you have only believed in my
Lord for a short period of time. According to the faimess principle, while you
obtain strength, you have to offer some sacrifices.”
“What sacrifice” John inmmediately focused and became a little nervou
Zhou Chen began to describe it to him, telling him that there were two levels of
offerings that would cost him five years and ten years of his life.
“I’m willing to offer ten years of my life as a sacrifice!” John immediately
agreed when he heard the price. Because he was extremely young, the thing he
had the most was time. He was very willing to lose ten years in exchange for
strength.
“Alright, follow me. Ill immediately hold a ceremony for you to accept my
Lord’s grace.”
