Chapter 1067: Popularity Soaring

"It seems there are still many good people in the world." Luo Quan played the Pope's message, her expression very proud.

"This only shows that this Pope is relatively reasonable, but you might not have such good luck next time." Ye Zhining continued to pour cold water, wanting Luo Quan not to be so naive.

"I know, I'm not a fool." Luo Quan replied happily.

"Do not have the heart to harm others, but do not lack the heart to guard against others." Of course, she knew there weren't that many good people in this world.

But she was very fortunate that most of the people she met in the Universe were good people.

"In any case, the expansion of the Holy Mother's Summer Palace is definitely good news. Next, we just need to wait for the Dawn Church to make an official announcement, and then we can start raising money, right?" Luo Quan asked again, worried, to confirm she hadn't missed any details.

Ye Zhining nodded gently. "Yes, if nothing goes wrong, you will soon have a magnificent palace of your own."

"And in this palace, you can have your own attendants, believers, and army, equivalent to a small king."

Luo Quan looked surprised. "My own army? Is this allowed in the Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty?"

"Others definitely can't." Ye Zhining shook her finger. "In the Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty, except for me and the five great kings of different surnames, it's equivalent to treason for others to possess private armies."

"But who told you to be you? I have given you special authorization to allow you to have a private army of no more than 10,000 people on the land of the Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty."

"Actually, I don't need that many at all. It's useless for me to have an army." Luo Quan felt that having this privilege was already quite good; arranging 10,000 people directly was just too exaggerated.

Bai Xingwei said, "This is a symbol of status. Besides, if you travel in the future, having an army to clear the way would be so impressive."

"That actually sounds quite nice." Luo Quan imagined such a scene, and her vanity was satisfied quite a bit.

"Alright, stop dreaming for now." Ye Zhining spoke up to interrupt Luo Quan's fantasy time. "Thinking about how to face your believers is the serious business. If I remember correctly, you haven't finished reading the Supreme Doctrine of the Dawn Church yet, have you?"

"I really haven't finished it." Luo Quan lowered her head in shame.

On the day she was recognized as the Holy Mother by the Dawn Church, she received the Dawn Doctrine.

As the Holy Mother, she had to be well-versed in the doctrine to preach and bestow blessings upon believers.

But she only read a few pages before she couldn't continue, because the content in the doctrine was truly nonsense.

One part went like this: "There should be flowers in the world, so beautiful flowers grew out of the hard rock, covering the entire earth."

This was originally intended to reflect the omnipotent divine power of the Heavenly Father, but Luo Quan felt her intelligence had been insulted.

Flowers growing out of rocks—if you had just said they grew out of the cracks in the rocks, it might have been convincing.

But such an outrageous reason, apart from devout believers, I'm afraid only a madman would believe it.

Luo Quan couldn't convince herself anyway, so she flipped through a few pages and didn't read any further.

It just so happened that she had already returned to Earth at that time, and there was no place where she needed to use it, so it had been left in her storage ring gathering dust. She didn't expect to have to use it right now.

"I'll go back to my room and cram later!" There was no other way; Luo Quan planned to embrace the Buddha's feet at the last minute.

"Then you must read carefully, and don't let the cat out of the bag when the time comes." Ye Zhining and Bai Xingwei both laughed.

If the Holy Mother met her believers for the first time and ended up stuttering through the blessing prayers, that would truly be too funny.

Although they didn't want Luo Quan to make such a fool of herself, if it really happened, just thinking about it would have great entertainment value.

"Impossible!" This was Luo Quan's reply. "I haven't had any slip-ups in anything I've done since I was a child."

Luo Quan knew the two women's thoughts, so she responded domineeringly and went back to her room.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Zhining greeted Bai Xingwei and returned to the palace.

After returning to her room, Luo Quan didn't cram the doctrine immediately. This thing only needed the system to scan it once and inject it into her brain.

The Dawn Doctrine was tens of millions of words long and half a meter thick. When would she finish reading it page by page? She definitely had to let the system solve it.

Now she was more concerned about public opinion on the internet.

Ever since her stunning appearance at the Universe New Year's Eve Gala, she had returned to Earth overnight to avoid Ye Zhining, and hadn't even had time to greet her fans online.

Although she heard from Bai Xingwei later that everyone's reaction was quite intense and they were all calling for her to come back, she didn't know exactly how intense it was.

Now that she finally had time, she decided to take a good look at the fans' reactions after seeing her true face.

Of course, the first thing was to open the live stream room.

She had promised that alien who looked like a goblin that she would live stream, but after signing the contract, she hadn't really fulfilled it. However, the person still took care of her compensation. Thinking about it, she felt quite sorry for this alien.

Fortunately, this contract was a long-term project. If she streamed a bit more in the coming period, it would be an explanation to him.

She hadn't streamed for a few months, and upon returning, she found that her popularity was actually quite good, ranking 36th in the chat division.

For an empty live stream room, this ranking was already quite terrifying; one could imagine how enthusiastic the fans were.

And when these fans waiting in the live stream room found that Luo Quan had appeared again, they were stunned for a moment, and then fell into huge joy:

"Thank the Heavenly Father, you've returned, my Holy Mother."

"It's been a long time, you are still as bright and moving as ever."

"Why does it look different from the New Year's Eve Gala? Is it a makeup issue?"

"How could the Holy Mother's true face be revealed to you just like that?"

"Do you see that earring? If I'm not mistaken, that should be the magic treasure that conceals Luo Quan's true beauty. She wasn't wearing this earring when she was on stage before!"

"You guys are really observant."

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Regarding Luo Quan's fluctuating beauty, the sharp-eyed and careful fans soon discovered the clues and stated the correct answer.

Luo Quan didn't give a direct answer to this, just waved at the camera: "I've returned from visiting my family. I'm really sorry for making everyone wait so long."

This simple greeting caused countless fans to lose control of their emotions:

"You promised to go home for the New Year, why did it take more than two months to come back?"

"Do you know how I spent this time? I thought about you every day, tossing and turning."

"Holy Mother, why do you treat your children so cruelly?"

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Don't leave without a word for so long next time."

"Now please stream hard and make up for what you owed before."

"Watch your tone, the one sitting in front of you is the Dawn Holy Mother."

"I am a devout believer, but I have to say, the Holy Mother's figure seems even better than when she left."

"Oh, what a blasphemy!"

"A person like you would have been sent to the stake 100% of the time in the past."

"If it's for the Holy Mother, I would be willing even if I were burned to ashes."

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Seeing such fierce words, Luo Quan only felt scared.

Those fans on Earth who said such things were mostly playing memes, but these people in front of her, Luo Quan felt they were really capable of doing it.

This rhetoric was truly too fanatical, as if she could order them to offer their hearts without hesitation.

To avoid any loss of life from live streaming, Luo Quan hurriedly said: "Everyone doesn't need to be so excited. I will be streaming all the time in the coming period, and you can see me every day."

"As for gifts and such, just let it be. If you have the ability, then give them; don't consume beyond your means. Also, minors must not give gifts."

After these words came out, the audience was immediately unhappy:

"Are you testing our devotion, Holy Mother?"

"I know, you said that because you saw no movement on the gift leaderboard, right?"

"Three black holes, just a small token of respect."

"Damn, the big shot is awesome."

"I'll come with three too. Don't look down on us, Holy Mother."

"What kind of strength do you have to compete with me? I'll go directly with five black holes!"

"Ten!"

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Watching one black hole after another, symbolizing the most expensive reward item, appear in the live stream room, Luo Quan was also a bit confused.

Her original intention was to let the fans not send gifts blindly and just watch the live stream for fun.

Who knew that these people felt insulted and directly spent a lot of money to prove themselves, and even started comparing with each other.

Heaven have mercy, she really wasn't being sarcastic about everyone not sending gifts.

Just when she wanted to speak up to stop them, she suddenly remembered the sentence Ye Zhining said to her.

The citizens of Universe Star were far richer than she imagined, and these high-value black holes were just a number to these people.

If she spoke up to stop them, these people would probably feel confused instead.

"The Holy Mother is asking us to stop after sending just this little bit? No, this must be a test of their faith, we have to send more!"

The above thoughts were highly likely to occur. To avoid intensifying the conflict, Luo Quan felt it was better to play dumb once.

In short, as long as someone sent large gifts like black holes or stars, Luo Quan would express her gratitude.

The status of Holy Mother didn't make her feel superior; accepting gifts and expressing gratitude was the most basic quality.

After thanking them for about ten minutes, Luo Quan finally got tired and said panting: "Everyone stop sending for now. If you keep sending, I have to keep thanking you, and I can't stream anymore."

"Let's stop for a while and let me rest."

Most of the audience agreed very much at this time:

"Indeed, let's send later. Luo Quan has been thanking us for a long time."

"The Holy Mother is really down-to-earth. She keeps thanking us as long as we send. None of the big streamers in the top ten next door are like you."

"This is the shining point of the Holy Mother, and it's also why we love her."

"Let's send later, otherwise the live stream will just be watching this."

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Under the joint appeal of Luo Quan and the audience, the gift frenzy finally subsided, and Luo Quan was finally able to start the official live stream content.

"Let's reply to the question I just saw first."

Luo Quan coughed twice and looked at the camera: "Just now a fan said that my appearance is completely different from when I was on stage, and asked if I used makeup or some black technology to modify it."

"Let me clarify for everyone here: the one on the New Year's Eve stage was my true appearance. What was shown before, including what you see now, were results after weakening modifications."

"The prop for the modification was also guessed by fans just now; it's this earring I'm wearing on my ear."

Upon hearing the clarification, the fans immediately became excited:

"Sure enough, I guessed it exactly right!"

"The observation is indeed quite sharp."

"But Holy Mother, why do you want to do this? Your true appearance is so beautiful, wouldn't it be better to show it directly?"

"Maybe it's because it's too beautiful, and she's afraid you guys won't be able to hold back after seeing it."

"Indeed, after watching the performance at the New Year's Eve Gala, I was thinking how good it would be if I could marry Luo Quan."

"If you want to achieve this, you must have saved the universe in your previous life."

"Haha, you really dare to dream."

"I think this is actually a kind of protection for herself. After all, when Luo Quan first appeared on the internet, she didn't have the status of Holy Mother."

"Yes, a girl from a small place with no background, looking so beautiful—isn't that a flower growing next to a beehive?"

"So she used this method to conceal her true appearance. This is indeed a smart approach."

"There shouldn't be any need to worry about this anymore. Who would dare to do anything to Luo Quan now?"

"If you really have to say, the supreme leaders of the Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty and the Divine Blessing Federation still have this ability."

"How could they do such a thing? It's only theoretically feasible."

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Looking at the fans' assertive words, Luo Quan wanted to complain: A certain Empress of the Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty not only wanted to have ideas about her, but had already taken action.

And under her "lewd power," she didn't even have the ability to resist.

If she couldn't reach the same martial arts height as her in a few decades, she might really be taken.

Of course, one can't draw conclusions about the future so quickly.

And it's even more impossible to tell such things to fans and netizens.

Although Ye Zhining might wish to announce to the world that she was her beloved concubine, the Dawn Church would definitely not agree to let their Holy Mother marry so rashly.

It's not that the Holy Mother can't marry, but it must be after giving birth to the Holy Son.

Only in this way can it be guaranteed that the child born is the Holy Son.

Otherwise, it would be a disaster for the entire Church.

Therefore, Luo Quan looked at these fans' discussions and resisted the urge to complain.

"By the way, the Dawn Church is going to build the Holy Mother's Summer Palace for me soon. I don't know if you have seen the relevant news."

The fans were shocked:

"Is there such a thing?"

"Let me check the news."

"It's officially announced. The Pope ordered it personally."

"Awesome, now we have a chance to meet the Holy Mother offline."

"Yay!"