Chapter 1119

However, for people outside the Flame Empire, becoming subjects of the Flame Empire is not that simple.

The greatest requirement is that one's faith in the Lord of Flame must reach a sufficiently devout level!

Now, across different regions of the Wildlands, people of the Flame Empire are engaged in this work.

These warriors are all local garrison troops.

But the Nuqingling Sect has sent some strong cultivators to lead them, these strong cultivators are to prevent the schemes of evil gods.

Through this method, the number of Wildland tribes in this stretch of wilderness between the northern and central provinces is rapidly decreasing.

This will completely eliminate potential threats within this wilderness region.

Sister Qing Ling and Meng Ying do not wish to be like the Zi Yun Empire.

Every so often, evil gods gather Wildland tribe warriors to launch attacks.

The number of tribes in this wilderness region is not small.

In just one or two weeks, over thirty Wildland tribes have been captured, with a total population exceeding two million.

In tribes that resisted strongly, their leaders were eliminated, then forcibly captured.

Many Wildland tribes have cooperated quite well.

Their living conditions in the Wildlands are actually quite harsh, facing not only food shortages but also ever-present dangers.

Such as the threat of demonic beasts.

Such as the threat from tribes controlled by evil gods.

In the Flame Empire, as long as one's faith in the Lord of Flame reaches a certain level, one can obtain land and housing—what's not to like?

The twenty northern provinces have been thoroughly stabilized.

The people of the twenty northern provinces have long grown accustomed to the rule of the Flame Empire.

In fact, they welcome the rule of the Flame Empire even more.

Under the radiance of the Lord of Flame, each of them lives a life better than they once dared to imagine.

They have also seen the many Goods of the Kingdom arriving from the south.

Yes, many nobles now pack Flame Empire Goods into magic bags and transport them to the northern provinces via small flying ships for sale.

Since the northern provinces are still a blank slate, items like silk and porcelain can be sold here at rare high prices!

This is a new business opportunity recently discovered by some southern nobles of the Flame Empire.

The Flame Empire now has too many people; its domestic market is already enormous.

Moreover, the Flame Empire's economy is at a moment of rapid development.

Know that the Flame Empire undertakes massive infrastructure projects every single day.

And for these infrastructure projects, besides captives, ordinary civilians who work for the Empire are paid gold coins by the imperial family.

Furthermore, civilians who receive land can sell its produce to earn gold coins.

In other words, ordinary civilians in the Flame Empire now possess vast amounts of gold coins, and their purchasing power is surging.

With gold coins comes demand for purchases.

And goods are continuously becoming more diverse; civilians can now afford an ever-growing variety of items.

This forms a virtuous cycle!

Gold coins keep circulating—from your hand to his hand—but the end result is that the people of the Flame Empire grow richer, goods become more abundant, the economy grows more prosperous, and the entire Empire flourishes ever more.

Unlike other nations on the Continent of Gods, where vast wealth concentrates in the hands of nobles.

And now, the Flame Empire is subtly weakening noble influence.

Of course, nobles still have their role—but they can no longer, as in other nations, control the nation's economic lifeline, let alone its military lifeline!

While pushing forward rapid development, Sister Qing Ling is also vigorously advancing the Flame Empire's basic education.

Yes, basic education.

In the past, even the Eternal Night Empire had a literacy rate among its populace of less than 5%.

This literacy rate is not just low—it's abysmal.

Literacy rates among the populace across the entire Continent of Gods are low.

The gods have no interest in promoting literacy.

Moreover, many kings or Emperors on the Continent of Gods believe the more ignorant and docile the people, the more stable the state.

As for how enlightenment affects divine faith power, few ever consider this angle.

The reason is simple.

On the Continent of Gods, gods are real.

Not like those worlds without any gods at all.

In worlds without gods, if the people become enlightened, they will discover the truth—that the remaining faith is merely self-delusion.

But on the Continent of Gods, it is completely different.

The simple truth: every legend, even every Sacred Realm, is filled with learned and wise individuals—so why do they still hold faith?

To make a nation truly prosperous, education plays a vital role.

In the Flame Empire today, numerous schools have been established in the twenty-four western provinces and the eighteen central provinces.

These schools offer free education, provide meals, and if a child attends school, the family is exempt from taxes.

The Flame Empire does not rely on the meager taxes of commoners.

In the Flame Empire today, many things are directly controlled by the state; wealth generated is uniformly allocated by Sister Qing Ling and the others—otherwise, where would the gold coins for so many grand projects come from?

Moreover, taxes come mostly from commercial taxes on noble trade.

The tax rate is about one-tenth—not too high, not too low.

In short, amid rapid development, the entire Flame Empire changes from day to day!

Every day is developing at breakneck speed!

This rate of development is clearly reflected on Lin Yan's system panel.

On Lin Yan's system panel, the experience for the Civilization Fire title is also growing rapidly.

Lin Yan can of course see the exact sources of the Civilization Fire title's experience.

The information on the system panel can be extremely detailed—Lin Yan just usually has no interest in paying attention to it.

Although the Civilization Fire is currently at Lv9, the experience needed to reach Lv10 has already surpassed 20%.

In the palace, Lin Yan drew his gaze away from the system panel and turned it toward the Goddess of Eternal Night.

The Goddess of Eternal Night seemed to be sleeping.

She nestled against Lin Yan's chest like a little kitten.

No one would ever imagine that a powerful goddess of the fourth tier could have such a gentle side.

And her even gentler side…

Lin Yan had just experienced it.

In many details, the Goddess of Eternal Night resembles Tina.

For example, her face shape and eyebrows.

But there are differences too.

For example, her eyes!

Both have clear gazes, but the Goddess of Eternal Night's gaze appears colder.

This is related to the power she wields.

Yet in truth, the Goddess of Eternal Night's inner nature is gentler.

Perhaps sensing Lin Yan's gaze, the Goddess of Eternal Night's long eyelashes fluttered slightly.

A god of the fourth tier does not need to sleep.

But perhaps the Goddess of Eternal Night had simply been too exhausted…

Or perhaps Lin Yan's arms were too warm.

So she fell asleep.

Then, she slowly opened her eyes.

A pair of eyes, as clear, bright, and stunning as the moon, met Lin Yan's gaze.

In their depths, glances flowed.

"Zunzhu…"

The Goddess of Eternal Night still felt a shy little blush within her heart!

At the same time, a wordless sense of happiness rose within her!