Chapter 62: Worship the God

"Ah?" Zhang Yu muttered to himself, "So this is like worshipping a god remotely through a screen?"

Just then, he suddenly felt his phone vibrate.

Ministry of All People - Great God of All Living Beings

Payment 1000

Holy crap!

Zhang Yu was shocked. He never expected that clicking a single bow to the god would cost him 1000 yuan.

What was even harder to accept... was that he hadn't even activated the payment account for the Register, yet the money was deducted directly from his bank card?

Earlier, when he used the Restraint Talisman at Songyang High School, Zhang Yu had still relied on the patrol team's temporary member's one free daily use.

He wanted to find options like refunds or customer service, but no matter how he searched, he couldn't find any.

Worried he might accidentally pay again, he simply contacted Zhang Pianpian to ask.

Hearing what Zhang Yu said, Zhang Pianpian replied, "That's how worshipping gods works. One click, one bow, a thousand each time. Long press to bow repeatedly."

Zhang Yu said, "No... I get that clicking costs money now. The problem is I never activated the payment account, so how could it charge my bank card without even asking me?"

Zhang Pianpian said matter-of-factly, "That's the power of the gods. They can move funds from billions of accounts every second."

"If they couldn't even deduct money directly from your account, how could they be called gods?"

She warned, "So no matter who you owe money to, never owe the gods."

"What the hell..." Zhang Yu was at a loss for words upon hearing this, and could only mutter sullenly, "The Eight Great Divinities sure are impressive."

Zhang Pianpian said, "But you don't need to be scared. The Eight Great Divinities have their own rules; they won't mess around."

"This time, it was you who chose to worship the god, so they only charged you 1000."

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly and asked again, "Sis, just tell me directly what the functions of the Register are. I'm afraid I might accidentally get charged again."

Zhang Pianpian said, "Bowing to the gods daily is the most basic way to raise your faith level. The longer you bow continuously, the greater the boost to your faith level each time."

"But if you miss even one day, you have to start over."

"For those with high faith levels or masters of the talisman arts, bowing to the gods every day is a mandatory practice."

Zhang Yu understood—it was a damn daily check-in, except each check-in cost at least 1000.

Zhang Pianpian continued, "As for making offerings to the gods, there are different methods like lighting incense, merit banners, and offering spirit tablets. The more expensive ones improve your faith level better and can have various special effects like boosting talisman power or granting talisman privileges."

"You can click on 'Offerings to Gods' to take a look. You'll need to select options after entering—it won't charge you."

Still scarred by that instant 1000 charge, Zhang Yu cautiously clicked on the Offerings to Gods option.

He saw a price list for different items: lighting incense, hanging merit banners, setting up offering spirit tablets, chanting scriptures, etc., with prices ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands.

After reading the descriptions for a while, he suddenly realized... these all seemed to be remote offerings, where spending money affected the temple in the spirit world.

So weren't these probably just virtual items!?

Zhang Yu finally understood why the Eight Great Divinities were so rich—each god was basically lying down to earn money.

Zhang Pianpian continued introducing, "As for 'Consulting the Gods,' it means asking the gods about the talisman arts. The costs here are very high, and since your faith level is too low, you don't need to spend money on this for now."

"The options below, shrouded in mist that you can't see, will only unlock when your faith level is higher. So don't think too much about them for now..."

After hanging up the call with Zhang Pianpian, Zhang Yu helplessly stared at the Register before him, his heart full of bitterness.

"This talisman stuff... is really too hard." "How much money would it take to win first place in the Advanced Arts Competition?"

Just as Zhang Yu was lost in thought for a moment, the ritual countdown in his mind started blaring again, reminding him not to daze off and to focus on training.

Zhang Yu had no choice but to temporarily set aside these thoughts. He first poured himself a cup of powdered beast meat to drink, then headed to the unfinished building, planning to start today's practice.

Whatever the case, the Arts Competition was still a few months away; the nearest competition on the horizon was still the Martial Arts Competition.

Thinking about martial arts, Zhang Yu instantly felt confident again.

"Now I have Freehand at level 5, Limitless Cloud Hands at level 10, and Heaven's Martial Mind Tempering Art at level 6. If I go all out in the practical competition, I should have a huge advantage. But the problem is..."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I need to keep these trump cards hidden."

Especially the Level 10 Boundless Cloud Hands—that was a technique he had only obtained in the tournament.

If he were to use the Level 10 Boundless Cloud Hands at the martial arts competition just over a month later, he was really afraid it would draw too much attention, and even Zhang Pianpian wouldn't be able to cover for him.

"At the martial arts competition, I need to hide techniques of too high a level, so now I still have to focus more on improving my basic attributes."

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Arriving at the unfinished building, Zhang Yu once again began cultivating the Heavenly Martial Heart-Training Art.

As the martial intent in his sea of consciousness suddenly erupted, he simultaneously started executing the nine martial forms of the Heavenly Martial Heart-Training Art both internally and externally.

Under the effect of the Heavenly Martial Heart-Training Art, Zhang Yu felt his entire body surging with hot blood and overflowing drive—a will to defy heaven and earth urged him to train madly.

And just as Zhang Yu was fully immersed in cultivation, relentlessly training the Heavenly Martial Heart-Training Art,

in the shadows by the stairs of the unfinished building, a figure was silently observing Zhang Yu in his bitter training.

Zhou Tianyi thought to himself: "I can't let Zhang Yu have time to use the talisman book."

"I have to wait until he's at his weakest, most powerless, and then strike in one successful ambush..."

After waiting for approximately two hours or so,

Zhou Tianyi watched Zhang Yu, whose movements were gradually slowing down, held his breath and focused his mind, slowly raising the mana in his dantian... He was about to make his move.

Swoosh!

The moment Zhang Yu turned his back, Zhou Tianyi rushed in like a gale, his Level 5 Gale Leg Technique pushed to the limit, and he kicked straight at Zhang Yu's back.

Seeing that he had already closed to within three meters of Zhang Yu and the other party still hadn't fully turned around, a sharp gleam flashed in Zhou Tianyi's eyes.

He believed that with the power of this kick, as long as it hit Zhang Yu, it would be enough to knock him down.

Zhou Tianyi had already envisioned which moves to follow up after knocking Zhang Yu down, so as to beat him completely unconscious.

But in the next moment, a mist-like protective qi suddenly surged from Zhang Yu's back.

Bang!

Zhou Tianyi was startled, feeling as if his kick had landed on a cotton ball—light and utterly lacking in force.

Yet the next instant, a mighty force rebounded violently along with the white protective qi, slamming heavily into the sole of his foot.