The group of people was so frightened that they shook like leaves. They kowtowed incessantly as they begged for mercy, fearful to the extreme.
“A fault confessed is half redressed. On account of how this is a first offense for all of you, he can let bygones be bygones. What’s important is what you do next!”
Bubbles shouted, “Do you need the Great God Meng Lei to specially instruct you on what you should be doing from now on?”
“No, no!”
“We know what we should do!”
“Good to hear that!”
Bubbles nodded in satisfaction. Then, he said, “Thirdly, this isn’t the Great God Meng Lei’s decision, but the four of ours! You can just use it as a casual reference!”
“Your orders, please, sir!”
Bubbles said dispassionately, “The Great God Meng Lei has done so much for the Golden Archipelago. Shouldn’t all of you show some gratitude in order to repay his great kindness?”
“Show some gratitude?”
“Yes, yes, yes! We get it! We get everything!”
“Since you do, then get lost! The four of us will inspect the Golden Archipelago again a month from now. If your actions do not satisfy us, your life will be taken as punishment in less severe cases, while the whole clan will be wiped out for more serious cases. All of you had best keep that in mind!”
“Yes, yes!”
Everyone then left in a hasty panic.
Bubbles snorted lightly as he watched them from the back. “These guys will never behave if you don’t scare them a little.”
“What happens next will now depend on what they choose to do.”
“Of course!”
“We can’t stay idle, either. We’ll have to create a few disasters and then make a few displays of divine intervention in Master’s name. Only when we attack the problem from two angles at the same time can we successfully establish and build power of faith!”
“Yes, that’s what we should do!”
Chapter 249: Lesser Deities, Distributing Divine Cores
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lieyang Zhan hastily returned. The moment he got back on the Blazing Sun Island, all the Blazing Sun Clan directors came out to receive him. Their eyes were filled with both hope and apprehension.
Lieyang Zhan heaved a long sigh. He said with a shake of his head, “The Blazing Sun Clan won’t be annihilated, but our emergence plan can now be considered a complete failure!”
Lieyang Zhan recounted everything that had taken place on the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent right away, upon which everyone broke out in cold sweat, lingering fear filling their hearts.
Half-deities! And four of them at that!
The mysterious Great God Meng Lei, too!
They were the ones that had killed Thackeray and annihilated the Golden Dragon-Lions!
“Four half-deities! How laughable of us to even think of taking the opportunity to emerge as a power, replace the Golden Dragon-Lions, and become the new masters of the Golden Archipelago. What a gross overestimation of our own capabilities!”
“Totally! The Blazing Sun Clan would probably have followed in the Golden Dragon-Lions’ footsteps and been wiped out by them before we can even emerge...”
“That’s enough! Say no more!”
Lieyang Zhan said with an awful look on his face, “What’s most pressing is to tide over the crisis right before us now. Otherwise, the clan will still face the threat of annihilation!”
“Yes, yes! Grandmaster is right!”
Everyone nodded hurriedly. After all, according to the grandmaster, the four half-deities were going to do an inspection in a month’s time. Should they be dissatisfied, they would still have to die, regardless.
A worried director asked, “What should the clan do now, Grandmaster?”
“I’ve discussed this with the other clans’ grandmasters while on the way back.”
Lieyang Zhan said in a low, deep voice, “Half-deities are totally above run-of-the-mill treasures. What they really place importance in... is power of faith!”
“Power of faith?”
“That’s right, power of faith!”
Lieyang Zhan nodded heavily. “Isn’t power of faith the exact reason why the Golden Dragon-Lions had occupied the Golden Archipelago? Therefore, we can start with power of faith!”
“Just tell us what we should do, Grandmaster! We’ll do exactly what you say!”
“Yes! For the sake of the clan’s survival, we’ll listen to everything the Grandmaster says!”
“Since the Great God Meng Lei places great importance on power of faith, then we’ll help to spread his faith. In summary—construct temples and statues!”
Lieyang Zhan instructed gravely, “Pass down the order! Everyone is to collect timber, stone, gold, and other materials and construct temples and statues on every island.
“Get all the Magicians in the clan to help out. We’ll strive to build a temple and construct a statue on every island within ten days.
“On the day that the temples are completed, we, the Blazing Sun Clan, shall take the lead to pray to the Great God Meng Lei. We’ll be a good role model and do everything we can to spread his faith!”
“Yes, sir!”
...
Just like that, a large-scale temple construction project was launched. This wasn’t just limited to the Blazing Sun Clan’s turf; other islands were also building temples.
The rich and powerful clans were no longer warring, no longer seizing food supplies and weaponry, and no longer recruiting warships and soldiers, to the common people’s astonishment. Instead, they were building temples.
“What kind of situation is this?”
“I have no idea...”
Under the common people’s puzzled eyes and in fewer than ten days, temples worshiping the Great God Meng Lei started to sprout like mushrooms after rain.
Large temples were constructed on large islands, while small temples were constructed on small islands. Every temple housed a statue each.
One must admit that the Magicians of this world could really be said to be the world’s best architectural construction experts. In under ten days, the Golden Archipelago was filled with temples.
Their efficiency was truly flabbergasting!
After the temples were built, large forces
