Realm Battlefield.

Within the Primordial Realm base.

After two days of fermenting, the news of the establishment of the Saint Protection Duchy has spread throughout the entire realm.

Almost in every corner, people are discussing this matter.

"I heard that the new duchy was established within the Holy Radiance Empire. I wonder how it’s doing."

"How could a newly established duchy be? Its national power and resources surely can’t compare to those old duchies."

"Indeed, I heard that all the high-tier lords in that duchy ran away, leaving only a small portion of low-tier lords."

"Ah? So dire? I was just considering whether to move there, but now I have to think again."

A few lords gathered in a corner, discussing in low voices as if afraid of being overheard.

After all, no matter how destitute the king is, a Tier Ten powerhouse is still someone they look up to, naturally they wouldn’t dare be too brazen.

But they didn’t notice.

At this moment, a low-profile figure was concealing his aura and slowly walking past them, having just happened to overhear their conversation.

Sure enough, many people are not optimistic about his duchy.

Lin You sighed helplessly. It seemed that besides a relatively large territory, he really had nothing to attract other lords.

This made him even more eager to develop the duchy.

Without wasting any more time, he went straight to the exchange crystal, converted the merit gained from killing those ten Realm Alliance members into 10,000 points of faith, and then teleported back to his territory.

In doing so.

Added to this morning’s gains from killing those five Tier Ten Demon Leaders, he now had two Rule Crystals, which could first be used to research the Multiplication Grass and Lucky Four-leaf Clover.

After all, this is a task that takes a considerable amount of time, and of course, the sooner researched, the better.

After arranging the research tasks properly, only then did he open the territory interface to check.

It was already past noon.

Almost a day had passed since the duchy’s establishment yesterday.

And his faith had increased by more than 4,000 points.

This had indeed surged a lot compared to before, but was still far too little compared to other duchies.

Because after inquiring with Ji Xinghe, he learned that the Great Wilderness Duchy generated about 10,000 faith points per day, capable of producing one Rule Fragment in a day.

This is the average level for most duchies.

Even with the double faith bonus of the Dominator’s Certificate, he only reached half of the Great Wilderness Duchy’s level, which was truly disheartening.

However, the good news is.

The time flow speed in the Origin Space seemed much faster than he imagined.

In just a day, those microorganisms had already started to gradually split and evolve into new individuals.

And after nurturing for half a day, yesterday’s Faith Fruit had actually ripened, and the second fruit’s bud had started to grow.

It seems that the evolution of these life forms might also accelerate the accumulation of faith.

It’s uncertain if in the future it will give birth to intelligent civilizations similar to them.

If that’s the case, wouldn’t he be akin to a Creator God?

"Creator God, huh," Lin You murmured.

"I wonder if the world before was also created by some Creator God?"

Lin You couldn’t help but fantasize, always feeling that this world was full of mysteries and unknowns.

Unfortunately, before he could think further, a prompt suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Please note, the joint recruitment held every three months will start tomorrow.]

[This recruitment will last for five days, during which new descending lords can be recruited under your command.]

[For details, please visit the duchy management interface.]

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Tomorrow is the joint recruitment?

Lin You’s spirit was uplifted, he had been waiting for this day.

Immediately, with a thought, he summoned the duchy management interface, indeed finding a personnel recruitment arrangement option at the bottom.

Without hesitation, he opened the private chat interface and contacted Yan Wu and the other two, asking who was available to act as the chief examiner for a few days.

"Chief examiner? Such an important thing is to be entrusted to us?" Yan Wu asked in disbelief.

"If it’s for something like this, I think Yin Tiange is the most suitable, he’s the most eloquent," Bai Haitang rarely offered a suggestion.

With her indifferent nature, she’s indeed not suited for such public appearances.

"If that’s the case, then leave it to me. I need to stay in the territory for a few days to get familiar with things anyway."

Yin Tiange didn’t refuse, directly taking on this task.

"Alright, it’s up to you then. I’ll reward you with some development resources once it’s done."

"Really? Then thank you, Your Majesty," Yin Tiange said joyfully upon hearing there was a reward.

After all, Lin You is currently a king, naturally, he wouldn’t be stingy.

Then.

After chatting a bit about the territory’s development situation, Lin You closed the private chat and continued to look at the personnel recruitment interface, soon finding a duchy task release option and began to operate.

At this time.

The duchy channel had lords continuously sending messages, talking about their current situations or exchanging information.

[Attention all lords, Lin You (King) has issued a duchy task.]

[Task content: Recruit new lords to join the duchy from subordinate planes, lasting five days.]

[Task requirement: Ten Tier Seven Lords, subject to screening]

[Task reward: 5,000 faith]

Suddenly.

A task notification rang in the minds of all Saint Protection Duchy lords.

The duchy channel paused for a moment, then instantly erupted.

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"Holy crap! Did I hear that right? 5000 Faith!?"

"5000 Faith? This reward is ridiculously overwhelming!"

"That’s enough for me to directly ascend to Tier Eight!"

"A mission issued personally by the King!"

"Ahhhh! I was just a little short of ascending to Tier Seven, why appear at this time!!"

The entire Duchy channel was filled with exclamations, messages crazily flooding in like waves, reaching a point where it’s hard to keep up with.

Just like they said.

Faith can make a Tier Seven Lord advance directly to Tier Eight.

It’s simply a perfect chance to soar high at once.

Some meticulous Lords could even see the King’s intention to start grooming his entourage.

In other words,

performing well in this mission might provide them a great chance to serve under the King later.

This opportunity is not something that comes around often.

Even just touching a bit of it would be extremely beneficial for their future development.

Even those Tier Seven Lords on the battlefield, upon receiving the news, were anxious beyond measure, leaving behind what they were doing to rush back to their base.

"What happened, Old Zhang? Didn’t we agree to do the task together later? Why are you suddenly running back?"

In the Primordial Realm base, several Tier Seven Lords puzzledly watched their teammate who was leaving in a hurry, their eyes full of confusion.

"Let’s hold off the task for now, our King just issued a mission, needing ten Tier Seven Lords, each rewarded with 5000 Faith!"

The Lord called Old Zhang shouted without turning back, picking up speed even more.

And his words quickly reached the ears of other Lords nearby, stunning them on the spot.

Faith.

Even Tier Eight Lords would be tempted, let alone Tier Seven Lords.

Ten Tier Seven Lords means 50,000 Faith.

Which King is so extravagant as to give out so much Faith at once?

In shock, many Lords immediately started asking around, quickly finding out the country where Old Zhang belonged.

It turned out to be the recently established Saint Protection Duchy!

"Saint Protection Duchy, isn’t it just established recently? How come they have so many resources?"

"5000 Faith, I’ve worked hard for a month and only barely managed to get 1000!"

"Other Kings, even if they give rewards, I’ve never heard of anyone offering so much Faith at once, they basically give other treasures."

"This Saintly Protection King isn’t simple, I bet."

"Sigh, I should have moved my territory there yesterday, those Tier Seven Lords in Saint Protection Duchy are gonna revel."

In the base, Lords from various countries were debating extensively, and the news spread continuously through their word of mouth.

Other Lords were alright, at most just envious and jealous.

But those Tier Seven Lords who had just moved away from Saint Protection Duchy heard the news and regretted it deeply, they’re full of remorse.

That’s an opportunity to advance to Tier Eight!

And they just let it slip away by their own hands!

They desperately wished to slap themselves, cursing why they had been so impulsive, without first staying and observing for a few days.

Now, even if they wanted to return, it’s likely they wouldn’t be accepted back, leaving them full of regret.

...

On the other side.

Inside Saint Protection Duchy.

Lin You watched the lively channel before him, his lips finally curving into a satisfied smile.

50,000 Faith doesn’t count for much to him at present.

With the current speed of one Origin Fruit every half day, if given a few days, he can easily gather 50,000 Faith.

Though the Power of Faith itself can’t be traded.

But he can use the accumulated Rule Fragments to exchange with other Kings for artifacts that increase Faith.

If it’s slightly cheaper, I believe those Kings would still welcome it greatly.

"Next, we just have to wait for the number of Lords in the Duchy to increase."

Lin You thought silently.

Casually opening the mission interface, he glanced at the number of applicants.

Goodness.

Out of over a hundred Tier Seven Lords, more than eighty have applied, and the number is still rising.

He flipped through the list, quickly finding the Lord Wei Jun from Mo Yuan City, and the Lord Meng Qing’an from Shuangye City.

One of them could be considered as his subordinate, and the other has been a neighbor for over a year, naturally, compared to other Lords, he can trust them more, and it’s about time to nurture them.

Thus, after a moment of thought, he directly allocated two of the slots to them, leaving the remaining eight slots for Yin Tiange to decide.

Then went on to be busy again under the World Tree.

Meanwhile.

Inside Shuangye City, not far from Yellow Sand City.

Meng Qing’an, who was sitting tensely in the meeting hall, waiting, also received the task notice, first stunned, then suddenly jumped up from his chair.

"Chosen! Actually chosen! Great!"

Meng Qing’an exclaimed excitedly, his body quivering, overflowing with obvious excitement.

That seemingly crazed state startled the subordinates on both sides.

"Lord, what could make you so happy?"

An elderly person couldn’t help but ask.

"Good news, great news! Send out the order, starting today, Shuangye City is tax-free for a month!"