From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 83 What a lucky day! (Please read on!)

In the world of fantasy and martial arts, the productivity of ordinary people may not be higher than that of ancient Chinese society.

However, thanks to divine protection, fertile soil, and smooth irrigation, the people were not worried about starvation unless it was a year of war.

Therefore, it supports a large population.

You Ming's jurisdiction now includes 23 villages, which means he has a population of nearly 20,000.

This greatly increased the management pressure on Yuanling Mountain.

Putting everything else aside, the twenty-three villages alone send nearly a hundred souls to be reincarnated each month. If Little Mouse Mother were to do all of that, it would be truly exploiting child labor.

Wu Mo registers incense offerings and responds to prayers every day, leaving him no time to rest.

Since that's the case, then it can only be...

hiring!

You Ming then issued a notice to all the gods, monsters, and spirits in Changning County, stating that Yuanling Mountain was short-staffed and anyone with relevant experience could apply.

Even if you have no experience, as long as you are hardworking and down-to-earth, you can give it a try.

However, You Ming entrusted these trivial matters entirely to Wu Mo and the others.

Because he was only an eighth-rank official and not qualified to bestow divine titles, otherwise he would definitely have transferred Wu Mo and others from temporary workers to permanent staff, saving himself a lot of trouble.

However, he also gave the newcomers more authority, allowing them to help with odd jobs.

Yuanling Mountain is now very famous throughout Changning County. Many people know that this Carp Spirit God has a bright future. Therefore, as soon as the recruitment news spread, there was a constant stream of applicants every day, keeping Wu Mo and others extremely busy.

The little carp itself hid deep inside the temple, seeking some peace and quiet.

"Om."

As he was activating his profound light, gradually illuminating his own Yin spirit, he silently strived towards the next realm.

The Precious Book of Pregnancy suddenly trembled slightly, and a message popped out from within.

"There are 30 children in the area with outstanding innate qualities."

Because You Ming always had the [Nurturing Life] buff, almost every few days, some children with relatively high innate stats would be born under his command.

Today, the number has finally reached thirty.

This seemed to trigger a qualitative change, as an unseen force rose up and descended upon the [Fetal Light Seal] that had been suspended in the sky.

The summit of Yuanling Mountain was completely silent.

The Tai Guang Qi Yin (胎光契印) is like a sun, radiating warm light that spreads in all directions.

Originally, his jurisdiction only covered ten villages near the Fengshui River, but as his jurisdiction expanded, it now covers nearly one-fifth of Changning County.

Countless prayers and incense offerings flowed around the halo, making it appear even more magnificent and grand from afar.

At this moment, the form of the Fetal Light Seal was undergoing a slight change. The originally dazzling light now carried a profound aura, and a vortex-shaped structure appeared at the center.

Those outward radiating forces also became more persistent and resilient.

But as this radiance continued to fall upon the village, it transformed into a resilient force, penetrating into the bodies of all the fetuses and children, subtly altering their very nature. "Rumble."

The entire halo trembled slightly, and tiny fragments fell down continuously, but they quickly transformed into floating light and merged into the radiance.

"This innate divine position has incorporated the power of [Nurturing All Things]..."

You Ming quickly realized that his divine power had evolved.

Because he continuously activated [Nurturing All Things], the number of children with talent in his jurisdiction increased to thirty. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao believed it to be some kind of talent of his and actually merged it with [Fetal Light Seal].

This new divine office can not only inspire the birth of some geniuses, but also slightly improve the aptitude of ordinary children.

Perhaps for ordinary children, the increase in aptitude isn't so obvious, and might not even be a fraction of a point, but the number of people affected is extremely large. In a sense, the widespread improvement in the aptitude of ordinary people is far more beneficial to the Shinto path than the emergence of a few geniuses.

If this improvement in aptitude can continue, then through generations of reproduction and the accumulation of talent, it means that the talents of the people of Changning County are also being optimized generation after generation.

Deep within the entire [Tai Guang Qi Yin], intricate patterns emerged, resembling celestial script.

The trembling light wheel also stabilized completely.

【Fetal Light Divine Seal】!
Intermediate Innate Divine Rank!

About an hour later, the halo in the sky finally took shape, its color becoming darker, its halo larger, and its radiation range wider.

Because it has the authority to change one's aptitude, this divine office has completely entered the category of intermediate divine offices, and its effect is even among the top in intermediate divine offices.

As this divine office took shape, his body even felt a tingling sensation.

If you open his attribute panel, you'll see that all his attributes are subtly fluctuating.

That's right. As his divine office evolved, the original talent return ability of [All Things Grow] is still useful. It's just that if the value is 1 or higher, it returns 1%; if it's less than 1, it returns 1/10,000.

In a village, children under the age of 10 make up about 30% of the population. However, due to the previous surge in the birth rate in Youming's jurisdiction, this percentage is definitely higher. Therefore, the number of children under the age of 10 in Youming's jurisdiction is 4,532.

This means that even if each person receives nourishment and each value is only 0.1, the total would still be enough to bring Youming a return of 0.04.

Don't underestimate this number; the birth rate in Youming's jurisdiction is very high, and he currently only controls less than one-seventh of the population of Changning County.

Once he controls a county, a prefecture, or even a continent, the rebates from these ordinary people alone will be enough to max out every single one of his stats.

You Ming suppressed his excitement slightly. Sometimes he wondered if he had been blessed with too much good fortune before, and there were still some remnants left, which was why he had been having such good luck these past few days.

I've been having such good luck lately, how about I try my luck in the prize draw?
Actually, there's a bit of metaphysics involved here. You Ming had previously tried adding a few points to his Luck attribute before starting to adjust the compass, hoping to get lucky and get a good cheat code.

But it didn't seem to work; at least he never got a cheat code by increasing his luck.

Not only did he suddenly feel like it today, but he also felt a strong urge to try it, so he took out his compass, randomly selected a starting point, and began fiddling with it.

"That's probably unlikely, considering it hasn't been long since we discovered a new cheat code..."

"Bah."

But the moment that thought crossed his mind, the compass in his hand made a crisp sound.

Wow, I'm so lucky today!

(End of this chapter)