Their commission was suspicious.

The little angels now chained up by the Chains of Heaven have piled up into a small mountain. This is definitely not something that a single Chains of Heaven could accomplish; many of them are one-time use Chains of Heaven.

The real Heavenly Locks definitely cannot be sold, but selling these Heavenly Locks, which can still be used a few more times, to the Celestial Realm wouldn't have much of an impact.

Don't worry, it won't have any impact.

See? Even user-friendly plugins are saying this.

"...How much?" Gabriel asked after a moment's thought.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

Logically speaking, the Celestial Realm is certainly very peaceful, but the problem is that if Gabriel is in charge of all security matters in the Celestial Realm, then if certain things don't happen in the Celestial Realm, then what is the point of having Gabriel as the Celestial Security Captain?

Doing business with Gabriel is no longer a simple purchase; it involves procuring supplies for celestial security!

Given how effective the Lock of Heaven was, Gabriel didn't mind asking about the price first.

"I need the power of faith, do you have it?" Chen Luo asked.

Chen Luo refused to believe that the celestial realm lacked the power of faith.

"Yes, but not for sale. Are you a deity of incense offerings?"

Gabriel's tone carried a hint of surprise.

If Gabriel remembered correctly, the gods of the East rarely received incense offerings, and Gabriel didn't think that the person in front of him who could easily subdue him through special means was the kind of god who became a god through the power of faith.

This is not to say that gods who become gods through the power of faith are weak. In fact, if such gods have sufficient faith power, their combat power in the short term can far exceed that of other gods.

Existence is its own justification; apart from the fact that one will perish if one loses the power of faith, there are almost no flaws in believing in God.

But if he loses his faith, he will die.

But the deity before me is the river god. If one becomes a god through faith, then his divine authority should be related to the river.

"No, I am not a god of incense offerings, but I need incense... the power of faith."

Chen Luo and the Heavenly Emperor, these Eastern deities, referred to that energy as the power of faith, while when they spoke with Gabriel, their words were always translated into the native language of China.

“I’ll say it again, no sale. If you understood the situation in the Celestial Realm, you wouldn’t have offered us faith power as a trade. We don’t lack faith power, but we won’t sell.” Gabriel shook his head again.

The deity that best utilizes the power of faith is the one who has faith in God. While the Heavenly Emperor and others can also use the power of faith, it is not as powerful as the deity they have faith in.

Therefore, in the Celestial Realm, the power of faith is stored as a strategic resource. Unless a country is in dire straits, no country or power will sell strategic resources.

Or rather, this country is rotten to the core.

“Alright… let’s change the transaction method then. Whatever you prefer,” Chen Luo said generously.

After confirming that the power of faith was extremely important to the Celestial Realm, Chen Luo was actually quite happy.

This means that unlike when he was rebuffed by the Heavenly Emperor, Chen Luo can obtain additional faith power (gold) here in the Heavenly Realm by helping him increase his faith power (silver) reserves.

And it will be very popular.

But how to make the first breakthrough is a big problem.

So how to get these angels to give him the first batch of faith power is the question.

Don't worry, I have a brilliant plan!

"A top-grade spirit stone."

"Impossible! A top-grade spirit stone can only buy half of it at most!"

"Impossible! Are you going to sell a Heavenly Lock for two top-grade spirit stones? That's outrageous!" Gabriel argued vehemently.

"...How about this, considering that we're about to start a cooperation, here are 89 Heavenly Locks. I should have sold them to you for 89 top-grade spirit stones, but I'll give you a 5% discount and round it down to 40 top-grade spirit stones. How about that?" Chen Luo asked.

"Not very good. We don't need that many Heavenly Locks. Twenty will be enough."

"Then 10 top-grade spirit stones it is. Still at a 5% discount."

"It's a pleasure to work with you." After thinking for a moment, Gabriel extended his hand to Chen Luo.

"It's a pleasure doing business with you." Chen Luo gave it a firm shake of the hand.

Are the heavens really that rich?

Chen Luo initially planned to sell 89 Heavenly Locks for a total of two top-grade spirit stones, but unexpectedly...

"I guess I just don't have the potential to be a shrewd businessman."

Chen Luo muttered to himself

[As expected of the Angel Killer, she won over Gabriel by drastically lowering prices, using that as a foundation for her conquest, and she succeeded! She's incredibly skilled!]

"..."

I didn't think that way, so don't talk nonsense!

Chen Luo simply couldn't bear to harm these angels.

After all, the cost of 89 Heavenly Locks is less than half a top-grade spirit stone.

The power of the Heavenly Lock lies in its properties, not in its sturdiness.

Just like the previous transaction, Chen Luo retrieved the vast majority of the Heavenly Locks, and then neatly stacked 20 Heavenly Locks in front of Gabriel. However, Gabriel didn't even look at them, simply tossed the 20 Heavenly Locks aside, and led Chen Luo towards the meeting room that Gabriel had mentioned.

[Ding! Mission complete]

"Aren't those Heavenly Locks going to be put away?"

“No need, no one will touch it.” Gabriel shook his head.

This is probably what they mean by "not picking up lost items on the road." The Celestial Realm is currently second only to your Puppet World in terms of peace; after all, angels are messengers of God. Gabriel bought the Chains of Heaven only as a precaution, not because there are bad angels. It's just that children might be a little mischievous.

Perhaps that's why, even though all the property was public property, Gabriel didn't hesitate to spend 10 top-grade spirit stones to purchase equipment for the Celestial Guard.

……

"Is this the conference room used for important meetings? It's surprisingly... simple." Chen Luo looked at the conference room that Gabriel had brought him to with some surprise.

Wooden table, wooden chairs, wooden house...

"Are you the kind of god who values ​​hospitality? Well then, please come with me to the luxurious reception area." Gabriel, who had just sat down, stood up.

Having seen much of life's hardships, Archangel Gabriel didn't have strong desires for mortals. For most angels, the luxury of their homes wasn't the most important thing.

The Bible says that it is harder to get the rich into the Kingdom of God than to get a camel through the eye of a needle.

The reason why the Heavenly Realm is so spacious, clean, and magnificent now is simply because it was always like this.

It's not just Gabriel; it seems that the angels themselves don't have much need for material things.

But this does not mean that angels have no desires.

In fact, besides the desire to protect, curiosity is also a kind of desire.

For example, right now.

"Can you tell me about the situation in the lower realms right now?" Gabriel asked.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"of course can."

"Compared to a few years ago when you arrived, society has developed far too rapidly, and the outside world has changed dramatically..."

"The West has already developed the Abyss Passage to a considerable degree. And the Abyss Passage has changed even more. Even after years of development by countless talented individuals, the Abyss Passage is still rich in all sorts of strange items, and they are quite bizarre... For example, I obtained that angel halo."

"Of course, I know you might be more concerned about the current state of the Church. In fact, the Church's development is not as pessimistic as you imagine... Just before I came to Heaven, a war angel named Yvette conducted a major purge within the Church, greatly increasing its purity..."

"As for the Celestial Realm? The Celestial Realm doesn't possess any magical loopholes. My ability to come to the Celestial Realm is simply due to my talent and my divine position..."

Chapter 1233 Main: Ugh, this power of faith... is poisonous!

Chen Luo spent 15 minutes explaining to Gabriel the passage between the mortal realm and the abyss, as well as the situation of the church that Gabriel was most concerned about.

However, Gabriel himself doesn't seem to believe in the church's current changes. After all, based on the intelligence gathered last time, the church, while not rotten to the core, is still a seriously ill patient.

However, given that even Chen Luo, an Eastern deity, had such high hopes for the current church, Gabriel also had a little bit of faith in it.

But only a little bit.

As an archangel and one of the four archangels, Gabriel holds an important guardian position in Heaven, responsible for the guarding of the entire celestial realm. In addition, messenging is also one of her powers, so diplomacy is also part of her job, and naturally, communicating with the lower realm should also be within her scope of work.

Although communication was impossible due to the separation between heaven and earth, things took a turn for the better after Chen Luo arrived.

“Further words are useless. If the churches in the lower realm want support from the upper realm, let them bring up all their faith power, especially the faith power that has been gathered recently,” Gabriel replied after a moment of contemplation.

"Ah, why?"

“You’re not a god of incense offerings, so you might not know, but the power of faith does indeed contain a great deal of information. Other methods, whether images, sounds, or pictures, can be deceiving, but faith is the only one that cannot. Bring up all the recent power of faith from the church, and we will naturally have a way to discern the church’s current situation,” Gabriel explained.

Regardless, the heavens will not allow the church to vanish and crumble during the 50 years in which they are unable to appear, and they will certainly provide support.

However, there is a difference between being half-dead and living a wealthy life.

People in the lower realms might think that life in the heavenly realms is great, but in reality, the happiness in the heavenly realms is unimaginable to those in the lower realms. For example, if Chen Luo's 20 Heavenly Locks were sold to the Pope, the Pope would only offer one high-grade spirit stone for each lock, since they are Heavenly Locks that can't be used many times.

However, in the Celestial Realm, the bid is directly set at a top-grade spirit stone, and there is room for negotiation.

A bunch of rich dogs!

"Therefore, if the church intends to receive support from heaven, it would be best to produce results that satisfy us."

“Although the Celestial Realm has undergone 500 years of depletion, and the remaining spirit stones are not as abundant as they used to be, they are still sufficient to support the development of a church.” Gabriel was very confident about this.

“That’s true. After all, the spirit stones you possess are not only those native to Earth, but also a large number of spirit stones from outside the solar system and even the Milky Way.” Chen Luo nodded.

The wealth in the celestial realm far exceeds what ordinary people can imagine.

Just as a beggar cannot imagine how extravagant the emperor's life is.

According to the Heavenly Emperor, the wealth of the various blessed lands in the Immortal Realm and the Heavenly Realm far exceeds the carrying capacity of Earth. This is because during the 500 years that cultivators are liberated, in addition to doing whatever they want on Mother Earth, they also go on adventures to other planets.

Now that everyone can cultivate immortality, surely we can't be without the ability to traverse interstellar space, right?

During the dark world's most prosperous period, not only in the entire Milky Way galaxy, but also in other star systems, there were signs of cultivators' activities.

Just like hibernation, every time before they were about to fall into slumber for 500 years, those cultivators who went out would bring back a large amount of spirit stones, cultivation resources and so on to spend the winter.

For the immortals and angels, those 500 years of separation between heaven and earth were not so bad, or rather, quite comfortable.

Those cultivators who intend to spend the "winter" outside are not out of the question, but they may never be able to set foot in the solar system again in their lifetime.

After all, time is the most ruthless thing; this is 500 years.

This has created the image of Earth and the entire solar system as being quite exclusive.

It's not that the Milky Way isolated the solar system, but rather that the solar system isolated the entire Milky Way!

“But the matter of faith power is a bit troublesome, because the church also needs faith power now. They want to use enough faith power to make an angelic talent become a god, and then establish a channel of communication with you. Even with me, who can transport supplies, they still haven’t given up on this idea,” Chen Luo said.

Or perhaps it was precisely because of Chen Luo, who could transport supplies, that the church worried that Chen Luo might misappropriate their belongings.

“They can go to mission sites on other planets and obtain the power of faith,” Gabriel suggested.

"...Have you considered that they might not have the technology and ability for interstellar teleportation?" Chen Luo whispered a reminder.

Now that they have the ability to travel between stars, it's natural that some religious pantheons would also consider spreading their faith across stars.

Many planets actually have missionary sites for different religious sects. After the Jedi Order is lifted, some messengers will go there to reclaim the power of faith. If the sect still exists, they will take the opportunity to consolidate it.

Chen Luo did have a few missionary sites given to him by the Heavenly Emperor, but they were too far away for him to go to.

Before you know it, the daylily has gone cold!

"...Then you can take a portion of the faith power down there. River God, please help us calculate how much faith power they still need, and we'll give them double."

"One part is used to make up for the lack of faith power needed to become a god, and the other part is used to replace the faith power collected recently. It would be best to collect all the faith power collected in the past few years and then take it to the celestial realm."

Gabriel offered a compromise.

The Celestial Realm is not lacking in faith power; it's just that it doesn't plan to use it because it's a strategic resource. However, it would be fine to provide support to churches that can still be saved.

“That’s no problem. But I’m curious… is it because you simply dislike the church’s current form and style that you initially disliked me, the church’s messenger?” Chen Luo asked.

When the little angel first saw the halo above Chen Luo's head, she was probably a little excited, but not completely excited.

But I was completely thrilled when I saw the angel's feather.

“…I don’t want to say more about this topic.” Gabriel shook his head.

"Alright. Then how about this Angel's Feather..."