Chapter 86: Dragon Rider Li Qing
Li Qing finally rejected his mentor's invitation.
There is only more than half a month left before the two five-star mentors arrive. God knows what changes will happen by then, so it is better to be cautious at this time.
It's not like he has nothing to do now anyway.
Wouldn't it be great to study, manage the territory, and accumulate more dragon vein snake people at the same time?
Nie Yang didn't have any objection to this. He only conveyed the message because Cao Wenyuan and Zhang Jishan jointly requested it. This was not his intention in itself. He had no objection whether Li Qing went or not.
After completing the task stably for three times in a row, the purity of the dragon blood he extracted has reached the level of a senior bloodline mage. The visible progress has made the academy very satisfied.
So in the fourth transaction, the other party directly sent 500,000 ogre corpses.
At the same time, he sold him 20,000 living dog-headed men at half the market price, 500 yuan each, spending 10 million yuan.
Next, he stayed at home and continued to study his unfinished courses. After spending about a week, he refined the corpses of 500,000 kobolds and extracted the dragon blood. He also took the time to make some rock golems.
Five hundred thousand gnoll corpses can be used to extract 250 strands of dragon blood of the lowest standard. One quarter of them will be used for the task, and the remaining 200 are for his own use.
This means that he can get another two hundred dragon vein snake people.
However, there is a problem before him now. The population that the divine realm can accommodate seems to have reached its upper limit, and there is almost no room left for the two hundred dragon vein snakemen to be summoned.
Li Qing hesitated for a moment, and then simply packed up and sold all the more than 2,000 gray humans he had accumulated.
Since the population is limited, we must have only white-name citizens or above. Gray-name citizens cannot be promoted to soldiers, so there is little point in keeping them.
There are a total of 269 dragon vein snake people, 20 of which are kept on hand as reserves. Most of them have just been summoned and their level of faith is not high enough. Li Qing will live here most of the time from now on, cultivating relationships as always.
At the same time, he also borrowed several books from his mentor on how to develop and manage faith, to see how other war lords developed faith, how to manage faith, and how to enhance faith in foreign lands.
It is worth mentioning that as the scale of the Dragon Vein Snake People expanded, the daily income of faith power increased, and Li Qing also decided to start faith in his own divine domain.
According to the encyclopedia of faith that I borrowed from my mentor, the first step in establishing faith is to determine the name and concept of the god being believed in.
Everything else can be put aside, the name and concept of the god must be confirmed first, because this is related to what the future divine position will be, whether it will be a good god or an evil god.
The name of God is easy to understand, it is the object of faith.
Theoretically, there are no restrictions on the name of God, and you can call God anything.
But theory is just theory. In fact, if you don’t want to die too quickly, it is better to give your god a name that is not too arrogant or too high-end.
For example, the Dragon God, in theory, could indeed call himself that at the beginning.
But if you do not have the strength or qualities that match the name of God, you will not be able to convince believers.
Believers are not fools, nor are they NPCs. How can you, an ordinary human being called Dragon God, make them believe in you? How can they develop a devout faith?
Faith that comes from self-deception is just a false believer.
Therefore, after thinking carefully for a long time, Li Qing came up with a title that was not too arrogant but still impressive, and most importantly, had great potential - Dragon Rider!
The dragon rider, Li Qing!
Cult: The Dragon Riders Cult.
As for his philosophy and purpose, they are: uphold truth, purify faith, destroy heresy and evil, and spread love and peace!
This concept was pieced together from the ideas and purposes of some religious groups or churches in the Encyclopedia of Faith. In short, it is a religious group that tends to be orderly and kind.
The so-called religious group refers to an organization whose object of faith has not yet been promoted to the true God. The leader is called the Patriarch or the Patriarch.
If Li Qing is promoted to the throne of the true god in the future, the Dragon Rider Cult will become a church, and the leader will be the Pope.
Of course, this title is not strict. In order to improve their status, some religious groups will directly call themselves churches, or just call them churches casually.
After considering all this, Li Qing called his few core subordinates, informed them of the news, and asked them to cooperate in preparation.
After hearing his words, An Erqiu was a little surprised and said:
"Boss, isn't it too early to start building a belief system this early?"
Xie Zhu also nodded and said:
"We are still in the training period. Soon, the apprentices of the two five-star mentors will come here. In a few months, the wind of chaos will blow over, and there will definitely be a natural disaster invasion. We don't know what the result will be then."
"If you start building faith so early, and if an accident occurs during the battle and a large number of believers die, can you withstand the shock of faith?"
Although the others didn't say anything, worry was written all over their faces.
Li Qing looked at him and smiled:
"Of course I know the consequences, but some things should be done sooner rather than later. You could choke to death even if you drink water. I can't not do it just because it's dangerous. I've made up my mind, and you just need to cooperate."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Li Qing smiled and said:
"Don't worry too much. My God's Domain has such strong defense. I will promote another thousand soldiers later. With the elite troops in my hands, they will not be worse than the apprentices of the five-star mentors."
"Then I command!"
Everyone looked at Li Qing with a serious expression.
"From now on, we will establish the Dragon Tamer Cult, and I will be the temporary head of the cult."
"An Erqiu is the chief cardinal of the order and the knight-general of the Dragon Fang Knights."
"Xie Zhu is the Cardinal of the Order and the Deputy Knight Commander of the Dragon Fang Knights."
"He is the Cardinal of the Dragon Guardian Order and the Deputy Knight Commander of the Dragon Knights."
"Cardinal of the Dragon Mage Cult, Chief Mage of the Mage Corps."
"Xie Heng is the bishop of the order and also the supervisor of the order."
"Xie Jin is the bishop of the church and the chief judge of the Inquisition."
"Dai Lirong serves as the bishop of the church and the chief advisor of the church."
"Shang Yingxin is appointed as the bishop of the church and also the director of the church's secular affairs."
"Xia Mang is the bishop of the order and also the treasurer of the order."
There are only so many people in the territory, and fortunately the cult is not large, so we can still handle it.
In addition, these are their part-time jobs in the cult, and their original positions in the divine domain have not changed.
In addition, the two knightly orders of the cult are the two troops in the territory. The Dragon Fang Knights refer to the current 600 troops in the territory, while the Dragon Riding Knights refer to the 269 Dragon Vein Serpent Men.
The dragon tamers refer to these dragon vein snake people.
In the future, as the size of these dragon vein snake people increases to several thousand or tens of thousands, he can be truly worthy of the title of dragon rider.
The deputy commander of the Dragon Knights is Long Shou, and the commander of the Dragon Knights is naturally Li Qing himself.
As soon as the church was established , the spread of faith within the territory began.
Internal communication is simple. Just call everyone together to make the announcement, and then post slogans about the church on the streets of the city so that the people of the territory can see them when they go out.
Under this subtle influence, it won’t be long before all the people will know and develop beliefs of varying degrees.
After that, we will use various methods to slowly strengthen their faith.
It is worth mentioning that in the cult’s external propaganda, Li Qing did not tell others the truth that he was the dragon rider.
Even An Erqiu and Xie Zhu didn't tell them.
Of course, they all knew it was him, but they couldn't say it.
Li Qing did not expect to gain faith from them. They all came from the same human race, but had different circumstances. One was a professional hero, and the other was a war lord. It was no problem to let them serve, but it was very difficult to make them believe in him.
On the contrary, subordinates like Long Shoulong Fa, who he personally trained, have great potential and are very devout in their belief in him.
There are not enough people at this stage. When enough people are trained in the future, the church leaders with low faith will definitely be replaced.
More than half a month passed in a flash, and just when Li Qinggou was concentrating on managing his own little piece of land in the Divine Realm, the two five-star mentors finally arrived.
When two new mentors suddenly appeared in the Divine Domain network and their announcements were heard, Li Qing suddenly realized that ten months had passed.
It has been exactly ten months since the training began.
The two five-star instructors were Xiao Zhenqian and Tai Shujing, and they were accompanied by more than thirty apprentices.
After the two five-star mentors announced their arrival, there was an eerie silence in the lively Divine Realm network channel. Many people had spoken on it before, but now there were very few people talking, and the apprentices of the two five-star mentors were not heard speaking either.
Li Qing felt a little strange, but that was all he could think of. He was busy with his own business, and what others did was none of his business.
However, the next day after the two mentors came, Li Qing received a notice from the mentor to all apprentices:
"After research by the academy management, it has been decided that in two months, that is, one year after the training, the academy will use the Black Stone Tower to open the passage between this plane and the Eternal Divine Tree for one day. At that time, you can contact your family and friends at the Eternal Tree and get the family's support for this year in one go. If you need to purchase anything, please do so as soon as possible."
"In addition, considering the impending Wind of Chaos, the Academy has decided to open up the access to Blackrock Spire. From now on, everyone can communicate through Blackrock Spire. As long as they are in the plane, they can communicate in real time no matter where they are."
"In addition, apprentices can apply for some special permissions of Blackrock Spire by consuming source essence, including building a channel to their own divine domain."
After this message, Nie Yang sent another private message to Li Qing:
"You can contact your family when the time comes. I will write you a letter of certification and submit it to the head of the Li family. With your current performance, you will be able to gain strong support from the family."
"Also, if you have something good you want to offer to the Eternal Tree, that day is a good opportunity."
Li Qing pinched his chin, his mind working quickly, thinking about the trump card he currently had in his hand.
“This is indeed a good opportunity.”
He just wanted to increase the population limit of the divine realm, and he happened to have two snake-man luck cards in hand, which he could use as sacrifices in exchange for the favor of the Eternal Tree.
Considering the rarity and value of favor, even if it’s only two or three points, that would be good.
"No, there are still two months left. I still have a chance to make some money."
Li Qing rubbed his chin and sent a message to Nie Yang:
"Teacher, how are Cao Wenyuan and his team doing?"
Nie Yang quickly replied:
"It's OK. They are using siege tactics, blocking the city's land routes and cutting off its food supply. Although it's slow, it's more stable. They are still under siege."
"Why, do you want to join in?"
Li Qing smiled and asked:
"Are they still short of people now?"
"Of course it's missing. If you go over now, what I said before will still be valid, but the share will only be 40%."
"Uh... that's fine, but I want to choose the first one."
"Wait a minute, let me ask."
Nie Yang closed the communication, but responded only half an hour later:
"They agreed to split it into 40%. You choose the first one."
"Okay, send me the map."
"Okay, I'll send you the map, and you can get ready."
After closing the communication, Li Qing let out a sigh of relief.
There is no other way. There is only one day in a year, so we have to prepare more.
Then he quickly summoned his men, Long Shou, Long Fa, and Xie Zhu to go to the battle with him, while An Erqiu stayed at home.
The troops he led were 64 elite cavalrymen plus 100 first-level light cavalrymen who were promoted a few days ago, as well as 18 fifth-level elite archers plus 200 fourth-level imperial archers, and 200 zero-level recruit archers.
In terms of infantry, there are 300 recruits plus 24 fifth-level dragon-scale heavy infantry, 8 fifth-level elite Modao soldiers, and 200 fourth-level imperial heavy infantry.
The total number of troops is over a thousand.
As for the 269 dragon vein snake people, they were left at home. At this stage, their strength was insufficient and the difficulty of attacking the city was too high, so they were not brought along.
The troops set out, heading north by water, and turned right to the city of Hashim that he had destroyed before. According to the teacher, they followed the river until they entered the mountains and stopped to take the land route. They went east along the edge of the mountain for about 40 kilometers, and they would see a snakeman city built between two peaks.
It took four days to reach the end of the boat and abandon the ship and go ashore.
Then……
Less than one kilometer away from the river bank, there is a divine castle between two hills. Someone has deployed the divine castle here.
Then the troops were passing through the Divine Realm Castle and were about to move forward when they received a sudden message from Cao Wenyuan.
"Li Qing, come here quickly. Someone is trying to snatch our target."
Li Qing was stunned and asked curiously:
"Haven't you been surrounding this target for several months? According to the default rules, you are still in the process of attacking, and others are not allowed to come and take it."
Cao Wenyuan's tone was filled with extreme anger:
"That's what I said, but this bastard said that this is your rule and they didn't agree to it before."
"??? Wait, they are new apprentices?"
"Yes, he introduced himself as an apprentice under Master Xiao Zhenqian, and his name is Hodge."
"Wait, I'll be right there."
After hanging up the call, Li Qing immediately said to Long Shou and Long Fa:
"You two come with me first. Xie Zhu, you lead the troops to speed up the journey."
He put his hand to his mouth and let out a sharp scream. The giant eagle that had been circling in the air swooped down quickly, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Li Qing jumped onto the eagle's back, patted the eagle's head with his hand, and the black eagle soared into the sky and flew away.
Long Shou and Long Fabei bent slightly, stretched out a pair of dragon wings, flapped them gently, and lightly took off into the air and followed.
Xie Zhu looked at the two people flying easily, with a hint of envy on his face.
