Inside the window, the staff member reluctantly stuck two ceramic plates connected to a power source onto Lu Chen’s arms.
“Alright, you can activate your divine power now.”
Lu Chen felt the faint divine power within him and pushed it into the ceramic plates.
Soon, the public screen above the window began to collect and analyze the data.
Lu Chen stared at the screen, his heart racing.
Li Ruoyi felt the same way.
Song Hao, who had caught up from behind, along with a few pilgrims who liked to watch the excitement, also looked at the screen in unison.
A line of text quickly appeared on the screen: “Wenchang God of Culture: 0.5%.”
“Huh, that low of a Divine Servant Degree?”
The pilgrims were stunned.
He could get an unpopular god to grant him a blessing with just one incense stick.
But as a student, his Divine Servant Degree with the main god he should be praying to, the Wenchang God of Culture, was this low?
It was simply unbelievable.
“What’s so strange about that? He’s always been at the bottom of our class anyway.”
Song Hao hugged his arms and sneered.
Since he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he still didn’t believe that the golden rain just now had been summoned by Lu Chen.
“This guy is definitely lying! But a lie can’t hold up in the face of absolute data.”
Lu Chen completely ignored the noise behind him and focused on the screen.
“That’s weird, why is the Divine Servant Degree for Lord Jun Cai coming up so slowly?”
Li Ruoyi explained from the side, “Don’t worry. Since it’s your first time praying to a new god, the collection and analysis will take a little longer.”
Lu Chen nodded.
But then another full thirty seconds passed.
The staff member inside the window was also confused and frowned. “Why is it taking so long? Is the machine broken?”
“Hahaha, how could the machine be broken? It’s obviously because there’s no Divine Servant Degree at all! I told you this guy was lying, but none of you believed me. Now do you believe it?”
Seeing that the Divine Servant Degree for Lord Jun Cai wasn’t showing up even after a long time, Song Hao immediately perked up. The sun was out, the rain had stopped, and he thought he was back in the game again.
“Nonsense. If there were no Divine Servant Degree, the system would have reported ‘none’ long ago. You think you’re so smart, but you’re just an idiot.”
Before anyone else could retort, the staff member directly blasted Song Hao.
Lu Chen: “…”
Okay, not bad. It seemed the service standards were consistent.
“It’s out!”
Just then, Li Ruoyi shouted, immediately grabbing everyone’s attention.
A line of text rapidly appeared on the screen:
— [Lord Jun Cai: 5%]
BOOM!!!!
Everyone present widened their eyes in shock.
Even Lu Chen himself couldn’t believe the number.
“5%?! That high!”
He had thought it would be at most 2% or 3%. He never expected the actual number to be double that!
For someone else, who knows how much money they would have to spend to reach this Divine Servant Degree.
“Oh my gosh, you got the Divine Servant Degree this high on your very first prayer, kid? You hit the jackpot! I’ve been working here for five years, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen such an insane rate of increase.”
The staff member was stunned, mouth agape. After regaining his composure, he got so excited he stood right up.
Increasing it to 5% in one go.
With this result, it was definitely an explosive case worth hanging a banner to advertise.
If this got out, the incense sale performance of their Zhao Family Temple would absolutely skyrocket!
Behind him, Song Hao saw this and was so shocked he collapsed onto the ground. “H-how much? 5%!”
That glaring, bright 5% Divine Servant Degree was like a resounding slap to his face, instantly leaving him dizzy and disoriented.
Li Ruoyi also covered her mouth, her pretty eyes widening to their biggest ever.
“5%!! How… how is this possible! Is this unpopular god really this powerful? Lu Chen, how on earth did you do it?”
“I don’t know! I just prayed according to the normal process!”
Lu Chen peeled off the instruments. He definitely couldn’t reveal the secret incantation and related rituals for summoning the god.
That was his biggest secret.
But reaching 5% in one go was, indeed, the most explosive of the explosive!
Inside the window, the staff member’s attitude had clearly done a 180-degree turn.
“Young man, your rate of increase for the Divine Servant Degree, I’m afraid, looking at our Jiangdu City, no, looking at our entire Jiang Province, is the most insane one this year.
“Congratulations. Our Zhao Family Temple has a rule: special cases like yours get an extra reward. Here’s a five-thousand-yuan bonus. Please sign here.”
The staff member handed out a document. The header read: Special Commendation Regulations.
Lu Chen was taken aback. “There’s a reward like this?”
He roughly scanned it and saw it was just an ordinary commendation contract. So he signed it without hesitation and took the five thousand yuan from the staff member. It was all in regular one-hundred-yuan bills, a whole thick stack.
“Thanks!”
“You’re welcome. You deserve it. You’re always welcome to come to the Zhao Family Temple to pray for blessings.”
“Okay, I will!”
Stuffing the money into his pocket happily, Lu Chen couldn’t help but marvel at how powerful this blessing was.
In just this short while, he had gotten fifteen thousand yuan in hand.
You have to understand, in this world of gods, most people’s wages were about the same as in his previous life.
They hovered around three to four thousand, or four to five thousand. Earning over ten thousand was already considered a pretty good level.
Fifteen thousand yuan was equivalent to at least two or three months of income for an ordinary person.
“No wonder so many people try their damnedest to pray for blessings. The payoff really is too fast and too strong!”
Thinking this to himself, Lu Chen turned back to look at Song Hao, who was sprawled on the ground with a dazed expression. He clicked his tongue and said, “How does that saying go? When financial luck comes, you can’t block it even if you try. Classmate Song, do you believe it now?”
Song Hao’s mouth opened and closed, but no words came out.
“Alright, you digest that slowly. I’m leaving. Remember to read more books in the future. There are plenty of gods you don’t know about!”
Patting Song Hao on the shoulder, Lu Chen walked out of the temple on his own.
Li Ruoyi also followed. “Song Hao, I can go home by myself. Goodbye!”
Watching the two leave the temple one after the other, Song Hao looked like he had lost the whole world.
“No way, this unpopular god can’t be that effective. I don’t believe it!”
The pilgrims from earlier had already swarmed the incense counter the second Lu Chen’s Divine Servant Degree appeared, buying incense for Lord Jun Cai, Chai Rong.
Song Hao refused to accept it. He sprang to his feet. “No, I have to try too!”
…
Outside the temple gate.
Li Ruoyi walked beside Lu Chen.
“Lu Chen, did you use some special method? Is that why you were so confident earlier?”
“I really didn’t, lady. I just had one incense stick. What method could I possibly use?”
“Who are you calling ‘lady’?”
Li Ruoyi put her hands on her hips in mock anger.
“Okay, okay, ‘girl.’ I really didn’t.”
“That’s more like it.” Li Ruoyi cupped her hands in a salute. “But still, congratulations, Lu Chen. You made such a big haul today. A 5% Divine Servant Degree is enough to make you the pride of the whole school. Even the teachers will be dumbfounded when they find out. It’s really terrifying!”
Lu Chen didn’t deny it.
Li Ruoyi’s Divine Servant Degree was in the top three of their class.
And it was still less than 3%.
So you can imagine what 5% meant!
“By the way, how did you know you were under 3% just now when you tested the Wenchang God of Culture before the result even came out?”
Lu Chen suddenly remembered this.
Li Ruoyi raised the watch on her wrist.
“I use this. It’s a new product just released by Xinghai Group, specifically for testing the Divine Servant Degree. As long as the degree is under 30%, it can measure it.”
“Nice gadget. How much is it?”
“Well… it’s a bit pricey. Sixty-three thousand.”
Lu Chen: “…”
“Okay, I guess the rumors are true. You really are a little rich girl.”
“No, I’m not. My family hasn’t even reached ‘New Rich’ status yet. How could I be considered a rich girl?”
Li Ruoyi blushed.
[New Rich] was a key classification level for families in various regions.
Only when a family was promoted to [New Rich] could it be considered a true local power.
And every family that achieved [New Rich] status would be announced in the newspapers. There was no way to hide it.
From that perspective,
Li Ruoyi wasn’t wrong to say she wasn’t a rich girl.
Lu Chen looked at the sky. “It’s getting late. I’m heading back.”
“Alright, I’m leaving too. See you on Monday, big winner.”
“Okay!” Lu Chen chuckled.
After seeing Li Ruoyi off,
Lu Chen felt his bulging pocket and sighed with emotion. “I can finally buy some meat to eat!”
