<strong>Chapter 225: Fake God</strong>


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    In the paved courtyard with high walls surrounding it, Zhou Chen was focused


    on cultivating..


    It had beena few days since he retuned. After mastering the elemental


    attributes of fire and wood, he had gained control of the Eight Destes True


    Energy’s ice attribute transformation.


    At this moment, his entire body was emitting a faint white cold air, looking


    somewhat strange.


    “With this elemental property, I don’t have to wait for the Freeze passive skill


    to be triggered all the time. I can use the cold power of the Eight Destes


    True Body to immobilize the enemy to death.”


    Zhou Chen felt delighted as he thought about this.


    There were a total of eight elemental transformations in the Eight Destes


    True Energy. He had already conquered three, and he was not far fromn


    breaking through to the partial mastery realm.


    “Same old rule, let’s go for a walk:”


    Zhou Chen’s life was quite regr andfortable during this period. After


    each training session whichsted for a few days, he would spend some time


    rxing. asionally, he would fight with some enemies and exercise his


    muscles.


    After leaving the house today, Zhou Chen did not go to the tavern to drink and


    listen to music. Instead, he wandered on the streets of this city.


    The city looked like an ancient fantasy world of the West. There were horse


    carriages running on the streets. It was not rare to see extraordinary beings in


    amor or robes. From time to time, he could see some civilians go to the church


    to worship.


    “Sorry, my Lord has yet to respond to your prayers. Come back in a few days.”


    At this moment, Zhou Chen arrived at a remote corner of the city. A man in


    patched clothes opened an old door and said to the few children wearing


    tattered clothes outside.


    “Susan has been sick for five days! Why isn’t the great Lord replying to his loyal


    believers? Did the Lord abandon us?A taller boy among the children looked


    up and said to the man who opened the door. Beside him, two other children


    were holding a sickly little girl and looking at the man with disappointment.


    The man was a little worried about the child’s doubt, but he still replied firmly,


    The Lord will not abandon us!


    “Come back in a few days. The great Lord will definitely cast a divine spell to


    cure Susan.”


    His voice was firm and infectious, but the children in front of him seemed to be


    mune to it. They nodded perfunctorily and turned to leave.


    “Susan, hang in there. Il collect some money to see a doctor immediately:” As


    they walked, the tallest among the children guaranteed the sickly little girl


    “Wait.” At this moment, a deep voice stopped them.


    The children turned their heads and realized that a young man in luxurious


    clothes was walking towards them from the other side of the street.


    “Who are you? The tallest child was instantly alert when he saw this person


    who clearly did note from the p0or ss.


    “Hehe.” The luxuriously dressed man was Zhou Chen. He looked at them and


    smiled. “Tma believer of the Lord of Benevolence. I saw that you were in


    trouble and wanted to help.”


    After saying that, Zhou Chen raised his hand and faced the sickly girl who was


    supported by the two children. A light green aura instantly appeared in his


    palm and quickly enveloped her. Then, in a few breaths, the gir’s expression


    changed from pale to normal, and her expression changed from pain to calm.


    Thank you!” The tallest child was originally a little vignt against Zhou Chen,


    but Zhou Chen’s help was so efficient that the effect was visible to the naked


    eye. Within a few seconds, he saw Susan’s recovery, so he immediately thanked


    him.


    “No need to thank me! If you want to thank someone, thank the great Lord of


    Benevolence!” Zhou Chen immediately replied ina serious manner. He even


    pretended to write the character for [emailprotected]</a> on his chest.


    Then, he turned and left.


    “Lord of Benevolence? Is there such a God?” The tallest child watched Zhou


    Chen leave and asked hispanions with a puzzled expression.


    “Ive never heard of it..””The children immediately shook their heads. They


    were only children and did not understand much.


    “I did another good deed today. I’m really a good person.” At this moment,


    Zhou Chen had already left the block. He had coincidentally encountered these


    troubled children and used the Eight Destes True Energy of the wood


    attribute to help.


    He determined that the little girl’s condition was notplicated by the


    feedback of the Bloodthirst passive skill. She was just a little weak and had a


    slight illness. He could solve her problem with just some true energy.


    As for the Lord of Benevolence, this name was made up by Zhou Chen. The


    information he had gathered previously involved most of the Gods in this


    world, and he was sure that there was definitely no one called the Lord of


    Benevolence among the powerful existences. As for the weaker ones, he did not


    care if there was someone with that title.


    “Speaking of which, I have both Godhood and divine fire. I can step on the path


    of God at any time.”


    The small episode just now made zhou Chen’s thoughts focus on this again.


    “But the path of God relies on the power of faith, it’s not the right choice.”


    Zhou Chen was a little conflicted. He had all the key factors to step into the


    path of God, but logic made him slightly disdain this path. Thebination of


    disdain and not wanting to waste the items made him a little displeased.


    After all, Godhood and divine fire were mid gold rank items. Anyone would feel


    regret if they were not used.


    “Is there a way to have the best of both worlds? As long asI can use Godhood


    and divine fire without having to rely on the power of faith.


    Zhou Chen began to think.


    His mind began to race as he recalled the methods he had and analyzed them


    continuously.


    A few secondster, a thought shed through his mind. He realized that he


    really seemed to have a solution.


    This method is very simple. Why don’t these natives use it?” After thinking of


    a solution, he asked himself.


    But in the next moment, he almostughed out loud.


    “I was the one who confused myself. I despise the path of Gods, but other


    natives don’t.”


    Then, Zhou Chen changed directions and headed to the more lively city center.


    He found some shops in the city center and began to buy some materials, such


    as refined gold, mithril, and moonstones. These things were not cheap and


    cost him a lot.


    Then, he brought these materials back to his rented house. He took out the


    rge hammer from his interspatial ring and took some other tools to start


    equipment forging.


    Zhou Chen had practiced forging when he returned a few days ago. He had


    bought the necessary tools at that time, so it was more convenient this time


    around.


    He used his strength to trigger the inherent mechanism on therge hammer


    and made it smaller. Then, he breathed mes and softened the materials on


    the floor. Then, he began to use a series of techniques to forge equipment.


    It took him nearly a day toplete the task.


    [Moonstone Ne


    Type: Middle Silver item.


    This ne is extremely tough. The moonstone contains the blood of the


    forger and has a special space. It seems to be designed to store something.]


    “Although this moonlight ne is simple, it’s sturdy enough to


    amodate very powerful energy to form a connection with me and conceal


    the energy.


    Zhou Chen had made this ne to test one of his ideas: External Godhood.


    Generally speaking, the Godhood of Gods was one with their hearts, and grew


    together with the God.


    However, ording to his needs and his ability as the King of Forging, Zhou


    Chen created this ne to ept the Godhood in his ce. At the same


    time, through the close connection with it, he could obtain the power of the


    Godhood.


    There were advantages and disadvantages to doing this. The advantage was


    that he could gain some of the power of a God without bing a God. The


    disadvantage was that the Godhood would be easy to seize. The connection


    between the Godhood and him would not be as close as that of ordinary Gods,


    and it could cause a series of problems.


    However, Zhou Chen did not care. He was only doing this so that he would not


    waste the Godhood in his hand. Or rather, he was just ying around.


    After checking the ne, Zhou Chen took out a golden ball of light anda


    wisp of white me from his inventory and fused them together. Then, he


    carefully ced them in the gemstone on the ne and sealed them.


    Then, he felt an inexplicable connection with this ne.


    This was because he had left his blood in this ne. Blood was the best


    medium to allow Godhood to forma strong connection with him.


    This is the feeling of a God? It seems to give me a feeling of desire and


    weakness.” Soon, through the connection with the Godhood in the moonlight


    ne, Zhou Chen sensed that this Godhood was extremely weak now. There


    was no trace of divine power inside it, and there was no power of faith to burn


    with divine fire. It was in a very tragic state.


    There would not be many problems in this state in the short term, but if this


    continued for a few months or even years, this tiny Godhood would definitely


    self-destruct.


    The next step is to get myself some believers and some divine power to y


    with”


    Zhou Chen was not idle. He had spent a day turming himself into a fake god. He


    did this to obtain some divine power.


    In the information he had collected when he first arived in this world, it


    indicated that divine power was iparably powerful. It was a power that


    could create infinite miracles.


    However, Zhou Chen had not experienced this during this period of time. The


    few opponents he had killed did not seem to be able to use any divine


    techniques, so he decided to personally test it.


    The Godhood can gather the power of faith in oneself. The divine fire can burm


    the power of faith to fom divine power and store it in Godhood. The existence


    of the Godhood and the divine fire continuously consumes a certain amount of


    divine power.”


    Zhou Chen recalled the information he had spent a lot of money to obtain and


    knew that he could not ck off when it came to gathering the power of faith,


    unless he gave up on this Godhood that had already ignited its divine fire and


    watched it die.


    If that was the case, his body would not be affected because he had not


    absorbed the Godhood, but he would definitely not be willing to lose such


    precious items.


    After some thought, Zhou Chen suddenly touched the interspatial ring on his


    left index finger and gave Little Red an order through his spiritual connection.


    “Little Red,e out and pray to me. Give me your faith.”


    After receiving Zhou Chen’s order, a red light shed, and a scarlet shadow


    floated in the air in his courtyard.


    Ever since Zhou Chen nourished it with the specter’s bloodst time, Little Red


    had recovered by 90% and was in a good state.


    It was quite intelligent and was absolutely loyal to Zhou Chen, so it


    immediately began to pray silently ording to Zhou Chen’s instructions.


    The power of faith was very metaphysical. It would form as long as a high


    intelligence being believed in the God, it could be roughly understood as a


    power of trust.


    While Little Red was silently praying to Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen put on the


    ne with the Godhood and began to meditate.


    His favorite path was still the path of martial arts. No matter what the


    situation was, his cultivation in martial arts was the highest priority.


    Two days passed while cultivating. Zhou Chen smoothly mastered the water


    attribute of Eight Destes True Energy.


    The water attribute of this Eight Destes True Energy is indeed rted to


    the ice attribute, but its effect is very different. The ice attribute’s specialty is


    in freezing, while the water attribute is a gentle and firm force that can block


    powerful attacks like a shield.”


    After developing the Eight Destes True Energy, Zhou Chen understood the


    advantage of the water attribute. It was strong in terms of defense. In the


    future, as long as he used the Eight Destes True Energy of the water


    attribute, not only would it increase his defensive ability, but it could also


    shelter others.


    After making some progress in his cultivation, Zhou Chen sensed the interior


    of his ne. Then, he realized that there was a trace of strange energy in


    the stone!


    This energy gave him a very pure feeling, but it also contained indescribable


    power that shocked him.


    This is divine power? Zhou Chen immediately realized that this strange


    energy was the so-called divine power of this world. It gave him an


    extraordinary feeling.


    There’s so little divine power. I feel like it might disappear at any moment.”


    Just as this thought shed across Zhou Chen’s mind, he sensed that the trace


    of divine power in the divine stone suddenly disappeared, as if it was just an


    illusion.


    “The Godhood should have automatically used this trace of divine power to


    maintain itself.”


    Zhou Chen was not surprised. Divine power was something that Godho0od


    needed in the first ce. Otherwise, Gods would not be so dependent on the


    power of faith.


    “Little Red, looks like your faith is working well. You’ve been praying for a few


    days, let’s take a break”


    Zhou Chen then turned around and looked at Little Red who was floating in the


    air not far from him and still praying silently to him. This summon of his was


    indeed loyal. After receiving his instructions, it had been praying for the past


    two days without resting.


    After that, Zhou Chenmunicated with Little Red for a while through the


    spiritual connection. Little Red entered Zhou Chen’s ring and nned to pray


    to him from inside the ring.


    I only have Little Red as a believer to provide faith, and I already have a trace


    of divine power. This divine power doesn’t seerm to be hard to get..


    Zhou Chen was puzzled as he thought about what had just happened. However,


    he quickly understood.


    “Little Red is a low silver level existence. The quality of its faith should be


    rtively high. It cannot be viewed as a normal situation.”