Uther's arrival was within Liang Lidong's expectation. No noble would give up control of all the wealth. Of course, it required an excuse, especially when the two parties had signed a magic contract.
However, this was Uther's only chance to cause trouble for Liang Lidong in the next few months, if not a year. Next, he had to deal with the counterattack of the Temple of Life and the covetous eyes of other nobles. He had to join hands with other noble forces in order to protect the gold mine from his enemies. However, he would have to share part of the profits with other noble forces in the alliance. Liang Lidong conservatively estimated that the castellan would get at most 30% of the gold ore. After deducting the maintenance costs, the manpower needed to guard the gold mine, the channel costs, and so on, the castellan would only get a 20% profit at most … This was only slightly higher than Liang Lidong's 15% profit. Moreover, Liang Lidong did not need to think about anything else. He only needed to sit and wait for the castellan to send the gold over. The difference was obvious.
Of course, Uther might hire someone to assassinate Liang Lidong, but he knew that he was already on the opposite side of the Temple of Life. If he pushed Beta, whose capabilities and influence were unknown, to the opposite side, he would be in a very passive position. If he really wanted to do that, he would have to wait until the matter with the Temple of Life was settled. Until then, he could only hold back his fury and give the gold to Liang Lidong.
Necessary patience was for a better counterattack. As a competent noble, Uther had always taken that as his motto.
In fact, Liang Lidong had more or less guessed Uther's plan, but he was not worried. But he was not worried. No one could predict what would happen in a year. But he was sure that as long as nothing happened to him, he would reach level five in a year. At that time, he would start the special path of a Divine Noble. Although he would not be able to defeat Uther, the city master, he would at least be able to intimidate the city master.
However, he did not intend to enter Winterwind for the time being, nor did he want the people of Reed Village to go there, partly because he did not want to excessively agitate Uther, and partly because he did not want to get involved in trouble. Back in the game, the guild of Blue Palm and the Silver Wings fought for the ownership of the gold mine, and the fierce battle almost destroyed Winterwind. Although Uther and the Church of Life's competition was certainly not as fierce as the conflict between the players, it wouldn't feel good if they were involved. Roland certainly didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.
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The next day, the news of Kail becoming a Professional spread throughout the village, causing a huge sensation. That day, almost all the villagers gathered outside the village chief's house. They came to congratulate him and to see what was going on. Kail chuckled in the crowd and let the others observe him. When someone asked him to show off a few moves to see how professionals were different from ordinary people, he reluctantly refused. "My teacher said that I can't show off the difference between professionals in front of ordinary people."
Hearing this, the villagers didn't force him anymore. They had watched Kail grow up and knew that he was simple and honest. They wouldn't be scared of him even if he became a Professional. However, Liang Lidong was different. Although he usually looked kind, he was now the children's teacher and a spellcaster. Although the villagers were not afraid of him, they respected him very much. Usually, they were afraid of making him angry. Now that their teacher had told Kail to behave himself, the villagers naturally knew how to restrain themselves.
But in fact, Liang Lidong didn't say that. Kail was just pretending to intimidate others, which was similar to the village chief in that regard. He truly deserved to be raised by the village chief.
The village chief was actually not very happy about Kail becoming a Professional. He would rather his grandson be a noble spellcaster than a melee professional. But now that things had come to this, there was nothing he could do.
In addition, the happiest person about Kail becoming a spellcaster was Barbara. She actually took time out of her busy schedule to come to Reed Village to congratulate her fiancé. To her, the more powerful her future man was, the happier she would be. Their future children would definitely have excellent bloodlines.
After a few days of curiosity, the villagers went back to their usual lives. Time passed, and a month later, the temple was completed.
It was originally scheduled to be completed in six months, but because of the rain and snow, it took seven months to finish. But it didn't matter to Liang Lidong. On the day the temple was completed, all the villagers gathered at the entrance. The children were at the front, and the adults were at the back. They craned their necks and watched in awe as Liang Lidong walked to the temple.
The temple wasn't big, and it wasn't too tall either. It was only about ten meters tall. The entire temple was made of white stone. Although it wasn't as smooth and textured as white marble, which gave people a sense of wealth, the temple made of white coarse stone unexpectedly had a simple and steady style. Liang Lidong pushed open the red door that emitted the smell of fresh wood. At a glance, he could see the relief of the Goddess Woking on the wall … This relief had been a drawing of the goddess that Liang Lidong had given to the village craftsmen three months ago, and they had slowly and meticulously carved it. Although it wasn't particularly exquisite, it wasn't bad. At least, it outlined 60% of the Goddess Woking's appearance.
A meter in front of the relief was a stone table that was about a meter high. There was nothing on it for the time being. A little further in front were two rows of stone chairs that were two meters wide. In the middle was a walkway that was about a meter wide, leading straight to the main entrance.
Liang Lidong walked into the temple, walked straight through the walkway, and stood in front of the relief of the goddess, behind the stone table.
He gently stroked the stone table, and a system notification was projected in his retina.
You've organized and built a temple. Your religious contribution points have increased by 35 (Goddess Woking). Your piety has increased by 10 (Goddess Woking).
This is an unmanned temple. Are you willing to become its master and the representative on earth (Goddess Woking)?
Liang Lidong chose to agree without hesitation.
The moment he confirmed it, the relief of the goddess behind him emitted a faint red light. He turned around and found that after the red light gradually disappeared, the statue's appearance seemed to have changed slightly. The originally mature statue of the goddess seemed to have become a little more "young". He wasn't sure if it was an illusion.
In the past, Liang Lidong had never been an official priest, but he had read the guides posted by players on the forum. As long as a player became a bishop of a temple, then the management interface of the temple would be opened, but it did not say that the statue of the goddess would change. He thought for a moment and guessed that this might be inextricably linked to the disappearance of Goddess Woking from the world.
But in any case, he was now the bishop of this temple. He opened the system interface and found the temple management system. It was marked with very detailed content, including the location of the temple, the size of the temple, the number of believers, and the number of preachers … Of course, there was only one person preaching now, and that was Liang Lidong himself, and the number of believers was … one shallow believer.
Liang Lidong shouted to the door, "Those who are willing to believe in Goddess Woking, please come in. Today is the first day of the temple's construction, and I, Beta, will begin preaching here. I will explain the philosophy of Goddess Woking to you, and give her glory to the world, to you. "
The adults were silent and did not move. Kail, however, did not hesitate to walk into the temple, followed by Belin. After a brief hesitation, Liang Lidong's students came in. All of them occupied only one-third of the seats in the hall. Then a few adults also came in. They were a little nervous because as civilians, they were generally not qualified to enter any temple. They could only listen to the words of the goddess outside the temple.
Seeing that no one was willing to come in anymore, Liang Lidong waved his sleeves, generating a not-so-strong wind pressure with his mental power, and slowly closed the gate of the temple.