As the Goddess of Wealth, Woking naturally knew about such matters related to her priesthood.
But Woking still listened very carefully. When Beta finished, she asked, "So you want me to return the gold coins that were offered to me to the human world?"
"Indeed." Beta nodded.
Woking sighed and said, "The wealth that I have accumulated is directly related to my divine power. If I return the gold coins, then my divine power will decrease a little. "
Beta had actually guessed this. After all, Woking was the Goddess of Wealth, and money must be closely related to her divine power. However, Beta asked again, "Goddess, do you get more divine power from believers, or do you get more divine power directly from wealth?"
"Of course it's the believers who provide more divine power." Woking didn't want to hide such trivial matters from her Pope. She said, "But there's no telling when believers will disappear, but money can stay in my divine kingdom forever."
Now, Beta knew why Woking was able to "survive" even though she had no believers. She did not wake up until he built a temple and a weak faith.
Presumably, other gods also had this ability.
"I don't intend for you to release all the gold." Beta hurriedly explained so that Woking wouldn't think that he was up to no good. "What I mean is, you only keep a certain amount of gold, and use the rest in various ways to maintain the circulation of money in the human world. If deflation occurs, the entire world's economy will be in a slump, and at that time, your faith will be greatly reduced."
"Well, that makes sense. My temple will be reestablished in the human world as soon as possible." Woking said as if it was a matter of course. "Since you have taken the initiative to find me, you must have your own plan. Tell me about it."
"This is my plan." Since he was in the form of a soul, Beta used his spiritual power to transform his plans and ideas into several pieces of paper and handed them over. "Please have a look, Goddess."
Woking took it and looked at it for a while. A rare look of praise appeared on his face. "Not bad, it's very feasible. But of all your plans, why is this school the most expensive? "
"In my opinion, there should be a school next to the temple in every city." Beta spoke his mind. "It has to be free. Only the children of the right age with high faith can enroll, and the poor children should be the focus. We taught them words, etiquette, business skills, combat skills, and even doctrines. In this way, we can let others know the benevolence of our church. In addition, we can also help our church cultivate extremely loyal and capable priests. The more high-quality Priests we have, the faster the Temple's missionary work will be. This is killing two birds with one stone. "
Woking pinched the pieces of paper. She looked at Beta quietly, so much so that Beta thought that there was something on his face or that he had said something wrong.
After a long while, Woking exhaled and said, "Beta, do you know? Just these pieces of paper alone, even if you don't do anything in the future, I should turn you into my Holy Spirit. Do you know the value of these pieces of paper? "
Of course, Beta knew the value of these pieces of paper. In the game, many players had studied the missionary methods of the major gods. Although many churches had their own unique methods, they were in a relatively primitive stage. In the eyes of the players with a deep business culture, they were too backward and too inefficient.
Beta's pieces of paper, on the other hand, used the essence of the commercial era as the core. He used all of Woking's abilities and kneaded them into a ball. As long as it was pushed from the back, the ball would roll forward on its own. It would not stop unless it encountered an obstacle.
"But I'm still too weak right now to turn you into a Holy Spirit." Woking looked regretful. "Tell me, what reward do you need now? As long as I can do it, I'll definitely agree."
Beta shook his head. "I don't need any reward. I told you before that I only see you as a friend, and you've protected me for three hundred years. It's only right that I do something for you."
Hearing this, Woking's lips curled into a cute smile. "That's right. You're a Truth Seeker. We gods are not high and mighty to you. I'd be happy to be your friend. "
Woking walked up to Beta and gave Beta a big hug.
Woking's body was soft and fragrant. Beta was lost for a moment. When he came back to himself, Woking had let go of him.
"This is a thank you from a friend. It's not good for a living person to stay in the paradise for too long. It's time for you to go back so that your soul won't be hurt. " Woking smiled. "I'll always bless and protect you. I'll take good care of our friendship until the end of the world."
Woking's soft blessing echoed in Beta's ears. Darkness invaded and went away in a flash. The moment Beta woke up, he received a notification from the system.
You've received an additional talent, Companionship of Gods!
Companionship of Gods: You've become a friend in the eyes of at least one god. You'll always be watched and protected by her. From now on, bad luck will stay away from your body.
There was no data about this talent, and it had never appeared in the game before. However, Beta had a feeling that this talent was very powerful. He just didn't know where it would appear or how it would be used.
Getting up from the bed, Beta ate some breakfast and went to the Temple of Light with Shirley.
At this moment, the Temple of Light was already full of believers, who were chanting the creed that Beta wrote in unison.
Other people couldn't see it, but Beta, Shirley, and Kati could all see that the believers were emitting golden light and gathering on the statue of Woking that had just been carved.
Next to the statue of Woking was the statue of the Goddess of Light.
When the statue of Woking was glowing, Beta gave an order, "Do it!"
The workers who were already prepared immediately threw dozens of meters of ropes to the statue of the Goddess of Light and tied them up. Each long rope was pulled by a dozen people.
After the preparations were complete, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader of the group walked to the side and began to chant loudly. The rhythm was very rhythmic, one light and one heavy.
The workers who were responsible for the demolition pulled and released the ropes while listening to the chants. The statue of the Goddess of Light slowly tilted. Several minutes later, it completely fell into two halves.
Right when the statue of the Goddess of Light fell in two, a huge pressure came from the sky, like a mountain, and pressed down on the temple.
The statue of Woking, which was already full of golden light, shone brightly and neutralized the pressure that came out of nowhere.
The confrontation was so short that ordinary people couldn't even notice it. Beta smiled. "Okay, now this temple completely belongs to the Goddess of Wealth."
All the believers present cheered thunderously.
In the next six months, Beta focused on teaching the students in the newly built school. It had to be said that the school was quite expensive. Free food, free teaching tools, and free training grounds.
Beta couldn't teach all the courses by himself. He was only responsible for the understanding of the creed. Therefore, he had to hire teachers for language, etiquette, and combat skills.
In addition, there were the maintenance fees for the school, the training ground, and other miscellaneous expenses. The school's monthly expenses actually reached more than 40 gold coins. That was when there were only one term of students.
Beta divided the teaching of the students into three periods, one period per year, which were elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Right now, there were only about a hundred elementary students. After a year, they would be promoted to the intermediate class, and then new students would be recruited for the elementary class.
Beta estimated that if the school was full for all three periods, the cost of the school would be about 150 gold coins. But it was all worth it. Not long after the school was put into use, many people became true believers, and many parents even became fanatics.
On the other hand, the six students of Beta had expanded the construction of sewers and roads to the entire city.
Now, the financial expenditure and income of the Woking Temple had reached a very good cycle.
The Woking Temple received a lot of money from the 'Gold Coin Sacrifice' every month, as well as the small fees for treating the diseases of the believers. These money went into the Holy Kingdom of Woking, and then returned to the temple. Beta used this money to subsidize the school and recruit a large number of poor people to build the infrastructure in Bronze Drum City.
One of the creeds of the Woking Temple was to ask the believers to maintain personal and public hygiene. Therefore, the whole city was getting more and more beautiful, and the people were getting cleaner and cleaner. Compared with half a year ago, it was a completely different world.
People lived in stone houses built by the Woking Temple. They walked on the stone road built by the Woking Temple. Children learned from the temple, did the work provided by the temple, and enjoyed the 'medical insurance' provided by the temple. When all of this happens around them and they get used to it, then their faith in Woking will also become a habit, a kind of instinct.
At this time, Beta could guarantee that as long as the policy of the temple didn't change, no other temple could touch this city.
On the spiritual level, this city was completely the 'territory' of the goddess Woking.