After the meeting, Chen Xu was again held back by Xia Qiming. He still wanted to go to the Heavenly Crafts Academy to ask Director Liu for dungeon monster corpses.
He had scheduled a meeting with Director Liu a few days ago, but Director Liu had said he was participating in a secret project and would only be free today.
Chen Xu was just about to summon Sindragosa and fly directly to the Heavenly Crafts Academy when Xia Qiming called him back.
Xia Qiming gestured for Chen Xu to sit down, then took out his tablet and displayed two images.
Chen Xu saw that they were Kunpeng and Sindragosa.
“Teacher Xia, what does this mean?”
“For the Flood of the Flood Dragon, preventing floods and rescuing the common people, Daxia plans to allocate these faith powers to you. So, you choose: will you use them to strengthen Kunpeng’s Sea God power, or to help your mount achieve godhood?”
“Uh, Sindragosa also became a god.”
“Hmm? When?” Xia Qiming thought back, realizing Chen Xu had visited the Dragon Court a few days ago. “The Dragon Court?”
Chen Xu nodded. “An angel investor dragon took a liking to Sindragosa, poured everything into teaching it, and helped Sindragosa achieve godhood.”
Indeed, it poured everything into teaching, not even a speck of residue was left; Sindragosa swallowed it all cleanly.
“Anyway, you decide. This freely acquired faith cannot be wasted.”
Xia Qiming handed the choice to Chen Xu.
For Daxia, while job-holders are permitted to become gods, they are not allowed to develop their own faiths on Blue Star, at least not within Daxia.
Daxia could support one or two gods, but what if there were ten or twenty? Where would all the followers come from?
Moreover, wars of faith could be said to be the most brutal. If job-holders were allowed to develop faiths on Blue Star, chaos might erupt, becoming even more difficult to manage than dungeon invasions.
Without a stable source of faith, choosing the path of godhood was by no means a wise choice.
Thus, the faith from the 【Flood of the Flood Dragon】 became ownerless. Although the Heavenly Crafts Academy had an idea to try forging divine artifacts with faith.
It is well known that faith power is a wondrous, versatile substance, also known as miracle power across the myriad worlds.
But the Heavenly Crafts Academy only had the idea; they lacked specialized storage items and didn’t know how to collect and store faith power. This idea, lacking a concrete implementation plan, was rejected by the academy’s masters.
Ultimately, the faith power was allocated to Chen Xu.
Since Chen Xu’s Kunpeng could absorb the faith from divine sacrificial vessels and transform into a Sea God, then the best destination for the faith from the 【Flood of the Flood Dragon】 was Chen Xu’s summoned creatures.
Whether it went to Kunpeng or other creatures was Chen Xu’s decision.
“Oh, and once you’ve decided, let me know. I’ll arrange the grand performance.”
“Grand performance?” Chen Xu was filled with doubt.
“That’s right. You don’t expect to just summon your Kunpeng or bone dragon to show its face and reap faith, do you?”
Xia Qiming held up three fingers to Chen Xu.
“First, you need to establish an honored title for your Kunpeng or bone dragon, one that fits its characteristics and appearance. You’ll also need to create stories, songs, and other promotional materials for it.
Second, most common folk aren’t highly educated, and gods are too ethereal. You need to give them a tangible god to capture their faith. Simply put, we’ll customize divine statues; the more lavish and noble the statue, the more convincing it will be.
Finally, I’ll need Daxia’s legions and battle groups to coordinate with your summoned creature’s characteristics to devise a perfect flood control plan.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Xu couldn’t help but exclaim, “It’s actually this troublesome!”
“Otherwise, what did you think? The general commander’s job isn’t easy. Sigh, but there are no successors. Those young students are still too green.”
Xia Qiming sighed as he walked out, and at the doorway, he turned back and said, “You also have three days to make your decision.”
“No need for three days, I’ll choose Kunpeng.”
Chen Xu made his decision directly.
Sindragosa just consumed so many Divine Power Crystals from him; he needed to balance things out and consider Kunpeng’s feelings.
Moreover, Sindragosa’s absorption ability was still too poor; compared to Kunpeng, it was like heaven and earth.
The faith power from this ultra-tier dungeon should just be reserved for Kunpeng.
Beyond that, Chen Xu’s decision not to choose Sindragosa was actually due to a concern: Sindragosa was a Western dragon, and in a world with an Eastern mythology background, it would likely be difficult for people to accept.
“Are you sure?”
Xia Qiming leaned against the doorway, asking again.
“Confirmed.”
“Alright then, I’ll proceed with the design for Kunpeng.”
With that, Xia Qiming left.
Chen Xu also summoned Sindragosa and flew to the Heavenly Crafts Academy.
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The Heavenly Crafts Academy warehouse area.
Liu Gao, Director of the Dungeon Monster Material Office, was already waiting there.
He looked up, seeing Sindragosa in the sky, and understood that Chen Xu had arrived. He quickly jogged over to greet him.
Chen Xu jumped to the ground and recalled Sindragosa to the Undead Kingdom. Director Liu had already run up to him, extending both hands towards Chen Xu.
“Welcome, Mythic Chen. I’ve been busy with Daxia’s tasks these past few days and haven’t had time to prepare properly. Please forgive me.”
Liu Gao said, enthusiastically shaking Chen Xu’s hands.
“Director Liu, logistics management, I heard it’s quite leisurely, isn’t it? Do you have another side job?”
“Hahaha, Mythic Chen, you might not know, this logistics position, with the Fuxi main system’s planning, is indeed leisurely on weekdays. But when special tasks arise, we also have to get busy.”
“Oh, what kind of special task?”
Chen Xu, who had been browsing forums for several days, was now bursting with curiosity, interested in everything.
“Hahaha, since Mythic Chen is interested, let’s chat as we walk; I’ll take you to the warehouse. I’ve already arranged for someone to organize the monster corpses you need.”
Liu Gao walked ahead, leading Chen Xu into the warehouse district.
“This recent special task is to deal with that ultra-tier dungeon.”
“Deal with an ultra-tier dungeon?”
Chen Xu grew even more curious. How did conquering the 【Flood of the Flood Dragon】 involve the Heavenly Crafts Academy’s logistics department?
“Yes, they say they’re going to cast a great cauldron, a very, very large one. All job-holders skilled in forging at the Heavenly Crafts Academy have been conscripted; it’s why I’ve been so busy.”
“A great cauldron?”
Cauldron, flood dragon, water. These three things connected in Chen Xu’s mind, making him recall a mythological story: Yu the Great controlling the floods.
Daxia isn’t trying to emulate the ancient sages, is it? But in myths, during Yu the Great’s era, gods and monsters appeared frequently, and the cauldrons Yu the Great cast were no ordinary objects.
Could Daxia’s strength replicate them? Chen Xu expressed deep doubt.
“Yes, a great cauldron. It’s said the academy’s masters researched it from ancient texts. Sigh, I don’t understand it either; anyway, the main design is handled by those masters; I, a common blacksmith, am just there to lend a hand.”
Liu Gao pulled out his work card, swiped open the warehouse door, and let Chen Xu enter first.
Then, Liu Gao turned on the warehouse lights: “Mythic Chen, Daxia’s current inventory is all here, a total of over 30 million corpses.”
Chen Xu glanced around. There were many types of corpses, but the quantity shouldn’t be so low, so he asked, “Given Daxia’s scale, shouldn’t the corpses of ordinary dungeon monsters be more numerous?”
“Of course, this is three days’ worth. Everything from three days ago has already gone into the Heavenly Crafts Academy’s furnaces. We only started saving them after Commander Xia gave me a heads-up.”
“You mean, this is three days’ worth?”
Chen Xu’s eyes lit up.
“Yes, an average of 10 million per day.”
After receiving confirmation, Chen Xu’s eyes brightened even further, almost capable of shooting lasers.
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