Divine Realm: Starting with the Broken Bone Dragon

Jiang Mengyao:...

How could I have forgotten about that? Now it's all right.

But now an even more important problem is facing her.

That is—she has no money.

Even at a 10% discount, a single Spell Radiance would cost 31.5 million divine power. With her current wealth, she could only afford one...

—Does this mean we really need a loan?

Jiang Mengyao hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back, before she could open her mouth, Lin Fan grasped her small hand.

"We need a loan."

Perhaps because she had always been hostile towards Lin Fan, when she heard him say the word "we," Zhou Jing raised an eyebrow slightly, and her opinion of him as a gigolo changed considerably.

"Okay, Mengyao is a member of the protection team, so you should be too, right? The protection team's loan limit is much higher than that of other gods."

Zhou Jing spoke sarcastically.

"It's okay if it's not, it's just that the divine power you can borrow is much lower than Mengyao's."

Zhou Jing emphasized the phrase "significantly lower," casting a hopeful glance at Jiang Mengyao.

"Okay, okay, I'll take out the loan. Why are you showing off?"

Jiang Mengyao, oblivious to the bloodshed in Zhou Jing's words, gently squeezed Lin Fan's hand, somewhat displeased.

She hasn't arranged an identity for Lin Fan yet. Even if he's a lower-level god now, he can't get a loan in the Federation.

"Okay~"

Lin Fan deliberately dragged out his words, his eyes gleaming with smugness.

Hey! He's taken advantage of this freeloader today, and he's enjoying it immensely, so what!?

Zhou Jing clenched her fist tightly under the table.

—I really want to strangle this damn gigolo.

Her gaze swept over Jiang Mengyao's face, and she immediately deflated.

Well, I can't persuade them anymore. Such a good cabbage is going to be eaten by a dog.

"How much more do you need, Mengyao?"

Zhou Jing spoke weakly, her whole demeanor one of utter frustration.

"Um--"

Jiang Mengyao glanced at her meager trading power of just over ten million.

"How about I borrow—three hundred million divine powers?"

"Um?"

Zhou Jing looked up in confusion.

"Is that too much?"

Jiang Mengyao scratched her face.

—It does seem like there are indeed a lot....

"It's not too much, it's too little."

Zhou Jing shook her head and took out a peculiar machine from her pocket.

"Human-exclusive Rule Crusher. With it, as long as your Divine Realm Core hasn't exploded, you can spend a few seconds blasting all the power of rules into magical brilliance. Borrow 500 million divine power and you'll get one of these. Judging from your strength in defeating so many members of the Abyss Society, you must have mastered more than five rules. Go ahead and borrow it; the power of rules will cover you anyway."

Jiang Mengyao:...

"What if the deity granting the loan doesn't have the power of rules to back it up?"

Zhou Jing spoke expressionlessly.

"Then I can only work for the Federation to pay off the debt until I get married and have children. Once the children awaken and reach the level of a lower god, I can continue to pay off the debt. If I still can't pay it off, I'll have to do it with the next generation. Anyway, there will always be a generation that can pay it off."

Jiang Mengyao glanced at Lin Fan beside her.

Suddenly, it dawned on him why Zhou Jing's tone of voice would sometimes become harsher.

She spoke earnestly, "Sister Jingjing, Lin Fan is my boyfriend, and he's been a great help to me. Do you know about the scarlet worm swarm in Resource Well No. 1?"

Zhou Jing was stunned, then slowly nodded.

"Know."

"That's good."

Jiang Mengyao nodded.

"When the swarm broke out, Lin Fan was right next to me. If it weren't for his help, I would have been overwhelmed by the swarm of insects long ago. But because of him, the two of us killed nearly 2.6 billion insects together, which is equivalent to 260,000 contribution points."

"Sister Jingjing, I consider you a friend, but Lin Fan isn't just living off me like you think. He's helped me more than you imagine."

Rules - Lie Detector Operation...

—No response whatsoever....

What Mengyao said is true.

She let out a silent wail.

This is a huge misunderstanding! We're doomed!

Zhou Jing glanced at Jiang Mengyao, then at the gigolo behind him... no, the man, and looked apologetic.

"Mengyao's boyfriend, I'm really sorry for what you just said. I'm Zhou Jing, the receptionist at this store. I apologize for any offense I may have caused."

As she spoke, she extended her right hand, but after seeing the person's slightly widened eyes, she gave an awkward laugh and withdrew her right hand.

"It's alright, I didn't take it to heart, Lin Fan."

These words surprised Lin Fan. He thought Zhou Jing wouldn't believe what his girlfriend said, but he didn't expect her to kneel down so quickly. But that's fine, it saves him the trouble of explaining.

Lin Fan nodded gently, his eyes filled with affection as he looked at Jiang Mengyao.

Hehe, Xiaomeng really knows how to speak up for me. Everyone else is just an outsider except for me.

He didn't take the little incident to heart.

This person isn't familiar with her, and Xiaomeng won't change her opinion of her based on a stranger's words. Most importantly—

It's quite amusing to tease this potential love rival.

"Now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, shouldn't we discuss the loan?"

Lin Fan tentatively spoke.

"Of course, no, absolutely no problem!"

Zhou Jing waved her hand repeatedly, handing a divine contract to the two of them.

"You can pay for as much divine power as you want, as long as you can pay it off."

Jiang Mengyao took the contract in a daze.

"It's that simple?"

Zhou Jing shrugged.

"Yes, it's that simple. These loan contracts with the gods have been sitting with me in the Federation's hands for who knows how long. Just fill in some numbers and sign your name, and I can give you the divine power directly. It's simple and efficient."

"Okay, that's so federal."

Jiang Mengyao raised an eyebrow, quickly filled in the divine power and name she needed, and handed the contract back.

"Okay!"

Lin Fan looked at her in surprise. Was it really necessary to borrow so much divine power to buy a spell of radiance?

Zhou Jing raised an eyebrow, took the divine contract and glanced at it. It clearly stated that she wanted to borrow 1 billion divine power!

Although your identity border is silver and you are exempt from interest for ten years (in real time), is borrowing 1 billion at once a bit too much?

This is what Zhou Jing thought, and this is what she asked:

"Are you sure about this much? If you die halfway through, it might be difficult to pay off the debt..."

"Of course I'm sure!"

Jiang Mengyao nodded repeatedly.

"Sister Jingjing, I'm already preparing to advance to a mid-level god. I have more than enough power in terms of rules."

Zhou Jing's hand trembled slightly.

"What did you just say?"

"I told you I'm going to advance to a mid-level god, Sister Jingjing, with enough power for ten paths of rules."

"Haha, haha, congratulations!"

Zhou Jing chuckled twice, her eyes filled with confusion.

She remembered that when they first met, Mengyao was still a demigod, wasn't she?

What level was I at back then?

It seems to be a lower-level god?

How come Mengyao is about to be promoted to a mid-level god while I'm still a low-level god?

Which part of the process went wrong?