Chapter 4: First Battle Victory?

Yu Sheng’an’s eyes became wet as he watched Justin sneakily promote the Internet Divine Magic to a beggar. He was filled with emotion!

Finally, a user was actively helping him with promotion. It wasn’t easy! I never thought I’d see the day when I had to pretend to be a fake reviewer just to make a living.

But then I thought, some entrepreneurs in the early days of their internet startups pretended to be users to chat and engage with others. So, what is my slight inconvenience compared to that? With that, Yu Sheng’an felt a broad sense of relief in his heart! Yes, the library was Yu Sheng’an’s ultimate solution to address the ‘user privacy’ issue—using the lure of interest.

No one can resist benefits, except for saints!

When it came to choosing benefits, Yu Sheng’an carefully calculated the resources he had at hand.

He realized that the only resource he could exploit unlimitedly—well, should we say, the one with the highest marginal return—was Tang En’s collection of books.

And spreading knowledge, compared to those evil gods who directly bestow power, could also help establish his positive image.

For users, the power they cultivate themselves would probably give them a stronger sense of security! To eliminate the ‘loneliness’ of users, Yu Sheng’an painstakingly added a forum feature.

On one hand, it allows users to boast about their achievements, reducing their wariness. On the other hand, the forum’s entertainment and educational attributes also enhance user retention.

The facts proved that these two features were spot on.

Although there are currently only a dozen or so users, with Justin as the precedent, Yu Sheng’an felt that the future was again bright.

However, running the forum atmosphere all by himself was still pretty exhausting.

He just glanced over and suddenly realized that he had posted so much that people were getting confused, even writing nonsense like ‘just got off the plane.’

Fortunately, the Azaea Continent is vast and boundless. Even if someone noticed, they wouldn’t know what it was about. They might even think it’s some local feature unless another traveler appears!

No, managing this alone is not the solution. I must recruit some fake reviewers to help build momentum!

Yu Sheng’an stood up and began pacing around the alchemy room, pondering.

Where should I find these fake reviewers?

Should I sneak into the human world and contract a few vengeful spirits to specifically post for me?

Hmm, that could be a way. I’ll keep it in mind for now.

Aside from humans, I could also spread the knowledge among other races, like goblins, elves, dwarves, and so on.

However, according to the books, these races have very strong and committed beliefs. Trying to spread divine magic among them might be quite challenging.

Forget it, I’ll keep this idea in mind and deal with it when an opportunity arises.

Actually, when it comes to building atmosphere, the best fake reviewers are the users themselves.

Wait a minute!

The users themselves?

As Yu Sheng’an was reminiscing, a bright idea flashed in his eyes.

—He knew how to create a lively forum atmosphere! With that thought, he summoned Loxia.

Before long, there was a knocking at the door, and Loxia arrived.

“Come in!”

Loxia lowered her head and gracefully floated in.

Yu Sheng’an smiled and said, “Good! Knowing to use the door now. Every time you float through walls, anyone who doesn’t know might think you’re some sort of ghost!”

Loxia smiled faintly at Yu Sheng’an’s compliment, nodded, and said, “Master, what are your orders?”

“Have you checked out my Internet forum?”

This was a pointless question. With only a dozen or so users, including Loxia herself, how could Yu Sheng’an not know whether she had checked it? “I have,” Loxia replied smoothly. “Congratulations, Master. Your first battle was a triumphant success.”

As she said this, Loxia was filled with mixed emotions! No one knew that when Yu Sheng’an first created his divine magic, deep down, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of disdain and contempt! She couldn’t help it; the divine magic Yu Sheng’an created was just too peculiar.

In her impression, divine magic should be like the War God’s War Aura, which can simultaneously bless thousands, even tens of thousands of people with courage, fearlessness, passion, and rage, among other powerful states.

It should be like the Music Goddess’s divine tones, which soothe the pain, hunger, and despair of believers, bringing them happiness, joy, and even blessings.

Or it could be like the old master Tang En’s divine magic, allowing a mere mortal to contract powerful demons to serve humanity.

And Yu Sheng’an’s divine magic? Just a way for many people to communicate online at the same time?

Who has time to chat all day?

As facts have shown, her guess was right. The so-called divine magic created by Yu Sheng’an had an extremely difficult time spreading.

You could see it on his face, which was longer than a unicorn’s.

Yet, who would have thought that in just a few days, he would invent the groundbreaking ‘Library’ feature.

Honestly, though Loxia wasn’t particularly interested in the Library, she did realize the practical value and historical significance of this feature.

—This could very well change the fate of countless poor people! However, what interested her the most was still the forum.

No one knew how boring and monotonous life in the Divine Palace really was.

And the forum’s appearance hit her right in the sweet spot! The mercenaries’ adventure stories were far more exciting than the travelogues in the Divine Palace’s library.

For the past couple of days, she has been glued to the forum.

Reading all sorts of posts, imagining their stories, and every time she came across unfamiliar terms, like ‘airplane,’ she couldn’t help but sigh—no matter that she followed a god, her experience was still quite limited!

What shocked her most was that judging from the number of posts, the number of users of Yu Sheng’an’s new divine magic might exceed a thousand!

And that’s just the surface. The number of those who don’t like to post might be even higher.

By this calculation, there might be several thousand, even tens of thousands of people.

Thinking of this enormous number, Loxia’s breath caught.

And this was within just a few days?

She remembered the old master Tang En bragging to her that during the first year of launching his Summoning Divine Art, there were fewer than a thousand users.

Later, to spread his divine art, Master Tang En secretly helped many lower-level cultivators sign contracts with higher-grade demons, making a spectacular display at academy competitions and war fronts, which then led to his Summoning Divine Art becoming popular.

The stark contrast made it clear.

Loxia realized that the bad look on the new master’s face initially might not have been because the Internet Divine Magic wasn’t spreading, but because in his mind, it wasn’t spreading fast enough.

No wonder the Divine Spark of Contracts fell into his hands. It turns out he’s a true genius—an even more extraordinary genius than the old master Tang En!

The only thing she couldn’t figure out was that Yu Sheng’an’s Internet Divine Magic needed a medium.

With thousands of users, at the very least, tens of thousands of Mithril Rings or similar items would be required to spread it. How did the new master produce so many Mithril Rings in just half a month?

The key is, the Divine Palace didn’t have that much Mithril stock, right? Could it be that the users themselves were spreading it?

That would be truly incredible!

You have to understand, the Library Points feature was just launched a couple of days ago.

In this short time, could there really be people going crazy, spreading the divine magic just for points?

Loxia couldn’t quite wrap her head around it.

“I wouldn’t call it a triumphant success. The path to spreading divine magic is still long and difficult!”

Yu Sheng’an was a little embarrassed by the congratulations.

Victory, my foot! With only a dozen or so users, what kind of victory is that? Just then, his expression changed dramatically.

Loxia, being perceptive, noticed his expression change and looked over curiously.

Yu Sheng’an, sensing something, waved his hand, and the alchemy room dimmed.

Suddenly, a scene from the God’s perspective manifested on a Phantom Scroll.

Loxia was subconsciously drawn to it.

In the open space of a village, a burly old man was kneeling on the ground. In front of him was a table full of offerings—fruits, meat, pies, and the like.

Behind him knelt a large crowd of raggedly dressed people, both old and young, male and female. They seemed to be the villagers.

“Great Internet God, thank you for your compassionate and merciful gaze upon this impoverished village. Momu will offer you all his loyalty!”