Goddess Wanhua Mirror

"Okay, okay...ah no, I mean... where did you get your clothes?"

"Atropos made it! She made a batch of samples according to some clothing design drawings you provided her earlier. I think this set is pretty good, so I will try it on first! Can't you?"

"Uh...Of course it's not impossible, it's just that I...I don't seem to have this in the design drawing I gave her?"

Lu De did give the three sisters a batch of blueprints a while ago, including some costume designs, but he felt that if he remembered correctly, there should be no OL outfits among them.But after all, the real thing is right in front of him, and it is still worn on Hume's body. This makes Lude wonder whether he accidentally mixed in some sneaky "drafts" when he gave the blueprints.

When he thought of this possibility, Lu De felt guilty.

Oh!Did I expose something?

Lude didn't know that she had been exposed thoroughly, but Hume on the opposite side came prepared. In addition to this XP outfit, she also specially bought two bottles of famous wine, in the name of relaxing a little, pulling Lu De accompanied him to drink some wine and chat.

Lude thought for a while, and he was indeed not sleepy now. From the first time he opened the door and saw Hume, his whole body stiffened instantly.It just so happened that he also wanted to talk to Hume about something, so he nodded and agreed.

So Hume enthusiastically pulled him to sit down at the table, and then closed the door with divine power and locked the door.

At this moment, at the corner not far from the door, Shanis and Atropos who were hiding in the shadows were watching.Seeing that Lude was successfully dragged into the house by Hume, the two goddesses knew that the first step of tonight's operation had been successful, and the two of them would support Hume next, helping her to "fight" when she was surrounding the spot, and stopping all those who had come. Possibly bad things exist.

"Shanis, do you think Mrs. Hume will succeed in this wave?"

"Basically, it's stable. After all, the master is still × male. As long as Hume and she don't shrink back at critical moments, it is impossible to fail."

"What about you? If you let Hume get ahead, you don't have any ideas?"

"Me? To be honest, I'm even more excited."

"..."

On the other side of the room, Hume was drinking with Lude while chatting casually, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.

Lu De mentioned about making a movie, and it is expected that the finishing work here will be completed within a week, and then set off to return to his hometown in the north.It has been almost three months since they came out this time, and it is time to go back as the end of winter and spring are about to begin.

After going back this time, Lu De plans to dormant for a while. First, he will make movies with peace of mind while continuing to develop the base camp. Expand the size of the pantheon to deal with possible invading gods.

At this time, Lude noticed that Hume was leaning on his chin, staring at him silently with a smile on his face, which made Lude, who was still talking, blushed a little.

"You, why are you staring at me?"

"Of course I'm listening to you! Speaking of which, you and I have known each other for almost three years, and you have fulfilled all the promises you made at the beginning. It is really unreasonable for my majestic goddess to renege on her debts."

"You, what are you talking about?"

"I said, I want to fulfill my previous promise. I have been avoiding you before, mainly because I haven't prepared myself mentally, but now I am ready."

"No, wait a minute...do you still need to be mentally prepared? Isn't it very simple? Aina, Shanisi and the three sisters are all done with a click, very quickly."

Hearing Lude's words, Hume was shocked at first, and dozens of bad pictures of G flashed in his mind.

It wasn't until then that Hume realized that there seemed to be, probably, possibly, some kind of information gap in communication between himself and Lude, which led to some misunderstandings.Hume thought to himself, if you are so brave, why would you use yourself to put in so much effort now?

So in order to confirm where the problem lies, Hume tentatively asked Lud about the "promise" part.

Lude scratched his head in confusion, but answered truthfully.

"It's to establish the God's Chosen relationship, and then you provide me with the highest authority to use the divine power, just like Aina and the others."

"Is this the promise you're chasing after me to fulfill?"

"What else? Besides, I really didn't chase you for it! I just mentioned it casually that day, and I didn't expect you to turn around and run away. Besides this, have we made any other promises?"

"I'm so..."

Suddenly realized that everything was a misunderstanding, but because of this misunderstanding, he blushed unilaterally for half a month, and even ran to Lude's room in the middle of the night wearing such a outfit with consciousness. Hume was almost fainted from anger. past.

And Lude is still full of doubts. Rather than saying that he has forgotten what he and Hume said, it is better to say that he has always taken that as a joke between friends, and has never taken it seriously.

The room fell silent for a moment, and then Hume got up suddenly with a blank face, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and then walked quickly to the door, reaching out to press the door panel.A powerful divine power instantly spread out, forming a powerful barrier that enveloped the entire room.

Then Hume locked the door, twisted the copper door key into a small metal ball, and threw it into the trash can beside him.

After finishing all this quickly, Hume turned his head to look at Lu De and took off his glasses silently. His face seemed calm, but there was a trace of madness in his eyes, which made Lu De faintly have an ominous premonition.

End of this chapter

That night, both Lude and Hume grew a lot.

The whole process was full of twists and turns. In the beginning, Master Lu was caught off guard and was forcibly squeezed by the evil goddess who came prepared. However, after the two sides clashed three times, Lu De gradually grasped the rhythm and got rid of the disadvantaged position. The two sides entered the stage of competing willpower and physical strength stalemate stage.

During the stalemate, Lu De suddenly remembered the teachings of the anti-Japanese martyrs, if there is no gun or cannon, let the enemy build it for us.

So he decisively used his own characteristics as a priest to buff himself directly with Hume's divine power. Finally, he turned the offensive and forced Hume to surrender unconditionally, ending this connection between man and God!Hume, who was full of energy, only felt in a trance, because the development trend of the whole process was completely different from what she had expected before.

She originally thought that as a god, even if Luther could be immune to all magical damage, if it was just a competition of strength, she would definitely be in an overwhelming advantage.

It turned out that Lu was fine, first he pretended to beg for mercy, and tricked her into giving her the God's Choice blessing with good words, and then he turned his head and used his own divine power to buff, forcing a wave of "turnaround", and he was comparable to a god with a mortal body !

Afterwards, one person and one god were silent in the messy bedroom. Lude, who was in the "super-sage mode", was sober and rational as never before. Looking back on what he had done before, he felt that he had to He apologized to Hume, but just as he was about to say something to the other party, Hume fled the room with a flash, leaving Lude alone here alone.

In the next two days, Hume disappeared "again", and Lude kept his mouth shut about what happened that night, pretending that nothing happened.

But everyone felt that Master Lu seemed to undergo some inexplicable transformation overnight, in short, he was different from before.As the insiders, Shanisi and the eldest sister Atropos are full of awe of Lude, who defeated the gods with the flesh.

Soon, Lude's finishing work in Yanwood City came to an end, and everyone staying in the tavern also began to pack their bags and prepare to return to Pine Tree Town in batches.

But not everyone wants to leave. The Brotherhood of the Black Hand, which has completed its initial reorganization, is now a subsidiary organization of the Pantheon. Using the power of divine magic, Hume, who had recovered his divine power, created seven combat-type divine envoys to act as guardians for him.

These seven combat envoys, code-named "Faceless Group", are all muscular men with strong looks and powerful but black as ink. They usually hide in Tring's shadow and can be called out at any time when necessary.

In addition, Tring's biological mother Lindy and grandmother Lacey, who have become undead, also stayed here to assist their son (grandson) in managing the Brotherhood.After all, Tring's current identity is Dick, the necromancer. If there is no ghost around him, it will inevitably be a misnomer.

As for the others, they will all go back to Pine Tree Town with Lude, and will rely on the god statue's psychic function for regular long-distance communication in the future.

The day before their departure, the Rainbow Song and Dance Troupe held a farewell party for Lu De and others at the Skyline Opera House, and celebrated the end of the performance of "King of the Grotto" by the way.There are only a handful of people in Yanmu City who haven't watched the show yet, and some fanatical fans have even watched it more than ten times, to the point where they can even recite lines in their sleep.

Normally, the entire song and dance troupe will launch a new round of national tour, and then cross-border to perform in other surrounding countries. Depending on the popularity of the drama in various places, sometimes it is just this drama, and the whole set will be repeated. It will take three to five years.However, the emergence of projectors has made the way of touring much simpler and faster than before.

So under the operation of Lu De, Brother Pictures bought the exclusive screening rights of "The Cave King" at a high price of [-] gold coins, and then handed it over to its various mobile screening teams to be responsible for the national tour.

And Sevis will go to the capital next, where she will perform on stage for a period of one month. After that, she will not go to other places, and will directly lead the team to Pine Town for the filming of "Seven Samurai". It is the first movie in the true sense of the world.

In addition to members of the Rainbow Song and Dance Troupe, Faceless Man Jade and Snake Sherry also made a special trip to attend the event on behalf of the newly established Brothers Film Company. Even if they didn't participate in the performance of "King of the Cave", they could still attend the banquet. Lude hoped that they could integrate into the group as soon as possible.

At the banquet, Lude disclosed his identity for the first time. Hugo is just his "pen name". He is actually called Lude. He is the great priest of the Northern Pantheon. , he will treat everyone well.

Everyone was very surprised for a moment. They didn't expect that Mr. Hugo, who had been talking and laughing with them all the time, turned out to be a priest, and he also had such an incredible title as "Saint".

But the surprise is the surprise, but everyone didn't find it very strange. After all, compared with the clergy in Yanmu City, even August, the bishop of the Holy Church of Light, can often meet in places like Silver House. His hobby is writing scripts, but he looks very elegant, not vulgar at all.

Early the next morning, everyone who had packed their bags officially set off to go home.The red dragon Amymi, who was holding a manned hanging basket, was waiting outside the city early, while Ned Hogg and Tawawa had already gone back first. After all, there are two little cubs who are not so worry-free in their hometown. I can't worry about it.

A group of people left the city very low-key, and the people who saw them off were persuaded by Lu De to go back at the gate of the city, so there were no outsiders at the moment.

It was only when they arrived at the meeting point that they realized that Hume, who had been missing for several days before, had already arrived one step ahead of them, and was sitting on top of Amymi's head watching the scenery.

Normally, the Dragon Clan would never allow anyone to ride on top of their heads like this, the dignity of the noble Dragon Clan cannot be violated!But Hume only showed a little bit of his coercion as a middle god, and Amy Mi instantly understood the strength gap between the two sides, so she decisively confessed.

I haven't seen him for a few days. Hume seems to have adjusted his mentality. At first glance, he seems to be the same as before, but Lude obviously found that when he looked at Hume, the other party quietly avoided his eyes, and he himself There is still a little bit of embarrassment.

It doesn't matter how we continue to get along in the future, but at least the brothers definitely can't do it anymore.

"Let's go! It's time to go back."

………………

On the day when Lude and his party left Yanmu City, another city gate opened at almost the same time as his front and rear feet. The bishop of the Holy Church of Light, August, finally ushered in the head church inspection team he "thoughts day and night". .

In order to deal with the inspection team this time, August made an impromptu rush to collect a wave of "prestige" in the city, and used real money and food to temporarily stop the mouths of those poor ghosts. People also prepared a generous gift.

However, when August saw the big flag carried by the Sun Knight at the front of the inspection team's convoy, his original hanging heart fell into the abyss in an instant.

It turned out to be the Sword of Balance...the banner of the Holy Maiden of Light.

Looking at this radiant banner, August's face turned ashen for a moment, because he knew that he might really be doomed this time.

End of this chapter

From winter to spring, the ice and snow gradually melted.

In the twinkling of an eye, it has been more than two months since Lude and his party returned to Pine Tree Town. In the middle of April, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, it is the season for spring plowing and planting in the northern part of the Kingdom, and it is still time before the new semester of Brewster College begins. There are less than three weeks to go.

During the period after returning from Yanmu City in the south, Lu De took a long-lost rest for a while. After all, in this winter of heavy snow, in the northern region completely covered in white, time seemed to have stopped temporarily. I can't do it even if I want to.

So using this time, Lu De calmed down and thought a lot, and made a series of plans for the next stage of development of Pantheon and Pine Town, among which absorbing the population is the top priority.

The baron's family conducted a census of the territory before. The resident population of Pine Tree Town is about 5000 people, and there are eleven villages and settlements in the surrounding area, with a population of nearly 7000. The total population of the territory exceeds [-]. Second, this is not counting the floating population that floods in at the beginning of spring.

This total population sounds like a lot. After all, when Lu De first arrived in Pine Tree Village, there were only more than 400 people here, but compared with those powerful lords, it was not enough at all.

In the entire northern part of the kingdom, there are 23 feudal lords, large and small. The Duke of Gamaling ranks first with 85 subjects, the second is Earl of Lumley with 60, and the third is Viscount Maple with 17. The three together account for [-]% of the total population of the entire northern region.

And if you look at the entire Duran Kingdom, the relatively sparsely populated northern region only accounts for one-sixth of the entire kingdom's population, so the 2 people in Pine Tree Town really aren't that many.

Lude hopes to increase the population of Pine Town to more than [-] in the next three to five years.This is not only to increase the source of belief, but also to prepare for the industrial revolution (magic version) with the dwarves next door.

In fact, in terms of technology and resources, the current Pine Town is not lacking. Lude has technology in his hands, and the dwarves have mines, and the local Pantheon is the only one. There are no traditional sects to add chaos. It can be said that the only The short board lies in this population.

However, Lu De also knew in his heart that the substantial increase in population would bring not only benefits, but also various troubles.First and foremost is the issue of religious belief.

When Pine Town was still a village back then, it was a poor place with few people, so no one cared about it. Now that it has been developed by Lude, there are naturally people who don't want to plant trees and just want to pick peaches.

Just imagine, if the population of Pine Tree Town increases to 8, but the [-] new additions are all single believers of a certain sect, then the followers of the Pantheon will become a minority instead.

At that time, this group of people will be instigated by some religious leader, relying on their large number of people, demanding that the "minority" obey the "majority", and even launch a purge of heresy, which in turn persecutes the believers of the Pantheon.All the efforts Nalud had made for the development of this town before were all in vain!

This situation is not impossible, it is better to say that there are already some disturbing signs.Because as early as last year, there had been several religious immigrant groups in Pine Tree Town, ranging in number from dozens to hundreds, usually led by one or two baptized monks.

Some people have a good attitude, they come to know "worship the pier" and beg Lu De to show their respect, but there are also those who don't follow the rules of the world, come quietly and preach secretly.Thanks to the popularity of the Pantheon in Pine Town, these guys were reported by the enthusiastic people as soon as they started making small moves.

To be honest, these small second- and third-tier sects are all potential allies that can be drawn in. The Pantheon is a basket, and everything can be put in it, but there is one prerequisite, that is, Ludd must be the absolute core of leadership. He doesn't want to be divided by a group of gods who don't understand shit.

Lude was silently thinking about how to deal with these challenges that are very likely to occur in the future. At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted his train of thought. Lude said "Come in", and then watched Until Romean pushed the door and walked in.

"Master, I'm back."

"Thanks for your hard work, is the blessing ceremony for Feng Rao going well?"

"Well! The ceremony went well, and the goddess responded to us."

"That's good."

Looking at the slim and increasingly capable female disciple, Lu De showed a gratified smile and praised her well.The teacher's praise made Long Niang secretly happy, and a shy blush appeared on her face.

Counting the days, it has been two years since Romean Bailude has been a teacher. Since he became a trainee priest, Lude began to cultivate her intentionally and entrusted her with some relatively uncomplicated daily work. Romean I am also very happy that I can share the worries of my beloved master.

Lu De was on a "business trip" in Yanmu City for three months before, and Romean, who stayed behind, was sitting in his hometown.Although there were relatively few things to do in winter, there were no mistakes in the past three months, which showed that Romean was fully capable of being alone.

So not long after he came back, Lu De made Romean a full-time member and handed her over to be responsible for the blessing of abundance this time.This activity was initiated by Lude during the spring plowing period of the previous year. On the surface, it is no different from ordinary religious sacrificial activities. The prepared "Jinkela" is sold on the spot at a very low price.

Lude can't make chemical fertilizers at this stage, so if he doesn't have enough technology, he uses his supernatural power to come up with something that can also increase crop production.

It is worth mentioning that Lu De wanted to give it away for free at first, but later thought it was inappropriate, so he set a price of ten copper coins per bag, [-] grams per bag, which can fertilize about ten acres of land. It can increase the yield by [-]% to [-]% compared with unused fields.

It's not as good as a Lude money fan. If you really want to make a profit from this, you must know that selling medicine can make more money than this. The retail price of a bottle of "Evelina Tears" can cover three thousand bags of gold. Hope to cultivate the habit of local people whoring for nothing.

certainly!If you are really poor, it doesn’t matter if you can’t afford it. There is also a “sign-in event” at the temple to give away.

Lude stipulates that there is a specific "God's Day" every month. On this day, pray to the corresponding god in the temple, and you can receive a small gift. Among them, the reward for the God of Medicine Day in April is a small bag of [-] grams of Jinkela.

Under Lude's hard work, the construction of water conservancy, the improvement of agricultural technology and the application of fertilizers have led to a dramatic increase in the grain production in Pine Town. The kind and beautiful goddess collectively blessed.

End of this chapter

Agriculture, as the primary industry, is the foundation of everything. Lu De originally planned to spend five years dedicated to the development of agriculture, but the magic was far more useful than he had imagined before, so it only took half of the original plan, and the excess Once the goal is achieved, it is possible to move on to the next stage.

With a sufficient material foundation as a guarantee, Lude will then prepare to grasp both industry and culture, and develop hand in hand.

It just so happens that the first batch of Brewster College students have successfully graduated, and there will be a steady stream of graduates of various majors entering the society every year. Although talents are still scarce and far from being rich, at least there will be no more people like the past. An embarrassing sight with no one available.

In the development plan shown by Lude to the Baron's family, Pine Town will vigorously develop light industries such as food, textiles and ceramics that are related to people's livelihood in the next three to five years.As for the heavy industry in metallurgy, it cooperates with the dwarves next door who have mining and technology.

Pine Town is just that big. Although Lu De is confident in the road, he is not arrogant enough to think that he can create a whole industrial chain with just [-] people.As long as the second competitive industry besides pharmaceuticals can be worked out before the completion of the second phase of the development plan, then the whole plan can be considered a success!

In addition, regarding the development plan for the second phase, Lude is also planning to pull in the surrounding territories to work together.Among the 23 feudal lords in the north, the top three have a good relationship with their pantheon, and the northern branch of the God of War can also be regarded as an ally.Although their bishop Ural can't be convinced, this person can at least get along.

Three weeks later, Brewster College started as scheduled, and the first day of the first semester of each year is the day for new students to enroll.The number of new students this year has doubled compared to last year, and the number of international students from other places exceeds that of local students for the first time, accounting for more than [-]%.