Chapter 293
Chapter 293. Resonance of the Territory
Fulan sat in the attic of the church. She had just finished packing away the Spirit Realm Guide Item that led to the Sun Domain, placing it inside another bundle.
Suddenly, she had a feeling that was subtle and mysterious, so she immediately put down the bundle in her hands and began to sense it with full attention.
The moment she connected to this feeling, she knew that this was the resonance coming from the territory.
But this was only resonance. She had not received any Territorial Blessing. In other words, she had merely made a beginning.
Among the papers Fulan had read about attempts to obtain Territorial Blessing, several well-written papers had mentioned this point.
This point was not difficult to reach. The truly difficult part was how to make the territory genuinely bless oneself. That was the hardest thing.
Some of Fulan’s mage predecessors had even obtained this kind of territorial resonance, only for it to disappear after a mere hour, before they had even had time to feel happy.
Among the papers Fulan had read, the longest time this feeling had lasted was roughly three days, and that record had been created by a mage of the Law School.
Fulan carefully sensed this territorial resonance, and the first problem she discovered was that this power was simply too little.
Fulan could even sense that even if she truly transformed this territorial resonance into a blessing, the power of that blessing would at most make an Apprentice stronger.
However, this was within Fulan’s expectations. After all, she had only asked for three villages. With this little territory, naturally, there would only be this little blessing.
Fulan had mainly come here to experiment and see whether she could obtain Territorial Blessing at all.
As long as she succeeded, she could begin planning around the territory that belonged to the Territorial Token in her hand.
That was a true territory. Perhaps it could even increase her Physique by one or two points.
Moreover, at that time, she might be able to use that territory as a springboard to obtain the entire Antir Region.
Fulan first suppressed the thoughts in her heart, then continued packing the things in her hands.
She had already made a beginning now. Even if she was temporarily absent, things could continue.
Moreover, she had already set a direction for Anna. Now, it was time to see whether Anna had the ability to maintain stability here.
She had brought Anna back precisely so that Anna could help her manage these matters. After all, she also had many personal matters to handle, and there was no way for her to invest all her time into this.
Therefore, she needed to disappear for a few days to test Anna’s ability. Her requirements for Anna were not high. Anna only needed to properly execute the things she had arranged.
Then, Fulan looked at the fiery red pointer. That was the Spirit Realm Guide Item that led to the Sun Domain.
Fulan planned to go out over the next few days and find a cave or similar place, then directly explore the Spirit Realm from there.
After she finished exploring the Sun Domain and came out, she would probably be able to see how well Anna had done.
Thus, Fulan picked up her backpack, briefly informed Anna, then rode the black horse out.
On the road, Fulan also looked at the black horse, thoughtful.
She remembered that among the advancement requirements for the Sunflame Knight was a mount that did not fear flames.
To satisfy this requirement, Fulan’s fastest and best choice was to buy some materials in the Spirit Realm, then modify the black horse in the Material Realm.
However, there was no rush. She still had to go to the Sun Domain and look for that Trial of the Sun or whatever it was.
If she could not find it, she could go to the market to look for materials afterward.
After searching around, Fulan found a cave roughly five kilometers from the village.
She set up magical traps, then went directly to the Spirit Realm.
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When Fulan recovered her senses, the first thing she felt was heat. A wave of heat rushed directly against Fulan’s face.
When Fulan tried to open her eyes, a beam of light shot straight in, making her instinctively narrow her eyes.
Only after she adapted slightly to the light here did she open her eyes and see her surroundings clearly.
The first thing she saw was a great ball of light. This ball of light almost covered half the sky, and the heat Fulan felt was coming from it.
When Fulan lowered her head, she saw a stretch of reddish-brown land. The soil was joined into one piece, and stepping on it felt like stepping on stone.
“This place is somewhat dry,” Fulan thought.
Merely trying to open her mouth was enough for Fulan to feel the moisture inside it being instantly dried out, making her throat parched.
Aside from that, the skin exposed beneath her long robe was also being scorched by the heat. She could almost feel her skin cracking.
“Is it my imagination? Why does it feel as though it is getting hotter and hotter?”
After confirming it again, Fulan realized that this was not an illusion, but reality. The surrounding temperature truly had risen.
She looked down at her feet again and saw that the reddish-brown soil had begun to glow faintly. Its color had become brighter, forming a sharp contrast with the soil in other places.
“And only the heat near me has increased.” Fulan looked elsewhere and discovered that the soil in other places had not changed.
“I need to move first.”
After making up her mind, Fulan immediately moved in the opposite direction of that great ball of light. After taking only two steps, she suddenly felt refreshed.
This was a faint sense of relief brought about by the drop in temperature. Even now, Fulan still felt that the temperature was too high.
Moreover, after she took that step, she saw the soil touched by her foot begin to glow, and the surrounding temperature also began to rise once again.
Fulan raised her brows, as if she had understood something.
She continued walking forward without stopping at all. Sure enough, this time, she no longer felt the temperature rising.
“This Domain requires people to keep moving. Otherwise, the surrounding environment will continuously heat up,” Fulan guessed.
Fulan did not understand the principle behind this phenomenon and could only guess that it was a special rule within the Sun Domain.
“I should first look for a path.”
Fulan looked around. Aside from the great ball of light behind her, the largest object Fulan could see was the reddish-brown land beneath her feet.
This reddish-brown land was extremely flat. When Fulan looked out, she could not see its end, nor could she see any protrusions.
And in the sky opposite the great ball of light, Fulan saw several light balls much smaller than the great ball of light behind her. When she stretched out her hand, she could feel faint heat coming from those light balls.
Aside from these light balls, Fulan also saw round spheres in the sky that resembled mirrors and gave off light.
Because the light in the sky was far too dazzling, Fulan only glanced at the sky a few times before lowering her eyes and no longer looking up.
Logically speaking, these lights should not have made her so uncomfortable, because Fulan not only had a Physique enhancement, but also the identity of an Emissary of Radiance.
When she now used Light Prayer to emit dazzling light, even she herself would not be stung by the light, and she also had very high resistance toward other glowing objects.
But for some unknown reason, Fulan was still affected by the light here. Perhaps there was something in this light that Fulan did not know about.
After Fulan walked for five minutes, what entered her eyes was still a stretch of reddish-brown land. She saw nothing else at all.
“Is there only this red land here?”
Fulan frowned. She was not afraid of encountering some very difficult trial, because her own strength was already outrageous.
What she feared most now was not being able to find a target. Just like now, she could only walk forward aimlessly and hope that something would appear ahead.
After half an hour passed, Fulan was still walking across the reddish-brown land, but she discovered a place that was somewhat different.
“That is?”
When Fulan saw the only different place here, she raised her head and looked toward the sky.
“These two are the same.”
What appeared before Fulan was a mirror-like surface resembling glass, just like the mirror sphere she had seen in the sky before. And by now, Fulan could see that the mirror sphere had appeared directly above her.
“Wait. I think I know how to find places here.”
Fulan turned her gaze to the sky once more. Sure enough, she saw the few light balls from before. The difference was that these small light balls seemed to have become a little smaller.
At the same time, she looked behind her and indeed saw that the great ball of light behind her had shrunk by a circle.
“These light balls in the sky seem to be indicating directions,” Fulan guessed.
Then, Fulan walked onto that mirror-like ground. When she stepped on it, it made a tap-tap sound.
Here, Fulan raised her head and discovered that several spheres she had not seen at all before had appeared in the sky.
Some spheres were covered in vine-like plants, some were wrapped in something like ice, and others showed a sandy yellow color.
“Do new guiding spheres appear when I arrive at this mirror surface?” Fulan continued guessing.
Fulan stopped on the mirror surface. Here, she discovered that even if she stopped, the temperature would not continue rising.
“This should be due to the different environment.”
Then, Fulan began to think about what she should do next.
“Should I explore these three new places first, or...?”
Fulan looked toward the great ball of light behind her. If nothing unexpected happened, that was also a guiding sphere.
“What I’m looking for is the Trial of the Sun. Then the place here that resembles the sun the most is that great ball of light, isn’t it?”
Thus, Fulan made up her mind and rushed toward the great ball of light.
Previously, she had wanted to avoid the light of this great ball of light first. Now, she wanted to go over there and take a look first.
This time, Fulan moved much faster than when she had been walking before, and she soon reached the position she had left earlier.
She continued forward, and felt the heat around her grow greater and greater, while the light also became increasingly dazzling.
She suspected that if there were a barrier glowing red in front of her right now, she would absolutely slam headfirst into it.
As she continued rushing forward, a voice suddenly appeared.
“Don’t go any farther!!”
At the same time, a black shadow abruptly appeared at her side.