Chapter 295
Chapter 295. Understanding
After Fulan confirmed that she would participate in the Trial of the Sun, she left the Sun Domain. She did not return directly to the Material Realm.
That was because she had not stayed inside the Sun Domain for long before coming out, and now she had to wait seven days before she could proceed to the next step.
It just so happened that she needed to purchase some materials as well, namely the upgrade materials for that black horse. She had to make the black horse satisfy the condition of not fearing flames.
Fulan went directly to the Adventurers’ Guild. The commissions she had issued to search for materials for the ‘Deep-Sea Song’ still had no results. Fulan had no way to deal with this, so she could only continue waiting.
When Fulan asked again whether there were any materials with extremely high fire resistance, she received this answer:
“Sorry, we don’t have such monster materials in our stock. You can open another order...”
Fulan was not surprised by this. One had to know that even dragon scales, the most famous part of dragonkind, were known for being able to maintain their activity for a long time, yet even they could barely be preserved for ten years.
If they were not stimulated with something like dragon blood within those ten years, then the dragon scales would become as brittle as soil.
Normally speaking, many adventurer teams would only begin taking action after a commission appeared, because they could earn more under a commission.
This was also due to the consideration that many monster materials were not easy to preserve.
The preservation period of many monster materials was only a few months. If they could not be sold, then they would rot in one’s hands.
Therefore, unless they knew that the price of a certain monster material had risen sharply, or there was a high-paying commission reward, most adventurers would not move.
Although completing one job would not let them properly update their weapons and equipment, it was very normal for a single commission to feed them for two or three years.
Moreover, even when there was a commission, ordinary adventurers usually did not move quickly, because an adventurer’s work was a job that competed in patience.
What they needed was not merely to defeat those monsters, but to capture them or remove the key materials intact. Only then would those adventurers’ work have meaning.
So this kind of matter could not be rushed. No matter how much Fulan increased the payment, there was nothing she could do.
After walking out of the Adventurers’ Guild, Fulan was still worrying about how to modify her warhorse...
But she suddenly remembered something. She recalled that during the Spirit Realm Trial, had she not used the Lord of Radiance’s power to kill a dragon?
Fulan stopped and smiled as she said:
“It looks like I need to meet the Lord of Radiance once. I remember that dragon’s materials should be enough to satisfy the requirement of not fearing flames.”
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After Fulan returned to Monsa, she immediately rushed straight up to the temple without stopping and arrived before the divine statue of the Lord of Radiance.
When Fulan stepped through the doorframe, a faint light appeared on the divine statue of the Lord of Radiance.
At the same time, a voice appeared in the great hall.
“You came back so soon. Did you encounter some difficulty while developing believers?”
To be fair, Fulan felt that the Lord of Radiance’s mood was absolutely very good right now, because this was the first time he had taken the initiative to ask about her difficulties.
Before this, it had always been the Lord of Radiance telling her to do this and that, then giving her some reward afterward...
Fulan restrained the expression on her face, then said:
“I remember that Monsa has a dragon’s body, doesn’t it? I want to use that dragon’s body for something.”
The divine statue fell silent for a while, then said:
“That is fine. You can take those dragon blood materials. I do not need such things to grant them power.”
Judging from Fulan’s current observation of Monsa, the Lord of Radiance truly did not need that dragon blood to grant the residents here power.
However, the god before the Lord of Radiance had needed to use dragon blood.
This matter was rather easy to guess, because before this, Monsa had not been that god’s main base, so that god had not paid much attention to this place.
It was just like how the Lord of Radiance had dragged a pile of fragments back from outside. According to Fulan’s inquiries, the residents on those fragments were also like the people of Monsa in the past, with almost no First-Tier Priests among them.
Moreover, no matter how one looked at it, the previous god had been able to use dragon blood to create Divine Water probably because that god looked like a dragon. It was likely related to that god’s unique ability.
“Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, hurry back to the Material Realm and help me develop believers. I can already communicate with you through that book now. You do not need to come up here every time...”
Fulan had only thought for a moment, but the Lord of Radiance already assumed she had nothing else to do and immediately began urging Fulan to return to the Material Realm to help him develop believers.
“There is one more thing.”
Fulan paused, then continued:
“It is about the Sun Domain you told me to look for last time. There, I found the Trial of the Sun, but now, there is some trouble with this trial.”
“What trouble?” the divine statue asked curiously.
“During the trial, a group of emissaries of gods will come to obstruct the trial’s progress, so I wanted to ask you whether you know about this matter.”
The divine statue fell silent for a while before saying:
“This is the personal behavior of those gods who reached the Spirit Realm earlier. I do not know about this matter.”
The Lord of Radiance had not yet had time to join the circle of gods who had already entered the Spirit Realm, because he had arrived in the Spirit Realm too recently and had not yet gained a firm foothold. Therefore, those gods did not communicate with him.
“Then can you mix into that circle of gods and arrange for me to enter the team that obstructs the Trial of the Sun?”
Fulan directly stated her request. If she could enter together with those emissaries, she would absolutely not expose the fact that she was the one who wanted to take the trial.
“That will not quite work. Have you forgotten what we did before?”
What the Lord of Radiance was referring to was the previous robbery of the Emerald Market.
After that incident happened, any discerning person could tell that it had absolutely been done by a god. Otherwise, the Spirit Realm’s protection would not have failed so quickly.
Because of this matter, the Lord of Radiance had developed a grudge with the owner of the Emerald Market and those gods who had good relationships with that owner.
Although the Lord of Radiance did not regret relying on this move to obtain a large number of Spirit Crystals, its negative influence was completely unavoidable.
With those gods obstructing him, the Lord of Radiance now had almost no way to communicate with other gods.
The Lord of Radiance could hardly establish contact with other gods at all, let alone complete Fulan’s request.
“However, I feel that you do not need to enter together with those emissaries at all.”
Fulan had just frowned when she heard these words, then listened as the divine statue continued speaking.
“You only need to reveal your own identity as an Emissary after entering. There is no need to mix in with those emissaries.”
“Wouldn’t that make those emissaries suspicious?” Fulan voiced her doubt.
After all, if everyone knew every god before entering, and then an Emissary of an unknown god suddenly appeared after they went in, no matter how one thought about it, there would be a problem, right?
“This is a secret among us gods. Only gods in the Astral Realm know the meaning of this matter,” the Lord of Radiance said meaningfully.
“Before this, I did not connect this Trial of the Sun with the sun in the Astral Realm. I originally thought it was merely a coincidence in name. But judging from those gods’ attitude, this is not a coincidence.”
“I cannot tell you this secret, but what I can tell you is that all of us gods loathe the sun.”
“In the matter of opposing the sun, all gods will stand on the same line. Therefore, even if I send my own Emissary to obstruct the Trial of the Sun, the other gods will not find it strange.”
“You only need to avoid displaying anything unique to that trial.”
After hearing the Lord of Radiance’s words, Fulan fell into thought.
No matter what, entering with the identity of the Emissary of the Lord of Radiance would be enough to make many emissaries give up on attacking her. It would also help her complete the trial herself.
“Right, there is one more thing. If you reveal yourself as my Emissary during the trial, then some gods’ emissaries may attack you.”
The emissaries of gods who would attack Fulan were none other than those gods whom the Lord of Radiance had offended.
Among them was the god who had previously been driven out of Monsa by the Lord of Radiance, as well as the gods who hated the Lord of Radiance because of the Emerald Market incident.
Fulan even felt that the Emissary of the Goddess of the Currents might also attack her. It would not be because of conflict between the gods, but because of the personal grudge between them, if the other party came to this trial.
Fulan frowned. Even if she borrowed the identity of the Lord of Radiance’s Emissary, Fulan still felt that she did not currently have a hundred percent certainty of passing this trial.
“This is already unavoidable. These are the only things I can do before the trial.”
Fulan was very clear that although she would still face attacks from many people after entering now, the situation was at least better than before.
Before, she had to oppose all the emissaries. Now, she only needed to oppose a few of them. In terms of the number of enemies, there was no more room for optimization.
“I can also use the [Weapon-Forging Rite] to make a temporary weapon, and I can also carry out the ‘Deep-Sea Song’ modification on myself to strengthen myself.”
Fulan thought of the improvements she could still make now. Although the remaining seven days were somewhat tight, they were enough for her to complete these matters in an initial form.
“Then that’s it. I’ll strengthen myself, then arrive at Zari’s place a little earlier and ask what help he can provide me.”
Zari was the lord of the Sun Domain. As long as he was willing to help her, she would be able to seize the initiative in this trial and increase her odds of victory.
“Goodbye, then. I’ll go back and prepare first.”
Fulan turned back and closed the great doors, leaving only the eyes of the divine statue still shining with radiance.
“Why is she going to participate in the Trial of the Sun? Doesn’t she already have the mage profession? Then how can she obtain the profession of the sun?”
“But if she is not doing it for the formation of the profession, then why is she going to participate in the trial?”
Inside the temple, the Lord of Radiance’s puzzled voice rang out.