Chapter 49: Meteoric Rise (2)

“Alright! I will declare that Commander Efran shall escort Chu Nan into Aegis.” King Avery nodded and said, “I’d like to personally meet with him.”

One-third of the upper echelons of the Temple of Light lived within Aegis, another one-third of them were stationed in the capital city of Wyeth, Chrendon City. The remaining one-third were situated in an average-sized city of Dulraze, Holy City.

Holy City was the origin and the true heart of the Temple of Light. In order to express their intentions of not fighting for the throne, the pope of every generation had resided in that not-so prosperous city.

Inside the main hall of the Temple of Light, the current pope, Zhang Guangming, was currently holding onto a report Saint Carlina had sent back.

The copy which Emperor Avery received had gone through numerous counts of manual editing by Efran in order to take more credit for himself, so it was different from the copy the pope had received.

The report in Zhang Guangming’s hand was absolutely written in a fair and objective manner, depicting the real happenings in the city to the smallest of details.

“Fantastic!” Zhang Guangming looked at the report in his hand and burst into laughter. “Immediately inform Carlina for her and Saint Knight Yashly to escort that man into the Holy City. I’d like to personally meet this little hero who has received the favor of the God of Light to create such a miracle.”

“Take this too!” Zhang Guangming quickly unfolded an order scroll used by the Temple of Light and wrote something on it before handing it to the herald priest. “Bring this to Carlina. She shall announce this personally to our little hero.

With the herald priest’s departure, the twelve archbishops of the Temple of Light quickly revealed joyous smiles one after another.

A miracle! It’s a miracle bestowed by the God of Light! Among the four temples, only the God of Light had sent down a miracle, and what did that mean? It meant that the Temple of Light could make use of this opportunity to overtake the other three temples to become the one supreme temple that was one of its kind!

“Everyone, we should not only dwell on that matter too much.” Zhang Guangming revealed a mysterious smile. “Could it be that you’ve all forgotten about the difficult task on our hands?”

“The difficult task?” The twelve archbishops were momentarily bewildered before a sudden realization dawned upon them.

“Lord Pope, you intend to…?”

“That’s right!” Zhang Guangming smiled and nodded. “Only he can do this and if he succeeds, the temple will naturally rise along with the tide. But if he fails, the temple will not be implicated and nothing significant will be lost.”

“But… Will he agree to it?”

“This…” Zhang Guangming smiled mischievously. “The report states that he’s a country bumpkin who just came out from the Chaos Forest, which is also known as the Heaven Forest. As long as we provide him some benefits and temptations, he should not pose any problems.”

The twelve archbishops nodded their heads in total agreement. ‘That’s right! How can a country bumpkin from the Heaven Forest have any insight towards the inner workings of the world?’

Under normal circumstances, there would not be any problems with such a notion. Residents of the Heaven Forest were indeed more simple-minded. But unfortunately, the ‘country bumpkin’ who came out from the forest this time…

In the face of a miracle, the ones who had responded not only included Dulraze and the Temple of Light who was closely related with the miracle. The other countries along with various temples had also responded in their own manner. After all, the incident was as close to a miracle in the past centuries. As a result, there were varying degrees of impact on the followers of each temple.

Within Dolunga City, the ‘country bumpkin’ that was currently the hot topic of numerous conversations, was currently sleeping soundly in one of the most luxurious rooms in the city.

Ever since the display of the miracle, not only was the plague cured, even the citizen’s old hidden injuries had been completely healed.

If one were to ask which city possessed the strongest fighting capabilities, there were many cities in the Shenyuan Continent who would stand out to proclaim themselves to be the strongest. However, right now, if one were to ask which city was the healthiest, everyone in the continent would shift their gazes to Dolunga City, where the infected citizens had gathered.

Those people who escaped from death, were all immersed in the mood of celebration almost everyday. Only those who had experienced Death knocking on their doorstep would cherish every second of their short life. In the face of death, monetary possession would be of no value compared to the happiness gained when living life to the fullest.

After suffering great difficulties to enter a safe city, Chu Nan initially intended to find a nice place to settle down and quietly practice his magic, as there was still a long road ahead of him. If he wanted to continue to portray himself as an expert, he could not depend on just his proficiency in lying anymore unlike when he was in Heaven Forest.

However, not everything would go according to one’s wishes. Chu Nan had underestimated the cheers of people who had escaped from the jaws of death. After he woke up from his dreamland and rubbed his aching temples, citizens of the Dolunga City once again displayed their enthusiasm. These citizens who had also just woke up, excitedly brought Chu Nan to the city for another round of celebration.

What was the meaning of ‘difficulties in refusing kindness’? Chu Nan didn’t understand it before, but he completely understood it now. In the face of these enthusiastic citizens, Chu Nan was unable to refuse even if he had the heart to. They would always have various reasons to invite him out for a celebration.

In addition, Chu Nan was not someone who liked to work hard. After two rounds of failed rejections, he simply joined them in their celebration.

As for whether he would be able to support himself in the future? He was not afraid. Afterall, the citizens in Dolunga City were all prepared to settle down here, and with the half million now healthy making a joint decision to take care of him; if Chu Nan wishes to eat, or sleep, there would alway be a room and a portion of food for him.

He had also heard he had become a lifetime VIP in a hotel. But when did city hotels have lifetime VIP membership? He wasn’t aware about this before.

Since he was unable to concentrate in the festive atmosphere, Chu Nan could only think of other methods to increase his strength. Ever since he discovered the existence of the seal card half a year ago, he had constantly researched how he could summon White Tiger and Killing Bees from the seal cards without having to fork out expensive crystals or cores.

He had already come out with a plan a long time ago, but he never had the time nor material to create what he needed.

However, now with the support of a city behind him, as long as it was not something like crafting a celestial weapon, Chu Nan had the confidence that he could easily procure any material he wanted. Moreover, the tools he wanted to craft did not require expensive materials.