Chapter 64

"Congratulations, from today on, you are a Rose Merchant. From now on, the guild is your strongest backing."

Helun expressed his congratulations to Mali. He handed the trade permit and the Rose Merchant's identity certificate to Mali, and then personally put the guild's brooch on him.

And Mali took out the map and commodity manual that he had borrowed from the bearded man before, intending to return them to the other party.

Helun didn't reach for them, "Since you are already an official Rose Merchant, you are qualified to keep these things, so consider them my congratulatory gift to you."

After a pause, he added, "Don't worry, the 360 Gold Eagles Baier-ta owes you will be collected by the guild on your behalf. Not a single copper coin will be missing.

"Having just joined the Rose Alliance, you must have many things you want to understand. I will arrange for York to explain it to you later," Helun beckoned someone over, who was the apprentice who had received the two of them before.

"Don't look at him as young, York has been an apprentice in the guild for four years. In the future, you can find him for anything, and if he can't solve it, you can also come to me.

"Alright, that's all I have to say. Next, you should go and receive the most important reward."

"What other reward is there?" Mali was a bit strange.

Helun didn't answer. His gaze crossed Mali's shoulder and looked behind him, where a figure stood.

Mali turned his head and saw Iouli's personal maid.

"Master Mali, the priestess is waiting for you in her room."

"Hmm?"

"Proxi's gift," the personal maid whispered, "The most important reward of the Wealth Trial."

Mali was really surprised this time, "But the Wealth Trial this year has already been held. Does the extra trial with only two people participating count?"

"The priestess said it counts. She has already returned to her room to prepare."

Mali looked at the old alchemist. He was not familiar with the gods and blessings of this world and didn't know if there was any danger in this.

Lievre nodded, "The blessing of the gods, a permanent magic condensed by immense divine power, almost never disappears, and will accompany you for your whole life until you die.

"If you plan to do business, the blessing of the Wealth Goddess will definitely be useful. In fact, this is a reward that every merchant dreams of."

This is similar to a permanent buff in a game, Mali understood. He asked the personal maid again, "What kind of blessing will the goddess bestow upon me?"

"This depends on your performance in the Wealth Trial and the appreciation of Lord Proxi for you."

The personal maid replied, "Everyone can get a different blessing from her. I remember that the champion of the previous session, no, the champion of the session before you, seemed to have obtained the ability to turn stone into gold. But it can only be used once a year, and the stone cannot be too big."

"Sounds pretty good, but I don't seem to be her believer yet. Does that matter?"

The personal maid blinked, "It doesn't matter, Proxi's generosity is well known."

"I understand, please lead the way."

The personal maid soon led Mali to the door of Iouli's room. It was the largest and most luxurious guest room in the entire inn, and even equipped with an open-air balcony.

In summer, it would be full of roses, but now their leaves had fallen off and entered a dormant period. Even so, the sunlight on the balcony was still quite good at this moment, casting the shadow of the railing on the ground.

The priestess was walking around in the room, moving small boxes to the bedside.

There were seven in total, and when opened, they were filled with gold coins and jewelry.

Even Mali was startled by the dazzling light.

So much wealth was enough to make anyone in this world jealous!

However, Iouli seemed still a bit dissatisfied. The seventh box of treasure looked a bit less than the other six, which made her a bit distressed.

Finally, the priestess took off a gold bracelet from her ankle, placed it on the top of the pile of treasure, looked at it for a few times, and then showed a satisfied smile.

She looked up at Mali, who was a bit surprised not far away, and explained, "As a priestess of Proxi, the more advanced the magic released, the more treasure is consumed.

"These things will not disappear, but they need to be spent as soon as possible and put into the market to let them circulate again. I generally give them to the poor. This is also why the Wealth Trial is only held once a year."

"Then why did you agree to hold it again?"

Iouli thought for a while, "I just felt that this matter was quite interesting at that time. I originally wanted to cast a random blessing spell to deal with it, but not long ago I changed my mind, because I can feel that the goddess seems to like you very much.

"So strictly speaking, it's not that I want to bless you, but that the goddess wants to bless you. Why do you seem a bit disappointed?"

"I am not."

"Ha, I'm joking. You are quite boring."

The priestess rolled her eyes at Mali, "Alright, lie down quickly, the blessing is about to begin."

Mali hesitated, but still took off his hiking boots and lay on the priestess's bed.

The latter and the maid grabbed the treasure on the side and piled it on his body, and then began to pray.

The prayer this time was a bit long, and Iouli prayed for a while.

Mali only felt that his eyelids were heavy and he became drowsy. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he heard English words suspected to be Bitcoin and subprime bonds from it.

He wanted to ask Iouli what that meant, but the next moment the jewelry on his chest suddenly became very heavy, as if it were going to melt into his body.

Mali was so frightened that he opened his eyes, but found that it was just a nightmare.

The gold coins and treasures on him had been moved away. Iouli was sitting on a rattan chair on the balcony. She was also a bit tired, but her mood seemed quite good.

"You are awake."

"How long did I sleep?"

"Not long, just a little while."

"Hmm, did the word Bitcoin appear in your prayer before?"

"What does that mean?" the priestess asked back.

"Uh... this is very difficult to explain clearly."

Iouli's body swayed gently with the rattan chair, "Prayer is the language of the gods, used by mortals to communicate with the gods. Mortals only know that using this prayer can get something from the gods, but it is very difficult to understand the true meaning behind them. For me, they are just a string of strange syllables."

"Maybe I heard it wrong."

"Speaking of which, what blessing did the goddess bestow upon you?" the priestess asked curiously, "When the blessing descends, you should have felt it in your heart."

Mali didn't hide it, "I seem to be able to spend gold coins or equivalent value to increase the success rate of alchemy."

"Eh, this blessing is the first time I've heard of it. Is it because you are an alchemist?"