Chapter 68

As the king of the dwarves, if he cannot forge the best weapons, he cannot command respect.

This is also one of the reasons for the eightfold split among the dwarves.

After emerging onto the surface, these dwarves quickly passed through the Mist Mountains and arrived at the Sacred Wasteland, entering the partially built City of Miracles.

They came to help the fox clan smelt iron.

Although lacking modern technology, the dwarves' smelting skills were far from low.

Some of the weapons they forged were even superior to certain cold weapons from Lin Yan's world before his transmigration.

The reason was simple.

It was not a matter of technique.

It was a matter of material.

The Continent of Gods is a land of swords and magic, where the ores here often contain special magical elements, even divine elements.

It would be strange if the weapons forged here were not powerful.

What these dwarves excelled at was pairing these ores to achieve the most balanced state of their various magical and divine elements, thereby forging the finest weapons.

In pure forging techniques, they were instead lacking.

This is why Lin Yan's insights always made the Dwarf Queen see things clearly.

While both the surface and underground were thriving with rapid development, Lin Yan was certainly not idle.

He continued searching throughout the Mist Mountains for other special flames.

Lin Yan found another lava flame, swallowed it, and gained some evolution points.

Additionally, Lin Yan found a new flame.

This flame's glow was white; when Lin Yan discovered it, it was burning atop the skull of a large underground animal carcass.

Lin Yan naturally swallowed it without hesitation.

The system then analyzed it, thoroughly breaking down all data and composition of this flame.

Afterward, the system modified Lin Yan's fifth-layer flame.

Lin Yan now possessed a new fifth-layer flame.

The name of this layer was "Cold Flame."

When "Cold Flame" burned, its effect was peculiar.

It emitted a special vibration that made the spirit feel comfortable.

Hmm, according to the system panel's description, "Cold Flame"'s effect was that, while burning, it slightly enhanced the spirit of anyone within a nearby range.

This was practically a flame custom-made for mages.

However, this flame was highly esoteric.

And extremely rare.

At the end of this day, the fox maiden Sister Qing Ling returned to the temple.

Her room was on the second floor of the temple.

The room was simply furnished but warm and cozy.

Several maids brought her hot water, and Sister Qing Ling began bathing.

Bathing in the temple, even though it was on the second floor, always made Sister Qing Ling feel a little tense and blush.

Because she felt as if she were being watched by the god.

Of course, Lin Yan would never deliberately do such a thing.

He could not do it anyway.

Unless Sister Qing Ling prayed while bathing.

And so, this time, as she bathed, she somehow forgot she was bathing, thinking of something, and stood there praying.

To her, this was an accidental mistake.

With her prayer, Lin Yan noticed her.

Lin Yan had been planning to let her try out the "Cold Flame."

Thinking of this, Lin Yan opened a channel through the thread of faith and saw Sister Qing Ling's state.

This little girl had a decent figure.

Lin Yan glanced once, then opened the system panel and, through his virtual divine avatar, sent a "Cold Flame" to her.

The energy points Lin Yan placed inside were enough to sustain this "Cold Flame" for one day.

"What is this?"

Sister Qing Ling saw the floating "Cold Flame" and was very curious.

"Cold Flame" still had some warmth, but not much—Lin Yan had lowered its internal temperature considerably.

Immediately afterward, Sister Qing Ling heard the god's revelation.

"Ah, it's a divine gift!"

Sister Qing Ling was delighted.

She fetched a bottle and made the "Cold Flame" burn atop it.

After placing the "Cold Flame," Sister Qing Ling suddenly remembered—she was still bathing!

Her face turned bright red.

And she felt a little worried.

"How could I forget? Praying while bathing—could that be disrespectful to the god? Will the god be angry?"

Her heart pounded.

She quickly put on her clothes, went to her bedroom, and prayed again to apologize to the god.

But this time, the god did not answer her.

The fox-girl Sister Qing Ling worried for half a day, and finally began to meditate.

Her magic advanced very quickly.

Under Lin Yan's care, she was now already a Second Rank mage, not far from Third Rank.

If Lin Yan truly became a god and deliberately looked after a believer, he could raise that believer's magic level in a very short time.

Although a virtual divine spark could not reach that degree, the speed would not be too slow either.

But raising her too quickly carried certain hidden dangers.

So Lin Yan controlled the pace.

The moment Sister Qing Ling meditated, a look of pleasant surprise surfaced on her face.

Because she felt that the flame bestowed by the god was simply wonderful!

It raised the efficiency of her meditation by a great deal!

A look of joy appeared on Sister Qing Ling's face.

She could finally be certain that the god probably wasn't angry — otherwise he wouldn't have bestowed this flame upon her.

At this moment, her face reddened a little again.

Because she felt that the god must have seen her body.

"Ah, I am the god's Holy Maiden; my body and heart both belong to the god, so it's nothing for the god to have seen."

So said Sister Qing Ling.

But, she was after all a young girl, and still felt her cheeks flush a little.

Fortunately, as her meditation gradually deepened, she quickly entered a meditative state, and such distracting thoughts vanished from her heart.

Still, over the days that followed, she would blush whenever she happened to think of it again…

From the time Lin Yan remodeled the fifth-layer flame into "Cold Flame," both Meng Ying and Qing Ling, when they prayed, would receive a small "Cold Flame."

The energy points within this "Cold Flame" were only enough to burn for one day before it went out.

But every day they could obtain a new one.

Meditating while this small Cold Flame burned, the speed at which their spiritual force grew far surpassed before.

This made these two girls' faith in the great "Lord of Flames" sink straight into their very bones!