Chapter 688

She had been in this state for a long time.

Of course, occasionally she would pray, voicing her doubts to the Lord of Flame.

At such times, the Lord of Flame would often grant her revelations, leaving her suddenly enlightened.

When the first batch of goods was brought back to the Eternal Night Empire by the noble descendants of the Continent of Gods, as expected, it exploded in popularity!

Silk immediately triggered a frenzy among the nobles; they bought it from the Eternal Night Empire at one chi for one hundred thousand gold coins, then sold it at one chi for two hundred thousand gold coins—and still managed to sell it all!

Porcelain similarly sparked intense demand.

Once a noble acquired a set of porcelain, he would inevitably host a grand banquet to display it proudly.

The silk and porcelain in the first batch were still relatively small in quantity.

Thus, their selling price was exceptionally high.

In addition to these two, wine was completely sold out within a single day.

Sorghum liquor, once unremarkable, also sold like wildfire, undoubtedly drawing fierce enthusiasm from both nobles and commoners.

Compared to wine, sorghum liquor was cheaper, allowing even some commoners to afford it!

After all, in the Flame Empire, sorghum liquor was the most widely consumed alcohol.

In addition, tea also received an excellent response.

The tea produced by the Flame Empire—including green tea and black tea—was sold out completely in a short time, regardless of type.

Fruit wine, white sugar, and vast quantities of crops also sold spectacularly!

The nobles thus amassed enormous amounts of gold coins.

They realized that every single item from the Flame Empire was a treasure!

Driven by profit, as soon as they sold off their goods, these nobles rushed without pause toward the Flame Empire's border.

This trade with the Eternal Night Empire had thus achieved an excellent start.

Life within the Holy Flame Elf Empire was relatively peaceful; Princess Chenxi spent vast amounts of time each day reading ancient texts to expand her knowledge.

Lomina did the same.

Queen Olivia of Light had returned to Loki Forest; she still had not found Angest.

Lomina occasionally visited her.

Meanwhile, within the Eternal Night Empire, subtle changes had already taken place in secret.

The Temple Knight Order was quietly expanding its ranks.

All major nobles had received secret orders to purchase more armor and intensify warrior training.

Empress Tina was preparing everything in advance before the Eternal Night Goddess broke through.

The Eternal Night Goddess's breakthrough would not happen overnight, and in its early stages, it was hard to detect—but once detected, it would mean total war between the Heavenly Realm and the Continent of Gods.

That might become the largest war on the Continent of Gods in the past hundred years.

After all, the top ten great empires had not fought a war in a very long time!

When the time came, the enemies facing the Eternal Night Empire would not be one or two, but many.

Although each of these many enemies might individually be weaker than the Eternal Night Empire, their combined strength would still be terrifying.

Thus, Empress Tina had already begun covert preparations for war.

And she planned to travel to the Flame Empire once her preparations were nearly complete.

Time slipped away quietly.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Yan had already spent a week in the divine realm of the Elf Goddess Vivela.

"Plop!"

In the lake, the Elf Goddess was swimming.

She had the habit of soaking in the lake every day.

Of course, now it was different from before; now, even while swimming, she wore clothing.

For a deity, swimming while clothed was not difficult at all.

After swimming for a while, Vivela stopped, her head breaking the surface; her wet hair dried quickly.

She turned her gaze toward Lin Yan.

This was her habitual action.

Every day, she spent half her time watching Lin Yan.

At this moment, she noticed something different.

Something she had not noticed in these past days!