Chapter 3063: Passion Fruit, Dragon Scale Armor

Sensing that Xintuosi did not wish to discuss his past life, Xia Duo did not continue to press him, but instead turned the topic to the magic fruit that Xintuosi had been distributing on the street earlier.

"Akanduo is a magical fruit tree discovered after we were accepted by the Lord of Radiance; it requires watering with the purest emotions to bear the most delicious fruit."

According to Xintuosi's introduction, the Golden Dragon Holy City regularly holds grand celebrations or various competitions under the Akanduo trees to collect the intense emotions radiated by the participants.

These are later used to water the Akanduo, and depending on the type of emotion, the resulting fruit varies; the one Xintuosi was distributing on the street earlier was the Passion Fruit, derived from the passion provided by the onlookers.

Therefore, it is also distributed to the masses in the end.

Besides the Passion Fruit, there are also the Fruit of Knowledge, the Fruit of Competition, and so on, all originating from the infusion of different types of emotions.

"So that's how it is!"

After hearing Xintuosi's introduction, Xia Duo finally understood the origin of the magic fruit, and thus realized the difficulty of obtaining purchasing rights for this kind of fruit.

Clearly, here in the Golden Dragon Community, the disposal of magic fruit generally follows the principle of "taken from the people, used for the people"; the passion used to water the Passion Fruit comes from the common people, so the fruit is distributed to the common people.

The competitive spirit for the Fruit of Competition comes from the contestants, so the fruit is distributed to the contestants as prizes.

Unless the Golden Dragon Community can collect emotions from trade, only then could they infuse fruit for trade; as for other fruits, if one happens to be lucky like today, perhaps one can get one or two to have a taste, but taking them out to sell is likely unrealistic.

Moreover, Xia Duo personally does not wish to measure fruit condensed from the public's emotions with money; in fact, the Kingdom of Radiance does not have the currency common to the Main Plane, using instead a currency known as "Holy Light Crystal."

Residents of the Kingdom of Radiance can directly absorb the Holy Power within Holy Light Crystals to sustain their existence; of course, even if they eat nothing, they will not die, they will only shorten their maximum lifespan.

The vast majority of the Holy Power in Holy Light Crystals comes from Divine Envoys, who have constructed a simple economic system through Holy Power.

Besides Holy Light Crystals, gold is also accepted here; on one hand, this may stem from the habits these Heavenly Realm residents had during their lifetimes, and on the other hand, Xia Duo speculates that perhaps the material properties of gold have certain benefits for the Outer Planes, which is why it is accepted.

But not everyone accepts gold, so if Xia Duo wants to conduct trade with the Kingdom of Radiance, it would be best to find a way to obtain a large amount of Holy Light Crystals through more stable channels.

The essence of a Holy Light Crystal is not its form but the Holy Power stored within it; theoretically, Radiant Priests of the Main Plane are also capable of charging Holy Light Crystals, but the Main Plane has not developed such energy-storage devices.

The Guang Hui Shen Dian of Netheril on the Main Plane generally uses Magic Arrays to store Holy Power, but this storage method has severe dissipation; what dissipates is made into Holy Water, which is also a way of not wasting it.

If one could obtain the production method for Holy Light Crystals, even if it could only be used to store Holy Power, it could be used to self-produce legal currency that can be taken to the Kingdom of Radiance! (Requires Priest charging; Priests have fixed wages, so this part of the cost can be ignored.)

However, this time, Xia Duo does not intend to look for the production method of Holy Light Crystals; in fact, he feels that there should be information on this in the Library of the Great Temple, so he will look for it slowly next time he comes, and also take a good look at the Library.

Speaking of magic fruit, Xintuosi also introduced other specialties of the Golden Dragon City District, such as Dragon Scale Armor.

Golden Dragons do not overly cherish the scales they accidentally shed, but will collect them and gift them to a specialized institution within the city.

They are used to make Dragon Scale Armor for those Elves, humans, and other races who failed to transform into Golden Dragons; having failed to transform into a Golden Dragon during their lifetime, they cannot transform again after arriving in the Outer Planes upon death.

But everyone psychologically identifies as belonging to the same race—Golden Dragon—so to give some comfort to those other members who failed to transform into Golden Dragons, there came to be equipment like Dragon Scale Armor and Dragon Wing Armament.

While providing protection comparable to the defensive strength of a Golden Dragon's own body, it can also grant the user the ability to temporarily transform into a dragon, so that they can participate in some dragon activities, such as racing flight.

"Can outsiders obtain your Dragon Scale Armor?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

He was indeed coveting this equipment, but this equipment, like the magic fruit, is not a pure commodity; it condenses the emotions and bonds within the Golden Dragon civilization, and using it for sale is truly too vulgar.

But if it were for personal use or collection, it would not profane this equipment; it is just that whether an outsider can actually obtain it remains an unknown.

"In my vague memories, in the world before my death, equipment like Dragon Scale Armor and Dragon Wing Armament seemed to be available for sale to outsiders, but we have never sold this equipment to the outside here; of course, that also has to do with there being no outsiders before. If you are interested in Dragon Scale Armor, Xia Duo, I will ask the Divine Envoy for you!"

As he spoke, Xintuosi was about to contact the Divine Envoy; Xia Duo could not stop him in time, and the next moment, a point of light had already bloomed in Xintuosi's spacious home.

Subsequently, a humanoid creature with a dragon head and dragon wings appeared before Xia Duo and Xintuosi, very similar to the Golden Dragon Divine Envoy Xia Duo had seen before.

Just as people of one kind think others of a different kind all look the same, the differences between humans and Golden Dragons are even greater, and Xia Duo was indeed somewhat face-blind regarding the appearance of Golden Dragon Divine Envoys.

However, it could still be seen that this was not the same Golden Dragon Divine Envoy he had encountered when the Divine Envoy Kafa was present.

"Lord Lu Yin!" Xintuosi took the lead in saluting.

Hearing the other's name, Xia Duo immediately reacted: isn't this the Divine Envoy who had recently been promoted, whom he had heard the local residents talking about on the street earlier?

He did not expect Xintuosi to have actually brought Lu Yin here!

Once Lu Yin arrived, he unexpectedly nodded to Xia Duo first, then grabbed Xintuosi, rubbing his massive Golden Dragon head against Xintuosi's Elf head; the scene was inexplicably amusing.

"Xintuosi, my brother, your rigid appearance makes me seem like I'm not quite a competent Divine Envoy! I told you long ago that you are only this far from being a Divine Envoy, why didn't you believe it! Now that I have become a Divine Envoy, you should believe it now!"

This remark made Xintuosi somewhat embarrassed, especially in front of Xia Duo, an outsider; he forcibly broke free from Lu Yin's embrace, transformed into his Golden Dragon form, then grabbed Lu Yin's body with one claw, and even rubbed his claw against Lu Yin's dragon head, emitting a dissatisfied roar:

"Can you stop appearing in this half-dragon, half-human form every time you come over? It's annoying to look at!"

"This is not a Dragonborn form, but a Divine Envoy form bestowed by my Lord; I am obligated to maintain it except on special occasions. Alright, change back to an Elf, don't make the guest look up at you!"

This time it was Lu Yin's turn to break free from Xintuosi's claw, but Xintuosi also received his reminder, immediately transforming back into his previous Gold Elf form, and then gave Xia Duo an apologetic look.