During the months the great fire raged across the Leo Kingdom, it had rained heavily only once.
The fire was simply too massive. Burned-over areas remained hot for days, and even when rain fell, it evaporated before reaching the ground.
But as the fire continued to burn, more and more fine dust accumulated in the air, making conditions increasingly favorable for rainfall. When it encountered vast cloud masses rich in moisture, the downpour came down with unstoppable force.
Yet even such rain failed to extinguish the blaze. Once the rain passed, the fire reignited.
Scattered showers occasionally appeared around the edges of the fire zone, but a place like Alansmu, where it rained at set times every day—this was no longer merely unusual. It was practically miraculous.
So it was not just the town's residents; even people from nearby towns learned that there was an incredibly magical place here—where it rained twice a day, the air was excellent, and the plants grew well.
This phenomenon directly caused the popularity of the town's two churches to plummet. Apart from a handful of die-hard believers, most people came to the Daoist Temple to burn incense—though the origins and significance of faith had already been discussed before, so there was no need to repeat it here.
Still, generally speaking, not that many people came to burn incense at the Daoist Temple—many townspeople had already packed their belongings and driven away.
Ironically, some people drove here from hundreds of kilometers away, because they believed this miraculous Daoist Temple was the safest place in the entire Leo Kingdom.
These people thought rather differently. So even though they trusted the Daoist Order somewhat, Feng Jun still felt it necessary to question their loyalty—or rather... their intelligence!
The Daoist Order wanted to gather believers overseas, but it