A rare magical miracle in the world

"At last, the second sacrifice to the Mysterious Dragon has come."

Having obtained nine miracles and made the acquaintance of the King of Aolai and the Cain Empress, garnering considerable intelligence and information from them, Bailuo was no longer the newbie he once was.

His understanding of the Miracle World had undergone a qualitative enhancement.

"Just what tier of miracle are you," Bailuo mused, "a miracle that can influence other miracles, are you on the same level as my Black Leather Book?"

"Whatever."

Bailuo could sense a portion of the Mysterious Dragon's emotions; it was not as abstruse and bizarre towards him as Silly Tiger, "As long as it's one of us, that's fine. A bit aloof, but I've even subdued Feiya, should I be afraid of another Mysterious Dragon?"

In fact, the Mysterious Dragon felt very gentle to Bailuo, even engendering an inexplicable sense of kinship, just like his senior sister and Inya.

The only issue was that the Mysterious Dragon had requested more than once that Bailuo not give it orders, as that would lead to terrible events.

As to why exactly, Bailuo wasn't quite sure.

"I really want to meet you."

Bailuo, "After this sacrifice, can I meet you?"

While sending his inquiry to the Mysterious Dragon in his mind, Bailuo glanced at the content of the ritual, "Miracle count: 10, population scale: 10000."

These two figures meant different things; the former stated that the Mysterious Dragon could only affect ten miracles this time, so Bailuo had to choose which miracle types he wanted to be blessed.

The latter, a population scale of 10000, referred to the prerequisite condition for the sacrifice.

However, this did not mean that the Mysterious Dragon could only influence 10,000 people; in fact, its blessing was of an AOE (area of effect) nature.

As long as they were within that range, the aptitude of anyone present would be enhanced, a power akin to a bug.

"Wait a minute!!"

Suddenly, a piece of information emerged in Bailuo's mind from the Mysterious Dragon: "The 10000 people here are not ordinary people—are you asking for Children of Miracle?!"

Damn!

Damn damn damn!

"Are you joking with me?"

Bailuo's eyes widened; the citizens under his rule, tied together, did not exceed 100,000, and the majority of them were ordinary people, not even Offspring of Miracle.

Little creatures like the Mushroom People didn't count; only those with complete souls were truly Children of Miracle.

Yet, to Bailuo's embarrassment, the population scale of 10000 that the Mysterious Dragon mentioned did not mean simply assembling ten thousand individuals—it wanted ten thousand beings with complete souls to partake in the Dragon's Sacrifice together.

So 30,000 would do, 40,000 as well—so long as their combined soul completeness exceeded 10000, the ritual could begin.

"Why?!"

Bailuo was bewildered: "You're not even at the stage of carrying out tasks, needing this and that prepared. Isn't this your ability? Since when do miracles need conditions to be activated?"

Regarding this, the Mysterious Dragon explained —— a door.

"The role of 10000 Children of Miracle is to prop open the great gate, allowing the passage of your power?"

Bailuo faintly speculated something about the Mysterious Dragon, "Are you not appearing because you're too big?"

Suddenly, Bailuo felt as if he understood.

If the Mysterious Dragon was an entity of immense size, then, once Bailuo gave it an order, as a Miracle of Bailuo, the Mysterious Dragon definitely could not resist; it had to comply.

But in doing so...

"A terrible event," Bailuo asked, "wouldn't mean the heavens crumbling and earth shattering, would it?"

If that were the case, then the Mysterious Dragon would become a miracle of the extreme late stage, one that couldn't be summoned or utilized in the early phase.

Its only use would be to bless other citizens and miracles, enhancing their potential.

"Alright."

What else could Bailuo say, after all, the Mysterious Dragon was the first to bring him the 'this is a miracle' impact, securing the favor of such a being was already like hitting the jackpot.

"But where am I to find ten thousand Children of Miracle for you?"

Thus spoke Bailuo, as he closed his eyes to feel his Miracle Citizens, then began to count carefully, "The Yatun Clan only has 80, all of the Tree Elves together only number a few hundred, the Fairy Clan has slightly more, almost 8000."

"But their souls are incomplete, many require two, or even three to make up one spot."

By this count, the Fairy Clan was worth at most 5000 at best.

The rest, even if he included the external population, Bailuo could try to endure and increase his training efforts, but how could he possibly come up with another 5000 lives in a short span of time.

"This really is a tough problem you've given me."

Children of Miracle couldn't simply become so by declaration. Even among the Ancient City People, most had already matured, and those with developed minds found it difficult to accept new things.

Children of Miracle mainly fell into two categories: one, like the Yatun Clan, were postnatal Children of Miracle, and the other, like the Tree Elves and Fairies, were innate Children of Miracle.

By 'innate', it means they were created by a miracle or have been citizens of Bailuo from birth.

Innateness had nothing to do with thought, just like the Fox Women of Aolai Country, they might not have a high opinion of the King of Aolai, but they would still be bound by the Miracle Contract, no matter what they thought psychologically, their bodies could never betray the Master of Miracles.

The other kind were originally not Miracle Citizens, but because of worshiping the Master of Miracles, they became his loyal followers.

The Yatun Clan shared a profound bond with Bailuo, and over ten years of accumulation, these kin had become wholly united with Bailuo in spirit.
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Based on this affection, their obedience to Bailuo was beyond doubt, and the Miracle Power could almost instantly draw them into Bailuo's embrace.

Similarly, Ina, Silly Tiger, Hailbo, and others had also gradually gained recognition from the Miracle Power through their sense of belonging to the Yatun Duchy.

"The values of adults have long been solidified, unlike educating children."

Even if it were possible, to deal with the remaining 5,000 citizens, Bailuo would have to spend so much time: "Only children can be nurtured, Ancient City, can you gather 5,000 children?"

Not to mention, the premise of all this is that there must be 5,000 people among those 80,000 Ancient City People who are capable of adapting to Bailuo's Miracle Power.

If not, then all this talk is in vain.

"The sacrifice of the Mysterious Dragon cannot be missed, the faster, the better."

After thinking, Bailuo said, "Mysterious Dragon, can you tally the total population of my subjects?"

[Tally result: 3,500]

This number was worse than Bailuo had anticipated; it seemed the Fairy Clan really were of inferior talent, for the Mysterious Dragon did not acknowledge their worth at all.

"The source of Miracle Citizens comes either from Miracle's nurturing or from external transformation."

Of course, there is actually a third way, but this method is too difficult for Bailuo at the moment.

During the battle of the Ancient City, Lyon discovered a very interesting person—Xia Yan.

Xia Yan was not human but a Dimensional Creature from the Rainbow Dimension.

"The only dimension I can currently enter is that Rainbow Dimension."

The Rainbow Dimension is a general term for a type of dimension, but there are countless Rainbow Dimensions of various sizes all over the world. Before Xia Yan became a Miracle Citizen of Count Thorn, she was the ruler of a Rainbow Dimension, that is, a Dimensional Sovereign.

"If Sherri makes a move, we can definitely take it down."

Bailuo was not worried about combat capabilities.

The Miracle Dimension is actually the projection of Miracle Power from powerful Children of Miracle who have perished, thus it's called 'the skeleton of the Child of Miracle'.

But the problem is, if Bailuo sends Sherri to conquer a Rainbow Dimension, the Dimensional Creatures there would surely flee immediately.

The Miracle is absolute, and all powers come from it.

Although Dimensional Creatures are numerous and formidable, they are essentially like thieves, having stolen the might of the Miracle.

Before encountering the Master of Miracles, Dimensional Creatures are arrogant.

However, when they face the Master of Miracles, even the most powerful Dimensional Sovereigns only have the option to flee.

Otherwise, if caught by Sherri, they must either submit or suffer enslavement, even risk being deprived of life.

Because the power of Dimensional Creatures (a degraded form of Miracle Power) originates from a fallen Child of Miracle, upon meeting the true Miracle, it naturally returns to its rightful owner, not allowing them to act up.

"If we could find a large number of Dimensional Creatures, we could fill the requirements for Miracle Citizens all at once."

Dimensional Creatures cannot enter the real world; they must rely on the grace of the Master of Miracles to descend here.

Otherwise, Rainbow Creatures can only exist in the Rainbow Dimension, and Dream Creatures can only frolic in the Dream Dimension.

The primary reason for mentioning Dimensional Life is due to the peculiar nature of this group.

They are born from the remnants of Miracle Power and are like shadows of Miracle Power, hence once they encounter the Master of Miracles, Dimensional Creatures can easily become Miracle Citizens.

As long as they are willing, as long as the Master of Miracles is willing.

"It won't work."

Bailuo shook his head and said: "The Rainbow Dimension I discovered is too large, probably the result of a Legendary Warrior's death."

With such a vast area, if Bailuo sends the Eight-legged Divine Steed to explore, it might take hundreds of years and still be as though it hadn't been explored at all.

But if Sherri personally takes action, scanning on a large scale.

You are deeply afraid the Rainbow Creatures don't realize the Miracle Entity has arrived, probably by the time Sherri hasn't caught a single one, they would have already packed up and run away.

"This path with Dimensional Life, it's unfeasible."

Bailuo gave up this option; until the quantity of Miracle Troop Types was sufficient to envelop a dimension without blind spots, attacking a dimension could indeed acquire all of its resources, but the Dimensional Creatures would hardly be retained.

Dimensional Life is too sensitive to Miracle Power; they are extremely afraid of the Miracle Entity and Miracle Citizens.

Originally, Xia Yan was not a Dimensional Sovereign; she took over from another.

As for the previous one, when it encountered Count Thorn, it very foolishly chose to become his enemy.

The Flower God eradicated it and supported the second in command, Xia Yan, as the new Dimensional Sovereign.

This is also why Xia Yan's age is counted in the tens of thousands; she is not human, but born in the Rainbow Dimension outside the material world.

"I also want to show off and slap faces."

Bailuo longed that the Dimensional Sovereign of that Rainbow Dimension would also be such a fool.

"Looks like, I'll have to consult with Uncle Lyon and Feiya first."

With insufficient information at hand, Bailuo had no good solutions: "What to do about this shortfall of nearly 6000?"