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HIK 68-72

Chapter 68: There Are 5 People, I Hit 3.

"Huh, the communication is finally connected..."

On the other side, in the teaching hall of Divination Commission, Fu Xuan urgently contacted Jing Yuan through remote communication and told him the conclusion deduced by the Matrix of Prescience in a hurried tone.

Listening to Fu Xuan’s story, the Arbiter-General spread his hands and waved to indicate that she didn’t need to worry too much.

"Don't panic, Master Diviner. I believe the Matrix of Prescience will not lie. The logic of Kafka you described is very reliable. It just fills a piece of the puzzle for me."

Jing Yuan himself is still in the Arbiter-General Mansion, controlling the overall situation of the "Luofu" Xianzhou and responding to the sudden disaster on the Xianzhou.

What appeared in Divination Commission was just a dark blue projection.

Even so, Fu Xuan could see from his face the same calmness and confidence as before, as if everything was under the control of this Arbiter-General.

"I know that Luofu must have external enemies because the Stellaron cannot appear on the Xianzhou out of thin air. Someone must have sent it in deliberately. At the same time as the Stellaron disaster, there was another force hidden inside the Xianzhou—an illegal organization that claims to be the Denizen of Abundance, 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.'"

"Disciples of Sanctus Medicus?"

Knowing the mastermind behind the Destruction inside the Xianzhou, Fu Xuan's expression instantly became serious.

As the Master Diviner of the "Divination Commission," she naturally could not fail to recognize this extremely sensitive word for the Xianzhou Alliance.

Any individual or organization that touches "Abundance" is strictly guarded on the Xianzhou, and no one is allowed to abuse the power of "Abundance" to prevent the tragic situation of the people living in dire straits in the three disasters era from happening again.

And the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus... this group of people is completely a hostile organization standing on the opposite side of Xianzhou. She didn't expect that they would be present in this Stellaron turmoil. It seems that the lesson they gave them back then was not enough. This time they must cut the grass and eradicate them.

However, while facing internal troubles, there are also unknown external forces eyeing them covetously. The current situation of Xianzhou is not optimistic.

She just doesn’t know how the general will deal with it...

"Well, I sent Miss Ilu to investigate not long ago, and I gained a lot there. The Cloud Knights has destroyed their base in Exalting Sanctum. They must know that their conspiracy has been exposed, so they hurriedly used the power of the 'Stellaron' to revive the Ambrosial Arbor and force us to respond."

"Ilu... Is that girl really as powerful as you said?"

Knowing that the person who made such great contribution was the most inconspicuous silver-haired girl among the people on the Astral Express, Fu Xuan couldn’t help but show a bit of surprise.

"Of course, she provided me with a lot of useful information. The rebels of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were unable to stir up too much trouble in Xianzhou thanks to her nearly perfect infiltration work. It took only a few hours for her to be promoted to the top of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.' This is impossible for anyone else to do."

When Ilu was mentioned, Jing Yuan’s mouth corners unconsciously rose slightly, as if he remembered something happy. He lowered his head and looked into Fu Xuan’s eyes, raising his eyebrows slightly: "Why, does Master Diviner have any opinion on her?"

"No, nothing. I just have a new respect for those people on the Astral Express..."

Hearing this, Fu Xuan immediately shook her head, recalling her previous low evaluation of the Express Crew.

She hesitated for a moment but still admitted that she had misjudged people and underestimated the importance of the Astral Express.

"I thought they were just here to disrupt the situation. It seems that without these people’s help, with the current manpower of Xianzhou, it is indeed a bit powerless to deal with this rapidly expanding disaster."

This time, she finally understood why the Stellaron Hunter named Kafka spared no effort to lead the Astral Express to Xianzhou. These people are indeed the best help to solve the "Stellaron" crisis.

If they weren’t there, she would probably still be busy and confused, not knowing where to focus the divination of the Matrix of Prescience, and the Cloud Knight Cavalry wouldn’t be able to make preparations against the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus in advance.

Alas, it can only be said that there are really no soldiers available on Xianzhou "Luofu" now.

...

After some research and discussion, Fu Xuan learned the biggest problem facing the Xianzhou at present—who is the outsider colluding with the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."

You must know that the Xianzhou is protected by the Reignbow Arbiter, and it is impossible for ordinary people to easily bring the "Stellaron" into the Xianzhou. Unless there is another Aeon's Emanator who took action, it is impossible to hide it from Jing Yuan’s perception.

After thinking for a while, Fu Xuan gave her opinion: "In my opinion, the current priority is to summon the Cloud Knight Cavalry and rush to the cave where 'Ambrosial Arbor' is rooted, remove the evil spirits of the Stellaron, and stop its rebirth."

"Hehe, Master Diviner’s insight must be the fastest way to solve the problem."

Hearing this, Jing Yuan shook his head and said mysteriously: "But sometimes, the fastest is not necessarily the best. Guess—if I knew where the Stellaron was, why did I keep my troops in place?"

"General..."

Why can’t you just say what you want to say? You are making fun of me by beating around the bush like this?

Hearing Jing Yuan’s words, Fu Xuan’s face turned red.

Now she was like a teased kitten about to explode. She wanted to raise her fist and hit the head of the general in front of her hard.

But what appeared in front of her was just Jing Yuan’s shadow. If she really punched him, she would probably be ridiculed for years—you see, she was anxious.

"Hmm?"

Jing Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly. "How?"

"You, you bad guy!"

At this moment, Fu Xuan couldn’t hold back any longer.

This time, she was sure that Jing Yuan did it on purpose!

"Haha, if you want to cut the grass, you have to root it out. Since they can’t wait and show up, why not take advantage of this opportunity to catch them all at once? What’s more, we still have a surprise force that we haven’t used yet..."

When he was halfway through, Jing Yuan’s mobile phone on his waist suddenly beeped. He picked up the phone and glanced at the screen, and the smile on his face became even bigger.

"Well... Ilu just replied to my text message. She has already set off for Scalegorge Waterscape. This is the best news for us."

Soon, everyone in the Express Crew also rushed over in a hurry.

"Hey! Fu Xuan...ah, and Jing Yuan!"

The gray-haired girl braked suddenly and stopped in front of Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan’s projection.

"You’re here so soon, haha, I just happened to be talking about you."

Jing Yuan spoke with a smile, "It’s a time to use people. Since the Stellaron Hunter is willing to let the train sign an alliance with us, Jing Yuan will not be polite."

"Uh..."

March 7th standing aside heard his words and suddenly felt something was wrong. She tugged at the corner of Welt’s clothes and whispered: "Uncle Yang, he’s not going to send us, is he?"

"Hehe, in the face of crisis, even if the Xianzhou has rules that prohibit foreigners from entering the 'Ambrosial Arbor,' at this critical moment, I should make a decision that goes against my ancestors... Oh, maybe more than one, haha, it feels so good to think about breaking the rules."

As he said this, Jing Yuan restrained the smile on his face and looked at Fu Xuan.

"Master Diviner, I will give you the military token. Next, you will control the Cloud Knight Cavalry and coordinate outside the 'Alchemy Commission' cave near 'Ambrosial Arbor'."

"Ah? I will lead the troops?"

Hearing this, Fu Xuan was dumbfounded.

How could she, who was in charge of fortune-telling in the rear, suddenly pick up the military talisman and lead troops to fight on the front line?

"Haven’t you always wanted to try what it’s like to be a general? This is a good opportunity. Could it be that you are just talking about it?"

"You usually don't let me, but this time, suddenly... Okay, I understand, I'll do as you say."

Since Jing Yuan is willing to give her the opportunity, Fu Xuan will naturally accept it—she wants to try being a general today.

Soon, Jing Yuan assigned tasks to everyone present according to the current situation. Fu Xuan led the main force of the Cloud Knights directly to the "Alchemy Commission," while the three members of the Express Crew took the shortcut through the "Artisanship Commission" before joining Fu Xuan.

"Then shall we set off?"

"Well, I wish you a safe journey."

After bidding farewell to the Express Crew, Jing Yuan glanced at the fox girl leading the way from a distance, then looked in a certain direction, resting his chin on his hand while deep in thought.

"Scalegorge Waterscape... it seems I need to go there later."

-----

Medicine Bureau.

This was originally a pavilion where all the doctors from the Alchemy Commission gathered to study the art of Medicine.

The tree in the courtyard nearby is a branch of the "Ambrosial Arbor" root system.

Due to the riot initiated by the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, the people here have long since disappeared, and no one knows where they are hiding.

"Well, this is..."

Not long after, a brown twin-tailed girl dressed in the Cloud Knight Cavalry uniform walked through the center of the gate of the Medicine Bureau. Looking at the desolate and unfamiliar scene before her, she was not very familiar with the "Luofu" Xianzhou and could not recognize where she was.

There was no way, after all, she had been transferred from the "Yaoqing" Xianzhou to "Luofu." Not only did she not know a few characters, but she also did not know the roads.

If there had been no one to lead her, Sushang felt that she would have spent half a day wandering around the complicated "Artisanship Commission."

"This is the Alchemy Commission."

The black-haired young man who came from behind her looked in a certain direction in the distance and explained to her expressionlessly, "A cave adjacent to the 'Scalegorge Waterscape.'"

"Yes! It’s the Alchemy Commission. No wonder the ship received several military orders intermittently on the way, saying that the Cloud Knights gathered here. They are presumably solving the problem of the Stellaron."

Seeing the Cloud Knights gathering in response to the order not far away, Sushang put her hands on her hips and smiled in relief, "Finally! After walking all this way, I finally see the shadow of the Cloud Knights. Sushang finally returned to the team successfully!"

"Miss Sushang is really happy. It’s worth the long journey."

Behind Dan Heng and Sushang, there stood a blond man also dressed in foreign clothes.

He carried a coffin decorated with white flowers on his back, with a gentle face and an approachable demeanor.

"Before I went to Starskiff Haven, I asked a fortune teller to predict the good and bad luck of this trip. He said, 'Follow and you will gain something.' I don’t need to worry about the destination and the ups and downs of the road. Just go with the flow, and I’ll gain something."

"Uh..."

Listening to Luocha’s flowery words, Sushang felt her brain overload and crash. She scratched her hair and asked in confusion, "What does that mean?"

"This means thank you."

Dan Heng who stood beside her translated for him, "Although you’ve led us into various dangers along the way, detoured a lot, and broken into the traps set by the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus a few times, Mr. Luocha still thanks you for leading us."

"That’s right."

Luocha smiled and nodded.

Although it sounded a bit sarcastic, he was sincere... well, he wanted to thank him.

"Well, I’ll go report to the commander of the Cloud Knights. You guys walk around here. The Cloud Knights will come to take you back soon. See you again if we’re lucky!"

After saying that, Sushang hurried to the Cloud Knights base not far away, leaving Dan Heng and Luocha standing there.

It seems that when chatting with Sushang, it’s best not to make your words too complicated, or she may not understand what you mean.

"Ding--"

Just then, Dan Heng's phone suddenly rang with a message alert. He immediately picked up the phone and looked at the screen. There was a message from Stelle:

[Stelle: The Cloud Knights invites us to act together]

[Stelle: The Creation Furnace in your hometown is really big]

[Stelle: (OWO.jpg)]

Looking at the text messages sent by Stelle, Dan Heng tried to send several responses, but each attempt failed. No matter what he did, he could not get through to Stelle or March 7th.

For some reason, he had been unable to contact anyone since leaving the train, and he had no idea what had happened to them.

The Cloud Knights appeared to be gathering for the Stellaron disaster, presumably because of the general's order... but why did Kafka ask them to come?

"Hey, Dan Heng.

Just then, Dan Heng felt someone patting his shoulder.

He turned around and saw a cute silver-haired girl standing behind him, smiling and waving at him.

"Ilu?!"

Seeing the person, Dan Heng was surprised, "Why are you here? Where are Uncle Yang and the others?"

"I was going to ask why you are here."

Ilu crossed her arms and looked at him, "Didn’t you agree to stay on the train before?"

"..."

Hearing this, Dan Heng fell silent. After a few seconds, he finally explained why he had gotten off the train and come to the Xianzhou alone: "...I’m here to find Blade."

"Blade?"

"Well, you should be able to see the bounty for that person when you walk on the road... I know him. He’s a very dangerous guy. If you run into him, I’m afraid everyone will be in danger."

"I've already met him."

"What..."

"Don’t worry, he’s with Kafka now, and he looks very honest."

Ilu reminded, "I think you should worry more about yourself than about us."

Due to the change in the timeline, the Express Crew had just arrived at the Alchemy Commission not long ago. At most, they had killed the Abundant Ebon Deer, and it would take some time to defeat the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus who were transformed by Dan Shu.

In other words, she and Dan Heng had arrived too early, and the battle between the Cloud Knights and the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus was still in full swing. The blockade here would not be lifted for a while.

Although Ilu had Jing Yuan’s token, it was only useful to her, and Dan Heng had no way to pass through the heavy blockade of the Cloud Knights to enter the Scalegorge Waterscape.

It was likely that the blockade would be lifted only after everyone in the Express Crew killed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and chased Phantylia to Scalegorge Waterscape.

"Huh..."

Knowing that everyone in the Express Crew was not in danger, Dan Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt more at ease.

Next, it was time to reunite with everyone.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Scalegorge Waterscape. I received Jing Yuan's instructions to go there to help."

While speaking, Ilu glanced around. Although the Cloud Knights had gathered in the Alchemy Commission, the rebels of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus still guarded many strongholds. If they wanted to pass through here, they would have to help the Cloud Knights defeat the Merciful Medicus believers who blocked the way.

"There are too many Cloud Knights here. It’s not easy for me to transform here. Dan Heng, the work of clearing the way is left to you."

"No problem."

----

"Sorry for the wait, everyone."

On the other side, at a Cloud Knights station somewhere in Alchemy Commission, Fu Xuan summoned Stelle, March 7th, and the others to discuss the elimination of the last stronghold of the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."

"I have found out the truth about the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.' This is a secret organization that conspires to subvert the alliance. They have been lurking in the dark for many years. This time, the Stellaron is at work, and they finally couldn't help but reveal their whereabouts. Moreover, this disaster also has an unusual relationship with them," Fu Xuan said apologetically. "Sorry, to prevent confidentiality from being leaked, this matter should only be known by the general and me. We can only share this secret with everyone once the overall situation is settled."

Hearing this, Stelle and March 7th looked at each other. Stelle raised her hand and said weakly, "Well... In fact, we have known about this organization for a long time."

"It was Ilu who told us."

March 7th added, "We thought Master Diviner knew about this a long time ago, so we didn’t mention it before."

"..."

Fu Xuan was silent for a few seconds before saying, "It seems that I am the last one to know... Forget it, it doesn't matter. Everyone, please follow me."

The Express Crew closed the three small furnaces placed by the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, and then they went to the Taizhen Alchemy Room, where the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus leader was.

They saw a group of Mara-struck surrounding the extinguished furnace, looking at a loss.

The Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus who was surrounded noticed the arrival of everyone.

"Hehe, the people who should come didn’t come, and the people who shouldn’t come finally arrived..."

As per convention, the two sides had a round of verbal sparring, and the final result was obvious.

Things had developed to this point, and verbal sparring had little effect—if anything, it meant that everyone didn’t need to show mercy when beating the Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and could even beat her to death.

"Monster! Why are you running? Take a stick from Galaxy Batman!"

After joining hands with everyone to kill the Mara-struck who surged up from the surroundings, Stelle hit the Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus on the head with a spiral flying stick, knocking her unconscious with one blow. She almost ascended to heaven... and passed away.

"Ahem! Why, why is this happening?!"

Feeling her increasingly weakening vitality, the Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus supported herself on the roots of Ambrosial Arbor beside her, gritted her teeth, and said, "The advent of the 'Ambrosial Arbor'... will bring an immortal body, that adult clearly said so."

"Which adult? Do you have any last words?"

March 7th drew her bow and aimed, and the icy arrow could be fired at any time to deliver the final blow to the woman in front of her.

"Phantylia... The Disciples of Sanctus Medicus did it. 'Lord Ravager' should also fulfill their promise... Hurry! Now!"

The Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus’s eyes passed over everyone and looked at Tingyun standing at the back of the crowd.

"Lord Ravager?!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Xuan was slightly stunned. She immediately widened her eyes when she realized something. She followed the Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus's gaze and looked behind her.

She saw the fox girl who had led them before, who now wore a sinister smile and aura.

"Tsk tsk, why do you force me to do it myself? This goes against my aesthetics of 'Destruction,' little pawn."

"Forget it, it seems that if you want to break the Xianzhou from the inside, you have to use other methods... Alas, what a pity~"

Tingyun sighed to herself, then walked toward the Leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus in the astonished eyes of everyone.

She glanced at the Mara-struck around her, lightly touched the forehead of an alchemist beside her, and they burned to death in the flames of Destruction.

"Since you have received the gift of 'Abundance,' you should be able to withstand the blessing of 'Destruction.'"

Crack!

Accompanied by the sound of a broken neck, Tingyun’s head turned 90 degrees in front of everyone, and then her eyes rolled back as she collapsed to the ground.

A golden flame emerged from her body and flew into the sky with a strange laugh.

"Ah! Miss Tingyun!"

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but exclaim.

"As my benefactors, let me introduce myself again—I am 'Lord Ravager' Phantylia."

"I came here to make Xianzhou fall apart and die on its own... Hehe, it's not 'Zephyro' or 'Celenova' who targeted the Xianzhou. You are very lucky."

"As for me, I don't like to create Destruction with my own hands the most. Unfortunately, someone insisted on letting me go on stage, so I had to make a fool of myself."

"It's time to keep the appointment. Please allow me to leave first. I hope you enjoy the show with these actors."

As her voice fell, a large number of Antimatter Legion suddenly appeared from all directions of the Alchemy Commission. Fu Xuan and the Express Crew had to raise their weapons to deal with them.

By the time they dealt with these troubles, Phantylia had already disappeared without a trace.

"Miss Tingyun, she turned out to be the mastermind hiding beside us!"

When March 7th thought back to the fact that she had been chatting and laughing with Tingyun not long ago, she couldn’t help but feel a chill. If the other party had wanted to take action at that time, her life might have been in danger.

"Now I understand what Ilu meant. The person she asked us to keep an eye on turned out to be..."

Stelle reacted belatedly to what Ilu had said before leaving. At that time, she had still been wondering who Ilu was talking about. Now it appears that the answer had been completely revealed.

Lord Ravager, Phantylia.

This is one of the seven Lords under Nanook. She loves the self-destruction of mortals. Many creatures have been lured into the abyss of no return by her.

No one knows when this Lord Ravager quietly replaced the original Tingyun, and no one knows what happened to the original Tingyun. Everyone simply decided to put these questions aside for the time being and take the starship to the location of the Plaugemark "Ambrosial Arbor"—Scalegorge Waterscape.

Scalegorge Waterscape was originally a cave managed by the Vidyadhara Clan. It is said to be an ancient sea wonderland transplanted from the Vidyadhara’s hometown world.

Since "Ambrosial Arbor" was cut off in the war that year, its roots have been twisted and never truly died.

The Xianzhou Alliance decided to seal the Ambrosial Arbor into the Scalegorge Waterscape and hand it over to the Vidyadhara High Elder for generations to watch over, intending to use the power of the Vidyadhara High Elder to contain Ambrosial Arbor.

"Dan Heng, what's wrong with you?"

Walking on the path leading to the Scalegorge Waterscape from the Alchemy Commission, Ilu couldn’t help but ask curiously when she saw Dan Heng suddenly stop and look nostalgic.

"Nothing, let’s go."

Hearing this, Dan Heng shook his head and ignored the echoes of the past in his mind.

What three-year period has come, welcoming the Dragon King back to the throne, he didn’t understand these.

Soon, the two of them crossed the path and came to an unmanned dock, with a starship parked next to it.

"Can you drive a starship?" Ilu asked.

"A little bit," Dan Heng nodded gently.

Although he didn't have many memories of the past, he could still drive a basic means of transportation like a starship. In his past life, there had been someone who always liked to take them on boat rides. Well, that person got into trouble and paid a lot of fines...

"That's good. I'll leave it to you."

Carefully avoiding the power source of the starship, the "wooden ring," Ilu boarded the deck.

As the starship started, she looked back from time to time to glance at the wooden ring behind her. Only when she saw that it was still turning did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Dan Heng asked, a little puzzled by her strange behavior.

"Nothing, just worried that the ship will sink."

Recalling the experience of nearly crashing in Liuyundu not long ago, Ilu couldn't help but sigh. "I think I'm not suitable for the transportation of the Xianzhou."

"Unless someone does something, the starship won't break down for no reason—"

Before Dan Heng finished speaking, Ilu interrupted him hurriedly. "Stop, stop, stop! Don't say it. Tingyun said the same thing at the time. Don't be a jinx!"

"Okay."

Dan Heng nodded. Since others didn't like it, he naturally wouldn't mention it again. The most important thing at the moment was to reunite with everyone as soon as possible...

"Wait!"

Just then, Dan Heng suddenly frowned, his gaze piercing through the fog that permeated the sea, and he looked at a figure standing on the shore. The figure seemed to notice Dan Heng and cast a look at him.

"He's coming."

"..."

Kafka standing aside remained silent, as if she had expected this situation. But when she opened her eyes and saw another silver-haired figure standing on the starship, she was stunned, her mouth curling up slightly.

"You may be in trouble, Blade."

"Trouble, hum, I've never lacked trouble."

Noticing the silver-haired girl standing next to Dan Heng, Blade couldn't help but recall some bad memories. He rubbed his temple with a little impatience in his tone. "It's this feeling again, this emotion again. Kafka, I feel it; it's driving me..."

"Then let it go. This time I should be able to make you happy. I won't do anything."

Looking at the two people who had landed not far away, Kafka retreated to a safe distance and said meaningfully.

"Haha, good..."

Blade smiled and looked at the black-haired young man walking toward him, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously. "You learned your lesson this time and actually found a helper... Haha, even so, I will make you pay the price! The time has come!!"

"Dan Feng."

He took out the sword hidden behind him and pointed it at Dan Heng in front of him. "Do you think you can escape after becoming like this?"

"I have told you and that woman many times that I am Dan Heng."

Dan Heng took a deep breath and looked into the eyes of the black-haired swordsman in front of him. "I have nothing to do with your past."

"..."

Ilu who was standing aside listened to the conversation between the two and glanced at Kafka not far away. The latter was holding a glass of red wine in her hand and appeared to be planning to watch the show.

Noticing her gaze, Kafka actually waved at her with a smile.

"Dan Feng, I want you to feel the pain of 'death' too!"

"Heh! Killing people in front of me? That's not okay!"

Just when Blade was about to swing his sword at Dan Heng, a blond boy suddenly appeared and interrupted their duel.

The boy had a confident smile on his lips. He glanced at the people present, and finally locked his eyes on Blade's face, saying to the black-haired swordsman in front of him,

"You can't kill anyone today, because you have to follow me."

"Oh?" Blade raised his eyebrows. "Jing Yuan's follower? Didn't he teach you to judge the situation?"

"I'm Yanqing, a brave guard of the Cloud Knight Cavalry. Leave this to me. Swords have no eyes. You guys will... eh?"

Yanqing was about to take over the current situation and let the two irrelevant people beside him leave. Suddenly, he noticed that the face of the black-haired young man felt familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

Why does this person look familiar...

"Hehe! Since others have found out, don't hide!"

Taking advantage of the two's distraction, Blade rushed to the back of Dan Heng and struck with his sword.

Yanqing standing by reacted quickly and immediately raised his sword to fight back, temporarily repelling Blade's attack.

"Henshin!"

Seeing the situation getting chaotic, Ilu did not hesitate to pick up the Iron Cavalry Knight Transformation Sheath and joined the battlefield.

With a flash of azure light, the temperature around them dropped significantly.

Realizing something, Yanqing immediately turned his head and saw that the silver-haired girl had transformed into a silver-white Iron Knight Cavalry shrouded in frost.

This is... Stellaron Hunter Sam?!

Yanqing immediately recognized the identity of the silver-white Iron Cavalry Knight Knight in front of him, and his alertness instantly reached its peak.

Oh no, it seems that this is a trap set by the Stellaron Hunter. Now I have to fight two wanted criminals!

No, the situation isn't that bad. I still have a teammate behind me.

As long as I deal with it properly...

"Swish——"

However, before Yanqing could take any action, he saw an ancient long sword, decorated with blood-red spider lilies, brush past him.

Taking advantage of his distraction again, Blade threw the fragmented sword in his hand and pierced the chest of the black-haired young man behind him.

It's over! The only teammate is gone!

Seeing this scene, Yanqing's heart sank. His eyes swept over the silver-white cavalry and Blade one by one, and a few drops of sweat dripped from his forehead.

"You——!"

"Boy, let me introduce you."

Seeing that his goal had been successfully achieved, Blade couldn't help but smile.

He spread his hands and walked toward Yanqing. Although the latter wanted to take the opportunity to attack, he didn't dare to act rashly with Sam behind him.

"The one behind you is a sinner who committed ten heinous crimes, rebelled against the Xianzhou, caused chaos, and was exiled forever—the High Elder of the Vidyadhara Clan, Imbibitor Lunae."

Listening to Blade's description, Yanqing instantly realized the seriousness of the matter.

He immediately turned his head and looked behind him. He saw that the black-haired young man, who had just been fatally injured, was wrapped by gray water and turned into the High Elder of the Vidyadhara, with two horns on his head.

"Why, do you think that only the Stellaron hunters sneaked into the Xianzhou?"

Yanqing: "!!!"

Wait a minute, why did all my teammates become bosses? I have to fight three of them?!

"Humph, in this case, I can only take you down together and hand you over to the General for judgment!"

Looking at Blade and the silver-white Iron Cavalry Knight standing beside Imbibitor Lunae, Yanqing took a deep breath.

The cold air around him dissipated, turning into several ice swords, which pointed directly at the people present.

No matter what the result is, for the sake of the Xianzhou, he must not retreat in this battle!

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HIk Chapter 69: Into the Abyss, Palace Ruins

"I've heard of your bad reputation, Imbibitor Lunae."

The sharp, cold air turned into ice swords floating around him. Yanqing stared at the High Elder who had just completed his transformation in front of him, not daring to be careless at all. "I can't believe that, in addition to the Stellaron Hunters, there is another serious criminal who sneaked onto the Xianzhou."

"I have no intention of provoking a dispute. I came to the Xianzhou just to confirm the safety of my friends..."

"That's sophistry. It's not too late to talk about it in prison. Today, the three of you can't leave here!"

Yanqing naturally couldn't believe Dan Heng's one-sided words. He stretched out his hand, pinched a sword, and shot the seven ice swords forged by the cold air at the three people in front of him.

Of these, "Sam" and Blade each got two, while the other three were all aimed at Dan Heng in the center.

He had heard of the notoriety of Imbibitor Lunae since he was a child. He was the culprit who caused unrest in the entire "Luofu" Xianzhou. If he wanted to be his enemy, he had to be prepared to die.

If he only had the moves taught by Master Jing Yuan, Yanqing knew that it would be impossible to defeat the enemy in front of him.

Fortunately, before coming here, he met a powerful and mysterious swordsman and survived a move under the opponent's hand. This allowed him to improve his swordsmanship and greatly enhance his strength.

Otherwise, with his current strength, he would have no chance of winning against Imbibitor Lunae and the Stellaron Hunter.

Naturally, he would not stay here to die—his main goal now was to delay time. As long as he waited for General Jing Yuan to come, everything would be fine.

"Alas, whatever..."

Knowing that his true identity had been exposed and the other party was unwilling to listen to him, Dan Heng sighed helplessly.

He raised his hand and aimed at the attacking ice swords, saying in a deep voice,

"Cloud-faring dragon... rise!"

As his voice fell, the soaring blue dragon swallowed up all the attacking ice swords. No ice sword could withstand the scouring of this blue torrent, and all of them were destroyed in the air without exception.

"Dan Heng, what are you doing..."

Although she knew Dan Heng's true identity very well, as a qualified "fun-loving person," Ilu naturally couldn't stand there stupidly.

When necessary, she had to stand up to liven up the atmosphere and do what her character should do.

At the moment the ice swords were destroyed, she immediately turned her head to look at Imbibitor Lunae who had completed his transformation beside her, and asked in a curious and somewhat surprised tone, "Are you really the Vidyadhara High Elder?!"

"This is my original appearance, the apex of the Vidyadhara Clan, but I am still the same as before. You don't need to worry about this."

Looking at the Frost Iron Cavalry Knight Knight beside him who were watching him, Dan Heng nodded slightly and said apologetically, "Sorry, Ilu, this should have been my private matter. I didn’t expect to involve you..."

"It's nothing. It's not a problem for me... Since you're here, I'll help you."

After ejecting the mantis blade embedded in the outer side of the mecha's arms, Ilu no longer restrained the desire to fight in her heart. She cast an extremely dangerous look at Yanqing and Blade on the side, looking eager to try. "Tell me, who are you going to beat? I will help."

Yanqing is Jing Yuan's apprentice. She had finally established a good relationship with Jing Yuan, so she naturally couldn't hit this unlucky young man who was beaten by the big shots from all sides.

Who she was going to hit hard, the result was naturally obvious.

Blade: "..."

Sure enough, he was targeted.

As Kafka said, he encountered a lot of trouble this time.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately looked at Kafka, who was watching the battle in the distance, and said in a hurried tone, "Kafka! Stop watching the fun, and quickly untie it!"

"Well... Blade, 'Listen to me,' untie your 'shackles.'"

Hearing Blade's request, Kafka gracefully put down the wine glass filled with red wine and used the "Spirit Whisper" to untie it.

"Okay! Then add another fire—the other shore, bury it!"

The seal that suppressed the Mara was completely lifted at that moment.

Blade recalled the fragmented sword that had fallen on the ground and swung it at the ice swords shooting at him. The blood-red sword light swept away the attacking ice swords, leaving only the broken flowers of the other shore floating slowly from the air.

Originally, he planned to let this kid force Lunae to use all his strength, but now it looks that with the person next to him who looked exactly like "Sam," Imbibitor Lunae didn't take anything seriously. He was still letting the kid from Jing Yuan's family go scot-free.

In other words—

"Hey! 'Sam' over there, come and fight me, how about it?!"

Thinking of this, Blade changed his offensive and aimed the tip of his sword at Ilu not far away.

If he didn't take advantage of this moment to hold this guy back, his plan would not be able to develop further.

"Of course no problem."

Ilu naturally wanted to challenge Blade, and she shook her wrist. The elytra behind her bloomed with blue light wings.

"Swish—Boom!!!"

Then, she rushed toward Blade at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye, and her iron fist with huge force hit the sword that Blade used to block, making a trembling sound of metal clashing.

"Okay, okay! That's right, it's just in time!"

Feeling the huge force of the Iron Cavalry Knight's heavy punch, Blade's eyes turned red. He was panting, and fell into a state of strange excitement.

After barely resisting the attack of this punch, he waved the sword and tried to counterattack Ilu, but was surprised to find that his movements were much slower.

What happened?

Blade looked down and saw a layer of solid frost. The fist that "Sam" had just swung had actually released a large amount of low-temperature gas.

Although the blood-colored sword energy of the sword offset a large part of it, there was still a lot of cold air acting on his lower body, freezing his legs in a few seconds.

It turned out to be the ice-attributed "Sam"...

Ha!

Then let's try it!

"Kacha—!"

Ilu showed the super-low temperature mantis knife, and Blade fell down.

He almost turned into five pieces.

"What?!"

Seeing the internal conflict between the Stellaron Hunters not far away, Yanqing who was fighting Dan Heng couldn't help but widen his eyes in astonishment. He scratched his head and couldn't figure out why the mecha called "Sam" would attack his companions.

Even the blade just now was so fast that he didn't even see what was going on. The opponent chopped down the man called Blade. If this killing move had been aimed at him, he couldn't think of how to respond.

Although he didn't know what was going on, the conflict between the Stellaron Hunters was of course the most favorable situation for Yanqing. He only needed to concentrate on dealing with Imbibitor Lunae in front of him and wait for the general to come and clean up the mess.

However, people always have to have dreams, otherwise, they would be no different from a salted fish—with such a great opportunity, why not take advantage of their internal conflict and make a full effort to catch them all in one fell swoop?

"It seems that I have to use this move!"

After resolving Dan Heng's attack once again, Yanqing accumulated power, and the seven ice swords suspended around him hummed together, as if brewing some powerful finishing move.

"Hmm?"

The pre-swing of this move was extremely familiar. After seeing this scene, Dan Heng, who was about to make a move to stop it, couldn't help but be stunned.

This is...

Just when he was stunned, Yanqing pinched out his sword move, and the power of the Path hidden in his body soared into the sky, fusing the seven ice swords suspended in the air into one.

It turned into a giant sword made of ice that fell from the sky, with the sword tip, sharp and cold, pointing directly at the three people below.

"This kid... was that woman teaching you this?!"

Lying on the ground waiting for his wound to heal, Blade also recognized this sword technique that fell from the sky.

After all, he had been chopped by this technique many times in the past, and the feeling was engraved in his bones. Even if he turned into ashes and recovered, he could still recognize whose unique technique it was.

"Hey! What are you two doing?"

Looking at Dan Heng and Blade, one was in a daze and the other was in shock, Ilu couldn't hold it in any longer. She even wanted to laugh.

No, he just learned a move from Jingliu that shines through all rivers. What's so shocking about this? I can do it too!

"Since you don't plan to take action, let me teach him a lesson..."

After saying that, Ilu raised her right hand, and a faint blue light bloomed in her open palm.

She urged the power of "Remembrance" to gather a long sword made of solid ice in her hand, which was three feet and seven inches long, as light as nothing, and flashed with faint cold light, as if she were holding a ray of moonlight in her hand.

"I didn't want to use this power."

Looking at the huge ice sword falling from the sky, the silver-haired girl sighed lightly.

There was no choice; the atmosphere had been set here, and it would be unreasonable for her not to take action.

Dan Heng: "..."

Wait, this seems to be my line.

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I think this move should be used like this—"

Under the astonished gaze of Blade and Dan Heng, Ilu jumped into the sky.

Whenever she went, the rain condensed and turned into white snowflakes falling one after another, like a round of moonlight in the sky, illuminating the rivers.

She then threw her sword!

"Boom--!!!"

Although the dark blue sword she threw out was so tiny compared to the ice giant sword shot by Yanqing, the moment the two sides came into contact, the seemingly indestructible ice giant sword began to collapse rapidly, breaking into pieces from the edge of the sword.

How is it possible?!

Yanqing's face turned pale instantly when he saw this scene.

He hadn't expected that the other party could restore the sword moves that were almost exactly the same as that of the master through his incomplete version and easily crack his most proud killing move.

"I—I failed..."

Being defeated by the enemy with the same move in front of him, Yanqing was convinced of his defeat this time. He stood there holding the long sword, with a bit of confusion in his eyes.

Will he win?

Facing such an opponent, there is no way to win...

"Uh, did I go too far?"

Looking at Yanqing's broken heart who even played the defeat voice in the game, Ilu realized she had gone too far.

If the future sword master of "Luofu" was depressed and lost his sharpness this time, it would be a big problem.

"Since you learned this trick from her—"

Getting up from the ground, Blade ignored Ilu standing beside him and rushed toward Yanqing standing there with the broken sword. "Then you have only one way to die—"

I can't beat that girl, you think I can't beat you, kid?

"Okay, listen to me, everyone, it's almost time to stop."

Seeing that things were about to get out of hand, Kafka had to stop the conflict.

She used "Spirit Whisper" to force everyone present to calm down for a while. Blade also recovered from his crazy look. He held his forehead with one hand, making it difficult to see his face.

"How is it, Blade. Are you satisfied?"

"Just barely..."

It could be seen that Blade was not satisfied. No one would be happy if they were stopped halfway through swinging their sword.

However, the purpose of the Stellaron Hunter coming here had indeed been achieved—to let Dan Heng activate the power of the Vidyadhara High Elder, but he was not able to use his full strength, which was a little regrettable.

"You guys..."

On the other side, Yanqing also recovered from his trance. Before he could say anything, Kafka made a shushing gesture to him.

"Hush, Jing Yuan's little follower, stand still and pretend nothing happened. You don't want to be seen by Luofu's General like this, do you?"

"Haha, you've done well enough, Yanqing, you don't have to blame yourself."

As soon as she finished speaking, a refreshing chuckle came from not far away.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a white-haired man wearing armor and holding the weapon "Starfall Reverie" walking toward them with a smile.

The man was Jing Yuan. This Arbiter-General appeared to have arrived in Scalegorge Waterscape a long time ago and witnessed everything that had just happened.

"Ding!"

Knowing that the battle was over, Ilu also lifted the transformation. The azure light gradually faded. She gently fell to the ground and began to eat melons and watch the show on the side.

"You two have returned to Xianzhou after a long absence, but you're always in some awkward situations. If you think of our old friendship, you should have informed me earlier," Jing Yuan said with a smile. "I have finished what I wanted to do."

Blade put away his sword and looked up at Jing Yuan in front of him.

His meaning was very simple—he was leaving.

"Well, it's over." Jing Yuan glanced at Dan Heng, who had transformed into Imbibitor Lunae beside him, and knew the purpose of Ren's trip. Then he looked at Kafka beside him: "You helped Xianzhou a little, I am very grateful. Take this person, and I can pretend I didn't see it."

"General, I..." Yanqing was a little anxious when he heard that Jing Yuan was going to let the wanted criminal go. He thought the general could get rid of all these people in one go, but he never expected that this situation would happen.

The general and these two were acquaintances. Didn't he just get beaten for nothing?

"Yanqing, now is not the time to talk about this."

"Okay... okay."

Although Yanqing wanted to say something, since this was the general's decision, he had no objection and could only watch Kafka and Blade leave the Scalegorge.

"Long time no see, old friend."

After sending the Stellaron Hunter away, Jing Yuan looked at Imbibitor Lunae on the side, with a look of relief on his face. Even if Dan Heng refused to admit that he was that person, he just smiled.

Finally, the Arbiter-General turned his head and looked at Ilu. He saw the sword that was like the falling moonlight just now clearly from a distance.

Although the moves had changed slightly, it was not difficult to see that this move was exactly imitating Yanqing's sword just now, and it was even better than that. Those who didn't know would think it was the former Luofu Swordmaster herself.

"Yanqing, I didn't introduce this friend to you before, which caused a conflict between you two. This is something I didn't consider carefully." Jing Yuan patted Yanqing on the shoulder and introduced Ilu to her with a smile: "This is not the Stellaron hunter 'Sam' on the wanted list. She is the Nameless of the Astral Express, named Ilu. Although she hasn't been here long, she has made great contributions to our Luofu Xianzhou. She was the one who unraveled the tail of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.'"

"What?!"

Realizing that he had misunderstood Ilu's identity and had attacked a friend of Xianzhou, Yanqing felt guilty.

He quickly apologized to the silver-haired girl in front of him: "I'm so sorry! Miss Ilu, it's Yanqing's fault for mistaking you for that villain. Please forgive my mistake!"

Thinking back, it was true. Not only had she never attacked me, but she also stopped the villain named Blade from attacking me.

I failed to recognize the situation, failed to distinguish between enemies and allies at first, and foolishly made a move.

If this had been on the battlefield, he might have made a grave mistake.

Fortunately, Miss Ilu stopped him with a sword. This sword not only shattered his arrogance but also taught him a lot.

He will never make such a mistake again.

"Uh..."

Although Ilu didn’t know what Yanqing was thinking, she noticed that the blond boy appeared to regard her as a master, judging by the admiration in his eyes.

"Okay, everyone, your friends are still waiting for you in the 'Waterscape Scalegorge.' Let's go meet them together."

Jing Yuan smiled and said, "Yanqing, you don’t need to go. You used a lot of energy in the battle earlier. Go back and rest."

"Yes, General."

Yanqing nodded and turned to leave.

After the genius swordsman left the Waterscape Scalegorge, Dan Heng frowned and looked at Jing Yuan. "Stelle, March 7th, and Uncle Yang, you brought them here?"

"Yeah," Jing Yuan replied with a gentle nod. He then cast his gaze toward a certain altar-like hall deep within the Scalegorge Waterscape. "They're in the 'Dragonvista Rain Hall' ahead."

With these two allies, the next steps would go much smoother. Even if the Great Lord Ravager came in person, they had a good chance of winning.

Haha, it's time to send out the surprise troops.

With a common goal, the group began making their way to the 'Dragonvista Rain Hall' to meet up with the Express Crew.

As they walked toward the hall, the three soon noticed the remains of the Voidrangers on the road. These were the antimatter legions that the Trailblazers had defeated earlier.

"Heh, I was on guard against the Denizens of Abundance, the Stellaron Hunter, the Disciples of the Sanctus Medicus..."

Looking at this scene, Jing Yuan couldn’t help but sigh. "But after all the calculations, I didn’t expect the Antimatter Legion to show up."

"The Destruction... Are they the culprits behind this Stellaron Crisis?"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Dan Heng frowned. He knew the Antimatter Legion' methods.

If this group of people set their sights on the Xianzhou...

"The Legion has never attacked the Alliance before. According to intelligence, they are a group of crazy, destructive war machines."

Jing Yuan sighed, unsure if it was true or not. "I was careless. The seven great lords each have their own distinct style of legions. They're truly difficult to deal with."

"Why do you say that?" Ilu asked, taking the opportunity to inquire.

"'Phantylia' prefers internal collapse, so she orchestrated the Stellaron Rebellion and instigated the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.' Now that the conspiracy has been exposed, she has to act personally, but this move goes against her preference for Destruction. I suspect she has another trick up her sleeve."

"If that's the case, we need to move faster. I'm concerned about everyone's safety."

Soon, the group arrived at the Dragonvista Rain Hall.

Seeing Fu Xuan and the Express Crew fighting the Antimatter Legion in the hall, the three wasted no time and immediately attacked the Antimatter Legion surrounding them.

"Here this Thunder!"

"This sanctuary, is but a vision... Break"

"Hunting mode activated—executing frozen soil operations—"

The situation which had been at a stalemate immediately shifted into a one-sided crushing victory with the addition of three top combat forces.

Hundreds of Voidrangers of the Antimatter Legion, who were surrounded here, were submerged by blue water before they could even understand what was happening.

The water then froze into ice with the spreading cold wave, solidifying them inside.

Finally, thunder rained down from the sky, reducing them to ashes.

They had no power to fight back from the start.

"Jing Yuan, you're finally here!"

Witnessing the shocking scene, Fu Xuan was the first to react and even forgot to address Jing Yuan as 'General.'

"Haha, I’m late. Thanks to Master Diviner for supporting me all the way."

Putting away 'Starfall Reverie,' Jing Yuan smiled and said, "I received the battle report. As for Phantylia's plan, it's easy to guess now..."

With such a large-scale battle, the Great Lord Ravager must be coming for 'Ambrosial Arbor.' So we just need to go to the location of 'Ambrosial Arbor' to find her.

"Ah?!"

On the other side, Stelle and March 7th were also surprised by Dan Heng's changes. They looked at the majestic horn crown on Yinyue's head, their tone filled with disbelief. "You... you’re Dan Heng, right? But what's the deal with the horns on your head?"

"It's a long story, March 7th, I'll tell you slowly when we get back on the train."

Dan Heng explained helplessly: "Anyway, this look is my original look, and it's also my attitude as a descendant of the Vidyadhara."

"No, you really have hidden power?"

March 7th didn't expect that the joke she made casually at the beginning would come true.

"Don't envy, March 7th, maybe you have it too~" Ilu came over with a smile.

"I don't have it! If I had it, I would have used it a long time ago, and I wouldn't have hidden it until now!" March 7th argued.

"Dan Heng became like this because he was poked by someone. Otherwise, I would poke you too to see if you have this potential..." Ilu said half-jokingly.

"Wow! I don't want to!"

Hearing this, March 7th felt a chill on her face.

Even if she really had hidden power, if the price was to be poked in the back by others, she would definitely not want to do it.

"It's almost time, let's put aside the reminiscing of friends."

After dealing with Fu Xuan's affairs, Jing Yuan looked at the people in the Express Crew.

"When you arrived in Luofu, you said that the Express Crew came to solve the Stellaron disaster. At that time, I did not dare to agree because I suspected that the Stellaron hunter had other plans. Now it seems that I was overly worried."

"Now it seems that your sincerity is beyond doubt... Luofu owes you a debt of gratitude and should not ask for anything else."

"But as Master Diviner said, the appearance of Phantylia made the situation no longer controllable. As the Arbiter-General of Luofu, I have to rely on Dan Heng's power, and I also ask for your full help."

Naturally, the Express Crew would not refuse Jing Yuan's request; otherwise, they would not have come to Scalegorge Waterscape at such important moment.

If they retreated at the last minute, wouldn't they have run so far in vain?

Soon, everyone learned the secret of the Vidyadhara High Elder from Jing Yuan. In those days, "The Hunt" Lan cut the Ambrosial Arbor with one arrow, but the blessing left by "Abundance"... or curse still remained.

In order to seal the Ambrosial Arbor, Luofu asked for the power of the "Permanence" Long, making it possible to tame the remains of the Arbor.

Under the auspices of the ancient High Elder, the Vidyhara Clan guided the waters of the ancient sea to flood the cave in the Waterscape Scalegorge, using it as a container to seal Ambrosial Arbor.

If you want to reach the location of Ambrosial Arbor, you must have a Vidyadhara High Elder to preside over the ceremony again, and the only one in Luofu who is capable of doing this is Dan Heng.

As for the current High Elder of the Vidyhara Clan, named Bailu, she did not inherit all the power but was just a little kid who inherited the name.

"So, Dan Heng, this matter has to be left to you."

Jing Yuan said with a serious look. "Next, it's up to you. Unlock the ban; the power you carry is the key to open the road to the Ambrosial Arbor."

"Come on!"

Ilu cheered him on the side.

Although the power of "Remembrance" can freeze the sea, freezing the sea in this case would be completely counterproductive, so she could only watch from the side.

Go, Dan Heng, tear the form of the sea!

[Rending my Form, Setting Free——]

[A thunderous form, A symphony!]

The dragon took on the responsibility of the past and split the vast ancient sea into two.

Although Ilu could only hear the loud sound of the surging sea waves, it did not prevent her from humming quietly to the side, secretly acIPCing the wonder in front of her.

Seeing the High Elder opening the sea with her own eyes, it was not in vain to come in Xianzhou. If she had missed it, she would not have had the chance to see it again.

Hehe, it's still a first-class ticket to watch such important scene up close, it's a big deal!

"Wow... It's amazing, he really split the ocean in the middle."

When the magnificent ancient sea palace ruins reappeared in the world, March 7th couldn't help but exclaim. "During the sudden rebellion, I was lucky enough to witness this wonder."

The familiar scene replayed in front of him, and Jing Yuan couldn't help but recall the past. He sighed with a nostalgic tone: "The mountains moved and the seas turned, the palace was empty, the Vidyadhara imprisoned Ambrosial Arbor in the holy land of their homeland, and the Luofu Xianzhou owes them too much..."

"General..."

"Ahem!"

Realizing his own gaffe, he coughed a few times, then ordered Fu Xuan: "Master Diviner, you stay here and lead the Cloud Knights to guard this passage to prevent other incidents."

After speaking, he looked at the Cloud Knights behind Fu Xuan. "Cloud Knights, listen to my orders! Do you have more important responsibilities? After I go deep into the Ambrosial Arbor, if the seawater returns to its original state, I will immediately evacuate and re-close the cave heaven. All matters will be arranged by the Master Diviner."

Seeing Jing Yuan explaining various matters to Fu Xuan as if he were telling his last words, Ilu took the initiative to walk in front of the two of them, patted her chest, and said to Fu Xuan who was worried, "Don't worry, Master Diviner, with us, we will win this trip!"

How should she put it?

Jing Yuan overestimated Phantylia a little. If it had been another Lord Ravager coming, it would have been difficult for them to deal with it alone, but Phantylia... well, how should she put it, even if she wasn't there, Phantylia might not have been able to beat Jing Yuan and the Express Crew.

"Haha, I feel relieved with Ilu's words."

Jing Yuan also knew that he seems to have said too much. Seeing Ilu rescue him, he naturally agreed with a smile.

Afterward, the group followed the steps to the ruins of the Ancient Sea Palace and began to remove the seals of the Vidyadhara in the ruins in order. The Denizens of Abundance encountered on the road were easily suppressed by Ilu, and the mobility of the Iron Cavalry Knight was perfectly demonstrated in this complex ruin.

"Ding--"

Just as Ilu was about to set off for the location of the third Vidyadhara Seal, her mobile phone suddenly received a beeping message alert.

She immediately connected the mobile phone network with the Snow Fyrefly Mech and saw the sender of the message: "???"

[???: Hi, are you still busy? We are about to leave the Xianzhou]

[???: This account belongs to Silver Wolf. I am currently using it, but I will transfer it to the friend I told you about before. You should know their name—"Sam"]

[??? : By the way, I'll remind you before I leave, it's about the script.]

Seeing Kafka mention the "script" immediately aroused Ilu's curiosity, and she immediately edited a message and replied:

[Ilu: Script? Do you know what will happen next?]

Soon, she got Kafka's reply:

[??? : Just a few vague keywords, our script has ended, but your crisis is still there]

[??? : The reason why I contacted you specifically is because the breaking point is on you. Only you can resolve this crisis. After all, it is also because of you]

[??? : In addition, Phantylia's preparations are far more sufficient than you think. She will not underestimate the enemy in this battle. I have sent a message to Stelle, so you should be more careful]

The breaking point is on me, and the crisis is also because of me?

Ilu blinked in surprise. She had thought that the battle against Phantylia would be much easier than in the game, but from what Kafka said, they might be fighting against Lord Ravager in serious mode this time, and it seemed that her arrival had made the crisis more serious.

Thinking of this, Ilu couldn't help but feel a little confused.

But she didn't do anything during her trip in the Xianzhou, and there were no remnants of the Ashen Sun Stings here.

It was impossible for a crisis like Jarilo-VI to occur, unless...

Wait, could it be the glance that "The Abundance" gave me?

Oh my god! Did I get into trouble when copying that broken scripture?!

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Ilu tried to send a message to Kafka to ask for details, but as expected, the message failed to send.

[——The other party is not in the service area, the message failed to be sent]

"Ilu! This way!"

Just then, the Express Crew and Jing Yuan also lifted the third seal of the Vidyadhara. March 7th waved to her from a distance. Ilu did not delay any longer and drove the Snow Fyrefly Mech back to the crowd.

"Reverence of the three talons. Next, it's time to go to the Ambrosial Arbor's roots."

"Roots, are you talking about that wood-shaped dragon?"

"That's right, 'Reverence to the three talons, the path to the great roots...', refers to this place. Under the control of the dragon's power, Ambrosial Arbor's roots turned into a dragon-shaped wood gall... But this breath makes it so that something's a little bad."

Looking at the miracle of Abundance that was reviving not far away, Dan Heng took a deep breath. He now had a bad feeling.

"Well, let's go in and take a look..."

Ilu said with a guilty conscience.

If it was really the glance from the Yaoshi of the "Abundance" that caused Ambrosial Arbor to completely lose control, then the Xianzhou "Luofu" might not be far from being hit by a rocket from the top brother on the list.

70: Phantylia Decisive Battle. Abundance Revealed.

"I'm sure you're all ready, right?"

At the final seal of Ambrosial Arbor's roots, Jing Yuan stood still and turned to look at the people behind him.

He was no longer calm and self-satisfied. At this moment, the face of this Arbiter-General was full of seriousness, showing that he was more focused than ever before.

The speed of Ambrosial Arbor's recovery exceeded his expectations. Something very bad must have happened inside the seal. He had to remind them that once they entered the location of Ambrosial Arbor's root system, they would most likely face a well-prepared Lord Ravager.

"Well, I'm ready!"

Stelle nodded gently.

With everyone here, she was not afraid at all.

As long as everyone worked together, there would be no difficulties they couldn't overcome.

"Okay, then Dan Heng, untie this last seal."

"Well, everyone, close your eyes first. The next light may be a little dazzling."

Knowing that everyone was ready, Dan Heng slowly raised his right arm and put the power of "Permanence" into the dragon-shaped wood gall not far away. The last seal was lifted, and the dazzling white light instantly enveloped everyone.

"Here is..."

When Ilu opened her eyes again, she found herself in a hidden cave full of clouds and mist, filled with the breath of "Abundance."

Then, she felt an itch in her body. These "Abundance" powers seemed to have found their target and poured into her, giving her the illusion that ginkgo leaves were growing all over her body.

Wait, don't mess with me, Yaoshi!

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Ilu quickly turned on the endoscope view of the Snow Firefly mecha and carefully examined her arm.

Fortunately, this "Abundance" power did not seem to be enough to fill the gap in her body, just like falling into a bottomless hole, disappearing in an instant.

Huh... She didn't even see the faded ginkgo leaves, so it should be fine.

Not finding any extra leaves on her body, Ilu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and followed the crowd again.

"This is where the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor are. Let's go."

Looking across the clouds, Jing Yuan frowned slightly. He reached out and took out "Starfall Reverie" and led everyone toward the depths of the Arbor's roots.

Not long after, everyone saw a rootless, self-blooming phantom flower floating in front of them. This was the product of "Abundance."

"Be careful!"

Realizing what might happen ahead, Jing Yuan immediately signaled everyone to stop and looked at the blue-gold flame floating on the rich lotus with a vigilant gaze. He recognized this thing—the Abundance creature, Heliobus.

Sure enough, it's been taken advantage of...

The size of the flame of Heliobus when it appears roughly indicates its individual strength. The Heliobus in front of him is undoubtedly the one with the most vigorous flame he has ever seen.

It seems to have known the arrival of everyone and deliberately waited for them here. Its true identity is naturally no secret—"Lord Ravager" Phantylia.

"Hmm? Haha, is the person coming here the Luofu General?"

Soon, as expected, Phantylia's voice came from the blue-gold flame.

"This bad guy! Sure enough, she's is waiting for us here!"

Thinking of how, Phantylia had pretended to be Tingyun to deceive their feelings not long ago, March 7th angrily took out the ice bow, strung an arrow, and aimed at the cyan-gold flame floating above the rich and mysterious lotus.

"Come out! Phantylia!"

March 7th shouted loudly.

Don't ask her why she is so brave, because she has always been like this.

Anyway, you can't lose momentum when you meet. If Phantylia doesn't dare to come out, she will beat this guy out!

"Oh? The benefactor is here too? Don't be anxious, I haven't finished dressing up yet."

From Phantylia's tone, one could hear the confidence of this "Lord Ravager." No one present except Jing Yuan was taken seriously, probably because of some benefit she got from Ambrosial Arbor.

"Haha, no wonder the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus is so confident that it is superior to others... This Ambrosial Arbor does have the power of transformation and rebirth."

This "Lord Ravager" appears to be intoxicated by the power of "Abundance" she had just obtained, like a child who got a new toy, and openly told everyone that she had robbed the Ambrosial Arbor.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Placing the weapon "Starfall Reverie" horizontally in front of him, Jing Yuan glanced at Imbibitor Lunae standing beside him from his peripheral vision. "Dan Heng, I'll leave my back to you."

"..."

Hearing this, Dan Heng fell silent. After a few seconds, he nodded. "I understand."

The last time he heard this sentence from Jing Yuan was when he fought side by side with the other members of the Quintet in his previous life. Unfortunately, that time could never return.

"Wait, Phantylia, what is she doing?!"

Just then, March 7th suddenly noticed that the cyan-gold flame not far away had merged with the rich black lotus below, like a dazzling cyan-gold fire lotus slowly rising into the sky.

A huge female body appeared from top to bottom. Phantylia held a black fan as she looked at them with a smile.

"Everyone, do you see this beautiful body?"

Looking down at her new body, Phantylia couldn't help but smile. She waved her hand and summoned several Abundance black lotuses beside everyone. "The miracle of 'Abundance' is well-deserved. Let me see what I can do with this power."

The body with both the power of "Destruction" and "Abundance" and the cycle of life and death from the first fruit of Ambrosial Arbor after its resurrection. Now, she had easily obtained it.

This Xianzhou trip was truly worth it.

"So much nonsense!"

Ignoring the Abundance Black Lotus attacking her, Ilu shook her wrist, and the elytra behind her bloomed into blue wings as she flew straight toward Phantylia's physical body.

"Haha, I've thought about it. I'll use this power that grants immortality to bring you Destruction."

Looking at the Frost Iron Cavalry Knight rushing toward her, Phantylia waved the black fan and summoned a hurricane to hinder her.

However, the performance of the Snow Fyrefly Mech on Ilu far exceeded her expectations. It broke through the blockade and rushed toward her in an instant.

Helplessly, Phantylia had to abandon her previous elegant posture, clenched her right hand into a fist, and smashed it toward Ilu.

"Boom--!!!"

However, at the moment when their fists touched, Phantylia suddenly felt her "Abundance" power being disturbed by some special factor. It was flowing out of her body, as if she had encountered a black hole that swallowed everything.

How is this possible? Why is my power disappearing?!

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Phantylia hurriedly used the power of "Destruction" to contain the "Abundance" power that could overflow from her body at any time. But at this moment, Ilu was not the only one who was against her.

"Hurry up!"

The Express Crew was responsible for destroying Phantylia, Dan Heng was covering them, and Jing Yuan rushed toward Phantylia with the weapon "Starfall Reverie," decisively calling upon the Spiritus as he and Ilu were in a stalemate.

"Radiant spirit, heed my word. Show no mercy!"

The divine power of "The Hunt" turned into a majestic Lightning. The Lightning Lord held a weapon made of lightning and slashed at Phantylia's real body with Jing Yuan.

"Heh, you have some skills, but that's all."

After being hit hard by a set of joint attacks from Ilu and Jing Yuan, Phantylia realized she couldn't use the "power of Abundance" in her body while fighting Ilu. She decisively changed her strategy and chose to use the power of "Destruction" to launch a blanket attack on everyone present, forcing Ilu to return to the Express Crew to defend.

"To crush a star, there's nothing more suitable than a falling star."

Seizing the fleeting opportunity, Phantylia slowly raised her hand and pointed to the sky.

The Path power of "Destruction" turned into a meteorite falling from the sky.

At this moment, Jing Yuan had just used the Lightning Lord and could not attack again, and Ilu was still in close combat with Phantylia, leaving no way to return to defend in time.

"Tsk! It actually happened at this time..." Seeing this scene, Imbibitor Lunae who was confronting Phantylia frowned.

Although the power of "Permanence" could help him withstand this destructive attack, others might not be as lucky as him. Therefore, it had to be intercepted before it fell.

Just as Dan Heng was about to use Cloudhymn Roar to smash the meteorite from the air, Welt suddenly appeared beside him, holding a dark red cane in his hand.

"Leave it to me next, Dan Heng. You go help Ilu and General Jing Yuan deal with the Lord Ravager," Welt said in a flat tone.

"Mr. Welt..." Seeing the person approach, Dan Heng was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that it would be Uncle Yang who stood up.

As for whether Uncle Yang could handle it... it could only be said that it was not unsuitable, but rather too suitable!

Every profession has its own expertise. When it comes to dealing with falling stars, Mr. Welt is an expert among experts.

No one knows how to crush the stars in the sky better than him.

"Phantylia... You know nothing about the weight of this power."

Looking up at the distant Phantylia, who was smiling and waiting for everyone's Destruction, Welt raised his cane and tapped the ground lightly.

With the light of a dark red halo, a purple-red gravity black hole suddenly appeared beneath the falling star, as if it could crush everything into pieces.

"Crack-bang!"

The next second, the meteorite shaped by Illusion with the power of "Destruction" was sucked into it under the immense gravitational force. As expected, it collapsed and was crushed into powder by the gravity strong enough to distort space, turning into nothingness.

"See how the stars shatter. To live or to die, you have no choice."

After saying that, Welt pushed his glasses, swung the dark red cane in his hand, and then turned back to his previous position. He did not look back at the scene of the stars shattering behind him, as if everything was so natural.

And Ilu, who was watching this scene from a distance, fell into silence: "..."

Just after getting the MVP of the Defense, he started pretending to be a master without saying a word. This is waiting for everyone to praise him.

She can only say that he's worthy of it, Uncle Yang. This level of chuunibyou is really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Wow! Uncle Yang's move is so handsome!"

"It's Uncle Yang!"

On the other side, March 7th and Stelle were ready to use ice shields and flame spear to resist the impact.

Seeing Uncle Yang casually cut the meteorite with a black hole, the two couldn't help but exclaim.

Although Uncle Yang's presence is low on weekdays, he never disappoints people at critical moments.

Facing such an opponent at the level of an Emanator, ordinary means of attack could hardly play a big role. They had no choice but to assist from the side and leave the main output to the three top Cs: Yinyue, Ilu, and Jing Yuan.

"Nothing, you can deal with Phantylia without worry. I will deal with her meteorite."

Welt's mouth slightly raised, and it could be seen that Stellehe March 7th's praise was very useful to him.

"You..."

Seeing that the meteorite she pinched with the power of "Destruction" was easily intercepted by Welt, even though Phantylia was gritting her teeth in anger, she would not really be angry with these ants in front of her, as that would be a loss of her identity as an envoy of the "Lord Ravager."

Of course, after seeing the true strength of this group of people, she would no longer be careless like before.

Now, she had become completely serious.

Phantylia did not think she would lose anyway, and the reason she was serious was just to give them destruction at the lowest cost.

Although the enemy in front of her was much stronger than she had imagined, especially the silver-haired girl in the mecha, she also had an unexpected surprise. The degree of the Arbor's recovery was far beyond her imagination.

As if she had been favored by the Aeon, when she came to the root system of Ambrosial Arbor, not only one Abundance Fruit was born here, but two were born.

It was just that the "Abundance" power contained in the second fruit was too abundant, as if it was specially prepared for an "Abundance" Emanator, so it had not yet been born.

If Jing Yuan had not suddenly broken in with the people from the Astral Express, she would probably have taken the second fruit for herself in a while and become a truly immortal being.

But...

It's not too late now.

"Everything in the universe will end with 'Destruction,' and 'Abundance' and 'Hunt' are no exception. You should stay here honestly for a while."

She summoned several Destruction Mysterious Lotuses to surround Ilu and Jing Yuan to hinder their movements.

Just as Phantylia was about to launch a devastating attack on the two, the Cloudhymn Roar belonging to Imbibitor Lunae swept over and forcibly interrupted her just-accumulated offensive.

"A scion of Permanence? Oh, it's too late to come now."

Feeling the "Abundance Fruit" behind her rapidly solidifying, Phantylia knew very well that she had won at this moment.

Ilu and Jing Yuan had been held back by her Mysterious Lotuses, and the other people in the Express Crew were still far away. Now she only needed to introduce the second "Abundance fruit" into her body, and she would have the power of both "Destruction" and "Abundance" at the same time, unless the Aeon took action personally, no one could do anything to her.

"What do you mean?"

Looking at the confident smile on Phantylia's face, Dan Heng frowned, and the bad premonition in his heart intensified.

"Hehe, the 'fruit' is ripe, and it's time to pick it."

Calling out dozens of Destruction Lotuses again to block the crowd, Phantylia slowly stood up from her sitting position and walked toward a golden lotus that was blooming on the roots of Ambrosial Arbor not far away.

Fruit... Wait, could it be?!

Looking at the "Abundance Fruit" that was about to be born not far away, Dan Heng instantly realized what Phantylia wanted to do. He tried to stop her, but the overwhelming Destruction Lotuses forced him to retreat, and for a while, he couldn't catch up with Phantylia at all.

"Abundance Fruit" is a fruit born from "Ambrosial Arbor," which contains unimaginable "abundant" power, and it is said that it will give the holder an immortal body.

Before they entered this cave, Phantylia had already robbed one. If this second one were also taken away by her, the gap between the two sides would be stretched to an insurmountable chasm.

Besides, he could feel the threat of the power of "Abundance" contained in the second "Abundance Fruit." If he didn't stop her as soon as possible, the entire Luofu Xianzhou would probably be doomed.

"Oh my god! How could this happen?!"

At the same time, Ilu, who was surrounded by the Destruction Mysterious Lotus, immediately widened her eyes when she saw the "Abundance Fruit" that was about to be born in the distance.

Others may not know, but she knew very well in her heart that...

How did the second "Abundance Fruit" come from?

She didn't expect that the few scriptures she copied casually in order to sneak into the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus" would actually bring such a big disaster.

What should she do now? If Phantylia eats this "Abundance Fruit," let alone whether she can beat her, what should she do if "The Hunt" Aeon notices that there is an extra "Abundance" Emanator here and shoots an arrow here?

"What a mistake, there is actually a second Abundance Fruit, and there was clearly no sign beforehand..."

On the other side, Jing Yuan trapped by the Destruction Mysterious Lotus also realized that something was wrong.

Looking at Phantyli walking toward the second Abundance Fruit, no matter how anxious he was, as a general, he had to calm down and think about how to deal with it calmly.

At this moment, his Lightning Lord was ready. He could swing the sword with great momentum again at any time.

However, that strike apparently can't do anything to Phantylia now. At most, it could injure her body, but not her root. It was impossible to win with one blow.

In this case, other strategies had to be considered...

After changing his mind, Jing Yuan soon had an answer. He turned his head and looked in a certain direction, deep in thought.

In this situation, the only person Luofu Xianzhou could rely on might be her—she could bear the blessing of "Abundance" without being affected by its price. Her appearance was the only solution to the deadlock.

Thinking this, he asked loudly in the direction of Ilu without hesitation.

"Ilu, I can try to help you break through now. Can you find a way to intercept Phantylia and prevent her from getting the 'Abundance Fruit' into her body?"

"Ah?"

Hearing Jing Yuan's call, Ilu was slightly stunned, then nodded and replied, "I can try."

"Okay!"

Jing Yuan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils had turned into brilliant gold, and the divine power of "The Hunt" once again transformed into a supreme and majestic god behind him.

"Radiant Spirit, heed my call, show no mercy!"

The lightning-transformed blade swept across dozens of Destruction Black Lotuses, completely clearing all obstacles on the road leading to Phantylia in front of Ilu.

"Now!"

"Understood!"

Ilu did not hesitate and cast her eyes on Phantylia not far away and the Abundance Fruit beside her. A pair of light wings bloomed from the elytra behind her, and she turned into a dark blue meteor, rushing toward Phantylia.

"Oh? Did you run out?"

Phantylia also noticed the movement here and summoned several Destruction Black Lotuses with a flick of her finger, trying to trap Ilu in the same place with the same move.

However, before they could fly far, they were enveloped by a freezing cold wave. A blue light burst from Ilu's hand, and an ice-blue long sword condensed from the power of "The Remembrance" appeared.

"Such an old move—there is no need to use it again!"

The Destruction Lotuses attacking her were frozen into ice balls by the icy sword energy slashed by Ilu and fell uncontrollably to the ground.

"Old move? You underestimated a 'Destruction' Emanator too much."

Phantylia chuckled and flicked her fingers again. Dozens of Destruction Lotuses appeared around Ilu, but this time, she did not intend to use these "abundant" creations mixed with the power of "Destruction" to trap her.

Although she did not like grand Destruction, it did not mean she would not use it—she would occasionally appreciate the heroic moment when she acted on a whim.

"Bloom!"

Frozen by the cold air thrown by Ilu again, these Destruction Lotuses did not fall from the sky. Phantylia detonated the "Destruction" power hidden in them.

Purple flames burned the lotuses in the ice, setting off a violent explosion around the silver Iron Cavalry Knight and causing a huge mushroom cloud to bloom in the air.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

The deafening sound reached the ears of everyone present. They were all worried about Ilu.

Fortunately, after the purple flames dissipated, Ilu stood intact.

At the critical moment, she held up the "Remembrance" ice shield with both hands and barely resisted the destructive explosion of the Destruction Lotuses.

Even so, she had consumed a lot of "Remembrance." After all, her MP bar was also her HP bar. If the ice shield consumed all the "Remebrance" in her body, her existence would disappear.

She only say that the "Lord Ravager" who has turned on serious mode is really difficult to deal with...

"Oh? She's quite capable."

Seeing that the Frost Iron Cavalry Knight had resisted the attack she had carefully prepared, Phantylia opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at Ilu with curiosity and an evil gleam in her eyes. She threw two more Destruction Lotuses to restrict Ilu in place.

She now wanted to catch this silver-haired girl and play with her, then try to inject the power of "Destruction" to transform her into a Voidranger to see if this child could cause the Astral Express to fall apart.

Unfortunately, she had more important things to do now.

The second "Abundant Fruit" had been completely born. Before trying this new toy again, she had to introduce the "Abundant Fruit" into her body to completely secure her victory.

"I won't let you succeed, Phantylia!"

Just then, Dan Heng broke through the blockade of the Destruction Mysterious Lotus. He summoned the Cloudhymn Roar to attack Phantylia's right hand that was grabbing the "Abundance Fruit," knocking it away.

"Useless move."

Phantylia ignored Imbibitor Lunae's attack and reached out to grab the "Abundance Fruit" again. She held it in her hand, feeling the "Abundance" power contained in the fruit, and her mouth curled up unconsciously.

"Hehe, I got it."

Seeing this scene, the people in the distance immediately realized something was wrong.

"Oh no! She got it!"

March 7th subconsciously reached out to cover his mouth, unsure of what to do.

"Damn..."

Stelle held the flame spear, watching the battle in the distance. She gritted her teeth; at this time, they couldn't intervene at all and could only hope that Jing Yuan and Ilu could create a miracle.

"Don't even think about it!"

At this critical moment, Jing Yuan suddenly shouted, attracting everyone's attention.

Stelle immediately looked at him and saw that the Arbiter-General had jumped to Ilu's side and swung the blade containing the power of thunder to smash the broken lotus trapping her.

At the same time, the divine power of "The Hunt" gushed out like a torrent and transformed into a majestic god behind Phantylia, holding the blade made of lightning, slashing at Phantylia's right hand holding the "Abundant Fruit."

The last time he cleared the Destruction Lotuses blocking the road, he did not use all his strength but accumulated the power of the Lightning Lord, waiting for this moment—the moment when Phantylia relaxed after getting the "Abundance Fruit."

"What?!"

Seeing the "Lightning-Wielding Thunder-Clapping Spirit-Squashing Lord" suddenly appear beside her, Phantylia was shocked.

Before she could recover from her joy, her right hand holding the "Abundance Fruit" was cut off by the Thunder Array Knife.

Damn you, General Xianzhou, can't you just stay there?!

The smile on Phantylia's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to its previous arrogance and complacency.

If they thought she could stop her from absorbing the power of "Abundance" in the "Abundance Fruit" at this level, it was still too naive.

Phantylia glanced at Jing Yuan holding a battle blade not far away. "General of Xianzhou, do you think you can stop me like this?"

"Of course I can't stop you, because there are others who can stop you."

Looking into Phantylia's eyes, Jing Yuan's face filled with confident and calm amusement. He shouted loudly, "Ilu, take advantage of the moment! Seize the Abundance Fruit!"

Directly touching the "Abundance Fruit Reality" would undoubtedly risk being cursed by "Abundance." Using Phantylia's palm to avoid this risk was the real intention—waiting for Phantylia to grab the "Abundance Fruit Reality" and then cutting off her right hand and the Abundance Fruit together.

"Understood!"

Taking advantage of the brief opportunity when Phantylia’s attention was on Jing Yuan, Ilu jumped and flew to the Abundance Fruit held by Phantylia's right hand.

Just when she was about to forcibly drag Phantylia's right hand to take the "Abundance Fruit Reality" away, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

Wait, why can't it be dragged?

"Haha, is this what you call a back-up plan? It turns out you're just a thief. It's really hilarious."

The next second, a golden Ambrosial Arbor extended from the broken part of Phantylia's right wrist and instantly reconnected the broken hand with her immortal body, dragging Ilu and the "Abundance Fruit" to her body.

"I won't let you succeed!"

Seeing that the right hand was about to reconnect with Phantylia's broken wrist, Ilu gritted her teeth, turned around, and reached out to hug the "Abundance Fruit" that exuded rich vitality, ready to forcibly take it from Phantylia's hand.

However, in the next second, without Ilu's permission, her transformation state suddenly lifted automatically. After a flash of azure light, she changed from the Iron Cavalry Knight form back to the appearance of a silver-haired girl.

Oh my god, what's going on?!

Where is my Snow Fyrefly Mech? Why did it suddenly disintegrate?

She hugged the huge Abundance Fruit, looking confused.

Wait, this is the power of "Abundance." Could it be...

Feeling the endless "Abundance" power pouring into her body from the Abundance Fruit, Ilu felt dizzy, and the golden light in front of her eyes exploded like bubbles. She was the first to bear the brunt of this power’s erosion for Phantylia.

The next moment, her eyes awakened into a vast lotus pond, with golden flowers competing to shine—this was the blessed land of "Abundance."

"This is..."

Before Ilu came to her senses, she suddenly felt a strange emptiness in her body. She lowered her head and looked down, only to see that the Abundance lotus she was stepping on turned from gold to faded gray, spreading to other Abundance lotuses in all directions at a very fast speed.

"Ding——"

In the dark, Ilu felt two special beings looking at her simultaneously.

One seemed to be observing her condition, hesitating whether to increase the dosage, while the other seemed to be observing her, hesitating whether to draw the bow and shoot an arrow.

Fortunately, they seemed to have reached a certain harmony in the end.

The former did not continue to increase her dosage, and the latter did not provide thoughtful after-sales service, allowing the shivering silver-haired girl to survive in the cracks.

Not knowing what had happened outside, Ilu only felt that her heart was beating more and more powerfully, as if something had filled her body, transforming her once-weak physique into one far beyond the ordinary.

"Hmm..."

When Ilu opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a brown wooden bed, engraved with carvings. She sat up and glanced around blankly.

Is this... Petrichor Inn?

Wasn't I fighitng against Phantylia? Why did I wake up here? Could it be that I finished the boss fight?

Ilu looked down at her clothes. Sure enough, someone had changed them. She was no longer wearing the blue dress that Herta had given her before, but a new one that suited the style of Xianzhou more.

She just don’t know if it was Stelle or March 7th who changed me...

Well, it doesn’t matter.

"Let's see if there's any news first..."

Taking her phone from the folding space, Ilu flipped through the text message interface. What caught her eye was a group chat called "Astral Express Family," with dozens of unread messages. She flipped directly to the top.

[March 7th: Wow! Ilu suddenly became so heavy, I can't carry her anymore!]

[March 7th: @Stelle, woo, my shoulder is going to break, come and help!]

[Himeko: What's wrong, what happened to you?]

[Stelle: We just had a fight with Lord Ravager, and something went wrong in the middle. Ilu fell into a coma.]

"Well... these messages were sent three days ago. So I’ve been lying in bed for three days?"

Ilu continued to read them one by one, and after connecting them with the messages sent by Jing Yuan, she roughly understood the situation in the second half of the Phantylia fight.

After she seized the power of Abundance in the "Abundance Fruit," Phantylia had been furious and tried to refine her into a Voidranger.

However, the destructive power thrown at her disappeared, and even Phantylia's own Ambrosial Arbor Abundance Fruit body was affected. She had to sever her right arm to disconnect herself.

Afterward, Phantylia’s immortal god body became very weak. She attempted to use the same trick on Jing Yuan again, but the latter had been on guard, and with Dan Heng’s help, they cut off her connection with Ambrosial Arbor, severely injuring her with a single blow.

Having lost the perfect body she’d worked so hard to create, Lord Ravager fled after saying a few harsh words.

"As expected of Phantylia. She is the Emanator of 'Destruction,' but she values her life more than the 'Denizen of Abundance'..."

After closing the message interface, Ilu was about to exit her phone when she suddenly noticed the [Honkai Impact 3: Star Rail] icon in the lower right corner of the screen had an "updateable" sign.

"This is..."

Ilu was slightly stunned and realize something, so she quickly clicked on it.

[Updating to version 1.2, please wait patiently…]

[Ding! Please register an account…]

This time, Star Rail was no longer stuck on the login screen, but a pop-up window appeared asking her to register an account.

Ilu tried to enter her previous game account details.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t receive the SMS verification code from that phone now, and the registration failed.

With no other option, she tried to use her current account.

In desperation, Ilu entered her beacon address, and this time she succeeded. The familiar Herta Space Station CG interface came into view.

"I can actually get in..."

Since there was nothing urgent to do, the girl decided to sit on the bed and play the game.

With the memory of her previous life, she quickly completed the main task of the Herta Space Station and admired her cool appearance in the game.

"Oh my god, I'm really on TV?!"

No, this is so weird. She has to take another look.

...

At the same time, in the real world.

After two major versions of the Trailblazing journey, the Trailblazers were about to experience the 1.2 version update.

"Wow, some people's comments are so funny. They say I'm deliberately creating a show effect. If I were really that talented, I would have been a skit screenwriter by now!"

Since there was still some time before the server launched, Jiahun was in no hurry to start the live broadcast. Instead, she flipped through the live broadcast clips she had posted on the official community. While eating potato chips, she read the comments below with relish.

Just then, Jiahun noticed several discordant comments, which instantly triggered her vigilance.

It moved—her black spot detection radar moved.

[To be honest, Ilu was still defeated when fighting the Doomsday Beast. Without a burst, she is not as powerful as you say. The cost of bursting is also very high.]

[But she also defeated the Ashen Sun True Sting later. Doesn’t this show that she is very powerful?]

[That True Sting Insect has also been weakened. It’s so weak that it’s not even an elite monster. If it had been a normal fight, she may not have won so easily.]

[If you ask me, although she usually wins easily, she is a mess after the battle. She even can't sleep well at night.]

"Is this person a hater?"

Clicking on the person’s avatar, Jia Hun couldn't help but frown. The ID was called "Retired Iron Cavalry Knight," with Ilu’s avatar, and a newly registered level 1 account. Despite that, there were over ten messages from this account.

Reading through the other person’s posts, she felt something was off. The small account was unusually well-prepared, with a logical structure that no one could refute, as if it had been made to provoke a fight. In just a few minutes, the account had argued with other players who held different opinions.

Using Ilu’s avatar as a disguise, this person was definitely a Ilu hater. This person could not be allowed to continue.

Thinking this, Jia Hun deleted the person's comment without hesitation and used her admin rights to ban the account for three days.

"Huh, it's much quieter now."

After exiting the official forum, Jia Hun's face broke into a smile again. She could already imagine the person on the other side of the screen getting so angry that they were turning red.

Dare to start a fight in front of me? With Ilu’s rhythm, I tell you, this is absolutely impossible!

...

"Oh my god! Which little cutie banned me?!"

Noticing that her comment could no longer be sent, Ilu, who had been about to engage in a 300-round battle with a player in a livestream, widened her eyes. She looked carefully and saw a pop-up message saying that she had been banned for three days by the administrator.

I just said some truth, is it really necessary to ban me?

"Oh, forget it, I’m too lazy to bother with them!"

The silver-haired girl angrily closed the forum and quit the game.

By the way!

At that moment, Ilu suddenly remembered something and quickly rolled up her sleeves to check her body. Looking at her white, delicate, and uninjured arm, she realized something was wrong.

When she had been fighting Phantylia earlier, she had used a considerable amount of Remembrance to resist the explosion of the Destruction Lotus. Why was there no injury on her body now?

"Huh, I guess I need to check it carefully..."

With that thought, Ilu immediately closed her eyes, emptied her mind, and focused on feeling the power of the Path within her body.

In addition to the "memories" stored inside her, she also felt a completely different power of Path in her chest. This peculiar power was like a golden heart, beating constantly within her body.

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Chapter 71: You Want to Break My Xianzhou's clan with this ?!

"This is... 'The Abundance Fruit'?"

Ilu didn’t know why the "Abundance" Yaoshi liked her so much that they were willing to let Ambrosial Arbor give birth to a second "Abundance God" and send this "Abundance" gift into her body.

It was futile for mortals to speculate on the will of the gods, just like mayflies and stars have nothing to do with each other. She only needed to care about herself.

Ilu could feel that her heart was no longer weak flesh and blood, but a genuine "Abundance" creation.

This "Abundance Fruit" was constantly releasing golden vitality in her body, filling her limbs and bones with the "Remembrance" that had originally settled in her body, and together they constituted her "existence."

However, compared to the relatively constant "Remembrance," these "Abundance" powers were gradually fading. Whenever they reached a certain threshold, they would rapidly decay. Although Ilu was curious about this, she couldn’t figure out the reason for it just yet.

Anyway, it was a good thing that the "Abundance" power would not overflow. After all, the toxicity of such things depended on the dosage. If the dosage was appropriate, it would no longer be a curse that caused people to fall into the Mara, but a tonic that everyone was eager to get.

"Om——"

Ilu tried to call The Abundance, and the latter quickly responded, separating a ray of "Abundance" power and gathering it in her palm, emitting a warm green light.

"Let’s see how the actual effect is..."

Thinking of this, Ilu urged the "Abundance" power in her body and transformed a faded ginkgo branch in her hand.

Uh... why is it faded?

Seeing this faded ginkgo branch, Ilu was slightly stunned. She didn’t feel any "Abundance" power from this branch. It was just a form without any vitality — or, the only "Abundance" power was exhausted when the faded branch was generated.

It seemed that the power of "Abundance" was imprisoned in her body, reaching a certain balance. Although it could be used, only a small part could be used to create this kind of abundant creation without the "Abundance" characteristic.

It was definitely impossible to create dozens of abundant black lotuses out of thin air like Phantylia. If other Path powers were added to it, it might be useful, but "Remembrance" is impossible for the Abundance creation as a carrier.

Compared to the vast "Sea of Remembrance" that she could use at will, this "Abundance" power was more like a trickle. Although it was small, it was inexhaustible.

To put it in a more understandable way, it was like a network disk without membership acceleration, which was forced to be limited in speed.

Of course, this was a good thing. At least she didn’t have to worry about "The Hunt" suddenly shooting an arrow at her while walking one day.

"Well... there shouldn't be anything to confirm. Let’s go see what March 7th and Stelle are doing first."

After confirming that there was nothing missing, Ilu put on her clothes and left the Petrichor Inn. When she walked out of the inn's door, she picked up her phone and edited a message in the Express Crew chat.

[Family on the Astral Express]

[Ilu: Family, where are you now?]

[Stelle: (^▽^)]

[Stelle: Ilu, are you awake?]

[Ilu: Yes]

[March 7th: (photo.jpg)]

[March 7th: We are offering incense to Miss Tingyun, R·I·P]

Ilu clicked on the photo, which was a memorial service, a photo of the funeral scene. In the center of the photo was a small memorial tablet with a black-and-white photo of a smiling fox woman hanging on it, and white wreaths piled up nearby.

In addition, there was a line of words engraved below the photo — Remember Forever.

[Dan Heng: March 7th, you used the wrong word]

[March 7th: Huh?]

[Dan Heng: Xian Zhou usually does not use R.I.P. to mourn the dead. It should be changed to 'wish Miss Tingyun's spirit to rest in peace.']

[March 7th: Ah! Sorry! I'm used to it!]

[March 7th: Wait, Dan Heng, the three of us are standing together. I used the wrong word, so you can’t just tell me directly and let Ilu laugh at me. Are you doing it on purpose?!]

With March 7th, the lively person, the atmosphere in the group quickly heated up...

Although it wasn’t good to quarrel during a memorial service, since the "battlefield" had moved to the chat group, it naturally didn’t have any negative impact in reality.

Soon, Ilu followed the address given by Stelle and arrived at the memorial service. The final ceremony of the memorial service was presided over by the helmsman Yukong of the Sky-Faring Commission. From afar, people from Xianzhou could be seen gathering in front of dozens of star ships in Starskiff Port, selecting gifts to put on them to lay the foundation for the heroic spirit.

Jing Yuan, Fuxuan, and the others were also there...

There was no doubt that this was a grand farewell ceremony.

Three days had passed since Phantylia was defeated and fled. The disaster that occurred in "Luofu" must have spread to the other Xianzhou ships. Since she was on the wanted list of the Xianzhou Alliance, the fate of the Lord Ravager would not be good.

After this, the revenge of "The Hunt" on "The Destruction" would never end.

"The starships prepared for the ceremony are ready. Everyone, put Tingyun's souvenirs on the starships."

Standing in front of the starships prepared for Tingyun, watching the Express Crew put the carefully selected gifts into it, Yukong recalled the past and couldn’t help but sigh.

She had worked with Tingyun for more than 30 years, but she didn’t expect something like this to happen today. Things in the world were really unpredictable.

"Wait... wait! Wait for me!"

Just then, a man dressed as a ferryman hurried over, and the crowds around him moved away. Ilu also took this opportunity to follow him and came to the center of the Soul-soothing Ceremony.

However, because she woke up late, Ilu didn’t participate in the preparation of gifts before the Soul-soothing Ceremony, and she didn’t have any gifts to take out.

Well, if you insist, there is actually a possibility...

"Ding!"

While recalling every detail of her encounter with Tingyun, Ilu urged the power of "Abundance" in her body and conjured up a faded ginkgo branch in her hand.

As her mind moved slightly, this Abundance creature began to twist and change, constantly sprouting branches, and in just a few seconds, it turned into a wooden sculpture, which was the appearance of Tingyun.

She was wearing a No. 24 jersey and holding a basketball... Uh, she made a mistake!

Realizing that it was the distracting thoughts in her mind that affected the shape of this Abundance creature, Ilu quickly shook her head and threw these messy thoughts out of her mind.

As soon as she recalled the experience of meeting Tingyun, her mind was full of memories of the plane crash from the port. The Abundance creature in her hand naturally corresponded to this scene. There was nothing she could do about it.

"Ilu, what are you doing... eh? What is this?!"

Just then not far away, Stelle noticed her. Seeing the wooden figurine in the hands of the silver-haired girl, her eyes suddenly lit up. She immediately rushed to Ilu and looked at the wooden figurine that looked exactly like Tingyun with curiosity.

"Uh, this is a gift I prepared for Tingyun."

The Abundance creature in her hand had not been completely transformed. Ilu hesitated for a moment and handed it to Stelle.

The latter took it in her hand and looked at it carefully for a while.

Although she didn’t know why the Tingyun wooden figurine was holding a spherical object in its hand, the facial expression was lifelike. It was a good thing and perfect as a gift.

"Miss Ilu, I didn’t expect her to come too..."

Seeing the silver-haired girl not far away, Yukong also recalled the memory of the time in the Palace of Astrum not long ago.

Taking the Tingyun wooden figurine handed over by Stelle, she felt like crying when she saw the object.

If possible, she would like to keep this exquisite wood carving, but it was a part of the "Soul-soothing Ceremony" ceremony.

Its destination would be to set off with the Starship, fly to an unknown star, and finally disappear in the glow of this star.

"Okay, the time has come. It’s time to hold the 'Soul-soothing Ceremony.'"

Yukong took a deep breath, glanced at the people present, and announced, "Everyone, we will meet at Kunyutai in Starskiff Haven."

As her voice fell, dozens of star ships anchored at Star Harbor set sail, cutting through the sky and heading for the Jade Gate.

In this scene, looking at the solemn expressions of the people around her, Ilu felt a little sad. She took out her mobile phone from the folding space, opened the official forum of [Honkai: Star Rail], and posted a message.

[Retired Iron Cavalry Knight: I went to attend a friend's funeral today. Alas, I was harmed by a traitor. It's a pity for such a beautiful girl.]

[Ding! You have been banned by the administrator. This post is only visible to you. It will be lifted in three days.]

Uh... okay, she forgot about being banned.

Ilu put away her mobile phone in dismay. After finishing the "Soul-soothing Ceremony," she followed everyone to leave Star Harbor.

On the way, she met Jing Yuan, who was waiting for them on the road. The group followed the general to the front of Palace of Astrum.

"Everyone, we have gathered here to reiterate Luofu Xianzhou's gratitude to the unnamed guest of the Express Crew."

Jing Yuan swept his eyes across everyone’s faces, took out a Jade Abacus in the shape of an emerald tiger from the table, and continued, "Except for Miss Ilu, who just woke up, I believe Mr. Fu has already spoken to everyone about this not long ago. Luofu is far from being able to repay you for what you have done... Therefore, on behalf of the Luofu Cloud Knights, I will give you a Jade Abacus that symbolizes the friendship of the alliance."

"Is this a souvenir?"

Stelle took the Jade Abacus handed to her by Jing Yuan and looked at it curiously, but didn’t see anything special about it.

"This can indeed be considered a souvenir, but it is not a small gift that you can buy when you visit here." Jing Yuan explained with a smile. "Thousands of years ago, when the Xianzhou Alliance was established, all the Xianzhous swore an oath together and engraved the jade abacus as a witness. Even if the sky and the earth are destroyed, this oath will remain unchanged... You can treat it as a beacon. Holding it tightly will send a message to the paired Jade Abacus in my hand."

"No matter how vast the Milky Way is, or how long the journey, Luofu Cloud Knights will rush to meet the train and fulfill whatever you have entrusted."

The Jade Abacus of the alliance, which can only be used once in a lifetime, is, in a sense, a true arrow that pierces the clouds, bringing thousands of troops to meet.

Because this item is so precious, it cannot be used for trivial matters.

"In addition, Miss Ilu. Fulfilling the previous promise, we have also prepared a special gift for you."

As the Express Crew accepted the alliance Jade Abacus, Jing Yuan turned his head to look at the silver-haired girl beside him, took out a golden token from the table, and handed it to Ilu.

"This is..."

Looking at the token in her hand, Ilu was a little surprised.

"The 'Galaxy Hunt Order'. If you encounter troubles you cannot handle, use this. The other party will be placed on the 'Galaxy Hunter' list and will be hunted forever by the Xianzhou Alliance and the Galaxy Rangers... Of course, this token is useless against forces already on the wanted list, such as the 'Antimatter Legion' and the 'Denizens of Abundance.'"

"It sounds very precious..."

March 7th whispered from the side.

The alliance Jade Abacus can only summon the Luofu Cloud Knights, but this Galaxy Hunt Order seems to be able to mobilize all forces on the 'Patrol Hunting' path. This is already something that only people at the level of the order are qualified to use.

No... the rank of Emanator may be too low. According to General Jing Yuan, this item can mobilize not only ordinary Pathstriders, but even the Emanators of the 'The Hunt' will obey the orders of the 'Galaxy Hunt Order.'

"This thing is indeed precious, because it was handed to me by the 'Reignbow Arbiter.' The use of this item requires their consent, not the decision of our Xianzhou Alliance. Only a few people can hold it at present."

"Reignbow Arbiter?!"

Everyone present took a sharp breath, and Ilu was no exception. She had never imagined that this matter was actually related to the "The Hunt."

As we all know, the things that the Aeons see are different from mortals. They can glimpse the past and the future. If "Reignbow Arbiter" is willing to give this item to her, there must be some intention behind it.

Hiss... Wait, can this thing be used to monitor the "Abundance Fruit" within me?!

A certain scene flashed through Ilu’s mind instantly – she was walking down the road, her heart suddenly tightening, her body covered in ginkgo leaves, and then the token in her hand shining with golden light. "Reignbow Arbiter" would then shoot an arrow at her.

Oh my god! This is clearly a sting operation!

The problem is, it seems like she has to accept this item.

Everyone knows that she absorbed the "Abundance Fruit." If she doesn’t accept the "Galaxy Hunt Order," doesn’t that imply she’s guilty?

"Hehe, what am I afraid of? I’ll tie it around my waist right now!"

The sunlight reflected off the token hanging from Ilu’s waist, casting a dazzling light, which made March 7th beside her feel a little scared. She briefly had the illusion that she was being stared at by the "Reignbow Arbiter."

It must be said, the small gifts Luofu Xianzhou gave them were all significant. The alliance with the abacus was already a big surprise. Who would have expected that "Reignbow Arbiter" would also show up here and hand over such a precious item to Ilu?

Could it be that they would encounter enemies requiring the full strength of the "The Hunt" on their journey?

March 7th fell into deep thought, but soon gave up on further pondering.

Forget it, don’t think too much. We’ll wait and see when we meet them.

...

After saying goodbye to Jing Yuan, Ilu left the Starskiff Haven Center with the "Hunt Order" and followed everyone back to the Petrichor Inn to rest.

Since Dan Heng still had a lot of things to handle, the group didn’t plan to leave the Xianzhou for a while, and the train would stay on the Xianzhou for at least another week.

During this period, the crew could move freely on the Luofu Xianzhou, going wherever they wanted. Even Dan Heng’s identity had been cleared by the Ten Kings, so now this Vidyadhara High Elder could walk openly on the Luofu Xianzhou.

"Ilu, how do you feel now?"

After taking Ilu back to her room, Stelle asked with concern.

"Very good, no need to worry."

Ilu gave a thumbs-up.

As Phantylia had mentioned before, the "Abundance Fruit" born by Ambrosial Arbor does have the power of transformation and regeneration. Ilu feels that her physical fitness has greatly improved, and she could fight even without the protection of the Snow Fyrefly Mech.

"Ilu, Stelle, let’s go shopping together and buy some souvenirs to take back!"

Just then, March 7th suddenly barged into the room and shook the cloth bag in her hand, which was filled with money.

To ensure the Express Crew had fun on the Xianzhou, Jing Yuan had, of course, not only given them an alliance Jade Abacus as a token of rescue.

As a token of thanks from Xianzhou, he had personally given everyone a large amount of Strale. Strale is the universal currency of the Xianzhou Alliance. If they leave Xianzhou, they won’t be able to use it, so they had to spend it here.

"Ah... where are we going?" Ilu blinked and asked curiously.

"Let me think about it. Well... you don’t seem to have eaten since you woke up. Let’s go to the snack street in Exalting Sanctum."

"Uh... OK." Due to the presence of "Fengzao Shenshi," Ilu doesn’t feel hungry or thirsty even if she doesn’t eat or drink. But since this is an invitation from March 7th, she won’t refuse.

The three of them walked along the bustling streets of Exalting Sanctum. The greedy cat Stelle couldn’t resist running to a roadside stall, buying a few skewers, and beginning to feast. March 7th was attracted by nearby stalls and bought a few Xianzhou novels, reading them with relish.

As for Ilu...

She noticed a white-haired woman with a black cloth covering her eyes, sitting cross-legged and concentrating on playing the erhu not far away.

lu looked down at the few Strale in her hand, hesitating whether to throw it in front of her.

Well, if she does this, she’ll probably get chased and chopped...

The silver-haired girl propped her chin with one hand and thought for a while. After a moment, she bought a porcelain bowl from the ceramics stall next door, walked up to the white-haired woman, and placed the bowl in front of her.

Jingliu: "?"

She stopped playing the erhu and looked up at the silver-haired girl in front of her.

Although she remained silent, she gave the impression of a volcano about to erupt, as if waiting for Ilu to provide a reasonable explanation.

If Ilu dared to throw a few more Strale into the bowl, she might end up with a Mara-struck body and chop people in the street.

"Big sister, your bowl seems to have been stolen."

Ilu was naturally prepared for this situation. She pretended to be an innocent child and said in a baby voice, "But it doesn't matter; I bought you a new one."

"..."

The white-haired woman was silent for a few seconds, then slowly uttered a few words: "Thank you, little sister."

If the person in front of her wasn’t a local girl wearing Xianzhou clothes, and if she wasn’t trying to help her out of kindness, her patience might not have been so high.

"You're welcome; this is what I should do," Ilu said with a smile.

Look, she has to thank us.

"..."

Jingliu remained silent, as if she were suppressing the mara.

After Ilu left, she picked up the porcelain bowl and threw it into the bushes behind her, then continued to play the erhu.

"Ilu, is that a blind person?"

On the other side, March 7th also noticed Ilu’s actions. Looking at the white-haired woman playing the erhu in the distance, she couldn’t help but ask curiously.

"No, she just sat there playing the erhu."

Ilu shook her head and answered truthfully, "I just wanted to tease that person and see how she would react."

"Is that so? It sounds interesting. I'll try it too."

March 7th couldn't contain her curiosity. She followed Ilu’s example, bought a porcelain bowl from the shop next door, and placed it in front of the white-haired woman playing the erhu.

Jingliu: "?"

No, why is there another one?

"Big sister, your bowl seems to have been stolen again."

March 7th imitated Ilu’s tone and said in a baby voice, "This is a little gift from me, for you."

"You..."

Jingliu felt her head buzzing. She couldn’t hold it any longer, gritted her teeth, and said, "Stay away from me, I don’t need a bowl."

This person is in the same group as the girl just now; even the rhetoric is exactly the same...

Okay, then she won’t throw this bowl away. Let’s see what else they can do.

"She said she doesn't need a bowl."

Returning to Ilu’s side, March 7th spread her hands and said, "But she didn’t throw away the bowl either. It seems I can’t continue to tease her with this reason."

"Who... what’s wrong?"

Stelle came over with a few skewers. Listening to the two’s conversation, she couldn’t help but blink in confusion.

Soon, she learned what was going on from Ilu and March 7th. Looking at the white-haired woman still concentrating on playing the erhu not far away, Stelle immediately understood what the other party wanted.

"I understand. She wants Strale."

The gray-haired girl took out a few Strale from her pocket and smiled confidently at March 7th and Ilu, her white teeth shining in the sunlight.

"You two wait here and watch me perform."

One minute later—

Looking at the extra Strale in the bowl, Jingliu couldn’t hold it any longer.

"You are a piece of grass under the sword. You have no way to escape. Die!"

Seeing the white-haired woman in front of her drawing her long sword, looking ready to attack and hurt people, the gray-haired girl fled in fear.

Fortunately, the former didn’t seem to want to attract the Cloud Knights. Seeing Stelle running away, she also put away the ice sword, put the erhu behind her, and left Exalting Sanctum alone.

She didn’t want to waste time here anymore. She still had things to do.

…

"Wow! That person is so dangerous!"

After escaping to a safe place, Stelle covered her pounding chest and looked back with lingering fear. "I just gave her a few Strale. Why does she look like she wants to chop people?"

"It seems she doesn’t want Strale..."

"Yeah, she looked so scary just now."

Hearing Ilu’s words, Stelle nodded in agreement and couldn’t help but complain in a low voice, "If I didn’t know, I might think it’s because of Mara."

"Hey, look ahead!"

Just then, March 7th’s eyes lit up, as if she saw the figure of a familiar person, and she pointed in a certain direction.

"Is that Bailu?"

"Bailu?"

Ilu looked in the direction of her finger and saw a purple-haired girl with dragon horns standing in front of the alley not far away. It was the current High Elder of the Vidyhara Clan, Bailu.

"Huh?"

Noticing the newcomer, Bailu couldn’t help but open her eyes wide. She recognized the pink-haired sister and the gray-haired sister, but this silver-haired sister was someone she was seeing for the first time.

Wait!

No, she seemed to have seen her a few days ago, but that memory was much fainter for some reason.

"This is Ilu, our companion. She rested at the inn a few days ago. General Jing Yuan asked you to check her body. You’ve seen her."

March 7th introduced with a smile. "Ilu, this is Bailu, a very powerful doctor and the current High Elder of the Vidyhara Clan. We met in the square of Exalting Sanctum before. You weren't there at that time, so you may not know her. She’s also without parents, like us."

Ilu, Stelle, Bailu: "..."

You added the "without parents" part on purpose, right?

As expected of you, March, you’re so good at talking.

After March 7th’s introduction, Bailu and Ilu quickly became familiar with each other.

After learning that the group’s purpose was to visit the snack street, the High Elder girl’s eyes lit up immediately.

"Do you want to go to the snack street? Do you want to acIPC me to Aurum Alley?"

"Aurum Alley?"

Stelle was stunned at first, then covered her wallet vigilantly. "Do you want us to treat you?"

"You actually saw through my thoughts at a glance..." Bailu took a half-step back, looked unbelievably at Stelle.

What a keen observation!

She can only say that she’s worthy of being a Trailblazer!

"But... but travelers like you who have just arrived in Xianzhou must really need a tour guide!" Bailu tried hard to make up a reason in her mind to eat and drink for free and muttered softly, "Besides, what’s the problem with one more person? As a famous doctor who eats and drinks everywhere... oh no, sees patients everywhere, I’ll definitely not suffer any loss if I’m your tour guide."

"If you accidentally encounter some gastrointestinal discomfort, bruises, or other problems during the tour, there are professionals like me who can immediately diagnose and treat them..."

"Huh?" Ilu pretended to be surprised and asked, "Is the food safety situation here so bad that a professional doctor must be present?"

Bailu: "..."

Bad girl, I don’t want to talk to you. I just want to eat for free!

"Ahaha... since Bailu said so, let’s go in and take a look," March 7th smiled and said to help.

"Okay, let’s go."

"Hurry up! If you’re too late, the snacks might be sold out!"

Led by Bailu, everyone entered Aurum Alley, which felt a little desolate, and followed her to the snack street.

"It seems there aren't many people here?"

"Well... the business conditions of the shops here aren't great, but that doesn't affect the delicious snacks."

Bailu pretended to be mysterious and whispered, "Especially the 'Delicacy Pavilion' shop. Such delicious food can only be found in Aurum Alley in the entire Luofu Xianzhou."

"Is it really that amazing?"

Stelle's curiosity was piqued. "Come on, take us there to have a look."

"Then... as a reward for introducing you to delicious food, you have to treat me to something!"

"Don’t worry, I won’t leave you out."

"Hoohoo, that's good. Please go and come back soon~"

After signaling Bailu to wait at a nearby table, the three of them hurried to Tall Auntie’s snack shop and asked other diners nearby about the famous snacks in Aurum Alley.

"Is there anything good at this snack stand?"

"Good food, you say? Hey, you finally asked the right person."

Upon hearing Stelle's question, the foreign diner’s mouth curved into a smile.

"I've traveled all over the world. When it comes to the delicacies that can only be tasted on the Xianzhou, it’s 'Mung Bean Soda.' It has a unique taste, and those who like it, usually love it."

"What about those who don't like it?"

Ilu asked curiously.

"Do you see these gray-green, sour, bubbly stains on my clothes?"

The foreigner pointed at his attire, and the three noticed that he seemed to have been splashed with something dirty—there were sticky gray-green bubbles everywhere.

"What is this?"

March 7th looked disgusted. "It looks disgusting..."

"Because this is 'Mung Bean Soda,' the pure Xianzhou flavor. Those who don’t like it will find it revolting."

After wiping the Mung Bean Soda off his clothes with a napkin, the foreigner looked at the empty seat in front of him and calmly said, "The person who sat here three minutes ago ordered a cup of 'Mung Bean Soda.' He took a sip, then sprayed me with it. Uh, if you want to try it, please don't sit here. I really don't want to experience this again."

"It should be better than Sister Ji Zi's coffee, right?"

March 7th muttered under her breath.

"Buy it and try it for yourself," Ilu said as she walked over to Tall Auntie's snack stand and picked out the unique "Mung Bean Soda" from a variety of specialties.

"Ah... Are you really buying this?"

Stelle asked in disbelief.

"This good thing should go to Bailu first. She’s hungry, right? We can’t let her wait too long."

Holding the bottle of "Mung Bean Soda," filled with sour and pungent liquid, Ilu returned to Bailu and placed the bottle in front of her.

"Drink it, Miss Bailu."

The silver-haired girl slightly lifted her lips.

"You’re back. Let me see what good things you brought."

When Bailu saw the "Mung Bean Soda" in Ilu's hand, her smile froze, and horror spread across her face. "Mu... Mung Bean Soda?!"

You didn't pick anything else from all the delicious foods, but chose this for me to drink? Are you trying to murder the High Elder?

"Drink it, and if it’s not enough, we’ll buy you more."

"No, no, no! You drink it yourself!"

Bailu waved her hand in refusal. She had once drunk Mung Bean Soda without knowing her limits, and since then, she has never refused any medicine—no matter how bad the medicine, it couldn’t be worse than Mung Bean Soda.

"Ah! Isn’t that Healer Lady?"

At that moment, Tall Auntie also noticed Bailu sitting next to the group and immediately waved her hand, generously presenting three bottles of Mung Bean Soda.

"Come on, everyone, drink slowly. Today, there’s plenty of Mung Bean Soda. Don’t be shy."

"That’s it."

Looking at the bottles of Mung Bean Soda on the table, March 7th slapped her forehead and sighed, "It’s our turn now."

"Should we send a message to Dan Heng?"

Stelle covered her nose with her hand and whispered, "I feel like if we drink this, we’ll definitely have a stomachache tonight."

"No, if he thinks we’re in danger, he’ll probably come to help us right away."

March 7th immediately shook her head, signaling that this approach wouldn’t work.

"But if he does come, we can leave all the soy milk for him... What do you think?"

Looking at the soda soy milk in front of her, Ilu felt a little scared. After thinking about it, she decided it would be better to let the local of Xianzhou Dan Heng, drink the soy milk.

"He is the previous generation of the Vidyadhara High Elder. Even if he drinks three cups of soda soy milk, he’ll probably be fine."

"!!!"

Bailu who had been listening to the three of them turned pale.

You three aren’t satisfied with trying to murder me, the current High Elder... Now you’re planning to use this soda soy milk to murder the previous High Elder?

Do you want to sever the entire Vidyadhara clan of Xianzhou?!

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Chapter 72: It's Bad! I Became the Leader of The Disciples of Sanctus Medicus

"So, what should we do with these few glasses of Mung Bean Soda?"

"Why don't you just listen to me and contact Dan Heng?"

"Well, it seems that we can only listen to Ilu..."

Looking at the four bottles of sour and pungent Mung Bean Soda on the table, the four people present looked at each other, all with expressions of embarrassment, as if they had come to a member-only restaurant and were looking at the "special food" on the table without any appetite.

If the three of them couldn't return to the Petrichor Inn on time tonight, it would probably mean that something went wrong with the Mung Bean Soda, and Bailu was trying to save them.

After a discussion, everyone decided that it would be better to send a message to Dan Heng.

Adhering to the principle of sharing good things with good friends first, how could such a good thing as drinking Mung Bean Soda be missing the famous Vidyadhara High Elder Imbibitor Lunae?

[A Family on the Astral Express]

[Ilu: @Dan Heng, Stelle has something urgent to ask you]

[Dan Heng: ?]

[Dan Heng: What is it?]

[Stelle: (photo.jpg)]

[Stelle: We have four bottles of Mung Bean Soda. Do you want to come and try it?]

[Ilu: It's like this. Tall Auntie gave us eight bottles of Mung Bean Soda. We can only drink four bottles. How about packing up the remaining four bottles and giving them to you as a collection?]

As Stelle and Ilu sent out the message, the person on the other side of the screen fell silent, as if he were hesitating whether to agree or not.

It could be seen that even for a Vidyadhara High Elder, Mung Bean Soda was a bit too advanced.

Sure enough, Dan Heng sent a message not long after, politely rejecting Stelle's invitation.

[Dan Heng: Sorry, everyone, I'm meeting some old friends and can't get away for a while.]

[Dan Heng: I'll definitely come next time!]

"Old friends..."

Seeing the message from Dan Heng, Ilu knew that Jingliu had probably found Jing Yuan. With Dan Heng's arrival, now was the time when the High-Cloud Quintet would reunite after many years.

It seemed that Blade hadn't left Xianzhou either... Kafka should be there too, but she doesn't know where she was hiding. Since she didn't want to reveal her whereabouts, it wasn't that easy to find her.

"There's no other way, I can only try it..."

After thinking about it, Ilu simply stopped thinking about things that far ahead. She mustered up the courage to open the bottle cap of Mung Bean Soda and took a sip tentatively while pinching her nose.

Eh, it doesn't seem that hard to drink?

The sour bean juice flowing on the tip of her tongue was refreshing in its coldness. It was indeed a special drink of Xianzhou, making people want to try it again.

Could it be that... I am the legendary person who finds everything delicious?

Or, due to the existence of the "Abundance Fruit," she is now close to complete fasting.

The taste of ordinary food is the same in her mouth, without much difference. On the contrary, only strongly stimulating food can stimulate her taste buds.

"Ilu."

Just then, Ilu suddenly heard Stelle call her name.

Hearing this, she raised her head with some doubts and looked at the gray-haired girl in front of her. The latter stared at her with an incredible look, as if she had seen some rare and exotic animal.

"I didn't expect you to like this..."

"Ahem, I don't like it!"

Ilu quickly closed the lid of the Mung Bean Soda and threw it into the folding space.

Under the suspicious gaze of everyone, she stood up from her seat expressionlessly and went to Tall Auntie's snack stand to buy a few more cakes, which she brought back.

"Let's return these unopened bottles of Mung Bean Soda for now. Let's eat something else to fill our stomachs."

"Great!"

"Damn it! Why didn't you say so earlier? I'm almost done!" Holding the half-bottle of Mung Bean Soda, Bailu looked aggrieved.

For some reason, she wanted to cry now.

...

Amid the noisy conversations of the diners, time passed by inadvertently, and soon it was night.

At night, Aurum Alley became lively, and everyone naturally immersed themselves in the atmosphere of the night market full of fireworks.

In order to feed the two big eaters, Stelle and Bailu, Ilu even demonstrated her cooking skills. She came to Tall Auntie's stall and grilled skewers together, making several special dishes that belonged to her.

"Come, try it. I grilled it myself~"

"Really? Then I have to try it..."

Back at the table where everyone was, Ilu personally fed the steaming hot skewers in her hand to Stelle's mouth, blinking nervously.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

She didn't need to eat much, so she could naturally spare time for others to taste her cooking.

"Well, not bad!"

After tasting it carefully, Stelle gave a thumbs up to the silver-haired girl in front of her with expectant eyes. "It's much better than I thought, and it's already at the level of opening a store on its own."

Although the taste is a little worse than the skewers grilled by Tall Auntie, when she thought that this skewer of meat was grilled by Ilu herself, she immediately felt that this skewer of barbecued meat was fragrant, making people's mouths water and unforgettable.

"As long as you like it, I'll grill a few more for you."

Ilu was very happy that her cooking skills were recognized by Stelle. She was ready to go to Tall Auntie's stall to grill a few more skewers by herself.

However, the gray-haired girl next to her suddenly stopped her and whispered in her ear: "There's no need to trouble Tall Auntie for this. You can go there to buy some meat and grill it ourselves."

"Grill it yourself?"

Ilu blinked in confusion: "But there is no stove here. How should we grill it?"

"Of course, grill it this way."

In Ilu's shocked eyes, Stelle took out the burning flame spear and put the skewers of meat on it. A sizzling sound came.

"Come on, let's grill together. It's faster!"

Ilu: "..."

You're not going to burn the meat grilled with a flame spear, right?

Well... but since this is Stelle's request, she has to agree.

After eating and drinking, the group was ready to pack up and leave Aurum Alley.

At this moment, Bailu suddenly clapped her hands, as if she remembered something, and her face was full of panic.

"Oh no! I was so happy eating at the snack stand that I almost forgot I hadn't done my business yet!"

"Business?"

Stelle looked at the flustered dragon girl with curiosity. "What's the matter? Do you need our help?"

"Ah, I don't need any help. I just want to go to the Aurum Alley Dock in front to buy some medicine jars. It would be great if you can acIPC me."

"Okay, let's go over and take a look together."

March 7th touched her bloated belly and decided to continue walking around Aurum Alley with Bailu.

The reason she gave was very simple. Walking a few more steps after dinner would help digestion. Whether it was digestible or not was not really important.

The main thing was that everyone wanted to walk around for a while and enjoy the night market scenery of Aurum Alley.

Soon, the three of them reached an agreement and followed Bailu to the vicinity of Aurum Alley Dock.

However, as soon as they got close, they found that a large group of people had gathered in front of the dock, talking about something.

"What happened at the dock? Why are there so many people around?"

"It seems that the people from the IPC and the dock workers had a quarrel."

Adhering to the principle of watching the excitement, Bailu immediately forgot why she came to Aurum Alley Dock.

"I can buy the medicine jar later. If I miss the excitement, I will miss it... No, no, no, I mean, what if someone gets hurt? How about we go over and take a look?"

After getting Stelle's nod of agreement, she led the group into the crowd. They came to the dock and heard a quarrel not far away before they got close.

"Speak nicely, don't bully others."

"Hey! Where did this wild girl come from? What does this have to do with you?"

It sounded like someone wanted to mediate the fight but was ridiculed by one of the quarreling parties.

"As a Cloud Knight, how could I sit back and watch the trouble in the dock? Also, my name is not Hey, nor is my name Wild Girl, my name is Sushang."

Ilu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a brown twin-tailed girl dressed as a Cloud Knight standing between the quarreling parties, saying righteously.

"Girl, let our Aurum Alley Merchant Guild handle this matter."

The secretary of the Merchant Guild, standing behind her, tugged at Sushang's sleeve and said a little embarrassedly.

This should have been a matter between them and the IPC, but they didn’t expect to involve outsiders. The problem is that their Aurum Alley Merchant Guild is not in the right, since they are the ones who owe the dock rent.

"You are... from the Merchant Guild?"

"Huh? You guys came to deal with this? How funny!"

The man in sunglasses standing on the other side looked at Sushang and the Merchant Guild representative behind her arrogantly, his tone laced with sarcasm.

"Everyone here knows that our Aurum Alley Merchant Guild is poorly managed and incompetent. Now the dock rent is overdue. Who do you think should be blamed?"

"Uh..."

"Isn't it all your fault, Aurum Alley Merchant Guild?" he said aggressively.

"This... we don't deny it," the Merchant Guild secretary sighed.

"Then speak louder, and say 'We, the Aurum Alley Merchant Guild, are sorry for the shops here. We messed up the dock business. The people in the Aurum Alley Merchant Guild are all useless!' Then kowtow to me loudly with the overdue rent date, and apologize to me, the representative of the IPC!"

"It sounds like it's a problem of overdue rent for the dock..."

After listening for a while, Stelle and March 7 had figured out the reason for the dispute.

As they had seen before, the business in Aurum Alley was a bit slow, even bleak, which meant that the Aurum Alley Merchant Guild couldn't afford the dock rent, and the IPC had come to reclaim the right to use the dock.

Although the IPC was technically in the right, the tone of the IPC representative’s speech made it impossible not to want to punch him.

"Hey! You are too arrogant. Can’t we discuss the overdue rent properly?"

Sushang put her hands on her hips. She really wanted to beat someone up now. Unfortunately, the other party hadn't actually done anything illegal, so she could only verbally accuse the IPC representative in front of her.

"I wanted to talk to them nicely, but they can't pay it back. Who wouldn't feel sad seeing such a good place like Aurum Alley turn into such a mess?"

"Who... who said that the Merchant Guild won't pay it back? What if it can?" Sushang said, with a guilty conscience.

"Oh, can it pay it back? I dare not think about it... Let’s make a bet. If the Merchant Guild can pay the IPC's rent, I’ll kowtow to you respectfully in front of all the elders and villagers of Aurum Alley."

The man in sunglasses spread his hands, his tone increasingly mocking. "Whoever loses has to shout, 'I am a fool with no eyes, I don’t know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth, I can only bark wildly!' and then imitate a few dog barks. How about it?"

"It’s a deal!"

In terms of bickering, Sushang wasn’t even as good as a primary school student and was quickly trapped by the other party. She impulsively agreed, without knowing the business conditions of the dock.

Seeing the man in sunglasses arrogantly preparing to leave, Sushang broke into a cold sweat. But it was too late to regret her words.

Damn, I... Why didn’t I think before I spoke? How could I agree to something like this so easily?!

But with so many people around, Sushang couldn’t show any regret. She could only bite the bullet and pretend nothing had happened.

"Hey, don’t go, wait a minute."

Just when the IPC representative was about to leave with the troublemaker, a silver-haired girl suddenly stepped out and stopped them. She looked at them with interest and said:

"I just heard about your bet. It seems quite interesting. How about letting me join?"

"Oh, how long has it been? Another one has come?" The man with sunglasses took off his glasses and glanced at the silver-haired girl. "What do you want to bet?

 As a IPC representative, he knew the current situation of the Aurum Alley Merchant Guild very well. These incompetent people couldn’t do anything. From the start, this was a bet the IPC had to win.

"I want to bet that you’ll lose."

"Haha, we’ll lose? Don’t be kidding, little white hair," the man in sunglasses laughed.

"Not only that, I want to add another bet." Ilu then took out a large bottle of Mung Bean Soda from her folding space, staring expressionlessly at the IPC representative. "Whoever loses has to drink this bottle of Mung Bean Soda in front of everyone. Do you dare to agree?"

"Hehe, what’s there to be afraid of? Anyway, it’s not me who has to drink it."

The man in sunglasses put his hands on his hips and agreed.

However, Sushang standing not far behind him turned pale.

When she thought about having to drink a whole bottle of Mung Bean Soda if she lost, even she, who was usually brave and fearless, felt her legs go weak.

Oh no, I didn’t check the almanac before coming out and met a gourmet from Xianzhou. How come there are people who like Mung Bean Soda?!

Alas, now I have a reason not to lose, no matter what.

After the IPC representative left, Sushang hurriedly asked the secretary of the Aurum Alley Merchant Guild behind her and learned about the current situation in Aurum Alley from the woman named Mingxi.

It can only be said that, aside from the snack business, everything else was a mess. The business at the dock had reached its limit, and not many shops were willing to sign orders with the Aurum Alley Merchant Guild.

"It’s okay. With our help, the situation will definitely get better."

Since Ilu also joined the bet, Stelle naturally couldn't just stand by and watch. She rolled up her sleeves and decided to join the action of revitalizing Aurum Alley. She immediately moved a lot of goods to the starship at the dock with Suchang.

However, this could only increase the efficiency of cargo transportation at the dock and could not change the source of the problem—"Heron Express" doesn't deliver goods at all. Once they finish moving the goods, they can only stay there and wait.

"Let's go to 'Heron Express' to see what's going on there."

...

Soon, with the help of Ilu and her team, the troubles of "Heron Express" were successfully solved. After planning the operation route, the mechanical bird fluttered towards the dock with the goods.

From the person in charge of logistics, they also got a lot of information about the shops in Aurum Alley. They learned that in recent days, many new faces have come to Exalting Sanctum. If these foreigners can be attracted to Aurum Alley to consume, perhaps Aurum Alley will restore its former prosperity.

"Leave the matter of attracting customers to me and Ilu. We are quite familiar with the roads in Exalting Sanctum."

Stelle volunteered to leave Aurum Alley with Ilu. The two returned to the bustling streets of Exalting Sanctum.

This time, they did not see the white-haired woman sitting on the street playing the erhu. Stelle could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Since the crazy woman was not there, they could attract customers with confidence.

"Where is the billboard that Tall Auntie gave us?"

"It's here, it's already been put up."

"Come on, shout."

"Golden offal, delicious and inexpensive!"

In order to enhance the flavor and taste of the barbecue, Ilu chose to use skewers that were no longer the ordinary wooden skewers provided by Tall Auntie, but the ginkgo wooden skewers with a mellow fragrance made by the power of "Abundance."

This abundant creation will emit a rich fragrance after being burned with flames. It only takes a few minutes to marinate the meat on the skewer, exuding an attractive fragrance. Even pure vegetarians will be attracted by this fragrance.

Not long after, Ilu and Stelle welcomed the first customer of their "Delicacy Pavilion" branch. A petite girl wearing blue-black local clothes appeared in front of their stall.

"Wow! What a delicious smell!"

Looking at the barbecue on the grill, Qingque drooled, and when she saw the owner of the stall, her eyes widened.

"Huh? Why are you here?"

"It's like this..."

Ilu told Qingque about the bet they had made with the IPC in Aurum Alley. When she learned that the two heroes who saved the Xianzhou were still advertising for the downtrodden Aurum Alley and attracting customers before leaving, Qingque burst into tears... Tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"Such delicious barbecue, I must promote it for you."

She took out her mobile phone and immediately shared the store address of "Delicacy Pavilion branch" in more than a dozen Divination Commission chat groups. With the connections Qingque had accumulated while playing cards, there must be at least 3,000 people in these dozen group chats.

This alone did a lot of publicity for Aurum Alley.

"Ding--!"

Just then, Qingque's phone suddenly rang. Her face suddenly changed. She immediately had a bad premonition. When she saw the sender's avatar, she immediately sighed.

"It's over."

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Stelle asked with concern.

"I accidentally sent the barbecue photo to the work group. Master Diviner... Oh, let's not talk about it for now. I have to go back to work. Come on, guys. Bye~"

"..."

Watching Qingque leave in a hurry, Ilu and Stelle looked at each other, showing a helpless smile, and then continued to invest in the current business. There was no moment of regret for Qingque's departure.

The next person to rush to the barbecue stall was Yanqing, the genius swordsman of Luofu Xianzhou.

"Ah! It's Stelle, and Teacher Ilu!"

Yanqing was strolling on the streets of Exalting Sanctum with a sword on his back. He appeared to be looking around and noticed Ilu and Stelle, who were setting up a barbecue stall not far away. His eyes lit up immediately, and he hurried over to greet them.

"Uh... When did I become a teacher?"

Ilu was a little embarrassed.

"When I was in Scalegorge Waterscape, I learned a lot from the sword you swung. Thank you for your teachings. If Teacher Ilu needs any help, please tell Yanqing."

After saying that, Yanqing looked at the two people who were skillfully grilling meat and skewering, and asked with a puzzled look: "By the way, I remember that the general should have given you a lot of Strales. Why are you..."

"It's like this. We do have something that needs your help at the moment..."

Knowing that the other party was willing to return a favor to her, Ilu thought about it and decided to tell Yanqing that the Aurum Alley shop needed customer traffic.

Although she didn't know if he could help, since she met him, she decided to tell him.

"So that's how it is. Since this is Teacher Ilu's wish, I will definitely live up to your trust. I will recommend the shops you mentioned to the Cloud Knights later, so they can come to Aurum Alley to eat some snacks during their rest time. That can also be regarded as a small contribution to the revival of Aurum Alley."

After learning the real reason why Ilu and Stelle set up a stall here, Yanqing was in awe. He immediately picked up his mobile phone to share the store address of "Delicacy Pavilion" with the Cloud Knights soldiers who were recuperating at home, which boosted the performance of the Express Crew.

"By the way, Yanqing, why are you shopping here in Exalting Sanctum? Did General Jing Yuan give you a vacation?"

When Yanqing was about to leave, Stelle asked with some doubts.

"Going shopping on vacation... That's not the case." Hearing this, Yanqing shook his head. He glanced around and saw that no one was eavesdropping.

He lowered his voice and said to the two people:

"Since you are all distinguished guests of Xianzhou, it's okay to reveal this to you a little bit..."

"Recently, many foreigners have flocked to Exalting Sanctum. You should see a lot of new faces when you set up a stall here. A few days ago, someone reported to the Diheng Division that the remnants of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' appeared here."

"Disciples of Sanctus Medicus?"

Hearing this, Ilu blinked in surprise.

"Shouldn't the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' in Exalting Sanctum have been completely wiped out?"

"No, because the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' launched a full-scale rebellion in the Alchemy Commission, the main force of the Cloud Knights quickly gathered there and did not completely wipe out the remnants of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' in the Exalting Sanctum."

Yanqing shook his head and continued.

"Although the leader of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' fell in the battle of Alchemy Commission, they still have many back-ups hidden in the dark. If these nails do not show up on their own initiative, it will be difficult for us to find them in the first place."

"Yesterday, the Cloud Knights seized the handwritten letter left by the leader from a shapshifter. The purpose of this group of stray dogs who lost their master to come to the Exalting Sanctum is to find a person named 'White Lily' and try to support her as the new leader of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' and let this evil force revive in Luofu Xianzhou."

"What the hell?"

Ilu was stunned on the spot, with question marks written all over her face.

No, wait, how can I, an undercover, suddenly become the leader of the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus"?

"Puchi! White Lily, hahahaha!"

Stelle's reaction was even more excessive. She couldn't help laughing out loud and turned into a happy believer on the spot.

Others may not know that she joined the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus as a "quasi-disicple" at that time and learned the unknown code name of Ilu from the man named Green Hibiscus.

If Yanqing had not suddenly reminded her just now, Stelle almost forgot that Ilu had such an abstract code name.

"What's wrong with you two?"

Looking at the strange reactions of the two, Yanqing asked in surprise, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Actually..."

"Ah?"

"Actually, I am 'White Lily.'"

"..."

Yanqing fell into silence, as if contemplating something. After a long pause, he sorted out the logic.

"In other words, Teacher Ilu's code name when she was undercover in the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' was 'White Lily'?"

"Yes."

"As expected of Teacher Ilu, it's really eye-opening. If I have time, I'd love to ask you for some advice on how to lurk."

Knowing that Ilu, the undercover agent, had successfully become the leader of the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus" in just a few days, Yanqing looked at her with more respect. His gaze, reminiscent of a fan idolizing a star, made Ilu feel uneasy. She quickly shifted the topic to send this talented swordsman on his way.

"Huh, he finally left."

After sending off the second customer, Ilu and Stelle’s barbecue stall business began to steadily improve, attracting more and more customers.

Additionally, there was good news from Aurum Alley. March 7 had sent a message informing them that, in just this hour, the store in Aurum Alley had welcomed hundreds of customers, nearly all of whom were drawn by Qingque and Yanqing’s advertisements. Their efforts were clearly effective.

However, not long after, when Ilu summoned a batch of ginkgo wood skewers to continue skewering the meat, a strange guest with a green hood appeared in front of their stall.

He scanned the area warily, and after confirming that there were no Cloud Knights nearby, he lowered his voice and spoke to the two of them.

"Do you remember me, 'White Lily'?"

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Ilu looked up at the visitor, only to see that the other person had removed his hood.

It was the Green Hibiscus, who had invited her to join the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."

"Why are you still here?"

Stell sanding next to Ilu also recognized the visitor and couldn't help but mutter in surprise, "I thought you were captured by the Cloud Knights and thrown into prison..."

"Little girl, what are you talking about? Why can’t I be here? Don't you want me to be well?"

Hearing this, Green Hibiscus lightly chided Stelle, then turned to the silver-haired girl beside him and said seriously, "White Lily, the organization needs you. You can’t escape anymore. You—ah! Wait, the Aeons, what did I just see?!"

Mid-sentence, Green Hibiscus noticed the faded ginkgo branch in Ilu’s hand.

Seeing that the saint of the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus" was working hard to string meat onto skewers with the "Abundance" gift, his eyes widened.

No, you didn’t seize the opportunity to revive Ambrosial Arbor and rule the Xianzhou, and instead, you’ve come to this remote place to sell barbecue skewers. Is this person’s mind a little off?

"What’s wrong? Do you need something? If not, please don’t delay us from grilling the meat and move out of the way for the customers behind."

Ilu didn’t intend to engage with him further, continuing to skewer the meat with ginkgo wood and handing the skewers to Stelle who roasted them with the amber flame of the flame spear until they turned golden, emitting an irresistible aroma.

"The Abundance" branches, "The Preservation" flames—no one would have expected that the path echoes created from the intertwining of the two would lead to such a hearty barbecue.

"This is the gift of the 'Compassionate Merciful Medicus,' the blessing of longevity that many people dream of, and you actually... you actually use it to barbecue?!"

"Why not?"

"..."

Green Hibiscus couldn’t refute.

After all, the barbecue was really delicious.

Thinking about it, he pulled out some credit points.

"Well, give me a skewer."

"Here."

"Well, it’s really... not bad... Wait, you almost led me off topic."

After tasting the barbecue, Green Hibiscus remembered why he had risked being exposed to find Ilu. He sighed deeply and said earnestly.

"It’s such a waste of your talents to be selling barbecue here. You should come with me to reorganize the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.' The organization is really at a life-and-death moment. You don’t want to be targeted by the Cloud Knights while you’re selling barbecue in the future."

Before the riot began, the leader had summoned all the powerful followers of the Merciful Medicus to the Alchemy Commission for a decisive battle with the Cloud Knights.

But now, the plan had failed, and those people had either been killed or arrested, leaving only the old, sick, and weak to survive with little combat power. If they didn’t find a way to save themselves, the remaining brothers and sisters would likely fall into the hands of the Demon Bow followers.

"Revitalize the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus'..."

Looking at the green-robed man in front of her, Ilu thought for a moment and then had an idea.

"Then you have to promise me one thing. If you're willing to do it, I’ll consider taking over as the leader of the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.'"

"What is it?"

Hearing that "White Lily" was willing to take over the leadership position, Green Hibiscus was overjoyed and quickly asked, "We’ll definitely do it!"

"It’s like this: we’re currently trying to revitalize Aurum Alley. The business in the shops there is a bit slow, and we need people to go there, consume, and boost the economy."

Aurum Alley lacked foot traffic, and the followers of the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus" were scattered throughout Exalting Sanctum. If they could gather them all...

Well, it just so happened that Yanqing had recently summoned all the idle Cloud Knights to Aurum Alley. The timing was too perfect. This presented an opportunity to catch the remnants of the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus" all at once and, at the same time, make a small contribution to Aurum Alley.

"I see, revitalize Aurum Alley... I understand what you mean. You want to test with Aurum Alley first before revitalizing the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus,' applying the successful experience to our 'Disciples of Sanctus Medi

cus,' and then using Aurum Alley as our core territory so we can take root here steadily!"

After listening to Ilu’s explanation, Green Hibiscus immediately imagined a series of ambitious plans and couldn’t help but burst into tears. "So, you still remember us brothers and sisters. I misunderstood you..."

"Of course, I care about you very much. Go quickly."

Ilu nodded gently, smiling. "Remember to call everyone together tomorrow, don’t leave anyone behind. Otherwise, I’ll be very distressed. The gift of the 'Compassionate Merciful Medicus' will be given to every brother and sister, but the premise is that they must be present."

"Don’t worry! As the temporary person in charge of Exalting Sanctum, I’ll make sure this message reaches every brother and sister, and no one will be left behind!"

After receiving Ilu’s promise, Green Hibiscus left the barbecue stall with excitement. It was late at night, and there weren’t many people on the street.

"Ilu, you’re so bad."

"Ah... what’s wrong with me?"

"That Green Hibiscus was fooled by you. It’s their bad luck that the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' met you."

"If they didn’t get unlucky, someone else might have. Since these guys have fooled others, they should be prepared to be fooled themselves."

"Indeed."

After sending the message that the "Disciples of Sanctus Medicus" would likely gather in Aurum Alley tomorrow to Yanqing, the two packed up their stall and returned to Petrichor Inn.

After exchanging information with March 7th, who had already returned from Aurum Alley, they made their way back to Aurum Alley at noon the next day.

As they expected, with Qingque, Yanqing, and Green Hibiscus’s network, Aurum Alley was bustling more than ever.

There were local people from Xianzhou, Cloud Knights soldiers in plain clothes, and some foreigners in various costumes everywhere. These three types of customers were clearly distinguished and easy to spot.

Not long after Ilu and the others arrived at Aurum Alley, Green Hibiscus sent someone to find them. The two met in a quiet, deserted alley.

"Master White Lily, all the brothers and sisters who can be contacted by the 'Disciples of Sanctus Medicus' are here now, a total of 712 people."

"Have you brought the money?"

"Yes, everyone has brought the money with them."

"Okay, let them eat, drink, and have fun in Aurum Alley. When they're almost full, gather at the dock. I’ve prepared a surprise for you there. I promise you won’t be disappointed."

"Great! Thank you, Lord White Lily. I’ll do it right away!"