Chapter 114 Chapter 114: Boss Kevin! Waaah...
Chapter 114: Boss Kevin! Waaah...
"Girls... oh, girls? Yes, there were two girls who came here..."
Only at this moment did Qingque suddenly realize with a start that the old man before her seemed not only strange in appearance but also somewhat bizarre in his mental state when speaking—as if he were being remotely controlled by something, speaking about everything in an exceptionally dazed manner.
"Those two girls... they are very kind people, even willing to do something for these children. If only there were more people like them... come with me... please."
After receiving Kevin's affirmative answer, the old man's state completely deteriorated from the clarity of moments ago into this dazed condition. Yet he still turned around and led Kevin and the other person step by step deeper into the Crack.
This was clearly an old man who looked near the end of his life, yet he walked with a vigor that surpassed even Qingque's... Even though her short legs weren't exactly long, she shouldn't be outwalked by a normal old man, right?
In just a few minutes, the other party had led Kevin and the other person to the front of a certain grand hall—Kevin didn't even need to deliberately sense the dimensional layers nearby. Just from the countless more roots entwined around this building compared to other places, one could already accurately distinguish its difference from elsewhere.
However, it wasn't that vines from all places originated from here; rather, those thick branches all seemed to treat this place as their final resting point. In short, this was the 'apex' where 'it' bloomed and bore fruit.
Others might not recognize things that looked almost identical, but in Kevin's eyes, this wasn't particularly difficult to distinguish.
"We're here, this is the place... the girls you're looking for are inside... everyone else is inside too..."
As this strange foxian visitor stood before the grand hall, the branches entwined around the doorway seemed to sense his arrival, slowly crawling away to the sides, opening up a path just wide enough for several people to pass through.
"This... what is this inside?!"
As the tightly sealed door opened, dazzling golden light instantly shone upon their faces, startling Qingque so much that her eyes widened immediately.
After slightly adjusting to this brightness, one could clearly see the situation inside the hall—unlike the lifeless roots outside, the spreading branches within not only grew verdant green leaves but were also covered with plump golden flower buds. The light they were feeling now originated from these.
The architecture and plants within the hall intertwined, appearing not chaotic or eerie but rather giving people a very fresh, almost fairyland-like illusion.
Yet this seemingly beautiful scene couldn't evoke any pleasant emotions in Qingque; instead, it filled her face with shock and suspicion: "No way... is the Ambrosial Arbor really reviving??!"
She had certainly seen depictions of the Ambrosial Arbor in full bloom in various books before. The images in those books were almost identical to what she was seeing now with her own eyes.
The revival of the Ambrosial Arbor... that was definitely not good news for the Xianzhou. Not only would it cause turmoil on the Xianzhou itself, but it would also attract many people with ill intentions coveting immortality to set their sights on the Xianzhou. Just thinking about it should reveal how terrifying that would be.
"Is that grandpa back? Eh... that, that's... Boss Kevin!!!"
Before the few who had just stepped into the hall could walk many steps, they saw a figure emerge from the side, then rush towards Kevin as if seeing a long-lost relative.
She even had the sense not to hug him directly but instead wrapped her arms around Kevin's arm with a thud, tearfully saying: "Waaah, Boss Kevin, you finally came to save us. This place really isn't fit for humans! There are those undying monsters everywhere outside. I even thought for a while that I'd never see you again, waaah."
"And besides, the children here all look so pitiful... Not only do they have no relatives, but many also have physical disabilities. They're even locked in this courtyard all the time, unable to leave for decades... Can't we think of a way to help them?"
After briefly lamenting her own plight, Pardofelis immediately shifted her focus to the children of this orphanage... Perhaps in Pardofelis's own view, since nothing really bad happened to her, of course those poor children were more important.
"Quite... quite a coincidence?"
Kevin first looked ahead, nodding towards Stelle who was awkwardly smiling and waving at him, then redirected his attention to little Pardo beside him.
Without thinking too hard, one could roughly understand that back then, the Xianzhou people who created spiritual beasts using the Ambrosial Arbor certainly didn't make just one type. Even though for some reason they only encountered that one, Pardofelis's situation at that time probably wasn't much better. If not for Stelle being there, she would have inevitably gotten injured.
Then before Kevin could speak further, he saw Pardofelis release her arms from around him, scratching her head somewhat sheepishly as she said: "I found out that those people from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus don't seem that bad after all. They're also doing good deeds?"
"Although I don't fully understand what exactly the Ambrosial Arbor is, according to this old man here, as long as those children here suffering from 'Heavenly Deficiency' eat the fruit born from the Ambrosial Arbor, their bodies can be restored to normal, and there are completely no hidden dangers!"
"Although those monsters seem to stop us from approaching the fruit, this place is already where it blooms and bears fruit. We just need to stay here safely and wait for these branches to bloom and bear fruit."
According to historical records, it was because the ancestors of the Xianzhou people ate the fruit born from the Ambrosial Arbor that they obtained 'Infinite Longevity'—never aging. This even extended to blessing their descendants, allowing Xianzhou people to completely become a long-lived species.
So then, for an Ambrosial Arbor possessing such great power, its fruit being able to restore those born with 'Heavenly Deficiency' because of it seems quite natural.
But Kevin wouldn't naively believe like Pardofelis that the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus's goal was simply to restore these children's health. He didn't even fully believe they merely wanted to return to the period thousands of years ago when the Xianzhou still belonged to 'The Abundance'.
"Since they've already made arrangements... then let's go, Pardo. This matter here has nothing to do with us."
"Huh? But why?!"
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