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Chapter 703 Agreeing to Open the Temple

Gabriel leaned softly against Lia's chest, still shaken: "Lady Lia..."

Lia exclaimed, "You appeared just in time. Of course, I saw the situation was not good and gave you an injection to wake you up, but fortunately, I also escaped in time."

Gabriel then asked, "And what about the Nightmare Dragon?"

Lia shook the blank detection crystal screen and sighed, "It's gone, we can't detect it anymore."

Although there are still some questions I want to ask, those are not the main points!
Gabriel exclaimed, "That nightmare dragon is a baron-level creature, and it just came from the clinic. We should go check on the international students immediately."

Lia was surprised: "Baron level! Fine, but it's inconvenient for me to show myself."

"Of course, an adult cannot easily appear in the slums; we'll continue to disguise ourselves."

So the two of them helped each other toward the clinic. The group of thugs who had been playing cards immediately became alert and surrounded them, but asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?"

Gabriel immediately removed his cloak and mask, and the man immediately became respectful, his voice even softer and more obsequious: "Sage, please~~~"

Then, quite consciously, they continued to retreat and watch over the roadside lights.

Gabriel was very satisfied; he liked this kind of person who was both sensible and didn't talk much.

So the two knocked on the door, knocked again, and kept knocking!
From inside came White's slightly panicked voice: "It's time to get off work!"

In fact, White's actions had already been seen by the all-seeing eye.

“It is I, Gabriel.”

A surprised voice rang out: "Sage!!"

Then the door opened.

The two entered, and White closed the door, quite excited: "Sir, coming so late..."

Gabriel sighed, "I was just worried about you, afraid you wouldn't be used to living here. Did you have any unusual sensations when you slept?"

White said solemnly, "There is indeed something unusual. It might be that you're not used to it or it's noisy outside, but I have made a more important discovery, and that is this house!"

Gabriel's heart skipped a beat. Just now, back in the Nightmare Realm, he had noticed that this house was different from the surrounding area!
"What happened to the house?"

White said solemnly, "I think this clinic is very similar to our village chapel; it's actually a temple, and it has divinity!"

Gabriel was astonished: "Where is there any divinity?"

White walked up to the wooden wall and rubbed his fingers together: "Sage, please look. This wood is the cheapest paulownia wood. It's loose and porous, and it would normally rot from dampness and insects in less than ten years. But it hasn't. It's very dense and elastic, and there's an energy filling the pores inside..."

Gabriel didn't know anything about wood, but he had an instrument, so he immediately took it out and shone it on the wooden wall!
—System notification: Mutant charged paulownia wood detected.

Gabriel was astonished: "Which god is being worshipped?"

White said, “There’s no god here. It’s probably because the people who come here for treatment have strong wishes. When the wishes are strong enough, the clinic becomes a temple! But it’s not a temple after all, so the effect isn’t very good. So I have an idea to operate it like our village chapel. Sometimes our village doesn’t have any special medicines, so when the villagers get sick, they take some ordinary medicine and then come to the chapel to pray. Sometimes it does have some effect. So, what I mean is to pray to the god first, and then give the medicine. The god, of course, is the guardian deity of this city.”

Gabriel inexplicably thought of Sariel! If he knew, he would definitely demand the worship of the mermaid, right? That would be quite troublesome.

Gabriel said, "Alright! I agree that you can operate the way you want, but regarding the worship, we'll let you know tomorrow morning. You should get some rest tonight; you've worked hard all day." White was very grateful: "Thank you for your concern, Sage."

Sila in the chat group was stunned: "The village chapel? I'll go check it out tomorrow morning!"

Gabriel said urgently, "Don't wait until tomorrow, stay up all night with me. Once you've finished Amy's task, go to the village immediately."

Xila said irritably, "Going to the village in the middle of the night won't do any good!"

Metatron said, "When we were developing the southern jungle mines last time, Sariel's All-Seeing Eye was devoured by a Shadow Fiend that came out of this village. That's why many breakthroughs are often made at night!"

Gabriel urged, "That's right, midnight is when the real beginning begins!"

Sila said irritably, "You just want me to stay up all night with you..."

After leaving the clinic, Lia helped Gabriel walk a dozen steps, then simply teleported him back to the mansion: "Sage, you need to rest right now. Please get some rest."

Gabriel panicked: "But sir, I'm worried about you being alone without me!"

Lia smiled and pushed Gabriel onto the bed: "Then lie down and worry slowly, so it won't be troublesome for me to help you up."

Gabriel Khan said, "Alright, then be careful, sir."

Then, well, that's a little embarrassing!

"Sila, I have good news for you. I'm weak from my injury, so I don't have to stay up all night. So, don't forget about the village chapel. I'll wait for news when I wake up tomorrow morning! Good night!"

Sila was furious: "You bitch, you dragged me out of bed all night, go to sleep first!"

……

Da Chun led Xin Na all the way back to the Divine Realm Mansion.

Ellen had clearly received news from Little Lia and seemed quite relieved: "Honey, you're back! Luckily we figured out that fake Tifa was a bitch!"

Little Liya laughed and said, "We caught her! There was just a little accident. That sage lady transformed into her dream angel form and caused trouble. Then she was forcibly awakened by the city flower and went to the clinic to visit White and agreed to the prayer. In the end, we arranged for the injured sage to go to sleep and rest so that it wouldn't be inconvenient for her to always be by our side."

Everything is done!
Da Chun was incredibly relieved: "Great, thank you so much! By the way, how badly was that fake Tifa injured?"

Little Liya laughed and said, "It wasn't that serious to begin with, but the sage injured her when he interfered, so she's probably... not so unruly anymore?"

Da Chun was very pleased. He checked the earth veins and saw that there was still some time before the absorption process could begin, so he needed to find something else to do.

Speaking of which, besides the fake Tifa, I also have prisoners here!

Firstly, Xiao Mei and I piloted the water elemental Hydrasis to the Arctic, where we were cornered in an icy canyon by the Fourth Prince. He sent a Naga sorceress whose corpse was characterized by holding six bone staffs, which Xiao Mei kept as frozen meat for research. Her soul, however, was used to test the effectiveness of Ellen's newly mastered Mirror Space Teleportation technique. It worked, though it was twisted into a pretzel!
The idea at the time was to wait for her to recover, then try using the Sea God's Guardian skill to recruit her as the 6th Sea Soul. Of course, she should have been the 7th Sea Soul, but the 6th became a Tree God.

And just like that, I forgot about her! Such a strong soul shouldn't be wasted.

Da Chun asked, "Ailian—"

Wait! Once the Sea God's Guard is used, it involves the mermaid's top secret! What if Lia finds out?
(End of this chapter)