“This is still an unfinished version,” Torina said. “The effect is not yet as expected. To fully realize its potential, it can only be found in the legendary space-time rift – Fam Azra.”
"Why does it have to be there?" A-Tui asked.
"Because that's the eye of the storm, time flows differently there. Once you calm the madness there, the effects of the golden needles will last even after you leave. Of course, that's not a place you can just go to whenever you want, which is why I need to make a deal with you... with Lu Ye, to complete the golden needles."
"Well, Miss Melina, do you need to reconsider? After all, you haven't even reached the Golden Tree yet, and you don't know what your mission is. It would be such a waste to just use you as firewood."
Melina fell silent.
A moment later, she looked at A-Tui with an expression that seemed to say, "I'll leave everything to you."
indeed.
After Torina demonstrated the effectiveness of the golden needles, she had no reason to disagree with Torina's statement.
Moreover, this is still an unfinished item. Once the golden needles are completed, they can directly calm the manic fire.
“Alright, I’ll make this deal with you. I’ll tell Lu Ye after he wakes up,” A Tui nodded and said. “But you have to pay me in advance, which is to give me a large rune, otherwise I can’t enter the royal city to find Madfire.”
“Hehe,” Torina laughed, “Don’t rush this. Even if you want to receive the Mad Flame, you’d better wait until I finish my research. As I said, this is still unfinished; it’s just temporarily suppressing the Mad Flame for a while.”
A-Tui understood what Torina meant.
"So, shall we go to the Sacred Tree first? You'll be able to do your research faster there?"
“Yes, my research would definitely be much more effective if I were at the Sacred Tree… But let’s go to the Altar Plateau first.” Torina shrugged. “We have to return Vic to that dragon first. We have to keep our word.”
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Lu Ye slowly opened his eyes, surrounded by the howling wind.
"You're awake?" A beautiful, large face drew closer, with glittering pyroxene stones embedded in the horns on its forehead.
“Smarag...?” Lu Ye blinked. “Am I dreaming?”
“Yes, you’re the first person to be carried and flown by the great Shining Stone Dragon.” Smarag smiled arrogantly. “Feel reverence for me!”
"Oh, it seems I wasn't dreaming..."
Lu Ye vaguely remembered that he survived the attack of the Supreme Will and then ran into Monger.
After the "zero zero zero" sound, I was hit with a massive hemorrhage for the first time while playing the bleeding style, and then I lost consciousness.
That guy Monger is utterly unethical! How could you possibly connect after such a long time of charging up your spell?
This level of absurdity is no less than if you killed Karthus in the last second of his ultimate's cast, just two steps away from running into the fountain, and then Karthus in his spirit form activated his ultimate, starting the cast from the second-to-last second, and seamlessly blasted you to death, without even giving the fountain a chance to heal you.
I'm very curious about what happened.
However, all Lu Ye knew was that surviving was the most important thing.
Moreover, he is currently anemic and very tired, and just wants to sleep comfortably for a while longer.
Seeing Lu Ye like this, Smarag just smiled slightly and used his palm to shield Lu Ye from the wind generated by the flight, so that he could sleep more comfortably.
Yakiel, not to be outdone, moved closer.
Lu Ye could vaguely hear things like, "You've been holding me for so long, it's my turn to hold you."
What's going on? Do you think you're some kind of sought-after limited edition figurine?
It costs 50 yuan to hug someone!
"Hey, wake up, we've arrived at our destination."
When I opened my eyes again, the scenery had changed.
The familiar golden glow, a yellowish-brown land, and the magnificent royal city in the distance.
Has he returned to the vicinity of the Asian Plateau?
Lu Ye sat up and saw many familiar faces around him.
A-Tui, Melina, Smarag, Yakiel, Lance Sanx...
Strange, why is everyone surrounding me?
Lu Ye was taken aback by this treatment.
He remembered the last time he had ever been surrounded and stared at like this was when he was saying goodbye to Grandpa Li, who was 99 years old and had passed away at the village entrance.
The way A-Tui and the others were acting was so bad it was as if they were about to put a white cloth on their heads and start wailing.
Just as Lu Ye was complaining in his heart, A Tui let out a howl and plopped down on Lu Ye, crying.
Lu Ye thought to herself, "Stop crying, stop crying. Why do you act like I'm really dead?"
But when he saw the pot-shaped hood on A-Tui's head, he thought that since the tears and snot wouldn't get on him anyway, he just let her be.
Lu Ye used his ability to immediately report his safety to Icarus and the others.
“Welcome back,” Melina said.
"Um... thank you."
Lu Ye nodded, after all, he had come back from the brink of death.
He patted A-Tui's head, thinking to himself that he had probably been taken care of by this guy quite a bit.
Yakiel and Smarag also came over, their faces pressed together, their large, crystal-clear longan eyes almost as big as Lu Ye's head.
"Hmm, her skin is a little pale, but there's nothing wrong with her except for lack of blood."
"Really? I think his muscles seem to have atrophied a bit. Come on, take off your clothes and let me see..."
"Yes, indeed, this is necessary for checking the injuries..."
Just as the two were about to extend their lewd dragon claws at Lu Ye, Lance Sanks smacked them hard on the head, and they went off to wail in pain, clutching their heads.
“Thank you very much,” Lance Sanx said, “for getting Vic safely to safety.”
"That's good..." Lu Ye glanced at Vic, who was tightly bound next to Lance Sanx.
"But what about the person you traded with? How does he plan to solve Vic's manic fire problem?"
"Well, this will have to be done by you!"
Suddenly, a somewhat familiar, delicate voice rang out.
Lu Ye turned around and saw that it was Torina.
There was another person with her, Millison, but she was different from the one Lu Ye first met.
She looks much better now, and her missing arm has been replaced with a majestic and imposing golden prosthetic.
At this point, A-Tui stopped crying and recounted what had happened after Lu Ye fell into a coma.
Of course, she omitted the fact that she took off her clothes to give to Lu Ye, and that she went naked to keep him warm.
After learning the whole story, Lu Ye looked at Torina.
"So, A-Tu is willing, are you willing?" Torina held out her hand.
“Of course, if it’s just a vial of medicine, I can provide it.” Lu Yehui grasped that soft little hand.
"Very well, let's not delay any longer, let's head to the sacred tree now!"
The deal is done.
Lu Ye and the others immediately set sail for the Sacred Tree.
Akiel and Smarag also acted with Lu Ye and the others. Lance Sanx used his power to shrink them to about two meters in size, since the research on the golden needles was necessary to completely calm the mad fire in Vic's body.
Lance Sanx himself had to monitor the situation around the royal city, so this important task fell to Agil and Smarag.
According to Torina, to reach the Sacred Tree, one must first go to the Sacred Snowfield.
The Sacred Snowfield is a mysterious place.
The area is perpetually shrouded in snow and wind, making it impossible even for dragons to find their way. Therefore, Lance Sanx couldn't help Lu Ye this time, since even if she went in, she would get lost and wouldn't be able to find her way.
To reach the Sacred Snowfield, you must obtain the "Secret Symbol for the Sacred Tree".
However, Torina has already obtained all the secret tokens.
One of the scepters was in Platinum Village in Lienia, where the Platinum Children lived. When Torina went there, she happened to meet an Omen Hunter who was also looking for the scepter. She directly revealed to the villagers that she came from the Sacred Tree, gained the trust of the Platinum Children, and obtained the scepter.
The Ominous Hunter attempted to seize the scepter but was killed by Millison and a female warrior who arrived at the scene.
The other token is naturally located in the city of Sol.
This also explains why Torina and Millison were there earlier.
After traveling for some time, the group arrived at the Lord's Elevator and raised the Secret Symbol.
The assembled symbols formed a complete image of an old man, radiating a glowing green light.
The large elevator started up, slowly lifting everyone upwards.
Led by Torina, the group successfully passed through the secret passage leading to the sacred tree.
After lighting the blessing candles and stepping outside, the wind and snow that greeted them made everyone squint.
“What the hell? We can’t see the road at all, the visibility is practically zero!” Yakiel said.
“But I remember the Holy Snowfield wasn’t like this before,” Smarag said.
"That's because, to prevent anyone from easily reaching the Sacred Tree, this area has been permanently enchanted by the Ice Dragon—Polylios. Even if he dies, the effect won't disappear," Torina said. "Once we get past this area, it'll be fine."
"What's going on? Is Michaela, the one who created the Sacred Tree, so afraid of people finding his hometown?" A-Tui grumbled.
“No, I don’t think Michaela did it,” Lu Ye said.
"Hey, why would you think that?"
“If he really didn’t want to be found, the Holy Tree wouldn’t accept the Son of Platinum,” Lu Ye said. “This blizzard is to defend against external enemies.”
“How clever!” Torina said. “The scepter and the blizzard exist for this purpose, to prevent large-scale military invasions. If it’s just a few individual forces, it’s not difficult to get to the Sacred Tree with a little effort.”
“Then please lead the way?” Yakiel said.
"Alright! Let's go!"
Torina walked ahead, familiar with the route.
After all, they came from the sacred tree, so it's understandable that they would be familiar with the way back.
The snowstorm was heavy, but Agil and Smarag were unaffected; this amount of snow was nothing to the strong bodies of the dragons.
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