A golden rain and mist enveloped the entire Xianzhou. Whether they were walking outdoors or resting indoors, whether they were long-life species or short-life species, everyone was bathed in the rain and mist of the World Tree.
"What is this rain? Why do I feel so much more relaxed, and... all the pains in my body have disappeared?"
"Grandpa, your hair has turned black! And a lot of your wrinkles have disappeared!"
"This, this, is this the blessing of longevity?"
The short-life species felt drastic changes in their bodies. Even if it was not as good as the Xianzhou natives, this dense life force still greatly increased their lifespan.
"Wait! Stop! They seem to be waking up?"
"Are you a new recruit to the Cloud Knights? How can the Mara-Struck wake up?"
"If you don't believe me, look! Their bodies have returned to their original appearance. Heavens, they've really recovered!"
"Wait! A message came from the Jade Abacus. The general has an order. Thanks to Lord Su Mo and Lady Ruan Mei, this golden rain has the effect of curing the Mara-Struck. We are to temporarily detain those who have recovered from the Mara-Struck..."
"Curing the Mara-Struck? O Divine Bow, am I really not dreaming?"
"How can the general's order be fake? Who on earth are Lord Su Mo and Lady Ruan Mei?"
"I don't know, but my mother is almost eight hundred years old. I'll inform her to go out and get in the rain. If it really works, I'll pay to build a living shrine for these two lords!"
"Count me in! If it's true, the two lords will be my second faith after the Divine Bow of the Hunt!"
"Second? No, first faith!"
The Xianzhou people gradually realized the situation. In addition, Jing Yuan's orders spread throughout the Luofu, and the Xianzhou people fell into a carnival they had never imagined.
Even the members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were a little dazed for a while. After confirming that the Mara-Struck was really eliminated, most of them chose to betray.
It can solve the Mara-Struck and grant longevity... With such a good deal, what's the point of believing in Abundance?
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At the entrance of the Scalegorge Waterscape, Jingliu was guarding the passage to prevent others from entering.
Feeling the gradually calming life force in her body, she took off her eye patch and looked at the place of the final battle where Su Mo was.
"He actually did it?"
She suddenly felt that being captured by Su Mo as an experimental subject might be the luckiest thing in her life.
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Deep within the Scalegacorpe Waterscape...
In the golden rain and mist, Jing Yuan bowed and asked, "Lord Su Mo, Lady Ruan Mei's name has been spread throughout the Xianzhou Alliance as you instructed. Marshal Hua has sent a message asking me to consult you on whether this rain can meet the needs of the entire Xianzhou Alliance."
According to the test results from all aspects, the Xianzhou people of the Luofu no longer need to worry about the Mara-Struck. Their physique has been infected by the fruit of the World Tree, becoming a new kind of Xianzhou native, with a lifespan increased to at least seven thousand years.
For the people of the Luofu, this miracle was enough to satisfy them. Even the short-life species who were visiting had received great benefits.
But for the marshal, she had more to consider.
It was not enough for only the people of the Xianzhou Luofu to benefit. There were still five other ships in the Xianzhou that could not enjoy this treatment!
"If Marshal Hua is in a hurry, she can use space technology to collect the rain released by the Ambrosial Arbor."
Su Mo said.
"With the energy reserves of the Xianzhou, as long as enough energy is provided, the World Tree can soon bear fruit and be converted into rain to be absorbed by the human body, achieving the effect of curing the Mara-Struck."
Hearing this, Jing Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The Xianzhou didn't have much of anything else, but they had energy.
With a massive number of Delves, they could even get energy from the Aeon of the Hunt himself. A problem that could be solved with energy was not a problem at all.
As long as the golden rain released by the World Tree was not a one-time miracle, the entire Xianzhou Alliance could be cured sooner or later.
In other words, the future of the Xianzhou was destined to be free from the Mara-Struck.
"And if the marshal is not in a hurry?" Fu Xuan asked curiously.
"If she is not in a hurry, she can slowly wait for the World Tree to bear fruit on its own."
Su Mo looked at the World Tree that blotted out the sun before him and slightly raised his palm. The World Tree, as if it had a mind of its own, had a golden peach automatically fall off and fly into Su Mo's palm.
"A long-life species can cure the Mara-Struck by eating one peach. A short-life species can also prolong their life by eating one peach. The effect is generally the same as the golden rain. Or rather, eating the peaches is the normal process. The golden rain just now was the result of my active intervention."
"A peach that can cure the Mara-Struck..."
Hearing this, looking at the dense peaches on the branches of the World Tree, Fu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"If so, we just need to transport the peaches to the other Xianzhou ships and have each person eat one to change the entire Xianzhou Alliance."
Before her voice had fallen, Jing Yuan shook his head with a grave expression.
"No, perhaps not just the entire Xianzhou Alliance."
Hearing this, Fu Xuan was a little puzzled.
Before she could ask, she suddenly felt a strange fluctuation that pierced through everything from the outer universe, tore through the sky of the Xianzhou, and appeared in the starry sky above her head.
It was a touch of green, a light and shadow full of life force, like a long rainbow appearing outside the Xianzhou Luofu.
The huge phantom was even more majestic than Jing Yuan's Lightning Lord. The three-headed, six-armed posture was sacred and full of life force. The smile on the illusory lips made people feel extremely healed and kind.
The moment they saw this phantom, the stars shook, and the entire universe boiled.
On the Xianzhou, those who had just betrayed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus stood rooted to the spot, not knowing how to face the miracle before them.
Those die-hard followers of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, whether their identities had been exposed or not, were like they were possessed. They immediately knelt on the ground, tears welling up in their eyes.
Whether they had heard of this person's deeds or not, they instinctively understood one thing.
The one who had appeared before them was actually Yaoshi, the Aeon of Abundance!
It was not a phantom of an Aeon simulated by Su Mo with the Pantheon, but the real Aeon.
"How is it possible?! The Lord of Plagues would actually appear on our Luofu?!"
Fu Xuan was suddenly stunned.
She knew that the significance of Su Mo's achievement was great, and she also knew that the Xianzhou people were very important to Yaoshi. But no matter how she estimated, she could only think that an Emanator of Abundance would come to cause trouble.
But she had never thought that the Aeon of Abundance THEMself would appear here.
Was the achievement of curing the Mara-Struck so important that it could make an Aeon take action?
"If it was just a special medicine to cure the Mara-Struck, it probably wouldn't be like this..."
Looking at the suddenly appearing Aeon of Abundance, Jing Yuan's expression was not so surprised. Instead, it showed a "just as I thought" color.
He turned to look at Su Mo and asked seriously, "Could it be that these peaches can not only cure the Mara-Struck of the Xianzhou people, but also the side effects of other blessings of Abundance, such as the various mutations of the Denizens of Abundance?"
"Of course." Su Mo nodded very calmly. "The treatment of the seed of Nihility is a dynamic balance. So, as long as it's a blessing of Abundance, it's basically effective. Even in special cases, like an Emanator of Abundance, eating a few more can also achieve a balance."
Correspondingly, for the Vidyadhara of the Path of Permanence, it only had the basic effect of enhancing life force.
"...No wonder."
This time, Fu Xuan also understood why the Aeon of Abundance had appeared, and finally understood what Jing Yuan hadn't finished saying before.
Since these peaches were effective against all blessings of Abundance, the Xianzhou would once again become the greatest treasure in the eyes of all the Denizens of Abundance.
This point alone was not a big deal. It was just another war with the Denizens of Abundance. The Xianzhou Alliance was never afraid to fight its sworn enemy.
What was truly important was another point.
"As long as there is enough energy, the total number of peaches born from the World Tree is unlimited. In other words, we can even use the peaches as bait to convert the Denizens of Abundance into a new race!" Fu Xuan murmured.
"The scope of this conversion is the entire interstellar universe... From another perspective, it is equivalent to affecting the Path of Abundance in the entire universe!"
Just as the transformed Ambrosial Arbor was no longer a creation of Abundance, but a brand new World Tree...
The transformed Xianzhou people and Denizens of Abundance were also no longer products of the Path of Abundance.
To rewrite the power of the Path of Abundance in the entire universe was tantamount to attacking the Path of Abundance itself.
And the so-called Strife of Paths had precedents in the past history. It pointed to only one possibility.
"A war... of Aeons!"
After deducing this point, Fu Xuan's scalp went numb. She subconsciously grabbed Su Mo's hand and said urgently, "Lord Su Mo, and Ruan Mei, you guys should leave quickly! Your actions are equivalent to a provocation to an Aeon. This is an attack on the Path of Abundance. The Lord of Plagues will not sit idly by... You guys leave first. We will inform Marshal Hua and request the help of the Divine Bow of the Hunt!"
At this moment, she finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
To launch an attack on the Path of an Aeon, no matter how harmless that Aeon was, it was impossible for them to remain indifferent.
Su Mo had incurred the hostility of the Aeon of Abundance for the sake of the Xianzhou Alliance. No matter what the cost, she had to stop the Aeon's retaliation.
Even if she didn't have that kind of power, the Aeon of the Hunt would never let their people down.
Seeing her so anxious, Su Mo patted her head and shook his head calmly.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
"But—" Fu Xuan still wanted to say something.
Jing Yuan interrupted her.
"The power of an Aeon penetrates time and space. If the Lord of Plagues really intends to act, it's too late to escape now."
As a brilliant general, the more critical the situation, the calmer he could remain.
With the gap between an Aeon and a mortal, if THEY wanted to act, they couldn't stop them at all.
"Moreover, with Lord Su Mo's wisdom, he should have thought of this possibility long ago. Since Lord Su Mo himself can remain so calm, does that mean that even the movements of the Aeon of Abundance are still within your control?"
Jing Yuan looked at Su Mo and asked seriously.
"And if I say they are not?" Su Mo asked with interest.
"Then I can only be buried with you." Jing Yuan said with a bitter smile. "I hope the Divine Bow of the Hunt can avenge us."
Although he was an Emanator of the Hunt, compared to an Aeon, the power gap was still too far.
Not to mention, even the Hunt himself might not be able to defeat the Apothecary of Abundance.
"You don't have to be so pessimistic."
Su Mo shook his head and glanced at the phantom of Abundance in the starry sky.
"The Path of the Aeon of Abundance is one of extreme devotion and altruism that never refuses a wish. Although it often leads to a dilemma worse than death, since THEIR birth, THEY have never actively taken a single life."
Abundance, which embodied the concepts of altruism and devotion to the extreme, although the creator of many disasters, had no malice itself and could even be said to be pure.
"Even so..."
As the general of the Luofu, Jing Yuan naturally knew that the Apothecary of Abundance himself was not that scary, and that Aeons themselves could not be described by the narrow human concept of good and evil.
However...
"If THEY are completely unconcerned about the damage to THEIR Path, why would THEY appear here?"
Jing Yuan pointed out this concern.
Abundance had never killed, but that didn't mean THEY wouldn't.
After all, the interpretation of the concept of a Path belonged to the Aeon. If the Aeon of Abundance felt that sending life to nirvana was also a kind of devotion, then THEY could also kill on a large scale without deviating from THEIR Path in the slightest.
To entrust one's life to the unpredictable mind of an Aeon was still too dangerous.
To this concern, Su Mo smiled lightly, glanced at Ruan Mei, and said casually, "The Apothecary's way of doing things is to let all sentient beings get what they seek."
"Perhaps, THEIR appearance this time is to fulfill our wishes?"