Chapter 356
Translator: Halcyon Translations Editor: Halcyon Translations
Bathran was still a ghost, waiting at the same place that Lu Li had left him . The treant looked sad; it’s only desire was to be granted relief .
Upon seeing Lu Li, his eyes lit up with anticipation .
"Adventurer, did you get the Wildfire?"
"Bathran, I almost died because of you," Lu Li said impolitely . "Did you deliberately conceal the fact that the Wildfire would harm me so I couldn’t escape the camp?"
He had to stand firm on his values, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to ensure he got a good reward .
"It just hurts a little at the start; its fine after you get used to it," Bathran said embarrassedly . "But seeing as you have returned unharmed, I must have chosen the right person . "
"…" Lu Li wanted to explode . The damage had caused him to be revealed in front of the whole camp and resulted in three Wolf Riders chasing him .
"My body is to the north, adventurer . Help me find peace so that those creatures can no longer abuse my hair, and even better, so I can finally regenerate," Bathran said, his face cheerfully smiling .
"What, you can revive yourself?" Lu Li was surprised .
"It’s not a revival; it’s a regeneration, which is not the same," Bathran explained as he waved his arm . "I’ll start life anew and I’ll be young, energetic and curious about the world once again . "
"But," Lu Li couldn’t help but interrupt, "Will it still be you?"
"Child," the ancient Tree of Knowledge said as he smiled bitterly at him, "You know, there are rules that cannot be changed . Life and Death should not be tampered with; I couldn’t ask for anything more . "
Lu Li couldn’t be bothered to refute his point; he knew that Aegwynn had revived her son Medivh .
However, whether Medivh could truly be considered to be alive was another question .
Led by the ghost, Lu Li quickly found the body of the Tree of Knowledge . It was a great old tree that was still half-buried in the soil even though it had fallen . But, the strange thing was that the tree was still luscious; it didn’t give off any impression that it had died .
"Are you sure you want to burn it?" Lu Li asked .
"Yes, my child . The end has come for me . "
Bathran looked over this tree who had existed for thousands of years . He waved his hand and a green seed flew from the tree into his hands .
"This seed is the only thing I have produced in thousands of years . I don’t even know what to do with it . " Bathran handed it to Lu Li and continued, "I will give this to you and you can find a place where there is lots of moonlight to plant it . I don’t know what it’ll produce, as each seed holds its own secret . "
Wasn’t this the responsibility of the parents?
Lu Li took the seeds and carefully put it into his bag .
No one else knew what this was, but he had a pretty good idea .
As someone who had experienced Rebirth, Lu Li would never forget the myth of Peerless City .
As hundreds of thousands of Glory Capital troops raided the Peerless City base, everyone though that they were finished . However, a battle horn sounded and a great multitude of treants rose on the battlefield . They fought fearlessly and bought enough time for Peerless City’s reinforcements to arrive .
After some analysis, they realized that Peerless City must have had a Tree of Knowledge on their side .
An ancient Tree of Knowledge could summon all trees within a certain range directly into combat .
They attacked just like ancient tree would, throwing stones that were near them . They would give up their life to prevent the advance of the enemy, making the location’s defense just as strong as Stormwind City .
Fortunately, these kinds of ancient trees were very rare . The Gray Valley had many trees, but most of them weren’t ancient trees .
"Maybe one day when you walk past this place, you might hear me say hello," Bathran said as he smiled .
"I hope that day does come . Mr Bathran, my name is Lu Li . "
Lu Li took out the Wildfire and threw it onto the ancient tree .
Transparent flames spread and soon engulfed the entire tree .
As the flames rose, Bathran became a shadow and soon disappeared with a pop . Lu Li had no idea if he had actually regenerated, as there was no way to tell, but he didn’t believe that a being that had lived for thousands of years would die so easily .
Back in Astrana .
Lu Li had just returned to Pelturas’ front door when Evena Stillwhisper greeted him . He anxiously said, "Did you get Bathran’s hair? The child’s health is getting worse by the day… ah, you did get the hair! This is a good start, but we will also need other materials . The hair is by far the most important material though . Whatever the Orcs were trying to do with this plant, I just hope it doesn’t become a weapon…"
"It won’t happen; the ancient tree has been turned into ashes," Lu Li shook his head and said softly .
Evena was stunned as he listened to Lu Li story . He was a little skeptical, but it was still good news . He didn’t need to worry about what the Orcs were doing with Bathran’s hair anymore .
"Master! My daughter, my daughter! Please save her; she looks like she is in pain . "
Pelturas didn’t care about some Orc conspiracy; his only concern was for his daughter .
Evena took Bathran’s hair into the alchemy room while Lu Li stood by waiting .
If he had guessed correctly, this quest was not over yet .
Soon, the potion was completed and Evena was slowly feeling it to Little Leila .
After a while, the potion began working and the little girl wasn’t in so much pain anymore . However, she still didn’t wake up .
Evena was a little embarrassed – he had claimed that this would cure the girl .
He thought it over for a moment before saying, "The potion worked, but I have underestimated the force of this evil and how weak she is . As such, she is unfortunately still afflicted . "
The poor Pelturas knelt before Evena once again .
Evena carefully thought before coming up with another idea .
"If you can expose this potion to a baptism by the Moon Goddess, I think the evil forces will be unable to resist . "
This sounded like a good idea, but required the help of the Moon Goddess . It was probably way too difficult .
"It’s actually not that difficult, so we will have to entrust it on our brave warrior once again . "
Evena was referring to Lu Li .
"There’s a place southeast to Lake Farathim where the Moon Goddess’ light shines every day . Please take pity on this little girl and expose the potion to this light . Be careful though – I hear that place is no longer peaceful . "
Lu Li sighed in his heart . Of course it wasn’t peaceful – it was close to the Warsong Canyon which was a warzone .
"Alright, I’ll do it," Lu Li accepted as he took the potion .
"Little Leila is in danger; there isn’t much time left . Young adventurer, you only have 30 minutes and you need to let the potion soak for at least 5 minutes," Evena added .
Dammit, this one was actually time limited…
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