Chapter 576 - 574: Recovery Temple
The Holy Tree is the symbol of the Elf Race, the symbol of the Elf Royal Court, and most of the elves living inside are from the Elf Royal Family.
In other words, this is the most prestigious place of the entire Elf Race.
No matter how poor and destitute the Elf Race might become, they would never open its interior to outsiders.
After all, the Holy Tree is also equivalent to the political center of the entire Elf Race as a whole; generally, such a place is impossible to open to the outside, unless the Elf Race has already declined to the level of a tiny duchy.
Obviously, things haven’t reached that point yet.
So the surroundings of the Holy Tree are heavily guarded.
Just like the palace of the Ista Empire, patrols led by Tier Four Mages can be seen everywhere, and from time to time one can even see what appears to be Tier Five Mages moving about inside.
It’s quite possible that there are even Tier Six Mages inside guarding the Holy Tree.
Hilia didn’t think her disguise could fool a Tier Six Mage; she’d probably be exposed the moment she stepped in.
"The Royal Court’s Array is a bit peculiar; it seems to be directly fused into the Holy Tree itself, using the Holy Tree’s life element to isolate external probing and modification..."
Hilia tried using Mage’s Hand to touch the Array protecting the Holy Tree and the Royal Court, and after discovering that the Array possessed a defensive mechanism, she stopped going deeper.
She could invade the Arrays of heretical strongholds or even city Arrays with no scruples, but when it came to this kind of core Array, she still held a great deal of respect.
"No way around it... If Lana is inside the Royal Court, she should be very safe, so there’s no need for me to worry..."
Hilia thought about it and was ready to give up.
At this moment, Rose chuckled and said, "You’re giving up that easily?"
Hilia glanced over and rolled her eyes. "If I don’t give up, am I supposed to just force my way in?"
Rose said, "That elf isn’t deep inside the Royal Court; she’s only in a treehouse on the outermost edge. You don’t need to enter it—just get to the tree closest to the Holy Tree and you’ll be able to sense her condition."
Hilia’s eyes lit up. "That’s true."
If it was just simple sensing, then there wasn’t much of a problem.
So Hilia quickly moved into action.
She first located Lana through sensing, then secretly ran up onto the roof of Lana’s treehouse. She squatted down on a tree trunk where some branches intersected with those of the Holy Tree, released her senses, and slowly felt out Lana’s condition while avoiding being detected by the Holy Tree’s Array.
Gradually, Hilia’s brows knit together.
"Something’s wrong. It seems Lana overdrew her Magic Power, letting the pollution take advantage of the opening and resulting in a massively amplified serious consequence. Although it hasn’t yet spread to her internal organs, it’s already affecting her body and Magic Power...
"If she doesn’t get treatment soon, her tier will be forever fixed at Tier Three, with no further progress possible."
For someone she was fond of, Hilia naturally wouldn’t sit by and watch the other’s potential be shattered.
However, Hilia was a complete stranger here and had no idea how to infiltrate the Holy Tree to treat Lana.
The girl rubbed her temples, and after thinking for a long time, she gave up and chose the simplest and crudest method—
"Lord Rose, please respond to your most loyal believer Hilia, help Hilia out~!"
Rose stared at her and flicked her forehead.
"You thought about it for so long just to come up with that?"
Hilia rubbed her forehead and let out a silly laugh. "I’ve never been good at this sort of thing. If I tried to think of some other way to get in, it would definitely take a lot of time, and by then the Elf Royal City would already be shrouded in pollution."
Rose shook his head in amusement. "All right, I’ll help you this once. Consider it a reward for coming here to pick things up."
"Hehehe."
The next second, Hilia was kicked out of her body by Rose and tossed into the Spiritual Space.
He took control of Hilia’s body, checked it over, then flashed forward and rushed into the Holy Tree’s area.
Not long after, he arrived outside the small treehouse where Lana was temporarily staying.
Just as he was about to push the door open, he suddenly felt something, stopped, and listened to the voices coming from inside.
"How is it?"
"The situation doesn’t look good. Maybe only sending her to the Recovery Temple can save her."
"The Recovery Temple? Are you sure? That place... if possible, it’s best not to have any dealings with them."
"It’s impossible to have no dealings at all. They command the power of recovery and are extremely skilled in treating injuries and saving lives."
"But don’t forget what stands behind them. If we send our people to the Recovery Temple, no one knows whether they’ll plant something of theirs in our people."
"If we don’t send her, do you have any other way?"
"..."
"Sigh, Lana is a good child, and her talent is excellent. Maybe it wouldn’t be long before she completed the ascension trial. We can’t just let someone with such talent perish like this."
"..."
Listening to the voices inside, Rose fell into thought.
"Recovery Temple?"
Hilia also showed a puzzled expression.
"What’s the Recovery Temple? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it."
Rose said, "It’s not just you—I’ve never heard of it either. It didn’t exist before."
Hilia said, "Maybe it’s some unique power within the Elf Race. For example, those Dark Elves they mentioned—you hardly ever see those written about in books either."
"Maybe."
Rose replied casually.
He moved to the side, hid in the dark, and only entered the room where Lana was once the people inside had left.
Looking at Lana lying on the vine-woven bed, Rose pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand and placed it on her forehead.
A faint light appeared.
After a long while, Rose withdrew his hand.
Feeling the senses Rose shared with her, Hilia couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Lord Rose, why not just fully heal Lana?"
Rose replied calmly, "I’m very interested in this ’Recovery Temple’ they talked about. Maybe the thing we’re looking for is in that so-called ’Recovery Temple.’"
"Huh? Isn’t what we’re looking for in the Dusk Sect stronghold?"
Rose said, "A faction doesn’t have to use the same name forever. It’s just a feeling of mine. In any case, the other half of the Heart of the Magic Puppet isn’t urgent. This Recovery Temple might give us a pleasant surprise."
"All right then."
Rose didn’t heal Lana. He only gave her body a simple repair, protecting her most critical parts so that the pollution couldn’t destroy her internal organs and Magic Talent.
In passing, he also reduced the pain caused by the rampaging pollution in her body, allowing Lana’s tightly furrowed brows to gradually relax.
After finishing all this, Rose gave Lana one last look, then quietly left, just as quietly as he had come.
From the outside, Lana showed no changes; she was still fighting against the invading pollution.
Rose left a spiritual mark on her.
He was just waiting for the Elf Race to send her to the so-called ’Recovery Temple.’
"That’s about it. Next, we just need to see when they send Lana over, and once we follow along, we’ll know what this Recovery Temple really is."
After leaving the Holy Tree, Rose returned control of the body.
"Okay, I’ll go find a place to stay first."
Hilia agreed.
"But before that, let’s see how the Elf Royal City responds to the pollution tide."
Hilia was very curious about the Elf Royal City’s response.
In the afternoon, the sweeping pollution tide reached the Elf Royal City.