Lu Yao saw that Prince Walnut flew lightly into a ward.
“Tell me about your recent situation.”
“I’m fine, doctor.”
Facing the patient in front of him, Funeral Horn said, “I’m a healer, what are you doing here with me when you’re not sick? Tell the truth, Vadier.”
Vadier said, “…… I’d like to pick up some stupefiers, and I can’t get any magic potions out here.”
Funeral Horn admonishes the other man, “Magic potions are a controlled substance in all cities, and I wouldn’t prescribe them to you if you weren’t sick.”
“I am sick.”
The Nutty Patient immediately changed his tone, “As you know, my country is suffering from the ravages of invaders ……”
“And wait.”
Funeral Corner placed an hourglass on the table, “Time is limited, so please keep it short.”
Vadier began to tell, “The world I was born in, the vast and rich kingdom of Kamite, is located in the Flying Leap Zone. There was once born the ancient deity Lord Mills, a title deity with the title of [Black Shepherd], who possesses terrific divine might and wisdom ……”
“I know, and then your world was taken over by a bunch of monkeys.”
Funeral Horn seemed as if he knew this by heart, “Those monkeys crafted your nimbus bodies into all sorts of tools and floating structures, and you tried to put up a fight, but the nimbus power did nothing against the monkeys. Then your ghosts went into exile in Sand City, bent on restoring your country, am I remembering correctly?”
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“That’s right!”
Vadier said, “The Restoration Army we’ve formed is in need of a chief military doctor. I ask you, Funeral Horn Physician, to oblige and take up this important position.”
“…… As far as I know, you’re the only one in the Restoration Army you’re talking about.”
“Two, Physician! There are two of us in the confirmed leadership of the Restoration Army, there is me, Prince Walnut, and General Shara. And many people are interested in joining, the vetting of our Restoration Army is very strict.”
A sighing expression floated above Funeral Horn’s head, “Alright. Better talk about your condition.”
“My hometown is getting very sick, it’s sick and I can’t stay healthy. I would like you to join us and go and bring it back to life!”
“Of course, you can also raise some military funds if you wish. The Restoration Army will award you the Medal of Honour and provide you with a piece of land after the restoration ……”
Vadier said, “As long as we join forces, we will surely be able to revive the vast Kamite Kingdom and make the entire world shine again.”
Funeral Horn looked at the hourglass on the table, “Please cherish your last bit of time.”
“Please get me some drowsiness potion, I haven’t been sleeping well lately, I keep having nightmares about monkeys.”
“Sorry, that’s not a good reason.”
……
Leaving the lighthouse, Vadier levitated and flew all the way to the rose garden again.
The city’s flower gardens were still tending to the roses with great care by Shaq, the Sand King. In the midst of a large swath of angular sand roses, a few tiny normal roses had grown, their weaker and finer forms standing out.
“What beautiful flowers! Mr Shak, your roses are truly a sight not to be missed in Sand City.”
“Thanks for the compliment.”A smile emerged on Shaq’s head.
“Mr Shak, you probably don’t know that in my hometown, Kamite Kingdom, there is a very beautiful flower that we call [Shaking Light]. When it blooms the flower floats in the air and gently shakes, and the petals turn into countless fine shiny seeds that sprinkle all the way to the earth.”
Shaq exclaimed, “What a magical plant.”
“As soon as the Kamite Kingdom is revived, you will be able to transplant the Shaking Light on that land, which is filled with a sea of flowers that you will love. Now all you need to do is join our Restoration Army to have all this power, and after the restoration, you will be the chief florist of the Kamite Kingdom!”
“Sorry, my answer is the same as before, I’m not a soldier, just a flower farmer. You’ll have to find someone else.”
Vadier left the garden and approached another figure.
“Mr Bamboo Tiger, it’s a shame to have you here with all your skills. Our Restoration Army is in immense need of men of both courage and bravery like you, and when the country is restored in the future, you will be the Marshal of the Kamite Kingdom!”
Bamboo Tiger, who was carrying bamboo and was banging on the bamboo house he was building, said, “The caveman monster Stone Little in the north of the city, and the ice giant Ice Fist in the south of the city, they’re both very capable of fighting.”
“I’m just a bamboo builder, I really can’t help. Good luck.”
The Nutty Ghost then flew all the way to the outside of the city to find Negative Sword North, who was taking a short break.
“Negative Sword North-san, your swordsmanship is getting more and more out of this world, it’s just like taking on a thousand with one.”
Vadier said, “You would also find it tedious and boring if you keep fighting with the Monk of the Transforming Cloud, right?”
“I wonder, would you be interested in fighting a group of powerful challengers who do no evil, burn and loot, yet are so incredibly powerful that only a strong person like you can sanction them.”
“I am too weak now.”
Negative Sword North was succinct: “If I can pass the Eighteen Calamities, I’ll look for you.”
“Excellent! I look forward to your great success soon!”
The top of Vadier’s head lit up with a soybean smiley face symbol.
Lu Yao thought to himself, “Finally, there’s one that doesn’t refuse. Although it still seemed like a very distant thing to get Negative Sword North to join.
The test of the Eighteen Calamities was one that no one had been able to break so far.
Vadiyah went all the way to find the Lantern Iris of the Lantern Clan again, requesting them to sponsor some Coronas of Light or Heavenly Lanterns to the Restoration Army in order to form an aerial legion, which was rejected.
By this time it was dark and Vadiyah came to a desert outside the city.
There was a backbox cactus called Shara waiting for it.
Lu Yao remembered that this was the other of the Restoration Army duo now, General Shara.
“Well?”Vadier asked, “Any progress?”
“I’m very sorry, Prince, I still haven’t recruited a single person on my side.”
“Don’t be discouraged, General Shara, restoring the country is never easy, we must remain patient. I have good news on my side, Mr Negative Jianbei has agreed, he will join the Restoration Army once he completes his cultivation trial.”
“Excellent! Worthy of being a Prince-sama!”
Shara hesitated, “But Lord Prince, if we finish recruiting manpower, how is the Restoration Army going to get back to the Kamite Kingdom you mentioned?”
“No need to worry, there will be a way.”
“The first order of business is to put the Restoration Army together, we need a lot of fighters, doctors, engineers, and all sorts of devices and tools, as well as a lot of funding ……”
“The monkeys of the Kamite Kingdom are not afraid of Nimble Power and spells, but they are afraid of fleshly strong Transcendents, they are a natural disaster to Nimble Body like me, and the Transcendents here are a disaster to them as well. The advantage and initiative are with us, the Restoration Army!”
Vadier was confident.
Lu Yao turned his head to ask Slymod for details.
Slymod explained, “Lord God, Vadiyah has actually requested my humble self many times, it wants Sand City to support it in restoring the country and recognise the legitimate status of its Restoration Army. However, my humble self did not agree.”
What Lu Yao cared about was whether what Vadiyah said out of its mouth was true or not.
It was an alien ghost, no information could be found in the world encyclopaedia, and its personal history was empty, so it was really difficult to judge the truth based on one side of the story.
Therefore, Lu Yao was now a bit sceptical, and even if he asked Vadier, the information he got about the Leap Zone was still hard to determine its authenticity. He simply dismissed the related idea and observed for a while first.
“I am not sure either.”Slymod said, “I have been keeping an eye on Vadier to make sure it doesn’t mess up.”
“Divine Lord, there is one more small matter.”
Master Slymod said, “Because of the effects of Yao City’s [Universal Divine Right] and Salt City’s [City State Responsibility System], there’s a lot of trouble going on within the Bamboo Reed Kingdom and the Psi-Ghost Realm right now.”
“The big policy of the Spectral Ghost Realm is to improve education, and quite a few funeral clans wanted to follow the path of Universal Divine Right, but it was fiercely opposed by the ghosts, and it even led to some of the ghosts fleeing next door to the Bamboo Reed Kingdom.”
“On the other hand, the Bamboo Reed Country’s side was quickly determined to go for the [Federal Responsibility System], with rapid development as the first priority. The Spectre Realm is currently in localised turmoil …… Apostle Buro once approached me, wanting to pry into Shacheng’s opinion. I followed the oracle given by you, my lord, and told him that Sand City would not interfere in their internal affairs or development direction.”
Lu Yao was satisfied.
It wasn’t wise for the Yao Clan to interfere in the internal affairs of the peripheral gods, it would only lead to an endless series of tedious matters.
What Sand City had to be was a navigator, not a conservationist or firefighter.
At this point, the simulator gave a line of reminder.
[Discovered Dragonhost Passage: Blood Mound.]
[Positioning completed.]
The Vortex World and the third passage world were close.
