A pained cry from Stelle came from nearby. Mr. Yang and March 7th both turned to look at her.
Seeing that her unlucky head was stuck, March 7th and Mr. Yang simply stood there and watched in silence.
Looking at the two of them standing there in almost the exact same posture, Stelle's expression froze.
"Why are you two just watching?!"
'Did neither of them have even the slightest intention of helping me?!'
'Are we still teammates or not?!'
Stelle burst into tears.
"Leave professional matters to professionals."
While Stelle was crying her eyes out, Bailu stepped forward and checked how tightly she was stuck.
As a doctor who healed and saved people, she didn't just know how to treat illnesses.
Saving people was part of the job too.
Bailu had experience dealing with this kind of emergency as well.
Although the revival of the Ambrosial Arbor was a major event for the Xianzhou, rescuing someone came first.
Besides, with such a huge commotion, if Jing Yuan and the others still hadn't noticed...
She would recommend they come see her ophthalmology department.
Hmm, they should probably book an appointment with otolaryngology too.
Hmm... actually, maybe they should just go straight to neurology. It felt more likely that something was wrong there.
Stelle felt a small hand gently touching the spot where she was stuck in the railing.
'Hehehe...'
'The little hand was cool.'
'So comfortable~'
"Take out the 'felt.' This young lady is checking how tightly you're stuck."
"And that expression is disgusting. Wipe it off your face!"
"Cough cough... Yes, Lady Bailu!"
Soon, Bailu pulled back her hand.
"You're stuck way too tightly. I don't think you can be pulled out."
She really didn't know how Stelle had managed to get her head in there.
If she was stuck this tightly, there was only one way to get her out.
"Cut it."
Bzzzz!
Stelle froze when she heard the sound.
Just from hearing it, she could tell it was powerful.
And it was right next to her ear. Looking at the chainsaw that had appeared through the railing beside her face...
Combined with what Bailu had just said, Stelle had to admit she was a little panicked.
She swallowed.
"You can cut the railing. Just don't cut me."
Bailu looked at her strangely.
"What are you thinking? This young lady is a proper doctor, not a murderer."
'A doctor carries a chainsaw around?!'
'What kind of doctor is that?!'
"An all-purpose doctor!"
Screech!
The chainsaw touched the metal railing, instantly sending countless sparks flying.
Many landed on Stelle's face. The Path's protection kept her from getting hurt, but the psychological pressure was through the roof.
Especially with that sound right beside her head.
She could vaguely feel a chill around her neck.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Stelle cried out in terror. "Be careful! Be careful!"
"Tsk~ This young lady's hands are very steady! Just relax!"
Screech!
"AAAAAH!"
Beside them, March 7th and Mr. Yang had somehow produced a pair of sunglasses each and quietly watched Bailu carrying out the rescue while Stelle screamed.
They were probably getting annoyed by all the noise.
Bailu planted one foot on the railing, her eyes narrowing.
"Hold still. This young lady is speeding up!"
The moment she heard that, Stelle's face changed drastically.
"Wait, slo..."
'Slower would be better!'
Unfortunately, before she could finish, Bailu had already started.
The cutting speed was indeed much faster than before.
At the same time, there were even more sparks.
The pressure on Stelle's mind grew even heavier.
Especially when Bailu's hand shook that one time.
Stelle wept internally.
'Slower. Slower would be better!'
Unfortunately, she would never get the chance to say those words.
Not because Bailu's shaky hand had sent her to the afterlife.
But because she had already been rescued, so there was no need to say it anymore.
His gaze moved away from Stelle, who was lying limp on the ground with foam at the corners of her mouth, and turned toward the Ambrosial Arbor that seemed rooted in the Ancient Sea.
The Ambrosial Arbor, which had been withered for who knew how many years, had revived once again.
This matter... was undoubtedly related to the Stellaron.
That thing really was in the Alchemy Commission. They had searched the right place.
They had just been one step too late. Someone had already placed the Stellaron into the Ambrosial Arbor and triggered its revival.
"Miss Bailu, does the Luofu have any Abundance-aligned factions?"
"Abundance faction?" Bailu put her tools away and blinked at Mr. Yang.
Then she nodded.
"Yes. On the Luofu, the only Abundance faction is probably the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."
There's also an organization called the "Love Sect," but that's not an Abundance faction. Most of its members are Vidyadhara who don't need to seek immortality, plus some long-life species who joined for fun.
'Love Sect?'
For some reason, hearing that name made Mr. Yang suddenly think of Elysia.
"Well, isn't this a coincidence? To run into three members of the Astral Express here."
A strange young woman's voice suddenly came from not far away.
March 7th and Mr. Yang looked at the newcomer with puzzled expressions.
"And you are?"
Several Cloud Knights followed behind her. Just from that alone, it was obvious she was someone important. After their experience with Tingyun, the two of them wouldn't fail to notice that.
Bailu and Stelle recognized her just from her voice.
They blinked at her.
"Qingque!"
Bailu waved at her.
Meanwhile, Stelle seemed to notice something and kept sizing up Qingque as she walked over.
Once she got closer, Bailu asked, "What are you doing at the Alchemy Commission?"
This place was closest to the Ambrosial Arbor. As a diviner belonging to logistics, Qingque shouldn't be on the front lines.
"Yeah, I'd like to know that too. Why is someone from logistics on the front lines?"
Levi stared at Bailu with dead fish eyes.
Who could have guessed that the moment he stepped out of the Divination Commission, Fu Xuan would catch him and drag him here as free labor?
Levi firmly refused.
Fu Xuan firmly insisted.
A diviner versus the Master Diviner.
The result was obvious.
The only good news was that this counted as a dangerous mission, so there was hazard pay...
'Dangerous mission? Then I definitely shouldn't be here!'
"What? If you don't come, should I expose you to Fu Xuan?"
"..."
Qingque fell silent for a moment.
That was true.
She couldn't exactly expose herself to Fu Xuan, could she?
'Come to think of it, weren't you planning to come to the Alchemy Commission anyway?'
So why are you unhappy when Fu Xuan tells you to come?
Levi rolled his eyes.
"How is that the same!"
If he came on his own, that was voluntary.
If Fu Xuan told him to come, that was being forced.
At that point, Qingque could tell.
Levi had quite a lot of rebelliousness in him.
Conservatively speaking, out of a hundred pounds of body weight, ninety-nine pounds were pure rebelliousness.
———
Stare~
Bailu looked at the Cloud Knights who had stopped alongside Levi.
"Are they here to protect you?"
'Probably.'
Diviners mainly handled intelligence of all kinds. In direct combat, they were no different from ordinary people.
Only Fu Xuan, the Master Diviner, was exceptionally powerful.
A junior diviner like Qingque mostly just told fortunes and predicted good or bad luck, avoiding possible dangers.
With a few Cloud Knights assigned to protect her and her ability to seek fortune and avoid misfortune, nothing major should happen.
"Wrong."
Levi looked at the squad of Cloud Knights behind him with those dead fish eyes and calmly said, "They're here to keep an eye on me."
"?"
A question mark slowly appeared above Bailu's head after hearing that.
Levi sighed.
The squad of Cloud Knights behind him was Fu Xuan's blatant lack of trust in him.
'No, not him.'
———
[In Qingque]
'Sigh!'
'Wait, why am I sighing?!'
Pulling back his dead fish eyes, Levi looked toward the distant Ambrosial Arbor.
Who would have thought that this tree, overflowing with life, would actually bring endless disasters?
Stare~
He wondered what Fu Xuan and the others were planning to do next.
Stare~
"What's wrong with you?"
Stare~
"..."