
"I'm known as Gai Ya, the Earth Goddess. Your Majesty, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Qu Xuanzi knew the name, but never met in person or was simply familiar with its aura. Gai Ya is a Forest Fairy, raised to be a goddess and settled in Middle-earth as an Earth Goddess to guard the earth.
It does not engage in war or conflict, it will only come out if the earth is in the final stage of destruction. But all this time, the woman never showed up. She was like the Goddess of Memory, indifferent to world affairs and merely observing from afar.
Gai Ya's arrival this time was indeed a rare thing. Qu Xuanzi thought, that woman did not appear just because to warn him.
"Since His Majesty has guessed, I will not hide it anymore. Xie Ruo's current condition did not allow to travel, the longer it was delayed, the more dangerous the condition became. Previously, he had already suffered a non-light bleeding, then returned to fighting in a soul-separation manner. His soul has been broken, coupled with the poison of blood flowing in his blood."
Qu Xuanzi frowned. "How can you assume when just looking at it from afar?"
Gai Ya smiled faintly. "I can see it. Just now the demon god clone gave blood poison, in the same way as the way he poisoned you. You can check it."
Qu Xuanzi did not see any other intention from Gai Ya's gaze. He looked at Xie Ruo, only to realize that black veins had emerged from his neck. Previously he did not pay much attention because he was too rushed.
"I can take care of her in place of the Goddess of Life for a while, if you can trust me," Gai Ya bargained.
Qu Xuanzi did not want to delay too much time and agreed to Gai Ya's suggestion. True he said, Xie Ruo's condition was too bad and it would be dangerous if he made a long trip. Even though he was fast, he still could not catch up with the time he had left.
In the end, Qu Xuanzi followed the direction Gai Ya left for into the depths of the shady forest. Large trees are docked and towering, giving coolness and silence that is contrary to the outside situation. Birds sing, winged insects roam freely in their safe homes.
This kind of peace was a rare thing in the Star Forest. Basically, all the animals in the Star Forest hunted and hunted each other, all living in fear. Moreover, the large creature that had previously been protecting Xie Ruo actually lived in this place, that was why he was not as dangerous as most ferocious beasts.
Now the large animal walked carrying the Thunder Spirit on his shoulder. They had minor injuries from the battle, yet they looked fine as soon as they entered this region.
The air of life flowed around, giving the spirit power enough to refine their spirit that had originally collapsed due to the battle. Even the Thunder Spirit felt that his mind was clear again after a long period of vigilance and panic.
There was a cottage in the place where Gai Ya stopped her steps. The small and cute animals that roamed around instantly stepped aside and hid looking at the presence of a foreign figure. If it was only Gai Ya, they would not need to hide because for them, Gai Ya was their mother.
Entering the little hut, Qu Xuanzi laid Xie Ruo over the bed carefully. He didn't leave there, waiting for him to make sure there wasn't anything bad. Although Gai Ya was a goddess, she still could not believe it completely.
The woman was just like the Goddess of Memory, would not help without other intentions. The Goddess of Memory helped Xie Ruo out of wanting to make him the heir of the Goddess of Memory, but the Goddess of the Forest was certainly different. He was still alive and very healthy, his request was not just to attract Xie Ruo to his side.
Gai Ya immediately checked Xie Ruo's overall condition. The bleeding Xie Ruo experienced made him lack a lot of blood, too risky especially when he felt the content was weakened. If it's like this, they could die.
"Xie Ruo was bleeding too much from the impact after the battle in the Upper World. I can increase the effectiveness of the heart to get the problem of losing a lot of blood resolved, but for the rest, it will be very difficult."
"Tell me." Qu Xuanzi spoke without a tinge of emotion as he clasped Xie Ruo's palm tightly.
"After the blood shortage problem was resolved, Xie Ruo's condition should indeed be fine, but that was if he was in a normal state. The bleeding that occurred injured its contents, coupled with the active cold poison, it worsened its condition. Psychic powers do reduce the pain for a while, but they do not help in healing. While the pure energy that is supposed to help healing, inhibited due to blood poison. You know for yourself, blood poison has no cure. That's why Xie Ruo fell into a dangerous condition, it's hard to save him."
"Aren't your medical abilities not inferior to the Goddess of Life and the God of Medicine? You have a solution." Qu Xuanzi tried as calmly as possible. When he heard Gai Ya's speech series, he experienced various emotions that were difficult to mention.
"There's no way to save him from the blood poison. But I can ease the symptoms of the blood poison to maintain his life temporarily. Before that, it took one action," Gai Ya said, then looked at Qu Xuanzi seriously. "Which Majesty wants to save? Your wife, or your son?"
Qu Xuanzi was not surprised by the question. The Goddess of Life had once asked him that, but he chose the answer from Xie Ruo directly. Under the present conditions, Xie Ruo could not give any answers and only he could decide.
He could not lose Xie Ruo, nor did he want to make her saddened by the loss of a child. What's he supposed to do?
"Is there no other way?"
Gai Ya remained calm with no emotion on her face. "All three are dead" he said. There is no other choice but those two.
It is very sad, the gods make miracles for humans through their magic, but nothing gives magic to a stand-alone god. They rely on themselves, without waiting for a miracle to come.
Although Qu Xuanzi was the main god and the Celestial Emperor, he could not bring to life someone who was already dead. No one can.
Hence, Qu Xuanzi could only be a little selfish. "Save Xie Ruo, no matter what happens."
There was no expression on Gai Ya's face. He said, "You know, after today, no one can save Xie Ruo from the blood poison. He's still gonna die."
"No need for anyone else, I can." Qu Xuanzi's gaze was unmoved from Xie Ruo. Killing the Demon God alone was not enough to eliminate the blood poison in Xie Ruo's body, as he was not a mixture between a god and a demon. He will find a way, even though he has to ruffle the God World though.
Gai Ya had nothing else to say when she saw Qu Xuanzi had already brought up her decision. He immediately went to ask the animals to prepare what was needed.
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In a memory room filled with emptiness and silence, Xie Ruo sat quietly looking at his reflection in the pool formed inside the memory space right in front of him.
He heard everything that was happening outside, but could do nothing but silence. His and Qu Xuanzi's opinions were contradictory, but he could not express them. He wanted to save his son, but he was unable to. It made him filled with guilt and deep sadness.
He desperately protected his son not to get results like this. There is nothing to blame, only to blame yourself for being too weak. If only he had been more careful, he wouldn't have experienced something like this. Blood poison will not poison him, something like this will not happen.
"Is this enough to make you fully accept the Goddess of Memory exam?"
That soft and flat voice went into Xie Ruo's hearing. Xie Ruo turned his head to look at the pale and transparent female figure like a ghost, standing firmly looking at it with a dim gray iris.
Xie Ruo stood up as he said, "It's not enough. The future I see, it seems to be too far away."
"That's only a few years from this year, that's enough."
"Aren't you supposed to go?" Xie Ruo wondered why the woman had instead settled here after a long time of no news.
"It should be, but the world of memory sent me to help you make the future happen."
Xie Ruo was confused. "What do you mean?"
The Goddess of Memory smiled faintly. "The future says, you will die and stand in shadow, separated from loved ones and live a lonely life."
Xie Ruo thought for a moment. The future he saw, he died and his son lived despite having to separate. What does that mean, the Goddess of Memory just said that she could save the lives of her children?
"Not me, but you." The Goddess of Memory said as if reading Xie Ruo's thoughts.
Xie Ruo looked at him suspiciously. "You're going to ask me to absorb all divinity and accept the test?"
The Goddess of Memory smiled, confirming Xie Ruo's words. "Psychic power can control the soul, you can use that to save it. But, you must accept the test of divinity to be able to use it to its fullest."
"If not?"
"You will die, the poison of blood will not be condoned against a human like you." The Goddess of Memory said calmly as if saying a light thing.
Xie Ruo thought for a moment. Receiving the exam, it meant that in the near future he would get that exam and become the Conferred Goddess of Memory. Even the Dragon Goddess examination alone had not come out yet, the Memory Goddess was in such a hurry.
But he doesn't have much time. If he did not accept it, all his efforts would be in vain and he would feel very guilty. Although he did not know how time would go, he loved his son very much and did not want anything bad to happen. He also had to live, in order to settle the score on the Demon God. He could not help but look at Qu Xuanzi who had done too much for him.
In order to make that happen, there has to be a bit of sacrifice. Xie Ruo looked at the Goddess of Memory, then said seriously, "Help me."
The Goddess of Memory smiled happily. He also did what he should have done. He had never guided Xie Ruo in terms of strength, this time, he would guide him directly to accept the test of divinity.
In addition, several women came to bring some things with Gai Ya. Gai Ya had Qu Xuanzi come out first, as Qu Xuanzi's aura could interfere with Gai Ya's concentration in using her power.
Qu Xuanzi was forced out, entrusting Xie Ruo to Gai Ya for a while. Despite being eager to resist, he knows Gai Ya's powers are opposite to her so that it may upset Gai Ya's energy balance.
After Qu Xuanzi left, the women crowded around the bed and looked at Gai Ya with an agitated look.
"Goddess, is it okay to take an innocent little life?" One of the women raised their voice.
Gai Ya looked towards Xie Ruo, then spoke calmly. "He knows what to do."
Gai Ya's mood seemed like nothing before, looking calmer. He knew, Xie Ruo was receiving the test of the Divinity of the Goddess of Memory to save his son.
In addition, Qu Xuanzi had also cast a certain magic on Xie Ruo's content before leaving, changing the conditions of his contents to become stronger in order to last longer. He realized, the man was not always stone-hearted. It just seems cruel.
A golden light appeared around the soul of Xie Ruo who was sitting receiving the test of divinity from the Goddess of Memory. It was a remnant of magic 10 years ago when it destroyed the pendant, helping it absorb a high amount of magic that suppressed its soul to the maximum.
Receiving the test was more difficult than receiving divinity magic at the initial stage. At that time, Xie Ruo would get instructions from the Memory World to complete the exam within a certain time limit.
The process of receiving the test first carried a great pressure on his entire soul of the magic of divinity in question. It was aimed at determining the viability of ownership as a whole, whether he deserved all that power or not, depending on the recipient. If not, there is only death waiting for him.
After the golden light flowed through each of his souls, the silver light now dominated, escaping from his body. The black stripes that appeared on her skin turned silver like metal, shocking the women who were preparing to take out the baby in Xie Ruo's womb.
They all looked at each other, then saw Gai Ya return. "Goddess ...."
"Do now!" Gai Ya gave the order. It was a signal from Xie Ruo that he had protected his baby from the pressure of another upcoming magic, as well as warming him up so as not to have any problems when it came out of the womb.
One of the women placed some acupuncture needles to numb the sense of taste at some point, then the other two cast magic toward the expanding abdomen. As soon as their magic entered, they changed the qi within it carefully to take it out slowly after finding the right position.
Several other women controlled the energy in Xie Ruo's body, then disconnected the link between the fetus and uterus in order to be removed. A ball-shaped golden and silver light appeared through Xie Ruo's abdomen, covering the entire part of the object and letting the originally expanding belly become down and flat.
That layer of light with two different powers immediately made the women around shocked. Gai Ya immediately summoned the roots of the plant to cover the two layers of the light ball until it was completely covered, then let the two women who raised the light unleash its magic.
The rolling roots revealed a gap that made the women feel extraordinary. There was a small figure visible in a thin and transparent layer, which was not covered by two lights. He slightly moved his highly visible finger in front of his face. This was the first time they saw, a newborn but still in a clear layer that looked solid.
They clustered, looking at the still roots wrapped around forming a circular ball. After a while the gold and silver light disappeared, then the roots stretched and formed a pedestal like a flower petal, revealing a foreign object on it. A transparent object containing two small babies that looked curled up together.
"Goddess, what is this ...."
Gai Ya smiled faintly. He approached, along with a clear and dense liquid that began to fuse together with the golden light like sparks. The two babies inside floated in the air, controlled by Gai Ya and placed on top of the roots of the flower petals.
The roots that were originally floating in the air, started landing and were caught by the women simultaneously sprightly. At the same time, the sound of two shrill cries filled the room.
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Sorry yesterday did not stop up, because the whole day was on the way to the middle of the mall. Even though I made half a chapter, but hunted drunk cars, so failed to finish the chapter.
Anyway, you might think the way to 'birth' here is a bit strange and too 'wow' alias impossible. But I don't think so, because that's what happens in the real world.
Inspired by my mommy, when giving birth to my youngest twin, she also did the same thing. Only the difference is no heavy bleeding and no poison, most high blood yes. Born prematurely in the 7th month, operated on and removed the baby while still in the placental membrane. So ... inspired from there. The difference here I make more into fantasy again to fit the genre. If I make there is a surgeon the same term 'cesarean section' so do not connect.
A brief explanation from me, thank you..