Peerless: Auspicious Beast's Star Revival Plan

Chapter 172 Gemstone Window
Looking down from above the stars, the towering golden ancient tree stands in the sea of ​​trees, its outstretched branches like a loving mother embracing the vast forest.

On the highest branch of the Golden Tree stands a small, pointed, hexagonal house that looks much more refined and is completely different in style from the other buildings in Emerald City.

The golden-green hexagonal pyramidal roof is decorated with different round animal sculptures on each ridge, and the finial is a pure golden tree.

In front of the room is a small platform decorated with pillars adorned with blooming flowers. On the wall directly opposite the door is a floor-to-ceiling floral window, where finely cut, translucent gemstones of various colors, pure elemental crystals, and shimmering metal wires are pieced together to create a beautiful pattern.

A brown-haired woman in a green dress and a silver-haired man in a purple robe stood side by side. Sunlight streamed through the stained-glass window, casting dappled colors into the pristine white room, creating a breathtakingly pure and beautiful scene.

The other four walls are decorated with smaller gemstone windows, depicting scenes of the migration of jade swans, the establishment of the Jade City, the descent of the goddess of life, and the retreat of the sea god in disarray.

This place could be considered a small temple to the goddess of life.

The Goddess of Life does not deliberately spread faith, and Jade City does not engage in any religious practices—only a madman would engage in religion on his own turf—therefore, compared to a lofty deity, Jade City's reverence for the Goddess of Life is closer to that of a benefactor, a kind elder, or a teacher who occasionally offers guidance.

The goddess of life may not care about the protection she casually provides, but she must still give the emotional support she needs.

Putting everything else aside, the treasures brought from their respective territories by different races in the Soul Beast Forest, combined with designs by auspicious beasts with impeccable aesthetic sense, and the collaborative creation of several ferocious beasts, make these flower-patterned goddess windows truly irresistible!
If a cat or dog brings cockroaches or mice to its two-legged companion, the two-legged companion will feel both disgusted and happy. If a cat or dog brings back exquisite and beautiful flowers and plants to its two-legged companion, wouldn't the two-legged companion be overjoyed?

Even someone like the Goddess of Life, a plush enthusiast, couldn't resist the trend.

Apart from the window, the room was furnished very simply, with only a round high table and chairs. On the table was a light purple, slender-necked vase, its material warm and smooth, neither like jade nor porcelain, with a single golden-brown withered branch stuck in it.

Just then, the door was opened, and Lu Mingyou walked in, shutting out the melodious birdsong behind him.

Lu Mingyou wore a long dress with lilac purple hues and a light green coat. She wore no veil or hat, and the hideous scars on her face were exposed, but she did not seem uncomfortable or awkward. She pulled over a high stool, sat down, took out a kettle, and poured the water into a vase on the table.

A strange scene happened.

The moment it came into contact with water, the golden-brown withered branches instantly sprouted emerald green leaves and blossomed with tender golden flowers.

A gentle yet restrained immense power descended, like the deliberately subdued breath of a giant beast, landing in this small room.

The patterns on the stained glass window remained unchanged, but the colorful light and shadow projected into the room suddenly came alive.

The woman with long brown hair turned her head to look at Lu Mingyou and smiled gently.

"Hmm, what's wrong? My lovely child, it's rare that you wanted to see me." A woman's voice rang out, ethereal yet carrying a gentle smile.

"Greetings to you, dear goddess." Lu Mingyou also laughed, "And greetings to the most terrifying and dangerous god of destruction."

The goddess of life chuckled, "Little Purple has heard your greeting."

The emerald green figure raised her hand to smooth her long hair, and the purple figure beside her nodded, making no other move.

"It's rare for you to come to me. Has something troublesome happened?" The gentle voice was filled with concern.

“Yes, Goddess.” Lu Mingyou nodded. “My disciple is studying abroad and has made a friend. That child has been suffering from illness and I’m afraid he doesn’t have much time left.”

"Even with your and Brigitte's medical skills, you can't save him?"

Although Lu Mingyou doesn't possess a healing-type martial soul, her medical skills are already considered top-tier in the Douluo World. Coupled with the Jade Swan, the illness that neither of them could cure greatly intrigued the Goddess of Life.

“That was a child with a broken soul,” Lu Mingyou said with a wry smile. “The child’s soul was missing most of its length, with only a small part remaining in its body. If it were just a simple mental injury, we could still think of a way to deal with it, but the soul itself was so badly damaged… I can’t even understand why he is still alive.”

“Perhaps it’s because of his young age,” the Goddess of Life said softly. “However, a fragmented soul may be able to support a young body and control a lower level of cultivation, but as he grows, the fragmented soul will eventually be insufficient to support physical activity… and the body will fall into a deep sleep and then die. Just like a toddler can’t fit into an adult’s clothes, such a child is destined to have a short lifespan, which is a pity.”

“But we suspect that the child’s soul was deliberately cut out, and his body was also twisted.” Lu Mingyou recalled the contents of the auspicious beast’s letter, and felt as if an unnamed fire was burning in his heart. His eyebrows furrowed, and his scarred face became even more ferocious.

When she went to pick up Huo Yuqing, she saw Wang Dong from afar. He was a very lively and cute child. It was hard to imagine that anyone would actually cut off the soul of such a good child—it was said that the person was his biological father!

However, the auspicious beast specifically instructed in the letter not to tell the Goddess of Life about this matter, since they had no evidence and the idea of ​​a father cutting off his own child's soul was too horrifying.

"That child only has two years of memories. He's clearly a boy, but he doesn't seem to be able to adapt to life as a man. He still retains some girlish habits and thoughts. If he was born with a defective soul, how could he lose his memory after growing up to be a teenager? This is very suspicious."

“But changing someone’s gender… humans can’t do that right now, can they? Changing a human’s body without side effects is already within the realm of gods’ abilities. Gods can’t just interfere in the mortal world, so how could they arbitrarily distort the gender of humans in the mortal world?” The Goddess of Life comforted her, “Perhaps you’re overthinking it. I’ve also seen some people whose souls and bodies don’t match gender. Although it’s rare, it does exist.”

Moreover, arbitrarily twisting the bodies of living beings is a highly blasphemous act, and most deities would obviously not want to offend one of the god-kings of the divine realm. "So I've come to ask for your guidance," Lu Mingyou's voice carried a subtle reliance and intimacy, "Neither Biji nor I are sure."

It's rare for a child she's watched grow up to make a request, so the Goddess of Life says she's feeling incredibly soft.

"Okay, is that little guy you were talking about here?"

“He’s attending school with my students,” Lu Mingyou replied. “Should we call him over now?”

“No need for that, since it doesn’t sound very urgent.” The Goddess of Life waved her hand. “How about this, you give him a portion of the Life Armor, and then I can see the child’s condition.”

The Goddess's Life Armor is a set of soul bones that she modified with her own divine power. Originally, the Goddess created the armor to facilitate the succession of her divine position. In other worlds, it was real equipment, but in the Douluo world, it was a soul bone. For example, the Angel God also passed down such a set. Although the Goddess of Life did not intend to pass on her position, she still created such a set of divine armor using the soul bones offered by soul beasts.

Firstly, it can enhance the strength of her own followers. Secondly, she can also see the world outside the Golden Ancient Tree from the perspective of humans who have absorbed the soul bone, which is much more useful than the Eye of the Gods.

"Thank you, goddess!" Lu Mingyou said with a smile.

"Oh, you," the shadow of the Goddess of Life chuckled, raising a hand to tap Lu Mingyou's forehead. "But I probably won't have time to check these next couple of days. The Divine Realm Committee is about to hold another meeting. You should give the Life Divine Armor to that child first. The soul bone with my divine power will stabilize his condition. At least for the next ten years in the mortal realm, he won't be in danger because his damaged soul can't keep up with his body's growth. We'll talk about the rest when I get back from the meeting."

Having said that, the goddess's shadow stopped moving, and a small projection appeared among the flowers blooming on the golden-brown branches.

It was a projection of an exquisite gold-green winged armor set—the helmet, body armor, and arms were rather dull, having already been bestowed upon someone else by the goddess.

Lu Mingyou reached out and gently tapped the projected wings, and a pair of small, exquisite emerald-colored wings landed in her hand.

Then the projection and the flowers and green leaves that sprouted from the withered branches all turned into specks of light and disappeared.

She bowed deeply to the jeweled window.

……

The goddess of life removed her fingers from the phantom of the golden ancient tree on the table, and the smile on her face slowly disappeared.

The god of destruction cast a concerned glance his way.

"Mingyou, that child, doesn't have many days left." The Goddess of Life sighed, her tone even tinged with pain.

When she began to pay attention to this child who was born with a scar on his face, had awakened an extremely poisonous martial spirit, and aspired to become a healer, she had actually foreseen this day.

But she will still be sad.

Just like how humans know that cats and dogs can only accompany them for a dozen years or so, but they still keep them.

The God of Destruction placed his hand on his wife's shoulder. Having also cared for short-lived races, he naturally understood his lover's sorrow.

“Rong Nianbing has already put a divine test on her disciple. He said that the little guy is a super genius. As long as he grows up, he will definitely ascend to godhood in the future. Moreover, the little guy is also of excellent character. He will probably bring his teacher to the God Realm as well.”

“Mingyou’s child might not agree either.” The Goddess of Life shook her head. “Following others to ascend to the divine realm will surely prevent you from making any progress in the future. Moreover… the divine realm is a place that does not need healers.”

She was somewhat unwilling. Currently, there was no suitable vacant divine position in the divine realm for Lu Mingyou to inherit. If the divine realm were larger and could accommodate more deities, with this child's talent, he might be able to create his own divine position and ascend to the divine realm.

“Then we can send her to reincarnate… If she is reincarnated as a soul beast, her lifespan will be long, but the laws of the Douluo world are also a limitation.” The God of Destruction frowned, seemingly remembering something, and his expression showed some displeasure. “Or there may be suitable long-lived races in other worlds that we are interested in, such as elves.”

"We'll see," sighed the goddess of life.

“Let’s go, Little Green.” The God of Destruction took his wife’s hand. “This time at the God Realm Committee, I will make Tang San pay the price for breaking the seal of the Golden Dragon King and stealing the Golden Dragon Spear.”

"Hmm." The goddess in the green dress stood up, took her lover's hand in return, but did not, as she had done in the past, plead for the sea god and his wife, or advise her husband to act gently.

　I'm hallucinating. My attending physician, Lu Mingyou, encountered a rare disease and requested a difficult case consultation (not really).

　　It seems that Lu Mingyou asked the goddess for a piece of soul bone.

　　The actual logic is this: Master's student Huo Yuqing discovered a difficult case and called her advisor, Lu Mingyou. Lu Mingyou, upon seeing the rare disease (Wang Dong), realized, "Wow, I don't know how to treat this either!" So he called his reliable senior, Bi Ji. The two of them studied it for a long time, but couldn't find a cure. Lu Mingyou then made a phone call to his advisor: "Damn it! I've encountered an extremely rare disease! Advisor! I don't know! Help me, dread it!"
　　Then, the senior doctoral supervisor, seeing that neither his most trusted first disciple nor his most beloved junior disciple could handle this patient, and hearing that the patient, Wang Dong, was a good friend of his junior grand-disciple, who had been spotted by his colleague, Rong Nianbing, also a senior doctoral supervisor, who planned to recruit him as his first disciple upon graduation, said to his disciple, "My dear disciple, I'll give you a treatment plan to delay things for a few days. I'll make the surgery as soon as I finish this meeting."
　　(No)
　　(Then, when Fei Dao arrived at the scene, he discovered that the patient, Wang Dong, was the neighbor's child, and that the illness was caused by abuse from the neighbor's colleague.)
　　(Sorry, I'm completely soaked in the smell of class.)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)