As the exquisite and thick carved metal door was slowly opened, what caught Lei Xiao's eyes was a large, spacious and slightly dark bedroom.
The large crystal chandelier on the roof was not turned on, and all the light sources came from the crystal stones inlaid on the walls.
The right light source arrangement makes the light in the entire room soft and warm, making people feel calm.
I saw that the decoration of the room was extremely decent. The white walls were not only inlaid with golden hollow scroll patterns, acanthus leaf decorations, scallop flower decorations and other gorgeous textures, but also neatly hung swords and shields and other decorations, making it luxurious yet elegant.
It's a little more solemn and majestic.
In the center of the room is a simple and elegant large curtained bed. The golden and red curtains completely wrap the bed, like a solid barrier, symbolizing the last moments of the patient on the bed.
strong.
Around the bed, there were lantern-shaped golden flowers and emerald green vegetation, just like a small wilderness, leaving only an aisle leading to the bed.
Smelling the elegant fragrance of flowers that came towards him, Lei Xiao nodded slightly, feeling filled with emotion in his heart.
After so many huge battles, when he descended from the corner of the forest, he had already arrived in front of the country's most powerful person, even though the latter had been in a coma.
What's more, judging from his relationship with Ariel, it's not an exaggeration to call him a quasi-father-in-law.
"The name of these flowers is Cold Flame Lily of the Valley. They are flower seeds cultivated by His Majesty the King of Heroes himself. They are also my father's favorite flowers."
Ariel's crisp voice was low, and she murmured to Lei Xiao: "Father once said that the Cold Flame Lily of the Valley can grow on the top of the mountains, but also in the cold north. Neither strong wind nor blizzard can grow in it."
Letting him bend down represents the strongest will of the Leng Yan royal family."
"Your Excellency, the old King is also fighting against the unknown disease with this amazing tenacity. According to Sir Seven and Master Yatuo, if His Majesty the old King's will had not been as strong as iron, he would have been dead.
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Wu did not continue speaking, but sighed heavily, nodded to Lei Xiao and said: "Your Excellency, guest minister, please come with me. His Majesty the old king must also really want to meet you, the hero who saved the Lengyan Kingdom."
After finishing speaking, Wu waved away the maids in the room and walked to the front again.
"Understood."
Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath and followed Wu closely.
Passing by a small sea of flowers composed of Cold Flame Lily of the Valley, Lei Xiao and his party quickly arrived at the hospital bed.
In order to avoid disturbing the old king too much, Lei Xiao only brought a few fifth-level powerhouses and some peak fourth-level powerhouses.
"Your Highness Princess, I am about to raise the curtain."
When he stopped, Wu Xian nodded to Ariel, and then slowly opened the curtain covering the hospital bed.
Although he couldn't see Wu's expression, Lei Xiao could still feel the solemnity and awe from the other person's tone.
As the curtain was gently opened, a haggard old man with white beard and hair came into Lei Xiao's eyes.
The old man was lying flat on the big bed, his pale face covered with wrinkles was extremely thin and slightly sallow, like a sponge that had shrunk and hardened.
But it can be seen from the outline of the quilt that the old man was once extremely tall. Even though his body has become thinner, the outline of his huge muscles is still very conspicuous.
The most eye-catching thing is that although the old man's broad chest is rising and falling slightly, he is already out of breath.
But his purple lips were pursed tightly, and his gray eyebrows were frowned. It seemed that he had been fighting against the disease in his body, and he did not give people a feeling of powerlessness and weakness.
Looking at the unconscious but strong-willed prospective father-in-law in front of him, Lei Xiao was filled with emotions in his heart.
I now clearly understand why Ariel is often able to burst out with strong determination and strength despite her delicate figure.
Because her father is an unyielding king.
"Father looks even weaker than before."
Ariel knelt down beside the bed, holding the old man's loose hands tightly with both hands, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
"The top priority now is to figure out the reason why the old king is seriously ill."
Lei Xiao first patted Ariel's shoulder lightly, and then said to Ye Cang, Gars, Ju Bai and other subordinates with healing skills or experience beside him: "I'll leave it to you.
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"As you command, Lord."
After receiving Lei Xiao's order, the subordinates showed their talents and began to try to diagnose the old king's condition.
With the blessing of the Demonic Moon Condensation Pill, as the main healing powerhouses, Ye Cang and Ju Bai, who were originally at the fourth-level senior level, have reached the peak level of the fourth-level nine-star level, and their strength has been greatly enhanced.
As a master of alchemy, Garth is good at alchemizing healing potions. He also has a very good understanding of various symptoms and curses, and he might be able to find some clues.
As long as you understand the cause and apply the right medicine, there will naturally be hope for a cure.
During this process, Lei Xiao also tried his own method, which was to open the old king's attribute bar.
However, since the old king was not Lei Xiao's subordinate, no matter how hard he tried, he could not succeed in doing this.
As waves of gentle energy continued to surge out, after a while, all the healing subordinates returned without success and shook their heads helplessly at Lei Xiao.
"Is that true?"
Looking at the helpless expressions of his subordinates, Lei Xiao was not too surprised.
After all, even the fifth-level and eight-star Guangming Archbishop has not found the cause of the disease, let alone his subordinates who have not even reached the fifth level yet.
"Lord, my subordinates have never seen such a strange situation before."
Ye Cang pushed the golden eyes on the bridge of his nose, froze his eyebrows and said, "His Majesty the old king has not been hit by any spiritual attacks or curses, and there are no internal injuries in his body, but his subordinates can clearly feel it.
His Majesty the old King is extremely ill, which is simply unbelievable."
"That's right, we clearly know that His Majesty the old King is extremely weak, but I can't find the specific reason. It's like a pair of invisible hands covering everything up."
The orange-white face was full of solemnity, and he sighed softly: "Just like what Mr. Wu said, it is certain that His Majesty the old king's illness was too sudden and must have been harmed by some external force.
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"Lord, my subordinates also feel this way."
Gals gently stroked his gray beard and said solemnly to Lei Xiao: "Although His Majesty the old King seems to be normal, the energy circuits in the body are showing signs of shrinking, making the energy flow somewhat unsmooth. Perhaps this is related to His Majesty the old King.
disease is related.”
"What this powerful gentleman said is absolutely true."
Hearing this, Wu Wei nodded and added: "Master Yatuo and several other healing magic potion alchemist masters from the Alchemist Guild have also mentioned this issue. However, after taking various kinds of medicine for His Majesty the old King,
The magic potion that nourished the energy circuit had almost no effect."
"It is expected that the shrinkage of the energy circuits in His Majesty's body must have a root cause. Although nourishing potions are very effective, they are only effective on the energy circuit itself, which is a temporary solution but not the root cause."
Garth nodded slightly and said in a solemn tone: "Unless we know the root cause of the shrinkage of the energy circuit, all nourishing potions will be in vain."
"Senior Ice Demon, what is the root cause of the shrinkage of the old king's energy circuit?"
Lei Xiao looked at the pale old face in front of him, and asked the ancestor of the Bingliu family.
"I'm sorry, my lord, I can't understand this with my subordinates' strength."
Gars sighed softly, shook his head at Lei Xiao and said, "Just like what General Jubai said, things are never as simple as they appear on the surface. Everything seems to be covered up by some mysterious power."
"Father..."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Ariel, who had been silent, finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to sob: "Please open your eyes, your daughter is back, and the kingdom you care about most has regained peace.
, everything is slowly getting better, why are you the only one still unconscious?"
After hearing Ariel's words, everyone present fell silent. Even Lei Xiao didn't know how to comfort the sad Princess Lengyan.
"As I said just now, as long as we can find the root cause of the disease, we have hope of curing the old king."
When Ariel gradually calmed down, Lei Xiao first ordered Lian to hand the former a cup of hot tea, and then said: "Isn't there any way to figure out all this?"
"Lord, maybe I have a way."
I saw Xiao Huan, with fluttering transparent wings, appearing in front of Lei Xiao out of thin air. He held his chest while floating in the air and saluted: "Do you remember the space train of the dwarves?"
"Xiao Huan, are you saying that we can use a dormant illusion similar to this to directly communicate with the old king on a subconscious level?"
Lei Xiao's dark eyes lit up and he immediately reacted.
"Yes, Lord, if you directly ask His Majesty the old King, you may be able to find some useful clues."
Feeling Ariel's sadness, Xiao Huan, who had always been casual, became rarely serious and nodded heavily.
"But the dwarf's dormant array is extremely complex, and the illusions used in it are extremely sophisticated. I'm afraid it will be difficult to replicate in a short period of time."
Erza asked quickly with a anxious look on her face.
"Don't worry, I have been with those dwarves for nearly three thousand years. Although the magic circle is quite good, I have already memorized it by heart. By the way, I would like to whisper that the reason why the magic circle can operate normally in the later period is
I had nothing to do, so I just carried out maintenance as a result."
Xiao Huan smiled at Erza, then flapped her transparent wings and began to fly.
She was only the size of a palm, and this time she rested on Ariel's shoulder. While gently comforting the latter, she continued: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, after having a face-to-face communication with His Majesty the old King, even if we can't
If we find the cause of the disease at the first time, we may be able to deduce the murderer of the old king or some other clues."
"As long as the murderer is found, the cause of the disease will naturally be found. No matter what, we can also find some valuable clues through the clues that my father noticed!"
Ariel's starry eyes also lit up, and she touched the stone elf's head with her slender fingers in joy and said: "Xiao Huan, it's all thanks to you this time!"
"Hehe, it is a little girl's honor to be able to help Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Seeing that Ariel's mood had improved, Xiao Huan became playful and smiling again, and said with anticipation: "When everything is over, maybe the little girl will be lucky enough to transform into the appearance of the princess, and then join her and the lord.
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"Stop, stop, business is important now."
Lei Xiao flicked Xiao Huan's head, interrupting the other person's words.
Then, Lei Xiao briefly explained to Wu what happened on the dwarf space train.
"It turns out that it would be great if we could directly talk to His Majesty the old King. In other words, this is the only way to break the situation!"
After listening to Lei Xiao's words, Wu Ye became excited, nodded to the former and said, "Then I'll leave it to your Excellency and all of you."
"Okay, without further ado, let's start preparations."
Lei Xiao nodded to Xiao Huan and Erza, and then with a wave of his hand, he put all the cold flame bell orchid placed beside the bed into the space bracelet to facilitate Xiao Huan and Erza to lay the magic circle.
Under the leadership of Xiaohuan and the assistance of Erza, there were waves of slight energy fluctuations and low chanting.
It didn't take long for each of the exquisite light gray hexagram formations to take shape one after another under everyone's feet.
During the soft gray radiance, those magic arrays continued to rotate and extend outward, with the old king's bed as the center, and eventually covered the entire room, forming a giant composite magic array.
"Lord Qi, everything is ready."
When the room was filled with light gray soft magical light, Xiao Huan re-suspended in front of Lei Xiao, stroked his chest and saluted: "Lord, please sit there and close your eyes."
Looking along Xiao Huan's line of sight, Lei Xiao noticed.
Next to the bed, three chairs were placed in sequence, already connected to the bed through the magic circle on the ground.
"Then let's get started."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and immediately sat on the chairs with Ariel and Wu who couldn't wait.
To be honest, Lei Xiao was still quite nervous because he was going to meet his prospective father-in-law.
When Lei Xiao closed his eyes, he suddenly felt that everything around him became silent, as if his five senses in reality were disconnected, leaving only a pitch black nothingness in front of him.
I don't know how much time passed, but when Lei Xiao's vision returned to emotion, his ears were immediately filled with the cry of killing that resounded through the sky.
All he saw in front of him was an endless snowfield, and in the very center of the snowfield was a fierce battlefield with corpses everywhere. ()