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Chapter 119 Su Yueyue's Disease, the Cursed Girl (Subscribe)
Father Suan nodded. This was the root of it all:
"Su Yueyue is not my biological daughter. I was promoted to a second-level evolver decades ago, but in order to complete the task of being promoted from high deacon to priest, I began to travel around the wasteland."

"Search for the Lord of the Holy Spring, or thwart the Sun Cult's plot and kill their members."

"And I accidentally discovered a group of followers of the Cult of the Blazing Sun among a certain Wanderer force. They were excavating the remains of a small shelter they had found."

"We found many hibernation pods inside. We took the survivors out and offered them as sacrifices to the blazing sun not far away."

"They were a group of extremely weak cultists. In order to lure out the bigger fish, I didn't attack them directly. Instead, I waited until they finished their first ceremony..."

"As this group of people stuffed the survivors into the iron cage and hoisted them high up, they used a condenser to collect the cursed light waves released by the scorching sun behind them and focused them into the iron cage. The dozen or so survivors who had just regained consciousness were ignited by the scorching sun and burned to ashes on the spot."

"Then these lunatics collected the remaining ashes from the iron cage, poured them into water, stirred them into juice, and drank it."

"Unable to improve their own strength, they used ashes to suppress the curse burning within their bodies..."

"Through this, I also discovered the root cause of the gradual rise of the Fiery Sun Cult and its inability to be eliminated."

"They exploit the human fear of death. Only by constantly sacrificing others can they continue to exist, and they even clothe their evil deeds with a cloak of rationality..."

"True extreme lunatics are always a minority. Most of the lower echelons of the Fiery Sun Cult are cursed people who commit countless evil deeds."

"But the ashes they collected are stored in jars, and most of them are dedicated to higher beings."

"After that, I relied on my own strength and used the church's exclusive weapons to successfully kill the people who came to contact me, several late-stage first-order evolvers, and destroyed this small group of Fiery Sun Cult believers."

"Ultimately, with this achievement, he was promoted to a novice priest."

Speaking of this, Su An's eyes sparkled. It was obvious that this memory left a deep impression on him:
"And Su Yueyue was one of the survivors rescued during that travel..."

"She has a tiny bit of the Blazing Sun Curse in her body. It might not have any effect on an Evolved Person, but she's just a child who just woke up. Even a tiny dose would kill her!"

"According to the rules set by the church, all survivors infected with the Blazing Sun Curse must be executed in advance to prevent them from becoming potential members of the Blazing Sun Cult."

"But Su Yueyue's appearance reminded me of my daughter who had died many years ago. Finally, before the church pastors came to take over, I felt pity for her..."

"She was only six years old. It wasn't her fault."

"Later, in order to conceal her existence and avoid being discovered by the bishops of the Holy City, I, who had originally hoped to study in the Holy Land and meet the Saint, voluntarily requested a transfer to the poorest Oasis Town..."

"Because only here, no one can interfere with Su Yueyue's growth. I also have full freedom to study how to solve the cause of her illness and eradicate the effects of the scorching sun curse."

Having said this, Father Suan breathed a sigh of relief.

It is obvious that he recognizes Lin Feng's character, so he can tell all these secrets.

Perhaps for Father Suan himself, after suppressing his emotions for so many years, finally being able to find someone to talk to about these things was a kind of relief in a sense.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and had to admire Father Su An's character, but the final result might not be satisfactory:
"So you implanted the Wolf King's genes into Su Yueyue, hoping to use the bloodline power of a third-level king to suppress the Blazing Sun Curse in her body?"

"Hasn't the Holy Spring Water been used before? Logically speaking, the blessing of the Lord of the Holy Spring should be more useful than the genes of a third-level wolf king!"

Father Suan sighed softly:

"I've used it a long time ago."

"During the first year after arriving in Oasis Town, Yueyue was practically immersed in holy water."

"The effect was indeed very good at first. As a great being beyond the third level, the Lord of the Holy Spring, even the slightest bit of power emanating from His body was able to perfectly suppress the Blazing Sun Curse..." "But as mentioned before, this curse is not just a simple electromagnetic wave energy. It is like an indestructible cancer cell. Once it adapts to the environment and withstands the suppression and elimination of the Holy Spring's power, it will recur when you are not paying attention, and each time it will be more severe than the last."

"It was like a cancer in her bones, torturing Su Yueyue to a point where she was worse than death. She cried and begged me to end her suffering."

"Once the Burning Sun Curse strikes, it feels like the body is being burned by flames, causing extreme pain like suffocation."

"Ultimately, only by soaking in holy water of a higher concentration could the torment of the curse within her body be alleviated."

"But she can't just live in the holy spring water. Her constitution is weak, and her enhancement level is not high. So the price she paid for using the holy spring over the years is that her development has almost stagnated."

"I've been in Oasis Town for over ten years. Six-year-old Yueyue should have reached adulthood long ago, but now she still looks like she's only in her early teens..."

"A few years ago, I realized that this would only become a vicious cycle. The more I used the power of the Holy Spring, the harder it would be for Su Yueyue to grow and achieve leapfrog evolution."

"If you can't become an Evolver, the curse of the scorching sun will only get worse and worse."

After listening to Father Su An's description of his medical treatment over the years, Lin Feng also sighed:
"This is an unsolvable loop. Fortunately, the bloodline genes of the third-level wolf king should suppress the curse in Yueyue's body?"

Father Su An shook his head helplessly:
"It won't last long, maybe two or three years at most."

"If you pay attention to the aura Yueyue exudes, you will find that her aura is sometimes very unstable."

"One moment it's the mid-stage strengthening phase, and the next moment it drops back to the early stage. This period is the onset of the scorching sun curse, which consumes Yueyue's strengthening level..."

"And the whole process is extremely painful, but Yueyue has gotten used to it. As long as it's not a burning pain all over the body, she can endure it."

"But the long-term pain has also made her quiet and she has little to talk about with her peers."

Then Father Suan mentioned what happened yesterday afternoon:
"I didn't expect you to catch a live wolf cub."

"Yueyue had a lot of fun playing with it, and her physical condition has improved a lot."

Lin Feng recalled that once he discovered Su Yueyue, her aura was erratic, just as Su An said.

Thinking that this child was only a teenager, yet had to endure such a tragic fate, Lin Feng immediately spoke:
"Then leave the dog here and give it to Yueyue as a companion."

Father Suan shook his head:

"No need. If that steppe wolf cub is well trained, it will be of great help in this ruins search mission. In the underground ruins, it can rely on its bloodline genes to respond to the call of the Wolf King and accurately find the nearby steppe wolf essence."

"It's not too late to come back and play after the mission is over."

Lin Feng nodded, obviously not expecting that the unprepossessing divine dog could have such a function.

After saying all this, Father Su An felt much better and placed high hopes on Lin Feng.
"This mission is not only related to the church, but also crucial to whether we can completely control the Oasis and prolong Su Yueyue's life..."

"So... please!"

Lin Feng slowly stood up and nodded seriously.

Leaving the village chief's office, he returned to the chariot camp where Ding Yi was the only one there.

(End of this chapter)