"The Lion King, shall we go check on the situation of the plague first?" Baizhi, upon hearing the Lion King's words, immediately suggested going to see the situation.
"Of course, follow me!"
The Lion King personally led everyone to the area where the tribe affected by the plague was settled. Even from a distance, Bexia and others could smell a strong stench in the air.
"Everyone, be careful, the plague is highly contagious, but if you are strong, it's not easy to get infected!" The Lion King paused, reminding them.
Following the Lion King into the area of the spreading plague, after peeking into a tent, many people present turned pale, finding the sight before them utterly revolting.
Pus and blood flowed freely, and there were maggots crawling on top, causing quite a scene. If not for two elves who had experienced many battles and somewhat desensitized to such scenes, they would probably be as shocked as Beibei.
Bexia, Christine, and Conesy just frowned, while Beibei appeared agitated, clinging to Bexia's neck behind him. The only surprise was Xiao Bi'an Hua, floating expressionlessly in mid-air.
"Have you all seen the situation? Any idea how to solve it?" The Lion King lowered the tent's canvas and looked at Baizhi asking.
"Let's try, we brought the Water of Life." Baizhi took out a bottle from her waist pouch and walked directly into the tent, with others naturally following suit.
Inside the tent, the stench was even worse, and flies buzzed around. The orcs lying there were severely rotten all over, either unconscious or groaning in pain.
Enduring the nauseating feeling, Baizhi approached one orc, removed the lid of the bottle, poured a drop of emerald green Water of Life into the orc's mouth, and watched quietly for any changes.
The Water of Life did have an effect. While not as potent as the Life Force liquid Bexia had previously obtained, it was a similar substance. After a drop of Water of Life, the orc's dark complexion improved slightly, the rotten areas showing signs of healing, with green light repairing his wounds, indicating the Life Force was taking effect.
However, just as everyone thought it had an effect, after a brief pause, the green light representing Life Force disappeared. Although there was some improvement, everyone noticed that the effect of the Water of Life was not significant.
Why did they say the effect was not significant?
First, the Water of Life only repaired the wounds caused by the plague and not the plague itself, indicating that the plague was more complex than a simple illness.
Second, although the Water of Life had some healing effect, there was too little of it. Even among the elves, it was a valuable item for treating wounded, and it wasn't possible to produce a large quantity.
After all, saving the orc tribe was a sense of loyalty for them, not rescuing them was neglecting their duty. The elves were also constantly fighting and elves got injured every day, so they didn't have enough medical supplies.
One method didn't work, but Baizhi didn't give up, as they had prepared more than one method before coming.
"Heitong, you give it a try!" Baizhi made way for Heitong.
"Alright!" Exchanging a look with Baizhi, Heitong retrieved a twig from her waist pouch, as if freshly broken, with lush green leaves.
After taking out the branch, Heitong infused her own magic into it. This was the branch of their elven tribe's mother tree, with incredible power.
"Rustle, rustle!" The leaves on the branch rustled without wind, and specks of light fell from it, sprinkling onto the orc's body between Heitong's fingertips.
Bexia could feel that these specks of light carried a purifying power.
The purifying power seemed effective as black mists began to emanate from the orc's body. Unexpectedly, these mists started to resist the light from the branch, resulting in a standoff between the two forces.
"Hoo!" Heitong's face turned pale, her body swaying. Quick as a wink, Bexia caught her from behind.
"Heitong, are you okay?" Baizhi, slightly slower than Bexia, asked.
"I'm fine, just overused my power. Could you take her to rest for a while?" Bexia checked Heitong's condition and found nothing serious.
"I'm fine, just that this pestilence may not be as simple as it seems on the surface." Heitong frowned as she spoke.
"What do you mean?" Bexia inquired.
"This pestilence gives me a feeling as if it's alive." Though it sounded absurd, Heitong still trusted her intuition.
"Alive?!" Bexia was surprised, but at that moment, Christine's voice echoed in his mind, causing his expression to change.
"You should rest properly! Overusing your power is not good." Handing Heitong over to Baizhi, Bexia turned to the Lion King and said, "Mind if I give it a try?"
"Not at all, as long as you can cure our people, I will surely show my gratitude!" The Lion King looked even more distressed at the sight of Baizhi and Heitong's failures.
"Since purification seems effective, let's try the Light of Expulsion!" Bexia had access to all of Arahtys's assets, with many methods to combat a pestilence. As long as the person was not dead, he could save them.
It all depended on whether the cost was proportional to the rewards.
Opting for the Light of Expulsion, Bexia waved his hand, and a beam of light fell upon the orc's body. True to its name, the Light of Expulsion possessed unimaginable power.
"Roar!" As the Light of Expulsion touched the orc, a violent reaction occurred. A black pestilence surged from the orc's body, transforming into a monstrous creature resembling a turtle with a small volcano emitting a black, poisonous pestilence on its back.
Meanwhile, Bexia's Light of Expulsion took the form of a winged tiger. Compared to the pestilence monster, the Qiongqi was menacing but exuded more of a suppressing aura.
Both creatures roared at each other, their Lights of Expulsion colliding several times. Finally, with a reluctant whimper, the pestilence monster was dispersed by the Light of Expulsion, and the Qiongqi created by the light also lost its supporting power and dissipated slowly.
The plague has been lifted!
However, even so, Bexia could see that the rescued orcs had only been relieved of the plague, but in reality, they were still in mortal danger, as the torment inflicted by the plague on their bodies was too great, seriously depleting their vitality.
"The plague has been lifted, but to truly save these people, we'll need the life water of the elven race!" Bexia turned to the lion king and said.
The reason for saying this was purely to give some face to Baizhi and Heitong. To be honest, he could now easily find something stronger than the life water, but there was simply no need for that. It was better to give them a way out, especially since they had come here as envoys and had not done anything, which was really unacceptable.
In addition, in the time to come, if the orc and elven races establish a relationship, with this incident, it could also put the elves in a favorable position.
"The plague is the real trouble. Only by resolving the plague can the tribe truly be saved!" The lion king was not a fool, clearly distinguishing between what was important and what was not. If the plague was not controlled, not only would these tribesmen die, but the entire tribe might cease to exist.
