9 [[[ALTERNATIVE]]]

Lucy was lost for words. "Are you truly willing to help me, Lenci"? Tears constantly flew from her eyes. before she could accept her savior's offer. she had many questions to ask.

"Will your family not miss you?" she did not believe a young girl of this caliber would not be missed.

"Even though, your help is exactly what I need as your friend." "I wouldn't want you to get in trouble." I was on my way to ask the palace for help. I'm sure they wouldn't turn a blind eye to my plight."

Valencia responded, "as your friend, I'm obligated to help you and do not worry. I will not be missed."

Lucy was thinking hard about it but Valencia didn't give her a chance to refute it.

she continued, "think of it this way, the faster we get there the faster we can get back"

Lucy decided to give in and accept Valencia's help. Her people were suffering afterall

First, they needed to procure a ride and some new clothes for Lucy in preparation for the long trip. the wagon she was traveling in was destroyed during the battle. Valencia informed her she would stay in the Forrest while she procured the items. Lucy was a little suspicious but brushed it off.

Lucy took the fastest time possible. She had rented a small carriage and a driver for the trip.

The ride was long but lucy and valencia took the time to know each other better. Valencia steered away from personal information but lucy did not mind. She found out that lucy was from the stone village. A small village in the mountains at the outskirts of the DeHan Dynasty with a population of less than 60. It might be a poor town but to lucy, it was her everything. she told her about the poison and everything.

After hearing lucy's story, Valencia was very perplexed. The strange mist that appears at night. The people getting mysteriously sick even peak qi condensation cultivators would be affected. The senior brother attacking her. It was a big conspiracy.

"Arent you afraid of your senior brother attacking you again?" Valencia asked worriedly

"That coward would not dare attack me in the village plus he will not expect me to come back alive!" Lucy had a serious expression on her face.

Valencias blushed when she saw how lucy was acting. she was so strong and independent. After getting cleaned up lucy looked very cute in her dress. Before the amour hid her curves but nothing was holding her curvaceousness back now.

If he didn't ambush her back then it would have been a different outcome. Lucy and her senior brother, Troy, were at the 5th level of qi condensation but lucy was just a little bit stronger than him. she was at the peak of the 5th level.

Lucy looked out the window and requested for the driver to stop. It took a whole day for them to travel to the stone village. It was now dark out and she did not want to risk the driver getting poisoned. She paid him and he went the way he came.

Plus she was not gonna take the long route. She knew of a secret passage.

Valencia was so happy to be on an adventure. She had never been out so late before. It was exciting. She was far away from home but she did not care. She was on a mission to get stronger and better understand her powers. The mountains were in view from her palace but to her, they were an unreachable existence but here she was.

After a few twists and turns, the entrance of the village was insights.

The village was inside of a large crater inside of an inactive volcano, For some reason, she thought the whole village would be made of stone but it wasn't. It looked like a normal town. The village had gotten its name from the surrounding rock.

On the way, lenci would feel endless energy pouring into her body like never before but she knew it represented people in pain. Therefore she wasn't entirely happy.

As soon as she stepped foot inside the village a scream escaped her mouth. She fell to the ground clutching her head. she had never encountered this situation before. it was more than she could handle.

Lucy was terrified and lost for words. One moment she was fine and the next, Collapsed on the floor.

Nothing could have prepared her for the number of emotions that hit her all at once. When she woke up her head was still in pain but the first thing that caught her attention was the flashing panel

LEVEL: 15/20

the last time it was at 1 and now it was 14 levels higher. she could not believe her eyes.

She abruptly sat up elated. her head still hurting but that was minor compared to the amount of energy that was now present in her body. the energy was so warm and abundant.

A smile was plastered on her face. A brighter glow started to be released from her body. the whole room was lit up. She started to survey her surroundings. She was in a small room on a small bed. To her right, a girl was been, it was Lucy ca wry expression on her face

Strange things one after the other kept on happening to this little fairy. first, she collapsed scaring her shitless, and now this, she was shinning like a star in the sky. She stifled all her questions and asked the main one on her mind. She knew Lenci had her secrets. "Are you okay Lenci?"

"Yes, I'm okay, sorry for scaring you. That will never happen again." Embarrassment laced in her tone

The little fairy as the epitome of strangeness but Lucy was glad she was okay. "You scared me half to death. What happened to you?"

Valencia didn't know what to tell her. She did not want to tell her secret but she did not want to lie. Lucy sensed her hesitation and tacitly responded. "Let's not talk about that now. You're fine and that's all that matters"

"I have one matter I would like to bring to your attention. I know you're willing to help my people and me but I don't want to put you in danger. Actually, your abilities you displayed are close to impossible. "

"You can heal and detoxify without external medicine and there were no known martial arts that can accomplish that. None that I have ever seen or heard of. If people saw you using your power you might harbor unwanted attention to yourself'" Lucy said everything that was on her mind. It was evident she cared about Valencia.

Valencia raised an eye. she had limited knowledge of the cultivation world so she was unaware of this fact. She was glad Lucy told her this information and she would be careful about who she would help in the future.

they were then stuck with a dilemma, how would she heal the townspeople without exposing her uniqueness. they both sat there for a while racking their brains.

An idea then popped into her head and she immediately got to work. A highly contemplative look appeared on her face.

A glow of white light flashed between her hand. The energy started out as big as a basketball but slowly it began to shrink in itself. Valencia was compressing her energy into a small ball.

Lucy watched in awe. the light was so bright but it wasn't burning her eyes in the least. It was heavenly.

The entire room was lit up. After leveling up she had more access to her power. The light it was giving off was thicker. Seeing she has never tried this before. It took a few tries but she ultimately succeeded.

Her energy was compressed so tightly it had taken a tangible form. In her hands, laid a small beautiful white pearl. The pearl was shimmering with an unsettling light and after a few flashes, the light resided.

"This is something I created to fix our issue, Inside this pearl is my power. Hopefully, with it we will be able to heal your people"

She handed the pearl to lucy who still had a dazed expression on her face. lucy took the pearl instinctively.