"Why should I trade with you? Your abilities are so weak, and my plant friends have already told me—I know everything—that you two are nothing more than pawns ready to be sacrificed at any time. Xinling didn't even give you the key to the gate to Fairy Realm. What makes you think you can trade with me? You don't even have any bargaining chips, yet you want fragments of my soul?"
Even if I did have a soul fragment, why would I give it to you guys I've only met once? And why don't I just trade directly with Xinling?
"She can take me straight back to the fairyland," the Ginkgo King said to us with a tone full of contempt and mockery. His huge canopy swayed slightly, as if laughing at our overestimation of our abilities.
Feiling and I exchanged a glance, a sense of powerlessness washing over us. The power of plants was indeed immense; we held no secrets from them whatsoever.
The Ginkgo Tree King is absolutely right. Fei Ling and I are just pawns ready to be sacrificed at any time. With our current strength, we are simply no match for the Ginkgo Tree King, who has lived for thousands of years. We don't even have any bargaining chips.
I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down: "King of Ginkgo Trees, we are indeed dispensable pawns, but I believe the meaning of life lies in constantly challenging ourselves. Until the very last moment, no one knows whether a pawn can turn the tide."
Also, if you make a deal with Fairy Xinling, the price you pay could be extremely high, possibly even your life (in the original anime, the Ginkgo Tree King was left with only a sliver of consciousness at the end).
After listening to Qi Na's words, the Ginkgo Tree King thought for a moment, then said to Qi Na, "I don't have any soul fragments, so I can't give them to you. I can heal you, Fei Ling, and strengthen your doll-like body, but that's all."
“No, the deal is unfair. You injured Feiling in the first place, so it's only right that she needs to heal her body. We don't have the doll box to the Fairy Realm right now, and going to the Fairy Realm is too risky. I hope you can grant us the ability to communicate simply with plants.”
The Ginkgo Tree King said, "Well, alright, I'll begin repairing Fei Ling's body now." He then wrapped Fei Ling's body with vines while chanting a spell.
"Ye Luoli magic, the power of plants, natural healing"—a warm, green fairy power surged from the Ginkgo Tree King, flowing through its vines to Fei Ling, whose wounds began to slowly disappear.
With its body fully repaired, the Ginkgo Tree King began chanting the incantation again: "Ye Luoli magic, the power of plants gathers, infuses and strengthens, fusing with plants as the primary element and plastic as the secondary element, to reveal a new body."
As a powerful force surged into Feiling's body, she cried out in pain. Although I desperately wanted to help her, I could only wait. So I said to the Ginkgo Tree King, "Will you stay here or use magic to shrink us so we can go home?"
It will take us time to find a way to get to Wonderland. If you stay here, we'll let you know as soon as we find a way. Or you can go home with us, and we'll head to Wonderland immediately once we find a way. What's your choice?
The King of Ginkgo Trees: "My choice is to stay here. The air in the city is too polluted, I don't like it. The spiritual energy here is more concentrated. Let me know when you find a way."
As the green light gradually faded, Fei Ling slowly opened her eyes, then excitedly flew into my arms, her face beaming with joy. She happily said to me, "Master, my body has been strengthened. Now I can easily withstand ordinary magical attacks without leaving any marks!"
The Ginkgo King, its previous serious and disdainful tone replaced by a gentle one, said, "Hmm, I have already passed on the method of communicating with plants to you through the vines. As for how well you can apply it, that depends on your own efforts and talent."
Qi Na looked gratefully at the King Ginkgo Tree and smiled, saying, "Thank you, King Ginkgo Tree. It's getting late, we need to hurry and catch the bus home. We'll come find you again to play next time we have time." After saying that, she gently stroked the trunk of the King Ginkgo Tree, as if saying goodbye.
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Qi Na's family
Qi Na: "I'll definitely take the bus less often in the future; I still feel nauseous."
Feiling: "Master, have some water or eat a piece of candy, it might make you feel better."
Qi Na: "Fei Ling, we should have absorbed some immortal power just now. I want to have my own magical artifact. It will be more suitable to use it if it's nourished by immortal power."
Fei Ling: "Master is right, let's begin. Master, what item will you choose as your magic weapon?"
Qi Na took out a tarot deck given to her by her original parents from her crossbody bag and said, "Here, this tarot deck serves as my magical artifact. I can infuse it with divine power to materialize the cards."
Fei Ling: "Let's begin, Ye Luoli magic! Unveil the mystery, infuse with fairy power, and materialize the cards!"
Qi Na: "Wait, I'm coming too! Ye Luoli Magic, unveil the mystery, infuse with fairy power, materialize the cards!"
As divine power was infused, the tarot cards flew in the air, and some of them had illusory images appearing in them.
"Master, that's great! We succeeded! With just a few more infusions of immortal power, our cards will definitely materialize completely," Fei Ling said to me with a happy expression.
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