Chapter 116: 2nd release

　Yang Yang shook Bean Sprout dizzy for a minute or two and finally emptied its storage space. The number of fruit became more than 3400 in total.

　With such stock, Yang Yang’s heart finally felt at ease.

　As for Bean Sprout, it seemed that its appearance of having nothing to live for after being squeezed dry was too pitiful. Abel felt a little sorry, and immediately took out a few pieces of mineral essence from the storage space, which was fulfilled as promised.

　Bean Sprout almost cried while clinging to Abel’s hand— you are such a good person, wah!

　Abel: “…”

　At this moment, he seemed to know exactly what Bean Sprout was saying.

　But being held by Bean Sprout like this, Abel’s hands were a little itchy: “Yang Yang, if you break off a part, can and make another Bean Sprout grow out of it?”

　Yang Yang: “I haven’t tried this.”

　 Abel:”Oh, so that’s how it is—.”

　Bean Sprout: “………”

　It’s mistaken, there are no good people in this family, all have human faces on surface but they’re beasts at heart!!

　Bean Sprout immediately let go of Abel, quickly put the few pieces of mineral essence back into its own space, then turned around and ran back to Yang Yang, stretching out its arm-branches, crying for a hug—let me return to Soul Cube! Right now! immediately! QAQ

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　On the day before New Year’s Eve, Abel’s 72 hours were up.

　During these 72 hours, Abel did not stay put. On the contrary, he spent a lot of time in the training room every day, competing against Archibald or Monta’s father, fully mobilising the soul power in the Soul Palace, as to keep his soul palace and soul power in an active state at all times.

　This was also to prevent the fruit’s soul power from backlashing, as well as catalyze the process and save time.

　But after three days, the soul power in Abel’s soul palace was exhausted several times, but there was no backlash.

　At the same time, Yang Yang did not stop the “treatment” for He Shu. With the previous experience, Yang Yang didn’t dare to increase fruit’s soul power.

　In the past three days, Yang Yang made soul power dishes for He Shu three times a day, and the medicine stone’s soul power in He Shu was also cleared by a tiny bit, about the size of a soybean.

　Although compared to the quantity of the entire medicine stone’s soul power, this achievement was insignificant, but one day after another, if things go on like this, the medicine stone’s soul power in He Shu’s body could really be cleaned up one day.

　”Let me eat.”

　Archibald has been paying attention to the status of his parents for the past three days.

　In fact, when He Shu and Abel were testing the fruit’s effects, Archibald had a hard time waiting. Now that he had a preliminary result, he would naturally not hesitate any longer.

　Yang Yang also had confidence in his Soul Cube, so he agreed.

　So on the night before the New Year, Yang Yang gave Archibald the first fruit.

　Because he was worried about Archibald, this time, Abel and He Shu also stood by.

　The process of eating fruit was nothing special, and they couldn’t see the state of their soul power, so they could only watch Archibald’s reaction carefully, for fear that he would feel a little uncomfortable.

　Fortunately, nothing worrying happened.

　”Eh?”

　Yang Yang exclaimed in a puzzled tone after feeding a piece of fruit.

　The hearts of the other three immediately rose up, they all looked at Yang Yang at the same time.

　Yang Yang looked at Archibald: “Duke, did you feel anything unusual?”

　Archibald shook his head: “Nothing.”

　Yang Yang said “huh”, and then told what he saw.

　”Your body does have the soul power of medicine stones, but they are not condensed into a circle at the upper part of the soul palace, but in a misty discrete shape.

　And after being stimulated by the soul power of the fruit, it does not look like when it counterattacked violently at your father’s case, but it did so slowly. Only after the fruit’s soul power was cleared, it begun to act—— but the soul power I gave you was much more than that given to father.”

　Archibald: “Then let’s increase the amount—— my father’s soul power infection is small, and my soul power is stronger than ordinary people’s. If the reaction of the medicine stone’s soul power is related to the level of soul power of the infected person, then the soul power in my body needs more fruits to get stimulated.”

　Yang Yang took a deep breath and nodded: “Okay, I will try.”

　Finally, after giving Archibald the fifth fruit, the soul power in his body finally changed.

　The reaction of the medicine stone and the fruit’s soul power was exactly the same as He Shu’s, but after the reaction, the gray soul power generated by the fusion only stayed for a moment and then fell apart into two colors—— lighter beige and black.

　The decomposed medicine stone soul power was not much, but the separated black soul power is even less, only as big as a single red fruit.

　Then, the light off-white color flowed into the medicine stone’s soul power and disappeared, but the black was repelled by the beige power, and then stuck in Archibald’s own white soul power and remained motionless.

　It didn’t disappear and it wasn’t absorbed.

　Yang Yang panicked, and immediately withdrew his vision of soul power to see Archibald.

　Archibald remained expressionless, but when he saw Yang Yang looking over with panic, Archibald was startled, and asked in a soft voice, “What’s the matter?”

　Yang Yang frowned, “After the medicine stone’s soul power and fruit’s soul power reacted, the gray soul power was decomposed a second time and some soul beast power was separated.——Don’t you feel it?”

　Second decomposition?

　The other three were shocked, no one expected such a situation to happen.

　Both Abel and He Shu looked at Archibald.

　Only then did Archibald show a stunned expression, “I did feel some discomfort just now, but it was very slight and negligible.”

　He had been plagued by this illness since he was a child, every time he had an attack, he would be almost rolling on the floor from pain. This little bit of pain was like a needle prick, not even making him frown.

　But in this situation, it couldn’t be ignored.

　”How could it be?”

　He Shu was most worried, but he also knew that he would not get an answer, so this sentence was just a rhetoric question.

　After being silent, Abel gritted his teeth: “Since it’s soul power of a soul beast, then give Byrd another fruit to see if it can remove the soul power of that soul beast.”

　Yang Yang hesitated: “But if it separates more soul power of the soul beast?”

　”That’s not bad.”

　Archibald said, “Didn’t you say that when I was sick last time, you saw a lot of black soul beast’s soul power on my body as well?”

　Yang Yang glared at him, “Can this be the same!”

　Archibald stretched out his tail in a good-tempered manner, curling around Yang Yang’s waist, “Don’t be afraid, it’s okay. You have to try it to know.”

　Yang Yang couldn’t resist him, and seeing that neither Abel nor He Shu had objected, he also compromised.

　But just as Yang Yang had been worried, before the soul power of the fruit reached Archibald’s soul palace, it reacted with the soul power of those medicine stones and separated some more black soul power again.

　”You can’t eat any more.”

　Yang Yang withdrew his hand, determined not to take out another fruit.

　Archibald didn’t ask to continue either.

　And this result made Yang Yang discouraged: “Is it impossible to work?”

　Archibald shook his head: “I don’t think so.”

　Yang Yang looked over.

　Archibald continued: “Although my situation is slightly different from that of my father and I have undergone secondary decomposition. But the soul power of the medicine stone has indeed been consumed.”

　”Both the medicine stone and soul beast’s soul power are fruit’s soul power targets. If the medicine stone soul power is regarded as a high-level negative soul power, it will be decomposed and degraded for the second time. But it is a fact, that it had been partially cleared by the soul power of the fruit.”

　 “So, I think the soul power of the fruit can solve this problem, but the process may not be too pleasant.”

　Hearing Archibald’s words, Yang Yang still couldn’t relax.

　——Just “the process will not be too pleasant” was enough to make him hesitate.

　Abel: “I agree with Byrd’s point of view, but we cannot rush it.  Let’s just eat a small amount of fruit every day and adjust slowly. ——By the way, next time Byrd gets sick, Yang Yang, do you want to see it?”

　Yang Yang nodded, “That’s right, I want to see the state of his soul power when he’s having an attack.”

　Abel responded: “Then let’s talk about it when he gets sick next time. ——Since we mean to cure the disease, then you have to figure out his condition first.”

　So the matter was settled like this.

　But early the next morning, Yang Yang discovered something that disturbed him—the black soul power on Archibald’s body had increased.

　Archibald obviously felt it too, but his reaction was much calmer: “Maybe the onset of the attack is getting near.”

　Yang Yang frowned, “Is it because of yesterday’s fruit?”

　Archibald smiled: “Don’t think too much about it. This time’s onset should have been earlier anyways, and if you think about it, it will save us some time.”

　Yang Yang couldn’t be so optimistic.

　…

　Today was New Years. Calculated by the time in Yang Yang’s world, it was New Year’s Eve.

　But on the Old Emperor Star, there was no tradition of setting off firecrackers or hanging Spring Festival couplets. It was just a day for family reunion and the real fun was the carnival at night.

　However, that did not stop anyone from having a good mood in the morning.

　The children in the village have gotten to know each other well these days, now dressed in their brand new clothes, as then started chattering and playing around in the manor.

　Ashburn, Gu Lita and the others were also here, they were going to have dinner together at noon today.

　Because they knew these children were there, they also brought a lot of gifts.

　After that, it was naturally lively again.

　In the midst of laughter and happiness, Yang Yang’s silence stood out a lot.

　”What’s the matter with you today?”

　Gu Lita was the first to ask Yang Yang.

　Yang Yang responded perfunctorily and ran to the corner to sit in silence again.

　Gu Lita was confused, but seeing the attitudes of Archibald and Abel, although she was puzzled, she didn’t ask any more questions.

　But this did not mean that other people would not get to the bottom of it, such as Ya Qing.

　Ya Qing was not stupid, in fact he was much more sensitive than ordinary people.

　In the past three days, whether it was Abel’s frantic training out a sudden, or He Shu eating the soul power dishes made by Yang Yang three times a day, he noticed everything.

　But although he had noticed it, he didn’t connect the dots and didn’t intend to ask.

　But Archibald felt sick today—the reason why he moved from Zhang Jun’s scientific research institute to live in the manor was to observe the “illness” of Archibald and Egg Cub up close.

　He watched Archibald grow up since he was a child, and he took care of his condition by himself. No one knew Archibald’s condition better than him.

　So Ya Qing knew that Archibald hadn’t taken medicine since three days ago, and he was fine yesterday, but suddenly fell ill today.

　After watching the reactions of several people today, Ya Qing finally locked his eyes on Yang Yang.

　But because today was a special day, the manor was full of excitement all day long. It wasn’t until the evening, before the town’s New Year’s Lantern Festival was about to start, when the children and adults were ready to go out to play, that Ya Qing found an opportunity.

　Ya Qing found Yang Yang when he was about to go upstairs. The two of them were standing in the corridor behind the stairs, which led to the children’s residence in the village. There was no one there and only one road came from there, causing anyone who might pass by to notice them immediately.

　Ya Qing blocked Yang Yang, and his first words were: “You made Byrd stop taking the medicine? Is his illness onset related to you? Do you know the consequences of letting him stop taking the medicine rashly?”

　Yang Yang was not surprised about Ya Qing’s appearance and since he said it out loud, Yang Yang also laughed, and asked: “Then do you know what the consequences of him continuing taking this medicine?”

     Ya Qing was startled for a moment, then his expression changed slightly as he said in a deep voice, “As expected, you really know about medicine stone.”

　Yang Yang raised his eyebrows slightly—as expected?

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Bamboo:

The whole thing might be difficult to understand, but think of it like this:

Abel only has one illness type: soul beast’s soul power infection

He Shu also has only one illness: medicine stone infection

Archibald has two of these combined: soul beast’s soul power infection, seemingly invisible under the guide of medicine stone’s soul power. So the “cover-up” medicine stone is getting consumed first, releasing soul beast’s soul power.