Panlong: Starting from Jiudingji

Chapter 22: The elves with a sense of familiarity

With everyone watching, Jie Ning waved the acorn 'seed' into his hand.

Anmu looked at Jie Ning's movements and forced himself to resist the urge to stop him.

Jie Ning condensed a life force and injected it into the acorn seeds.

Looking at Jie Ning's actions, Am was about to remind him that his clan had already tried to inject fighting energy or magic power into the seeds of the holy tree, but to no avail...

However, suddenly, the acorn seeds that absorbed Jie Ning's divine power began to exude vitality, and the entire shriveled seed shell also trembled slightly.

Obviously, everyone, including Amn, can clearly see the changes in the seeds of the Holy Tree.

'That power just now...', in an instant, Amn seemed to realize something.

"Gui'an, under the Temple of Life." Anmu immediately knelt down on one knee to salute Jie Ning, his forehead covered with sweat.

'Where is there under the Temple of Life...' Kaixi, who was still kneeling, was a little confused for a moment when he heard Am's words, but after seeing clearly that the person Am was greeting was Jie Ning, his beautiful eyes suddenly opened to the maximum. .

"Jie... Lord Jie Ning is the God of Life..." Kaixi was a little unbelievable.

Not only her, but the other elves were also shocked, but they believed in Am's judgment more and decisively followed Am to salute Jie Ning.

Suddenly, a group of elves were kneeling in front of Jie Ning.

Over the past hundred years, Jie Ning has become numb to such etiquette. He looked at the group of elves calmly and said, "You all, get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness." An Mu was even more excited when he saw that Jie Ning did not refute the names of others.

A group of elves stood up obediently, and Amn asked cautiously, "Your Highness, can our holy tree seeds still germinate?"

Jie Ning looked at the group of elves in front of him, digested the information he had just received from this 'seed', and made some calculations in his mind, with a calm expression on his face, "This is not urgent, you can tell me what this 'seed' is all about first. what's going on?"

Faced with Jie Ning's inquiry, Amn naturally did not dare to be negligent and could only reply cautiously, "Your Highness, this is a long story. I don't know where Your Highness wants to start to understand."

Jie Ning pointed at the acorn and said casually, "Let's start with its origin."

"Yes, Your Highness." Amn replied respectfully.

"I wonder if Your Highness knows about the arrival of the Lord God over a hundred thousand years ago?" An Mu asked Jie Ning.

"I know something." Jie Ning nodded, "You mean this seed is related to the Lord God?"

Jie Ning looked at the old elf opposite with suspicion. Judging from the acorn in his hand, this thing was really not qualified to touch the Porcelain Master God.

Feeling Jie Ning's suspicion, An Mu quickly explained nervously, "No, no, Your Highness."

"It's just that more than 100,000 years ago, our ancestor lost his life because he offended the Lord God, and the sacred tree of our clan is the companion sacred tree of our ancestor."

Jie Ning became interested, "Tell me carefully."

"It is said that our ancestors were born elves, born from the world." Amn compiled his words.

Jie Ning understood, "The original elves were divine beasts, right?" '

"And the place where the ancestor was born is on top of our clan's sacred tree."

"The ancestor was a born god, and he naturally became a god-level powerhouse when he reached adulthood."

"Later, because the appearance of humans was most similar to that of the ancestors, the ancestors chose some beautiful human women on the continent to breed with them. Finally, our elves came into being. This is the origin of our elves." Speaking of this, An Mu's tone sounded a little nervous, for fear of offending Jie Ning.

The elves behind Am, including Kaixi, who had just been helped up by Alanis, had expressions of disbelief on their faces. Do they still have human blood?

Jie Ning was not surprised by this. After all, except for some special beings in the Panlong World, there was no such thing as reproductive isolation for the strong.

Not seeing any change in Jie Ning's expression, Ammu felt relieved and continued, "Under the protection of the ancestors, the elves of that era can be said to be one of the most powerful races in the Bana continent."

"It was only later that the ancestor himself died because he offended the Lord God, so the elves were also dealt a huge blow. At the same time, some former opponents also retaliated against the elves, which led to the rapid decline of the elves."

Amn deliberately concealed the conflict caused by the growth of humans to the elves.

When Jie Ning listened to this story, he felt a strong sense of immediacy, "What is this, a super low-end version of the genocide of the Four Divine Beasts?" '

But, "Then what happened to your sacred tree?"

"From what you said, the Lord God did not harm your sacred tree." Jie Ning pointed out the blind spot.

In response to Jie Ning's question, Amn couldn't help but show a bitter smile on his face, "Although the main god did not harm the holy tree, the ancestor and the holy tree should have a closer connection that we don't know about." "At the moment of the ancestor's death , the holy tree seemed to have been greatly traumatized all of a sudden."

"Before the ancestor was alive, the Holy Tree itself could be said to be a powerful Saint Realm powerhouse. However, after that, not only was the Holy Tree no longer able to communicate with us, but its own condition was also getting worse day by day."

"And one day after that, the holy tree completely withered and turned into ashes, leaving only a single seed on the spot."

"Fortunately, that seed successfully sprouted again and grew into our second-generation holy tree." Amn said without daring to pause.

"It's just that the second-generation holy tree is far less powerful than the first-generation holy tree, and after growing for thousands of years, it turned into ashes again. There is still only one seed in the place."

"In this way, the sacred trees of our elves have been passed down from generation to generation. However, starting thousands of years ago, the seeds left behind after the sacred trees of that generation turned to ashes were difficult to germinate naturally."

"We, the elves, have paid some price to allow the sacred tree to sprout and grow again."

"In this way, it has been passed down for several generations. Three hundred years ago, our holy tree withered again, and this time our original method also lost its effect."

After listening to Anmu's explanation, Jie Ning nodded slightly, "I know the general situation, but I still have a few questions."

"Excuse me, Your Highness?"

"First question, what effect does your holy tree have on you?" Jie Ning did not believe that if this holy tree had no practical use to the elves, they would continue to pay the price to revive it.

Amn gritted his teeth, but still said, "It is said that the divine blood from our ancestors circulates in our elves. Regardless of their talents at birth, as long as they can awaken the blood, all elves can have good wind." Attribute talents.”

"And our method of awakening requires the blessing from the holy tree."

When Alanis heard this, she couldn't believe it. Could the divine blood be so magical? She didn't know what she thought of at the end, and she secretly glanced at Jie Ning's back.

Jie Ning couldn't stand it anymore. The so-called blessing from the holy tree must have been 'copied' from the ancestral hall of the four sacred beasts.

And it’s still a super low-end version.

An Mu did not notice Ji Ning's abnormality and continued, "According to records, the blessing ability of later generations of holy trees is far less than that of the first generation of holy trees. According to legend, the awakening of the first generation of holy trees can even give elves some strange abilities."

'Isn't this just a degraded version of the innate magical power? 'Jie Ning said that he understood everything.

"Without the blessing, many of the elves born in the past three hundred years will no longer be able to grow. The birth rate of our elves is far lower than other races on the mainland, and if our strength is not as good..."

"In addition, the appearance of elves has always been coveted by the outside world..." Amn felt that the future of the elves without the holy tree would be dark.

Jie Ning nodded secretly, "Then the second question is, what price did you pay before?"

Jie Ning has probably guessed that the 'seed' in front of him is essentially the sacred tree itself from more than 100,000 years ago, but the trauma it suffered that time was too serious, so it can only survive by constantly transforming into a 'seed'. on one's last legs.

Based on preliminary judgment, Jie Ning guessed that the trauma it suffered came from the soul. He was really curious about how the elves helped this sacred tree delay the death of the soul.

If you can refer to it, it may be of great help to your research on the soul.

Unfortunately, Amn's answer was not what he wanted.

Hearing Jie Ning's question, Amn had already expected it, but it was obvious that this topic was still a bit heavy for him. He looked sad and said, "Maybe it's because the relationship between our elves and the Holy Tree is far deeper than we imagined. of closeness.”

"Just as the Holy Tree can help us awaken our talents, our souls can also help the Holy Tree grow."

Following Amn's words, the other elves on the side also looked sad.

"In an accident thousands of years ago, we discovered that as long as an elf dies near the seeds of the Holy Tree, it will help the germination of the Holy Tree seeds."

Having said this, Jie Ning naturally understood the methods of the elves.

"...and it is getting more and more difficult for the Holy Tree to sprout. At first, it was enough for us to wait for the death of the elves who had reached the end of their natural lifespan to help the Holy Tree sprout. Later, we needed to rely on the self-sacrifice of some tribesmen, and now , in the past few hundred years, many elven lives have disappeared in front of the seeds of the holy tree..."

"We can only guess that intermittent 'replenishment' can only meet the basic consumption of the seeds of the holy tree. If you want the seeds to germinate, you must meet its needs all at once."

"We originally planned to hold a ceremony soon..." The purpose of the ceremony is self-evident.

As he said this, Amn gave Kaixi a loving look and said, "This child got the news about you from somewhere, so he stole the seeds of the holy tree, hoping to get your help."

Jie Ning shook his head when he heard the elf's method. It seemed that the ability of this holy tree to survive relied on its own specialness.

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