Chapter 542: Ancient Tree of Knowledge, the Dark Elves’ New Ability. (5400)

“Reinis, let’s discuss something.” Cao Xing said.

The archer had a puzzled look in his eyes, but he still said respectfully: “My Lord, please speak.”

“What do you think the probability is if I want all the elves in that forest to surrender and come to live in our territory?”

Hearing this, Renis was stunned for a moment, then replied: “The probability is very low. These elves are arrogant and extremely xenophobic by nature, and basically will not communicate with the outside world.”

“Otherwise, they wouldn’t have stayed in such a secret and dangerous place for tens of thousands of years.”

“If you want them to surrender, it will be as difficult as ascending to heaven…”

Cao Xing nodded slightly. He also knew that this was a bit difficult.

But Mr. Cao didn’t want to give up this rare race.

After all, up to now, he has only seen the corpse of an elf, and has not seen a real elf.

So I also want to know what kind of abilities these ancient elves have.

So he said, “Well, take this letter with you and try to contact this elf tribe.”

“Tell them that the current situation of the Elven Tribe is not safe and they need a more stable home.”

“And in my territory, not only can I provide them with shelter, but there is also a sacred ancient tree of knowledge.”

“Of course, if they are particularly tough and would rather die than surrender, then that’s fine.”

Renis took the letter from Cao Xing and said solemnly, “I understand. I will contact them and find a way to make the elves of this tribe surrender.”

There was a certain determination in her tone.

Obviously, even if the elves disagree, Renis will use various means to make them agree.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then summoned an adult griffin.

“Wow~!”

The huge griffin flew over quickly and landed next to Renis.

Although the Knights of the Silver Hand took away most of the griffins, there were still a few left in the territory in case of emergency.

With a light leap, Renis jumped onto the back of the griffin.

Under Cao Xing’s gaze, it quickly flew into the sky.

Compared to the last time she went out, her strength has improved significantly again.

I believe I can come and go freely even in that dangerous jungle.

At this time, Bron on the side suddenly asked: “Lord, is there anything I can do for you?”

He saw that Assam and Renis both had missions, and he also wanted to make some contribution to the territory.

Cao Xing smiled and said, “There’s nothing for you to do. If you’re really bored, you can go patrol outside the territory.”

“Okay, I’ll go right away!”

The big guy carried his shield and walked excitedly out of the territory.

Cao Xing continued to walk leisurely in the territory, while thinking in his mind what to do next.

Currently, people have been sent to explore and contact the Tyrant Set Tomb and the Ancient Elf Tribe.

But he still has a lot to do.

For example, go to the Diesa Highlands, find the dragon’s nest, and see if you can tame a baby dragon.

And the place where the legendary wizard’s legacy was passed down also needed to be explored.

Then we will head to the Youlan Kingdom to look for Rosie from Chuanhai Fort and the ruins mentioned by the Lord of Duolun Lake City.

In addition to this relic, Cao Xing still remembered that Jess, a merchant from the Woodpecker Chamber of Commerce, once said.

There is also a large ruins near the Kingdom of Orchid, which gathers a large number of gold diggers and mercenaries. There is also a black market that is the largest in the surrounding kingdoms.

There might be a lot of good stuff in there.

And most importantly, Cao Xing also discovered that the ancient ruins that the Lord of Duolun Lake City mentioned last time, which contained the Champion Arena, was also near the Youlan Kingdom.

In other words, there are actually two large ruins there!
“It seems that it is necessary to go to Youlan Kingdom.”

Just as he was thinking about this, two clear voices suddenly sounded from behind him.

“My Lord, please wait for us.”

Cao Xing heard the call and gradually turned around.

I saw two beautiful figures at a glance.

They were the beautiful tree spirit sisters.

Today they wore a set of plain dresses, their hair was tied up and fell naturally on their shoulders, and each of them had a fresh flower inserted in their temples.

Looks stunning.

Cao Xing smiled gently, then asked, “Juliette, Neve, what’s the matter?”

The two sisters nodded slightly and said, “There is good news, Lord.”

“After half a month of growth, the ancient tree of knowledge in our territory has grown successfully~!”

“Oh? It grew out so quickly?”

Cao Xing was very interested in this ancient tree.

After all, according to the introduction on the seeds, this ancient tree can even teach elves and dark elves some special abilities.

“Take me over and have a look.”

“Okay, please follow us.”

Little Neve and Juliette took Cao Xing’s hands again and led him forward.

Then, they came to the buffer zone outside the territory.

There is a small forest here with more than a hundred ancient trees.

When there is no fighting, these ancient trees will gather together.

Cao Xing looked over and saw that in addition to the ancient war trees and ancient wind trees, there was indeed a special ancient tree.

It has dark brown bark, a trunk that is nearly two meters thick and almost fifteen meters tall.

And on its crown, there are many strangely shaped emerald green fruits hanging.

“Shasha… Shasha…”

The breeze blows by, making a pleasant sound.

After sensing Cao Xing’s arrival, human faces appeared on the trunks of the ancient trees.

Including the special ancient tree, a human face appeared and looked at Cao Xing.

The ancient tree of war was the first to speak: “Yes, Lord.”

“Elder Ximo, this is the owner of this territory that we told you about. He has magical powers.”

Hearing this, the tree of knowledge with fruits hanging on it said, “Hello, master of this sacred territory.”

Cao Xing said cheerfully: “Hello, I am Lord Cao Xing.”

The expression on the ancient tree’s face is full of piety.

“My name is Seamus, and I am honored to grow up in this sacred territory.”

“The Ancient Tree Clan will contribute their strength to this territory.”

Cao Xing also smiled and nodded.

He was very satisfied with these ancient trees.

Then he glanced at its properties.

[Ancient Tree of Knowledge: Ximo]

[Quality: Epic]

[Level: None]

[Life force: 200 million/200 million (Pale Tree bonus)]

[Armor: 3000~3000]

[Attack power: none]

[Special Ability: Fruit of Knowledge (Every 10 years, the Fruit Tree of Knowledge will produce a batch of fruit. Elves/Dark Elves can consume the fruit to activate some special talents and skills.)]

[Number of fruits remaining: 105]

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Cao Xing wondered in his heart, “Can I gain special abilities only by taking the fruit?”

“There are 105 fruits here. In other words, they can be eaten by 105 elves?”

“So what abilities will be awakened?”

Cao Xing decided to ask it.

“Elder, are the abilities gained by eating your fruits fixed? Or are they different for each elf?”

“Shasha… Shasha…”

The branches of the Ancient Tree of Knowledge swayed in the wind, and then replied, “It is not fixed, Holy Lord.”

“Each elf has the ability to consume the fruit of knowledge only once in his life. These fruits contain the wisdom and abilities of many powerful elves.”

“You may gain a memory, a powerful combat skill, or awaken a certain talent…”

“In short, it all depends on the elf’s comprehension ability.”

Cao Xing nodded suddenly.

He looked at the fruits hanging on the ancient tree of knowledge and suddenly had the idea of ​​testing it.

So Cao Xing shouted.

“Sarah.”

Hearing the sound, a shadow appeared silently beside Cao Xing.

No one even knew when she came.

This is the power of an eighth-order dominant assassin.

The ancient tree of knowledge immediately fixed its gaze on Sarah, and exclaimed, “What a powerful dark elf.”

“This territory is indeed as incredible as the tribesmen said.”

And Sarah also looked at this ancient tree of knowledge with curiosity.

Cao Xing said: “Elder, Sarah is the most powerful assassin in my territory and also a dark elf. Can she gain new abilities by eating your fruit?”

The Ancient Tree of Knowledge quickly replied, “Of course.”

“However, as I said before, the abilities awakened by each elf after taking the Fruit of Knowledge are not fixed.”

“It’s probably some minor skills or magical talents, which may not be of much help to this powerful dark elf. You should be mentally prepared.”

Cao Xing chuckled and said, “It doesn’t matter, let Sarah try it first.”

“it is good.”

So, the knowledge fruit tree split out a branch, specially selected the largest fruit on the crown of the tree, and took it down.

Then he handed it to Sarah. The dark elf slowly stretched out his hand to take it, with a look of emotion in his eyes.

Sarah said: “The Ancient Tree of Knowledge had always grown deep in the Dark Night Valley, and only powerful dark elves could eat it.”

“It’s the first time for me to eat the fruit of the ancient tree of knowledge.”

After saying this, she put the fruit into her mouth without hesitation.

At this moment, Sarah only felt a large amount of memories flooding into her mind, impacting her senses.

Because the memory was too vast, she had to close her eyes and begin to feel it with her heart.

Cao Xing and a group of ancient trees, as well as the tree spirit sisters, were all waiting silently by the side. They were also looking forward to seeing what special abilities Sarah would gain.

As waves of shadow power spread from Sarah’s body, Cao Xing heard a sound similar to flowing sand.

“Huh? Sand?” Cao Xing looked puzzled.

After a moment, Sarah took all the shadow power into her body and a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance ate the Fruit of Knowledge and learned the special skill: Shadow Hourglass (Passive)]

[Shadow Hourglass (Passive): Every time you attack an enemy, the hourglass will start to work. After causing 30 cumulative damages, you can activate the power of the hourglass to return your status and position to 5 seconds ago. Cooldown time: 1 hour.]

(Note: After rewinding time, the cooldown time of skills below the legendary level can also be returned to five seconds ago.)
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Cao Xing was slightly surprised. “Wow! He wants to return his state and position to five seconds ago? This is a bit abnormal!”

You should know that recovery status does not only restore health, but also can clear various negative states on the body, including control effects and so on.

In other words, even if you are seriously injured by a blow, as long as you still have a breath, you can use the recovery ability of this hourglass to make yourself full of energy again.

And the most important thing is that this skill can also reset the cooling time.

It is equivalent to Sarah’s burst, the hourglass is just stacked up to the maximum number of times, and then a wave is reset, followed by another round of burst.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction. This passive skill can be said to be quite good.

Sarah looked at the hourglass mark on the back of her hand, and a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.

“The power of time? Incredible…”

A gentle smile appeared on the face of the ancient tree of knowledge beside him.

“It seems that this dark elf lady has activated a good ability.”

Cao Xing replied, “Indeed, thank you Elder Ximo for the fruit.”

Ancient Tree of Knowledge: “You are welcome, Lord of this sacred territory.”

“The fruit on my head grows once every ten years. Even if I don’t give it to the elves to eat, it will all wither in less than half a year.”

Cao Xing nodded suddenly, “I see.”

“Well, everyone, continue to rest.”

“Juliette, Neve, you guys should get busy too.”

“Yes, Lord Lord.”

The pair of tree spirit sisters left respectfully.

And Cao Xing left the area under the gaze of the group of ancient trees.

At this moment, he continued to sort out the harvest in his backpack as he walked.

“The biggest improvement has been absorbed so far, but I still have some resources in my backpack.”

“How about trying to activate the advanced function of Balthazar’s altar…”

“It just so happens that the group of warriors under my command have been stuck at level 50 for a long time.”

“According to previous estimates, in order to unlock the function of breaking through from level 100 to level , points of divine power are required, and my divine power fragments are completely sufficient.”

Thinking of this, Cao Xing directly took out the huge altar.

“Bang!”

The heavy red altar fell to the ground.

Then, Cao Xing took a look at the fragments of divine power in his backpack.

After the second monster siege, he still had 9 medals left, plus the 80 medals given after uprooting 3% of the progress, now he has 12 medals.

Then there is the [Divine Power Beads]. After 22 days of collecting, the divine power value in it has accumulated to 22 points.

Adding all these together, there are about 144 points of divine power.

There is still a long way to go before the Valkyrie can activate its second form.

According to Cao Xing’s estimation, in order to activate the advanced function of the altar, at least 100 points of divine power are needed.

However, there are two items in his backpack that can increase his divine power.

In addition to the A-level [Talent Crystal], there is also another [Relic·Badge of Light].

After absorption, the divine power value can be increased by 100 points.

After much deliberation, Cao Xing decided to use the [Gift Crystal] of the Seed of Light.

“Although this innate crystal is very powerful, once it is fused, it is almost immune to most light damage.”

“But this thing has a fatal drawback, which is that after the fusion of talents, it will be controlled by the God of Light.”

“So, let’s just absorb this gifted crystal now.”

So he took the crystal out of his backpack.

[Do you want to consume the ‘Talent Crystal (Grade A)’ to replenish the altar’s divine power? ]

“Yes.”

The next moment, the glowing crystal in Cao Xing’s hand shattered in an instant, and then turned into starlight and fell on the altar.

At the same time, a red light burst out from this red altar and shot up into the sky!

“Buzz!”

When the red beam of light dissipated, a system prompt appeared.

[Unlocked successfully, the new function of the altar has been enabled. 】

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A smile appeared on Cao Xing’s face.

“Haha, it’s done!”

As expected, 100 points of divine power are enough to enable the altar’s advanced functions.

Not only that, with the infusion of divine power, the statue of Balthazar on the altar seemed to appear even more majestic.

With excitement, he quickly glanced at the altar’s attributes.

[Balthazar’s Divine Warrior Altar (Orange): Special Building]

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect of item: You can submit certain sacrifices to obtain ancient blessings, allowing your subordinates to reach the maximum level of warrior profession advancement.]

[Details of the sacrifices required for advancement]

[Level 4623 Breakthrough to Level 5000: Same as before (Number of uses remaining: /)]

[Level 1934 Breakthrough to Level 2500: Same as before (Number of uses remaining: /)]

[Level 767 Breakthrough to Level 2000: Same as before (remaining uses: /)]

【五阶突破六阶：克朗*100万，食物*10000，秘银*2000，大师级元素结晶*10（剩余使用次数2000/2000）】

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“Oh my god… after entering a new stage, the materials needed for breakthrough have increased four or five times!”

“Just to let one soldier break through to the sixth level, it will cost 100 million crowns. For more than a thousand soldiers, that’s more than a billion?”

“Fuck!”

After coming up with this number, Cao Xing was shocked.

Fortunately, only the amount of crowns and mithril increased four or five times.

The amount of food has merely doubled.

But it’s normal if you think about it. After all, this is a cold world and it is extremely difficult to obtain food.

Even crops can only be grown in greenhouses, and the yield will not be very high.

After all, even a territory as large as Cao Xing cannot achieve self-sufficiency now.

Cao Xing thought to himself, “As for food, based on 1300 people, that means we need 1300 million units, or about million kilograms.”

“This time, Xierda and Bojie looted a large number of strongholds. In addition, there are still hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food left in my territory. The quantity should be enough.”

“As for the mithril and master-level elemental crystals, we can go to the trading channel and think of a way.”

“The one with the biggest difference right now is probably the crown…”

This time it will cost more than one billion kronor, and even Fitz Walker cannot raise that much money for him.

After all, he had helped Cao Xing raise 300 million kronor last time.

Cao Xing thought to himself, “It seems that we can only wait until Bojie and the others come back, then count the number of resources, and then see how much is still missing.”

“If all else fails, we can only borrow some from the old king.”

“After all, I helped him a lot this time, so I think he won’t refuse to lend me some money.”

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at the same time.

Hilda and others were moving very fast in the air. The airship gradually crossed the border and entered the territory of the Ice Crystal Kingdom.

Getting closer and closer to the territory.

The subsequent impact of Cao Xing’s action to destroy the Church of Light in collaboration with the old king is still spreading.

In that mysterious hall, fourteen stone chairs floated in the air.

Among them, the mysterious being sitting in the main seat asked in a deep tone.

“What do you mean? More than 80% of the strongholds of the Church of Light were taken down by the old king and that lord from another world?”

“Including the Seed of Light who was also killed?”

Next to him, another elder of the Watcher replied solemnly: “Yes, great leader!”

“This is the result of our eight elders’ investigation.

“Including the watchers we sent out to protect the Seed of Light were killed!”

“All the members of the Illuminati in the strongholds were killed, and the resources inside were looted.”

In the main seat, the leader remained silent, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy.

The entire hall was shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere!

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(End of this chapter)