Chapter 140 Treehouse and Sun Spring Her understanding was wrong!

Shu Xin first tasted the cool, refreshing, sweet, and smooth snow dragon fruit ice cream, and then earnestly praised Mei Meilin and Veranika before leaving.

"It's really hard not to be jealous of you guys. The gods' favoritism towards you is just too blatant!" Xi said sourly.

Upon seeing the scene outside the Flower Castle, Shu Xin's eyes widened.

The once desolate land of yellow sand has been transformed into fields thanks to the diligent work of the flower fairies. However, the land beyond the wheat fields and orchards remains barren. Now, however, what comes into view is an endless green forest, with exquisite treehouses nestled among the lush foliage.

Among the treehouses scattered in a charming, staggered pattern, tiny flower fairies flit about. Bright sunlight streams through the tree canopy, casting beams of light that make the flower fairies with their vibrant hair sparkle.

"...I really only slept for three days, not three months?" Shu Xin was starting to doubt her own existence.

“Yes, it’s only been three days,” Xi replied affirmatively, adding, “Darling, actually these trees started growing on the first day you fell asleep.”

After calming down, Shu Xin realized that the Tree of Life had probably misunderstood the message she was trying to convey to it. She cast a concealment spell on herself and flew out of the Flower Castle, quickly circling the Land of Sin.

At first glance, the Land of Sin seems to have undergone a complete transformation, but upon closer inspection, one will find that the changes are not significant. There are simply many smaller Trees of Life growing on the previously empty wasteland, just as Shu Xin had told the Tree of Life. Each smaller Tree of Life has a treehouse that resembles a flower castle.

These smaller Trees of Life vary in height and are spaced very well together, ensuring that each treehouse has good lighting and views. However, because they grow so lushly, they look like an endless forest. This is also related to the fact that the Trees of Life themselves have grown much taller. The Flower Castle gate, which was originally close to the ground, is now more than 50 meters above the ground, which is why you are greeted by a green view as soon as you step outside.

If it lands on the ground, you can still see large areas of farmland.

As for why the flower fairies were flying around so busily, Shu Xin followed a few of them around twice and figured out what was going on.

After the Flower Fairy awakened the unconscious members of the Golden Cloaked Caravan, the flower fairies didn't even have time to be surprised by their suddenly enlarged size before they felt magic surging in the air, and tender buds broke through the soil, growing into saplings at a visible speed.

Because the Flower Fairy was too tired and fell into a deep sleep, her personal guards took the caravan members, whose bodies had returned to normal elf form, to the dungeon to rest. After all, the Flower Castle didn't have enough guest rooms, but the dungeon had enough caves, so the two officials acquiesced.

The other flower fairies went back to rest, and when they woke up the next day, they resumed their normal work. Apart from the saplings that had grown the day before growing bigger and bigger, there was nothing unusual.

But on the third day, which is today, the flower fairies started working as usual. However, not long after, the flower fairies responsible for building the houses could no longer continue their work—a small tree suddenly grew in the commoners' settlement!

The saplings quickly grew into large trees, and the houses that the common people had built or were under construction vanished right under the flower fairy's nose. The slave settlement, because it was still within the grassy fields, did not grow a single tree, but the slaves' huts, whether they were huts made of nutshells or round houses, all disappeared without a trace.

The mushroom houses located underground were not spared either, as a large part of them were damaged by the spreading tree roots.

The flower fairies, suddenly disoriented and without a home, were completely bewildered. However, one of the sharp-eyed fairies quickly spotted their own house – a small house that had appeared on the terrace of the treehouse, which jutted out from the tree trunk.

The official immediately searched the treehouse but found no more houses. The tax collector then organized a patrol team to investigate the other treehouses and discovered that each treehouse seemed to have an extra small dwelling on its terrace!

The reason the flower fairies are flying all over the sky now is that they are actually looking for their own homes.

Upon flying to the Tree of Life, before Shu Xin could even ask the tree for details, her attention was completely drawn to the Sun Spring beneath it—

Shu Xin still remembered the description of Sun Spring in the Key of Life. It is said that Sun Spring is a hot spring with ever-warm water filled with pure and gentle magic, presenting a sacred pale gold color. Moreover, at night, the water of Sun Spring will emit a bright light that can illuminate the entire elven land, so it is called Sun Spring.

The water in Sun Spring now appears to be a pale golden color!

Shu Xin immediately descended and flew towards the Sun Spring. Before she even landed in the field of grass that had grown into a soft carpet, she felt waves of warmth carried by the wind. When she stood by the spring, the rich, magical steam rushed towards her.

Has Sun Spring been restored? Has the Tree of Life been restored as well?

After calling out to the Tree of Life in her heart and receiving a response, Shu Xin was surprised to find that the Tree of Life still felt incredibly weak to her. After carefully inquiring, Shu Xin was astonished to discover that her understanding all along was wrong!

The Tree of Life's weakness is not due to a lack of magic; its weakness stems from the weakness of the River Elves as a race!

The Tree of Life is essentially a fragment of the Creator God's divine essence. It naturally possesses the power of creation, but this also means it naturally bears the responsibility of creation. The River Elves, nurtured by it, can be seen as a manifestation of its creative power, yet also as its source. Just as the Creator God created the world but perished when it was destroyed, the Tree of Life, having nurtured the River Elves, will gradually weaken as the River Elves decline.

Looking back now, the magic she provided to the Tree of Life was used either to condense Leaf Coins, to expand the area of ​​the Flower Castle, or to provide shelter during the Harvest Month. The Tree of Life never used this magic for itself. In fact, when the Tree of Life first responded to her, it was able to condense a huge magic gem in the land of sin, where magic was extremely scarce.

If the Tree of Life were truly lacking in magic, it could easily draw it from the air and sunlight. Even a crop like bitter wheat can grow in large swaths in the Land of Sin. As a fragment of divinity, the Tree of Life could not possibly lack magic. She was simply assuming that the Tree of Life was unwilling to expend magic on itself. She never imagined that the truth was that the Tree of Life had no need for magic at all!

...It was because she initially regarded the Tree of Life as a mother figure that she developed this idea. The Tree of Life could indeed be considered the mother of the River Elves, but it did not actually have an independent personality or consciousness. She later realized this, but the Tree of Life's ability to recover its vitality in sync with the increasing magical concentration in the Land of Sin misled her.

If it weren't for the fact that the Snow Dragon Fruit provided by the Snow Clan contained a massive amount of magic power, and that the Tree of Life had exhausted its magic power yet remained so weak, and Shu Xin had directly inquired with the Tree of Life, she probably wouldn't have discovered this.

Because the Tree of Life has no need for magic, the first part of what Shu Xin said to the Tree of Life three days ago was essentially meaningless!

Since the Tree of Life doesn't need to use magic to repair itself, the magic that Shu Xin provided to it was all superfluous. Although only eight fairies were restored, the Tree of Life sensed that all the flower fairies would eventually regain their normal fairy forms. So the Tree of Life took the initiative and built a treehouse for all the flower fairies according to the principle that human heads are the land of sin. It also thoughtfully allocated the new treehouses, placing the flower fairies' original old homes in the new ones, saving them the trouble of moving.

After building the treehouse, the Tree of Life still had a lot of magic left, so it poured all of it into the Sun Spring.

It turns out that the Sun Spring was specially created by the Tree of Life to welcome the baby elves that fell from the treetops. The first baby elves were born and fell directly from the branches. If there were adult elves present, they would be caught, but if there were no adult elves watching over them, they would just fall to the ground with a thud.

After countless sprites fell, the original riverside sprites finally realized that this couldn't go on. So they sent their people to guard the area around the clock and tried various measures under the Tree of Life. In the end, the Tree of Life accepted the sprites' opinions and suggestions and created this hot spring.

The Sun Spring and the Tree of Life are not actually related; it is just a magical spring created by the Tree of Life. However, the Sun Spring is indeed connected to new life, and new life is directly linked to the Tree of Life. Therefore, the Tree of Life used its magic to repair the Sun Spring.

In the Tree of Life's understanding, this could only be considered as repairing itself. If the magic provided by Shu Xin was used up after the treehouse was built, the Tree of Life would definitely not take the initiative to repair the Sun Spring—even if it had the full ability to do so.

After learning about the origin of Sun Spring, Shu Xin felt, for some reason, as if she had witnessed a giant leap in the evolution from artificial stupidity to artificial intelligence...

Although her feelings were somewhat mixed, Shu Xin felt it was good to take this opportunity to learn that the Tree of Life did not lack magic. In that case, as long as the River Elves developed, the Tree of Life would also become stronger, and she would no longer have to worry about how to repair and heal the Tree of Life.

After dispelling the concealment spell, Shu Xin returned to the Flower Castle, pulled Xi away from the table who was engrossed in eating ice cream, and continued her previously interrupted journey—to find An Anka and the others.

Teleporting to the underground planting area, Shu Xin spotted the members of the Golden Cloak Caravan from afar; their gleaming golden cloaks were truly eye-catching.

Three elves, draped in golden cloaks, were peering around the stove, while two others stood by the underground lake chatting with demons. The remaining three were in the mossy ground, one lying face down and the other two sitting beside him, dozing off.

They all seemed to be in good spirits, which reassured Shu Xin a lot. As she walked over, the two elves by the underground lake saw her first. One of them ran to call their companion by the stove, and the other ran to call their friend in the mossy field.

When Shuxin arrived at the stove, the elves were already lined up.

Seeing Ananna and Lilia standing on Ananka's shoulders, Shu Xin thought about asking Veranika and the others if they had any extra snow dragon fruit. If they had enough snow dragon fruit, they could arrange for the other flower fairies to gradually regain their elven forms. After all, given the size difference between Ananka and Lilia, it would be a bit inconvenient for them to even think about daily life, let alone get married.

However, these are things to consider later. As for now, Shu Xin pursed her lips and asked, "Do you remember what happened to you before you lost consciousness?"

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