Chapter 187 Collecting Water Elements is great, Shuxin baby...
Humans are complex, and Shu Xin tended to believe that the first human mage to lead the river elves away from the Tree of Life acted with good intentions. After all, while the river elves might seem foolish due to their naivety, they weren't truly stupid. Furthermore, the river elves of the past were extremely skilled in mental magic, allowing them to easily discern a person's good or evil.
Shu Xin couldn't help but sigh again.
Xi showed Shu Xin everything he saw after entering the human palace, including the scene of the old emperor hesitating while holding the potion bottle. The human emperor probably thought of the potion as a precious longevity potion.
Shu Xin didn't know whether the human emperor was bewitched or misled, but the soul sleeping in the potion bottle was neither imprisoned nor weakened. This soul was complete and powerful. When Shu Xin pulled out the stopper, only wisps of magic power escaped from the bottle, and the surrounding air became less hot.
Xi understood Shu Xin's unspoken meaning. He shrugged and looked at the potion bottle placed to the side: "So, should we wake him now, or her?"
“Yes, I need to know what exactly happened back then,” Shu Xin rubbed her temples. “I also hope he or she can help us in some way.”
The situation in the Land of Sin is not good. Even though they can draw water from the ice melted from the Twin Moon Snowfield for irrigation, crops in large areas of farmland are beginning to wither. The problem is not only the lack of water. As the harvest month approaches, the temperature is also rising. The snow sheep breeding areas, which are covered in ice and snow, are beginning to thaw, and the Grey Bird flocks are losing birds to heat every day.
Shu Xin now goes to the Twin Moon Snowfield every day to cut and transport ice blocks with the flower fairies.
She considered casting a large-scale freezing spell, and also thought about digging an aqueduct from the Twin Moon Snowfield to the Land of Sin. The former was difficult because water magic in the air was extremely scarce, and the freezing spell might not work properly. The latter was too much work; if she were to dig an aqueduct, she wouldn't have enough manpower to collect ice.
The flower fairies are still too small. Even with magical assistance, they are still greatly limited in this aspect. Currently, the main force for ice chiseling and transportation is actually the demons that Shu Xin called over later. The magic gem mine in the dungeon has been suspended.
But when the harvest month arrives, the demons will definitely have to defend against the attacks of the phantom beasts. At that time, they will have to rely on the flower fairies to harvest ice. Shu Xin has already prepared herself for a significant reduction in production. Fortunately, she used to store food in the underground warehouse whenever she had free time, so she doesn't have to worry about famine. In this respect, her small appetite, similar to that of the flower fairies, is indeed an advantage...
Shu Xin was very fortunate that an underground lake had been discovered in the Land of Sin. Now the entire territory's drinking water comes from the underground lake; otherwise, drinking water would probably be a problem!
“Brightsman is also experiencing a drought,” Xi said, remembering something. “But they haven’t been affected much. When we were doing mercenary missions, we saw several human mages casting rain into the fields. Speaking of which, human mages really like to collect magical elements. Shuxin, I think you can collect some magical elements when you have time. In situations like this, releasing more water elements would be much better.”
"Magic elements?" Shu Xin was puzzled.
Xi blinked: "Hmm, it's just a way humans categorize magic power, and it's quite convenient to use."
After Xi explained, Shu Xin understood. It turned out that humans and magical beings like river elves were different. River elves could directly use the magic in the air to release magic, but human mages could not. They needed to store magic in their bodies, first mobilize the magic within their own bodies, then use their own magic to guide the magic in the air to create resonance, and finally use the resonance to release the magic.
Therefore, river elves and humans have very different understandings of magic.
River elves don't care about the properties of magic, since they use the free magic in the air to cast spells. All river elves are natural-born magicians. The various magical talents that flower fairies possess are simply manifested in different types of magic that they are good at.
Therefore, river elves pay more attention to the magical concentration of the surrounding environment. The magical concentration of the air is directly linked to the magical strength of the river elves. This naturally makes the spellcasting of river elves very susceptible to the influence of the magical environment. In the current abnormally dry and hot weather, even Shu Xin, as a flower fairy, would find it difficult to summon a large water ball.
Humans, however, place great importance on the classification of magical attributes. They not only named the smallest unit of magical power "magical element," but also categorized magical elements into different attributes based on the different states that magical power exhibits in different environments, such as water and fire, light and darkness, as well as wind, thunder, and earth.
Humans' magical talents are focused on their affinity for different magical elements. For example, water mages have the highest affinity for water and store a lot of water-attribute magic power in their bodies. If a human water mage is in the Sinful Land, even if the weather is extremely dry, he or she can easily summon a large water ball.
It is precisely because of this way of casting spells that humans have developed the habit of collecting magical elements. Fire mages will go to the crater to collect fire elements when a volcano erupts, lightning mages will fly into the sky to collect lightning elements during thunderstorms, and water mages will naturally collect water elements for later use. In situations like the current one, human water mages can take out the remaining water elements to release water magic, which is a simple and effective way to combat drought and provide disaster relief.
"...It's not too late to collect them now!" Shu Xin grabbed Xi's hand, her eyes filled with eagerness. "There are still two weeks until the harvest month. Could you please go out and collect some water elements, my dear?"
Xi's eyes widened: "Shushuxin! I just got back!"
She tried to pull her hand back, but the flower fairy used quite a bit of force. Under Shu Xin's expectant gaze, Xi almost laughed out of anger: "I haven't even received my payment yet, and you want me to work again. It's one thing to want me to work, but you want me to go out and work—don't you miss me at all?!"
The flower fairy shook her head and answered honestly, "I still want to, isn't the harvest month coming soon?"
Xi rolled his eyes, completely losing his temper. He raised his hand that had been grabbed and pointed to the potion bottle on the table: "Why don't you wake that guy up? He's a real river elf, and his affinity for the natural elements is no stronger than mine. You can even free up the bottle to fill it with water elementals!"
Shu Xin slowly turned her head, her gaze falling on the light green liquid in the transparent crystal bottle: "That makes sense!"
Suddenly, wisps of clouds drifted across the cloudless blue sky. In the blink of an eye, the clouds joined together to form thick white clouds, which then piled up into a heavy cloud layer, and finally rolled into a vast sea of clouds. Standing on the terrace of the Flower Castle, Shu Xin felt as if she could reach out and touch the sky above her head, which was pressed low by the magnificent cumulonimbus clouds.
Not long after, a muffled rumble of thunder came from deep within the clouds, followed by large raindrops pelting down. The stagnant and oppressive heat in the air was swept away, and the refreshing breeze carrying moisture was extremely cool. Shu Xin let out a long breath, but her mood was quite complicated.
A semi-transparent figure gracefully landed on the terrace. A cool breeze blew through her long hair, and clear rainwater flowed into her eyes. A magical power, filled with the scent of grass and green leaves and brimming with vitality, materialized into her slender and tall figure. Her somewhat ethereal and hazy silhouette made her look like a deity.
She gently lifted a transparent crystal bottle with both hands; the bottle was already filled with a pale blue liquid. Her soft, ethereal voice drifted into Shu Xin's ear:
"Baby, I've filled the time capsule with water elements. Here you go."
"Thank you, Bletzman. You can just call me Shuxin." Shuxin thanked her as she accepted the heavy crystal bottle from the other woman.
“Okay, Shuxin baby.” Bletzman replied with a gentle smile, “Is this enough water? If not, I’ll go get some more for you.”
Shu Xin: "...That's enough, no need to trouble yourself."
“It’s no trouble at all,” Bletzman said as she landed on the terrace. After standing next to Shuxin, she asked with some curiosity, “Baby, what do you need so much water element for?”
Shu Xin: "...You have no idea what I'm going to do, yet you've collected so much water element for me."
Bretzman raised his hand and patted Shuxin's head: "Baby won't do anything bad."
After a long silence, Shu Xin gave up on correcting her form of address.
After being reminded by Xi, Shu Xin immediately asked the Tree of Life to awaken the sleeping soul inside the potion bottle. The pale green liquid flowed from the open bottle, gathering into a semi-transparent human figure. The true river elf did indeed possess a beauty that transcended gender. However, when the closed eyes on that beautiful face slowly opened, the other party's first words were: "Baby? How did you get to the human race?"
The other person's second sentence was: "I'm Bretzman, baby, have you lost your name?"
Blaitzman, Blaitzman of the Blaitzman Empire—the moment the soul before her uttered this name in Elvish, Shu Xin instinctively received some information about it.
Bretzman, who chose female as her gender, is 633 years old. She has raised three elves and is skilled at growing delicious mushrooms. Her specialty is delicious mushroom stew.
It's quite amazing. It's just a name, yet it carries so much meaning. It truly lives up to its name as a magical world...
However, Shu Xin felt that the principle behind this was probably the same as how cats and dogs can obtain a lot of information through their sense of smell. After all, if she were walking down the street and glanced at a passerby, she could tell whether the person's hair was long or short, whether they were wearing short or long sleeves, and whether they were carrying a backpack or a basket.
With disaster relief as the priority, Shu Xin didn't answer Bleitzman's question. Instead, she directly asked Bleitzman to help collect water elements with a crystal bottle. Bleitzman agreed without hesitation, took the potion bottle, and flew out. She not only collected a whole bottle full of water elements, but also brought a heavy rain to the Land of Sin.
Clutching the slightly cold crystal bottle in her hand, Shu Xin finally asked the question she had wanted to ask from the beginning: "Brightsman, are you... blind?"
The ethereal riverside sprite smiled and said, "You noticed, baby. Because I gave my sight to a very good friend, I really can't see anything now. Baby, don't do what I did. I did this because my lifespan was coming to an end. You're still too young to do that, okay?"
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