The Elf King seemed lost in thought.
After a long silence, he slowly spoke, "Tell me the details of your transaction."
Seeing this, Xiu Yuan didn't keep him in suspense any longer: "Give me the magic cultivation system, and I will give you elves everything I get from the gods in the future."
"Ha, are you kidding me? What can you humans possibly get from the gods?"
The Elf King scoffed.
"Is one divine body enough?"
The Elf King's expression changed: "I don't believe you humans have this ability."
"So we humans need power. Didn't you once cooperate with the Dragon Spirits to challenge the God Spirits? I think you didn't show your true strength but were just testing the waters."
"This time, I'm challenging the gods again on the fate of all humanity. You elves only need to pay a small price to perfectly hide behind the scenes and obtain the information you want. Why not?"
"In that battle, you didn't use your full strength, and you learned very little. If you really have designs on the top spot, intelligence is a crucial factor that cannot be ignored."
Xiu Yuan said seriously.
The Elf King looked thoughtfully at Xiu Yuan with a strange expression.
"I think I know what you're plotting. You want to steal the essence of all races to strengthen humanity itself, don't you? That's quite a scheme."
The Elf King directly pointed it out.
Xiu Yuan's face stiffened, and disbelief appeared in his eyes.
That look seemed to be asking how I figured it out.
"How interesting! You humans probably made the same deal with the Dragon Spirits to obtain the Dragon Language talent!"
"I plan to wait until I have obtained the resources of all races and then give up the challenge against the divine race. At that time, I will go into seclusion to accumulate strength and avoid being attacked by all races."
Xiu Yuan remained silent.
"What? You have nothing to say?"
"However, I am very interested in your plan. I really hope that a powerful cannon fodder race can fully probe the true strength of the divine race for us."
The Elf King grinned, as if he had Xiu Yuan completely under his control.
"Therefore, I will give you the magic cultivation system. At that time, you humans will have to challenge the gods. This is the inescapable fate of cannon fodder for you humans!"
"I look forward to that day!"
The Elf King laughed, a very happy laugh, a stark contrast to the silent composure of the person standing beside him.
After that, Xiu Yuan was imprisoned by the Elf King and forced to study everything about magic every day.
Days passed by.
The Elf King sent people to monitor Xiu Yuan's every move every day.
Xiu Yuan gradually became numb, as if he were a puppet on strings, completely at the mercy of the Elf King.
With the new pieces, the Elf King generously shared even deeper insights with Xiu Yuan.
After all, the divine race is not weak; if the chess pieces are of poor quality, it's impossible to probe anything.
Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Alright, my perfect pawn, we have nothing more to teach you. Go and acquire the power of the Celestial Feather Seed to strengthen yourself."
The Elf King let Xiu Yuan go.
......
Xiu Yuan, speeding through the sky, revealed a mysterious smile.
The second step of the plan was completed perfectly.
You stupid elf species, the path I've been pursuing has always ended in the defeat of humanity.
Humanity had no hope of winning this game from the very beginning.
Even if all the powers of all races were combined, they still couldn't defeat it, as the strongest divine species.
Therefore, Xiuyuan's plan was not destined to end in victory from the very beginning.
This is why all of humanity was surprised when they first heard about the plan.
This is heading down the path to extinction.
Let's rewind the timeline.
"My plan is to trade the Dragon Language with the Dragon Spirits and then expose it to the Elfs in order to obtain their magic cultivation system."
The Dragon Spirit race was once defeated by the God Spirit race, so trading with them is simple. We just need to use the fate of humanity to challenge the God Spirit race as capital, and exchange the maximum lifespan of our race for their benefit.
As the next elven species to take the top spot, they will not remain indifferent upon learning of the dragon spirit species' new moves; they will surely investigate the secrets behind them.
I just need to trade with the elves under the same pretext. If the elves are even slightly smart, they will discover the human's purpose. But don't worry, being discovered is part of the plan.
This cannot be concealed. Apart from the Dragon Spirits being the first to make contact and thus unable to discover humanity's intentions, all subsequent trading races will be able to know humanity's purpose.
Exposing it is a clear move, and for this reason, all races will eventually force us humans into the fire, watching from behind the scenes.
This is exactly what I want! Whether they are dragon spirits or elves, they all have the misplaced confidence that my plan is only to enhance the basic abilities of humanity, and that they will be wiped out after challenging the divine spirits!
They will learn about the true nature of the divine race from our human probing, but my plan is to bring all races except the divine race to the same starting line!
Aren't they a very strong race? When I, as the representative of all races, slaughter the divine race, all races will face the overwhelming wrath of the divine race.
At that point, they will go from being spectators to actors, and everyone will be a victim of this game.
When chaos erupts, it will be time for racial cleansing! Even if it means devastation and annihilation, I will bring all races to the same starting line!
We humans will inevitably become extinct, with only a handful remaining, but that doesn't matter; it's a necessary outcome.
Compared to their previous situation, with the foundation of abilities from all races, this is truly the beginning of humanity's rise!
"This game, which was already a loss for humanity, will be overturned! Humanity also has hope of victory!"
"Therefore, I will take the blame for this sin!"
Xiu Yuan looked at everyone with a determined gaze.
Everyone was stunned by this insane plan.
......
My thoughts returned to normal.
Xiuyuan roams freely in the high heavens.
Twenty years of arduous study enabled him to master all the fundamental knowledge of the Elf race.
Of course, the Elf King couldn't have done that; it was something he did secretly and spontaneously.
The foolish Elf King thought he had been brainwashed by magic.
In fact, he had been diligently practicing the Dragon Language on his way to the Star Forest.
Although he didn't have magic power to activate it at the time, he sacrificed ten years of his life force to activate the soul protection magic.
He was certain that the elves would take action to control him.
In addition to soul protection, there are also a series of defensive magics such as cognitive interference and subconscious alteration.
This kind of magic, activated by the language of dragons, has a higher priority than the magic possessed by elves.
Otherwise, the Elf race wouldn't be ranked third below the Dragon race, but rather above it.
The language of dragons is particularly effective against the magical power of elves.
Dragon spirits also possess powerful physical attributes, making them far superior to elves.
This was another factor in Xiu Yuan's first battle to trade with the Dragon Spirit Seed.
Everything is proceeding according to Xiuyuan's plan.
Whether his purpose was guessed or he was brainwashed, it was all within his expectations.
After mastering most of the magical powers, Xiu Yuan began to explore the hidden potential of the elves.
Secondly, Xiu Yuan also discovered his advantage as a human being: he had extremely high comprehension and could learn anything quickly.
Of course, he didn't show it, otherwise the elves wouldn't have felt comfortable letting him stay in the Star Forest if they sensed something was wrong.
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