◎Paper making materials and brief process◎
"This kind of magical fluctuation is indeed the sacred tree of life of the natural elves."
César half-knelt in front of the rattan table, lowered his eyes and carefully observed the mushrooms in the flowerpot. After a while, he nodded in confirmation.
"But it shouldn't be the sacred tree of life that exists among the natural elves. It could be a species of that tree."
The chief of the giant stone demons, Dob, stood nearby. Even though he had come to the same conclusion, he could not help but question, "But no living creature can pass through the barrier at the edge of the demon realm. How did this tree of life get in? It can't be a seed from ten thousand years ago!"
Cecil glanced at him calmly and nodded: "I think so."
Duobu's face was full of disbelief.
Finally, he lowered his head and sniffed the scent of the black mushroom, then stood up and looked at the Demon King sitting beside him: "My lord, this should be the seed of the Holy Tree of Life that was brought to the Demon Realm by a demon ten thousand years ago."
He paused, obviously feeling that this was not the way to explain things clearly, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to start with the characteristics of the natural elves.
"My ancestors once said that outside the Demon Realm, there is a world shrouded in light," he said softly, but his tone no longer had the yearning he once had. "The gods, dragons, beasts, and natural elves live in that world."
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Among them, the dragon clan is greedy for money and warlike, the gods clan has strict disciplines, and the orcs clan are constantly engaged in wars and rebellions. Only the natural elves live peacefully in the forest of elves and have never taken the initiative to start a war. Even the most unreasonable dragon clan will not take the initiative to provoke them.
"Because the entire Elven Forest is under the protection of the Holy Tree of Life."
"The Holy Tree of Life can combine the power of all the elves through its own energy fluctuations to form a large magic circuit. Therefore, within the protection range of the Holy Tree of Life, fighting against any natural elf is equivalent to fighting against all natural elves."
"So the Holy Tree of Life can connect various magic units?" Warren thought.
Xizels nodded: "In the exorcism war, originally only the dragons, gods, and beasts were fighting against us demons. Naturally, the elves suddenly joined at the last moment. It is very likely because the seeds of the Holy Tree of Life were stolen by the demons."
"But since this tree species hasn't sprouted for thousands of years, why did it suddenly grow out and turn into a black mushroom?" The Stone Demon Chief couldn't help but interrupt and ask.
Xizels also didn't know the reason. He shook his head honestly, hesitated for a moment, and looked up at the Demon King: "My lord, I have a guess."
He habitually wanted to touch his head, but looking at the cold and outstanding beauty in front of him, Warren had already stretched out his hand halfway and then silently retracted it. He cleared his throat a little uncomfortably: "Come and sit down, do you like tea?"
Obediently taking a cup of steaming lava slime bubble tea, Cizers' eyes fell on the Demon King's slender, bony fingers. After a moment, he lowered his eyes with a little regret, and then expressed his opinion.
"When my ancestor was still an angel, he visited the natural elves. He said that the natural elves
Every year, the elves pray in front of the Tree of Life, and the Tree of Life absorbs the power of the elves' faith."
"I guess that the seeds of this tree of life may have absorbed the power of faith of the demons, which is why they sprouted out of the ground."
If this is the case, it can also explain why the tree species have not responded in the Demon Realm for nearly ten thousand years - after all, there was no unity in the Demon Realm before. Apart from the eternal rule of the survival of the fittest, the demons did not even know what the word faith meant.
Warren tapped the armrest with his fingers, thinking of the times when the black mushroom had grown recently, and felt that this idea was quite reliable.
"I don't understand," the Stone Demon Chieftain asked in a low voice, "Does anyone in the Demon Realm believe in the Holy Tree of Life? Should we find these traitors and kill them?"
The good-tempered Cezels patiently explained: "The power of faith that the tree species absorbs is not the power of faith in the Holy Tree of Life, but the power of faith in the King. Perhaps this is why his current form is very different from the Tree of Life of the Natural Elves."
“So the embodiment of my faith is actually black mushrooms?” Warren joked. “That doesn’t sound very impressive.”
The chief of the giant stone demons jumped up immediately: "So impressive! I love eating black mushrooms the most!"
"It's not difficult to verify this," Xizels smiled with his eyes curved, "This tree is still in the seedling stage, and the range it can sense and absorb is very small, so its growth rate is very slow. My king, take it out for a few laps. If it grows significantly in an area with a large number of demons, it should be due to the power of faith."
After saying this, it was already time for dinner. Warren patted the fallen angel on the shoulder, touched the stone demon's head, said "thank you for your hard work" in a gentle voice, and asked them to leave and go to the cafeteria to eat.
The fallen angel knelt gracefully before the devil, and when the devil raised his hand to signal him to stand up, he took the initiative to rub his head against the devil's palm.
Dob, who had turned around and was about to leave, was stunned. His stone brain was spinning wildly. For a moment, he didn't know whether to come back and salute the devil or just leave. Warren laughed and simply stood up and sent the two of them to the balcony door. He watched them go away. When he walked back, the pot of mushrooms seemed to have grown a little bigger.
"Every time a demon comes, it grows a little bigger," Warren raised his finger and tapped the black cap of the mushroom. "The previous demon king got you, but he never thought about collecting the demon heart?"
It was dinner time now. If he went to the restaurant, there would be many demons who would be too busy paying respects or watching the fun to eat. Thinking of this, Warren did not rush to verify Cizers's guess. He picked up the mushroom flowerpot and turned back to the hall of the Demon King's Palace.
Instead of wandering around with mushrooms in his arms, it would be better to find a reason to gather the demons together and absorb enough power of faith at one time. Warren thought so and decided to exchange the twelve magic crystals he currently had for a chance to draw a card.
If the new card is a storybook or a music song, it will give him a chance to gather the demons and give lectures.
"System?" He knocked on the Demon King's crown. "Can I draw a card now?"
The system said nothing, but just controlled the Demon King's Crown, which floated in the air, with light blooming above it.
"Speaking of which, the timing of the appearance of this sacred tree of life is really perfect." Seeing that the system was silent, Warren couldn't help but tease him, "Could it be that you were behind the scenes? Do you know what the ability of the tree is? Does it grow by absorbing the power of faith?"
[have no idea! ]
The system finally spoke, and this time it seemed very confident. It was even too lazy to pretend to be a cookie-cutter program, and asked angrily in a mechanical voice.
[Do you want to draw the card or not?]
As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't even wait for Warren to answer. A thick book emerged from the light above the Demon King's crown, and the pages of the book made a snapping sound.
[Number of magic crystals detected: twelve]
[Confirm to draw the card?]
"Confirm the card draw." Warren raised his hand and pressed the confirmation button.
In the book filled with starlight, countless cards were suspended above it, spinning rapidly, as if it contained the mysteries of the rotation of the sun and the moon, making people indulge in it involuntarily.
A golden card suddenly broke away from the team, as if it was thrown out by a transparent hand, turned from virtual to real, and fell directly into Warren's palm.
There was a hint of surprise in Warren's eyes. He looked up at the Demon King's Crown. All the light had been completely restrained, and the system retracted into the Demon King's Crown, as if it was refusing all communication.
"Well," he smiled helplessly and shook his head, "It seems that the lucky buff of the new ID card is really useful."
Having said this, Warren picked up the card.
[Materials and brief process of paper making
Quality SSR
Type Information Card
Use this card to obtain the method of making paper
Card Description: Stop writing on stone tablets like a primitive man! Even if they are enchanted, stone tablets are still very ugly! ]
Warren exclaimed in surprise.
When he had obtained Aesop's fables and mathematics textbooks, he had always wanted to replicate this soft material that could be used for writing. He even reluctantly tore off a few blank pages from the books and gave them to the Dark Iron Dwarves and Nightmare Demons for research.
However, what was finally researched was not only very different from the books, but also required a large amount of precious magic materials, which could be said to be similar to the materials used to make magic scrolls, and there was no way to popularize them.
Although the accounting board has been improved several times and has many functions such as text messaging and real-time uploading, its capacity is still very small. It will be full after writing a few thousand words. In addition, it also requires rare minerals, so it is not a long-term solution.
He had been struggling with this issue for a long time, and even thought of trying every possible means to organize the demons to see if they could invent the magic of writing in the void. Unexpectedly, he was able to draw a data card made of paper, and now all his problems were solved.
Warren lowered his eyes to look at the Demon King's Crown, curled the corners of his lips slightly, and decisively activated the card.
This time, no pictures appeared, but a short text that clearly listed the various processes of paper making: peeling, cutting, and steaming of wood chips, then washing, screening, and purification to remove impurities, and finally bleaching, pulping, pressing, ironing, draining, drying, and cutting and packaging.
In this short paragraph, there are seven or eight nouns that Warren cannot understand.
He read it again and was not discouraged. After all, he already knew the raw materials and the methods of initial processing, and the subsequent practice only required slow exploration.
"Besides, in that other world where papermaking was invented, there are talking animals and fighting Pokémon, but there is no magic," Warren, who has never drawn a fairy tale or Harry Potter, encouraged himself. "We can use magic to replace many steps here, so the manufacturing process will not be exactly the same as in the other world."
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The light of the Demon King's crown flickered, as if a system that couldn't hold back wanted to complain about something, but in the end it didn't say anything. It just moved to the side as if to vent its anger, bypassing the fragile ceramic fruit plate and pushing the potato-flavored lollipop on the table to the ground.
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Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2023-05-23 20:00:31~2023-05-24 14:25:16~
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