Chapter 513: The Sacred Tree's Recognition
Since the sacred tree is a tree, it naturally has seeds.
However, the sacred tree is spiritual, and its seeds will not fall for no reason for anyone to pick up. Even those who have signed a contract with it can only get one seed every three to five years.
Others can only pray to it sincerely. If the sacred tree recognizes someone, it will send its seeds.
Although getting the seeds does not mean that a sacred tree can be grown, it does mean that there is a chance to get a sacred tree.
Possessing the sacred tree means being able to open up new territories in the land where the gods fell, so even a one in ten thousand chance is extremely valuable to people.
Usually the holy city uses this method to win over the masters and buy people's hearts. In fact, this is similar to the feudal system in Eurasia.
"Thank you so much for your generosity, Mr. Lachi!"
Zenia's eyes sparkled and her face was filled with excitement that she couldn't hide.
Even Dewell and his companions looked expectant, as this opportunity was truly rare.
Some weaker holy cities would also sell such blessing opportunities in order to earn gold coins. Such opportunities, like winning the lottery, could cost up to tens of thousands of gold coins each time.
Now Laci is giving these people a chance for free, which can be said to be really generous.
In fact, the reason why Adela lives in the Lord's Mansion of the Holy City of Heka is precisely because of this reason.
It was not that Adela herself wanted a chance to pray, but it was the result of the pleading of her classmate and good friend Zenia and another girl.
After getting Laci's promise, the two begged for a long time in front of their friend Adela. Seeing her friend's appearance, Adela thought that she would only stay in the City Lord's Mansion for two days, so she agreed and got this precious opportunity to pray for her friend.
"Zenia, we are all classmates, and it is only right that we help each other! Here, this is a branch of the sacred tree. Through it, you can establish a connection with the sacred tree."
"Take this branch and pray to the holy tree in your heart. If you get the approval of the holy tree, it will naturally give you seeds. If you don't get its approval, you can't blame me!"
Lachi is very generous and enjoys the looks from everyone.
Although his behavior seemed like that of a prodigal son, he knew how difficult it was to gain the approval of the Holy Tree.
He used to come here to pray to the sacred tree whenever he had free time, but he had never seen even a hair of it.
Moreover, many times, after his father's subordinates had made contributions, they would be granted an opportunity to come here to pray for blessings. His father had granted such an opportunity no less than a thousand times, but only one person could get the seed.
It has been five years since this man obtained the seeds, but he still cannot grow the holy tree.
So he was completely trying to get something for nothing. He didn't believe that Zenia and her group of less than ten people could obtain a seed of the sacred tree.
Following Laci's instructions, several guards who had been following not far away brought a few branches.
Although it is just a tree branch, when everyone saw its appearance clearly, they realized its extraordinaryness.
This branch is only as thick as a thumb and about ten centimeters long. The peculiarity lies in its material.
The branch is brown in color and feels cool and smooth to the touch. It looks like it is carved from gemstone both to the touch and to the naked eye, but it just looks like a branch.
Each branch has a green leaf with clear veins. When you touch it, it doesn't feel like a branch, but a real ordinary leaf.
At this time, Adela, Zenia and Deville were all given a branch.
Although Lackey hated Deville and the other two, he knew he had to show due magnanimity and gentlemanliness in front of Adela.
At this time, Gervis was also staring at the branches in the hands of Adela and the others.
To be honest, after experiencing the miraculous power of the holy tree firsthand, Gervis also wanted to own such a holy tree.
"Get a branch for Harry, too!"
Seeing that everyone was smiling happily, Laci suddenly saw Gervis, and thought that he would still need Gervis' escort on the treasure hunt in a few days, so he gave another order to the guard.
Anyway, it's just a free-for-nothing move, so he might as well take this opportunity to use this imaginary opportunity to win over Harry. He won't lose anything, and he can also win over the talented wizard Gervis.
Although Laci is a playboy, he still has this awareness.
"Thank you, Master Lachi!"
Gervis looked at Lach in surprise, he didn't expect that he was even included in the calculation, so he thanked him sincerely.
Anyway, at least this was a gift outside of the transaction, and Gervis owed him a favor.
Under the envious gazes of the three trainee magicians, Gervis took a branch handed to him by the guard and then looked at it more carefully.
"Okay! Now you can start praying! Just relax your mind and focus your perception on the branch in your hand! Good luck to everyone!"
From then on, Lachi directly asked everyone to start praying.
After hearing what Laci said, Zenia and the others could no longer wait. They immediately grasped the branches in their hands, slightly raised their heads towards the holy tree and began to pray silently.
Gervis took a look at the expressions of the crowd and imitated their actions by closing his eyes and feeling it.
When Gervis closed his eyes and felt the touch of the branch in his hand, he suddenly felt a shock all over his body and his mind was instantly pulled into a strange space.
This is a desolate wilderness with a strange purple sun hanging in the sky. Under the shining of this purple sun, all things here are withered, the land is cracked, and there is a bleak atmosphere everywhere.
There is only a towering tree in the distance standing like a giant in this desolate wilderness.
What’s even more peculiar is that under the shade of the giant trees there is lush vegetation, which forms a sharp contrast with the desolation around it.
After seeing this scene and feeling the scorching heat of the purple sun, Gervis unconsciously moved his feet and slowly walked towards the sacred tree.
When Gervis walked step by step to the foot of the sacred tree and felt the coolness under the shade, the previous feeling of being burned by the scorching sun disappeared instantly.
After entering the shade of the tree, Gervis did not stop, but carefully avoided the vegetation and continued to approach the big tree.
When Gervis came close to the giant tree, he truly realized how tall it was. The exposed roots of the tree alone were as high as three or four stories.
Looking at the giant tree in front of him, as if attracted by something, Gervis unconsciously raised his hand and touched the roots of the giant tree.
boom!
The moment Gervis touched the giant tree, his mind buzzed. When he regained consciousness, he found that the scene he was in had changed.
There were no giant trees or vegetation anymore, only shouts of killing and large shattered ruins. You could even smell the strong smell of blood.
Gervis is now in a palace complex, and in front of him is a man in golden armor. The man holds a huge sword in his hand, and a tattered red cloak flutters in the wind behind him.
Just when Gervis wanted to take a closer look at the man in golden armor in front of him, a huge change suddenly occurred in front of him. A white sword light covering the sky slashed towards the man in golden armor, mixed with the power to destroy the world.
The man in golden armor wanted to swing his sword to block, but his strength was like a fluorescent fire in front of the white sword light. He had no chance of resistance at all. He was instantly enveloped by the white light and completely annihilated, including the surrounding building ruins, which were crushed to pieces in an instant.
"ah!"
The moment the white sword light covered Gervis, he was also enveloped by the terrifying murderous intent, as if he would be crushed in the next moment.
call!
The next moment, Gervis's mind became dazed again. When he regained consciousness, he had returned to reality. He was still in the City Lord's Mansion of the Holy City of Heka, still three hundred meters away from the sacred tree.
Laci in front was looking at them leisurely.
Gervis looked around again and saw that the others had woken up at about the same moment.
However, everyone had different expressions, some were confused, some were annoyed, and Gervis couldn't be sure whether the scene they saw was the same as his.
“Huh!”
When Gervis looked at Adela, he suddenly found that Adela's face was a little pale.
Although Adela's skin is as white as snow, it is normal for fair skin to have a slight redness.
But Adela's face was pale, which obviously showed that Adela was also frightened by something.
"Did she see the same scene as me?"
Even he himself was frightened by the scene, let alone Adela. Gervis felt that it was very likely as he had guessed.
"Okay, you have all prayed to the Holy Tree. Now whether you can receive the Holy Tree's blessing depends on your luck! If one of you really gets the Holy Tree's recognition, the Holy Tree's seeds will be delivered to you within three minutes!"
Lachi was sure that no one was lucky enough to be recognized by the Holy Tree, but he couldn't show it directly, so he raised his head and looked upwards towards the Holy Tree.
Everyone was also very much looking forward to whether they could gain the recognition of the Holy Tree, so they all raised their heads and looked upwards.
Just over ten seconds after everyone looked up, the giant tree suddenly changed.
The branches and leaves of this sacred tree were originally swaying gently in the breeze, very softly and casually, but at this moment they suddenly began to shake gently, making a rustling sound.
Along with the shaking sound of leaves, strange changes occurred on the main trunk of the sacred tree with a diameter of more than ten meters. Countless green veins appeared on the branches that originally looked ordinary. These veins were densely packed, some thick and some thin, just like human veins, extending from the ground to the crown of the tree a hundred meters high.
"How is this possible!?"
Lachi's eyes widened so wide that an egg could fit into his mouth.
He knew what this situation of the holy tree meant. It meant that one of the people who had just prayed had been recognized by the holy tree and obtained the seeds of the holy tree.
As Lachi was stunned, the strange changes of the holy tree lasted for about two or three seconds, and then the holy tree returned to normal.
After the strange changes disappeared, everyone soon saw an elf flying down from the branches of the sacred tree several dozen meters away.
Everyone knew what this portended. Their bodies began to tremble slightly, and they were all wondering to whom the seed of the sacred tree belonged.
No more updates tonight...
(End of this chapter)
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