Chapter 9: Past Events



"Teacher, please follow me. I may have a tree of life here."

As he spoke, he led Edwin all the way to an open space behind the castle, where Lin Xingchen planned to build some buildings.

Looking at the empty space in front of him, Edwin wanted to laugh. After all, he had lived for more than 5,000 years and had only heard of these two trees of life. The largest one was knocked down in a catastrophe, and the one now growing in the Elf Forest was its seedling.

Now I heard from my students that they also have one, and based on my instinctive reaction to the Tree of Life I wanted to take a look, but in the end there was nothing.

Lin Xingchen opened his arms and pretended, silver-white space magic elements kept flashing. The reason for doing this was to conceal his next move.

Inside the space farm, Lin Xingchen's spirit body had already arrived under the towering tree.

Looking at the big forest in front of him, Xingchen shook his head. It was too scary and probably hard to explain.

Then he turned around and looked at the other two small trees next to the giant tree. To call them small trees, it depends on who they are compared with. To be on the safe side, Lin Xingchen chose the smallest one.

As Lin Xingchen used the authority of the space farm, he uprooted the smallest tree in front of him and placed it in the location he designated.

The moment the small tree appeared in the real space, the sky of the entire Maple Leaf Territory changed dramatically, and the scene like the end of the world made many people feel terrified.

As the small tree fell into the designated location, the roots seemed to have their own consciousness and kept drilling downwards. Even though there were rocks underneath, they took root easily like tofu.

Such a scene stunned not only Lin Xingchen but even Edwin himself.

As the small tree took root, the entire Maple Leaf Plain was shrouded in the shade of the tree, and the Duke's Castle, which was at the center, was only a hundred meters away from the tree trunk.

The sudden change caught Lin Xingchen off guard. Just when he was at a loss, the tree that had grown more than ten times larger disappeared before his eyes.

Puzzled, Lin Xingchen quickly checked the farm and found that except for the slowly healing ground, the small tree was no longer there.

"Damn... where is my tree! How come it disappeared when it was so big and was right in front of me just now? I was planning to make it into a magic wand and sell it." Lin Xingchen was so angry that he cursed and stomped his feet.

Edwin, who finally closed his jaw in shock, felt helpless. His student was impeccable in both talent and wisdom. The only thing that made him uncomfortable was that his focus was always different from others.

"Okay, stop yelling. This is the Tree of Life activating its self-protection space barrier. It's normal that you can't see it with your naked eyes."

"Teacher, do you mean that the big tree is still there?"

"Yes, it's right in front of us, but you can't see it with your naked eyes. Try to see if you can connect with it with your heart. If not, you can only focus your magic power on your eyes. This is the easiest way."

Things became easier once he knew the reason, Lin Xingchen followed Edwin's instructions to put himself into a meditative state, and then called upon the Tree of Life.

"Dashu, are you there? Dashu, are you asleep? Why can't I see you?"

"Just when Lin Xingchen thought he had no way to contact her and was about to quit, a weak spiritual force slowly responded to Lin Xingchen.

It seemed that he understood what Lin Xingchen meant. As Lin Xingchen opened his eyes, a space door more than ten meters high appeared five meters away from him. "

After walking into the space gate with Edwin, Lin Xingchen saw his big tree again. The tree was now more than ten times larger than when he saw it in the space farm. When he looked up, he could only see the treetops, and the sunlight shone through the leaves and became rays of light.

Looking at the overwhelming giant trees, Lin Xingchen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Not to mention getting the biggest tree out, even if I summon the second largest tree, I think my entire Duke Castle will be crushed."

“I never thought the legend was actually true. The Tree of Life that evolved into the World Tree disappeared after it was knocked over. It turned out that the Star Clan planted it in the Space World.

This should be the reason why the myriad races cannot find the World Tree! It is probably also the reason why the Star Clan fell from the top three strongest races to almost being exterminated. "Edwin kept combining his own experience and frantically thinking about the connection.

Edwin's daydreaming was interrupted by Lin Xingchen. After coming back to his senses, Edwin composed himself and asked Lin Xingchen about the origin of the tree.

"I don't know either! This big tree often appeared in my dreams when I was very young. It was not until I learned how to use space magic from you that I came into contact with it for the first time.

The magic wand given to me today made me feel familiar, so I tried to see if I could plant it," Lin Xingchen had prepared this speech long ago and spoke it without any hesitation.

"Logically speaking, your magic power as a fifth-level magician should not be able to support such a large space gate. How did you do it?" Edwin is an authority on magic, so he could naturally hear the loophole in Lin Xingchen's words.

"How should I know? I guess it's because of this!" Lin Xingchen pointed his finger. Looking at the Tree of Life pointing at Lin Xingchen's finger, Edwin fell into the state of imagination again.

"Teacher, is the Tree of Life in the Elf Forest so big? And what was the catastrophe that you just mentioned that caused the destruction of the World Tree?" The master and disciple talked about the long-standing legend around the Tree of Life.

"The tree that the elves have now is much bigger than yours. More than 20,000 years ago, a catastrophe occurred in the entire magical continent. The demons and monsters from the abyss broke through the magic barrier of our Plano continent.

As soon as these creatures from darkness appeared, they brought destruction to the creatures on the continent, and countless lives and races were exterminated.

As the strongest race at that time, the High Elves took on the responsibility of fighting against the abyss. Countless races responded to the call and were gathered under the ancient tree that had evolved at that time, which was the World Tree.

Our Pranovan coalition won a tragic victory in this catastrophe, and the most important battle of this catastrophe took place under the current elven capital, the Sky City."

The Elf King was the last line of defense of the coalition forces at that time, and all races put all their troops and strong men into this battle.

In order to win this war that lasted for a hundred years, each ethnic group gave their all without reservation.

The orcs have strong bodies, but unfortunately they have no weapons and armor. The dwarves, the humans who are good at learning, and the elves who have mastered the best technology worked together to arm the orcs.

Although the tree people are tall and powerful, they lack the ability to protect themselves. Countless human magicians stand on the tree people to protect them and serve as combat force.

Dwarves are natural warriors, armed with war hammers, they are always the most reliable comrades. We forest elves are excellent archers, consuming the manpower of the abyss for the coalition forces.

The Winged People led their clans to guard the sky above the coalition forces. The powerful dragon tribes were the most important support for the coalition forces. They could be found wherever the most dangerous enemies were.

As the best commander in the entire coalition, the human commander was always the calmest in arranging the battle lines to ensure the final victory of the war. The battle lasted for seven days, and both the coalition and the abyss were exhausted.

The six sky cities that the high elves had spent endless resources to build all crashed, and the hunting god crossbows that the dwarf craftsmen had painstakingly crafted had long since broken.

Only some women and children were left in several tribes of Orcs, while the Winged People and some other races were almost on the verge of extinction. Whether it was the Treemen, Dwarves, Humans or Elves, they all shed their last drop of blood to win the final victory.

At that time, the Lord of the Abyss saw that his dream of dominating the continent of Plano was about to be shattered, so he placed all his bets regardless of the consequences. As the battle line continued to collapse, the three royal families of the high elves joined forces to release the original power of the world tree.

The powerful magic tide caused countless casualties in the abyss. The Great Lord of the Abyss led his lords, both big and small, to borrow the power of the abyss to fight against it.

With a loud bang, the Great Lord of the Abyss died on the spot, and those lords, big and small, were also killed or injured, and the disaster on the coalition side was even more tragic.

Because the main force against the power of the abyss is the World Tree, this guardian tree that has protected the high elves for tens of thousands of years fell down, and more than half of the high elves were killed or injured.

Without the influence of the Abyss Lords, the power of the Abyss rapidly faded, and those Abyss races also retreated back into the Abyss. The coalition forces finally won the final victory.

After all the races celebrated their victory, when they turned back to check the World Tree, the biggest contributor to this victory, the broken World Tree had already disappeared.

Although there were many speculations at the time, several of them were related to your ancestors. At that time, the only one who had the ability to accomplish this was the Star Clan, one of the three royal families of the high elves famous for their space magic.

Although the new leader of the Star Clan insisted that it was not them who did it, it now seems that the legend is indeed correct. If your clan had not hidden it and allowed it to be reborn, the World Tree would have been divided up as a trophy by then.

"Teacher, from your tone, are there conflicts among the myriad races?" Lin Xingchen's eyes welled up with tears after hearing this story, but from Edwin's words it seemed that this story did not have a good ending.

"Yes, they had conflicts, and those tribes that were nearly wiped out went into hiding to recuperate. At that time, the number of dead people on the continent of Plano could be described as more than the living."

All races have entered a long period of recuperation and dormancy. During this period, the high elves, who possess the highest magic and knowledge, have recovered the fastest. However, we, the forest elves, stayed in the original capital of the high elves on the recommendation of your ancestors.


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