The two entered the doorway created by hollowing out a giant lotus leaf stalk.
The elder's wings shimmered with light, and her hands were clasped together as if in prayer.
A moment later, the door in front slowly opened.
Ye Shang raised an eyebrow as he watched this scene. Was this "open sesame"?
The elder led Ye Shang inside, but it wasn't the dark place he had imagined. Instead, it resembled a spacious palace.
Inside the enormous hall, the ceiling and walls are inlaid with glowing stones. They are not always lit, but they will shimmer whenever someone enters.
After passing through a long hall, we began climbing the stairs upwards.
Each floor contains various things, such as glittering treasures or shed teeth of elves.
Ye Shang even noticed that there was a layer with only two pairs of wings.
It looked like there was still blood dripping from it.
The elder saw her gaze lingering on the wings and said, "These are the elves who ran away from somewhere. In fact, when they returned, their wings were already broken, and they were barely alive. They wouldn't have had wings before they died."
She slowly said, "Perhaps the heavens took pity on them, and at this time a human came and helped them, finding their two pairs of wings. Unfortunately, when that human returned, he was also on the verge of death and died in front of the two elves. They felt that they had harmed that human, so they both couldn't make it and passed away."
At that time, only two pairs of lonely, blood-stained, transparent wings remained in the human's hands, but he had fallen forever.
Neither elf had fully recovered from their injuries, and both died beside the human, their deaths marked by guilt.
After listening to her story, Ye Shang felt that something was off. She asked, "Was the blood on the wings that of the human or the two elves?"
The elder glanced at her and said, "Of course it's that human. But I heard that the wings of these two elves were taken by a human for a while."
Ye Shang: "The size is a bit unsuitable."
Elves are so small, and humans are so big, how could they possibly match?
The elder said, "It is indeed not suitable, but I don't know what method humans used back then to make the wings bigger. With two pairs of wings together, it is perfectly possible to achieve the effect of flight."
Ye Shang voiced his doubts: "How did that human know who had these wings? And why was he able to bring them back as soon as he went out? This means that the human who took the elf's wings knew him, so it's highly likely that the two knew each other, and most likely, they were acquaintances."
The elder stared blankly at Ye Shang, because she had never thought of it this way before. She had only thought about how to thank the human who had helped the elves regain their wings and how to repay him, and had never considered this aspect.
Ye Shang knew from her expression that the elves were still simple-minded.
She curled her lips into a smile, "Who knows, maybe the reason these two elves were able to escape was because this human planned or helped them."
Ye Shang thought for a moment and continued, "Perhaps this world has a natural protection for your elven race. It cannot harm you inside, but once you get out, it can do whatever it wants with you."
The elder frowned and said, "Then why did he take the wings back, and even lose his life because of it?"
Ye Shang looked at her with a half-smile, "Perhaps the person he knew suffered some kind of backlash? In the end, your race is still protected by the world, and he returned the wings thinking he could avoid the backlash, but who knew he would lose his life because of it. Perhaps this is something he cannot understand."
The will of the world is directly intertwined with life. I can't do anything to you outside, but I can't kill you when you come to my territory?
Don't be ridiculous, that's the will of the world.
The First Elder stared blankly at Ye Shang, unable to answer for a long time. This was mainly because this understanding was too overturning of her long-held impression of humans.
She glanced at Ye Shang, but then the pair of blood-stained wings flew to Ye Shang's side.
It's as if to say, no, my benefactor wouldn't be that kind of person.
Ye Shang looked at the wings flying towards him and said helplessly, "Of course, this is just my own guess. You can choose to believe it or not."
"Oh, by the way, perhaps the human you meet after you go out might actually have some connection with the human who died in the elven world."
Ye Shang speculated with a hint of malice.
The elder thought for a moment and said to Ye Shang, "The appearance shouldn't be the same, otherwise the two elves would have been able to recognize each other."
Ye Shang: "Where is the one I love?"
The two pairs of transparent, blood-stained wings paused for a moment, because the guess was indeed possible.
They had learned from him that he had a human woman he had loved for a long time.
Seeing the pair of wings fluttering in front of him, Ye Shang said, "You'd better stop hovering in front of me and go hang there."
The elder looked at the pair of wings and simply said, "Let's continue."
Ye Shang lifted his leg and followed, leaving behind the two pairs of wings that had already landed on the ground in silence.
She thought to herself that this was just her guess, but after seeing the elves' reactions, could it be that her guess was true?
After climbing for an unknown amount of time, Ye Shang suddenly asked, "Can't we fly up here?"
Why do we have to climb so many stairs?
The Grand Elder paused, glanced at Ye Shang, and said in a deep voice, "Hmm."
After responding, the wings on her back flapped loudly, and she gradually flew upwards.
Ye Shang: ......
Although she wasn't tired and didn't feel tired at all from climbing the stairs, she was truly speechless when she saw this scene.
They summoned a light shadow and flew upwards behind the Grand Elder.
Before long, they reached the top floor, and the Grand Elder opened the door again in the same way as before.
The two walked in one after the other.
Ye Shang followed behind. The furnishings here were very simple, with nothing but a huge lotus leaf floating in the center, on which a lotus flower in full bloom was in full bloom.
The elder flew forward and said to the suspended lotus flower, "This is one of our clan's treasures, the Eternal Bloom."
Ye Shang looked at the lotus leaves hanging in the air and the lotus flowers above, which were even slightly rotating.
"Eternal bloom? Does that mean it will always look the same?"
This lotus flower is always in full bloom.
The elder nodded: "That's right, it's the same no matter where it is."
Ye Shang thought for a moment and asked, "But what's the use of this?"
So what's its purpose? We can't exactly take it back to admire it, can we?
The elder looked at the blooming lotus and said with a sigh, "This lotus can restore all the surrounding greenery to life, but apart from it never withering, the rest will decay and wither according to the laws of nature."
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