Chapter 998 The Excited Old Patriarch
At the end of last year, the wood elf mages led by John, including Locke, who is now the royal mage, had withdrawn from the front line.
After all, their current identity is still members of Zhou Xu's personal guard. After the war is completely over, there is no reason for them to stay on the front line for a long time.
John and his companions went directly back to the palace of Black Moon City and did not go to the New South District...
After a night's rest, Locke took the initiative to find Zhou Xu.
"I am Locke, your Majesty."
It has been a while since he officially joined the Great Zhou, and Locke is undoubtedly familiar with this set of procedures.
After a simple greeting, Locke directly stated the purpose of his visit.
"Your Majesty, I have been out for a while now. I don't know what the situation is in the village. I hope Your Majesty will allow me to return to the village."
Unlike John and the others, Locke has another identity, that is, the leader of the wood elves.
Under this premise, it was impossible for Locke to abandon their village and stay in the palace.
On the way back, he was worried a lot. Now he wishes he could just grow wings and fly back.
"That's certainly no problem."
Seeing Locke who was eager to go home, Zhou Xu agreed without thinking.
"You just need to register as a member of the Royal Guards. It's okay if you want to stay in the village. After the waterway is opened, you can take a boat from the Black Moon City Port to your village directly. The transportation is very convenient. If you need anything later, you can leave."
He was so tolerant of Locke, not only because Locke was one of the three most extraordinary wizards in their Great Zhou, but also because after getting to know him, Zhou Xu no longer had high expectations for Locke's future.
To be honest, Locke is already old. In a few years, he might develop symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease, just like the elder of the grassland elves.
With this as a premise, Zhou Xu and his colleagues had already conducted some discussions among themselves. At this age, it would be difficult for Locke to improve his strength.
Let alone entering the holy realm, according to Locke's current condition, it is no longer realistic for him to cultivate to the peak of the extraordinary realm. Locke himself is very clear about this.
It is the same for any living creature. As it approaches the end of its life, its energy will continue to decline as its remaining life span decreases. Even mages are no exception.
Locke hasn't reached that level yet, but it's unlikely that he'll be able to improve any further. In fact, as time goes by, his strength will even decline. All of this is unavoidable.
After Zhou Xu readily agreed, Locke, who was eager to return home, immediately wanted to leave.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhou Xu's voice rang out again.
"Oh, by the way, deep in the forest on an island in Qingshui Lake, we discovered a large number of life spirit trees..."
"The Tree of Life? You said you found the Tree of Life?!"
At that moment, accompanied by completely uncontrollable excitement, Locke's voice suddenly increased by several decibels, and his entire face turned red at this moment.
Because he was too excited, he even forgot the etiquette, but Zhou Xu was not surprised by this, he just smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I have ordered people to fence off that mountain. Now it has been directly converted into a breeding farm for life spirit trees. Next, I plan to collect a certain amount of materials to make staffs for the mages in my personal army..."
"Please let me do this!"
If Locke's mind was full of returning to the village just a moment ago, now, everything in his mind has turned into the Tree of Life.
Compared with the Tree of Life, returning to the village suddenly became less important.
In response, Zhou Xu smiled slightly.
"sure."
The method of making the Staff of Life is also recorded at the back of the ancient scroll that originally recorded the training methods of the Wood Elf Wizards.
However, during the production process, a special mantra of the Wood Elves is needed. This mantra is contained in the blood of the Wood Elves.
In other words, other races really have no way of making this Staff of Life.
This is also the biggest reason why Zhou Xu brought up this matter at this point in time.
"I'll send an elven knight to take you there."
Although the Staff of Life is important, Zhou Xu does not need to make this trip in person. He can just send an elf knight who knows the route well to lead the way.
The group moved quickly, boarded a boat at the Black Moon City port, and headed straight for Qingshui Mountain.
This section of the journey is undoubtedly easy, but for Locke, his nightmare has just begun.
The complex environment and densely wooded mountains did not allow the hot air balloon to land, so they could only climb up on foot.
Not to mention that he has entered old age now, even when he was in his prime, Locke, a wood elf wizard, did not have a strong body.
Less than ten minutes into climbing the mountain, Locke began to breathe heavily.
Seeing this, the accompanying elf knight couldn't help but put forward his suggestion again.
"Chief Locke, I think you should give up. The further you go in the mountain, the harder it is to walk. We will send people to collect the materials for the Tree of Life later. There is no need for you to go into this deep mountain forest."
Obviously, this is not the first time he has said this.
The Elf Knight originally thought that after experiencing the beating on this mountain road, Chief Locke should be able to gain enlightenment and turn back.
But the result was not as he expected. The character of the old wood elf chief was even more stubborn than he expected.
"No! I must see the Tree of Life with my own eyes!!"
Locke's face was full of excitement as he said this, and at the same time, he had a strong sense of persistence.
Before setting off, Zhou Xu had already told him that due to the special environment of the mountains and forests, it would be very difficult to transplant the Tree of Life.
At the same time, even if they can be transplanted, there is no guarantee that the change of environment will not affect the growth of the life spirit trees. Therefore, these life spirit trees have basically been kept in the mountains and will not be transplanted.
In other words, if he didn't go into the mountain, he would never be able to truly see the Tree of Life in his lifetime.
They didn’t have the Tree of Life before, so he naturally didn’t have any ideas.
Now that he has it, you ask him not to watch it? He will probably die with regrets!
With this in mind, Locke had already made up his mind. Even if he died climbing the mountain, he would definitely see the tree of life that he had been thinking about day and night before he died! Even if he died, he would die under the tree of life!
(End of this chapter)
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