Chapter 259: Someone Wants to Copy? Divine Power Mark Teaches a Lesson!

Beneath the earth, the Night Elf tribe was still in the midst of mass migration.

Twenty years ago, they too traveled underground, taking a full year to locate their former underground city.

Now, returning home, they still travel underground.

They avoid the surface because crossing it would require passing through many human kingdoms, and fifty thousand beautiful Night Elves would inevitably attract the greed of some.

Although the Night Elf tribe's strength might not fear those humans.

But it would bring immense trouble.

Moreover, the Continent of Gods is vast; many humans in those kingdoms don't even know where the Loki Forest is, so traveling aboveground wouldn't necessarily be faster.

This migration will last at least one or two months before they can return to their original forest.

The God of Darkness seems to have made no further moves—no one knows whether she swallowed her anger or simply hasn't found the elves' location.

After all, Chenxi and the others acted swiftly, leaving the same day.

Even as a god, the God of Darkness cannot know what's happening here while the Abyssal Rift is sealed; she can only communicate with the few fragments of her consciousness left on the Continent of Gods.

But what can one or two wisps of a god's consciousness accomplish?

During the migration, the former queen of the Night Elves, Lomina, gradually reached the peak of Eighth Rank after receiving Lin Yan's blessing.

Eighth Rank is a Forbidden Spell Mage.

Ninth Rank is a Semi-Saint-level Mage, just one step away from the Saint Realm of Tenth Rank!

Lomina never slackened her cultivation, not even during the migration.

Chenxi, now queen, also did not slacken.

After twenty years burdened by a curse, the Night Elves can be called the most diligent of all elves.

The Elf race loves a carefree, idyllic life; they are naturally strong and favored by the gods, so many Night Elves never take cultivation seriously.

But after this upheaval, the Night Elves understand better than anyone the importance of strength!

In Full of Dangers underground, without great strength, one cannot survive.

For the past twenty years, many underground creatures loyal to the God of Darkness have continuously attacked them.

Unlike the elves near Loki Forest, who, protected by the natural barrier of the Loki Mountains, can live carefree within the forest.

Thus, these past twenty years have truly been a period of explosive growth in the Night Elf tribe's strength.

While the Night Elves migrated, the development of the Flame Kingdom surged like wildfire.

In the Kingdom of Hiling, potato sales increased daily, with demand always outstripping supply.

For many commoners with tight finances, even those who sometimes went hungry, the arrival of potatoes was nothing short of miraculous.

Their price was only one-third that of rice, they were highly nutritious, delicious to eat, and could serve as both staple food and side dish.

Once some commoners switched their staple food to potatoes, their daily food expenses dropped by more than half.

They now had extra money to spend on other things!

Under these circumstances, Sir Hawk requested an increase in potato supply.

After thinking it over, the fox maiden Sister Qing Ling ordered the winged warrior couriers to make one additional trip per day, doubling the potato supply.

Sweet potato sales were equally strong; though their price was similar to rice, their taste was excellent, and the same went for corn—Lin Yan's improved corn was sweet and fragrant, loved not only by slightly wealthier commoners but also by many nobles.

Some commoners bought corn, roasted it, and sold it on the roadside, often doubling the price.

Roasted corn and roasted sweet potatoes, once common sights in the cities of Lin Yan's former world, began gaining popularity in the eastern cities of the Kingdom of Hiling.

These three items rapidly opened markets in eastern Hiling.

Yet this popularity caught the attention of those with ulterior motives.

The Church, with its frequent contact with the populace, was the first to notice.

At a Church outpost.

In a fertile field, a mage was continuously casting spells.

As he cast, sprouts emerged from the soil, then grew taller and larger without pause.

Within less than half an hour, the potato had fully matured.

This was the technique of explosive growth acceleration.

Such a technique consumed vast amounts of mana, and the crops grown this way were never fully matured, resulting in terrible taste.

But these people didn't need good taste.

They were experimenting with seed cultivation.

"Go, dig it up."

The temple mage said.