Chapter 478: The Soul Emits a Charming Aura!

A beam of white light descended from the sky!

This white light enveloped the Tree of Life, with threads of energy flowing from the light into the Tree of Life, causing it to grow rapidly.

This was the blessing bestowed by Lin Yan!

This time, the Tree of Life grew at an astonishing speed.

Almost one meter per second!

"Wow, he must have acquired quite a bit of the Life Rule."

Beside her, the Elf Goddess sensed the Tree of Life's transformation and was taken aback.

Each time the Tree of Life is planted, the gods of the Shenming Society descend their blessings in sequence.

The extent of change the Tree of Life undergoes after a god's blessing reveals that god's understanding of the Life Rule.

Now, after the Lord of Flame bestowed his blessing, the Tree of Life grew so swiftly that it naturally astonished the Elf Goddess.

This indicates that after the Lord of Flame's consciousness descended this time, his gains were no small matter!

Otherwise, the blessing bestowed upon the Tree of Life would not have had such a powerful effect!

The Elf Goddess herself had only gained a 20% increase in the Life Rule.

Before long, the Tree of Life had grown from its original height of twenty meters to fifty meters—and was still growing!

The Tree of Life is always enormous!

The Tree of Life in the Loki Forest stood nearly eight hundred meters tall, though it had taken over a thousand years to reach that height!

The thirty thousand elves surrounding the tree, seeing how rapidly the Tree of Life had grown after the Lord of Flame's power descended, each wore expressions of joy, their hymns of praise becoming even more devout!

And the Tree of Life continued to grow.

In a short time, it rose from fifty meters to one hundred meters.

But one hundred meters did not seem to be its limit—it kept growing.

The Elf Goddess stared in stunned disbelief.

Is the Lord of Flame being that generous?

The rules within the Tree of Life are unique; to make it grow this tall all at once—even with a high mastery of the Life Rule—requires pouring out immense divine power.

Why does divine power seem to cost the Lord of Flame nothing?

The Elf Goddess keenly noticed that beside her, the consciousness of another goddess of the elf lineage trembled slightly.

Clearly, that goddess was also astonished by the Lord of Flame's power!

The Tree of Life's growth accelerated further.

Soon, its trunk diameter exceeded twenty meters, and its height reached one hundred and fifty to one hundred and sixty meters.

On its crown, its leaves continuously sprouted—a sight as if compressing hundreds of years of normal tree growth into a sped-up sequence multiplied by tens of thousands.

But the Tree of Life's growth had not ended—it continued.

Even the surrounding elves were astonished; they had never seen a god's blessing produce such an effect.

Over a thousand years ago in the Loki Forest, twenty-odd gods had successively bestowed blessings, yet the Tree of Life had only grown to a hundred meters then.

Know this: the Goddess of Life's blessing is usually the most generous, yet even hers only caused the Tree of Life to grow to twenty meters after sprouting; most gods' blessings barely added a few meters.

The Tree of Life is not like other trees—other trees would surge wildly at the mere drop of divine power, let alone half a drop.

Of course, pouring divine power directly is impossible—it would burst the tree; bestowing a blessing, in fact, uses divine power to activate the Life Rule, thus avoiding side effects.

And performing this across the barrier of the Heavenly Realm is immensely taxing for a god, so ordinary blessings are usually minimal, never excessive—after all, the Tree of Life grows on its own!

"It's still growing!"

Seeing the Tree of Life grow this tall and still growing, the Elf Goddess was stunned by Lin Yan's extravagance.

Beside her, the other goddess of the elf lineage was surely equally shocked!

The Tree of Life finally stopped growing at two hundred meters.

The Elf Goddess finally exhaled in relief; if it grew any taller, her fragile heart couldn't take it.

Moreover, she was troubled.

The Lord of Flame was so generous—his single blessing had made the Tree of Life grow directly to two hundred meters, surpassing the combined effect of the twenty-odd goddesses' blessings when the Tree of Life was planted over a thousand years ago!

If she bestowed a blessing that only made it grow a few meters, wouldn't she seem too stingy?

"Oh no, I forgot the most important thing!"

The Elf Goddess, overwhelmed by shock, had forgotten the most important thing!

That was contacting the Lord of Flame!

Now that the Lord of Flame had bestowed his blessing and seemed ready to withdraw, if she didn't seize this chance now, she'd never get another.

As the Lord of Flame prepared to depart, the Elf Goddess, in desperation, finally summoned her courage and sent a mental pulse toward him:

"Lord of Flame, may I speak with you?"

"Speak with me?"

Lin Yan, just about to withdraw, received the Elf Goddess's mental pulse.

For some reason, the Elf Goddess's mental pulse always gave Lin Yan the feeling of timidity.

Is she afraid of me?

Lin Yan paused, then finally replied:

"Fine."

The Elf Goddess, thrilled that the Lord of Flame had responded, felt as if she had accomplished some monumental feat.

Yet suddenly, she didn't know what to say next.

But having taken the most crucial step, the Elf Goddess overcame her fear and said:

"Lord of Flame, I can help you maintain the Green Elf Tribe, and if you need it, I can even help you protect the Sacred Flame Forest. I currently hold the faith of only four elf tribes—could you spare me a little of the Green Elf Tribe's faith? I don't need much—twenty percent? No, ten percent is enough."

After speaking, the goddess of elves felt a sudden unease in her heart.

After speaking, the Elf Goddess's heart grew uneasy.

For many gods, faith is a powerful guarantee.

For many gods, faith is a guarantee of power.

Although the supreme deity does not rely on the power of faith, even the divine power of a supreme deity contains elements of faith.

Though the Supreme Deity does not rely on faith power, even the Supreme Deity's divine power contains elements of faith power.

Even though the dispute over faith among the elves is more gentle, when it comes to faith, they are often utterly uncompromising.

Even though the Elf lineage's faith disputes are more moderate, they are often unyielding when faith is involved.

The Lord of Flame still did not answer.

The Lord of Flame still gave no answer.

The goddess of elves gradually calmed down, for she suddenly felt that, being so close to the Lord of Flame, his soul gave her a deeply comforting sensation.

The Elf Goddess's heart slowly calmed, for she suddenly felt that, so close to the Lord of Flame, his soul gave her a deeply comforting sensation.

This comforting feeling seemed to draw her in.

This comforting sensation made her feel as if drawn in.

For some reason, she suddenly felt:

For no reason, she suddenly felt:

How wonderful it would be to stay by the Lord of Flame's side forever!

How wonderful it would be to stay beside the Lord of Flame forever!

"Oh no, how could I think such a thing!"

"Oh no, how could I think such a thing!"

The goddess of elves immediately realized her thought and felt a flush of embarrassment.

The Elf Goddess immediately realized her thought and felt a flush of shame.