Chapter 1065

"Please feel free to look around. If you buy a lot, I can even give you a discount." Liu Ci revealed a proud, confident smile. These exquisite handcrafted artworks had taken him nearly half a year to produce a batch of perfect craft pieces. It was no exaggeration to say they were his pride and a display of his ability—excellent whether used to pass off as antiques in front of outsiders or taken home as decorations.

But Lin Cheng gave them only a cursory glance, his interest already fading, feeling a bit disappointed.

"Simple craft pieces aren't what I need… Do you have anything else? High-end goods, the higher-end the better…" After saying that, Lin Cheng added, "Money is no problem… If you want to barter, that's not off the table either. I'll do my best to satisfy you."

Looking at Lin Cheng's calm, serious expression, Liu Ci glanced again at his regular customer, the mysterious young stall owner. The young stall owner gave a slight nod, his face a bit awkward. At this, Liu Ci understood.

The man before him must certainly be an expert.

"I do indeed have a few things here that you might be interested in."

"Such as?"

"Ancient relics!"

The Black Stone City area where Lin Cheng had previously stayed had no such ancient ruins nearby, so naturally he had never heard such a term.

But Shicheng's location was special—decades ago a small ruin had even appeared there—so the people here understood ruins a bit better.

"Then bring out whatever good stuff you have." Lin Cheng couldn't help getting a bit excited.

Relics from the ancient elves—perhaps he could reverse-engineer lost magical technology from them.

"You said before that bartering was possible, right? Customer." After some hesitation, Liu Ci brought up what Lin Cheng had said earlier.

"That's right. What do you want?" Lin Cheng nodded.

As long as he had it, there was no problem.

"Inheritance! Do you have any inheritance related to combat?" Liu Ci asked outright.

"I do have inheritance."

"Excellent!"

Lin Cheng truly hadn't expected the other party to ask for this; he'd assumed it would be money, or some precious item, or something of the sort.

"You're celebrating too early… can you be certain I'll be interested in your things?"

"Hehe, you, come with me alone."

Liu Ci put on a deliberately mysterious smile, willing to take only Lin Cheng alone into the inner room.

Miss Qianhui was worried and wanted to go with Lin Cheng, but Lin Cheng raised his hand to stop her.

"Miss Qianhui, just pick out whatever you like. I'll be back soon."

Given the other party's Tier 3 strength, and Lin Cheng's Tier 4 peak cultivation, he really had nothing to fear from the other party.

Following Liu Ci into the inner room, Lin Cheng watched the other man rummaging through a cabinet, growing curious about what exactly he would produce in exchange for combat inheritance.

"This is it… a treasure lost by the elven race!"

Oh ho!

Lin Cheng was curious what lost treasure it was.

"But objectively speaking, if the elven race had gotten this thing back then, the elven race wouldn't have declined to its current state…" Liu Ci held a small black box in his hand, his words all the more astonishing, his face full of confidence.

Lin Cheng half suspected he was being conned again.

"What is it?"

"The seed of the elven race's faith tree! And also the homeland they depended on for survival!"

Fearing Lin Cheng wouldn't believe him, Liu Ci deliberately opened the box to let him observe up close. The moment the specially made box was opened, a burst of fresh fragrance and natural life energy immediately spread out from the dark brown seed.

The two who smelled this fresh fragrance felt their spirits lift, as if body and mind had been washed clean. What a pity, this washed-clean feeling came quickly and left even faster.

It was simply because Liu Ci had closed the box again.

"Well? Believe me now?"

"Mm. How did you get it?"

The suspicious Lin Cheng naturally wouldn't believe a stranger's one-sided story so easily, but the instant he smelled the aura, he received a reminder from the system, which left him no choice but to believe.

"Ding… discovered one of the treasures capable of repairing the King Canyon—the elven race's faith tree seed! Host must obtain this item!"

Just that single reminder from the system was enough to make him resolve to obtain it.

"Ancient ruins! I won't go into the specific process. I can only tell you I paid a great price to take this seed from the ruins, along with a secret about the elven race. Are you interested in hearing it?"

In Liu Ci's eyes, a touch of genuine sorrow unconsciously surfaced. Noticing this, Lin Cheng believed the other man had indeed paid a tremendous price—and quite a few people must have died.

That kind of sorrow in the depths of one's eyes cannot be faked.

"Tell me about it."

"Before the ancient Elven Dynasty fell, there was actually still one way to save the Elven Dynasty! That was to travel to another world, bring back the seed of the faith tree, and replant it on the continent. Then the Elven Dynasty could once again enjoy a golden age! Unfortunately, the elves escorting the faith tree hadn't managed to deliver the seed back before the Elven Dynasty had already fallen."

"On this point, the human scholars of later generations who studied the elves believed that the powerful elves were the most primordial race on this continent—the God-Chosen Race!"