Chapter 646

"Okay." Qian Hui agreed readily.

Without the Seventh-Order elf elder, she didn't take these little elf sisters seriously at all. Perhaps there were Sixth-Order existences among them, but "below Seventh-Order, all are ants"—that saying wasn't just empty talk.

Even if they were Sixth-Order, so what?

She, Gong Miss Qianhui, hadn't fought above her level just once or twice.

Inside the blacksmith shop.

Valkyrie Ailin followed Lin Cheng into the house, her face inexplicably nervous, and she shrank her neck.

Because she had never seen Lin Cheng with such a serious expression, as if he would reprimand her in the next second.

Lin Cheng just looked straight at Valkyrie Ailin.

The more he stared, the less Valkyrie Ailin dared to meet Lin Cheng's eyes.

"Lin Cheng, I..."

Valkyrie Ailin gathered her courage to speak, but when she opened her mouth, she found that the words in her throat could not be spoken.

She had thought of dozens of reasons and excuses, but none of them could be used.

Were these really useful?

At that moment, such a thought suddenly echoed in her heart, and then all the reasons and excuses turned into one sentence.

"I was wrong." Valkyrie Ailin lowered her head and apologized sincerely.

It was she who had brought the other elves, who not only attacked Lin Cheng but also attempted to threaten them.

"I don't blame you; the times have changed, Valkyrie Ailin." Lin Cheng comforted her by patting Valkyrie Ailin's head; perhaps Valkyrie Ailin herself hadn't expected that the relationship between the elves and him would turn out like this.

Although it was largely his fault, he didn't admit it.

This world was ultimately about the survival of the fittest; if he didn't even have the room to resist, he feared it wouldn't just be a simple matter of bad blood, but he would likely be a corpse in some remote corner.

It wasn't even certain when he would be discovered.

"They didn't need the Faith God Tree in the past, and a thousand years later, they might not need it now either."

"The mission you once carried might be... redundant for the current elf race." If the elf race were truly united, why would they need the Faith God Tree to maintain it?

Although the God Tree's ability was extraordinary, it was mostly just a peculiar tree that couldn't speak and had no wisdom.

Its spiritual significance was greater than its material significance; perhaps that was true for the elf race of the past, but now the material significance was inevitably greater than the spiritual one.

Once the Faith God Tree returned, did this mean that the various elf tribes must return to nature, and as the clan leader, how would she face the elf people?

And returning meant that the conflicts and friction between the various elf tribes, whether on the surface or in secret, would be directly magnified; they could ignore each other before, but now they couldn't.

So for some elf tribe leaders who had greater friction or even hatred between them, maintaining the status quo was the best way.

The Faith God Tree was not as urgent as Valkyrie Ailin thought, that it must return to the elf race.

"Really?"

Hearing this, Valkyrie Ailin's eyes were red, and she couldn't help but ask Lin Cheng. ===== CHAPTER 1382 =====

"Having lost my mission, what should I do? Just watch the elves continue to split apart?"

"The times have changed."

Lin Cheng shook his head in regret; a thousand years was enough to change the minds of stubborn elves.

He had no way to change this either, but it wasn't that there was no way at all.

"Can you try to gather those elf people who want to be united? In my name, spread this matter; it will inevitably attract some elves who want to be united, while those who don't want to be united will remain indifferent as always."

"Is it freedom or unity? Let them make the decision themselves."

...Seeking flowers...

"Be sure to tell them this!"

Lin Cheng gave the best method for now.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Even if the elf race had declined, it could not change the fact that they were once the masters of this continent. The various elf tribes hiding now might still possess powerful strength; otherwise, how to explain that the human race had not dared to disturb the elf race on a large scale for nearly a thousand years?

Small-scale slave groups might go, but it was of no consequence; there were always a few merchants attracted by the value of elves, and these people could not fully represent the will of the human race.

Either the slave group was killed by the elves, or the elves were captured by the slave group, and neither side pursued it; this could be considered the unspoken rule between the two races for hundreds of years.

"Then Lin Cheng, you... wouldn't you..."

The method was a good one, but Valkyrie Ailin wasn't stupid; in this way, Lin Cheng would inevitably become a thorn in the side of some elves.

"I've already offended them anyway, haven't I? The Empire won't just watch me get attacked..." Lin Cheng shrugged, appearing calm about this, and continued fearlessly, "Nominally... it is the elf race that crossed the line; the Emperor Tianwu Empire naturally won't sit idly by."

What's more, he was the Empire's fourth Eighth-Order Blacksmith, a blacksmith who cooperated with Imperial Prince Li Li Jian, and a good friend of An'an; the Empire knew very well which was more important.

"That's good..." Valkyrie Ailin felt much more relieved hearing this, "But... won't they make you hand over the God Tree?"

Valkyrie Ailin was still a bit worried.

Lin Cheng smiled and shook his head.

"If I were a nobody, perhaps they would, but now everyone knows I am an Eighth-Order Blacksmith; a divine object like the God Tree is, after all, just a material." ===== CHAPTER 1383 =====