Chapter 1858: Long-lived Factions, Inquiring About Prophecies

Athos Manor, in the Study.

Xia Duo leaned back against his chair, his consciousness already plunged into deep thought; it was only him—if it were any other Elf Mage here, they would likely be unable to parse the chaotic and messy Subconscious Information.

But this task was not actually easy for Xia Duo either; some say that the action of force is mutual, but Xia Duo would say that the action of information is also mutual.

While parsing Gulite's subconscious information, Xia Duo was effectively incorporating this portion of information into his own subconscious, which contained no small risk of contamination.

He had to be extremely cautious.

Fortunately, Xia Duo had prior experience with deeply immersing himself in the memories of a Projection Avatar, and furthermore, the Meditation Training he performed without fail every day was also work involving memory organization.

Now, it was merely a matter of higher work intensity in a short period; as long as he was careful and did not exceed his capacity, it was actually just like that.

……

Very quickly, Xia Duo's parsing work yielded preliminary results!

Within Gulite's subconscious fragments, Xia Duo found clues regarding the organization behind him; although it was indeed related to the Funasi Chamber of Commerce, it was not the Funasi Chamber of Commerce itself, but a mysterious force lurking within various countries.

They called themselves the "Long-lived Family," intending to highlight that they possessed a lifespan longer than ordinary Elves; Demon Descendant was merely the name the outside world used for them.

Of course, since they called themselves a "Family," there was certainly more than one faction; according to Gulite's understanding, the Long-lived Family was mainly divided into three factions—

One was the relatively radical Zhuanhua, whose main goal was to transform Elves and even all life into Demon Descendants, but the number of people in this faction was relatively small.

The mainstream was the Duli, which was the faction Gulite belonged to, whose ultimate goal was to establish a country of their own for Demon Descendants in the Northland.

Although the last faction was not as numerous as the Duli, there were still quite a few of them; this portion could tentatively be called the "Rongru," which advocated for completely integrating into the Elves.

The root of this faction's philosophy lay in the fact that it was difficult for Demon Descendants to reproduce offspring normally; they could only reproduce normally with Elves or other non-Demon Descendants.

In other words, the biggest problem for the Duli at present was not how to strive for independence, but how to solve the reproduction problem; once this problem was solved, the Rongru would immediately merge into the Duli.

After all, the benefits of being a Demon Descendant were very obvious; as long as one avoided the disadvantages, who would still be willing to go back to being an ordinary Elf!

"So that's how it is!"

Xia Duo leaned against the back of his chair and let out a long sigh while looking at the ceiling; the problem of the Demon Descendants was far more complex than he had imagined, and in some respects, also simpler than he had imagined.

It was simple because the demands of most Demon Descendants were actually very simple: as long as the Elves no longer targeted them in the future, they could live normally under the sun.

It was complex because the race of Demon Descendants was not born naturally, but originated from various accidents; not only internally, but their relationship with the outside also had many irreconcilable contradictions.

After parsing Gulite's subconscious information, Xia Duo also learned that Gulite was actually a "pure-blood" Demon Descendant, meaning both parents were Demon Descendant Elves.

This situation could not be said to be unique, but it was also very rare.

In a normal situation where both parents were Demon Descendants, even if the Magic Energy attributes of both parties were exactly the same, the offspring would still have a high probability of being all sorts of strange things.

In Gulite's memory, there was even a case of Demon Descendant Elf parents giving birth to a puddle of sludge.

"Could it be that Gulite is a protagonist?"

Xia Duo could not help but let his thoughts wander; if Gulite could solve the problem of Demon Descendant reproduction, he might truly become the ancestor revered by Demon Descendant Elves in later generations.

"Sigh—what is the use of thinking about these! It is nothing but a Projection Plane!"

……

After resting for a moment, Xia Duo continued the interrogation work.

At the beginning, it was still the same as before, focusing on fishing for information; only when he could not fish out any more would he crush the consciousness to parse the subconscious information, and just like that, time quickly arrived at late night.

This was already the seventh time Xia Duo had crushed Gulite's consciousness, although he had the various memories parsed from Gulite's subconscious fragments as a foundation, which allowed Xia Duo to better fish for information.

But Gulite's mental defenses were still very stubborn; not only against mind Spells, but in reality, he was very guarded against anyone who appeared in an abnormal environment.

Even when transformed into some Demon Descendant Elves that Gulite had seen, they would be chatting well at first, but once it reached a critical moment, Gulite would again refuse to speak.

It really made one very unhappy!

From the seventh time onwards, Xia Duo simply gave up the process of fishing for information through conversation, and instead crushed the other party's consciousness immediately after the "Chong Zhi Shi Jian."

Anyway, as long as the number of times was sufficient, piecing together a complete consciousness was not a difficult task.

……

Late at night, Xia Duo finished his Meditation Training; for the first time, he did not stay up late, but instead dispelled the avatar, his consciousness returning to the Xilin main body, and he fell into a deep sleep.

It was not until the next morning that Xia Duo was awakened by a delicate and soft impact; that was the feeling of sunlight spilling onto the leaves of Xilin.

When the sun was a little higher, Xize came to report as usual, but this time, Xia Duo did not respond with silence, but instead took the initiative to ask a question:

"Is the Tree Council preparing to support Evereska Independent?"

"Yes, Elder."

Xize felt very surprised by Xia Duo's sudden question; seeing that the Elder was concerned about this topic, he could not help but continue to explain:

"Judging from the current situation, the independence of Evereska is the general trend; the Tree Council is not prepared to stop it, as long as it is confirmed that Evereska's stance is not to support Siluwende."

"What happened over at Siluwende again?"

"Just a short while ago, the prophet Saibaluo of Jielunsita made a prophecy, saying that Siluwende is brewing a huge conspiracy that may endanger the entire Northland; the Tree Council believes this might be a counterattack aimed at Siluwende's infiltration of Jielunsita, but it does not rule out that it is indeed true."

"Are there any more details about that conspiracy?"

"No, Jielunsita might know, but they chose not to make it public."

After speaking, Xize seemed to have thought of something and added one more sentence, "Does Elder Xilin need the Tree Council to demand more intelligence from Jielunsita?"

Xia Duo agreed, although it was obvious that Xize had some of his own ideas in saying this.

As Xilin's spokesperson in the Tree Council, he should have had great authority within the Shaerwen nation, but Xilin was an Elder who did not manage affairs, and for the vast majority of the Tree Council's decisions, he either gave tacit approval or abstained.

Under such circumstances, how much say could Xize have!

Now seeing that the Elder seemed interested in Jielunsita's prophecy, Xize decisively chose to seize the opportunity, and the Elder also agreed to his proposal.

For a moment, Xize even thought about whether he could control the Elder's external voice in this way, thereby approaching the possession of the Elder's power.

But soon, he abandoned this tempting thought; Elder Xilin being indifferent to the world did not mean he was stupid, and even if he were truly stupid, the other Elders were not; as long as they came to remind him, his fate could be imagined.

……

Xia Duo did not wait for Xize's feedback; after the other party left, he briefly sorted out the content of the reports the other party had made recently, and then recreated the avatar to return to Evereska.