Just when Xiao Chen and others were dealing with the Yangyan Priest, in the Elder Hall of the Elves, the Yangyan High Priest Saint Christ came to the residence of the Yulu High Priest Saint Dahni.
Dahni lived in an independent courtyard at the back of the Elder Hall. There were eight similar courtyards at the back of the Elder Hall, indicating that the Elven Kingdom had eight elders in its heyday, but now three of them are vacant.
When Krist arrived at Dahni's residence, the door to the yard was open.
He walked into the yard and saw Dahni sitting quietly on the stone bench in the middle of the garden, looking at him with a smile.
Krest waved his hand, closed the gate, walked closer and asked, "Dahni, I heard your call from the tree heart web. Is there any progress in the expedition?"
Dahni extended her hand and asked Krist to sit down. Just like the day she talked with Xiao Chen, she used her power to split the world, but this time the separated world was much larger, including the entire yard. After doing all this, she put her hands on her knees and nodded gently, saying: "The children have lived up to our expectations. The pressure from the God of Nature has disappeared."
"Then why do we have to divide the world? Can the God of Nature hear it? After he came into contact with the God-Corrosion Potion, he should have fled in panic, right?" asked Krest.
"It's better to be careful. After all, you and I have served him for hundreds of years, and we have become inseparable from him in many ways. You don't even know how much faith has left in your heart." Dahni said, looking at Krist's heart.
"My eight hundred years of faith seems ridiculous today!" Krest sighed, "Before this, I never thought that our first contact with the God of Nature would be like this."
"Why? Do you regret it?"
"Of course not! The World Tree is the source of the elves' power, and it is also the mother who gave birth to me! He treated my mother like this, so you can't blame me for treating him like that." A fierce look appeared on Crystal's face.
"That doesn't sound like something a tree elf would say," Dahne chuckled.
"It's the same, except that our mother is more powerful. But even if she wasn't born from the World Tree, there are geniuses like you."
Dahne did not comment on his explanation. "However, not all elves can understand our point of view. I am afraid that once the matter of the God of Nature spreads, it will cause division among the elves. After all, we don't know how many elves will be willing to sacrifice themselves."
"It doesn't matter, Dahni! As long as there is no one leading, there will be no division. Those two idiots don't have much time left. The energy provided by the World Tree is only at the master level, which just meets the bottom line of his devouring. The power of the Saint level like them is purer than the power of the World Tree, and that is his most delicious food. Even though they barely escaped back, their roots had already been eaten clean by him. From now on, the elves will only have three elders." Krest sneered.
"Don't you think that if that happens, our strength will be too weak compared to humans for a period of time?"
"What can we do? It's not that easy to cultivate a saint. I don't think anyone except Nord can reach this level in the short term."
"I have an idea." Dahni stared at Krest intently, with an inexplicable look in her eyes, "What if a super saint appears among us?"
"You mean a demigod like the Elf Queen?" Krest's expression was more serious than when he talked about the God of Nature just now.
"It's a super saint, not a demigod." Dahne emphasized, "Since we no longer want to be with the gods, the next elven queen should not be a demigod either."
Of course, Christ knew the difference between a super saint and a demigod. There were two paths between the saint level and the gods. If one became a member of the divine realm with the blessing and support of the gods, then he would be a demigod. If one pursued immortality through one's own practice or power other than gods, then he would be a super saint. But this was not the focus of his concern.
"You want to be the Queen of Elves?" Krest's face was filled with gloom. "We all know that only when the God of Nature grants power can the elves have a queen! Ever since the last queen was killed by the Valkyrie and the God of Nature fell into a deep sleep, there has been no queen. This has lasted for thousands of years."
"In addition to letting the God of Nature wear the crown, another way is also possible. With the help of the life force of the World Tree, let me become one with it..." Dahni said slowly.
"You, you're crazy! You want to turn yourself into the spirit of the World Tree! How is this possible? With the strength of the World Tree, how could it be controlled by an elf? Could it be..." In an instant, Krest understood the whole story. "You took advantage of the revival of the God of Nature! The World Tree was drained of its energy and became very weak. Then you used the God-Erosion Potion to make it completely lose its ability to resist. Then you used... I understand. The new potion is impure! It contains the Soul Binding Potion! You need to take this opportunity to combine with it, and when it recovers, it will feed back to you the power!"
"Krist, you are always so smart." Dahni praised with a smile.
"This is impossible. All the elven queens are tree elves born in the best years, and each of them has unparalleled talents. But you are not, you are born of parents! The elves will not agree!" Krest stood up from his seat and looked at Dahne with imposing manner.
"Maybe some tree-born elves won't agree, but what can viviparous elves object to? You know that 90% of elves are viviparous now, right?" Dahni said slowly, not caring about Krest's aggressive attitude. "Besides, as long as the elders support it, many elves will follow suit, right? Even among elves, how many of them don't worship the strong? How many of them don't want a super saint to appear among the elves, surpassing all human saints, and then leading them to greater glory?"
After hearing what Dahni said, Krist found it difficult to refute.
"Besides, there will be no more tree-born elves in the future. As the master of the World Tree, I will let the World Tree use all its energy to produce various seeds. Then more elves can use them, instead of using life energy to breed elves. When an elf is born on the World Tree, the elves can raise ten elves. Even if this elf is a little bit stronger in talent, how can it be a match for the other ten? What's more, with more seeds, each elf may be more powerful than the one born from the tree." Dahne's tone became more and more majestic, and in the end she really looked like a queen. "A tree can be our tool, not our foundation. Otherwise, we will never muster the courage to walk out of this forest!"
"You are trying to cut off the lineage of the tree elves! You can't do it. Taeslen won't agree to it!" Krest roared.
"No, I agree." A voice came from behind Krist. It turned out that Taislen had already hidden in this small world. He held a magic wand and blocked the position behind Krist.
"The biggest difference between you and me is that you have no ties, while my descendants have become a family. They are not born from trees. If everything Her Majesty Dahni has done can benefit these one hundred people, why shouldn't I support her?"