Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 748: The Opening of the Magical Background
When Zhao Hai visited the tree of life again, he indeed noticed a change. Yesterday, only one leaf had turned yellow, but today there were already two. Although these leaves hadn't fallen from the tree yet, they were already lifeless, devoid of any vital energy.
Zhao Hai slowly walked up to the tree of life, carefully examining it. On the surface, the tree appeared unchanged, still beautiful, but the two yellow leaves somewhat marred its aesthetic.
The queen and the elders watched Zhao Hai anxiously, fearing that he would suddenly declare he couldn't save it, which would mean doom for the Elven Race.
Zhao Hai was actually observing the length of the tree's roots, trying to find a way to collect it without damaging them. After a while, he discovered something peculiar. Yesterday, he thought the tree of life was parasitic on the giant tree; now, upon closer inspection, he realized it was not connected at all. The tree of life was actually growing directly in the water, with its roots coiling in the water, completely independent of the giant tree. One could say that this tree of life was floating on the water.
This discovery surprised Zhao Hai greatly; he had never expected this. However, it also made the process of collecting the tree of life much easier.
Zhao Hai turned to the queen and said, "Your Majesty, I am going to take the tree of life now. I will have news by tomorrow at the latest. May I have your permission?"
The Elven Queen turned to the ninth-level experts, who all nodded silently. The tree of life was extremely important to the Elven Race, and Zhao Hai was their last hope. If even he could not save it, there would be no one left on the continent who could.
Their confidence in Zhao Hai stemmed from his prior help in repairing their divine artifact, the Elven Bow. For the Elven Race, the Elven Bow was as important as the tree of life, which is why they trusted Zhao Hai so much.
Seeing the elders nod, the queen finally turned back to Zhao Hai and nodded, saying, "Please proceed, sir. We agree."
Zhao Hai nodded, waved his hand, and a spatial rift enveloped the tree of life. The elves watched the rift nervously, fearing it might harm the tree.
Zhao Hai's control over the spatial rift was now quite adept. The rift gradually descended along the edge of the pool, not touching the tree at all, and it even collected all the vital liquid from the pool into the space.
When Zhao Hai closed the spatial rift, the vital liquid in the tree of life's pool had disappeared. He let out a sigh of relief and turned to the queen, saying, "Your Majesty, I will now think of a solution. We will meet in the royal palace tomorrow." With that, Zhao Hai flashed into the space.
As soon as he arrived in the space, Zhao Hai immediately took the tree of life out of the warehouse and placed it in the space's water pool. The moment the tree of life appeared, a prompt sounded in the space: "Detected contamination, contains a large amount of wood energy life. To treat this creature, the host needs to spend one million gold coins. Do you want to proceed with treatment?"
Hearing the prompt, Zhao Hai felt both joy and pain. He was happy that the tree of life could be treated, but pained that one million gold coins would vanish just like that.
However, Zhao Hai still said firmly, "Treat it immediately."
A white light rose in the space and illuminated the tree of life, causing its previously yellow and lifeless leaves to slowly turn green, appearing even more vibrant than before.
In no time, the white light faded, and the tree of life was fully restored, looking even more spirited than before. Zhao Hai watched the tree with a sigh of relief.
At that moment, another prompt sounded in the space: "A large amount of dark energy has been detected from this life form. Extracting energy to enhance this creature's resistance to dark energy pollution. The extracted dark energy can be used to upgrade objects being enhanced by the universal machine. The space's wood energy has increased to meet the five elements balance standard. You can use the five-element force to upgrade objects being enhanced by the universal machine, and you can also upgrade the host's destined magical treasure, the Dao Lotus. Do you wish to upgrade?"