Now that the potion was prepared, the next step was to find that Priest named Riley.
Subsequently, Mu You followed Little Ya to the Teleportation Array at her place.
[You have entered the ’Pea Breeder’ backpack...]
[You have left the ’Pea Breeder’ backpack, appearing in the main city of the Forest Elves, the Emerald City.]
[What stands before you is a towering giant tree comparable to a mountain. The branches and leaves in the sky bloom like a mushroom cloud, the tree canopy blocking out the sky, covering the entire city.]
Mu You didn’t expect that this Emerald City would actually be built directly on a tree. He could imagine how big the so-called ’World Tree’ was.
[Just as you are about to enter the city, two tree-man guards run up to stop you: Foreigners halt, the Emerald City is sacred ground!]
[You took out the letter from the Fairy Lady and explained your purpose for coming.]
[After reading, the tree-man guard lets you pass and offers to take you to the location of the High Priestess of the Forest. Will you follow?]
[You chose to follow the tree-man guard, setting foot on the World Tree filled with the scent of nature, and stepping on a prepared tree ring platform somewhere at the tree root.]
[The platform slowly ascends along the trunk of the tree. It is estimated to arrive in half an hour...]
The High Priest seems to live at the top of the World Tree. Fortunately, this World Tree has been equipped with ’elevators’; there was no need to climb up level by level.
After waiting patiently for half an hour, he finally arrived at the destination.
[You have entered the room of the High Elf Priestess, Riley the Flutist.]
[After reading the letter you gave her and confirming your identity, Riley took out some World Tree Leaf in stock for you.]
[You received ’World Tree Leaf’ *10.]
[World Tree Leaf: A leaf from the world tree, after ingestion, all attributes +1 and permanently increases 1000 HP.]
The World Tree Leaf is an extremely valuable advanced magic medicine material. It has many other effects, such as increasing attributes and restraining the Undead.
Honestly speaking, these ten leaves are valuable and wouldn’t be less than what the Fairy Lady rewarded him. However, doing such a thing would be like making enemies with the Elf Clan, and he wouldn’t be able to use the Elf Horn ever again, clearly the loss outweighs the gain.
[You received the task materials but did not leave in a hurry. Riley notices that you seem to have something to say and asks if you have any requests.]
Mu You opens his panel and clicks on the prepackaged ’Life Potion’.
[You gave the Life Potion (Epic Grade) as a gift to Riley.]
[Riley accepts your potion in surprise, it was indeed what she needed, and asks what you would like in return. As long as it is not too much, she can agree.]
As expected, all elves are quite arrogant, they won’t take advantage of others easily and if you give a gift, you can receive one in return.
Mu You typed in ’World Tree Seed’ in the popup text box that appeared.
[You asked for a ’World Tree Seed’.]
[Riley flatly refuses your request! Every World Tree Seed is incredibly precious, it is the foundation of the Forest Elves, and has the potential to regrow into a World Tree, it is an absolutely non-transferable item.]
[As compensation, Riley gifts you a ’Sprout of the World Tree’. This is a tender sprout that grew from the polluted dead branch of the World Tree after being watered with your Life Potion, possessing a faint essence of the World Tree. It can only be planted in the Elven Forest. After a prolonged period of nurturing, it may have the chance to grow into a Tree of Life that cannot bear seeds. Do you accept?]
What was given wasn’t a seed, but a sprout.
"The Tree of Life... it should be considered a divine wood, right?"
Mu You was a bit uncertain. From World Tree to Tree of Life, the prestige had dropped quite a bit, but at this point, he had no other choice but to accept.
[You received the Sprout of the World Tree.]
Mu You tried to take out the sprout but was notified ’Contains life essence, cannot extract’.
He couldn’t take it out, and this thing also had a restriction that it ’must be planted in the Elven Forest’. It seems it could only be planted in Little Ya’s forest for now.
However, this led to a big problem in the future: the Elven Forest doesn’t allow tree cutting. How was he supposed to take this tree away if he actually managed to cultivate it?