Chapter 145 - The Elf (11)

With a loud splash, Chu Yi's figure disappeared into the rapid torrents. Unbeknownst to him, in his haste, a part of his pants had been caught and ripped off by the rusty edge of the black chain he stood beside.

The second Chu Yi, entered the water, his vision was blocked by thick darkness. Unlike the crashing waves on the surface, the interior of the river was calm, however, this still did not take away from the monstrous strength of the water. If it wasn't for the natural advantages brought about by the sirens pearl, he would not be able to withstand this strength and be quickly washed away.

Nevertheless, the pressure of fighting the waves still made him feel suffocated and the extreme quietness under the river was accompanied by a cold numbness caused by the temperature loss.

Chu Yi swam forward with a clear goal in mind, the huge waves roared from the side of the cave, and large splashes of dark water passed through the gaps of rocks and boulders falling from the cave wall.

The air was shrouded with tiny droplets of water that had been shattered by the broken waves so that the large black chains rooted into the bottom of the river stretched taut as if fighting against the waves.

Chu Yi cut through the water, clear red eyes shining brightly in the dark waves like a shark in search of blood. In his hands, the dark red whip appeared, and as if being commanded, the whip swung out and latched around a giant root that stretched into the bottom of the river. Even now, he could still not make out the riverbed and the river appeared more like a stretch of the deep sea than a mountain river flowing underground.

His arms bulged and with a strong force, he managed to pull himself away from the treacherous whirlpools and trenches that threatened to destabilize his body!

He fixed his body onto the Guardian tree's roots with strong arms and clutched onto it with two legs. The surface of the root was unexpectedly smooth and difficult to grasp, unlike its outer appearance of rough and pitted.

Fingernails digging deep into the bark, he managed to pull himself up only by relying on the shallow grooves formed by his hands. Small trails of blood quickly dissipated into streams, disappearing along with the rapid flow of water. He didn't care much and continued to strenuously pull himself along the length of the root until he finally managed to break free from the river hold.

Chu Yi shook his head slightly and wiped the water from his face. It was only when he was standing right before the tree, did he truly realize its majesty. It stretched from the bottom of the river and passed through a deep hole in the middle of the cave ceilings. Its canopy of dark leaves naturally appears to break the heavens when seen from above. Standing before it, Chu Yi appeared like an ant.

The cave continued to rock around him, and the river's wave splashed at his side, seeming to want to envelop the entire cave. Maintaining a good balance, Chu Yi carefully stepped onto the surface of the branch and inched towards the trunk of the tree.

If it wasn't for time restraints, Chu Yi would have wanted to explore the depths of the rivers or at least follows its direction to the source. Such an inexplicable river placed conveniently underneath the elves clan spelled suspicion. However he still remembered his mission,

Avoid revealing his identity.

After a few minutes of rumbling and shaking, Chu Yi finally stood directly beside the trunk and looked up, the thing that had prompted him to battle the waves appeared in his eyes.

A single green leaf swayed on the tender branch of the withering trunk.

A cool and woody fragrance gently diffused from the tree, as if sitting in the summer breeze, grass swaying lightly in the wind, the bees frolicking busily. Almost instantly a warm and fuzzy feeling descended onto him and the tense muscles relaxed subconsciously as if what he was facing was the one held closest to his heart.

As if in a trance, one hand slowly rose from his side and moved towards the tree. If anyone were to look at Chu Yi's eyes at the moment, they'd be surprised that the normally crimson red eyes had been overtaken by a shade of cold emerald green.

In fact, at this moment, the scene Guardian tree of the elves in front of Chu Yi was different from what others would see with the naked eye! The waves were still crashing around him and the cave continued to crumble, but Chu Yi's mind had long since been transported to a different dimension upon setting sight on the leaf. What he saw was a group of elves, some standing and some piously kneeling before the tree before taking something out and throwing it into the river below.

There seemed to be loud and devout chanting voices resounding in the cave, but to him, it was just pure noise, garbled and monotone syllables. More and more voices gathered together, gradually condensing into a singular shout, and the river suddenly raged high!

There were immediately shouts of elation and joy but the celebration was not held for long before the atmosphere quickly became stifled. Because apart from the river raging, the thing that they were expecting to happen never did. The Guardian Tree still did not react. A few elves seemed to refuse to accept this result. The first one to get to the river bent down cupped a pool of river water in his hands, and brought it to his lips.

Almost immediately, the man let out an agonized scream and from within him, a strange black fire suddenly ignited! It didn't taste long for the elf to be burnt to a crisp in the eyes of the others, not given a chance to struggle, an aloof and immortal elf in the eyes of others, died like this.

Chu Yi was standing right beside the elf. The burnt body was scorched black, his face was completely devoid of facial features, his lips were burnt, then from beside him another scorched figure showing pale teeth staggered to the floor, his last words screaming with panic and despair.

'The elves–the elves are doomed—! ! '

Chu Yi lowered his head and looked at the charred corpse burning with flames, crawling on the ground. It was extremely difficult, but the elf still firmly crawled towards the tree. However, under the burning flames, the dying gradually lost his strength, stopped, and curled up, unable to finally reach the end.

Before the man was completely burned, Chu Yi who had been coldly observing walked in front of him.

"Why are the elves doomed?"

Chu Yi looked down and asked calmly, "What have you all done?"

He, who shouldn't be able to interfere with the past, actually asked this question.

'The tree, the tree...'

A normal person should have died a long time ago after being burned like this, but this charred and withered figure seemed to still carry the last trace of breath. He used his final strength to grab Chu Yi's ankle, leaving a circle of charred marks on his wet trousers. He seemed relieved at being able to deliver his final message: 'This is...It's the sin fire... hurry up, go to the elders, tell them... we made a mistake...'

When the voice fell behind, the fire on his back suddenly burned intensely, and the dying elf was completely swallowed up in an instant, leaving only a pile of burnt ash.

And after the fire had completely burned the elf's corpse to ashes, it unexpectedly turned and rushed towards Chu Yi. This fire was completely bizarre. Unlike a normal flame, it was like a fiery monster standing upright, with an ominous deep black edge, seeking to swallow the world!

But Chu Yi stood there, neither dodging nor evading, letting the flames swallow him—no, it didn't swallow him successfully. From his body, a dark blue and black barrier suddenly appeared. Completely blocking the designs of the fire without fanfare. The fire roared fiercely for a moment before disappearing unwillingly into the air.

This scene continued to repeat multiple times, the elf's hope and expectations becoming lower and lower each year, fewer and fewer elves came to worship before one day. No one came.

Then the scene faded away and Chu Yi understood that this was the memories of the tree.

When he opened his eyes, the green had naturally faded, but this event wasn't over. Chu Yi felt something had changed on his body, slowly he opened his fingers and found that in his hands lay a pale green, glassy egg. He raised an eyebrow and looked up the green leaf on the branch had withered, becoming something like the leaves on the outside of the cave.

When he was thinking of this, Chu Yi felt a strange siphoning power from the weird egg. The pitiful amount of element inside his body was sucked away in an instant and with the posture of not stopping until its request is filled, the tiny egg did not stop siphoning even when there was nothing left, it continued to pull at his channels until even his nerves seemed to faintly hurt. Without much other option, Chu Yi had to begin circulating the sparse water elements in the air and feed it to the egg. 

It changed from emerald green to a darker dark green, and the cracks on it turned dark, like a miniature jasper watermelon. Chu Yi gritted his teeth and gathered more elements into his hands, his fingers trembled faintly and an abnormal blush appeared on his cheeks but finally he saw a few emerald green lights reflecting outward from the cracks. This light was not ordinary, but an external manifestation of spiritual fluctuations that only Chu Yi could see.

Countless spiritual green lights penetrated through the cracks in the cocoon shell and faintly outlined a small figure. At first, there were four tender green membrane wings, such as the first leaves in early spring. The tips of the wings were a little bright yellow, and the emerald color became more intense as it went to the base of the wings, and finally turned into an elegant dark green.

Emerald-colored long curly hair, light green skin, and the tentacles of the creature curved like pearl-colored antlers, and they were also embellished with emeralds. The dark green pupils focused on Chu Yi, with a smile in his eyes, fresh and beautiful.

Then Chu Yi heard something, he thought he would never be able to to hear in his life, 

"Are you pregnant?"