[Side quests have been completed, and you will be rewarded with 20 yuan]

[The main quest "Purification" opens: something went wrong with the World Tree, which led to a catastrophe that spread across the planet, and you decided to put an end to it]

[Quest 3: Rush to the main trunk of the World Tree and follow the prompts to complete the quest]

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After setting off that fire last night, Cheng Lin already had this information in his mind.

He could have said goodbye and set off at that time, but considering that the battle had just ended, there must be a lot of things going on in the whole city, so he refused Luojia's request to meet, locked himself in the house and pulled Elu to play a card game.

Until now, seeing that Grum City has settled down temporarily, he finally decided to go to the World Tree.

……

"I'm going too."

When Cheng Lin sent Luo Jia away and the door of the sacrificial hall was closed again, the great priest Ai Lu, who was sitting next to the altar, suddenly looked over and said in a serious tone.

"What?"

Cheng Lin was a little surprised.

"Purify the World Tree. The forest is huge, I can lead the way, you should need a guide, right? Eru stood up, her fists clenched, probably taking a lot of courage to make this request.

"Aren't you worried about erosion?"

Cheng Lin leaned back in his chair and looked at her with interest.

Although Cheng Lin didn't know as much about Ai Lu as Margaret, he still vaguely saw that Ai Lu wanted to go to the World Tree with him, not just to guide him, but also to have other ideas.

According to the information he knew, when elves entered the withered land, they could easily be "eroded" and become black elves, so Elu's request was all the more bizarre.

"I ...... I can wear the violet tree, which protects me from erosion for a while. Eru hurriedly explained.

Hmm, is there anything like that?

Cheng Lin was slightly surprised, he was a little curious about Ai Lu's thoughts, but, after thinking about it, he didn't ask much, just said, "It's okay, then you pack up and set off later." ”

"Yes." Eru nodded vigorously and ran away.

……

According to the perspective of when he was still in the sky, Cheng Lin remembered that the World Tree was located in the center of the entire Elven Forest, and the distance from Krum City was not close, but for him with the title of "Wind Journeyer", it was not a problem.

As for Elu......

Loga gave her a mount.

It's a huge bird.

It has a wingspan of more than eight meters, as well as blue feathers, and flies extremely fast, this was originally a rare bird domesticated by the elven royal court, and was used for sky reconnaissance before, but its number is too small, and the flight altitude is insufficient, so it can only be used for fixed-point reconnaissance.

Now that the enemy is gone, he is simply rationed to Eru.

"Woo~"

The never-ending wind swept through the boundless forest, and the city of Krum on the ground gradually turned into a small dot, and Elu seemed to have climbed high into the air for the first time, lying excitedly on the bird's broad back, clutching at the blue feathers, but squinting and stretching her neck to look down.

Cheng Lin had already turned on the effect of "Wind Journey", suspended in a high place, holding the Silver Moon Cane, the "Tentacles" ability was turned on, and a spiritual silk thread had already fluttered towards the sky, and when he reached a sufficient height, he could show him the way.

"Let's go."

His voice blew in the wind and fell into Elu's ears, and she unfamiliarly urged the giant bird to flutter its wings into the distance.

It was also from this height that she was able to see the ring in the forest that had been burned to ashes by the "Ring of Eternal Burning" out of thin air, and the pitch-black mark was like a regular scar, imprinted on this forest sea that had existed for countless years.

For the elves, this boundless forest surrounded by mountains and oceans is the whole world, and Eru once thought that this forest would never disappear one day, but the withering of the World Tree changed everything.

Biting her lip, Ai Lu retracted her gaze and took a deep breath, she cheered up, knelt on the back of the giant bird, and looked nervously at the empty surroundings: "You...... Are you there? ”

"Yes."

Cheng Lin's short and powerful response came from the wind.

Ai Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said in the tone of a professional guide: "In this direction, straight west, we will pass through two cities, and then arrive at the World Tree, the closest to the World Tree is the capital of the Royal Court, and the other is the old capital, which was the center of thousands of years ago, when the Royal Court was still a small kingdom......"

……

Between the clear sky and the dense forest like wheat waves.

The elven girl began to babble on and on about the royal court.

Probably to relieve the boredom of the journey, as soon as she started talking, she never stopped.

Cheng Lin listened quietly like this, and occasionally landed on the back of the giant bird, and sat for a while, and from Ailu's narration, he also knew a lot about the customs and customs.

For example, the origin of the "goddess of the moon and the forest" is said to have been "apocalyptic" a long, long time ago, when a gifted elf of a certain tribe was looking up at the double moon one night, he was splashed in the face by the moonlight falling from the sky.

"Splashed in the face by moonlight?"

When he heard this legend, Cheng Lin's face became very strange.

Remember...... When an elf first appeared on this land, he poured a glass of aura water on the ground and splashed a certain elf on the face......

Ahem, it can't be such a coincidence, right?

But he couldn't figure it out.

When the two of them flew a long distance, approaching the pitch-black "horizon", the forest sea below underneath changed clearly.

On the east side, there is still a rich green, endless vitality, and on the other side of the "line", there is a black and yellow wither, and the branches that spread out from the World Tree are no longer green, but black, or withered yellow, and the leaves are withered and yellow, falling, and only a few leaves remain.

Seeing this line, Ailu, who kept talking, couldn't help but close her mouth and was silent.

Without a sound, the two flew across the line, and then entered the withered world.

To the west, then to the west.

In this way, there was a ride and a chat, and at a very fast speed, through the reckless forest sea, towards the magical life in the center.

I don't know how long it took for the first city to appear on the earth.

It was a bigger and more prosperous city than Krum City, and it seemed that it was the "old capital" that Elu said, but at the moment this old capital had been "eroded" and became dead and silent.

Rather than the "old capital", it would be more appropriate to call it the "abandoned capital".

Cheng Lin noticed that when Ai Lu saw the city, her whole mood changed very clearly, she looked down at the ruined capital almost stupidly, her eyes quickly became rosy, and large tears began to roll down, and the hand holding the cyan feather became very hard.

"That's why you want to come with me, right?" Cheng Lin quietly emerged from the wind.

Ai Lu hurriedly wiped her tears, choked up and nodded.

"Is it convenient to talk about it?" Cheng Lin was silent, his tone soft, "I...... Can be a good listener. ”

"En......" Ai Lu answered, and then, Cheng Lin heard a story about the sacrificial hall and about her.

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In Ailu's story, before the erosion occurred, she was lucky enough to be selected from the village to enter the sacrificial temple of the old capital for three years of study, and if she followed the normal trajectory, she would have successfully graduated and become a "low-level priest", and then used time, hard work, and a little luck to move towards "medium" and "high".

However, "erosion" changed everything, the World Tree changed unexpectedly, and a large number of blackened elves appeared in the kings close to the World Tree, gradually gaining the upper hand in the battle with the royal court, and then ...... The royal capital was destroyed, and a large number of elves evacuated to the rest of the city, including the old capital, to resist.

Elder Shuijing, who was the chief priest of the sacrificial hall at the time, withdrew from the royal capital, entered the old capital, and began to consume a lot of materials to try to communicate with the gods, however, the gods did not respond, and Ai Lu followed Elder Shuijing during that time, and was favored by him, and had the status of master and apprentice.

Then, the erosion suddenly expanded, covering the old capital, and under the attack of countless black elves, the old capital was destroyed, and the Great Priest of the Water Mirror became desperate after receiving no response from the gods for a long time, and refused to flee again, but led the entire sacrificial temple to die in the battle against the enemy.

Before he died, he passed the mantle of the high priest of the sacrificial hall to Ailu, and handed her over to the royal army to protect her all the way as the "last inheritance of the sacrificial hall", and fled eastward.

This escape, and he fled to Krum.

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"I was the only priest of the sacrificial temple who escaped from the old capital, and there was no end to this escape, I was protected when the teacher was killed in battle, and I was protected to escape when cities fell and soldiers fought with the enemy...... I ran and ran away, and gradually, I became the most famous deserter, a coward who hid behind in the name of a great priest......"

"A lot of elves, especially the battle sequences, have a lot of opinions about me, and sometimes, they will say things that are very excessive, but ...... I know that they are not to blame, if it were not for them, I would not be alive now, perhaps, a year or two ago, I would have died in this city, with the teacher and them. ”

Under the blue sky, on the reckless black forest.

The young over-the-top priest knelt on the back of the thick flying bird, whispering softly in the wind, at a height of hundreds of meters, with tears in his eyes.

It's not like it's for Cheng Lin, it's more like it's for yourself and the wind.

Speak to all the priests of the temple of sacrifice who died.

"Before he died, the teacher said to me, if ...... If one day we defeat the enemy, defeat the erosion, and ask me to come back here and tell her a ......"

Ai Lu said, suddenly stopped, she turned her head, looked at the figure beside her, and asked in a look of verification, "You...... Can it really be defeated? ”

"Of course, I promise."

In the wind, Cheng Lin's black clothes fluttered gently, and under the low-hanging white mask, his determined voice came.

Suddenly.

The giant bird beneath him opened its short beak and let out a resounding birdsong!

"Whew!"

The two of them suddenly raised their heads and looked west!

I saw the endless clouds and mist in front of me parting like waves, the sun splashing, covering the sky and the sun, standing against the sky and the earth.

You can't see the roots and the top.

I don't see the huge shadows of the trees on the left and right slowly emerging!

The World Tree, revealing its true face!