The so-called merger is not only a formality, but also a requirement of blood. Specifically, the younger generation of several clans of the Eternal Night Tribe who have produced the Children of the Forest will marry with the Twilight Tribe, and the next generation born will all be from the Twilight Tribe.

This kind of merger, Richard knew as soon as he heard it was for the bloodline inheritance of the Eternal Night Tribe. The fact that the Eternal Night Tribe was able to appear in succession the Children of the Forest and the Daughters of the Forest indicates that they have a special bloodline talent. It's just that they haven't been long enough for the Tree of Life to mature early, so the overall strength of the tribe isn't strong enough. But from another point of view, the overall strength of the Eternal Night Tribe has approached that of the Twilight Tribe with a complete early life tree, which shows their strength.

The character of this generation of the Twilight tribe exploded, and two sons of the forest appeared at one time, and it happened that the great elder of the Eternal Night tribe was mysteriously injured, so the Twilight tribe gathered the other three tribes to fight together.

When Richard heard this, he casually asked, since Merlin is the daughter of the forest, does the Twilight Tribe have additional requirements for her? Unexpectedly, Merlin's little face immediately turned iron-blue, and she refused to speak again. Unbeknownst to her, Richard had inadvertently revealed her identity as the daughter of the forest.

Along the way, Richard and Merlin encountered two more hunts, and Richard quickly escaped with Merlin by means of a hidden path that he had found temporarily, and finally reached the Aoba tribe without danger.

The characteristics of the territory of the Aoba tribe are distinctive, and the trees here are exceptionally tall and green. From the canopy of the trees, there were rays of light similar to sunlight falling, which made Richard's eyes light up. As soon as he stepped into the territory of the Aoba tribe, Richard immediately felt some kind of natural force. This power is more lively and vibrant than in other parts of the Limhi. Such a distinct feature of power is presumably the way the Aoba tribe draws the boundaries of its own territory. People who are familiar with the Aoba tribe, such as Merlin, will stop as soon as they perceive this power and wait for the people of the Aoba tribe to appear. And those who have been going deep into the territory without realizing it are most likely enemies.

Within a few minutes, there was a rustle of footsteps in the woods, and several tall elven hunters appeared in the canopy, and then a young hunter with a calm momentum jumped down from the tree, stared at Richard, and then said to Merlin, "Venerable daughter of the forest, the Council of Elders has been waiting for your arrival. But what's the matter with this outsider?"

Merlin replied, "I was a few days late because I was hindered by the tribes of Wind, Rain, and Water Sound on the way. Without Richard's help, I probably wouldn't have gotten there. ”

The young hunter's face softened a little, and he said, "Venerable Daughter of the Forest, the Great Elder is already waiting for you, so let you go and see him as soon as you arrive." As for this outsider, he will also go with us to the territory. ”

What to do with Richard to the territory, the young hunter did not say clearly, but Richard knew very well. The arrows in the depths of the leaves were still pointing at him motionlessly, naturally afraid that he would run away, rather than intending to give him any reward. No matter how sluggish Merlin was, she could see that something was wrong, and said to the young hunter, "Richard is no ordinary outsider, he has the approval of the will of the forest!"

Several hunters were startled, and all eyes were focused on Richard. What does it mean to be recognized by the will of the forest? It means to have the basic qualifications to be a son of the forest or a daughter of the forest! This qualification is almost the same, if not ——, in a thousand. There were no more than five such people in the entire Aoba tribe, and naturally there was not a single one of these young hunters in front of him.

Merlin is the daughter of the forest, and her words are naturally authoritative. But Richard is still an outsider, and it's awkward to look at it. Several hunters opened their eyes to look at Richard, but they were shocked by the real thing. Richard's natural aura was so strong that it was almost dripping, and there was a noble aura of the tree of life inside. This is a clear sign of being recognized and favored by the will of the forest, and in terms of pure and rich Cheng dù, it is not far behind Mei Lin, and at least one level higher than the existing son of the forest in the Aoba tribe.

Moreover, Richard's natural aura can make people smell the tree of life, which is already a level that elven hunters cannot understand.

In fact, this is not surprising, the so-called children of the forest are just gifted, able to sense the existence of the will of the forest, can borrow the power of the tree of life on a certain program, the more advanced can borrow the power of the world tree, and the more advanced can borrow the power of the will of the entire forest. But borrowing is only instinct, it does not mean understanding, let alone mastering this power.

However, Richard really grasped and mobilized the natural and life forces around him through the rules of the guò plane, and if he only looked at the level of power regardless of the total amount of power, he was only half inferior to the will of the forest. By the time Richard had mastered all 65,536 rules, he would be even taller than a World Tree.

If Richard can parse all the underlying rules of the plane, then he is even one level higher than the will of the forest, and can be called the father of the will of the forest. As for those sons of the forest, the daughters of the forest, they are two generations behind, and this still refers to the level of the first son of the forest that Merlin and Richard met.

The subtle truth of this is that Richard himself did not know very clearly, and the young hunters were even more confused. They had noticeably become much more cautious, and Merlin thought that her own exhortation had helped, but Richard, who was now old and sophisticated, saw in the eyes of the elven hunter something other than hatred, and it was not respect, but resentment.

Richard also has a guardian elf tribe and a tree of life, so he figured it out in a blink of an eye. He is blessed with the power of the forest, which in the eyes of the guardian elves is the ultimate in wealth and glory. The problem was that Richard was human, an outsider, and in the traditional Elven tradition, he was not entitled to this wealth. But now that Richard has it, it will undoubtedly make all the guardian elves feel extremely uncomfortable.

Those who have the power of the forest will feel that they are not so scarce, and they are correspondingly not so important. Without the power of the forest, it is even more uneven, because they claim to be the people of the forest, but what they dream of is taken away by an outsider.

Richard didn't care, but followed the elven hunters towards the tree of life of the Aoba tribe. During the journey, Richard did not forget to enjoy the scenery: in fact, he was observing the power system of the Aoba tribe's territory, as well as the power characteristics of the Tree of Life. On the way, Richard suddenly saw an inconspicuous vine under an ancient tree, and his heart was suddenly shocked. If he remembered correctly, this thing called the Thorn Leaf Vine was an extremely rare alchemical ingredient. When its branches are crushed, the fibers inside are the best ingredients for high-grade magic scrolls, and they have always been sold by grams. Richard didn't expect to see one here. The spiny leaf vine is extremely picky about the environment in which it grows, and its supply has always been in the hands of a few magical families and wealthy families. Seeing that this spiny leaf vine grows in a good environment, doesn't it mean that the environment of the Aoba tribe's territory is very suitable for the growth of this little thing. If it can indeed be planted on a large scale, it means that a new source of income has been found in the green forest plane.

Just as Richard was observing the thorny leaf vine, a strong wind suddenly hit behind him, and an elf hunter was obviously impatient, and pumped his back with a longbow on Richard's body, shouting: "Rub what, hurry up!"

The longbow was firmly drawn at Richard, but it could not be recovered. The longbow had already fallen into Richard's hands, and the elven hunter couldn't pull it back even a few times, and exclaimed, "What do you want to do?!"

Richard calmly asked, "What do you want to do? Do you want to die?"

Several of the surrounding elven hunters immediately bent their bows and arrows, and the tips of their arrows were all aimed at Richard. The elven captain at the head shouted: "Outsider! If we don't let go, we'll let go of the arrows!"

Richard smiled indifferently, a touch of green seeped out from the palm of his hand, and instantly spread to the entire longbow, and that fine longbow actually sprouted in front of everyone's eyes, and even bloomed two small white flowers! The use of this natural power is perfect, even the great druids in the Presbyterian Church may not have such a level. But in this way, the longbow was ruined.

The longbow of the guardian elves is complex to make, and it takes at least ten years from the selection of materials to the production, and the more high-quality it is, the more time it will take. The longbows of the Aoba tribe are all high-quality products that take thirty years to produce, and the entire tribe makes dozens of longbows a year. Now Richard had destroyed the longbow, almost like having a hand cut off.

As soon as Richard's hand was revealed, all the elven hunters were terrified. At the end of the day, the druid's natural spells are much more powerful than the hunter's archery, and the ability to communicate with the tree of life is the druid's own. As a result, the status of the Druids among the Guardian Elves is much higher than that of the Elven Hunters. This position can only be established by strength. In the face of an obvious great druid, although the number of elven hunters was seven or eight times that of Richard, he still did not dare to have the idea of winning.

Richard looked around and said, "This offense, just a little punishment." But next time it's not as simple as destroying the bow, I'll just kill someone. Whoever of you dares to release an arrow, I will kill him!"

The captain of the elven hunters was shocked and angry, and shouted, "You dare?"

"You can loosen the strings and try it. ”

Mei Lin hurriedly stood between the two sides and said angrily: "Richard is my friend, is this how you Aoba tribe treats my friend?"

The captain of the hunter's face changed several times, waved his hand to let the hunters under him retract their bows, snorted, and then bowed to Merlin and said, "Venerable daughter of the forest, this time we will tolerate your request." But the tolerance of the Aoba tribe is limited!"

Merlin nodded, reserved and did not speak, but there were joys and worries in her heart. I am happy that my identity as the daughter of the forest is still valid, but I am worried that the effective Cheng dù is far lower than expected.