A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 453 The Virtuous Should Dwell There

While Jiang Shuzhou was deep in thought, Grace watched quietly without disturbing him.

Grace continued speaking only after Jiang Shuzhou snapped out of his reverie.

"Master, perhaps we should act sooner. According to my research, there is already a hint of divinity flowing back."

Under what circumstances does divinity flow back?

Without a doubt, that's when the container is overflowing and can't hold any more.

Or to be more precise, it was the time when the Elf World Tree was about to officially become a god.

"Approximately how much longer?"

Jiang Shuzhou looked at Grace, hoping she could give him a rough estimate of the time.

This relates to whether he needs to speed up.

If time is too short, then Jiang Shuzhou will have no choice but to negotiate with other legendary mages and launch an attack on the elves together.

While this method is faster, the profits are not as substantial.

It was far less than what Jiang Shuzhou and Grace shared together.

It's even possible that you won't be able to collect the entire Elf World Tree.

Unless absolutely necessary, Jiang Shuzhou would never use this method.

"Don't worry, teacher. Although they have been preparing for a long time, the fertility rate of the elves is too low. Even if they have reached this point, it will still take about a hundred years to reach the point of godhood."

Grace plopped down on Jiang Shuzhou's lap and said nonchalantly.

"Although a hundred years is a very short time, for Master, that should be enough to kill them several times over, right?"

Jiang Shuzhou nodded, which was taken as an admission.

For him, the shortest time to implement the plan is about sixty years; if it takes less than sixty years, then there is no need to implement it.

Fortunately, although the elves had been carrying out the plan for some time, their fertility was still too poor, and Jiang Shuzhou had discovered it.

Fortunately, the elves of the underworld had their bloodlines corrupted by human flesh-and-blood technology. Although they looked like elves, they were actually quite different, and they cleverly retained the characteristics of their divine lineage. This is what made Jiang Shuzhou realize something was wrong.

Otherwise, how can we investigate if a spirit's divinity is taken away as soon as it is born, or even before it is born?

Even Grace, a legendary mage, only found clues by deducing the process from the result.

Furthermore, this would require consuming the blood of elves whose divinity had not been extracted to succeed.

To investigate the mystery of the disappearance of divinity among the elves, it is necessary to compare the divine blood of the elves with that of ordinary elves. But it is precisely because the elves do not have divine blood that this research is necessary.

Closed loops are something that cannot be studied at all.

This is why other legends haven't been discovered.

Both are legends, and when one side has an absolute intelligence advantage, it is very difficult to crack the other side's technology.

Especially since others try to cover it up, even ordinary elves might not know that they are of divine lineage, so there is simply no way they would investigate.

However, Jiang Shuzhou is different. Even now, there are still a large number of elven races who were not killed in the prison managed by Andy, and they are being used as blood packs.

Inferences based on the results become much simpler.

While casually twirling Grace's hair with his fingers, Jiang Shuzhou began to ponder the path ahead.

The primary goal is to achieve the effect of causing a massive number of elves to die in pain, despair, and even hatred.

The Elf World Tree is like a god, and these elves are its believers.

Furthermore, since the divinity of the Elf World Tree originates from all elves and it is itself an unconscious creation, it is greatly affected by the death of the Elf race.

Therefore, by mass killing the elves, the Elven World Tree can be forced out, and even driven into chaos or madness by emotional shock, causing its original orderly power to become disordered.

For Jiang Shuzhou, this was an incredible stroke of luck.

The reason is simple: he wants to devour the Elf World Tree, so naturally, the closer the laws of the two sides are, the more power Jiang Shuzhou can gain through devouring.

If the Elf World Tree appears sacred and is filled with the power of order, then Jiang Shuzhou has no similarities to it except that he can create life and is a tree. The power he obtains also needs to be digested and transformed.

In the end, Jiang Shuzhou might only gain the ability to create souls, without any improvement in his strength, and he might even suffer from indigestion for a period of time.

After all, although the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood looks very sacred, it is all an act. Even the upper part of the dream is taken from the chaotic side of the dream, or rather, the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood is Jiang Shuzhou's chaotic side.

The difficulty of letting chaos devour order or preserving one's abilities is unimaginable. If Jiang Shuzhou hadn't mastered both powers, he probably wouldn't have been able to succeed at all.

Therefore, by "cooking" the World Tree of Spirits through certain means, and transforming it, we can both make it appear and prevent it from escaping, weaken its power, and make it easier for Jiang Shuzhou to digest.

This is why Jiang Shuzhou did it this way.

Furthermore, Jiang Shuzhou also planned to take this time to reflect and at least finish building the floating city, so that he and Grace could together destroy the Elf race.

"Master, your eyes look dangerous."

Grace looked at the sparkling light in Jiang Shuzhou's eyes and complained.

That's how Jiang Shuzhou tricked her; now she's gone, and she's lost her heart too.

"How could that be? Your master is a good person and has never lied. It's just that someone is blocking my way."

Jiang Shuzhou said with a smile, but his eyes remained cold, and a hint of crimson could even be seen.

It seems the future will be crimson.

Grace neither confirmed nor denied this. Indeed, Jiang Shuzhou had not lied to her, but every word he said could have many meanings.

Grace has mastered the art of language. Sometimes she even wonders if there are people like Jiang Shuzhou behind those prophecies of fate. After all, they are all riddles, and a single sentence can be interpreted in several ways, but none of them are wrong.

"Denozhi, what are you planning to do?"

"For no reason at all," Grace suddenly asked.

"Denozhi has good talent. After I deal with the elves, she will reach the legendary level with my training. I will keep my promise and go with her to hunt down that old bastard Tessame."

Jiang Shuzhou still didn't have a good impression of Tessa, who had slaughtered her own people, and besides, the old woman had a whole bunch of rare items, all of which were valuable!

Treasures belong to the virtuous.

Jiang Shuzhou is virtuous and capable, so these treasures should belong to him.

After all, Jiang Shuzhou rarely lies, acts with integrity, is generous (to his subordinates), keeps his promises, and will kill your whole family if he says he will, and also has a kind heart. Isn't this a combination of virtue and talent?