Chapter 246 Elders
Su Lun and the others soon came to the sixth floor of the Elf Temple. The floor was full of bookshelves, and at a glance, they were all thick books.
The history of the high elves is tens of millions of years old. The historical records of the elves alone would occupy a large area, not to mention that the books stored here are not just records of history.
Su Lun and Sina searched for the information they needed on the floor.
There were too many books here, but they found that one of the books was emitting a light blue light.
"This should be the guidance given to us by our ancestors." Sina walked over and said.
She took the book off the bookshelf. The book looked very old. The specially treated book paper had some signs of oxidation, but there was no dust on the book. It seemed that someone often came to manage these books.
Sina opened the book and flipped through it. The book was not very thick, only a few dozen pages, and the Elvish language was obscure and difficult to understand.
Su Lun took a quick look and found that the book was a bit old, and the usage of the Elvish language was also a bit different from the current Elvish language.
Sina flipped through it for a while and soon found useful information on it.
As she flipped through the pages, she said, "This is a book about the Shadow World and the Dark Elves. It records the origin of the Dark Elves and the power structure of the Shadow World."
After she finished speaking, she read the entire book carefully. The information recorded in it was very helpful to them.
After a long time, Sina closed the book. She said, "If the information recorded above is correct, some elves in the tribe are colluding with the forces of the Shadow World."
The Dark Elves were once a race because of their connection with the Shadow World. Now some elven elders are ready to follow the old path of these Dark Elves.
Su Lun took the book from Sina. He was not proficient in the Elvish language, but he had no problem reading the book.
He flipped through it quickly.
Sina was a little surprised to see this. She asked in confusion, "Can you understand the Elvish language?"
She opened her mouth in surprise. In her understanding, most humans are illiterate because their history is too short and they don't live as long as the elves.
Su Lun nodded while reading the book, and said, "I just have a little understanding."
Sina didn't believe Su Lun's words at first, but she found that Su Lun read the book very fast. Su Lun was either pretending or had a certain understanding of Elvish, which he couldn't pretend.
Su Lun didn't care about Sina's surprise. He had been exposed to many languages when he was on Earth. Although Elvish was much more complicated than ordinary languages, he had a foundation in other languages and learned Elvish very quickly.
He quickly browsed the book. Sina was right. This was indeed a book about dark elves and the shadow world.
According to the records in the book, the shadow world is divided into four types of life. The lowest level is the soul without any independent will. This kind of soul is everywhere in the shadow world. The second type is the low-level shadow world creatures, such as the shadow world worms. The shadow world magic wolf bloodline he possesses is also one of the low-level shadow world creatures.
The third type is the high-level shadow world creatures. The bloodline of this type of shadow world creatures is powerful and is almost a dominant existence in the shadow world.
Su Lun saw a creature similar to a dragon in the book, and that creature was the long dragon in the cave now.
The black dragon is called the Shadow World Dragon Demon, which is one of the higher creatures in the Shadow World and is very rare in the Shadow World.
The last and strongest category is the Shadow World Monarch and King. They are the most powerful beings in the Shadow World and manage everything in the Shadow World. Even the Shadow World Dragon is one of the subordinates of the Shadow World Monarch.
Su Lun has seen many powerful beings in this world, and the Dark Monarch is one of them.
However, the strength of the Dark Monarch of the Dark Elves should be similar to that of the Shadow World Dragon, and it is still far behind those monarchs in the Shadow World.
In addition to the information about the Shadow World, there is also information about the Dark Elves in the book.
According to records, one of the kings of the Shadow World made a deal with the high elves in ancient times, and many high elves accepted the power of the Shadow World and became dark elves.
It is not a simple matter for ordinary high elves to become dark elves. Only by accepting the power of the Shadow World can they become dark elves.
Dark elves are not stronger than high elves. On the contrary, they are resisted by different races for various reasons. Only a few elves who are tempted by the shadow world will choose to become dark elves.
After reading it, Su Lun didn't think that the elf elders would take the risk to become dark elves. This should not impress the elf elders. After all, they can be regarded as immortals who are hundreds of years old. They should not be easily tempted. There must be some benefits that make the elf elders communicate with the shadow world.
This book only lets them know the general situation. If they want to know the specific situation, they must continue to investigate.
"Although there are traitors among the elders, it is impossible for all elders to be traitors. It would be great if we can tell who is a traitor." Sina sighed and said.
This high elf tribe has five or six elders, and each elder is responsible for different tasks.
Because they don't know which of these elders are good or bad, they can't ask the elders for help. If they can ask the elders for help, they can easily solve the pollution of the shadow world outside.
She finally shook her head, looked at Su Lun and said, "There is still some time now, you can go find the information you want."
She promised Su Lun that she would not go back on her word, because now only Su Lun could help her, and no matter who she told about the current situation, no one would believe it.
On the contrary, if she told what she had investigated directly, they would be arrested soon for slandering the elders.
Sina had always thought that the system of the high elves was very good, but now she found that there were still many loopholes in the system of the high elves. It was precisely because ordinary elves trusted the elders too much that no elves would doubt the elders.
Su Lun nodded when he heard this. There were so many books stored here, and there should be what he was looking for.
He was about to look for it, and a slight noise from not far away made them all alert.
Su Lun stared at the bookshelf not far away, and an old elf walked out from behind the bookshelf.
The old elf's footsteps were silent. He looked at Su Lun and said, "Don't look for it. What you want is not here."
He looked at Su Lun and Sina, with no expression on his face.
He continued, "The ancient information you want is forbidden to be passed on. We are just an ordinary small tribe. The real ancient information can only be found in the heart of the high elves."
Su Lun remembered that he had seen this old elf. The other party was the elf elder he had seen before, and the elf who had talked to the statue below.
He didn't know whether this old elf was an enemy or a friend, so he didn't speak. He was ready to attack.
The two sides were deadlocked for a while. Sina struggled for a long time in her heart. She stepped forward and said, "Elder Oris, you should know the shadow world pollution around you. What is going on? Are you also one of the traitors mentioned by the ancestors?"
Now they basically have no way to escape, Sina had to tell the situation she investigated, hoping to get a reasonable explanation from the elf elder.
Oris smiled with a calm face. He said while laughing, "This matter is far from as simple as you think. There are indeed traitors among us, but it is not easy to eradicate these traitors."
He didn't mean to hide anything and said everything.
"So you are not a traitor of the elves?" Su Lun asked.
Oris responded: "Of course, otherwise you would have disappeared silently from the world long ago, and there is no need to waste so much time talking nonsense."
"You think you have left no trace, but I know everything you did from the beginning. It was you who disturbed the dragon demon in the cave, right?" He said and glanced at Su Lun.
Although he did not say it clearly, Su Lun guessed that the other party should have known that he had been to the Elf Temple before.
"So the elders are in the same group with us?" Sina was a little happy, which meant that they had a powerful helper.
This saved them the trouble of investigating the elders, and Oris must know more than them.
"Don't be happy too early." Oris said: "There are still many things to do."
He did not run into Su Lun and Sina by chance, but had his own purpose.
He walked up to Su Lun and said to Su Lun: "I can write a letter to the king of the Elf Heartland so that you can visit the internal information of the high elves, but you need to do one thing for me."
He came here to find Su Lun, and only Su Lun could do this.
Sina looked at Su Lun with some surprise. She didn't understand why the elders wanted Su Lun's help.
In terms of strength, Su Lun's strength could not be stronger than the elders, so naturally there would be no need for Su Lun's help.
Su Lun frowned slightly. His thoughts were the same as Sina's. What the elf elders couldn't do was even more difficult for him to do.
But he still asked: "What is it? As long as I can do it, I can help with this."
He needed information from ancient times. If there was no information here, Oris's letter of introduction would be very important. He could sneak into the elf temple here, but he could never sneak into the elf temple in the high elf base camp. This was not a force of the same level at all.
Although they were both high elves, the high elves in the central area must be stronger than this small group.
Oris nodded and said, "This matter is difficult for us high elves, but it should be relatively simple for you."
He examined Su Lun, nodded slightly and continued, "You should have blood from the Shadow Realm, and the blood concentration is not low."
Su Lun did not expect that the other party's eyes were so sharp that he could see this.
He had to rely on props to detect blood, but the other party could observe it with just the naked eye. The other party was worthy of being a creature who had lived for hundreds of years.
He nodded and said, "You are right, but what does this have to do with what you said?"
Although this matter is related to the Shadow Realm, he does not think that the Shadow Realm's affairs have anything to do with the Shadow Realm's blood.
Oris shook his head and said, "The Shadow Realm is undergoing a huge change. One of the kings has almost unified the entire Shadow Realm. You may not feel anything in reality, but the Shadow Realm is gradually affecting reality."
"If the Shadow Realm King can really unify the Shadow Realm, his next target will be reality. Some elders in the tribe are preparing for the invasion of the Shadow Realm King in advance, so they choose to open the Shadow Realm channel to pollute the surrounding area."
Su Lun and Sina both nodded. They knew why the elf elders did this.
Su Lun asked, "What do you want me to do?"
He didn't think he had the ability to confront the elf elder head-on, but since Oris asked him for help, there must be a reason.
Oris pondered for a while, and said: "They opened the Shadow Realm channel to show sincerity. If the Shadow Realm King is going to invade reality, this channel is the exit of the Shadow Realm army."
"I will disguise you as a Shadow Realm creature. Because of your Shadow Realm bloodline, those Shadow Realm creatures will not attack you. After you enter the Shadow Realm, you can close the Shadow Realm channel from the other side of the Shadow Realm, and then their plan will fail."
Oris told his plan. This plan was a temporary decision. He didn't have a good way to deal with the traitors among the elves until he met Su Lun, a human with Shadow Realm bloodline.
Su Lun frowned when he heard this. This plan was very dangerous.
He did hear that the Shadow Realm creatures would not kill each other, but it was just hearsay. Things that had not been seen in reality should not be taken seriously.
And if he successfully closed the Shadow Realm channel, he would not be able to return to reality.
He asked, "How can I come back after the passage is closed? If you want me to survive in the shadow world, I can't help you."
According to his understanding, the living environment of the shadow world is mainly based on the soul. The environment is very different from reality, but the way of survival is similar to reality. If you want to survive in the shadow world, it is not impossible, but he will not go to the shadow world without special circumstances.
Oris guessed that Su Lun would not agree so easily, and he explained: "I have sent a letter to the elf hinterland. Elves will be sent here soon. At that time, they will reopen the passage and let you come out and then seal it. At that time, those traitors will be arrested."
He did not have the ability to open the shadow world passage alone, so he could only hand it over to other elves.
Su Lun thought about it. If he did what the other party said, he would not be in any danger.
After a while, he said, "I can promise you, but I have to add a condition. I can watch the information stored in this temple at will, and we have to sign a contract."
The contract is a contract in this world, and it is a very binding contract. Those who violate the contract will be spurned by the world, especially for the proud race like the elves. Once they violate the contract, they will be driven out.
Oris nodded and said, "Deal."
Su Lun's conditions were just a small matter to him, and he was not worried about violating the contract.