Chapter 258 Discovery

As his eyes closed, the strange characters that he had remembered before gradually began to emerge.

Colin read in order, starting from the tome found on the first level of the stone tree, which was also the only complete tome.

With the help of the Crown of Spiritual Enlightenment, these originally unfamiliar characters now became familiar. However, due to the influence of some strange power, it was still difficult for him to understand, resulting in a very slow reading speed.

About two hours later, he was only halfway through the first book.

The content of this half of the book mainly talks about the birth of the Ancient Tree of Life.

"Existing in multiple planes...born in the star realm..." Colin opened his eyes and muttered to himself, a little shocked.

If the information recorded in the classics is true, then the Ancient Tree of Life is undoubtedly an existence beyond imagination, comparable to a god!

But she is not a god, and does not live by faith. Her true body exists in the star realm, and her offspring exist in multiple planes at the same time. Her iconic feature is that she will give birth to creatures called elves.

This kind of information made Colin feel that the ancient tree in the cave behind him was definitely not the real daughter of the ancient tree of life in this plane, let alone the real ancient tree of life!

‘But what exactly is the existence that thinks it is an ancient tree of life? ’

He frowned and closed his eyes again.

This time, however, Colin did not choose to continue reading the remainder of the first book.

Instead, I started browsing through all the remaining characters in my mind to verify another guess in my mind!

In this way, about an hour later, Colin opened his eyes again, with a somewhat enlightened look on his face.

‘These books that exist in the stone trees are not so much the recorded history of the elves as they are the memories of the ancient trees of life… or, in other words, the memories of the strange giant tree in the cave behind. ’

After pondering carefully for a moment, Colin came to a conclusion——

"More like the memory of the weird giant tree behind it."

The reason for making this judgment is mainly because although most of the records and descriptions in the classics are in the first person, they are not realistic, and some places are obviously based on self-imagination...

Thinking of this, as if to verify something, Colin stood up slowly, glanced at the cave behind him, and walked out of the palace.

About half an hour later.

He returned to the blue sky and came to the largest stone tree.

In a room filled with bookshelves, Colin stood quietly in front of the first bookshelf with a solemn expression.

‘Sure enough, all these books that he and Lilian had taken away were now back on the original bookshelves. ’

He reached out and touched the books in front of him, and then thought again,

"Although I don't know the reason, I think on the bright side, at least those classics that I didn't memorize now have the opportunity to read them again."

So for most of the next half day, Colin relied on his super brain to record all the classics he could access in his mind without asking for any explanation.

Then he returned to the palace above the blue sky, where he began to read from the second half of the first book.

Naxi is in the grotto behind the palace, and Lillian may also return to the palace through the treasury arch.

In order to know these changes as soon as possible, it was naturally best for him to stay in the palace.

Just like that, time flew by.

Colin spent almost all his time reading books.

But the further back you go, the more confusing and repetitive the contents of the classics become. They are almost all nonsense. Often a very thick book, everything expressed in it can be summarized in just one sentence.

But the strange characters were not repeated at all... In other words, under the influence of a certain power, he could not see any such repetition.

Under such circumstances, Colin's reading speed has never been able to increase in order to avoid missing key information.

Until seven days passed and the dark red wind was about to sweep in, he had only read half of all the books.

However, even if most of the content in it is just nonsense, it is enough for him to get some extraordinary benefits.

Colin stood up slowly, and the crown of spiritual enlightenment on his head shrank quietly like a phantom, finally leaving a pattern of golden and green leaves on his forehead.

And such faint lines slowly disappeared under his skin with a thought.

Not only that, the Elf Armor and the Ancient Tree Fountain Necklace he was wearing had also undergone the same changes.

They all disappeared quietly, and Colin at this moment returned to a young wizard who was dressed in ordinary clothes and was just a little handsome.

It seemed that due to the invisible benefits of reading strange characters, he inexplicably gained a deeper understanding of these treasures created by the elves.

This change is not only that the appearance can be hidden, whether it is the Elf Armor or the Crown of Spiritual Enlightenment, the power they can exert in Colin's hands has also become stronger!

Sonorous.

Colin thought, and the elven armor reappeared on his body.

The unexpected harvest did not make him very happy... He still could not find a way out.

He had already read through half of those classics, and he learned some hidden history that he didn't know whether it was true or false.

For example, in the beginning, there was actually only one king of the Elf clan, and the Ancient Tree of Life actually did not have much self-awareness. It was more like a strange life with no sorrow or joy, taking root in different planes at the same time, etc...

However, there is not much information that is helpful to the current situation, and it can even be said that there is almost no information.

Snap.

Colin reached out and shook off the copper pocket watch. The hands on it kept moving as before.

"There are still two minutes before the dark red wind of pollution will come again." Colin silently stamped his feet and moved his body slightly in preparation.

His eyes swept over the treasury arch in the center of the palace.

Seven days have passed, and Lilian still has not appeared.

Thinking of this, Colin took out the delicate wooden hammer he obtained from Lites and put his spiritual power into it.

"The location used is at the foot of the mountain... where you can leave with the wooden hammer..." he confirmed again.

Just glancing at the faint mark on his wrist, Colin gave up all his thoughts again.

These days of reading also let him know the function of the mark in his hand - that is, to limit the scope of activities.

Thinking of the previous experience, if it is not surprising, the elf Naxi may have the same mark on her body.

And this mark can only be lifted by the giant tree...

As for whether it can be relieved by killing the giant tree - no elf knows.

There is no record in the classics composed of the memories of the strange giant tree.

Colin's face was silent. He glanced back, paused slightly, then turned around and crossed the phantom.

Although I don’t know if I can remove the mark by destroying the giant tree, thereby saving Naxi and myself and escaping here, I don’t even know how to deal with this huge tree...

But we can't just accept our fate and stay here as a so-called tree!

After passing through the phantom, there was no change in the cave as it was seven days ago. Naxi was also normal, but she remained in a deep sleep state.

Phew~

The wind from nowhere suddenly blew, lifting Colin's golden hair from his forehead.

"The wind of pollution... has begun." He breathed a soft breath, took out the demon release ring and prepared it, and at the same time moved his gaze to the giant tree in the cave.

Although the giant tree had told him to stay away from it when the dark red wind blew... But the more it happened, the more Colin had to do it to find the life that might exist in it!

The light golden hair began to dance wildly under the gradually increasing wind behind him, and his vision was gradually dyed with a light red color.

However, there is less pollution in the mountains than in other places, and the current wind is not enough to have a big impact on Colin.

However, just for a moment, just like in the stone tree before, a stronger dark red wind suddenly blew in the cave.

Colin's eyes narrowed and he quickly searched for the source!

"Is it...the burl on the lower part of the giant tree?"

Under the giant tree, there were dark red spots all over the trees. At this moment, they were beating slowly like a heart, and waves of filthy wind spread around like waves.

"Amis——!!!"

Just when Colin was in shock, a huge human face suddenly appeared on the giant tree, roaring in pain.

Maybe it's because of the interference of the dark red wind, or maybe it's because he doesn't care.

The human face on the giant tree ignored Colin's presence, roared as if it was a routine, then shrunk a few times and moved to the highest canopy.

Thump, thump, thump——

The long burl below kept shrinking and expanding.

Colin gritted his teeth and tried hard to resist the dark red wind of pollution coming from all directions, trying to stay a little longer, hoping to see more changes.

The huge human face on top of the giant tree seems to be very afraid of these polluting winds. A dense emerald green light shines from the tree crown, trying to resist the dark red winds.

The branch that originally carried the elf Naxi was lowered alone, away from the crown of the tree.

However, here, the winds of pollution that originally blew endlessly seemed to have a unified goal. They gathered together and attacked the faces above the tree canopy.

A small tornado suddenly formed on the crown of the tree, causing the originally strong emerald green aura to teeter.

"Amis——!"

The human face emerged from the tree trunk again and roared.

The next moment, the deepest part of the tree tumor, where the dark red wind was constantly pouring out from the lower part of the tree trunk, gradually emitted a pale golden light.

The light was so intense that it almost penetrated the layer of dark red tree burl surrounding it.

'This is? ! ’

As the light shines through, an extremely pure breath of life suddenly fills the entire grotto.

On the rock wall, dots of green crawled out from the gaps and expanded outward crazily. Almost in an instant, less than half of the entire cave was dyed green.

If you look carefully, you will see that these green plants are all unknown plants, some are like moss, and some are blooming with various flowers...

However, such a magnificent scene could not be maintained for a moment, and it changed under the influence of the suddenly strengthened dark red pollution wind.

The green gradually faded, replaced by a dark red color representing pollution. The plants withered one after another, falling from the rock wall like gravel, and then turned into dark dust in the wind.

Colin gritted his teeth and stood firmly on the spot with his feet, trying hard to resist the wind of pollution.

Somehow he realized that perhaps there was a way to deal with the ancient tree in front of him, perhaps the hope of escaping was all contained in this extremely special change!

Colin tried his best to open his eyes wide. Through the dark red wind, he could clearly see the shape of the light under the tree tumors!

"That's...a huge broken branch?!!"

Before he could confirm carefully, the dark red tree tumor suddenly swelled, and then suddenly shrank with force.

puff!

The dark purple wind was squeezed out of the tree tumors like blood, and then spread out quickly like ink dripping into the water.

The golden light was slowly blocked, and the huge human face roared in displeasure.

But even though the golden light has disappeared, the dense green light emanating from the canopy where the huge human face is is no longer shaky.

Although the range is not large, it can barely protect the huge human face from the wind of pollution.

A fragile balance is maintained between the two.

But on the other side, as those dark purple winds spread, Colin's condition was not optimistic.

"Amis...the eternal wind...the magnificent painter..." A strange whisper suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Ahem—" Colin's face suddenly turned red, and a trace of bloody breath filled his throat.

The heart beat rapidly like a drum, as if a ball of fire was inserted into it. The burning pain suddenly emerged in the heart, and then became more and more intense, almost igniting the whole person!

'not good! ’ Colin blinked his eyes that were already filled with dark red bloodshot eyes, pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment. Finally, he glanced at the giant tree and chose to retreat temporarily.

In order to prevent this situation at this moment, the phantom leading to the palace was just a short distance behind.

Colin turned around and activated his flying wizardry to plunge into the phantom and arrived at the palace.

But before he could react.

The heat in my heart suddenly rose for some unknown reason!

puff!

Caught off guard and stimulated by the heat in his heart, Colin's throat became hot and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

He opened his eyes and looked around hard, but all he saw was a deep, almost purple, dark red wind.

Endless crazy murmurs and whispers echoed in his mind. Colin tried hard to shake his head, almost losing consciousness.

Biting the tip of his tongue hard, he mobilized the magic power in his body, pushed the soaring light technique and agility technique to the limit, and immersed himself in moving forward!

I don’t know how long it took, but Colin gradually regained consciousness, and his brain had extra reason to observe his surroundings.

At this time, he realized that he had not flown very far at all.

It just flew from the deepest stone wall of the treasure house palace to the front gate.

However, even though it is only such a short distance, the concentration of pollution is very different.

Colin looked up at the stone wall with the ancient tree of life carved on it.

Starting from the two pale gold thrones, the wind of pollution seemed to be gathered and compressed by some kind of force, and the color became darker and almost purple.

The wind of pollution kept blowing forward, blowing past the emerald green throne, but was blocked by the stone wall engraved with the ancient tree of life, forming a dark red and purple "wall".

"Is this the reason why the giant tree doesn't want to contact the outside world?" Colin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and thought to himself.

In this way, a day flies by.

Colin walked step by step to the side of the emerald throne, and gently sat down cross-legged.

The dark red pollution wind has stopped, and the entire palace has returned to silence.

But his heart did not regain its calmness at all, so Colin couldn't help but close his eyes and meditate silently.