Chapter 28: Arc 2.2 The Plight of the Dark Elves
Are you alright?" Shen Jiyu asked, his voice unconsciously taking a gentle voice.
However, it did not seem to placate the youth as he seemed more terrified, backing into the tree as if wishing it could swallow him.
Shen Jiyu frowned and he bent down to look at the youth. The youth was skinny and the baggy, grey robe he wore gave him a very pitiful look. He kept his head bowed low and didn't speak. His hair covered his face like a curtain, making him unable to see the expression on his face, he could only tell from the minute tremble of the youth's body that he was scared of him.
Shen Jiyu did not know how to comfort people and the quiet, timid person in front of him made him feel distressed.
He extended his hand and the boy suddenly lifted his head, staring fixedly at the hand in front of him. Shen Jiyu finally saw the boy's appearance.
He had high cheekbones and delicate facial features but it was his eyes that made Shen Jiyu freeze. The eyes were extremely beautiful. His pupils were an enchanting shade of argent. The shape was long and narrow and the tips of his eyes lazily tilted upward. Combined with long eyelashes and slightly raised long eyebrows, people with such eyes in the Heavenly Realms were known to be seductive devils who could hook people's souls away.
Feng Mian always had a gentle smile and an elegant, kind aura about him that made one image of a sage of the legends. But the boy before him neither had a seductive aura nor a gentle one.
His gaze made one chilled to the core. His eyes were so dark and bottomless. There was no life within them.
Shen Jiyu was taken aback and the youth before him took the opportunity to bolt.
"Wait!" Shen Jiyu called out but the youth was extremely fast, soon disappearing into the forest.
Xiao Shu appeared and looked in the direction where the youth had fled, "Realm Master, Was that?"
"Yes. That was Feng Mian." Shen Jiyu replied. He did not have to question it, he just knew the youth that ran out just now was his Ex-Fiancé. That was Feng Mian's incarnation in this world. He suddenly did not know how to face him when he remembered what he had just learnt.
"Should we chase him?" Xiao Shu asked, after all, their mission revolved around Feng Mian so they should always stick close to him.
"There is no need. He is extremely guarded and the host you chose this time might not have the best relationship with him. He looks like he is afraid of me, even more so than those idiots right now."
His gaze was dark and Xiao Shu inquired quietly, "Should I deal with them?"
"They are barely adults. Such hate demands a source and a fuel." Shen Jiyu replied and sat down on the floor. He needed to figure out that energy that had filled his body right now and how to control it.
Closing his eyes, he found the source of the power, it was a small wooden flower that radiated Qi. The flower was a simple flower but it was still at the beginning of blooming, with just a hint of its petal opening. Just two petals had unfolded and Shen Jiyu could see even more petals coiled around the stamen. Shen Jiyu could feel the connection of the wooden flower over the entire forest and even his wings. A kind of fuel?
Was it not too small, his soul reached out and opened the orb even wider when he felt a sense of weakness flood his entire body. It was as if he had run around the entire realms without using his spiritual energy, his whole body ached and a headache so strong pounded at his skull. He gritted his teeth but he could not muster the strength to even open his eyes. He could feel Xiao Shu's Voice and after a while, he could feel warm hands encircling his waist as they attended to lift him up.
Shen Jiyu could not hold up anymore and he closed his eyes.
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Shen Jiyu opened his eyes and suddenly sat up; Xiao Shu who was floating above him let out a shriek and flopped to the ground.
Shen Jiyu looked down at him, not bothering to hide the disdain in his eyes, "You are an immortal, Could you have some decorum?"
Xiao Shu got up, his cheeks a little red with embarrassment and anger. He muttered quietly to the side, "You are the Realm Master of Penglai, should you not know that you should not experience with energy core carelessly?"
"What did you say?"
Xiao Shu turned with a hardworking smile on his face and said, "Nothing. Realm Master, you fainted because the sudden influx of power was too much for the body to handle."
Shen Jiyu narrowed his eyes; he was sure that this little brat had been saying something against him earlier but he could not use his power in this body as it would tear it apart so he had no evidence. "I did not faint. Is the information ready?"
"Yes." Xiao Shu said, "I would transmit it at once."
The information this time was more detailed than the last one that had been sent. This realm was called Elvina which was also the name of the goddess of nature that they worshipped. Elvina was inhabited by two tribes, the Light elves of the wood and the Dark Elves of the wind, they lived together in peace.
Several hundred years ago, an intruder from outside the realm entered Elvina and dwelt amongst the Dark Elves. It deceived them and eroded their minds, causing them to cause mayhem and wage war on the Light Elves. It turned their powers into shadows that were capable of causing all kinds of madness.
The only thing that could defeat the shadows of the Dark Elves was faith. The former the faith a Light Elf possessed, the more their flower would bloom and the higher their power.
The war was bloody but, in the end, the Light Elves defeated the Dark Elves and Sealed the Intruder who they named the Demon. Out of grief and fury, the remaining Light Elves poisoned the wooden flowers of the Dark Elves and passed several rules to oppress the Dark Elves.
One of such rules was one to prevent intermarriage between the two tribes. It had always been enforced heavily; however, it was broken sixteen years ago. A light elf and a dark elf met in private and fell in love.
Their forbidden union was blessed with a son and they named him Basil.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone