The hazy moonlight passed through the layers of leaves outside the window and entered the treehouse, sprinkling a few spots of light on the bed that weren't dazzling.
Xu Yi was holding an irregular hexagonal crystal in his hand. He looked at it under the moonlight with a look of doubt.
"Hey, Xu Yi, what is this thing?" Stiel on the side asked in a curious voice.
"Elder Undine said that this is a very special Magic Crystal. The Magic Power contained within it far surpasses that of ordinary Magic Crystals.
I tested it in my hand and found that this Magic Crystal indeed has a lot of magic, it's even more exaggerated than the high density Magic Crystals our company produces. "Xu Yi replied.
Stiel reached out a finger to touch the Magic Crystal and sent out a trace of magic to investigate it. She found that the magic inside the Magic Crystal was very rich, it was completely different from normal Magic Crystals.
"This thing is very strange, but it shouldn't be worth thirty thousand gold coins, right?" Stiel still had a look of confusion.
"It's just a Magic Crystal, even if it has a lot of magic, what use is there?
It might not even be enough to support you casting a Ninth Grade Spell. "
"If it was just to support me casting a Ninth Grade Spell, I wouldn't be willing to spend thirty thousand gold coins to buy it from elder Undine." Xu Yi shook his head.
"I'm just very curious, why is this Magic Crystal's magic power content so ridiculously high?
If I give it to Evita and the others to study, they might be able to imitate it. That would allow our company to take a large step forward in refining Magic Crystals. "
"I knew that you were greedier than I thought ….." Stiel rolled her eyes at Xu Yi. She looked down at the things that Xu Yi had placed all over the bed and slightly knit her brows.
"It's these things that you spent eight hundred and fifty thousand gold coins to buy from elder Undine?
Are these things really worth this price? "
"I ….. Alright, actually I'm not certain about the value of these things.
But like this Magic Crystal in my hand, if we can study its internal structure and imitate it, just this one thing alone would be worth eight hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.
But if we can't, it's no different from being worthless. "
"So you're taking a risk?" Stiel asked.
"Pretty much." Xu Yi nodded.
"Magic research is an uncertain matter, before there are results, no one can simply determine the value of something, right?"
Stiel curled her lips, "You spent this much money to buy a bunch of things that you don't know the use of, you might as well take it all out and buy more things related to the Illusion Magic Array from elder Undine."
"I urge you to give up on this idea."
Xu Yi looked at Still and helplessly spread his hands as he said, "I've talked to elder Undine and she clearly said that Illusion Magic is a special magic of the elves, so she won't easily give it to humans."
"Wouldn't easily give it to humans?" Stiel raised her brows.
"That means there's still a chance of giving it to humans?"
"Yes.
Elder Undine said that because the Illusion Magic is magic unique to the elves, no matter what the Illusion Magic is used for, they have to participate in it.
So you understand what she means? "
"So it's like this ….." Stiel slowly let out a breath. After being stunned for a bit, she suddenly revealed a bitter smile.
"I always thought that elder Undine was as elegant, noble, and gentle as the rumours say, an elven elder that everyone respects from the bottom of their hearts. I never thought that she would also care about benefits."
"Nonsense, the elves also need to eat. As an elder of the Azshara Tribe, it's natural for her to consider the benefits of the entire Azshara Tribe." Xu Yi reprimanded.
"I understand, only ….. I can't accept it right now." Stiel suddenly shook her head and took a deep breath, returning to her calm state.
"If that's the case, elder Undine wants to have a share in our New Moon Chamber of Commerce so that she can receive long-term benefits?"
"She didn't say that, but I think your understanding is correct." Xu Yi shrugged.
"Un ….. That's not a big problem.
Actually, even if she didn't mention it, I wanted to pull her in myself. "Stiel said.
"Anyway, when we're shooting the Illusion Magic Film, we really need the elven mages to participate. If we can give them a share, they can also put in more effort."
"It's good that you can understand this."
Xu Yi nodded. He looked down at the various items scattered on the bed and picked up a thin book.
"What is this?" Stiel curiously asked.
There were Magic Crystals, all kinds of strange magic tools, and some exquisite elven accessories. At least on the surface, they looked expensive. Only this book looked ordinary and even a bit old. It didn't look like it was valuable at all.
"This is a short record written by the elders of the Azshara Tribe. Elder Undine said that it recorded a lot of elven secrets, as well as a lot of secrets related to the history of the Sines." Xu Yi said.
Stiel was disappointed.
She knew that Xu Yi had always been interested in studying history. If he had nothing to do, he would always flip through all kinds of books related to the history of the Sines.
The book in his hand could be said to be first-hand information. It might be very precious to Xu Yi, but to Stiel, it was worthless.
Seeing that Xu Yi was reading with great interest, Stiel shook her head. She picked up an exquisite magic lamp beside the bed and pointed it with her finger. The magic lamp emitted a bright light.
Then she put the magic lamp beside Xu Yi and tidied up the things scattered on the bed. She said to Xu Yi, "Don't read too late. Go to bed early.
We still have to take the children to the beach tomorrow. "
"Okay, you go to bed first."
Stiel kissed Xu Yi's face and fell asleep.
The two of them had been married for almost ten years. They already knew each other's habits like the back of their hands.
Stiel never said much about Xu Yi's little hobby. She was already used to it.
Not long after, Stiel's breathing became stable and she fell into a deep sleep.
Xu Yi turned his head to look at Stiel who was sleeping and smiled. He thought that Stiel must be tired because she was busy shooting the new illusion film.
After pulling the blanket over Stiel and covering her, Xu Yi moved his body. His upper body covered the light of the magic lamp as much as possible, and he looked at the notebook with peace of mind.
The notebook was indeed like what Elder Undine said. It was all scattered records. Some were like diaries, but they were more detailed than diaries. However, there was basically no continuity.
The earliest record could be traced back to more than seven thousand years ago, when the elves still ruled this continent.
The latest record was added by Elder Undine today. It described that she sold some unimportant things in the Azshara tribe to Xu Yi and received eight hundred and fifty thousand gold coins from Xu Yi.
From this point of view, the things recorded in the notebook should have a greater impact on the entire Azshara tribe.
Through these recorded events, Xu Yi could roughly deduce the history of the Azshara tribe for the past thousands of years.
Combined with the history of the Sines that Xu Yi had studied before, the history of the Sines was relatively clear and there were not many messy places.
However, the things recorded in the notebook were from the perspective of the elves. It was slightly different from the records of the Sines that Xu Yi had read before, which were described from the perspective of the humans.
For example, the human's description of the racial war three thousand years ago was that the humans and the other races on this continent were not satisfied with the elves' exploitation of their own race, so they rose up and resisted.
However, the description in the notebook only stated that the other races gradually became stronger, so the elves were replaced. This was a very normal thing, like flowers blooming and withering, and all living things growing and withering.
One of the notes piqued Xu Yi's interest.
It was also a reflection on the racial war. In the previous notes of the elders, it was stated that the elves had declined, and the humans had risen. Therefore, it was natural for the humans to replace the elves as the masters of this continent, and it was not strange at all.
However, this notebook had a deeper reflection on this result.
In this note, the elder of the Azshara Tribe who recorded this said that the reason why the elves declined was entirely due to their nature of not wanting to make progress.
The innate talent of the elves determined that the elves would be stronger than most of the other races on this continent after they were born. Therefore, the elves could naturally rule this continent for thousands of years.
However, the elves did not have any thoughts of improving. Therefore, the overall strength of the elves remained the same during the racial war four thousand years later.
On the other hand, the human race was always looking forward to becoming stronger.
Although the human race was the weakest of all the races on Sines when they were born, they had the idea of becoming stronger. Therefore, the moment the humans appeared on this continent, they had been constantly growing stronger until they finally surpassed the elves, defeated the elves, and ruled this continent.
Xu Yi deeply admired the wisdom of the elder in this notebook. If the elves could recognize this point and change, it would be very difficult for the humans to rule this continent.
However, the part in this notebook that caught Xu Yi's attention the most was a sentence.
This sentence was added when the humans were getting stronger and stronger, and the elves' future was bleak.
"If the elves on Sines never know how to be flexible, then the final outcome would be complete extinction, and I'm afraid that the only thing they could do would be to escape to another continent and accompany the demons on that continent."
Another continent?
Demons?
Xu Yi looked at this sentence and frowned slightly as he carefully pondered.