Throne of Vientiane Civilization

At the end of last year, the wood elf mages headed by John, including Locke, who was now a royal mage, had withdrawn from the front line.

After all, their current identity is still members of Zhou Xu's personal regiment. After the war is completely over, there is no reason to stay on the front line for a long time.

John and the others went directly back to the palace in Black Moon City and did not go to the New South District...

After a night's rest, Locke took the initiative to find Zhou Xu.

"Subordinate Locke, please see your Majesty."

It's been a while since he officially joined Da Zhou, and Locke is undoubtedly already familiar with this set of procedures.

After a simple salute, Locke directly stated his purpose.

"Your Majesty, it has been a while since your subordinates came out this time. I don't know what the situation is in the village now. I hope that your Majesty will approve my subordinates' return to the village."

Unlike John and the others, Locke has another identity, that of the leader of the wood elves.

Under this premise, it was naturally impossible for Locke to leave their village alone and stay at the palace.

On the way back, he was worried a lot. Now, he wished he could just put on his wings and fly back.

"Of course there's no problem."

Looking at Locke who was eager to return home, Zhou Xu agreed directly without even thinking about it.

"As for the Guards Corps, you can just put your name on it. If you want to stay in the village, it doesn't matter. After the waterway is opened, you can basically go directly to your village by boat from the port of Black Moon City. The transportation is very convenient. If you need anything later, just leave."

He is so tolerant to Locke not only because Locke is one of the three extraordinary mages in their great Zhou Dynasty, but also because after understanding him, Zhou Xu no longer has high expectations for Locke's future.

To be honest, Locke has already entered the old age. In a few years, he may have symptoms similar to Alzheimer's like the elder of the prairie elves.

Based on this premise, Zhou Xu and the others had already had some internal discussions. At this age, it is difficult for Locke to improve his strength.

Let alone entering the Saint Realm, according to Locke's current situation, it is no longer realistic to cultivate to the peak of the Transcendent Realm. Locke himself knows this very well.

It is the same for any living creature. As he continues to approach the end of his life, his energy will continue to decline with his remaining lifespan. Even the mage is no exception to this.

Locke has not reached that point yet, but it is unlikely that he will improve again. Even as the years go by, his strength will decline in the future. All this is inevitable.

After Zhou Xu readily agreed, Locke, who was eager to return home, immediately wanted to resign.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhou Xu's voice sounded again.

"Oh, by the way, there is a lake island on Qingshui Lake deep in the mountain forest. We found a large number of life spirit trees..."

"The Spirit Tree of Life? You said you discovered the Spirit Tree of Life?!!"

At that moment, with completely uncontrollable excitement, Locke's voice suddenly rose several decibels, and his entire face turned red at this moment.

Because he was so excited, he even forgot about etiquette, but Zhou Xu was not surprised by this and just smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I have ordered people to surround the mountain, and now it has been directly converted into a breeding ground for the Spirit of Life Tree. Next, I plan to collect a certain amount of materials to make staffs for the mages in my army. …”

“Please leave this matter to me!!”

If Locke was only thinking about returning to the village a moment ago, now, all the things in his mind have turned into the Spirit Tree of Life.

Compared with the Life Spirit Tree, returning to the village suddenly became less important.

In response, Zhou Xu smiled slightly.

"sure."

The method of making the Life Staff is also recorded in the back of the ancient scroll that originally recorded the cultivation methods of wood elf mages.

However, during the production process, a special mantra method of the wood elves needs to be used. This mantra method is contained in the blood of the wood elves.

In other words, other races really cannot make this life staff.

This is also the biggest reason why Zhou Xu raised this matter at this point in time.

"I'll send an elf knight to take you there."

Although the Staff of Life was important, the matter itself did not require Zhou Xu to make the trip himself. He could just send an elf knight who knew the route to lead the way.

The group of people moved quickly, took a boat at the Black Moon City port, and headed straight for Qingshui Mountain.

This journey has undoubtedly been easy, but for Locke, his nightmare has just begun.

There were no conditions for a hot air balloon to land in the complex and forested mountains, so they could only climb up with their legs.

Not to mention that he has entered old age, even in his prime, as a wood elf mage, Locke did not have a strong body.

Less than ten minutes into this climb, Locke was already breathing heavily.

The accompanying elf knight saw this and couldn't help but put forward his own suggestions again.

"Chief Locke, I think you should give up. This mountain road becomes more and more difficult as you go further back. We will send people to collect the materials for the Life Spirit Tree later. There is no need for you to go into this deep mountain forest."

Obviously, this is not the first time he has said this.

The Elf Knight originally thought that after experiencing the beating on this mountain road, Chief Locke should be able to realize his mistakes and turn back.

But the result was not as he expected. The character of this old wood elf chief was even more stubborn than he expected.

"No! I must see the life tree with my own eyes!!"

Locke was excited when he said this, and at the same time, he was very persistent.

Before setting off, Zhou Xu had told him that it was very difficult to transplant the life tree because of the special environment of the mountain forest.

At the same time, even if it could be transplanted, it was not certain whether the change of environment would affect the growth of the life tree, so these life trees were basically determined to be kept in the deep mountains and not transplanted.

In other words, if he did not go into the mountains, he would never be able to see the life tree in his life.

Before they did not have the life tree, he naturally had no idea.

Now that there is one, you ask him not to see it?

Then he would not be able to close his eyes in peace!

With this in mind, Locke had already made up his mind. Even if he died climbing the mountain, he would definitely see the tree of life that he had been thinking about day and night before he died! Even if he died, he would die under the tree of life!