My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Lin Mo stood beneath the ancient tree of life of the elves, stroking its trunk.

This ancient tree was larger than any creature he had ever seen.

The trunk is so thick that it would take hundreds of people to encircle it, and the bark is covered with the marks of time, each crack as deep as a wound on the earth.

Lin Mo stared at the tree for a while, then suddenly said, "This tree didn't grow naturally."

Yin Xue, who was dozing off on his shoulder, opened his eyes upon hearing this, glanced at the ancient tree, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The passive ability of Thousand Eyes Cage can see through all illusions, including magic arrays."

Lin Mo's gaze swept from the tree roots to the tree crown.

"There is a huge magic array under the roots of this tree. It uses the roots as part of the array base to continuously gather the life laws of the surrounding area into the trunk, which is how it grew into this shape over time."

Yin Xue blinked, re-examining the ancient tree that she had considered the primary threat when she attacked the elves.

At that time, she only thought that the elves were lucky to have occupied a sacred tree as their home.

Now that I hear what Lin Mo said, it does make some sense.

However, some disagreed, such as the dozen or so elven elders who were responsible for accompanying them, but were actually there to monitor them.

They had been standing quietly in the distance, but after hearing Lin Mo's words, several elders immediately frowned.

"The Ancient Tree of Life is clearly a sacred object bestowed upon the Elven race by the Goddess of Nature, yet he claims it is man-made."

"That's incredibly rude. We shouldn't have let this guy in."

"The Ancient Tree of Life has stood here since the birth of the Elven race, protecting our race for thousands of years. How could it be man-made?"

……

The elven elders already disliked Lin Mo, and his words only reinforced their preconceived notions.

Just then, Aize came from a side path.

He changed into a dark green robe, with gold-embroidered leaf patterns that shimmered slightly on the hem.

He held a carved ancient wooden box in his arms. The material of the box was somewhat similar to the bark of the ancient tree of life, and it emitted a faint woody fragrance.

Aize's gaze swept over the elders in the corridor whose faces were not very good, and then looked at Lin Mo, who was sitting calmly under the ancient tree. He guessed what had just happened.

But he didn't ask any more questions, and just walked quickly to Lin Mo.

"Lin Mo, the Codex of Life is inside."

Lin Mo reached out and took the wooden box with a swift and decisive motion, without any pleasantries or ceremonial gestures.

Aize stood aside and said solemnly, "The Codex of Life is not an ordinary book. It is formed from the essence of the leaves of the Ancient Tree of Life. It does not contain words, but the laws of life themselves. Every time you open it, the content on the page will change according to the reader's own understanding of the laws. If you do not have an extremely high level of comprehension of the laws of life, it is difficult to fully comprehend its essence."

He spoke with a hint of elven pride in his voice.

This is a unique code of law of the Elven race. It is a great honor for outsiders to be able to read it, and how much they can comprehend depends entirely on their own destiny.

"It took me a full half day to figure it out. The Law of Life is different from the practice of ordinary magic. It does not actively respond to the spiritual power of the student. Only when your soul fluctuations resonate with the Law itself will it begin to guide your understanding."

"Okay, I understand."

As Lin Mo spoke, he sat cross-legged and placed the wooden box on his lap.

Aize's lips twitched slightly, but he still decided to finish what he was saying: "What I mean is, this skill can't be rushed. You'd better be prepared for a long battle. Don't be impatient if there's no progress."

Lin Mo looked up at him: "Okay, go prepare the three divine artifacts."

Aize's next words were choked back by those words.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something to salvage the reputation of the Elven Codex, but remembering the conflict at the city gate, he decided to keep quiet.

After all, she had already offended Lin Mo, and had lost the initiative, so she could only go along with him for now.

He had only taken a few steps when he heard the sound of a wooden box being opened behind him.

The elven elders around them clenched their fists in unison.

"Before an elf consults the Codex of Life, they must at least burn incense and bathe, and pray to the Goddess of Nature three days in advance. And he just opened it like that?"

"Oh, this is blasphemy."

"I really can't understand why His Majesty would allow a foreigner to peruse the Codex of Life."

……

Hearing these words, Aize sighed helplessly, but this was already the limit of what he could do.

It's worth noting that Lin Mo initially asked to take the Codex of Life directly.

At this moment, Lin Mo had already turned to the first page of the Codex of Life.

Then he froze.

Yin Xue leaned over for a look and saw a page full of densely packed ancient Elven script; the winding strokes gave her a headache.

She curled her lip dismissively: "It's just the fancy script of the elves, what's so interesting about it? Looking at this kind of script too much will only give you a headache."

What she didn't say was that back then, she secretly copied more than a dozen pages, spent three whole hours flipping through them, and still couldn't understand a single word.

However, Lin Mo's next words made her freeze in shock.

"No, the words aren't important; every page in this book contains a magic circle."

When ordinary people open the Codex of Life, they can only see the text recorded by the elves.

Even an Elf King like Aize needed to immerse himself in reading for a long time before he could gradually feel the underlying principles of the laws behind the words.

Words are the medium, but the underlying principles are the hidden river behind them, requiring sufficient insight and patience to access.

But Lin Mo could see the magic array directly.

In his view, the ancient Elven script, with its twists and turns, began to deconstruct itself the moment he saw it.

Each stroke of a character is broken down into smaller lines in the field of vision.

The lines were rearranged and combined to form complete and complex magic array structures.

The passive effect of Thousand Eyes: Cage is to see through all illusions.

All hidden truths are exposed before his mental power.

Words are a false appearance; the magic array is the true substance.

And he happens to possess the sharpest eyes in the entire continent.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly probed the first magic array with his spiritual power.

A barely audible buzzing sound rang out from the depths of his consciousness, and the structure of the first magic array appeared completely in his mind.

The moment his spiritual power touched the core of the magic array, a warm and powerful energy surged out from the magic codex.

That is the law of life.

Without any intermediaries or filters, it was directly imprinted on his soul.

He could clearly feel his understanding of the laws of life growing at a visible rate.

This feeling is different from the power boost when refining the essence before; it is a deeper understanding that touches upon the fundamental laws.

With just a glance, the first magic circle was deconstructed, and the second magic circle lit up immediately.

Lin Mo turned to the second page.

At the same time, Aize, who hadn't gone far along the forest path, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He turned around and looked down at the ancient tree through the layers of branches and leaves.

He saw Lin Mo sitting cross-legged under the ancient tree, with the thick Book of Life spread out on his lap, turning the pages one by one.

It's not about immersing yourself in reading, nor is it about meditating and gaining insights. It's about holding the bottom right corner of the page with one hand, turning it over, pausing for a few seconds, and then turning it over again.

His movements were so casual, it was as if a clerk in a human empire was reviewing a stack of unimportant documents.

However, the fluctuations of law emanating from him are increasing every second.

Aize's eyes widened.

"He... he actually started to comprehend it directly?"

He spoke softly, but all the elders beside the ancient tree heard him.

The Grand Elder turned around, thinking that His Majesty was expressing the elders' shock on their behalf, and continued the conversation.

"It takes me two hours of immersive reading to barely enter a state of comprehension each time I use it, how could he possibly just open it and..."

"Could he really be a genius?"

"But this doesn't make sense. The writing in the Codex of Life is in ancient Elvish, which even the current Elven race can only read at the elder level. It's practically impossible for outsiders to understand it. How could a human like him understand it?"

"And his comprehension speed is so fast... Could he be a member of the elven royal family?"