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

Lin Mo was still turning the pages of the Codex of Life.

His movements had developed a fixed rhythm—flip it open, pause for a few seconds, then flip it open again.

The magic arrays on each page deconstructed on their own within his thousand-eye vision, and the laws and patterns spread out in his sea of ​​consciousness like disassembled intricate gears, then were imprinted layer by layer by his spiritual power.

The understanding of the laws of life ascends at a visible speed during this process.

His divine awareness had begun to resonate with this newly surging power of law.

He was completely absorbed in the moment and didn't even notice that the elven elders around him were talking louder and louder.

"I remember the Elf King once said that whoever could fully comprehend the Codex of Life would gain the allegiance of the entire Elf race."

These words immediately caused an uproar among the elders.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Even if someone could actually do it, how could we elves possibly pledge allegiance to a human emperor!"

"We can't say for sure. What if he really does have elven royal blood?"

"You mean His Majesty...?"

"Are you stupid? Have you forgotten the extinct Moon Elves and the missing Star Elves? I mean, what if this Lin Mo has the blood of those two royal families..."

This guess made everyone realize the truth.

The Elven race had always been suppressed by the two major human empires, mainly because the Elven race now consisted of only the Sun Elves.

If two other bloodlines could be found, the strength of the Elven race would increase significantly, perhaps even surpassing that of humans.

Upon considering this possibility, the elders became noisy again.

"Quiet down."

The elder, who had been silent until now, finally spoke. His aged voice was not loud, but it silenced all the arguments.

"His Majesty is not far away. What kind of behavior is this, arguing like this?"

After he finished speaking, he remained silent for several seconds. His cloudy old eyes stared at Lin Mo, who was flipping through a book under the ancient tree, for a long time. Suddenly, he lowered his voice and added a sentence that stunned everyone.

"If he really is from one of the other two elven royal families... that wouldn't be a bad thing."

The elders looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, the Grand Elder had already walked quickly to Aize.

"Your Majesty, Lin Mo's speed in perusing the Codex of Life is far too abnormal; this is something no ordinary human could do. Why not let him try it with a divine artifact? If he truly possesses the bloodline of the elven royal family, he will surely be able to sense the artifact."

Aize paused upon hearing this.

He never expected things to turn out this way.

He originally thought that Lin Mo had only come to the Elf Clan to comprehend the laws of the Three Divine Artifacts, and would leave after he finished. He, as the Elf King, only needed to do his duty as the host.

But now, the otherworldly hero under his knees is comprehending the Codex of Life at a speed that even the most powerful Elf Kings of all time could not have dreamed of.

The elders began to debate whether the elves should pledge allegiance to a human.

He dared not hesitate any longer.

"...I'll go get the artifact right away."

He quickened his pace and walked towards the Hall of Divine Artifacts, his silhouette carrying a more complex and inexplicable air than when he arrived.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Mo felt a slight soreness in his eyes.

He rubbed his eyes, pulling himself out of that highly concentrated state of contemplation, and then paused slightly in surprise.

The elven elders who had been watching him from a distance had all gathered around him at some point.

They didn't just stand at a distance; they came right up to him.

The elder stood three steps to his left, his previously wary old face now adorned with a benevolent smile.

Mianmian was happily munching on a fruit from the Tree of Life that was bigger than her body.

Yin Xue leaned against the tree trunk, holding a drink in his hand, and took a big sip through the straw.

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping over the group of elders whose expressions changed faster than flipping through a book: "This is...?"

The elder quickly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Are you tired of reading? Take a good rest before continuing. Comprehending the Codex of Life is extremely mentally taxing. Back in my day, I had to rest for half a day after turning just three pages. You've turned more than half of it in one go. Your mental strength probably puts me, who has cultivated for hundreds of years, to shame."

As he spoke, he took out a bright green fruit from his sleeve and handed it over. The fruit's skin shimmered with a faint glow, clearly indicating that it was no ordinary fruit.

Lin Mo took the fruit, but didn't eat it. He just held it in his hand, turned it over, and looked at it.

He glanced at the faces of the elders around him, and became even more confused.

Just a few hours ago, this group of people were saying he was desecrating the ancient tree of life, but now they're all laughing like it's New Year's.

Just then, Aize walked quickly back along the forest path.

He walked to the foot of the ancient tree, his gaze sweeping over the elders who were serving Lin Mo attentively, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

In the short time he was away, the elders had already upgraded the Elven way of hospitality from "surveillance" to "serving".

"You really surprised me."

Aize stood in front of Lin Mo, a wry smile playing on his lips.

He paused, then took out the three spatial rings from his pocket and placed them one by one in his palm.

The rings are made of different materials.

One was woven from some kind of pale gold wood fiber, another was wrapped in silver vines, and the last was completely black, like a solidified entity formed by the night.

"We didn't originally intend for you to see the three divine artifacts."

"Aize said, his tone candid."

"Letting you peruse the Codex of Life is already a reward for exposing the Church's crimes. As for the three divine artifacts, they are the clan's treasures left behind by Master Iron Crack. In principle, they shouldn't be allowed to come into contact with outsiders, but now it seems we have no choice but to do so..."

He glanced at the closed Book of Life under the ancient tree, then at the elders who were serving Lin Mo with great enthusiasm, took a deep breath, and handed over the three rings.

"These are three divine artifacts of the Elven race: the Sun Bow, the Moon Wheel, and the Star Stone. Lin Mo, take them out one by one and see if any of them react to you."

Lin Mo turned to look at the bloodstains on his shoulder.

Yin Xue then spat out the straw from his mouth and used his extremely weak blood energy to condense a thin thread, sending the sound directly into Lin Mo's ears.

"Find the right opportunity to destroy it directly, absorb the power of the laws inside, and then run away."

Lin Mo nodded slightly.

That was his original plan.

Coming to the Elven race to comprehend the divine artifact was a pretense; the real purpose was to shatter the artifact and directly absorb the power of the laws with the black sword.

To comprehend?

That was Zhou Yue's suggestion.

Lin Mo never tries to comprehend anything; he either refines it directly or shatters it.

Thinking this, he reached out and took the three rings.

All the elven elders around fell silent.

The elder's hand holding the staff trembled slightly as he held his breath.

Aize stood three steps in front of Lin Mo, a rare hint of nervousness showing in his emerald eyes.