Chapter 120: Chapter 119: The Astonished Elf Elder Amos

"What’s wrong?"

"Is it possible you Elves have never seen a living Tree-man before?"

Zhang Yi keenly picked up on the hidden meaning in Elf Elder Amos’s words.

From arriving outside this Elf City, to meeting Zhang Yi, and then to entering the city and seeing a living Tree-man—the series of shocks Elf Elder Amos had experienced was simply too much.

Elf Elder Amos could no longer maintain his previous composure.

Instead, a fervent air now surrounded Elf Elder Amos as he spoke:

"Yes!"

"Ever since the great Elf God was gravely injured, our Elf Clan has never witnessed the birth of a new Tree-man!"

"All previous Tree-men were brought to life, awakened by the great Elf God!"

"The Moon Elves’ successful rebellion had to do with the fact that their branch still possessed a Tree-man Corps!"

"They call it a Tree-man Corps, but in reality, it’s only seventy or eighty Tree-men!"

"If you are truly willing to support the great Elf God, to support us, then perhaps we really have a chance to right this wrong and welcome back the original Elf God!"

Elf Elder Amos’s voice trembled as he uttered the last sentence.

The excitement in his words was palpable.

"This is truly incredible!"

"Simply incredible!"

"Could it be that the savior of our Elf Clan is about to appear right here?"

The rest were just Elf Elder Amos’s own mutterings.

Even though Zhang Yi heard them, he paid them no mind.

’The one I want to bring back is certainly not some Elf God,’ he thought.

’Everything I do is to strengthen the great God of Nature!’

However, after hearing the information provided by Elf Elder Amos, Zhang Yi grew increasingly suspicious that there was a major problem behind these Moon Elves.

But his intelligence was still insufficient. For now, he needed to discuss the details of their cooperation.

Under Zhang Yi’s guidance,

the group of Elves from the small Elf Tribe followed their Elf Elder, Amos, to the center of the outer city.

This was the City Lord’s residence, which was also where Zhang Yi normally lived.

The entire residence was built in a style that imitated the Jiangnan gardens of Zhang Yi’s past life, enhanced with the Elves’ own aesthetic sense of Nature.

One could say that every flower and every blade of grass here, viewed from any angle, formed a beautiful, picturesque scene.

It was the first time Elf Elder Amos and the Elves who followed him had ever seen such a style.

They gasped in constant admiration.

Even the Elf Elder, Amos, had to admit that the style of their former Elf Main City was vastly inferior to this city’s.

’If we can take back the Elf Main City, we must have them rebuild it.’

Zhang Yi heard this but thought nothing of it.

After other Elves brought in a sumptuous lunch,

Zhang Yi and Elf Elder Amos began their detailed discussion in earnest.

By this point, Elf Elder Amos had become vigilant.

’The Elf opposite me didn’t kill us, so we must have some value to him,’ he thought.

’And now, the time has come to determine what that value is!’

They talked from lunch until evening.

In between, Elf Elder Amos also inspected the Elf Corps under Zhang Yi’s command.

Finally, after weighing all the factors, the scales of the negotiation tipped in Zhang Yi’s favor.

"Respected Elf High Priest, your wisdom puts me to shame!"

"If your Clan members are all as silver-tongued as you, I’m afraid it wouldn’t be long before you sold us off and we’d still be counting the money for you, none the wiser!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yi simply maintained his smile.

’After all, I really am selling you off and counting the money right now.’

The negotiations concluded, and Elf Elder Amos confirmed the terms Zhang Yi had set for them.

First, Elf Elder Amos agreed to form an Elf Alliance.

Before the coming week, he would personally visit the other small Elf Tribes that, like his own, were unwilling to worship the Moon God, and persuade them to gather in Moon City.

(Moon City was the name of the outer city where Zhang Yi was currently located.)

Second,

led by Elf Elder Amos, the small Elf Tribe would voluntarily join Zhang Yi, obey his commands, and become subordinates of the great "Elf God"!

’First, you pay handsomely for the bones of a swift horse.’

As the first Elf Tribe on this Small Magic Plane to be subjugated by Zhang Yi,

he had to set them up as a model and treat them well.

He would then publicize this information to the other small Elf Tribes.

This would encourage future Elf Tribes to join him with as little resistance as possible.

Subjugating the first small Elf Tribe without bloodshed

not only brought Zhang Yi huge political benefits but also significant economic ones.

As the small Elf Tribe handpicked by Elf Legion Commander Feiyana,

it possessed quite a few good things.

After all, when Zhang Yi had used the Four-star Divine Domain Card, [Fated Encounter],

the amount of Mithril he obtained from subjugating the Fire Elf and Mountain Dwarf clans was only about the same as what this single small Elf Tribe possessed!

That’s right. Besides the Mithril that Elf Elder Amos had proactively brought as compensation,

the tribe still had a large amount of Mithril hidden away.

It was a stash that the Elf Corps had failed to find during their search.

But he couldn’t blame the Elf Scouts or the Elf Corps.

After all, something like Mithril could be hidden very deeply, unlike the scrolls and letters the Elf Scouts had found, which had few hiding places.

And this Mithril was a testament to how wealthy these Elf Tribes were.

If things developed according to plan, this world would be the perfect springboard for Zhang Yi before he entered the University Alliance Training Camp.

Then there were the grape seedlings mentioned earlier—those were a real treasure!

Currently, no grape seedlings had been discovered in Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm.

He only recognized them because he had seen them before.

In Elf Elder Amos’s mind, since Zhang Yi recognized them, the Elves he commanded must have them too.

Therefore, the value of the grapevine seedlings was greatly reduced in his eyes.

But in reality, Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm had no grapes at all.

Grapes could be used for winemaking, and the vines could be woven into furniture...

Previously, Magic Wheat had been discovered in Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm.

After research by the Wood Elf agriculture department, they had successfully cultivated a new generation of Magic Wheat seeds.

With this new generation of seeds, Magic Wheat could be planted on a large scale.

As a result, the cultivation area for the previously widespread Baobab Trees was now being reduced.

Following Zhang Yi’s guidance, the beer brewed from Magic Wheat became a huge hit among the Dwarf Clan.

While the Elf Clan had some interest in beer, it wasn’t much.

However, if he used the grapes to make wine, both the Wood Elves and the Fire Elves would surely be very interested!

Zhang Yi’s Clan would have to stay in this plane for more than four years.

That being the case, economic trade was definitely going to be on the table.

The elite weapons from the Zhang Yi Divine Realm certainly couldn’t be sold.

Otherwise, if they fell into the hands of Elves who resisted him, wouldn’t that be like lifting a rock only to drop it on his own foot?

And something like food was also off the table for selling. For that, the more the better!

So, Zhang Yi wanted to trade with the Elves on this Small Magic Plane to acquire the things he needed,

such as Magic Ore, Magic Materials, and Magic Metals...

but what could he do if he didn’t want to give up too much in return?

It was simple. The history of his previous life had already provided the answer:

sell items with high added value. Trade finished goods for raw materials.

And now, wine had caught Zhang Yi’s eye.