readease #216 - Chapter 216: Elf Spring
#216 - Chapter 216: Elf Spring
“I’m sorry.”
The Elf Chieftain shook his head. “Although you saved Mia, and we are grateful, the Elven territory never accepts other races.”
“Can’t you make an exception?”
Jiang Han frowned. He had a strong premonition that the Saint's Judgment item was likely somewhere in this world, and that the previous intruder might have been from another sequence.
However, according to the Elves' description, he probably didn't succeed.
“Unless, you are a person of utmost goodness and purity. Are you such a person?” the Elf Chieftain asked.
Jiang Han’s brow furrowed slightly.
Speaking of which, he didn’t really think of himself as such a person.
Of course, he could shamelessly admit it, but the Chieftain definitely wasn’t so easily fooled, and it would only lower his favorability.
“It seems you are not.”
The Elf waved his hand. “Go back. Or, you obtain the recognition of such a person. Otherwise, we will not befriend you.”
“The recognition of such a person?”
Jiang Han’s eyes flickered, his mind quickly searching whether he had come into contact with such a person.
The answer was…
It seemed he really had!
“Then, if I obtain the recognition of such a person, how can I prove it?”
Jiang Han asked, “Do I have to bring them here as well?”
“No need.”
The Elf Chieftain shook his head. “You just need to bring something related to that person. This item can be a tool, equipment, or even a strand of hair.”
“We naturally have ways to identify it.”
“I understand.”
Jiang Han nodded, and after a moment of thought, he took out an unremarkable item from his inventory.
It was a clear glass ball.
Other than being a little pretty, it had nothing special about it. It didn’t add any attributes, nor did it come with any skills. It was just a child’s toy.
[Aisha's Glass Ball]
Jiang Han hadn't paid much attention to this item, and had never really cared about it, letting it lie in his inventory.
But today, it seemed to be able to serve an unexpected purpose.
“Can this prove it?”
Jiang Han handed over the glass ball.
“Hmm?”
The moment they saw the glass ball, not only the Elf Chieftain, but even the other Elves let out surprised exclamations.
Because even they could recognize that the owner of this glass ball was a person with a pure soul.
“Where did you get this glass ball?”
The Elf Chieftain took the glass ball and examined it carefully.
“A little girl named Aisha gave it to me. I once saved her father and dispelled the gray fog from a city.”
Jiang Han understood that now was not the time to be humble.
Facing the Elves, the best way was to talk about the good deeds he had done, to prove that he had no ulterior motives.
In a word, this pretense, he had to put it on!
“Gray fog?”
To his surprise, after hearing the words 'gray fog,' the pupils of all the Elves shrank, as if they had heard an unbelievable myth.
“You mean, you can solve the gray fog?” the Elf Chieftain said in a deep voice.
“I have indeed done it,” Jiang Han nodded.
“Impossible… This is impossible!”
The Elf Chieftain murmured, “Even with our Elven Holy Spring, we can’t completely dispel the gray fog. How could a human do such a thing?”
After a while, he looked at Jiang Han and asked seriously, “Then let me ask you, how exactly did you dispel the gray fog? What is the source of this gray fog related to?”
Jiang Han said calmly, “It’s very simple, I shattered the Evil God statue, and the gray fog naturally dissipated.”
“Evil God statue…”
Hearing this, the Elf Chieftain was shocked. The fact that the source of the gray fog was the Evil God statue was a secret that the Elves had spent hundreds of years to figure out, but this human in front of him actually said it so lightly.
Did that mean that what he said was true?
“Oh, right.”
Jiang Han pointed to the glass ball in the Elf Chieftain’s hand and continued, “The owner of this glass ball also avoided the erosion of the strange because she picked up a purple crystal bottle.”
“No, it’s not because of the purple crystal bottle.”
The Elf Chieftain shook his head. “The essence of the gray fog is actually the soul power that erodes living beings, but the erosion is not too deep. Because of this, various methods can offset the damage of the gray fog.”
“But if the soul is pure, the gray fog cannot erode it. That purple crystal bottle is not special.”
“It’s just that, at the moment when the gray fog spread, it caused the soul to establish a barrier, which happened to pour into the purple crystal bottle, so it seemed special.”
“There’s such a saying?” Jiang Han was a little surprised. Until now, he hadn’t figured out the origin of the purple crystal bottle. He thought it might be made of some rare material.
He didn’t expect to get the answer from the Elves.
It was still so unexpected.
“Our Elves have been fighting the gray fog for thousands of years, and we have done a lot of research on it.”
The Elf Chieftain returned the glass ball to Jiang Han and sighed, “Please come in, honored guest. Now I can confirm that you really have no malicious intent.”
“If I’m not mistaken, you came following the guidance of the Holy Spirit, right?”
Jiang Han shook his head. “I did receive guidance, but not from any Holy Spirit.”
“Not the Holy Spirit?” The Elf Chieftain was stunned. “Then what is it?”
“The Divine Tree,” Jiang Han said.
“I see.”
The Elf Chieftain pondered for a while, thoughtfully, “However, none of this is important anymore. What’s important is that the item you are looking for may be more troublesome than you think.”
“As long as there’s a clue, that’s fine,” Jiang Han laughed.
After all, it concerned the Saint's Judgment item, and he had prepared himself mentally before coming.
“May I ask, what should I call you?” the Elf Chieftain asked.
“Ye Han.”
“A good name. I am the current Chieftain of the Elves, Alessia.”
“Please, Your Excellency Ye Han.”
After introducing himself, the Elf Chieftain made a gesture of invitation, turned around and walked towards the village, and the other Elves stepped aside.
Jiang Han followed behind him.
“Ah? Chieftain Grandpa, are you really going to let him into the village to eat me!”
Cyrus was unwilling, with a mournful face, “I don’t want to.”
“Don’t worry, Cyrus, His Excellency Ye Han is not a bad person. He’s just joking with you,” Alessia said lightly.
“That’s good, that’s good.” Cyrus was relieved.
“This spring is…?”
Entering the village, Jiang Han saw the building he had been concerned about before and asked.
“This is the Elven Spring.”
Alessia said, “It is unique to our Elves and can remove all negative statuses.”