Chapter 131: Chapter 130: Two Years in a Flash, the True and False Elf God

Zhang Yi didn’t know that Hong Tianyi, a classmate of his, had been performing very well in the early stages of this final exam, even temporarily claiming the number one spot on the Points leaderboard!

All Zhang Yi knew was that his own plan was proceeding smoothly.

After a false alarm, everything was back on track!

After Zhang Yi sent the first letter and the Moon Goddess on the other side replied, their correspondence gradually became more familiar.

Zhang Yi learned that the Dark Elves and Night Elves on the other side were Lin Aoxue’s Clan.

In turn, Lin Aoxue learned that Zhang Yi had a large territory of his own in the Moonlight Forest and was preparing to launch a counterattack on the Moon Elves’ Main City!

After the two of them sounded each other out,

and confirmed that their proposed goals did not conflict, they suggested a partnership. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Of course, during this process, both of them surely concealed some key details.

But on the surface, at least, their interests did not clash, and they could form an alliance!

In Zhang Yi’s mind, assimilating the other Elves and increasing his Elven population was the most important thing!

It was his highest priority.

Even things like defeating the Moon Elves and obtaining the Elf Divine Position could be put on the back burner.

What Zhang Yi wanted was not the Elf Main City.

The Main City and the Moon Elves within it were assets that could be carved out and given to Lin Aoxue in their deal.

The Moon Elves were a greater temptation for Lin Aoxue!

This was because Moon Elves were a type of Upper Class Elf that Dark Elves could potentially become after a Bloodline Awakening.

Dark Elves were a Middle Clan, and Night Elves were an Upper Class Clan.

However, Night Elves were a relatively weaker Upper Class Elf bloodline that resulted from the Dark Elves’ Bloodline Awakening.

The difference between them was like the Fire Elves Zhang Yi had subdued on the floating continent he encountered in the Subspace.

After their Bloodline Evolution, that group of Fire Elves could only evolve into Flame Elves.

But under the protection of the great God of Nature,

now, after their Bloodline Awakening, these Fire Elves had a new option upon becoming an Upper Class Clan.

They could absorb the Life Essence condensed by the Sun Ancient Tree,

evolving from Middle Class Fire Elves into Upper Class Sun Elves!

The Sun Elf bloodline was a top-tier Elven bloodline!

The only other bloodlines on par with the Sun Elves were the Moon Elves and the Natural Elves!

It was just like the Second and Third Generation Dragon God bloodlines within the Dragon Clan!

The Sun Elf bloodline was equivalent to the bloodline of an Ancient Metal Dragon,

while the Night Elf bloodline was akin to that of the White Dragons—the shame of the Dragon Clan!

Lin Aoxue wanted these Moon Elves.

Therefore, as long as Zhang Yi’s demands weren’t excessive, Lin Aoxue would agree to them!

Zhang Yi, on the other hand, had a greater need for the banner of a just cause!

Once Zhang Yi was fighting under this banner,

he could unite the other Elves, form an Elf Alliance, and justifiably make attacking the Moon Elves and killing the Moon God their primary objective!

And in the process of defeating the Moon Elves, retaking the Elf Main City, killing the Moon God, and welcoming back the great Elf God,

Zhang Yi could, under the cover of this just cause, use subtle means like economic, military, and ideological assimilation to gradually bring the other Elf Tribes under his control.

Moreover, during this process, even the Dark Elves and Moon Elves were within the scope of his potential conquest!

Zhang Yi only needed to accomplish one difficult task.

After counterattacking the Moon Elves, retaking the Elf Main City, and killing the Moon God,

he had to make the other Elves discover a certain truth: that the Elf God they had always believed in had already died from his grievous injuries, a result of having too little faith directed to him!

When they tried to welcome back the Elf God,

only to discover the truth of his death long ago,

Zhang Yi’s prior arrangements could finally come to fruition!

He could then justifiably subjugate all the remaining Elves!

The number of Elves who had currently joined the Elf Alliance didn’t even amount to one-sixth of the total Elven population in the Moonlight Forest.

Zhang Yi’s Elf Alliance

still had significant room to grow in terms of numbers!

So, no matter how one looked at it, all the remaining Elves had to become his. That was Zhang Yi’s ultimate goal!

However, Zhang Yi wouldn’t overlook another hidden issue.

Namely, why in this Small Magic Plane, in the Moonlight Forest,

had this group of Elves, originally Dark Elves, suddenly risen to power, undergone Bloodline Evolution to become Moon Elves, seized the Elf Main City in one fell swoop, and gained control of a Tree-man Corps?

Furthermore, how were they so certain they could create a new god—the Moon God?

And that this Moon God would be powerful enough to contend with established Divine Beings like the Beast God and the God of the Sea?

How could they also produce a Divine Artifact like the Elf Holy Grail, which could materialize faith and sever negative beliefs?

All these questionable points indicated one thing: this group of Moon Elves must have had a massive stroke of fortune!

In his talks with Lin Aoxue, she had agreed to let Zhang Yi have the rest of the Elves,

asking only for the Dark Elves and Moon Elves for herself.

But in Zhang Yi’s eyes, Lin Aoxue’s actions were undoubtedly a cover for her true objective: to explore the great opportunity hidden behind the Moon Elves!

Compared to the Wood Elves and Fire Elves under Zhang Yi’s command,

the Night Elves, who were undoubtedly closer in bloodline to the Moon Elves, would have an easier time winning their trust.

This didn’t mean, however, that Zhang Yi wasn’t planning to get his hands on this great opportunity hidden behind the Moon Elves.

It was just that the time was not yet ripe.

It was too early to talk about it.

Therefore, both sides had a tacit understanding not to bring it up,

as if neither of them was curious about the truth behind the Moon Elves’ sudden rise to power!

「In the blink of an eye, two years passed.」

Zhang Yi had accumulated more and more Faith Value.

Not only had the faith of the Clans in his Divine Realm grown increasingly devout,

but outside the Divine Realm,

on this Small Magic Plane,

Zhang Yi had established focal points for worship within the Elf Alliance.

A massive statue bearing Zhang Yi’s face was erected in the plaza of Moon City.

Whenever the Elves of the Elf Alliance prayed to this statue,

most of their faith would be diverted to Zhang Yi, with only a small portion flowing to the original Elf God.

This move by Zhang Yi further diminished the faith directed to the Elf God.

Zhang Yi was also very cautious.

The statue of the Elf God that had been erected previously had no carved face.

Although most of the Elves in the Elf Alliance had never seen the Elf God’s true face,

there were still a few Elf Elders, like Falco, who had once served the Elf God and seen his face.

Zhang Yi had once sent an Elf to ask him about the Elf God’s appearance.

Afterward,

the face of the Elf God statue standing in the center of Moon City was finally carved.

This statue of the Elf God bore a thirty-percent resemblance to the one Falco had described.

However, the statue also bore a striking similarity to one these Elves had never seen before—

another Elf God.

It was seventy-percent similar to the face of the great God of Nature!