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"Ah..." Xi Luo's eyes lit up upon hearing this. He took a deep breath, grabbed Elena's hands, and smiled, "That's great! I never expected something like this. Thank you, Elena, really, thank you!"

After days of constant exploration, he naturally knew how difficult it was to achieve the qualifications for a challenge beyond one's level in terms of skill. If he could obtain the secrets of the "Stellar Chess Sword," whether for reference or practice, his progress would be a hundred times faster than now. This news naturally filled him with joy.

Elena suddenly blushed as Xi Luo grabbed her hands, but then she gave a bitter smile. Although they hadn't known each other for long, she found herself inexplicably fond of this determined young man, which was why she had told him a secret known only to the royal family. But... this secret was precisely the one she least wanted to reveal, because the first "Celestial Moon Maiden" of the Moonlight Tower was the wife of the Ancestor of Sword Saints. Although later "Celestial Moon Maidens" and "Tempering Sword Elders" rarely actually married, due to their shared cultivation, it was extremely common for them to maintain a deep romantic relationship. In other words, by guiding Xi Luo to seek the "Stellar Chess Sword," she was essentially setting herself up against a formidable rival. Yet, she had no choice but to do this, and the feeling was indescribable.

Just as Xi Luo finally found his direction, Chen Xuanfeng, thousands of miles away, also finally embarked on his journey as he wished.

The goblin battleship "Ancient God" sailed forward.

Destination—Elven Kingdom.

Volume 39 of the Heroic Werewolf Chronicles: The Sealed Sea and the Solitary Elven Isle.

Elves, the dreamy, elegant, and perfect race, once ruled the continent for a hundred thousand years, longer than the previous goblin civilization. They had created countless glorious dynasties and cultures, whose influence persists to this day. However, because their history is so extensive, even if one spent a lifetime reading the voluminous elven annals, it would be impossible to read even a tenth of them, let alone fully understand elven culture and essence. Therefore, although elves undeniably exist, people still refer to them as the "fantasy race," alongside dragons, beings shrouded in mystery.

Along with mystery, human misunderstandings about elves often persist for a long time.

For example, because elven monarchs throughout history have been female, and due to the exquisite beauty of the elven race, most humans believe that elves are a matriarchal society, with female elves in leadership roles and male elves in subordinate positions. However, in reality, apart from the dark elves who worship the "Weaver Queen" Lolth and are indeed matriarchal, all other elven races have no clear gender distinction in their political systems. The establishment of the Elven Queen is entirely to adhere to the tradition of the Nature Goddess' faith. In reality, the queen's spiritual significance far surpasses her political role. The true power of the elven race lies with the Elven Council, composed of a dozen grand elders and hundreds of elders who jointly govern. Among them, the proportion of males is slightly higher than that of females.

Another famous misconception is that many believe the high elves' hostility towards dark elves stems from their hatred of dark forces. This leads them to think that high elves despise all forces humans consider evil, including dark mages, black knights, undead, and liches. However, the reality is entirely different. The high elves' animosity towards dark elves, apart from issues of faith, is primarily due to the latter's betrayal and subversion of ancient elven traditions. While such reasons may be difficult for humans or orcs to understand, for elves, it is a more serious crime than slaughtering their own kind. Therefore, high elves do not hate other beings associated with dark or death forces. Even among high elves, there are grand mages proficient in dark magic, whose status is no less than that of other mages.

As for the undead, although the elven race, due to their constitution, cannot practice necromancy, they have never been harmed by necromantic magic. Elves might dislike ugly zombies or stitched-up abominations due to their aestheticism, but they do not hate them. When encountering liches, elven mages even show respect based on the lich's knowledge and abilities.

Moreover, it is well known that although elves, favored by the Nature Goddess, do not enter the underworld after death but go directly to the elemental plane, thus cannot be resurrected as undead, there is one exception. Elven maidens who commit suicide with extreme emotions have a chance to absorb the power of the underworld and become "spectral entity" vengeful spirits, second only to liches in power. Although suicide contradicts the Nature Goddess's teachings, for elves who naturally revere love and beauty, such a death is profoundly romantic and beautiful. Therefore, in many elven love stories, the heroine often ends up committing suicide to become a "spectral entity," demonstrating her unwavering loyalty to love.

Over time, the elven race's hostility towards the undead has naturally diminished, and the undead have no reason to antagonize such a powerful race. Unlike humans who grow stronger through war, if the undead were to fight the elves, they would face the elves' superior magical power and the inability to replenish their forces, leading to certain defeat.

Thus, in a manner almost imperceptible to humans, the Elven Kingdom and the Isle of the Undead have long established connections.

To cater to the elven aesthetic, the one suitable to serve as the undead's ambassador is naturally the commander of the Death Knights, known for his beauty surpassing even that of elves—Griffith, the "Shadow Hawk."

Therefore, once Chen Xuanfeng and Griffith reached a consensus, the previous difficulties were immediately resolved. Even within the territory of the Commercial Alliance, Chen Xuanfeng had already made contact with the high elves' covert operatives, who quickly used magical communication to reach out to the higher-ups on the Elven Isle. Given the importance of the matter, the elves naturally agreed to Chen Xuanfeng's request to visit the Elven Kingdom. As for the biggest obstacle—the human naval blockade—it was rendered virtually useless by the "Ancient God" goblin battleship's submersible capability.