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Only Grand Prelate Ruins, with his silver insignia, pondered with a grave expression for a long while before suddenly showing a look of surprise and doubt. His thin fingers tapped lightly on his knees for a moment, then he regained his composure.

Seeing this, Chen Xuanfeng figured the other must have thought of something, so he proactively asked, "Your Excellency, have you thought of something?"

However, the old man refused to answer directly, only saying, "This matter is very strange, but no matter what, the actions of the undead will never be beneficial to the living beings of the Mainland, so we just need to do our best to stop him."

Chen Xuanfeng, dissatisfied with such an obvious evasion, was naturally not pleased, but the other seemed not to be done yet. Immediately after, Knight Elizabeth spoke again, "The Grand Prelate's words are very reasonable. Since that person's target is this pair of elf twins, we must not let him get them. Mr. Du Xifa, since you already know that person's identity, please hand over these two elves to our Holy Light Temple. Otherwise, you will surely become a target of the undead."

"That's impossible," Chen Xuanfeng shook his head and laughed, saying bluntly, "I spent several times the price to buy them back, naturally for my own purposes. How could I give them up just because of your words?"

"Do you really not value your life?" Knight Elizabeth frowned and asked.

"What am I afraid of? 'Dark Eagle' is not a Saint-level expert, I'm not afraid of him in a direct confrontation. As for mobilizing a large force to deal with me, at least they need sufficient intelligence and power. If it were a human country, that would be one thing, but the undead's reach is not yet capable of extending freely across the Mainland."

Chen Xuanfeng's words were not without reason. Griffith's fearsome reputation mainly came from his massacre records when leading the undead army. Although he himself was extremely formidable, he was still not as rampant as a Sword Saint level (the issue of how Griffith dealt with Sword Saints and forbidden spell casters in the undead war will be explained later). The millions of undead troops under his command only posed a threat to national-level forces. Wanting to use them to snipe a particularly powerful target? Please conquer the entire Mainland first, otherwise, there is absolutely no possibility of mobilizing large-scale undead troops.

Naturally, Grand Prelate Ruins understood this reasoning, but what he had thought of in that instant was extremely important, so he was eager to keep the two elves to verify his speculation. However, the young black knight before him was frighteningly strong, capable of facing off against a peerless genius like Griffith, and Xi Luo had proven that he possessed Sword Emperor-level combat aura cultivation, along with two super magical beasts for protection. Not to mention the Holy Light Temple's current weakened state, even if the team were intact, they could not afford to turn against him and could only try to persuade him.

So he spoke, "I wonder what Mr. Du Xifa's purpose is. If it's money, our temple can compensate you double for your loss. If you intend to give them as a gift, our temple's influence would surely be more effective than a pair of elf slaves."

Ruins did not know Chen Xuanfeng's identity, so naturally, he had no grasp of the "purpose" Chen Xuanfeng spoke of, guessing wildly in the wrong direction.

Chen Xuanfeng naturally sneered at such a mismatched persuasion, and the matter reached a stalemate. Chen Xuanfeng only wanted to know about Griffith's information, while the Holy Light Temple side absolutely refused to mention it, only insisting that he hand over the two elves. As for Morova's group, they clearly took no sides and were just watching the show, leaving only Xi Luo in a dilemma. Such communication naturally yielded no results, and in the end, they parted unhappily, with no gains for anyone.

"It seems I had too high an opinion of the Holy Light Temple's moral standards," Chen Xuanfeng said with a slight self-mockery after leaving the church and getting into the carriage. "I thought that after I explained the situation, they would at least provide some useful information. I didn't expect them to not consider each other as equals at all. Griffith's strength, experience, the method by which the Holy Light Temple discovered his whereabouts—they said nothing, and even put on a savior's act... Hmph, just wait until we trample over Saint Spirit Mountain; then we'll see how arrogant you are."

Jin Luosha, however, was concerned about other matters. As soon as they left the Holy Light Temple's people, she quickly clung to Chen Xuanfeng's arm and asked, "Brother, what exactly do you plan to do with those two elves?"

"Well, this is just my idea," Chen Xuanfeng replied thoughtfully. "Do you remember what treasures we obtained in the 'Red Glory Royal City'?"

"Of course, the 'Holy Spear Quinilon' with the Holy Light Sigil, the 'Staff of Solitude' that can lock time and space, the 'Golden Tree Fruit' that can enhance any type of power, and one of the three treasures representing the Elf King, the 'Dream Star Crown'." (This passage is actually from the author, to remind readers who might have forgotten the previous context.)

"Exactly. Originally, our plan was to use the 'Dream Star Crown' as a gift to establish a relationship with the high elves. However, for those stubborn long-lived races, the chance of success with such a gift offensive would not exceed thirty percent. It just feels like too much of a loss. Later, Li Jia suggested that to deal with stubborn and rigid people, we should use their own doctrines to strike at their habits. This was a good idea, but for a while, there was no concrete method. Until today, when I saw this pair of elf sisters, I thought of an idea—my plan is to try to find an elf under my control to inherit the 'Dream Star Crown' belonging to the Elf King."

"Ah—that's impossible," Jin Luosha, being a professional mage, had some understanding of this and immediately said, "Only the successive Elf Kings have the right to wear the 'Dream Star Crown'. Without royal blood and the approval of the fifteen elf elders, no one can wear it. Moreover, with her status, even if she successfully wore the 'Dream Star Crown', those high elves would not recognize her as the Elf King."

"Haha, my goal isn't to make her the Elf King, just to have her wear the crown. In fact, I had already consulted Li Jia about the 'Dream Star Crown' and the Elf King's related information, and I discovered something. The successive Elf Kings were all first selected by the Elf Elder Council before wearing the three Elf King ornaments. From the recorded history of the elves, there has never been an exception. Moreover, I have examined the 'Dream Star Crown' and can confirm that it is an epic-level magical artifact, but definitely not something with autonomous consciousness. In other words, the so-called 'Dream Star Crown' can only be worn by the Elf King, which should be a rule of the elves, not the ability of this treasure."