Chapter 342 - 279: Village Defensive Battle (15)
"You! Fine..."
Shirel relented.
With a sullen face, she said, "Can you untie me first, then let me take a hot bath and change my clothes?"
Zhao Chi shook his head. "No. Give me something valuable, and I’ll release you. If you have nothing, then I’ll make sure that 2-point Obedience Level of yours gets a nice boost to 5 points."
Gu Qing, clutching a needle, smiled at Shirel.
Shirel finally softened her tone. "I’m filthy. Bathing will also help me coalesce the Racial Bloodline more smoothly."
"Racial Bloodline?"
The term immediately caught Zhao Chi’s attention.
"Yes, the Racial Bloodline of a Primordial Elf. That should be worth far more than 500 Gold Coins, right?"
"Primordial Bloodline? That’s right! It’s worth far more than 500 Gold Coins! So you had something like this all along? Why didn’t you say so earlier? It seems you do have some good stuff hidden in your System Space after all."
Shirel shook her head. "Didn’t you hear me? I said I need to *coalesce* the Racial Bloodline, not that I have it in my System Space right now."
Gu Qing threatened, "Watch your attitude, Little Elf."
"Hmph..." Shirel didn’t dare say anything more.
Zhao Chi asked doubtfully, "Coalesce a Racial Bloodline? Impossible. Only a Bloodline Master can do that. You can’t possibly be the Bloodline Master of the High Elves, can you?"
"Hmph, such an ignorant commoner..."
Shirel stopped mid-sentence when she saw the look in Gu Qing’s eyes.
She quickly shut her mouth and patiently explained, "Besides a Bloodline Master, a Bloodline Inheritor can do it too."
Zhao Chi was completely baffled.
He said in disbelief, "Impossible. You’re the Saintess of the High Elves? You?"
Shirel said angrily, "What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I be? You... Hmph!"
It was obvious she had been about to say something offensive again.
But at the sight of Gu Qing’s needle, she shut her mouth once more.
The organizational structure of the Elves was different from that of Humans.
Among the Elven tribes, the one with the most power was the Grand Elder.
The Grand Elder wasn’t necessarily the strongest, but they definitely held the highest prestige.
After all, the Grand Elder’s duty was to lead the entire tribe’s development and unite its people, not to fight.
The Grand Elder’s Inheritor, the tribe’s Saint Son or Saintess, also needed to possess these characteristics.
But this Shirel...
She was clearly sharp-tongued, arrogant, conceited, and ignorant.
How did she resemble an Elf Saintess in any way? She just seemed completely spoiled.
Then again, being spoiled did suggest her family was very wealthy.
Shirel said, "I don’t need to explain myself to you, but once I coalesce the Racial Bloodline, you’ll be left speechless!"
Zhao Chi nodded.
Of course, he didn’t care about any of that.
After all, Elf Noble Families, just like Human Noble families, were numerous.
She was only her family’s Bloodline Inheritor, not the Bloodline Inheritor for the entire Elven race.
’Maybe Shirel’s family just has this kind of style...’
But as long as he could obtain the Primordial Elf Bloodline, nothing else mattered.
"Alright. Then get to coalescing."
"How am I supposed to do that now? First, prepare clean clothes and hot water for me. I need to wash my Body!"
Zhao Chi said to Gu Qing, "Take her to the bathroom in the Lord’s House. Boil a bucket of hot water for her and let her bathe there."
Gu Qing asked, "She’s from the Great World. What if she secretly contacts the outside and causes trouble?"
Zhao Chi shook his head. "It’s fine. She doesn’t know our coordinates, and Holy Tree City is extremely far from here. It’ll be alright."
Gu Qing nodded. "That’s good. Besides, judging from the data, she’s very weak. She’s really not a threat."
"I’m weak?" Shirel’s mouth fell slightly open.
But since it was Gu Qing who had said it, she didn’t dare argue.
Zhao Chi couldn’t help but ask, "If you’re so weak, why did you come here to discuss a Trade? Did someone come with you?"
Hearing this, Shirel’s expression fell.
She said sadly, "I came with Elder Hillas. He said he was bringing me along to broaden my horizons, but he was killed in the attack..."
Zhao Chi said, "I understand. After you give me the Racial Bloodline, I’ll let you go. You’re sure it’s the Primordial Bloodline, right?"
Shirel said, "Of course it’s the Primordial Bloodline. But what I can give you is only a Bloodline Bud. It will need Time to grow."
"A bud? How long will it take to finish growing?"
"You really are ignorant. If you irrigate it with Spiritual Power every day, it’ll take a little over 10 days at the least, or a month at most."
’That’s not a long time.’
But Zhao Chi had never heard of this kind of Bloodline Bud.
"You’re not trying to trick me, are you?"
"There’s information on the Bloodline Bud. You’ll be able to see for yourself when the time comes."
"Fine. Then after your bath, you can start coalescing it?"
"Yes."
’What an unexpected windfall.’
If he could really obtain a Primordial Elf Bloodline, he could break it down into many different kinds of Genes.
Although he still needed to wait for the bud to grow, the time wasn’t that long, and it was completely acceptable.
Besides, an Ordinary Elf’s bloodline could sell for 400-500 Gold Coins.
A Primordial Elf Bloodline would be several times more expensive.
Releasing them would be well worth it.
If he needed Elves to help in battle, he could just buy more.
Although Zhao Chi could also choose not to keep his promise and continue to enslave them.
But Zhao Chi didn’t want to do that.
"Alright, you can come out. Follow her to the Lord’s House to bathe. The sooner you coalesce it, the sooner you can leave."
Shirel nodded, looking at Gu Qing with a hint of fear.
Gu Qing huffed. "Wouldn’t it have been better to be this obedient from the start? Then you wouldn’t have had to suffer. Come with me."
Shirel dragged her damp skirt, following Gu Qing step by step toward the Lord’s House.
Since he was going to release her, Zhao Chi didn’t want to reveal any information about the Carefree Spring.
So he would just have her bathe in the bathroom.
Besides, Shirel and the other Female Elves were all in Peach Blossom Village. They knew nothing about Penglai Village, nor about the Feathered Oxen he had just acquired.