After Alessandra left that base, which was her birthplace, and left Zao Li there preoccupied with his thoughts, Alessandra headed to one of the forests of the central continent after leaving the base. While Alessandra was wandering in the western plains of the continent, the central continent was a place full of plains and plateaus, and it was the same continent where the human empire would be built.
The central continent represented 28% of the mother continent, the northern continent was 22%, the southern 23%, the western 14%, and the eastern 13%.
The lands of the central continent were an ideal place for mana users, so Alessandra monopolized this continent for her lineages for millions of years. The central continent was exclusive to mana users, Qi, or Konua, so the masters of Gu and high-ranking immortals, clan leaders, or sects did not have the same authority they possessed within the other four continents. However, this does not mean that there are no sect branches within the central continent, and the origins of the clans are in the four continents.
The same applied to those of high status within the central continent, but with all that, there were exceptional figures to whom this did not apply, such as the imperial family of the central continent, known as the Human Empire, and the five major sect-leading families, and the five great clans, who were at the same level as the Human Emperor John Harth Jonalfain and his family, and the five pillars of the empire: Di Moliar, Mcintyre, Kathali, Guilford, Nozaki.
As Alessandra was wandering in the plains of the central continent, she met entities from whom she sensed pure energy. These entities were called the Elves of Light, so she decided to go with them to their tribe, as the Elves had the nature of clans and tribes.
After three hours, Alessandra was at the main headquarters, the place where the tribal leaders were. She introduced herself in a sophisticated manner, as she had been the ruler for an immeasurable time when she, Zao Li, and the spirit of Ji Yao Li were in one body. This made her behave in a noble way that surpassed the nobility of the Elves and Angels, who boasted of being the noblest of races.
"Hello, my name is Alessandra. It's a pleasure to meet you." Alessandra's tone of voice was beautiful, making even the Elves feel embarrassed. She was a symbol of beauty to the extent that she surpassed the Elves and Angels in this regard, and in all aspects, as she was a symbol of sacred existence for this world.
"Hahaha, my name is Alzaxia Klarnya, leader of the tribe of the Heavenly Lights." Alzaxia's laugh was light and beautiful, as she spoke in a calm tone as if it were beautiful and enchanting musical melodies while talking to Alessandra about her journey. After two hours of conversation, she left the tribe's main headquarters to wander inside the Elf tribe and kingdoms as well. However, they lived within human kingdoms, or what is called intertwined kingdoms, meaning two or more kingdoms within one land, and at the same time separate from each other in their administration.
As Alessandra was wandering in the tribe of the Heavenly Lights, which was built on giant trees, making it look like a city suspended in the sky because its passages were bridges connecting the giant trees. The Elves resembled the masters of Gu in one thing: the masters of Gu searched for places where the spring of life existed to establish a clan beneath it, and the Elves searched for places where the spirit of the forest trees were found, which was created from the tears of the supreme ruler of life, just as the springs of life were found from the blessing of the supreme ruler of life in this world.
She directed her gaze towards the center of the tribe and found a giant tree emanating energy from an entity at a level higher than the Boundless rank. Even though she did not remember anything about her past, the experience accumulated by Ji Yao Li was still there. It only needed a spark to activate that experience, emerging towards the sunlight. Coupled with Zao Li's ability to use his spiritual energy, Alessandra was able to use her mental power, i.e., mana and ether, just by seeing the Elves use them.
Alessandra was able to use ether with great fluency, even better than the rulers themselves. She murmured in a low voice while looking at the spirit of the forest tree, "Life is like a giant tree whose roots reach the springs of fate, luck, and destiny. Every being has its leaf attached to the tree of life until the time of death comes for someone. A leaf falls forty days before their death, announcing to the sky the death of a being, and the sky dies before the earth."
Her tone of voice had some sarcasm about this strange and impressive law of life at the same time. A leaf grew in place of the fallen leaf, and an entity appeared in the place where the person died.
This is the existence of life and death. They do not like each other, and at the same time, they cannot be separated from each other, as each one complements the other. If there is life, there is death, and vice versa. If there is death, there is life.
As Alessandra was contemplating the spirit of the forest tree, a voice of a girl around 23 years old with yellowish-green hair and light green eyes like jade stones spoke.
She was wearing a light green dress that matched the color of the tree leaves, providing perfect camouflage and making it difficult to detect her when they wandered in the forest.
"Miss Alessandra, come with me to see your home and wander inside the tribe."
Alessandra turned her gaze towards the girl named Zenghai Zualian.
The names of other entities were strange, matching their language, different from human language. This was logical, as each race had its own special names with different meanings. However, there were names similar in pronunciation, writing, and meaning, and vice versa, similar in pronunciation and writing but different in meaning.
A faint smile appeared on Alessandra's face as she looked at her. "Okay, show me the way, Miss Zenghai Zualian." Alessandra's tone of voice was calm, beautiful, and noble, unlike Zao Li's sharp, cold, commanding, and strictly dictatorial tone.
Zenghai Zualian led Alessandra to her accommodation and toured the tribe of the Heavenly Lights without saying anything. However, an aura emanating from Alessandra gave her a strange feeling of security and happiness that was difficult to explain.
As they were heading towards Alessandra's apartment, Zenghai Zualian informed her about the structure of their tribe of the Heavenly Lights, with a tone filled with respect, as she was a guest of the leader of the tribe of the Heavenly Lights, Alzaxia Klarnya.
"The tribe of the Heavenly Lights is divided into several main areas: an outer area, an inner area, and a core, which is where we are now. The outer area is divided into four sections, and each section is divided into two other branches. This makes the tribe of the Heavenly Lights have an octagonal outer shape. In the northern section, animal care is allocated, and it is divided into two branches: a birth branch where animals that cannot give birth naturally are taken, and a second branch for caring for newborns, injured animals, and those unable to protect themselves. It is also a shelter for animals during dangerous weather. The eastern outer section is dedicated to trade between us and other races. It is divided into two branches. Something different is that it is stratified, meaning a lower layer where trade is conducted with Orcs, Goblins, and Barbarians, while the upper layer is dedicated to our own race, Dark Elves, and Dwarves. They are a cheerful race, accompanied by dragons and phoenixes in rare cases..." Zenghai Zualian stopped explaining as she sensed annoyance from Alessandra but understood the reason for her annoyance, so she quickly explained, trying to resolve the misunderstanding.
"The reason for the Orcs, Goblins, Barbarians, etc., being in the lower floor and the upper floor being dedicated to our own race, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, and Phoenixes was due to several reasons. Firstly, the floor for Orcs, Goblins, Barbarians, etc., is wider than the upper floor. Secondly, fear of wars and problems due to different mentalities. Thirdly, the races present in the lower floor might include those who harbor intentions of annihilation or pollution of the spirit of the forest tree. As for the Elves of Light, which is us, Dark Elves, and Dwarves, we respect and revere the tree. Dwarves also come to take from it during the annual pruning. Dragons and Phoenixes take from its fruits as their food source, and at the same time, it is a peace treaty between us and them."
Zenghai Zualian turned her gaze towards Alessandra and discovered that her features had softened, and she had shown her usual faint smile. This made Zenghai Zualian feel respect towards Alessandra and all the Elves who heard their conversation.
"Why don't we go see my apartment, and tomorrow we can continue the tour inside the tribe? I'm really tired and want to go to my apartment."
Alessandra's tone of voice was calm and beautiful, but firm and not open to discussion.
A faint smile appeared on Zenghai Zualian's face, trying to hide the signs of disappointment. "Okay, let's go to your apartment. Also, you must attend the banquet that will take place at 8 PM. It's an invitation from the leader of the tribe of the Heavenly Lights, Alzaxia Klarnya."
Alessandra's facial features turned serious, though not outwardly visible, as she realized Zenghai Zualian's intention in mentioning the name of the leader of the tribe, Alzaxia Klarnya, as a sign that attendance was mandatory, not optional. If it were an invitation from one of the residents of the tribe of the Heavenly Lights, she would have refused, and it would have passed normally. However, refusing the invitation of the tribal leader would be a direct insult to the tribe of the Heavenly Lights and disrespect to Alzaxia Klarnya, which would cause complex problems she did not want to get involved in. Although she was capable of crushing them, she decided to go along with the beings of this world.
"Okay, I will come to the banquet. Since Leader Alzaxia Klarnya herself invited me, there is no room for refusal."
Zenghai Zualian moved forward, leading Alessandra towards her apartment without saying anything. Her steps were light and steady, like a famous fashion model.
After an hour and 56 minutes, Zenghai Zualian and Alessandra were in front of her apartment and entered.
Alessandra's apartment consisted of two floors, three bedrooms, a guest room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a balcony overlooking the spirit of the forest tree.
"I hope you like your accommodation."
She left immediately without hearing Alessandra's response.
Alessandra directed her gaze towards Zenghai Zualian leaving with an empty expression, devoid of any emotion, and sighed deeply while looking at her apartment.
"Who created from clay will live in dust and return to dust. The most beautiful things are created from the dust of the planet, and stars are created from cosmic dust, and life is formed on planets due to the collision of meteorites and cosmic rocks that carry minerals through which life exists. However, people are afraid of getting dirty with the dust from which they are created. How strange are creatures that are disgusted by what they are fundamentally made of?"
This is the mentality of humans who do not like to get dirty with dust and are disgusted by people who work in it, under the pretext that they are not clean and dirty, and that they prefer death over working in these jobs. This mentality, humans, and all beings with a similar nature, including Elves.
At 8 PM, Alessandra headed towards the place where the banquet would be held. She was wearing a green silk dress extracted from silkworms that fed on the leaves of the spirit of the forest tree. This made her silk one of the most expensive and rarest silks in the world, as it was monopolized by the Elves of Light and Darkness. The number of Elf tribes was in the thousands, and the number of Elves was greater than the number of humans, estimated at hundreds of billions, while the number of spirit of the forest trees was limited, estimated at only millions.
The silk dress was a chestnut green color, making her look like an angel as Alessandra headed to the party in a carriage sent by Alzaxia Klarnya to take her to the banquet. It was a carriage made of steel wood, one of the rarest types of wood in the world, after diamond wood, which was cut from giant diamond peach trees. It was pulled by two white horses, giving the carriage a luxurious, royal, and fantastical appearance, even to them. It looked like Cinderella's carriage.
After several minutes, the carriage carrying Alessandra stopped at the private residence of the leader of the tribe of the Heavenly Lights, Alzaxia Klarnya, and the place where the banquet would be held.
As soon as Alessandra entered the main hall of the tribal leader's house, all eyes turned towards her, a mixture of admiration, respect, jealousy, and whispers. But she ignored them and continued her way to the tribal leader Alzaxia Klarnya.
"This is the guest of leader Alzaxia Klarnya. She is breathtakingly beautiful."
"You are right, Miss Alessandra. She is a wonderful person, and she does not differentiate between creatures and sees them all as equal."
And in another place.
After all these years of trying to gain the leader's attention, this Alessandra came and took him with complete ease. "Don't be sad, my brother. In the end, she is a strange creature. It's only natural that she would attract the leader's attention." It made sense because Alessandra and Zao Li Ou were humans, and the beings of this world had not encountered humans before. Thus, they would be surprised and want to know who this was. This also applied to Alzaxya Kwarinya. "How are you, Ms. Alessandra? Did you like the tribe of the Heavenly Lights?" Zeldlia Kwarinya, Alzaxya Kwarinya's younger sister, had a professional tone. It was in the nature of the heads of the elf tribes. "Yes, your tribe is truly beautiful and amazingly organized. You have surpassed the era you are in by leaps and bounds." Alessandra praised the tribe of the Heavenly Lights in front of all those present, which made everyone have more affection for her than before, as elves are so attached to their land to the point of sanctification and worship. Therefore, it is logical that they would hate those who insult it and love those who praise it. "It seems that Ms. Alessandra is very good at flattery and praise, hahaha." Alzaxya Kwarinya's tone had a slight sarcasm, which angered Ji Yao Li's pride, which was still buried deep in her heart. The word "flattery" was a direct insult to her, as flatterers are always those who want to please others or gain their favor. Since Ji Yao Li was the chief protector of the tree, which was sacred for an immeasurable time, she was accustomed to people flattering her, not the other way around. She saw flattery as a weak tactic to climb to the top. However, she did not show her anger at all. If it were Zao Li, she would have wiped them all out. After two hours, everyone was sitting on the ground, with tables filled with delicious food in front of them. There was grilled deer with a golden crown, diamond-shelled crab steamed, grilled lamb with soy sauce, coffee, and summer joy flower wine that grows only once at the beginning of summer, lead wasp honey wine, forest spirit tree fruits, and many other fruits. The leader of the tribe, Alzaxya Kwarinya, raised a glass filled with wine, a small smile on her face, making her look like an angel. "Today, we celebrate a million years since the founding of the tribe of the Heavenly Lights." Alzaxya Kwarinya turned her gaze towards Alessandra with a slight smile, "Why don't you say something to honor this occasion, Ms. Alessandra?" Alessandra nodded her head in agreement. "The tribe of the Heavenly Lights is the light that illuminates this forest, and I wish from the bottom of my heart that the goddess of life bless your tribe to remain prosperous until the end of eternity." Everyone's eyes turned to her in surprise and admiration. This was what Alessandra wanted. She touched the weak point of all elves of various kinds, which is the goddess of life. Elves worship her and call her the goddess of life. When Alessandra called her by this title, it made them marvel, and this made Alessandra like an angel in their hearts. However, her aura was filled with life and peace, making her appear as a messenger from the goddess of life. Thus, their respect and love for her increased. After a few seconds, everyone began to chant her name. "Long live Lady Alessandra... Long live Lady Alessandra... Long live Lady Alessandra." Alessandra raised a glass of wine filled with the summer joy flower wine, which is special to the tribe of the Heavenly Lights. Each elf tribe makes its own type of wine. However, the wine of the elven angels is different from the wine of other races because it is not intoxicating. The forest spirit tree releases an aura that removes any evil substance from things, including the intoxicating substance in wine. "To your health, and may the tribe of the Heavenly Lights live forever, free and prosperous." Then she drank the wine in one gulp. Everyone followed her with a loud, joyful voice, "May the tribe of the Heavenly Lights live forever, free and prosperous." Then they drank the wine in one gulp and placed their wine glasses on the small tables next to each of them. Alessandra turned her gaze towards Alzaxya Kwarinya, who was looking at her with a small smile on her face. Alessandra returned the same smile. The next day, at 8:30 AM, Alessandra was looking at the Forest Spirit Tree while sipping tea made from some herbs that help with concentration and give positive energy to the body. Knock, knock, knock, knock. "You can enter, Zhenghai Zuwaliyan." Zhenghai Zuwaliyan entered with a look of surprise on his face. He seemed cute and extraordinarily beautiful with those features on his face, but he regained his composure and changed the subject. "What do you think if we continue our tour inside the tribe of the Heavenly Lights?" Alessandra looked at Zhenghai Zuwaliyan out of the corner of her light purple eye and stood up from her place, heading towards him with steady, noble steps. "Let's go. I have nothing else to do here." Her tone was calm as usual. Then, each of them headed out of her apartment. As they walked through the streets of the Heavenly Lights tribe, which consisted of suspended bridges and peace embraced the land, the elf tribe was considered highly developed. "Should I start over here or continue about the Heavenly Lights tribe?" "No, no, continue from where we left off." His tone rejected the idea of starting over, and because she knew that Zhenghai Zuwaliyan also did not want to repeat her lecture from the previous night. "Good, she refused. The tribe's structure is as large as several kilometers, occupying 76% of the forest." Zhenghai Zuwaliyan was talking to himself as he walked comfortably with Alessandra. Zhenghai Zuwaliyan's features turned into a slight smile, and she continued from where she left off, "The Outer Northern Division, the Outer Eastern Division, its branches are there. The Outer Southern Division is considered the center of the external military unit, where fighters are from rank B to SS++. It is divided into two branches: the training center, which is the lower one that leads directly outside the tribe, and the internal command center, which organizes the distribution of soldiers within the outer area and for reconnaissance and hunting expeditions." Alessandra showed signs of surprise that elves care for animals and at the same time accept this situation. Even a veterinarian eats the meat of the animal he cares for. This is life. If something is afraid of killing an ant without realizing it, then it should not move. And the elves, if they refrained from killing animals or other beings, what would they eat to get protein and other nutrients found in meat? The elf race would have gone extinct with this thinking centuries ago. "As for the Outer Eastern Division, it is an area exclusively for the elves inhabiting the Heavenly Lights tribe, where captured animals, medicinal herbs, ordinary and precious metals, gemstones, and building resources are placed. The northern unit of the eastern division is where captured animals and crops are placed before being processed and transported to other areas. The southern unit is where medicinal herbs, ordinary and precious metals, gemstones, and mana cores extracted from dungeon monsters are placed. We extract potions, mana cores, and medicinal herbs from dungeons, but metals and gemstones are rarely done." "As for the Inner Region and the Core, they are exclusively for the tribe's residents and guests. However, a sum of money must be paid before entering the inner region, and this applies to the Outer Region and the Core. The Outer Region costs 100 gold coins, the Inner Region costs 500 gold coins, and the Core costs 10 platinum coins, as it is the best and contains everything a person needs for comfort, beauty, and trade, and it has the finest resources." Zhenghai Zuwaliyan took a deep breath before turning her gaze towards Alessandra, who was listening carefully to every word she said. This made Zhenghai Zuwaliyan feel a bit happy, as her effort was not in vain. "What do you think if we go for lunch? It will be on me." "All right, since you invited me, I won't refuse." Then they headed towards one of the famous restaurants in the Core region of the Heavenly Lights tribe. It was a restaurant that served the most delicious and finest types of food, hence it was considered a seven-star restaurant. Alessandra's life in the tribe of the Heavenly Lights continued for decades before she left the tribe after learning all she needed to know.