“An elf?”
Xu Sili was a bit surprised. His first reaction was that the player who drew the rare race, the sea elf, had finally died in the sea.
It was just that…
Even if he died, shouldn’t he obediently stay in Glass Sea City? Why did he run to Imperial City and break into the palace? Did he know that Sea Song was here?
Li Zhecheng’s expression also looked a bit strange, as if he hadn’t finished speaking.
Xu Sili asked him about it and he said, “This elf… his words and deeds are very similar to those of the braves.”
If it weren’t for the physical features, he would’ve thought it was one of the brave ‘fans’ who broke into the palace before to see him and Wen Jishan.
Of course, except for Sea Song, he hadn’t seen an elf before, so he wasn’t sure.
Xu Sili nodded. He became more and more convinced that this elf was a player who drew a rare race account.
He thought about it. Then he turned on the communication and contacted Chamo. He told Chamo about the situation and asked him to visit the palace when he had time. Then he left the palace with Si Sheng.
As for the elf player, he could deal with this player when he came back.
The shadow leopard carried them, flapped his shadow wings and flew over Imperial City.
Below was the busy inner city. Compared to half a year ago, Roland had undoubtedly gone through earth-shaking changes.
Just half a month ago, Wen Jishan advocated the demolition of the inner city wall. He obtained Xu Sili’s approval and this resolution was firmly implemented.
Now when one looked up, they could no longer see the high barrier that separated the inner and outer cities.
In the past, the gap between rich and poor in the inner and outer cities was like a first world and a third world. They were two worlds separated by a wall.
He hoped that once this barrier was removed and as the scale of the inner city continued to spread to the periphery, it would eventually spread to the entire Imperial City. This would make Roland’s Imperial City become a veritable imperial capital.
For the inner city, which was already increasingly crowded and densely populated, such a plan was absolutely conducive to the development and improvement of the quality of life of the people.
It was just that any reform would cause different voices to speak up, even if Xu Sili now had a popular support rate of 99%.
“What are you thinking about?”
Si Sheng’s voice came from behind him. There was a trace of warmth, dispelling the cold of early spring.
Xu Sili’s mind returned and he said with a smile, “I was thinking that Roland would definitely become stronger and stronger. Once all the problems are solved, we can let go of everything and go on an interstellar journey.”
“A day like that must be great!”
Si Sheng’s eyes lit up slightly. As the young man spoke, he couldn’t help looking forward to it.
What he didn’t say was that being able to stay by the young man’s side and hug him like this was the best future for him… No, that wasn’t right…
Si Sheng recalled the conversation with Xu Yuheng before.
“…Let my parents agree to your marriage…”
Si Sheng narrowed his eyes. As long as he let Ah Li’s parents acknowledge him, he could…
He opened his mouth slightly, wanting to ask something. Then suddenly, he remembered the appearance of the young man borrowing alcohol to relieve his worries. The sadness and loss in his eyes still made Si Sheng feel pain when he thought about it.
The family that Ah Li mentioned earlier…
It seemed that it wasn’t yet possible for them to come into this world.
Si Sheng didn’t mention Xu Sili’s sadness. He just silently tightened his arms a bit.
“I look forward to that day.”
Hearing his whisper, Xu Sili’s lips curled up. He looked far away but his body snuggled deeper into Si Sheng’s arms.
Soon, the shadow leopard flew out of Imperial City and swooped down to the canyon where Xiao Wu’s military factory was located.
Next to the military factory was a new building. It was Dr Ding Mingyu’s research institute.
He was still a leader with no subordinates, but there was Xiao Wu. Dr Ding didn’t feel lonely. After communicating with the small artificial intelligence, he had a lot of new inspiration.
After Val woke up, she seemed to have released some burden. She looked a lot better.
It was just that Dr Ding hadn’t expressed his heart to Aunt Val. Despite being in Roland for so long, he stayed in the institute most of the time and only occasionally went to the palace.
This was a private matter between the two elders and he couldn’t say much.
As for Joan’s biological father… According to Aunt Val, the other person’s parents were born on Escher Star. He was a descendant of Escher’s first generation of immigrants and also contributed a lot to Roland.
It was a pity that he died before Joan was born.
Joan was now gradually accepting this matter and his relationship with Aunt Val was getting better and better.
This child, who had never felt a mother’s love since he was young and who lost his ‘father’ at a young age, finally got a love that belonged to him alone.
He used to say that he would protect his older brother when he grew up. Now there was another person and the little boy was becoming calmer and more restrained.
“I greet Your Majesty.”
Dr Ding came out from the research room. He was just about to salute when he was stopped by Xu Sili.
He said, “You are an elder. You don’t need to be so polite.”
Dr Ding smiled. “Etiquette can’t be stopped. Besides, I’m not an elder.”
Even now that Val was awake, Dr Ding never thought about achieving anything with her. He guarded her for ten years without expecting anything in return.
Life was short and he missed it. In addition, he was almost at the age of entering the soil. Anyone would believe it if he said he was her grandfather. How dare he add trouble to her again?
Xu Sili shook his head. “You have done a great favor for the imperial family of Roland. What is wrong with being my elder?”
He thought about calling the other person Grandpa to get closer. However, this was probably still a sore point for Dr Ding, so he still shouted according to his original title.
“Okay, I’m here today to send you some assistants.”
As he spoke, he took out the card of the Flaming Star Base. He released his spiritual power and casually waved his hand. Then more than a dozen scientific researchers appeared in the hall, looking around with a blank face.
They were kidnapped and detained by the Flaming Fox before. They chose to stay after being rescued.
Xu Sili didn’t care if they were sincere. In any case, they had to work hard after coming here. He had already turned them into cards and could transform them back into cards at any time.
Dr Ding was also dumbfounded. For him, who had advocated science all his life, he really witnessed countless magical things that subverted his three views after coming to Roland, no, after getting to know His Majesty.
A magic civilization…
It was really magnificent and desirable. It was a pity that he wasn’t from Roland, so he couldn’t learn such amazing magic.
“Doctor, these people will be handed over to you. Don’t say that I lied to you when I made you the director of the research institute without a single subordinate under you,” Xu Sili said.
Dr Ding smiled bitterly. Finally, he could only nod.
There were no assistants but Roland’s environment made him feel more relaxed than ever. He liked it here and he also enjoyed interacting with Xiao Wu.
Xu Sili spoke a few words to the dozen or so researchers. Then he prepared to leave.
Just before leaving, Si Sheng suddenly looked at Dr Ding and asked, “Are you practicing meditation?”
Dr Ding was slightly surprised. He hadn’t expected this cold-faced marshal to take the initiative to talk to him. He quickly nodded.
“Yes, I am very interested in meditation. After trying to learn it, I feel that my mind is much clearer.”
When he was young, he was very interested in Val’s magical abilities. Finally, he came to her homeland and naturally thought about studying these techniques.
The meditation and body tempering technique was open to everyone. He asked Xiao Wu and the little guy sent it directly to his inbox.
Si Sheng nodded. He didn’t say much. He just said, “You should stick to it.”
Then he left with Xu Sili.
Xu Sili heard their conversation and was doubtful in his heart. As he was being pulled away, he turned his head and cast the Insight technique on Dr Ding.
Then he discovered that Dr Ding’s data had changed!
[Ding Mingyu]
[Identity: NPC
Personal level: Lv 5
Health: 7,000/7,000
Magic: 100/100
Elemental Affinity: Earth
Occupation: Spiritual Elementalist]
F*k! What was going on here? Dr Ding actually had the talent of an elementalist!
Xu Sili was so shocked that his mind didn’t return until Si Sheng took him away. He asked Si Sheng, “Ah Sheng, how did you know that Dr Ding awakened his talent?”
“I felt elemental fluctuations,” Si Sheng patiently explained to him.
Xu Sili knew the reason but he still couldn’t figure it out. “How can Dr Ding have the talent of an elementalist?”
“Maybe he has Roland blood,” Si Sheng said.
Xu Sili tilted his head and thought for a while. It seemed this was indeed the only possibility.
After all, the player’s talent would be washed away the moment they switched factions. Mr Hou and the others had their level restricted even on an alien planet. Then wasn’t it impossible for a pure-blooded alien species to awaken the elementalist talent after learning meditation a few times?
Dr Ding actually had the blood of the Escher people… it was likely that at least one of his parents was an elementalist!
Xu Sili was overjoyed.
He turned on the communicator and asked Xiao Wu to play Sprouting on a loop every day in the research institute.
When he was free in the future, he would definitely play the flute a few times for the old man when he had nothing to do, so as to promote Dr Ding’s elemental affinity.
As long as Dr Ding’s level was raised to one star, his lifespan could be extended! One star might not expand it much but there was always hope.
Fortunately, Si Sheng was careful enough!
Xu Sili finished talking to Xiao Wu and turned to kiss Si Sheng fiercely on the cheek.
Feeling his joy, Si Sheng’s lips also curved up slightly.
In this pleasant atmosphere, the two of them went to the Elementalist Academy together and started the layout of the card illusion.
Xu Sili took out Lilith’s card and the girl on the card opened her eyes in a blank manner.
“Lilith, I told you before about the opening of the class. Have you thought about it?”
Xu Sili said, “The relevant preparations have been made for you. You just need to nod or shake your head.”
He had suggested it to the girl before, but Lilith didn’t think it would work. Now he could tell her that it was completely possible!
Lilith looked at him. Her body was imprisoned in the card. She couldn’t speak or make any major movements. She hadn’t been in contact with other beings for many days and at this moment, her face had become a bit numb again.
She finally nodded a bit stiffly.
Xu Sili saw her pitiful appearance and quickly took action.
Dean Justin had already screened out eligible children according to Xu Sili’s instructions. There were a total of 14, plus a young teacher.
This teacher would be responsible for sorting out the basics taught by Lilith.
In this way, children would have textbooks to review in the future. Later children could have a preview before entering the illusionary space. After all, a lot of the basic knowledge of card masters needed to be memorized.
The card illusion was arranged in a vacant room deep in the Elementalist Academy.
The magic circle master Dominic had already come in advance and drew the magic circle in the center of the room.
Dominic was one of the five teachers that Xu Sili brought back from an alien planet. Xu Sili hadn’t expected him to be a magic circle master. After his return, he naturally became a magic circle teacher.
Su Lin studied by his side and became his first apprentice.
The magic circle drawn by Dominic was a small guardian circle with a diameter of less than half a meter.
After the magic circle was activated, it could hide the contents of the magic circle and block outsiders. If someone wanted to force their way in then it would trigger an alarm.
This was also a protective measure for Lilith.
It was just a small magic circle. Dominic quickly finished the array and embedded an interstellar beast core in it.
After his return, he was inspired by Xu Sili and did many experiments. He found that the interstellar beast core could perfectly replace the original energy stone.
Now with the promotion of Imperial City to Lv 4, his strength also recovered to four stars. Some difficult magic circles were gradually able to be drawn by him. He had been worried about not having enough energy stones, but he found there was no need to worry at all.
Roland was suffering but it seemed there were some dusty treasures waiting to be discovered.
A faint pillar of light lit up in the magic circle. Si Sheng put the two merged cards in it. Soon, the cards were wrapped in a pillar of light and disappeared in front of everyone’s eyes.
For the people who were within five meters of the pillar of light, Dominic and Dean Justin felt that the scene in front of them had changed.
A young girl with blue hair and blue eyes appeared in front of them. There was a trace of surprise on her face.
“Lilith, this is Teacher Dominic and Dean Justin.”
Xu Sili gave a brief introduction before getting down to business. He told her that 15 students would enter here to receive her teachings.
“So many?”
Lilith stared. The more people came to study, the more her mission could be accomplished. Just…
She felt a bit worried as she looked around her study room.
“I can’t fit so many people…”
Xu Sili smiled gently. “You don’t have to worry about this.”
Then he looked at Si Sheng.
Si Sheng nodded. He didn’t show any movement but the place actually changed.
It was originally an independent space. Now a door appeared in the middle of two rows of large bookshelves.
Through the open door, it could be seen that it had transformed into a classroom similar to the Elementalist Academy. It was fully equipped with teaching facilities.
Lilith saw the scene in front of her and couldn’t help feeling Si Sheng’s strength again. Then she was soon attracted by other things…
“This smell…”
She sniffed the air while looking for the source of the smell. Then she found another door that appeared on the wall of the study. Under Xu Sili’s encouraging eyes, she pushed the door open.
Unexpectedly… it was a small kitchen!
This kitchen was fully equipped with kitchen utensils. There was a refrigerator and a glass cabinet filled with cakes and desserts, as well as some glasses that seemed to be drinks with straws inserted inside.
The girl couldn’t help gulping. She looked back at Xu Sili and asked, “This… what is this?”
Xu Sili’s lips curved slightly. “Do you like the reward for teaching so many students?”
Lilith wanted to say that there was no need for a reward, but she really couldn’t say it in front of such a small kitchen.
There was a bright look on the girl’s face and she nodded very seriously. “Thank you. I will teach them well!”
Xu Sili had no doubts about Lilith’s intentions. Then Dean Justin brought the children in and shamelessly stayed to listen to the class.
He had been curious about this card power since His Majesty mentioned it.
Xu Sili didn’t care about him. Since the card illusion had been arranged, he also sent out the card master’s introductory guidance task.
Players who reached Lv 30 could receive the card master job transfer task.
The following conditions must be met for transferring jobs: Roland faction’s reputation level was ‘Respect’, weekly orders x4, completing a faction mission x1, build a building x1, submit a one star beast core x50 or a two star beast core x25…
In short, the conditions for changing jobs were harsh.
But compared to the timeline of the future forum where the shadow of the card master instructor couldn’t be seen in the ten years since the server opened, his conditions just required more time and thought.
Xu Sili sent out the mission with peace of mind. The matter was over, so he returned to the palace with Si Sheng.
By this time, it was already dark.
As a result, the interrogation of the elf player was postponed to the next day.
What Xu Sili didn’t expect was that this elf was indeed a player. However, he wasn’t the sea elf that Xu Sili expected, but a forest elf on land!
Moreover, his purpose wasn’t Sea Song but… Asheng?
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