"The previous ...... Are they all tests?" asked Mu Enmune.

The Elven King nodded, then sat back on his throne.

Mu En raised his head and looked directly at the elf king Helpe, and his masseter muscles trembled a few times. In the end, he didn't seem to know what to scold, so he had to turn around and leave.

The Elf King didn't seem to care, and added fuel to the fire: "Oh, are you going to leave?"

Mu En was angry, ignored him, turned his head and wanted to plunge back into the forest, but when he reached the edge of the platform, he found himself in the middle of the lake.

"I can't come, I can't leave if I want to, something!" Mu En's feet jumped angrily.

Help smiled and said slowly, "Don't be so temperamental. If you want to learn the magic of our elves, you must have the heart of an elf. With that, he beckoned, summoned an elven guard, and said to the man, "He is tired too, take this little friend to his room." ”

The Elven King's throne is in the very center of the forest, on a giant tree that grows strangely in the middle of the lake. Beyond the water, towering ancient forests surround this clear lake.

"Wait a minute, where's my luggage and my horse?" Muen held out his palm and refused to be taken away by the guard.

"Your belongings are already in the prepared room. ”

The magical staircase defies common sense and connects the throne to the outside world. And in the surrounding forest, it is also this staircase that connects the elves' dwellings. The pavilions are framed in the crevices of the secluded forest, and walking in them has a dream-like charm.

The squire of Muen's followers walked backwards, through several portals, to the second half of the Forest of Avalon, from where one could see the snow-capped plateau of the far east. The name of that plateau is not recorded in the outside world, if translated in Elven language, it should be similar to the meaning of "Tianzhu Plateau", and the main peak of the plateau, translated as "sleeping goddess".

A rainbow of waterfalls jumps in front of you, and the palace of the Elven King sits on top of a cliff that connects the plateau.

It was a palace complex that no mortal could have ever dreamed of. The meltwater of the plateau does not fall directly, but surrounds the air as an illusion, passing through every floating palace.

The elves' art is so uninstructive, even if Muen had read in the books that there were floating islands in some other parts of the continent, it was completely incomparable. The elves' palace does not have a redundant base, but is as light and agile as the body of this race. They floated quietly in the air, motionless, as if time had stood still here.

In fact, Mu En has read too many books over the years, and has also seen the scenery of other places through the magic prism, and he feels that the scenery in the world has been seen all over, and it is difficult to have any majestic scenes that can touch him. But I didn't expect to come to the realm of elves, and I was shocked by the magnificent, art-like palace in front of me at first glance.

"Who are you?" A crisp voice interrupted Muen's thoughts.

Mu En looked back and found a tall girl walking out of the forest. Her eyebrows are as white as those of the Elven King, with a faint golden glow in them, which looks very pale and makes people notice at once that there are star-like eyes shining under her deep eyebrow bones, soft curves like flowing water outlining the bridge of her nose, and a protrusion called "lip beads" in her thin curved lips, which always seems to naturally upward the corners of her mouth, making people unconsciously want to taste the taste of those soft lips.

Mu En saluted the girl with the elven court etiquette he had learned and said, "I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess. My name is Muen, and I am a disciple of Lord Tavasis. ”

The girl who had not completely taken off her winter coat was a little surprised at first, and then covered her mouth and chuckled, which in an instant made Canglin Honggong fall to an overshadowed end. But it's a pity that Mu En didn't see it, he was meticulously practicing that complicated etiquette.

"Your etiquette is very standard, but we don't usually use such etiquette. With that, she bowed her knees slightly in return.

Mu En scratched his head and said, "When you come to Your Majesty's palace as a guest, etiquette must always be sufficient. ”

The girl sneered again, "It's funny how you scratch your head." How did you know I was a princess?"

"Your hair color is the same as Your Majesty's, and your appearance is very similar to Her Royal Highness. So I hastily guessed that you should be Her Royal Highness the Princess. But I don't know the princess's name. Mu En said dignifiedly.

"I've heard my father mention you, but I didn't expect Tavasis's disciples to be very smart. But I'm not even one hundred and twenty years old. I don't have a name. You can call me Sogetsu, that's the name my dad gave me. ”

When Mu En heard this, he felt as if he had received a critical blow, and he silently recited in his heart several times that he was one hundred and twenty years old, and then he silently recited the old grandmother several times, and then he said: "My name is Mu En, and my full name is Creel Muen, which was given by the master, and it means the moon of clarity. ”

"Bright Moon?" After hearing this, the princess's face suddenly turned red slowly, and then she said with shame: "You actually take advantage of me!

Mu En was a little confused, his elven language needed to be translated in his head to react, so he didn't react to what was happening for a while. Then he found that he did not understand the last word that the princess had said, so he looked up blankly at the guard who was with him, and asked, "Sir, why did the princess say that I took advantage of her?" and the one he said...... That and that...... What does that last word mean?" he struggled and found he couldn't imitate the sound.

The guard laughed a little, as if he didn't know how to explain it, and reluctantly replied, "It's an allusion." ”

Walking slowly into the palace, the guard took Mu En around briefly, and told him not to trespass if he didn't have a place to take him. Mu En nodded in agreement, then walked into his residence and looked at it, and went to the Elf King's library.

Not only is it the habit of reading that he has developed over the years, but also because he wants to know what that allusion means.

Then he looked at it, and suddenly realized why the princess said that she had taken advantage of her......

"It's a little embarrassing......" he covered his face, feeling very regretful, he felt as if he had a knack for making a little embarrassing of anyone he met for the first time.

When twilight fell in the forest, the Elven King returned to his palace, and the place became bright. Wherever you are, you can hear the sound of the piano wafting from afar.

Naturally, Help knew where Muen was, but he didn't bother the young man who was studying.

Time passed in an hourglass, and the stars finally opened their eyes, and the golden light of the elven king's hair began to shimmer like the stars in the sky.

"Aren't you sleeping yet?" At ten o'clock, the elven king Helpe entered his library and asked Muen, who was still reading there.

When Mu En saw the Elf King coming, he stood up and said respectfully: "It's still early at this time, and I don't usually go to bed so early. ”

The Elven King motioned for him to sit down, and then sat down on the other side of the table, dressed in a light shirt and looking relaxed.

"Your mana circuit isn't normally just this level. Have you been studying all these years?" he asked softly.

Mu En nodded and said, "This is one reason, I have indeed learned a lot in my four years in the tower. But there's another reason that the mentor doesn't seem to want me to move up too quickly. ”

The Elf King nodded: "The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." But in that case, your journey to the forest must have been quite hard, right?

"I've always studied with my brother. Although he usually likes to mess around, he is very serious when he is cultivating. He often told me that cultivation is not only about cultivating strength, but also about cultivating the mind, and to endure loneliness. The gentleman wrote that he hoped that I would come here, read the book you had given me under your guidance, and then engrave the circuit of magic. As for the danger, my brother gave me some gadgets for self-defense. ”

The Elven King smiled approvingly.

"It's very rare to be able to do this at your age. ”

Mu En scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Actually, I'm used to reading, and if I feel bored, I just read the book, and I won't feel any other distractions." ”

"You can study with my daughter from tomorrow. She happens to be about your age. I think you've probably seen it. The Elven King stood up and said to Muen.

"Age...... Similar?" Mu En felt that her brain seemed to be a little short circuited, "Isn't she almost one hundred and twenty years old......?" "Speak up.

"Elves are young children until they are 100 years old, and their spirit and physique are in a very slow process of accumulation. If we say that our lifespan is ten times that of human beings, then 100 years is equivalent to about 10 years of human beings. Your sub-elves mature very early, and this conversion is also applicable. So, you can say that you are the same age. The Elven King explained to him.

Mu En nodded, he was trying to accept this difference. Then he saw that the elf king was about to leave, and hurriedly stopped him.

"That...... Your Majesty, I accidentally offended Her Royal Highness the Princess today, please help me apologize to her, I am an outsider and rushed to ...... Not very convenient. ”

"Then I'll talk about it myself tomorrow morning. The Elven King smiled, not intending to meddle in the children's fighting.

The next morning, Her Royal Highness the princess, whose name was translated into imperial Chinese, stood beside the elf king the next morning.

After a while, Mu En walked out of the room, and when he went down the stairs, he was cautious and only dared to walk in the middle.

Because the elves' stairs are all floating and have no handrails.

I finally came to the forest on the flat ground. At a glance, he saw the princess who had already started the preparatory activities, and the princess's afterglow happened to be aimed at him, and the eyes of the two met like this. Mu En was a little embarrassed and quickly avoided it.

Then Mu En hesitated again and again, turned his heart sideways, and silently recited what his senior brother had said to him in his heart: "If you make a mistake, you have to admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright." "Walk over to the princess.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, ...... yesterday," Mu En was stumbling over the wording.

Before she could think about it, Her Royal Highness the princess probed her fingers, pressed them against Mu En's thin chest, and said, "It's impossible for us. I've already asked my father, I'm older than you, my name is sister. ”

Standing not far away, the elf king, who was drinking morning tea and couldn't help laughing, almost choked again when he heard this.

"Being around kids makes life fun. He blew on the warm flower tea and sighed softly.

"What can't be...... I just want to apologize to you, but the name is geometric, and it's not up to me to call the shots, and I ask Princess Haihan. Mu En didn't understand what the princess meant, but the words of apology were fluent.

Help finished his morning tea, placed the cup in the saucer suspended in front of him, waved his hand, and the utensils flew back to the palace. He walked over to the two children and said to Mu En with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much about Shuyue, girls will always have some strange ideas." ”

"Dad!, how can you say that!" the princess raised her chin and looked at her father dissatisfied.

The elf king laughed clearly, touched his beloved daughter's hair and said, "Don't take the bad guys, Mu En is just a pure child." ”

The child didn't want to be called a child, but Muen couldn't think of any good excuse to refute it, because he really didn't understand what it meant.

"Alright," the Elven King clapped his palm twice to end the topic, "we should start studying." Sotsuki, you take Muen to warm up first, and then rely on your own physical strength to go back and forth in the forest. ”

Mu En heard the forest instinctively look at the Elven King. Although he was slow to react to the elven text, the forest left a very big psychological shadow on him.

"The path to exercise is fixed, you don't get lost, you just have to follow the signs. The elf smiled.

After finishing the warm-up exercise, with the order of the elf king, the two rushed to the cool forest.

Sozuki took the lead, she continued to lightly cross the obstacles on the way forward, her body was smooth, without the slightest stuck, and she looked pleasing to the eye.

Mu En couldn't, at first he instinctively wanted to keep up with the elf princess, but after a while, he began to lose his breath. The speed slowed down, and the princess's figure moved farther and farther away from him.

He realized that this was not going to work, and the rhythm at the beginning made him passive. He began to adjust his breathing and keep his pace within what he was sustainable.

"Just kidding, I'm also the man who was chased out of the alley by the thugs in the alley!" Gradually, his figure began to flow smoothly, and the route of progress was estimated in his mind in advance. But it didn't work, and he was getting farther and farther away from the princess.

This is a tangible physical disparity.

"The heart is uneven but the anger is not dry, and the peak can be slowly figured out. Little Tavasis, your apprentice is good. The Elf King elegantly folded his arms and nodded in satisfaction.

In the end, it took Muen an hour more than the princess to complete the exercise, and when he returned to the end of the forest, he felt exhausted and collapsed.

"You're in a hurry. Help leaned over slightly to look at Muen lying on the ground and said, "You are in a hurry at the beginning and the end. That's not going to work. But you're still a lot better than I thought, and it's nice to understand the importance of breathing the first time. The Elven King straightened up, opened his left hand and grasped it again, and a condensed, jade-like thunder spear appeared in his palm.

"Fleeting Secluded". It is characterized by its ability to condense white and cyan thunder and lightning, and its highest level is that it can domesticate the originally violent thunder into such a gentle element. Help used the thunder gun in his hand to pick up Muen, who was lying on his stomach, and made him sit on the ground. But Muen didn't feel any elemental reaction in the place where he was touched. It's the same touch as steel, or something else that has a substance.

"The peace of breath is the basis for controlling this power. Control your breathing, no matter what time it is. With that, the Elven King threw the thunder spear into the sky. The thunder spear flashed in sight, spreading out a majestic arc of electricity in the cloud curtain.

A few seconds later, there was a roar.

After that, the elven king returned to the palace with the two of them.

"This arena is very strong, so you can work hard. Magic circuits are still not available. Let's let Sozuki come first. The elf king stood in the middle of the stage and motioned for his daughter to step forward.

The princess took out a longbow from the weapon rack, carried a quiver on her back, and tied a thin sword to her waist on the left.

Mu En sat aside, feeling sore all over, and could only urge the magic circuit, which was not very clever, to recover.

On the other side, the posture of Shuyue holding the bow is sassy. When the elven king Help saw his daughter holding a bow and a line, he did not sell it, but stopped where he was, waiting for an opportunity. The princess fired in unison, but the elf king just dodged with a light sideways. As the arrow flew in front of him, Helpe reached out and plucked a swift arrow from the air, and turned it around his fingertips by inertia, as if intending to use it as a weapon.

"If you keep standing there and firing arrows, I don't think you'll be able to hit me. The king twisted the magnificent "floating gold" arrow in his hand, and with a little force on his knuckles, he bent the arrow, which was both tough and mild.

Sogetsu put her bow behind her back, put her hand on the hilt of her sword, and rushed towards her father. The Elven King pulled his lunge, and the crooked arrow in his hand was pressed back again. But just as Sogetsu was about to rush in front of the king, she didn't draw her thin sword, but jumped high! Directly above the head of the Elf King, Sozuki lowered her left hand, and the bow that was originally on her back naturally slipped into her hand.

"Feints, not bad. But you're going to have a big problem with that...... "Elven King Help lunged unchanged, leaned back, held the elven arrow he was holding in his forehand backhand, and then threw it at his daughter, who couldn't turn in the air.

Princess Sogetsu exclaimed, and in a hurry, her right hand, which was originally going to take the arrow, was half a beat slower, and she could only use the longbow in her left hand to miss the arrow. How could the Elf King let go of this opportunity, he stretched out his flawless arm and hooked the tip of the longbow and pulled it downward!

The princess fell to the ground with a bang, and the elf king rolled in the direction she fell, and the fingers that had hooked the tip of the bow quietly grasped the bow arm, and with a slight lift of his hand, he put the tough longbow around the princess's neck. With his left hand, he pushed Shuyue's head forward, and with a slight force with his right hand, a trace was strangled by the bowstring on the princess's white neck.

It was held like this for three seconds before the Elf King let go of his hands.

"Ranger can't expose himself to situations from which he cannot escape, you have to remember. The elf king gently scratched his daughter's nose and instructed.

After watching the whole process, Mu En's cold sweat came down. It's a different person in this fight...... He can't be schizophrenic...... is so ruthless to his daughter...... Mu En began to habitually break his heart again.

"Muen, it's your turn. The elf king rubbed the hair of the princess who looked a little aggrieved, and shouted Mu Endao.

"That...... Your Majesty, I have only learned the theory of intermediate combat science, you should be merciful......" Mu En stood up, a little scared.

"Without practice, it will always be just theory. Don't be nervous, I'm not going to kill you. Besides, if I show mercy to your men now, and you really want to go to battle in the future and you die because of it, then what do you want me to do?" the elf took out a heavy sword from the weapon rack and weighed it in his hand, as if it was not bad.

"Since I promised your mentor that he would help and teach you, I will do my best. Otherwise, I'm sorry for my honor and family crest. Help returned to the center of the arena, his tone calm and serious.

Mu En felt bitter on the tip of his tongue, but he still bargained: "Then can I use a magic for myself first?"

The Elven King thought for a moment, nodded in agreement.

Mu En took a deep breath and applied the magic to herself, temporarily isolating the perception of exhaustion. Afterwards, he smiled at Princess Sotsuki and said, "Your Highness, can you lend me your sword?"

Sogetsu was still pouting there, a little annoyed. Hearing this, he snorted with a slight sense of anger before stuffing the thin sword into his arms. Mu En unsheathed the sword, drew a semicircle in the air, and then gently tapped the ground with the blade of the sword, making a crisp sound that was considered a salute. The Elven King returned the salute in the same way.

After that, Mu En took the back with one hand, but found that he didn't seem to be able to hold it with one hand, so he had to change it to a two-handed sword that looked very imposing. However, the way he held the sword changed, and his posture could not be changed, so he still stepped forward with a bow, pushed with his left hand and stabbed with his right hand, and tentatively launched an offensive. As a result, the Elven King did not retreat as he imagined, but swung his sword horizontally, opening his feint, and then decisively kicked out Muen to the ground, followed by the Elf King dragging his sword and slashing again.

Fortunately, Mu En's timely roll dodged the fate of being killed by three moves.

"Your breath is out of order!" said the Elven Dynasty as he leaned forward in Muen's direction and launched another bottom-up slash at Muen, who had just stood up. At this time, Mu En seemed to have a flash of inspiration, collected his sword and turned his body to attack the side of the Elf King, and used inertia to swing a horizontal slash.

Mu En's thin sword was struck by the Elf King's heavy sword a moment before it was released.

Then, because he was too close, he was strangled by the Elf King when he straightened up.

"It's not fair...... You have too much combat experience, and your physical fitness is better than mine......" Mu En was held by the elf king's neck, as if he had lost his dream.

"There is no fairness on the battlefield, and you will eventually meet enemies who are weaker than you or stronger than you. At that time, you will not not kill someone because they are inferior to you in some way, and others will not not kill you for such reasons. The Elven King put him down and patted him lightly on the head.

After that, the elven king took two "peers" and began to review the previous battle.

"You should have figured out what I ultimately managed to defeat you. While many of the variables are weakened in our battles, it is important to remember that when the enemy is in a spontaneous and irreversible displacement, this is when they are most flawed. In battle, it is not necessary to use all our strength in every attack, we should wait for the right moment when we pick up our blades like poisonous snakes in the forest. Strive to kill with one hit. ”

Listening to the elf king teaching combat experience to himself, Mu En seemed to say to his senior brother: "Fighting is about the result, not the process." "There is a deeper understanding.