"Xue Xue, go wash your hands. Yan Hokusai commanded.

However, the little grandmother said that she would practice 20 sheets. Yan Yingxue looked at the woman and said seriously.

"Hehe, I don't need it today. Yan Hokusai said very considerately. Yan Yingxue cheered, threw down her pen and ran towards the bathroom. Few children at this age can really sit still.

The woman also hurriedly followed.

Perhaps frightened by Yan Yingxue's title of "little grandma", Zuo Lin was actually stunned.

Yan Beizhai said with some embarrassment: "Her name is Ye Yilan." I studied Chinese painting. My girlfriend. I've known each other for a few years. The sons don't object, Xue Xue likes her very much, probably next year we will get married. ”

It's not that I haven't heard of the old husband and young wife. Nearly 90 years old, Tsubame Hokusai doesn't look that old at all except that his hair has turned silver, and his physical condition may be better than some ordinary 4 or 50-year-old people. But in any case, there is almost 60 years of age between Ye Yilan, who looks to be around 30 years old. If it weren't for the fact that Yan Hokusai had started a family very late, Yan Yingxue would have been at least this age now. Zuo Lin wisely did not say anything.

Yan Hokusai took out a huge envelope from the drawer under the coffee table, pulled out a stack of snow-white printouts from the envelope, and pushed it in front of Zuo Lin. Looking at the shallow line of text on the first page, Zuo Lin hurriedly took the stack of things.

"This was just yesterday, something from the Druid Council headquarters. This is the first time I have received such a document in so many years. About confirming your identity, confirming your mentorship relationship with Mr. Sun, and confirming your level of ability. After that, I think your duties will be arranged according to the usual practice. The one who came to give you the exam this time happened to be an acquaintance. "Yan Hokusai is quite complacent. Indeed, it is true that people like Yan Hokusai, who have been the liaison of the parliament in China for decades, can only receive overseas friends who have crossed the border and come to China for investigation and business. And now, with the appearance of Zuo Lin and the knowledge that Sun Lao is still alive, the situation is immediately different.

The Druid Council has a long history, but the internal system is not complicated. The whole organization is divided into two levels: internal and external. The inner layer is made up entirely of confirmed druids, while the outer layer is mostly composed of ungifted apprentices and druid acolytes who have been partially trained to pass formal examinations, and others who have joined the common cause as friends, etc. Internally, a semi-family system is adopted to maintain internal inheritance and activity. Usually the druid will introduce his child or student to his friends at an early age, and take him with him to familiarize himself with the affairs he manages, and also learn how to deal with various situations. When the druids grew older and their strength gradually declined, their own children or students would take over their duties. The inner members are in harmony with each other, like a big family.

Outer members, on the other hand, have little knowledge of the affairs of the inner layer. They usually only know about one area or one aspect. For example, as a liaison, he can only understand those inside the organization who have been in contact with him, and at most he knows that those are inner members and those are outer members. Even if the outer members follow the inner members to participate in certain actions, they will not know the position of those inner members. Yan Hokusai still doesn't know Sun Lao's position in the organization, but judging from the importance that everyone attaches to Sun Lao, Sun Lao must be a relatively important figure in the organization.

Although young, Zuo Lin is indeed a druid who has been fully guided by Sun Lao. However, since Sun Lao was not able to introduce Zuo Lin into the organization in person according to the tradition of the organization, it was necessary to arrange a review of his identity and a test of his ability. Once the identity is confirmed, the position left by Sun Lao will be inherited by Zuo Lin, and the responsibilities of this position will gradually be transferred from the people who have held it over the years to Zuo Lin.

And that stack of documents is to illustrate such a process.

What Yan Lao knew was only part of what was mentioned in these documents. Basically, in addition to the introduction in the front, the main content in the back is incomprehensible to Yan Lao.

There are two writing systems within the Druid Council. Both of these writing systems were born from the ancient Celtic language and were formed after hundreds of years of refinement and accumulation. These two sets of alphabets are so complex that they are almost impossible to decipher. One of these is the basic environment and rules used to describe the world, known as the universal druid. Due to the rapid changes in the world, this set of languages has been constantly expanded and changed, and countless new nouns and proper nouns have been added over the centuries, but it still cannot keep up with the changes of the times. After all, it takes a while for a super-cold language to adapt to the world. Nowadays, in order to avoid misunderstanding many issues, bilingual explanations in common druid and English are often used. Tsubame Hokusai, who had not even completed the introductory course of this language, knew the general contents of these documents with these English.

The other is a more complex language that combines the characteristics of hieroglyphs and alphabets. Since this language is usually used to describe the natural world, describe creatures and the environment, establish the rules for the use of the basic forces of nature in the druid world, and classify the basic abilities into various types of spells, this language is also called the Druid language of spells. The spelling of the spell druid language is not a simple spelling, but a combination of superposition and spelling. Superposition is equivalent to using different radicals to form new characters in Chinese. But the pronunciation is according to the spelling. When the object described is too complex to be superimposed with three letters, two or more superimposed letters can be used. The spell druid language may not be the language of modern life, but it is the most efficient language used to describe this nature. There has never been a creature that needs more than 5 letters to describe any form of creature, even its growth environment and state of health. If you don't care if this language system is not suitable for describing the characteristics of things, just in terms of pronunciation and font type, this may be one of the most beautiful languages in the world.

The spell druid language can only be taught to tried and tested druids. Except for the first few pieces of paper, most of the rest is written in the spell druid. This in itself is an assessment of Zuolin's druid identity. These contents are also very important, including the assessment items and standards, as well as the ability assessment steps of the assessment object, etc. The spell druid language is too complicated, and although Zuo Lin is familiar with this language, it still takes a lot of time to read such a large article. However, after reading it, Zuo Lin felt a little funny. When did this old organization become so trendy?

Not to mention that there are obvious traces of design in this stack of documents, and the typography is exquisite, which is very suitable for reading. The fonts of these lingua franca and mantra terms have also been specially designed, which is very different from the kind that Sun Lao casually spent on himself. Just talking about these assessment items of the druid's ability, such as marking, etc., are clear and respectful. It is very reminiscent of Zuo Lin's various regulations and indicators issued by the club.

At the very end of the document is the name of the examiner. What Yan Hokusai can see is the English phonetic under the name. Zuo Lin paid attention to the name itself. Since there can be several ways to refer to a syllable with the same pronunciation, the name itself speaks for itself. Looking at the name formed by the two overlapping letters: "Insula", Zuo Lin knew that this examiner was a capable and experienced animal master.

After putting down the file, Zuo Lin said with some worry: "Old Yan, you know this Insula very well?"

Yan Lao nodded and said, "Insula is probably the druid with the most activities at the moment. Basically, he comes to China once every two to three years, and he is most active in searching for Sun Lao. The last place where Sun Lao appeared was Shanghai, and every time he came to Shanghai, he followed the clues again and re-marked all the confirmed clues. I've dealt with him a few times, and he's a nice guy. ”

Zuo Lin said: "This Insula should be very strong, I'm a little worried that I won't be able to pass the assessment." ”

In the past few years, Zuolin people have been gradually growing and developing, and their physical and physical strength have not stopped. In terms of physical fitness, it is much better than when I moved to Shanghai. However, in the comparison of druids' abilities, physical fitness is only a very small aspect, and if Zuo Lin's specialty is also in the animal aspect, then physical strength may be of some use. Unfortunately, however, Sun Lao was the number one plant master in the entire council, and devoted almost all of his energy to developing plant abilities and spells. Zuo Lin also has a very strong knowledge and ability in this area. However, in order to be able to accumulate the power of nature more and more quickly, and to improve the ability of various aspects, it is necessary to have a rich environment of plants. The original mountains and forests were already very reluctant in Sun Lao's eyes. After arriving in Shanghai, there are indeed a lot of farmland, greenhouses and concentrated green spaces, but these are not places for cultivation. Compared to three years ago, I am afraid that the strength in this area has regressed.

In addition, it is because the system taught by Sun Lao is very special. People who cultivate the abilities of this system will have a long lifespan and a longer time to cultivate and accumulate abilities. It can be seen that people like Yan Lao, who have not even started to get started, can live to the age of 90 and still be healthy. Correspondingly, Zuo Lin, who is less than 20 years old, must not be able to accumulate deeply.

"This ......" Yan Hokusai was stunned for a moment, and said, "As long as the identity is checked, it seems to be okay, right?

Although Tsubame Hokusai doesn't know much about the inner level of assessment, he has the common sense of being a business manager after all.

"Not really. Zuo Lin suddenly realized that confirming his identity and assessing his ability were two different things. Anyway, Zolin doesn't want any Druid Council positions now, and it doesn't even matter to him whether or not the Druid Council joins. Anyway, I am a student of Mr. Sun, which is irrefutable, and that is enough.

After relieving his heart, Zuo Lin said: "Elder Yan, before I came here just now, I was studying the technical problems of the greenhouse with Professor Yu's students, but there was no result. I promised them to go back and finish things with them. If you're fine, don't you ......?"

"Xue Xue is waiting for you to take her to play. Yan Lao dispelled Zuo Lin's idea of going back to help Lin Jinghua answer questions in one sentence.

Yan Yingxue heard her grandfather mention her name, and ran over with a small blue apple from the restaurant, and asked softly: "Grandpa, Brother Zuo Lin, did you say yes?" Grandpa, you said that you asked Brother Zuo Lin to take me to play today. ”

What else can you say in the face of such a cute little girl? Thinking that I don't know when the Druid Council will come in the future, and I don't know how it will be conducted, thinking that I will start to resume my high school studies in the future, which is already unfamiliar to Zuo Lin, and thinking of the league and cup schedule that will become closer and closer from the next round on the club side, Zuo Lin feels that it is very appropriate to relax a little today.

So, after eating a little in the apartment, Zuo Lin was dragged around by Yan Yingxue all afternoon. Naturally, the quiet and loyal Jin Xiaohua is always with him.

The mobile phone that Zuo Lin needed, naturally Xue Xue, who was familiar with the house, chose it on her behalf, and in return, Zuo Lin also gave Xue Xue a plush toy about the same size as her. Zuo Lin didn't know much about the little girl's preferences. But Yan Yingxue behaved too obviously, and after seeing that thing in the mall, Yan Yingxue almost jumped up and hugged it. Yan Yingxue just likes such a cute big guy, and originally wanted to blackmail her grandfather to buy it for herself after she went home, but since Brother Zuolin, whom she likes very much, wants to buy it for her, she will not resolutely refuse.

One afternoon, the pink mini cooper traveled almost half of Shanghai. While gradually getting to know the city, Zuo Lin found that the city was not so monotonous and stereotypical. Although the large artificial green space in the east and west is so deliberate, it does add a lot of green to the city. And in this green, there are all kinds of vitality that go unnoticed. Probably only druids like Zuo Lin can easily find these.

In the sky above the city, there are of course well-trained pigeons in the squares and sparrows that are bits and pieces looking for food, but there are also gray magpies and swifts that are not so harmonious with the urban environment; behind the wet and greasy stones, there are snakes; when stray cats and dogs are playing around their food, Zuo Lin even grabs a young red fox from the corner that is afraid to approach; in the flower beds and bushes, which are not so neat and untidy without the care of a gardener, many seeds brought by birds and monsoons have taken root and germinated, and they are still growing very well…… The city, although the original countryside and woodland have been destroyed, the city cannot destroy the existence of all these lives. These beings gradually integrate into the ecology of the city and the rhythm of the city, and become a part of the city.

Feeling all this, Zuo Lin had a little more confidence in his future. He knew that he would always have these lovely and free beings by his side.