Chapter 40: The Dark Tide is Surging
"Come to think of it, I'm here to heal A-Qing's injuries. Now that Qing's injuries have healed, I think I should go back too. "Actually, I saw Dian Li and Ah Qing in the room just now that they were very close, and I somehow remembered Ye Xin. I don't know what the reason is in the past few days, I haven't seen Ye Xin's figure. Did something happen to her, or was she delayed by something? For the first time in my life, I had a strong desire to know what other people were doing. So I think when I should go back, maybe Ye Xin is already waiting in the library to borrow books from me, and when the time comes, I can see Ye Xin again.
"So fast? Are you sure you've fully recovered your mental strength? "Electricity is still very worried about me.
"You don't have to worry about me. Don't you see that I can already cast magic? I laughed.
"That's right!"
"Okay, in that case, I'll go first!" If I stay in Denli's house any longer, won't I be a light bulb for Aqing's Denli? Let's go first.
"Wait, Brother Tian, wait!" Denri saw that I was suddenly leaving, and became a little anxious.
"Is there anything else?" I said confusedly. Seeing Denli's anxious look, could it be that there is anything else to do with Denli?
"Well, I think, I want to go back with you!" Denley said.
"No, Denley. Ah Qing's injuries are just right now, and it is the time when he needs someone to take care of him. Instead of taking care of her now, you've decided to go back with me. What do you mean by that? ”
"It's not interesting, I must go back with you."
"Hehe, actually, I'm in such a hurry to go back, and I don't want to be your light bulb!" I'm kidding.
"Alas, Brother Tian, since I have determined that A-Qing will be fine now, I will be relieved for the time being. If you want to go back now, I will go back with you. ”
"What kind of reasoning is this, are you afraid that I will get lost?"
"Not really." Denri didn't know how to explain it to me. "Actually, I know that in order to save Ah Qing, your strength must not have recovered. Recently, the Avance School has not been very peaceful. In the unlikely event that someone attacks you while your strength has not yet recovered, you may be in danger. So, I have to go back with you! ”
"Isn't it, Denri, are you saying that the school is not peaceful now? Even if it's really not peaceful, then those people can't attack me, who am I, I'm a little librarian, and I haven't offended anyone, why would they attack me? ”
"Brother Tian, don't you know? Ever since you last fought off that Houston in the library, you've been talked about by a lot of people. There were a lot of magic students present, and they all saw Houston's strength firsthand. And the fact that you were able to beat this Houston away and save my life at that time undoubtedly left a very powerful concept in the minds of the magic students at that time. There are many people who adore you now. ”
Hehe, there are a lot of people who worship me? In my opinion. Saving Princess Becky and saving Denley are both things I should do, is such a thing worthy of many people's worship of me? It's also too hard to understand.
I laughed and said, "Hehe, if there are many people who worship me, that's a good thing, why should I be attacked?" ”
Denley said, "Well, what are you going to say about this? It's a long story, why don't you do it like this, I'll talk to Aqing, and then the two of us will walk and walk on the road! ”
"Alright then, I'll wait for you here." I nodded.
It was only after half an hour that I saw Denley come out of the room again. Wow, just talk to Aqing, is it necessary for half an hour? Isn't this an obvious test of my patience?
Dian Li said a little apologetically: "Brother Tian, I'm sorry, I went in a little bit just now. ”
"Hmph, is it a little longer? It's been half an hour! I don't know what you guys have to say! I said angrily, "I won't forgive you if you don't tell you what you talked about for two and a half hours today!" "Damn, you actually made me wait for half an hour, hmph, if you don't make a joke at this time, then how can it be worth my half an hour of waiting.
"Actually, we didn't say anything, the main thing is to talk about you!"
"Aren't you saying goodbye to Aqing? Why did it happen to me again? I asked curiously.
"Actually, it was Aqing who asked this and that curiously, and the questions were all about you, which made my heart sour at the time. But I couldn't help but answer, so she asked you a question, and I answered it to her what I knew about you. In this way, she probably asked a dozen questions. Later, I thought you were still waiting for me outside the door, so I hurried out. ”
The environment in the Avans School is very close to nature, and there is no trace of artificiality. This is also a great feature of the Avans School. Because according to Principal Avans' theory, the closer you practice magic in an environment close to nature, the easier it will be to cultivate. This is because in this environment, it is more conducive to the magician's perception of nature.
Now Denri and I are walking on a forest path, and the smell of nature is so strong, I am deeply intoxicated.
"Wrong, Brother Tian, you are on the wrong path." Suddenly, Denley said to me.
"Taken the wrong path? Exactly? Isn't that the way to the library? I wondered, "I've been working in the library for five years, and if I don't even know the way to the library, wouldn't it be a joke?" ”
"Who told you you were going to the library? I mean you should go back to the headmaster again? ”
"Back to the Headmaster? What to do? ”
"Huh? Didn't the headmaster say to you? He said to me, "Once Brother Tian heals Ah Qing's injuries, he wants me to bring you back to him." ”
What the? Back to the headmaster? Suddenly, I remembered the headmaster's sudden murderous intent when he was in the magical space he had created. If I go back to the principal this time, I'll never come back. Maybe the principal wants to use me to treat Ah Qing's injuries, and then kill me when he is healed, anyway, no one will see him when he crosses the river and demolishes the bridge. At that time, the Kaxian Empire will have one less powerful threat.
Thinking about it, I broke out in a cold sweat on my forehead. If the headmaster does kill me, then I'll have to leave the Avans School quickly. If I wait until the headmaster is really going to kill, then it will be too late for me to leave. With the headmaster's strength, it would be as easy to kill me as it was to trample an ant.
If I had been afraid that if I had run out of the Avance School, I wouldn't know where I was going. But now I'm different. With the this energy body, I have the ability to protect myself. Ordinary people can't bully me, and moreover, through the I can also earn money and support myself.
Thinking of this, I had already made up my mind to pay attention, and while others were not noticing me, I sneaked out of the Avance School. Only in this way can I save my life.
I had made up my mind to go, but my heart was quiet. Now, I'm going to stabilize the power first. I'm not going to tell Denley about my departure just yet. Although I am the life-saving benefactor of Denli and Aqing, for the sake of the interests of the Kaxian Empire, maybe Denli will still force me to stay. At that time, I will lose a lot, and if I am not careful, my life will be gone.
"Denley, that, do you know why the headmaster wants me to go back to him?" I thought to myself: since I'm leaving, I have to know at least a reason.
Denli pondered for a moment, "Actually, I can guess the reason why the principal wants you to go back again. ”
"Guess a probably? What do you mean! ”
"Well, that's a long story. First of all, let's start with the four major families of the Kaxian Empire. What are the four major families, Brother Tian, you know?"
I shook my head, for five years, I had been in the library, and I rarely went out at all, so I didn't know that there were four major families.
"It's no wonder, Brother Tian, you've been staying in the library for the past five years, and you don't know that the four major families are also related. But although you don't know the four major families, I think you must know the four overlords! ”
I know the four overlords, they are extremely domineering in the school, but the strange thing is that there are so many magic masters in the Avans school, how can they be so rampant and no one cares?
I nodded and said, "Aren't they just the four extremely arrogant students in the school?" ”
Denley said: "Actually, why these four overlords can run rampant in the school, do you know? If it were one person alone, even me, I wouldn't be able to run rampant in school, but why could they do it? ”
"Could it be that the backers behind the four overlords are the four major families?" I came to my senses.
Denri nodded and said, "That's right. It is precisely because of the support of the four major families that the school has produced four overlords. A long time ago, there were four major families in the Kaxian Empire. These four families are the Eastern family, the Western family, the Huang family, and the Ouyang family. The Eastern family, which controls almost 80% of the economy of the Kaxian Empire, is rich in the whole country. As for the Western family, it almost controls almost seventy percent of the country's military strength. The Huang family is mainly diplomatic, and almost all diplomatic relations in the Kaxian Empire are controlled by the Huang family. The last Ouyang family, it has almost eighty percent of its political power. Let's put it this way, all the powerful officials and politicians in the Kaxian Empire are all surnamed "Ouyang"! ”
I heard Denri talk about the four families and some of their things, and before I knew it, my head was a little bigger.
"Wait, Denri, what do you mean by suddenly telling me about the Four Great Families? Do you know? What you're saying is a headache for me! ”
"Hehe, didn't you say you want to know the reason why the headmaster would want you to go back again? The explanation of this reason must start with the four major families! ”
No, it's just one reason, but you told me about irrelevant things, and said you had to! I'm dizzy.
"Okay, since you've talked so much, you can tell me why the principal wants me to go back now!"
"Brother Tian, don't worry, you listen to me, and then you will naturally understand the reason why the principal wants you to go back." Denley kind of blamed me for being too anxious.
"Okay, okay, I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry." I replied.
"Actually, now the Kaxian Empire is calm on the surface, but secretly there is a turbulent undercurrent. On the surface, the four major families are all living in harmony, and they are also assisting the current emperor Kaxian 33rd together, and the whole country seems to be prosperous. In fact, over the years, the interests of the four major families have always been conflicting, at the beginning, the conflict of interests was not very serious, and slowly, it gradually evolved into a violent conflict. If it weren't for Ka Xian's 33rd extremely shrewd way of dealing with the world, maybe the war would have broken out by now. ”
Denri paused for a moment and continued, "It seems that the principal and I have been observing the movements of the four major families. It was discovered that each of the four major families seemed to be carrying out a huge conspiracy, and once this conspiracy succeeded, it would successfully defeat the other three families, and maybe even become emperor! ”
When Denley said this, he suddenly smiled and said: "To put it more narcissistically, Principal Avans and I, both of whom are very patriotic, therefore, Principal Avans and I are strongly supportive of Ka Xian 33, although the four major families have promised us many rich things, such as money, beautiful women, and power, etc., we still decided to be loyal to Ka Xian 33. ”
Denley continued, "Avance and I would never watch the conspiracy of the four great families against the Kaxian Empire. We have secretly investigated and found that many outstanding talents in the Kaxian Empire have been co-opted by the four major families, and those who cannot be co-opted have also been transferred by the four major families for various reasons. Now every family has a certain number of outstanding talents, whether it is a magician or a samurai.
As long as you are highly capable, you will be treated very well, of course, the higher your ability, the better the treatment! ”
I suddenly asked, "Dian Li, if I use my current strength, what kind of treatment will I get in the four major families?" ”
Dian Li said: "With your current strength, if you join any of the four major families, it will undoubtedly be the icing on the cake." Their treatment of you, I think, even if it is the 33rd generation of Ka Xian, it is nothing more than that. ”
I said secretly, "Do I have that strength?" ”
Dian Li suddenly sighed: "Alas, most of the students in the school have been co-opted by the four major families now. These bastard students, have they forgotten the oath they made when they first entered the Avans School to be loyal to their homeland? ”
I said, "Human nature is like that, for profit. They can give up everything and sacrifice everything! ”
Dian Li suddenly said coldly: "Let me ask you, if the four major families come to you, thinking that money and beauty still have rights, will you give up everything because of human nature because of interests, and willingly take refuge in them?" ”
I thought to myself: It depends on which party has more money, good beauties, and more power? Whichever side has the money, the beauty is good, and the power is big, I will go to that side. Hee-hee.
But although he thought so in his heart, he said, "Denli, do you think I am?" Am I the kind of person who loves money, loves beauty, loves power? If I were that kind of person, I wouldn't have been living in the library of the Avance School for five years and willingly being a librarian! ”
Denli thought for a while, nodded and said, "Indeed, with your strong strength, it is indeed not difficult to get good treatment." ”
"For five years, I've been pursuing a thirst for magic, and nothing has drawn me in, except magic," I said. ”
Denley heard my words and said, "No wonder your strength is so strong, it turns out that it is the result of your hard work in the past five years. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said to me: "Brother Tian, if it is really as you said, then I think you will be in trouble next." ”
"Trouble,? What's the trouble? I was surprised.
"The four major families will definitely try their best to win you over when they see that your strength is so strong, and when the time comes, countless money, beautiful girls, and extremely high rights will all come to you, what do you say you should do? And when they recruited talents, they were extremely patient, thinking that at the beginning, I was about to be worn to death by those people from the four major families. ”
"Hehe, I'm not afraid, I'll talk about it when they arrive. Why start thinking about these things now. It's purely self-inflicted! ”
"But Brother Tian, have you ever thought that you are the object of the four major families, when they are fighting for you, if you don't handle it well, it may cause their already sharp contradictions to intensify even more, and as a result, maybe it will lead to a war, and when the time comes, Brother Tian, you will become the fuse of this war."
"The more you talk about it, the more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes!" I said.
"No, I'm not serious at all. I think it's because Principal Avance saw this clearly that he asked me to bring you back again! ”
I thought about it for a moment, in fact, if it was really as Denley said, Principal Avans's approach would be easy to understand. But if I go back this time, if Principal Avans simply kills me in his magical space for convenience, then I will lose a lot. If you take a step back, Principal Avans will definitely imprison me as well, lest I accidentally exacerbate the conflict between the four major families. Anyway, if I go to the principal, it will definitely not be good.