After the event of the wealthy gathering, the college returned to its usual tranquility.

Time flows like water, and months pass.

Lin Yang was in class every day, desperately learning all kinds of knowledge, and his attainments in magic were getting deeper and deeper, and the low-level spells of the wind, fire, thunder, lightning and ice systems had basically been mastered, and he was marching towards the middle-level and high-level spells. In addition, the geometry of the plane, the alchemy craftsman, the title system and other categories have gradually deepened, and what is unfolding in front of him is a vast new continent.

The most difficult knowledge is the title system, and the relevant subordinates are classified the most, such as territory construction, territory development, title division, recruitment, politics, war, wealth of nation, etc., every time he goes to the library to read a book, Lin Yang will have a new understanding, and pave every brick and stone for himself to embark on the plane in the future.

In addition, he is not too interested in alchemy, although the future of enchantment research, scroll manufacturing, and magic medicine is infinite, and he can at least take refuge in a general force after graduation in the future, but it is only under the fence, and it is very difficult to develop his own power system.

As for the Sage Totem, that was after becoming a closed disciple, and only some theoretical knowledge would be explained in simple terms in the classroom, which was not currently within Lin Yang's consideration. Of course, you can also choose to be self-taught, and there has never been such a genius in the history of the academy, but it will take more time, Lin Yang asked himself that he was entangled in busy classes every day, and he couldn't squeeze out half of his time, unless he even used the time to eat and sleep, of course this is impossible.

The most bizarre course is still honor and beauty, which is the course appointed by the mysterious female dean, even if there is no tutor for many years, it is still full.

For several months, the pitch-black portal on the podium occasionally emitted violent magic fluctuations, but it was still thunder and rain, with only one exception, a strange creature came out of the portal, and the senior members of the College of Elders quickly arrived and subdued it, so that there were no casualties.

In addition, Fanny, Alice, and Susan, who were closer to Lin Yang, also had different experiences.

After that duel, for some reason, Ranson automatically applied for withdrawal from school shortly after the Cartier siblings were officially expelled. And Susan became the suitor of many boys, and soon became famous, when Lin Yang saw Susan's new boyfriend, he couldn't help but be shocked, this person was none other than Arnold Wellington!

"Okay, you, you actually fell in love with the sixteen giants, you really have a great future!" Lin Yang would say this from time to time, and the angry other party gritted his teeth.

Alice and Fanny became a close pair of sisters, almost inseparable in the academy, the courses they chose were all related to magic, there were no other miscellaneous items, they would discuss matters related to magic in their spare time, and every weekend they would take time to go to the tundra wasteland to practice, and never return without killing dozens or hundreds of foreign barbarians.

After a long time, these two people were crowned with the title of "Hunting Sister Flower".

……

this day.

It's a rare day off, the morning sun shines in through the window, Lin Yang is lying on the bed, naked, wanting to sleep lazy.

"Knock knock!"

An annoying knock came from outside.

"Dizzy, who is so lacking in morality, it's rare to be able to sleep lazily and come to disturb me." Lin Yang reluctantly got up, put on a coat, and opened the door.

Outside the door, four people had been waiting for a long time, namely Fanny, Alice, Susan, and Arnold, and the three girls saw Lin Yang's open chest and thick hairy thighs, Fanny and Susan couldn't help but scream at the same time, and hurriedly turned their backs. Alice didn't react, still staring at Lin Yang's masculine body, stunned for a moment.

"I'll go, is it so exaggerated, I don't have any reaction to see other Alice." Lin Yang couldn't help but look down, at this glance, even he almost screamed, and hurriedly slammed the door, he actually forgot to put on his pants!

Opening the door again, Lin Yang had already changed into a gentleman's outfit.

"Brother Lin Yang, I really admire you." Arnold smiled innocently and extended a thumbs up to Lin Yang.

"Hey, little meaning, nothing." Lin Yang scratched the back of his head and sneered.

"It's huge." Alice was innocent, stared directly at a sensitive special part of Lin Yang's body, and made a final evaluation.

Fanny and Susan blushed again when they remembered what had happened to them.

Inviting the four of them into the door, Lin Yang made tea and brought it up, and said with a smile: "What's the matter today?" Ready to go on a collective trip to the tundra wasteland? Then I am not happy, rather than go to the tundra wasteland to drink the northwest wind, it is better to huddle in the bed and sleep in the cage. ”

"Nope." Arnold took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's a holiday today." ”

"Holidays?" Lin Yang was stunned for a moment and asked, "What festival is it?" ”

"You nerd, you forgot about the holidays in class!" Fanny couldn't help but glance at Lin Yang and said angrily, "Today is the day of the jackdaw!" ”

Lin Yang suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization.

Jackdaw's Day is an important annual festival at Jackdaw's Mage Academy, and it is also a major festival in the entire Icewind Dale. And this festival is to commemorate the establishment of Icewind Dale and the Mage Academy. According to legend, long before the endless years, the archmage Merlin came to the Icewind Valley, when the Icewind Valley was desolate and inaccessible, Merlin saw that this place was the only gap in the entire snowy mountain range, which was of excellent strategic significance, so he traveled to many surrounding countries, at that time, the Holy Federation had not yet been established, and under Merlin's several exhortations, he finally said that the first batch of people would come to open up the wasteland.

After seven years, Icewind Dale was finally built.

After another ten years, the last brick of the Jackdaw Mage Academy was also laid on the floor.

Coincidentally, both were sold out on the same day, and Jackdaw's Day also came into being, and to put it bluntly, it was all to commemorate the great achievements of Archmage Merlin.

Of course, there are many historians in later generations who have raised questions, during that time, there are almost no records of the construction of Icewind Dale and Jackdaw Castle Mage Academy, maybe it is just a fabrication by later generations, and some people even boldly question that even Archmage Merlin himself is an ethereal legend, and it is still unknown whether this person exists in history.

"Lin Yang, will you celebrate this festival with us?" Susan asked, somewhat uncertain.

"What's in it for you?" Lin Yang touched his chin and smiled evilly.

"You guy!" Fanny couldn't help but be even more angry, and said angrily: "I said a long time ago that you don't need to call him, let him sleep here to death, you just didn't listen, now you all know the way, we kindly invited him to celebrate the holiday, and he actually wants benefits!" ”

Arnold thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "It's good, I have all the expenses for eating, drinking, and having fun today." ”

"I'm the first to approve it!" Lin Yang immediately raised his hand: "Arnold is worthy of being a person from a sixteen wealthy family, he is really bold enough!" ”

"I'm in favor of it too." Alice raised her little hand, she could eat and drink for free, she was also very happy, after all, financially, the little girl has always been a little poor, and even once rubbed food with Lin Yang.

Fanny and Susan looked at each other, both looking a little helpless, what else did they have to say now that the matter had come to this?

……

Icewind Dale, on the Long Street.

It's the height of summer, the snow on the tundra has long since melted, the land is still frozen, and the temperature in the Icewind Dales is neither high nor low, maintaining the level of spring, very cool and comfortable.

On this day, the street is particularly lively, full of dazzling small stalls, fireworks, firecrackers, gadgets, streamers, colorful flags and other festive supplies, countless. Most of the students in the college also came out to go shopping and play, surrounded by shouting and shouting one after another, busy traffic, people coming and going, so lively.

"This one is so pretty." Susan held a mask in her hand and looked left and right, unable to let go.

"Boss, I bought this mask." Although Arnold looks honest, he is not ambiguous at all, he doesn't ask the price at all, as long as it is something that Susan likes, he will buy it without saying a word. Of course, with his status, there are indeed few things that he can't afford to consume.

Lin Yang, Fanny, and Alice walked behind.

"He's so nice to Susan." Fanny couldn't help but say with some jealousy.

"What? Missing a man? Lin Yang teased: "Why don't we make do with it?" ”

"Die!" Fanny said viciously: "Even if all the men in the world are dead, I won't think about you!" ”

"That's what you said." Lin Yang smiled and said, "Be careful that one day I kill all the men." ”

"If there really is such a day." Fanny turned her head away and said disdainfully, "Then I'll take a knife and wipe my neck." ”

"Eldest sister, don't hit me like this, right?" Lin Yang spread his hands helplessly.

Alice was caught in the middle, it was difficult to interject, and finally found an opportunity, and suddenly a shocking sentence came out: "How do I feel like we are a family of three......"

"Poof!"

Lin Yang almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

……

Soon it was lunch time, and the five of them found a luxurious hostel.

During the banquet, everyone clinked glasses frequently, Alice was overwhelmed by alcohol, and soon drank red faces, dizziness, plops, and fell drunk in Lin Yang's arms.

Arnold's care for Susan can be said to have reached the point of meticulousness, what Susan likes to eat, Arnold grabbed to clip it to her, the two were filled with a certain atmosphere called happiness, the angry Fanny directly turned her head, and looked at a few jackdaws flying outside the window alone.

"I'm kind of looking for a boyfriend......" Fanny sighed inwardly.

"Brother Arnold." Lin Yang suddenly asked, "What do you think a family needs most if it wants to reach the top?" ”

This topic aroused Fanny's interest, and she hurriedly said: "Needless to say, of course, it is an endless amount of gold coins, countless massive armies, mountains of various ores, wood, stones, equipment, weapons and other resources, vast and boundless territory, and powerful totem knights!" ”

"I'm sorry, Miss Fanny, you were wrong." Shaking his head, mentioning this topic, Arnold was also rarely shrewd, and said: "According to the development experience of our family for tens of thousands of years, if a family wants to reach the top, the first thing to look at is the cohesion of the family, which is the so-called unity; The second thing to look at is whether the leader of the family has the foresight and courage to do great things; And the third point is resources, gold, armies, and so on. ”

Lin Yang couldn't help but nodded, this answer was almost impeccable, and it was deeply appreciated by Lin Yang, it seems that Arnold is by no means so honest and honest as he seems on the surface, in fact, the sixteen giants in the academy, the only one who can really make Lin Yang scratch his head is Arnold.

Of course, Lin Yang will not do this kind of thing for the time being, their respective identities and statuses are there, princes and beggar friends, this kind of story only exists in fairy tales.

After lunch, the five of them walked around Icewind Valley again, time flew by, and soon it was evening, Lin Yang and Arnold, as the only two men present, returned to the academy with large bags of things, most of which were fireworks.

……

Back at the Academy, the five entered the main fort and climbed the spiral staircase to the platform at the top of one of the towers.

At this moment, there are many people standing on the huge platform, most of them are big nobles with heads and faces, ordinary students, and they are not qualified to stand here at all.

In the center of the platform at the top of the tower is a pitch-black portal, protected by a ring of bright silver railings, which was specially left behind by the dean before leaving. Several large nobles gathered in front of the railing, talking to each other at the portal.

The five of them came to the edge of the platform, the wind blew their faces and sleeves, and under their feet were the clouds of haze, and the remnant sun in the western sky was like blood, slowly falling into the mountains, and the burning clouds stained half of the sky red, and the blue sky was changing towards the dark blue little by little.

"It's about to start." Arnold took a deep breath.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, a few hundred meters away, on another tower platform, a magic firework suddenly burst out, blooming brilliantly in the sky, forming the shape of a heart.

At the same time, the last rays of the sunset also happened to set the horizon.

"Whoosh!"

More magical fireworks burst out from the platforms of several towers around them, in the shape of hearts, flowers, irregularly shaped, round, and even in the shape of animals and plants.

On the ground, the carnival among ordinary students also began, one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, frantically lighting fireworks and dancing.

Lin Yang's five people also took out the magic fireworks from the package one after another, placed them on the ground, and quickly lit them, and the colorful fireworks bloomed with neon light in the sky.

As it gets late, the burning fireworks also enter their peak, gradually coming to an end as a huge jackdaw-shaped firework spreads across the sky.

"It's beautiful." Susan snuggled into Arnold's arms, looked up at the fireworks of all kinds, her eyes crooked, and said with a smile.

"If you like, I can take you here every day to watch the fireworks." Arnold said softly.

"Fool, how can there be fireworks every day." Susan wrinkled her nose.

"No one stipulates that you can't set off fireworks if it's not a festival, as long as you like something, even if it's a star in the sky, I'll pick it for you." With that, Arnold lifted Susan's face and kissed it affectionately.

Lin Yang and Fanny looked numb for a while, and walked away directly.

Alice didn't know why, but she still followed Lin Yang's footsteps and asked, "Why do we want to avoid them?" ”

"Because I was so sick that I almost threw up my overnight meal." Lin Yang vomited.

Fanny kicked him and said, "I think you're disgusting me now, people are obviously a**, I just don't want to disturb them, only you guys will vomit." ”

"It seems that a woman's ability to bear is really not an ordinary strong ......," Lin Yang suddenly realized.

……

Moments later, the fireworks ended completely, and the crowd walked off the platform.

"You guys go first, I'll take a look at the scenery for a while." With that, Lin Yang came to the edge of the platform and looked up at the starry sky.

A bright nova, rising high in the deep blue sky, almost obscured the brilliance of the bright moon.

Lin Yang looked at it in a daze, with thousands of thoughts in his heart, unconsciously, time flew by, and when he woke up, it was late at night, and there was no one around.

A huge sense of loneliness suddenly hit his heart, although he had many friends in the academy, and he also had his own territory and subordinates outside, but he still felt empty and lonely, and the road ahead was lonely, lonely and resolute, what was this for?

"Perhaps, everyone has a mask on their faces to a greater or lesser extent, and no one can really understand each other's hearts, right?" He muttered secretly.

Turning around, Lin Yang prepared to go back.

As he walked through the pitch-black portal, a faint fluctuation suddenly emanated from the portal, which caught his attention.

"This is ......" Lin Yang turned his head to look, the oval portal, on the center point, suddenly appeared a whirlpool, the whirlpool was dark and deep, with an indescribable attraction.

Suddenly, the whirlpool churned out stormy waves, and a huge suction force struck the outside world violently!

"Danger, run!" His pupils contracted violently, and Lin Yang immediately launched the afterimage footwork, and ran out of the body for more than ten meters in an instant!

However, after all, it was still a step too late, and the wild suction force behind him was like a pair of invisible hands, clasping his shoulders, and he was still running desperately into the distance, but his footsteps were slowly retreating!

10 meters, 8 meters, 5 meters, 3 meters......

With a whoosh, Lin Yang was completely sucked into this whirlpool!

The whirlpool spread out ripples in circles, and returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.