Gradually, two hours passed quickly, and everyone returned from the dining room to the couch in the office, but the communication did not stop.

They discuss the development of dream magic and the future development of the Magic Corridor. Xia Xuan found that the original field, the concubine selection conference with a blind date was not as boring as imagined, but very interesting.

As a developer of dream magic, Stephanie has a very unique insight into the study of dream souls. It is even proposed to suggest a person's soul through dreams, so that his consciousness can run several times faster than usual, so as to achieve a similar effect of time acceleration. For example, if the consciousness of the soul is accelerated by a factor of 5, a person who feels that he has stayed in the dream for 5 days has only stayed for 1 day.

In fact, this effect can also be achieved by humans through some hallucinogenic drugs, which can make people's consciousness feel that the flow of time seems to slow down. Some scientists have also put forward such theories, and now this special hallucinogenic drug has been developed to this day, and it still has not achieved the theoretical effect.

Medication guidance can only make people feel that the flow of time has slowed down, and can even make a person feel like an hour has passed in a minute. However, drug guidance has a fatal shortcoming, that is, it can only feel, and the consciousness divergence cannot be concentrated.

If you can't concentrate your mind, you can't think about problems, and the development of this drug was originally intended to speed up people's thinking and shorten the learning time. And this drug makes people unable to think, which is the exact opposite of the purpose for which it was developed, and therefore has no value.

And the succubus queen Stephanie, who is known for her illusions, also read various psychological knowledge and hallucinogenic drugs after joining Great Xia. From this, she found that human beings' understanding of the spiritual realm is still at a very shallow level, and it cannot effectively guide the other party's mind, but she has to admit that it is indeed powerful in medicine.

Stephanie's theory of accelerating dream consciousness is also inspired by human drugs that can make people feel that the flow of time slows down. Stephanie discovered that the soul is stored in the brain, and the brain can influence the soul to a certain extent.

So is it feasible to use the power of dreams to help people focus and accelerate their thinking based on the effects of drugs that make people feel that time is slowing down?

The Elven Queen Elena became an elven and loved the traditions of nature and was very interested in the Soul Tree. Of course, the nature that the elves love here, since they came into contact with scientific knowledge, their nature is not limited to ecosystems such as forests, but the entire natural world.

Since the elves have known that the development of civilization will inevitably cause some damage to nature, it is inevitable. The elven race is in the system of Great Xia, and it is impossible for them to disobey the entire society for the sake of nature.

Therefore, the elves set their sights on balance, that is, to achieve a balance between the recovery rate of nature and the consumption rate of civilization. And if you want to increase the recovery speed of nature, then high-dimensional energy is essential. Because high-dimensional energy can make each species have a stronger vitality, the ability of nature, which is composed of countless species, to recover, will also be enhanced.

The higher the concentration of high-dimensional energy in the world, the stronger nature's ability to recover. In fact, the total amount of high-dimensional energy will not disappear, and if living beings absorb high-dimensional energy, the high-dimensional energy possessed by the world will indeed decrease. However, the death of a creature or the casting of a spell will return the corresponding high-dimensional energy to the world.

That's why is the high-dimensional energy of the Goblin Slayer world reduced so much? In ancient times, gods could be born, but now it is extremely difficult to give birth to a fifth-order being. This is mainly because the gods absorb more high-dimensional energy than they need into their bodies and do not release it, which leads to a decrease in the concentration of high-dimensional energy in the world.

In this regard, Elena proposed the theory of unified storage network of high-dimensional energy, based on the biological neural network of the soul tree, to store and manage the high-dimensional energy of the entire world.

For this theory, Xia Xuan showed great importance. Because of this theory, if it is really feasible and successfully implemented, then Daxia's management ability for individual strong people will rise by several grades.

Based on the properties of her Ice Knight storing energy, Estes also proposed the Energy Crystal Theory.

The red pupil said that the palace food was delicious and that he would like to eat it in the future.

After 6 hours, the discussion finally ended, and everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief and began to sort out the lessons gained from the discussion.

"Whew~" Xia Xuan slowly took a breath, he found that high-level powerhouses have some unique insights into their own fields, which are difficult to study in the research institute.

He began to consider whether to set up a special symposium to invite all high-level powerhouses to discuss regularly and talk freely about their understanding of their field.

At this time, the voice of the system suddenly sounded.

[Host, summon them to the palace for the purpose of choosing a concubine. 】

Being reminded by the system like this, Xia Xuan suddenly turned around, and then remembered the real purpose of summoning them here today.

The discussion was so engrossed that I almost forgot about it.

"Ahem, ahem." Xia Xuan cleared his throat, and everyone's eyes gathered at once.

Xia Xuan said: "Today, I summoned you to the palace, mainly to choose a concubine. Originally, I originally planned to choose a few random humans as concubines to appease the people. ”

"After all, with my current level of life, the possibility of having offspring is very low. And I still have a few hundred years to live, and it should increase in the future, and I am not in a hurry to have the next generation of successors. ”

Xia Xuan swept over the four women in front of him, regardless of their appearance and temperament, and said to them: "Frankly, your arrival was an accident, if you don't want to become the imperial princess, I allow you to refuse." ”

If this is an open selection of concubines, as subjects of the empire, they have no right to refuse, only the result of defeat. Because since you have agreed to participate in the election of concubines, it shows that you are ready to become the imperial concubine, and now if you refuse the emperor, you are slapping the entire empire in the face.

But this time it was a secret concubine selection, and the only people in the know were all the people present and the brave team, and they wouldn't say it without interest. So there aren't so many rules, and it doesn't matter if you refuse.

For Xia Xuan, what he values is their strength, vision, knowledge, and people who can have the same topic as him, rather than their physical bodies.

It is even more impossible to be strong than them, and Xia Xuan disdains to do so. And if nothing else, he is also a fifth-class powerhouse, and he must have at least basic respect for a person.

They refused to become imperial concubines, and Xia Xuan could still convene them in the name of the emperor to start a discussion on the level of life. They agreed to become imperial concubines, and Xia Xuan could discuss all kinds of knowledge, insights into the world, and the climb of life levels with them anytime and anywhere.

No matter which one it is, Xia Xuan can get what he wants. They may earn blood, but they will never lose.

Red Hitomi suddenly raised her hand and said, "I found that I have fallen in love with palace cuisine, and I want to eat every meal in the future." ”

Xia Xuan covered his face and said speechlessly: "This answer is very your style." ”

Estes stretched out his fragrant tongue and licked the corners of his mouth, looked at Xia Xuan with burning eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, I originally came here for you, do you think I will abstain?" ”

Stephanie hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Your Majesty, can the minister tell the truth?" ”

After the conversation just now, Stephanie realized that the human emperor did not like beauty as she thought. This emperor is clearly more of a god, a god who balances the entire empire. This also made her lose her only advantage, rather than pretending to like the emperor, it is better to directly and calmly face it.

Xia Xuan nodded and said, "Yes." ”

After receiving the reply, Stephanie took a deep breath, and then spoke: "Actually, the main purpose of my candidacy for the imperial concubine is for greater power and status. ”

"After establishing the Dream Group, I have gained a lot of social resources. But without power, the social resources I get can only stay on the surface, and I can't touch more precious resources. ”

Stephanie looked at Estes and Red Pupil, who were sitting on her right, and said, "For example, these two people next to me should be from the Pioneer Legion, and they should have known about the existence of the Soul Tree for a long time. ”

"As the president of the Dream Group, I have a thousand times more social resources than them, but I know less than them. This is power and status, no matter how much wealth I have. There is no power that can never be accessed to what is truly valuable. ”

"Just like now, just being a candidate for the Imperial Concubine can give me access to intelligence of the level of the Soul Tree. And I need the status of the imperial concubine to qualify me for real access to all kinds of precious resources. ”

Stephanie's words made the elf queen Elena beside her think a lot in an instant, and saw the current situation of the elf race.

With our appearance, our elves are very influential among the people. But in terms of social discourse, politically, we elves only have an autonomous region that has nothing to show for itself.

Although the number of lichs and necromancers is scarce, they have a very large voice in the academic world. Although the demons are ugly and have relatively violent personalities, they join the army with their strong physical fitness. At present, there is not much say in the matter, but in the future, there may be a place in the army.

The other races have a part of the social discourse in their respective fields, while the elves are still standing still, and the only place where they shine is the infrastructure industry. But this has a fart, is it possible for our elves to do all the civil engineering in the future?

Elena struggled in her heart for more than ten seconds, and finally plucked up the courage to say, "Your Majesty, the elves also need more power. ”

After a few minutes of conversation, the concubine election conference turned into a political marriage.

At present, although Bactria advocates the equality of all races, it is in the hands of humans in terms of power. It is no problem for other races to gain a voice in society, but it is very difficult to gain real power.

Purely in terms of politics, it is more than 10 times more difficult for all races to enter politics and get promoted than humans, and they may not be able to be successfully promoted.

The people who are now in the center of power in Great Xia are all human beings, and there is no place for any race at the top level of power. If all ethnic groups want to gain a place in the top power, they need to rely on time to survive and climb up step by step.

And the Imperial Princess's one-step approach to the sky, Elena and Stephanie couldn't refuse.

Although the Imperial Princesses did not have any real power, this status gave them access to various secrets. No longer kept in the dark as before, only arranged.

Elena and Stephanie want to gain more power by becoming imperial princesses. Xia Xuan, I want to make the elves and succubi really on his side through the marriage with the two.

……

On the second day, Xia Xuan did not hold a grand ceremony to accept concubines, but announced to the outside world that Naesdes and Red Pupil were concubines, calming the people's worries about the emperor's singleness.

As for why Stephanie and Elena were not declared concubines? This is mainly to prevent other races from thinking too much. Because if a succubus queen is declared to be a concubine with an elven queen, in the eyes of other races, it is a political marriage.

Some people take the lead, and other races also want to gain a greater voice in this way. What if the dwarves, lizardmen, lichs and other races want to be princesses?

Of course, I can refuse these races, but I don't suffer from inequality, and her elves and succubi can gain greater power in this way, but I can't. In general, it is sure to cause some riots.

What Elena and Stephanie want is not to declare their status as a princess to the public, but to have the status and power that the princess has.

……

So there was no emotional foreshadowing, and there was no so-called mutual liking, Xia Xuan married 4 wives at a time and successfully opened a harem.

Stephanie and Elena stayed at the palace directly, after all, even if they went back, there was nothing to do. Although Stephanie is the president of the Dream Group, she doesn't really care.

Although Elena is the head of the Elven Autonomous Region and has the administrative power of the Elven Autonomous Region, she loses everything to her subordinates on weekdays.

The two of them just briefly explained through communication that they would not go back for the time being.

Red Hitomi and Estes originally lived in the palace, but they used to live in the outer Pioneer Legion station. With the status of the imperial concubine, they have a suite in the center of the palace.

While they were allowed to reside in the center of the palace, Estes and Crimson spent most of their time training at the Pioneer Legion station. For example, Red Pupil, Xia Xuan only saw her when she was eating.

In fact, Xia Xuan's life has not changed much, he is still dealing with government affairs, climbing the level of life, and dealing with government affairs...... It's just that there are a few more strong people around him who can speak and talk to him at the same level.

In the past, the only person who could talk to him was the goddess of knowledge, but most of the conversation between the two of them was idle talk. Once encountering a question at the level of life, it is generally Xia Xuan who asks, and the goddess of knowledge gives the answer directly.

For example, on the question of magic, Xia Xuan had just put forward a conjecture, and the goddess of knowledge turned her head and sorted it out.

A year ago, Xia Xuan was looking at the latest inscription magic machine when he suddenly had a flash of inspiration. I thought that if there was a way to engrave magic on the human body, such as skin and flesh, so that the chanting was omitted when the magic was released, the effect was instantaneous.

Xia Xuan told this conjecture to the goddess of knowledge, and originally wanted to deduce this idea with her to see if the idea was feasible. However, on the second day, the Goddess of Knowledge developed the Magic Corridor system.

Magic Corridor: A new magic system that gives all magic a fixed spell. The caster can engrave this warlock on himself, or on some special storage items, such as magic circles and charms.

In the past, if a caster wanted to release magic, he had to simulate the magic he was going to release in his mind before he could release it. This method is highly dependent on the caster's own aptitude and strength, with a strong caster being able to cast several spells in a second, while a weak caster is required to cast a spell by chanting.

In the past, magicians were a profession where God enjoyed food and food, and your starting point determined your end. No matter how hard you try, in most cases, geniuses will always outperform you. Even if you fight for your life, go through countless lives and deaths, and finally achieve soul transformation, you are just barely walking with those geniuses.

And the appearance of the magic corridor has made up for the gap between mediocrity and genius to a certain extent. The mediocre can rely on the magic corridor or like a genius, casting several spells at once.

But the magic corridor only made up for the difference in strength between the two sides, and it didn't actually change the essence of the magician who relied on the sky for food.

To put it simply, whether a magician is strong or not mainly depends on the amount of blue, and the soul is the place where high-dimensional energy is stored, and the upper limit of the soul is the upper limit of the amount of blue.

Since that time, Xia Xuan has dismissed the idea of discussing knowledge with the goddess of knowledge. After all, the magic of the Goblin Slayer world was actually created by the goddess of knowledge, and talking about magic with her is simply looking for abuse. Therefore, most of the communication between Xia Xuan and the goddess of knowledge on weekdays is idle and complaining.

In the next period of time, as soon as Xia Xuan finished handling government affairs, he pulled his imperial concubine and started the study conference.

She benefited greatly from this time of communication, especially Stephanie's dream magic, which gave him a deeper insight into the various personalities in his body. Xia Xuan also found that the various personalities in his body showed signs of recovery.

Elena and Stephanie looked confused at first, as if it was a little different from her imaginary life as a princess. Shouldn't the life of the imperial concubine be to please the emperor and then step on her competitors like crazy?

Through exchanges and discussions with the Emperor, Stephanie and Elena were exposed to things that they were not previously eligible for. For example, the Soul Tree, the portal, and the Genesis Project.

Especially the Genesis Project, when they first saw it, they wondered if they were dreaming, Great Xia actually had the ability to create a world consciousness.

Although getting along with the emperor is very strange, you don't have to go out of your way to please him, you just need to learn from him. Elena and Stephanie quickly accepted this mode of getting along, and their main purpose in becoming the princess was to use this identity to get in touch with more secrets like the Soul Tree and obtain some resources that could not be exchanged for money.

……

Five days later, at 3 o'clock in the evening, Xia Xuan finished his day's work and returned to his bedroom to take a shower.

When he came out of the shower, Xia Xuan found that his bed had been occupied.

At this time, Xia Xuan's bed had been occupied by a woman wearing only a white shirt and long ice blue hair.

Xia Xuan asked, "Estes, what are you doing here?" And that shirt on you, it looks like it's mine. ”

Estes smiled slightly and replied, "Your Majesty, I have a new idea about the energy crystal. ”

"Oh." Xia Xuan suddenly became interested, if the energy crystal could really be mass-produced in the form of a factory, then the combat power of the magician would rise by several grades.

Estes patted his side and said, "Your Majesty, you sit down first, and the concubine will explain to you in detail." ”

Xia Xuan didn't think much about it, and sat directly beside her, and said, "If your energy crystal can be mass-produced, then this will be a new currency, something more precious than gold." ”

The next moment, Xia Xuan was suddenly pressed on the bed.

Xia Xuan looked at Estes riding on him with some confusion and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

At this time, Estes's pretty face was slightly red, his eyes were hot, and he said with a very seductive smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I said that one day you will be conquered by me. ”

……

At noon on the second day, on the outskirts of the imperial capital, the portal area.

The goddess of knowledge walked out of the portal with the steps of six relatives who did not recognize her, and at this time, the goddess of knowledge had a bright smile on her face. Now she is in a very good mood thanks to the tremendous progress made in the Genesis project.

"Hmph, Xia Xuan dared to question this goddess's creation plan before, wait a minute, you will be ashamed of your own stupidity."

The next moment, the figure of the goddess of knowledge disappeared into thin air, and she couldn't wait to return to the palace and tell Xia Xuan about the progress made in the Genesis project.

The goddess of knowledge could even imagine that Xia Xuan was finally impressed by her knowledge, hugged her thighs, and looked at herself with adoring eyes.

……

Royal Palace, Office.

A silver-haired woman in a white robe with a divine light appeared out of thin air.

"Palace, your goddess is back!"

As soon as the words fell, the divine light on the goddess of knowledge suddenly froze, because she found that Xia Xuan was not here to deal with government affairs today.

The goddess of knowledge looked at the cartoon dinosaur floating in the air, her expression became even more confused, and asked, "No. 2, why didn't you follow Xia Xuan today?" ”

On weekdays, the Goddess of Knowledge No. 2 is simply Xia Xuan's shadow. Wherever Xia Xuan went, No. 2 floated there, but today No. 2 did not follow Xia Xuan for the first time.

"Xuan, let No. 2, for the time being, don't follow him." Goddess of Knowledge 2 replied.

The Goddess of Knowledge suddenly felt that something was wrong, and she sensed that there were a few more lifeforms in the palace now.

The goddess of knowledge continued to ask, "Why are there two more fifth-order lifeforms in the palace?" ”

The Goddess of Knowledge No. 2 said: "Xuan, concubine." ”

Goddess of Knowledge: ???

"Clam !?"