Chapter 170: Retreat
Half a year later, Mark's third-class merit report really came down, and this matter caused a huge sensation in the entire Holy Tower and even the Holy City, after all, merit is not something that anyone can get if they think about it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ InfoEven in the entire Xuanwu District, no one has been awarded a meritorious service for hundreds of years. However, this incident also caused Mark a lot of unexpected troubles.
Mark's basic information and deeds have been hanging on the official information release channel of the Ice Fields Holy Tower for a whole year, and some other branch channels are even more overwhelming for a while, which is also the honor he deserves. For most wizards, this glory of fame is certainly dreamed of, but for Mark, who is accustomed to keeping a low profile, it is both helpless and speechless.
But to his surprise, it didn't take long for someone to search for their private photos, past events, and even some deeds on the Efilas continent.
At the beginning of the meeting, Mark patiently entertained him, but for a while, it was terrible, and the visit was upgraded to a discussion, and soon the exchange became a challenge. There is an endless stream of wizards who want to step on Mark and become famous overnight. After all, this wizard has no background, and no backstage, who will you step on if you don't step on it?
Soon Mark went into retreat, deniing all visitors and cutting off all communication with the crystal ball.
After Mark's retreat, as time went on, fewer and fewer wizards visited. A year later, information about Mark gradually disappeared from the major channels of the Holy Tower, and the Qinghuan neighborhood management station gradually returned to calm. But Mark's retreat didn't stop there.
Winter goes to spring, and in the blink of an eye it is spring and autumn again. In the corner of the backyard of the management station, clumps of grass exude vigorous vitality in the spring breeze. Buds began to burst out on the smooth branches of the trees in the garden, and the spring mood was especially enchanting in this garden that seemed to have been left unattended for a long time.
In the villa, in the closed basement, Mark's closed eyes suddenly opened. A glimmer of light is fleeting, leaving only a pool of deep water-like eyes.
Eight years have passed. In the past eight years, after the entire Qinghuan neighborhood has gone through this dark wizard incident, all the underground forces have understood that this year's purple guards are not easy to mess with, and they have evacuated one after another, and those who have not evacuated have also acted with their tails between their legs. Under the remediation of Chell and Noah, everything is in order. There was nothing to trouble Mark.
As for Isabel, she had been invisible since Mark handed over the slums to her, and even Chelle and Noah had only seen her a few times over the years.
During this eight-year retreat, Mark felt the magic of the Array Dao Jade more and more, and his cultivation speed was simply incomparable to before. Now, even if he didn't rely on Xie Yuxuan, he felt that his cultivation speed had completely surpassed Linda's. And the improvement of his talent has made him make rapid progress in the elementalization of spiritual power.
"The mental power has increased by 3 points in eight years, and it has reached 194, and the next progress is even more difficult. Although the talent is improving, at this rate, it will take at least another sixty years to reach the threshold of spiritual power of a second-level wizard. β
Mark's brows furrowed slightly, the closer he got to the threshold of spiritual power, the slower his cultivation speed became, which was a problem that no wizard could avoid.
"And the elementalization of spiritual power has finally been liquefied, and it has broken through to crystallization. It's just that the speed of this crystallization seems to be slower than the increase of spiritual power. To reach the consummation of crystallization, I don't know until the Year of the Monkey. It is no wonder that such pride of heaven as Zhou Xilan, Anna, and Song Cheng have not been able to reach the perfection of crystallization for decades under the accumulation of countless resources. This does take a lot of time to accumulate. β
In fact, Mark has not yet considered the difference between the two exercises. Song Cheng and the others majored in the fifth- or sixth-level exercises at most, while Mark majored in the god-level exercise "The Way of Destruction", in which the difficulty of advancing was increased by tens of millions of times?
"Butβ" Mark glanced at the piece of magic ore he was holding, "this magic mine is really magical. The effect on the improvement of spiritual power and the process of elementalization of spiritual power is very obvious. It's just that although the past eight years have been very economical, they have been used almost, and without the assistance of the Demon Yuan Stone, the efficiency is too low, and it seems that it is time to get out of the customs!"
"Boomβ" With a burst of noises, the stone door in the basement finally opened on this day. Because Mark didn't let people wait outside the stone gate at any time, but only asked people to provide food and water on time every day, and he didn't give advance notice, no one really knew about Mark's exit for a while.
Walking in the familiar garden, the garden that has not been renovated for many years now looks dilapidated. Gently push open the backyard door, and the scene outside gives a new feeling. I haven't bothered myself for a few years, and it seems that Chell, Noah, and Isabel are doing well, so Marking walks towards the office building.
Sitting in his office, Cher was working on some copywriting, and he and Noah had been in charge of the station's copywriting since Mark went into retreat. The door to the office was left open for ease of entry and exit, when a person suddenly walked in from outside. Stopped at Cell's desk.
"What's the matter?" asked Chell habitually without looking up.
The ...... person did not answer, but just stood silently.
"What's the matterβ" Before he could finish speaking, Chel stopped with his mouth wide open.
"Big-sir?" Chel's eyes widened and he confirmed, "Your Excellency, are you out of the customs?!"
"Yes, you seem to be doing a good job. Mark looked around, "I can do well without me." β
"Where. Cair hurriedly came out of his desk, invited Mark to sit down on the sofa next to him, and made two cups of tea himself.
"Your Excellency, you don't know that since you went into retreat, your deeds have spread widely, and the security of the entire Qinghuan neighborhood has also improved. Many big gangs and gangs have secretly moved to other neighborhoods. The rest of the minions are all honest.
We needed to investigate everything, and they all cooperated very well, which made our management station the easiest in the entire eighth block. It has also become a model neighborhood for five consecutive years. In my opinion, as long as you are an adult for a day, there will be no problems in our Qinghuan neighborhood. β
Cair smiled after speaking, and he was in awe of Mark from the bottom of his heart. He had also entered the underground chamber once, and he was terrified by the layers of maze inside and the broken hall left behind by the fierce battle.
"So, I cheapened you that time. Hahaha-"
When Mark heard that nothing had happened in the past few years, he was relieved and made a joke in a happy mood.
After so many years of being the vice captain, Cair's ability to observe words and emotions has become his instinct, and he quickly stood up and bowed and said, "It's all the credit of adults." β
"Alright, I don't want to do this here. By the way, what about Noah and Isabel?"
"Noah went on a routine patrol. He and I now rotate once every three days. It's also easy. Chell sat down at Mark's motion.
"Well, what about Isabel?"
"She-" Chell opened his mouth, a wry smile on his face:
"It is said that the adults asked her to clean up the slums, so she has been working hard to improve the slums all these years. It's hardly ever seen in an office building. β
"Oh?" Mark smiled, "Did she make some grades?"
"The achievements are definitely there, and now who doesn't know that the slum in our Qinghuan block is the slum with the best sanitary conditions, the safest, and the most guaranteed?"
"Isabel is doing a good job. β
She ordered the police department to set up nine guard posts in each of the nine slums, arranged for the sanitation of the refugees in the slums, and even set up nine schools at her own expense. He also took in three civilian children with wizarding qualifications as apprentices. And almost all of her salary is spent on it. Hey, only a young lady from a big family like her has the courage to do this. β
Mark nodded: "Her personality is still very suitable for this." It seems that I was not wrong about her at the beginning. β
But it also caused her huge trouble. "The people in the slums in the surrounding neighborhood learned about this and moved over, causing the slums here to be overcrowded, and Isabel couldn't bear to drive them away when she looked at the poor people. Now the slums are a bit overwhelmed. β
"So serious?" Mark asked, "or shall I apply for a few more slums?"
"My lord, do you know how many slums there are in our entire No. 36 management office, and what about the entire Eighth Block, or even the entire Xuanwu District? My lord, there are countless poor people in this holy city, and Isabel alone cannot save them!"
"That's right. Mark nodded, dismissing the idea of applying for the slum to be excavated. This is a world of the jungle, and if you don't have the strength, you can only live at the bottom, and there are still very few people like Isabel.
"Huh, sir, are you out of the customs?" a wizard walked in and was pleasantly surprised when he saw Mark.
Mark looked up and nodded. He knew this wizard apprentice, named Tisatas, who was one of the two wizarding apprentices recommended by Old Ham.
"My lord, Ancestor Ham once instructed that once the adult is out of the customs, please ask the adult to go to Ancestor Ham. There is something important to talk to adults. β
"Yes. Mark nodded, "It just so happens that I'm free today, so I'll go over and have a look later." β
"By the way, the Ancestor is also in retreat now, if you want to see him, I'm afraid you will have to go to the villa of the Ancestor in the Rossi neighborhood to find him. β
"In retreat?" Mark hesitated, "since Old Ham is in retreat, then I won't be able to disturb him." Let's wait for him to come out of retreat. β
"That's not necessary, the ancestor also specially told him that this matter is very important, once the adult is out of the customs, you can go to him immediately!"
"Oh, well, I'll leave now!" Mark said as he stood up, nodding at Chel, and then walked out, saying to himself, "What is the matter so anxious?"
Mark's pupils shrank suddenly, if that's the case, he can discuss it directly with Director Kimmz, or do you want to ask me to confirm the details?
Mark had something on his mind, and he didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately after getting into the tango, he went to Old Ham's villa. (To be continued.) )