Chapter 159: The Library
Before you know it, the day goes by, and the next morning, Sean quickly gets the good news from Reinado.
According to Reinado's exact words, after his repeated requests and at some cost, the apprentices of the Silver Leaf Tribe finally agreed to allow Sean to enter their library and allow him to read all the open books and learn about them.
Don't think this attitude of the elves is strange.
In fact, after so many years of development in the world of Faerun, even with the restrictions of the Eye of Judgment, many things have long been rotten on the street, and they are not worth much at all.
Especially at the apprenticeship and apprenticeship levels, some knowledge that spreads widely has long been known, and even casually entering a city's library can be seen in the professional section, and there is no need to spend money to buy it.
And this unique knowledge of the elves, although not very common, is not a monopoly at all.
Let's not mention whether there are records on the human side, just the large and small elf tribes, there are thousands of them on the Faeron continent, and even if you don't spread it, there will be other tribes that will clearly mark the price of these contents and put them on the market to sell.
After all, everyone is in the same lineage, and the knowledge system is not much different, maybe you have just developed a new technology here, but in other places, this technology has been outdated for I don't know how many years.
Therefore, the Silver Leaf Tribe will naturally not be too stingy, since someone wants to see it, then simply do a favor and let the other party take it, and there is no need to guard against others like a thief.
Of course, this is only this kind of treatment when Reinado and Sean are not weak apprentice-level professionals, and if an ordinary person or an ordinary elf runs over and tells them this kind of thing, those guys will definitely not even bother to take care of it.
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After talking to Reinado, Sean played with a leaf-like token in his hand, and his mood instantly became happy.
He turned back to his room, used his spell to sort out the messy things a little, then grabbed his staff and the Mirror of Concealment, and led Celia out the door.
Speaking of which, he hadn't used this powerful and special magical item seriously since he had seized it a year ago.
The Southern Alliance fellows seemed to be scared of him, and they hadn't harassed them once in a year, and seemed to have completely let go of their greed and hatred for Reinado, treating him as irrelevant strangers.
Sean didn't know exactly what those guys thought, although he was a genius, he was only good at spells and alchemy, and he didn't know anything about things like scheming.
However, this does not affect Sean's ability to improve himself, in his opinion, as long as the strength is strong enough, all conspiracies and tricks will be defeated, and if he still has the power to be swayed by these things, it means that the strength is not enough, and he needs to find a way to further improve.
Now Sean is like this, he hopes to have a suitable environment, so that he can steadily improve his professional level, and strive to break through the threshold of the peak of the apprenticeship level as soon as possible and be promoted to a full-level professional.
By that time, some things that seem difficult now may have become easier.
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Over the years, the technology of papermaking has become widespread, and almost every slightly larger city has a library with many precious books.
Of course, these libraries were not built for the common people, and the people at the bottom of the world simply did not have the time or enough basic knowledge to read, let alone the Byronic script, and even the simplified version of the lingua franca was written by many people.
Its real regulars were the elite, the petty aristocracy, and the less wealthy professionals, who were willing to pay less in exchange for the right to borrow the books in it, so that they could gain a great deal of knowledge without having to pay a high price for the expensive books themselves.
Sean used to do this a lot, although he also has a lot of assets, but because the usual expenses in all aspects are too large, in order to achieve the effect of saving money in the open source and throttling, he still likes it
Visit the library in Teresa City or the library in Reinado's estate to save money for your various alchemical experiments.
And now the library he was going to was located in the central area of the Silver Leaf Tribe, which was a place dedicated to serving the core members of the Silver Leaf Tribe, and rarely received outsiders.
The reason why Sean was able to enter it to borrow and study, Reinado played a big role here, and as one of the holders of the trade license, the Silver Leaf Tribe was of course happy to have a good relationship with him.
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Soon after leaving the door, Sean saw Reinado waiting at the agreed place, he greeted the other party, and walked forward with Celia.
"Settled? Let's get in the car."
Reinado reached out and shook Sean's hand, smiling and nodding at him.
"I sent those papers and inks in advance, and you really do, just tell me this kind of question in advance, why go out and buy it yourself?"
"It's not like I don't want to trouble you." Sean smiled and followed him into the carriage next to him.
"We're late, so you have a bunch of things to do, right? I'm sorry to let you run at this time."
After Celia also entered the car, Sean reached out and closed the door, opening the window a little.
"Fortunately, it's not as busy as you think, and you can leave a lot of things to your subordinates."
"Besides, I'm going to visit the elders of the Silver Leaf Tribe, and I'm going to take you to the library this time."
Reinado nodded to the coachman, signaling that he was ready to go.
Soon, to the sound of horses' hooves, the luxurious carriage with the coat of arms of the Coburn family was driving on the roads of Silverleaf City, and the elves passing by saw the horses that avoided and did not dare to face the rampage.
The seven-day opening period has brought a lot of distinguished guests to Silver Leaf City, of course, these ordinary elven civilians do not dare to stir up trouble at will, if they accidentally affect diplomatic relations, then the high-ranking members of the Silver Leaf Tribe will not let them go so easily.
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Silver Leaf City is very large, but the actual construction area accounts for a small proportion.
Most of the city is filled with a variety of exotic plants, the most notable of which is the Tree of Life, located in the center of Silverleaf City.
The Tree of Life is the core of every elven power, and it is also the holy place in the hearts of every elf.
This spectacle is not only symbolic, in fact, it is deeply ingrained in the hearts of every elf who lives near it.
For elves, whether born or dead, the tree of life is an extremely important witness and participant, except for slaves, every elf needs to be born close to the tree of life, and receive the baptism of the fountain of life under the tree of life.
In addition to this, the Tree of Life can also help Druyin grow quickly.
By feeling the vigorous vitality and rhythm of the Tree of Life, this special profession can speed up the improvement of its own professional level, and at the same time, the Tree of Life can also get certain feedback during contact, accelerating its own growth rate and the output of the Fountain of Life.
Such a variety of magical powers naturally made the thirsty Sean greedy, but unfortunately, after consulting some information, he found that the level of this kind of creation was really a bit high, and it was completely beyond the reach of a trainee-level mage like him.
However, Sean still bought some of the branches and leaves dropped by the Tree of Life to collect, these things are produced a lot every day, and they have no special effects, so the price is not expensive, it only costs him a few gold coins.
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With no obstacles on the way, Reinado and Sean soon arrived in a carriage in front of the library.
With a hint of anticipation, Sean quickly jumped out of the carriage, and what appeared in front of him was a huge brick building and several elven guards coming and going.
In order to increase the number of books and extend the collection time, the Silver Leaf tribe chose to build with a brick and stone structure
Build a library.
Every stone here is a high-end product transported from the human side, both inside and outside the decoration is very elegant and luxurious, and there are many ritual magic and alchemy devices arranged by the elves to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations.
It can be said that the library itself is the work of the elves, but even so, it still does not attract the slightest attention from Sian.
Because, not far behind the library, the tall tree of life soars into the sky.
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The moment he saw the tree, Sean's eyes immediately widened, and even his mouth opened unconsciously, as if he wanted to let out a strong exclamation.
Ever since he came to the Elven Tribe, he had noticed this iconic plant, which had been nothing to look at from a distance, but once he got closer, it immediately gave Sean a sense of obscurity.
According to his estimates, the height of this tree of life was at least hundreds of meters, and the roots under the giant tree were intricately intertwined, and the raised roots alone took up a large area.
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"Every time I see the Tree of Life of the Silver Leaf Tribe up close, I feel a sense of shock in my heart."
Reinado also got out of the car at this time, and he stood next to Sean with a similar expression.
"It is not easy for even those high-ranking powerhouses to completely uproot such a tree, although they only need to use their hands to make it die, but the remains left behind can be left for thousands of years without being destroyed."
"yes." Sean also muttered, "It's a great life, but even so, it's artificially created."
"I can't imagine what kind of wisdom and power those true spirit-level and epic-level powerhouses in the legend have, it is said that their lifespan is as high as tens of millions of years, and even a single thought can turn mountains and seas."
Reinado looked at Sean with a bit of a smile, obviously not following the other party's train of thought.
In his opinion, even formal-level professionals are incomparable big shots, and even meeting each other is a rare honor.
As for the higher-level professionals who are close to gods, they are completely two worlds with them, maybe their lives have already passed when they do a large-scale experiment, and in this gap, what else is there to study?
"Okay, if you want to see, there will be time to see when things are done."
"Let's go in first, Bettina should already be waiting inside, it's not good to miss the appointed time like this."
Reinado pointed to the library door and turned to Sean.
"yes, yes."
Sean came to his senses and nodded, and walked after Reinado towards the library.
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"Good morning, Lady Bettina."
When Sean and Reinado walked into the library with the token in hand, they immediately saw Betina, the ninth elder of the Silver Leaf Tribe, standing near the door.
Reinado stepped forward and greeted him with a smile on his face, as he reached out and handed the strange blade to the other party, as if to perform some necessary procedure.
"No, you come with me."
Betina's pointed ears moved slightly, and she waved her hand, not taking the blade, but taking a serious look at Sean and Celia behind him, and turned to walk towards a corner.
"Let's go, I'll have people move in later, and I'll talk about it first."
Seeing Sean turn his head to look out the door, Reinado urged him and took the lead in Betina's footsteps.
Seeing this, Sean shook his head helplessly and followed with Celia.
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Bettina, like Reinado, is a trainee ranger, and Sean can tell this directly from her walking posture without even using a mental scan.
She seems to be a fierce female elf, and along the way, Bettina didn't talk to Sean and Ray
Nado explained something, just constantly using his mental power to control the rituals, magic, and alchemy equipment around him, adding tags to them that could be passed.
This guy doesn't seem to want to waste too much time here.
Sean thought so, and didn't ask all kinds of questions, anyway, he just had to achieve his goal, and it didn't really matter how the process was.
"Okay, every room here has a class of knowledge stored, as can be seen from the door number hanging outside the room, for example, this room stores most of the alchemy knowledge that our Silver Leaf Tribe has, and this one next to it is related to spells."
After turning several corners in succession and passing through a long hallway, Bettina led the two to a large hall and explained to them by pointing to the doors in all directions.
"You should have memorized the road just now, right? I've given you two days of free movement, during which you can go into every room and look through them, but you can't take your books with you."