Chapter 258: Speed of Life and Death
There was no news about the will of the stars, and the media in the Eighteen Lakeside Cities of Alpha and the surrounding cities were given gag orders.
Duke spent the next few days living on a two-point life.
During the day, I went to Offata to read and went back to the Crystal Palace to rest at night.
He is still the big red man in the arcane holy city, and he is also the most dazzling young arcane mage in the entire Seven Towers Federation, and everyone believes that his future will climb to the peak of spiritual arcane.
There was a steady stream of visitors.
There are many people who have been idolized.
A little bit of news about him on the news can be sold out, and even aristocratic celebrities have published newspapers to woo Duke.
But all of this was blocked out by Duke.
After opening the will of the stars, an exchange with the goddess Nyx made him firm in his idea of reinventing the spiritual arcane.
Regardless of whether the goddess Nyx is the will of the planet or the god of the previous civilization, he has to embark on a path to a promising future.
And if you want to get out of such a way, winning the authority of the Seven Towers Federation is only the first step.
"I have crossed over from a distant land, and I never want to live a life of mediocrity, and now I have the strength to protect myself, and I should forge ahead and climb the peak!" In between reading, he raised his head and glanced at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window.
The Shell Wise Man swam over at some point: "Duke." ”
"Shell Wise."
"I can feel a feeling of resentment in your heart."
"It seems that my skills in concealing myself are not deep enough." Duke smiled slightly, "Actually, it's nothing, I'm just being carried away by the praise of the past few days, so I have a feeling of disappointment and resentment." Looking back at the original intention, all this was expected. ”
When he set out to announce the Ring of the Imprint in the Holy City of Offa, he was sure that his next step was to go back with a wave of prestige.
It's just that he was accidentally chosen to open the will of the stars, and he was inspired by the goddess Nyx.
Let him float, feeling that he can already dominate the trend of the Seven Towers Federation, and be on an equal footing with the Radiant Moon Arcane Mentors.
In fact, far from it.
"I'm glad to see you self-regulate." The Shell Wise Man responded.
"Yes, so I need to study hard and lay a solid foundation." Duke smiled and said, "Thank you, Shell Wise, for enlightening me. ”
"I didn't do anything, you found your original intention." The Shell Wise Man waved the tentacles on his head, "Then I won't bother you." ”
Immediately, its form slowly dissipated.
Time flickered, three days have passed since the will of the stars was opened, and the Duke Star in the Duke Spirit Sea, the mark of the stars was officially full.
"Charge at full strength, once every three days."
Directly in the library cubicle of Offata, he looked inside the spiritual sea and began to study the Duke Star, trying to communicate the imprints of the stars in it.
The next moment.
A spiritual message was directly transmitted to his mind, making him instantly understand the role of this star mark.
"Sure enough, this is the key to entering and exiting the dream realm of the stars." Duke opened his eyes and sat down in his chair silently pondering, "When the will of the stars opened, I was also pulled into the dream of the stars, which is a separate area, that is, the so-called starry sky of the goddess Nyx. ”
The starry sky is a part of the Wild World, but it seems to be one dimension higher than the Wild World, parallel to it.
Without the mark of the stars, it is impossible for mortals to step into the dream realm of the stars.
"So, I'll try to go in once?" Duke glanced at his surroundings, and although no one was around, he had the gaze of a wise man.
The entire Ofa Tower is the body of a Shell Wise Man, and every corner is watched by it at all times.
So Duke chose to leave Offata.
There was no return to the Crystal Palace in Sersas.
The reason is the same, the Crystal Palace also has the Elder Spirit as the tower spirit, monitoring most of the area - only the guest rooms and the like, which is an area that the tower cannot monitor, but Duke does not intend to risk being discovered.
"Let's go to the battleship Bibo, just go home."
So soon, Duke took his farewell to Serthas.
In the past few days, Sershas and other Radiant Moon Arcane Mentors have been secretly discussing the edict of the goddess Nyx.
They rummaged through the ancient library of Offata, looking for any trace of anything related to the goddess Nyx, the will of the stars, or even the last civilization.
I want to find out the truth of this world.
"You're going back?" Sershas was surprised, "Aren't you going to stay in the Ofa Holy City to study, the Erudite Tower, the Faling Tower, and even the United Tower, the Ofa Tower, as long as you want to study, they will prepare suitable positions for you, and the Supreme Council will welcome you to join at any time." ”
"No, sir." Duke insisted, "The immediate priority is my practice, and the Sacred City of Alpha is too prosperous for me to calm down. ”
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
"As the old man can see, you are dissatisfied with the current situation." Serthas shook his head and said.
Duke denied: "Don't dare. ”
"You don't dare, not without ...... The old man didn't hit you, Duke, and turning on the will of the stars may have affected your judgment. "Serthas is very caring for Duke, and at his level, he has long cared less about the development of the family, and only supports the descendants of the spiritual arcane.
He continued: "Every decision of the Seven Towers Federation is not only related to the stable life of hundreds of millions of people in the Federation, but also related to the construction of the Spiritual Arcane Temple. ”
"I understand that."
"No, you still don't understand, the promotion of the 3rd ring to the 4th ring and becoming the Great Arcane Mage is an important node, and only by clearing the fog of spiritual arcane law can you have a clear understanding of the world; The promotion of the 6th Ring to the 7th Ring and becoming an arcane teacher is another important node, and only at this moment can you get a glimpse of the foundation of the spiritual arcane. ”
Serthas looked at Duke with burning eyes: "It's not that the old man and others are in love with the stack and are unwilling to relax the authority in their hands, but you haven't reached the height of being able to shoulder the responsibility." ”
Duke nodded sincerely: "I understand." ”
"So it's better for you to go back, Cuihai City has just been built, and the rise of a new city may make you understand a little how difficult the people's livelihood is, and then understand what it means to lead the entire Seven Towers Federation." Sersas said with anticipation.
So.
Duke made his departure from the Arcane City official, and asked the Postman Owl to deliver a message to several Arcanes he knew.
Quietly on the day of March 10, he set off on the return journey on the battleship Bibo.
Woooooo
The whistle sounded at the flight station, and the Blue Wave flew into the blue sky and white clouds, and when the city of Blue Whale Bay completely disappeared from view, Duke took a deep breath.
Lock the door behind you.
Then he looked inwardly at the sea of spirits, and resolutely touched the imprint of the stars in the Duke Star.
The next moment, the familiar experience of magnifying the five senses came, and in the luxurious lounge in front of him, all the items seemed to be pulled and twisted by some kind of force, and then gradually lost their original appearance, and finally turned into darkness, and a little starlight rose from the darkness.
Starry Dreams.
Starry sky.
He's already in.
He was still wearing the same clothes as in reality, but the shoes on his feet were missing, and he was stepping on a familiar star with his bare feet.
"It's ...... My Duke Star! ”
Duke recognized the star, then looked up and saw that in the dream of the stars, only countless stars lit up.
"Goddess Nix!" No matter how much he shouted, there was no response from the Dream of the Stars.
He began to walk, treading the void under his feet, and the Star of Duke remained below him, as if that was the basis for him to stand and walk in the starry dreams.
Took a few steps.
Walking to the edge of another star, Duke couldn't help but reach out and touch the star, and the next moment, a wave of thought came from the star.
It was like a picture scroll, suddenly unfolding in front of Duke.
He saw himself incarnated as a towering tree, surrounded by a dense and deep primeval jungle, and a strong spirituality permeated the surroundings.
All kinds of spirit beasts are moving around wantonly and cheerfully.
"It's ...... I can get back to the real world from here! Duke quickly understood the message of the mind feedback, "This is a three-ring tree king, in reality it is the tree king, in the starry sky, it is a star, each other is the key." ”
However, Duke did not choose to return here.
Once he returns, he will be instantly moved from the Blue Wave battleship to the Tree King, who doesn't know where he is, and he doesn't know what the danger is.
He left the star behind and quickly walked over to the other.
After touching it, I also felt that I had incarnated into a 3-ring tree king, but this 3-ring tree king was very strange.
Duke could feel the power of nature in this Tree King, somewhat similar to the 3-Ring Elf Ben-Mangrove King that he had perceived before.
"In other words, this is also a 3-ring tree king that gave birth to a great elf?" Duke tried to sense around, trying to find the elf born from the Tree King, but unfortunately he didn't, and only the strong force of nature was everywhere.
This 3-ringed elf is the king of the tree, and it is in the depths of the secluded forest.
"Strange, if the Mangrove King is a great elf cultivated by humans, then who cultivated this great elf in the dense forest?" Duke guessed that it was probably a spirit animal such as a monkey, and it took years of frolicking on this tree king to cultivate a great elf.
Just like the chicks he contracted, they were born after years of cultivation by ants.
In this dense forest where there are no traces of humans, there are only about monkeys, which is the most suitable standard for cultivating elves.
Again, there is no choice to return to reality here.
Duke quickly left the star, but what he didn't know was that his mind had left the Tree King shortly after his mind had left.
In the depths of the dense forest where the king of trees was located, a great elf like a butterfly, with a group of humans wrapped in animal skins and leaves, rushed to the green shade of this king of trees.
As if the butterfly elves had discovered something, the humans performed a ritual-like dance around the tree king.
If you look closely, you can see that these humans are not real human beings.
They resemble humans, but their skin is sheat-colored, their ears are thin and long, and their faces are very narrow. The hands, feet, limbs, and body are long, but they are slender but have a sense of strength, and when they dance, it can be seen that they are strong and agile.
Danced for a while.
After a conversation with the butterfly elves, this special group of humans disappeared into the jungle with the butterfly elves.
In the starry sky.
Duke is still choosing to touch the stars, touching several stars that are close to each other, and finds that each star corresponds to a tree king in the real world, and can choose this tree king as a location to return to reality.
"Weird!"
"If it is really a tree king corresponding to a star, then what is a tree king who has been cut down by humans?"
"Represents a falling star?"
Duke couldn't quite understand why the stars in the Dream of the Stars had a direct connection with the real Tree King.
The two are clearly unrelated.
"Let's go ahead and touch it, if you touch a star, the corresponding tree king happens to be in a human city, then it will be interesting!"
The Great Mystery Mages can replicate the Ring of Projection and descend from thousands of miles away.
And he seems to only need to take a turn from the starry sky to be able to travel freely in the entire barren world, where there are tree kings.
"If I can find out all the tree kings corresponding to all the stars, doesn't it mean that I can find any spiritual spring in the world?" Duke had another thought that excited him, "Only by the edge of the Fountain of Spirituality can the Tree King grow!" ”
But.
Just as he wanted to continue walking, suddenly the sky swirled, and the starry sky was pulled and distorted by a mysterious force.
Then the surrounding scenery reset, and he returned to reality, which was still the luxurious lounge of the Bibo airship.
"Phew, fortunately, the position has not deviated with the movement of the Bibo, otherwise it would have been left in the forest."
He closed his eyes and looked inward.
Found the star mark in the Duke Star, the psionic energy has been exhausted, and then look at the time of Xiaoyi's prompt, a psionic period lasted about fifteen minutes.
"Fifteen minutes is a bit short, and it may not allow me to stick to all the stars in the starry sky." Duke frowned and pondered, "The next time you go in, you can try to see if you can fly, if you can, it will be much easier." ”
In the starry dream, the positions of the stars are far away from each other, and it is difficult to touch the stars far enough away in fifteen minutes by walking.
"In addition, which Tree King is the key to my Duke Star?" Duke suddenly thought.
Soon relieved: "I'm afraid not, Goddess Nyx gave it to me and let me enter and exit the starry sky from any place at will, I'm afraid I have already cut off contact with the Tree King...... Otherwise, I will leave the starry sky and go to a fixed location. ”
In case of.
The tree king in the fixed location has been cut down, and maybe Duke can't even determine the location of his return.
Only now, where you enter, where you go back, is the best key.
"Xiaoyi."
"Master, I'm here."
"Free up maximum power to charge the Mark of the Stars." Duke plans to explore the Starry Dream a few more times to see if he can find a star that corresponds to the Tree King in the Seven Towers Federation.
If you can find the 3-ring tree king in Cuihai City-the green banyan forest, the corresponding star.
In the future, no matter where Duke is, he can quickly return to Cuihai City and return to his Duke Sage Mage Tower.
"That's good!"
"Try to find it as soon as possible!"
Duke had already experimented with the basic functions of the Starry Dream, although he regretted not being able to see Goddess Nix again.
But the Star of Duke given by the goddess Nyx is no worse than the revelation of the will of the stars.
"Thank you for the generosity of the goddess, I will make good use of the Duke Star, and strive to pull this decaying world on the right track as soon as possible, and then, take you ...... Run away! Duke secretly set up a flag in his heart.
Subsequently.
He rang the rope bell and called the little assistant Mu Lali: "I'm in a hurry today, I haven't read the newspaper yet, go get me a few copies." ”
"Yes, sir."
Soon Mulari came back with a few copies of today's newspaper, and Duke casually flipped through a copy of the Seven Towers Daily.
This newspaper is already a must-read for him every day.
The headline on the front page did not have Duke's name, but the content was related to Duke: "Dickens Sage Mage Tower announces that the puppet core branding device has been officially developed; The staff of the Erudite Tower revealed that the second-generation Lingka branding instrument entered the countdown to the offline line. ”
More than half a month has passed since the announcement of the Ring of Branding technology.
The various branding devices that Duke has not yet developed have been successfully conquered by the arcane mages, and even the second-generation spirit card branding device, that is, the instrument that can brand the 2-ring spirit card, has almost completed its development.
I have to say.
The arcane mages of the Federation of the Seven Towers are powerful, but they lack a little bit of Duke's inspiration.
Of course, if it weren't for the broad horizons of the technological civilization on Earth, Duke might not have had so much inspiration.
This is true, it is a mountain stone can attack jade.
When Penrose came over to chat, Duke chatted with him about today's news: "Mentor Penrose, as a card-making scholar, what do you think the Ring of Brands will bring to the card-making field?" ”
"Speaking of which, I have attended many academic conferences in the Holy City of Alpha before, and I have made many inferences, but there is one thing that everyone agrees with."
"Oh, what is it?"
"Spiritual apprentices are on the right track." Penrose sighed, "Take the field of card making as an example, in the past, spiritual apprentices could only act as assistants, engaged in card repair and other work, and card making had nothing to do with them. However, after the Ring of Branding sank, the card making became a printing card, and the apprentices could also do it. ”
"Even ordinary people can operate it."
"Ordinary people can indeed operate it, but the overhaul and operation of the instrument, as well as the preparation of the 2-ring spirit card, require spiritual apprentices to get started."
"That's just as well." Duke nodded.
After all, ordinary people lack the perception of spiritual power, simple work can be handled, and it needs to involve the scheduling of spiritual power, and ordinary people will be blind.
Penrose sighed: "In the future, spiritual apprentices will also be a valuable resource, and I feel that sooner or later, the top level of the Federation will have to promote the safer Sanhai Elixir on a large scale, so that all people can get the opportunity to open the Sanhai to expand the number of Sanhai monks." ”
At this stage, the awakening elixir of 23 silver dragons has basically been affordable for all people.
It's just that there are still many poor families who are unwilling to give their children the Awakening Elixir, because it is risky to take it, and secondly, it is also risky for spiritual apprenticeship cultivation.
Third, the probability of opening the spiritual sea is too low.
Taking Serpent's Head Town as an example, out of a population of 100,000, there are less than 500 spiritual apprentices accumulated in one or two or two decades, and there are only two or three arcane masters.
This is even more difficult than the college entrance examination on the planet.
Many ordinary families will first choose the 7 Silver Dragon's Qi Boosting Elixir, the probability of opening the Qi Sea is greater, and there is no risk.
If the sea of qi cannot be opened, most families will be persuaded to think that the child has no talent for the three seas at all.
But there will still be most families, gritting their teeth, buying a 11 silver dragon boiling blood potion, and letting the child fight to open the sea of blood - the opening of the sea of blood is risky, the predecessor of Duke, is that the blood boils and drains the energy, and he dies.
If the sea of blood can't be opened, the vast majority of families will retreat and no longer buy the awakening elixir to give it a chance.
After all.
Even the sea of qi and the sea of blood are not talented, how can they guarantee that the sea of spirit has talent, it is better to live a good life as an ordinary person.
"In fact, there is no need for low-risk Sanhai Elixirs, set up a safe place to take it, so that the arcane mage or the great knight can come to the rescue if necessary to save the child's life. I believe that most families will be willing to try. ”
23 Silver dragon only, give it a fight, in case it happens, that is, the carp jumps over the dragon gate.
Penrose responded: "Maybe it's to reduce the risk of Sanhai Medicine, or maybe it's to establish a safe place to take it, that's what the stars have decided." ”
Hearing this, Duke also nodded: "Yes." ”
"However, you have the right to vote in the enlarged meeting, and you should be invited to vote on such a decision."
"It doesn't matter, it's not much if I have more votes, and it's not a lot if I have less votes." Duke said indifferently, "In short, everyone can see the pros and cons of this matter, and there will be no controversy." ”
Unconsciously.
Two days have passed.
The Blue Wave battleship has already headed towards Spring Flower City in the Lanyun Domain, and will replenish once in Spring Flower City, and then transfer to Runwu City in the Wind Breath Domain.
"In half a day, we'll be in Spring Flower City, sir, are we going to take a walk around the city?"
"No, I'll leave when I'm done with supplies."
Duke is not interested in shopping in Spring Flower City, with his current fame, once he enters Spring Flower City, he will inevitably have entertainment.
Coming and going, a few days and a few days have to be delayed.
"Go back early, rest early, I'm already starting to miss my Duke Sage Mage Tower." It's been more than a month since I was away from home, counting the travel time.
I miss Heijiao River Land very much.
In Heijiaohedi, he is a well-deserved big man. Keystone Futao regarded him as a son-in-law, and Erwin wanted to rub his halo, so he didn't deal with Bernoulli, but Bernoulli wanted to start a family and didn't dare to provoke him at all.
"The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as our kennels!"
Duke stretched.
Mulali and Mula Shan took their respective positions, each pinching an arm, waiting for Duke to lie comfortably.
But the next moment.
A shrill siren was heard, resounding throughout the battleship Bibo, and the voice of the battleship commander came from the loudspeaker.
"My lord, I have encountered an unknown situation, it is suspected that it is the star cage of the 7-ring Morning Star Arcane Master, locking my Bibo in a small space!"
"What!"
Duke was stunned for a moment, and then through the porthole, he saw a star lit up above the blue sky and white clouds overhead.
A star that shines brighter than the sun.
The hanging pillar of light just shrouded the entire Bibo, so that the Bibo could only stagnate within the range of the pillar of light.
"Star Cage!" Duke stared at him, and then thought of thousands of possibilities, "Quick, reverse contact Lord Keystone, and let the Lord descend to the clone!" ”
After speaking, he directly reached out and held the round jade pendant hanging on his chest in his hand, ready to activate the moonlight cage at any time.
"Protect your lordship!" Captain Herdos quickly arrived with his 2-ringed phantom beast, the golden-horned goat, and immediately merged with the phantom beast.
The next moment, the golden-horned goat turned into a golden light and draped it over Herdos's body, as if he were wearing a set of golden light armor.
Meanwhile.
The Grand Knights of the Guardian on the battleship were already in the projection room, activating the projection ring, waiting for the feedback of Keystone Fury.
In an instant, the instrument spun violently, and a light and shadow projected from the battleship, condensing into the vast arcane mage phantom of Kingston Fury.
"What's going on?" The Keystone Phantom turned his head and looked at the battleship.
"My lord, we are locked in the Star Prison!" A big knight, standing in the fighting compartment at the very top of the battleship, reported in time.
When the Keystone Phantom heard this, he immediately looked up at the sky.
Then his eyes widened with rage, and his voice was like thunder: "Which arcane teacher, is joking with me, Keystone Fury? ”
Before he finished speaking, a large black hand with billowing black smoke suddenly grabbed from outside the Star Prison.
With a loud shout, Keystone Fury condensed the 4-Ring Arcane-Pale Hand, turning into a large pale hand that collided with the large black smoke billowing hand.
There was no vibration.
The pale hand shattered into slag like tofu, and then the big hand with black smoke grabbed the arcane mage phantom of Kingston Fury.
"Attacking and killing a colleague deserves death!" Keystone roared, and around the phantom, a defensive network of arcane beings suddenly condensed.
However, this arcane defense net also did not play a big role, and it was extinguished by the big hand of billowing black smoke.
Fortunately, the arcane defense net is an instantaneous arcane, one net is broken, and another net is condensed, continuing to block the black smoke hand.
But on the other layer of the Blue Wave battleship, another big hand emitting billowing black smoke condensed and grabbed the Blue Wave battleship.
"Run!" The illusory shadow of Keystone Fury roared against the Black Smoke Hand.
Among the battleships.
Duke's eyes flickered with shock, and there was a hint of relief in the shock, and in the next second, a light rose from his hand, quickly turned into a full moon and rose from the battleship Bibo, and rushed into the sky at a great speed, shattering the dazzling star.
The stars are replaced, and the cage of stars dissipates.
Then, a new pillar of light hung down.
The battleship Bibo was shrouded in this pillar of light again, and the big hand of black smoke that grabbed it was like a bubble in the sun, which was quickly burned and shattered by the moonlight, and disappeared cleanly.
"Whew!"
Duke breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Serthas gave him a life-saving talisman and a moonlight cage in advance, otherwise this encounter would be more than auspicious.
He looked outside the pillar of moonlight, and at some point, a huge pitch-black figure appeared, just like the previous black smoke hand, and the body of this pitch-black figure also emitted billowing black smoke, hovering outside the moonlight cage, letting out an unwilling roar.
"It's the Demon of Peromination!" The phantom of Keystone Fury, looking at the black smoke figure outside, was startled and surprised.
Ask for tickets~
(End of chapter)