The strange middle-aged man introduced himself as Li Xu, although he was said to be a middle-aged man, but the long middle-aged period of the mage was not greasy, but they would have a bit of worldly charm. He is, by his own terms, a historian. Roach was a little skeptical, the pedant was not like this, he was more like a treasure hunter. Just as their conversation came to an end, Ma Jiang was completely attracted to this person.

The so-called treasure hunter is actually an ancient profession. Mages are always indefinite, not as honest as humans, and more withdrawn than humans, and most of the great mages end up missing. Fortunately, the great mages of autism are often considered extraterrestrial saints in the eyes of humans, and in the good old days, human villages often formed in the vicinity of mages. As a result, from human history books, local chronicles, and even myths and legends, foxes and ghosts, the traces of the archmage can often be reversed. The crystal or jade used by such an archmage is the supreme treasure, and it is the target of treasure hunters.

But these are all Roach's speculations.

He didn't say a word to this man named Li Xu. I don't know why, Li Xu didn't even look at Luo Qi, as if he didn't exist at all.

Roach didn't have to be a narcissist at the center of the conversation, so he didn't pay much attention to it, not to mention that he was still weak, and after a while he was a little drowsy, and he didn't seem to listen to their chat.

"When do you think humans will actually discover our existence?" When Li Xu asked this, Luo Qi suddenly came to his senses.

He lifted his heavy eyelids, the lights in the tavern were much dimmer, the singing girls didn't know when they were leaving, and the music was still swirling low between the columns of the gold leaf chocolate. In such a scene, Li Xu's expression was a little solemn. There were already a lot of fine lines at the corners of his eyes, but his eyes were shining, and his eyes were as radiant as a monk.

Roach understood this, and when the wine party moved on to the second half, the crazy mages would begin to get serious, and suddenly start talking about what they thought was philosophical questions. According to his observations, humans have this problem as well. At the end of the lively feast, the carnival mood recedes a little, and the gloomy sorrow at the end of the song will invade the heart and lungs, and human beings begin to talk about the meaning of life, patting shoulders and backs to tell about brotherhood and sisterhood, but when everyone wakes up the next day, all that is left is a hangover headache.

Ma Jiang didn't speak, and he looked a little stupid drunk.

Li Xu waited patiently for his answer, the tranquility of his eyes seemed to come from the wisdom of his heart—so since he had such a wise root, Luo Qi wondered how he chose Ma Jiang, a big fool, to talk to? Ma Jiang may be a genius healer, but he is certainly not a philosophical.

Ma Jiang really didn't seem to want to talk about this topic. But he is not very good at dealing with this kind of stubborn questioning, he can't even deal with Du Zhengyi, let alone that kind of old fritter. Luo Qi began to pity Ma Jiang.

"Humans shouldn't find out about us." Ma Jiang said that the perfunctory is very obvious.

"I don't think so." Li Xu smiled slightly, leisurely picked up the wine cup, and stroked his fingers back and forth on the porcelain tiles of the Jun kiln, as if feeling the warmth of the ceramics, "Human beings have been approaching step by step. ”

Ma Jiang began to feel a little uncomfortable, he moved on the stool, "We have always lived with humans, and we are already very close. ”

Luo Qi knew that Ma Jiang was pretending to be confused, and Li Xu understood better.

"Where else can we live but with humans? Antarctica and North poles? Humans don't leave much room for us. Li Xu said in embarrassment, and shook his head again, "I also study their history, and in all their historical stages, their attitude towards aliens is almost extermination. ”

Ma Jiang seemed to be deeply troubled, he rubbed his curly hair, and said suspiciously, "Actually, human beings have not discovered us, and it is not a big deal to find out, and psychological intervention can easily make them forget about it." Speaking of this, he smiled heartlessly, "Human beings are particularly easy to be hypnotized, sometimes human beings themselves can hypnotize themselves, they can sell non-existent products to others, and they can also raise funds to do non-existent businesses, it's so funny." ”

Luo Qi guessed that what he said might be a pyramid scheme, and he estimated that Li Xu might not be able to know what Ma Jiang was talking about, and Li Xu was old enough to be Ma Jiang's father.

"Doctor," Li Xu smiled gently, but his tone was a little heavier, "You must understand better than others that there are not many mages with telepathic abilities now, and they may not be able to complete psychological intervention in time. Not to mention the fact that the Internet is spreading at an astonishing rate these days, and in the blink of an eye, it is possible for everyone in this world to know our secrets, and by that time there will be no telepathic power left to cleanse billions of heads. ”

Ma Jiang's fingers left the wine glass, his fingers twisted empty, and Luo Qi noticed that his expression had become serious, and his expression looked a little distant.

Li Xu turned a blind eye to his antagonistic mood, "Most of human science has nothing to offer, only biology is worth noting. They made the point that if a population of an organism is too small, it will inevitably decline. ”

Luo Qi suddenly understood what Li Xu was talking about, and also understood why Ma Jiang had become so stiff and uneasy-going. In anger, Roach blurted out, "Then what do you mean?" Do you think the mages should leave human society and find a small isolated village, where everyone can go to the kang to have children? These clichés are still being said? ”

Li Xu lost the Jun porcelain wine cup in his hand, and the small bowl-shaped wine cup slammed on the table, rolled and slid out, and the residual wine spilled on the table.

Ma Jiang was stunned, probably didn't expect Luo Qi to dare to say it, he thought Luo Qi had fallen asleep just now.

Roach was stunned, a little confused about his lethality...... I didn't think that people were so careless when they were old, and he just expressed his disagreement a little more fiercely.

Li Xu didn't care about the messy table, his gaze pressed down heavily on Luo Qi, Luo Qi instinctively looked away, although he was full of unconvinced, but in essence he was not a person who could talk to his elders, just now he was angry and rushed out.

"I'm sorry." Li Xu said slowly.

Roach didn't notice his embarrassment at all, and a hint of familiar arrogance was gradually leaking from the corners of his eyebrows, eyes and lips. Suddenly, Luo Qi's consciousness automatically recognized what was going on with Li Xu's gaffe just now, although he hadn't thought it out yet, but the familiar shame came out, burning his head, he unconsciously sat up straight, his ears roared, instinctively resisting what Li Xu was about to say.

It's a pity that he is always prepared to accept humiliation, although his ears are full of beeping, he still hears Li Xu's words clearly, "You don't even have a little breath, so I haven't noticed you sitting there, I'm sorry." ”

Roach's throat seemed to be glued together.

"Are you really a mage?" Li Xu asked suspiciously, but sternly.

"Hehehe," Ma Jiang interjected, his face a little unpleasant, "Don't, Mr. Li, what do you say?" ”

Luo Qi's chest was churning, and he could still distinguish his spirit to comprehend Ma Jiang's meaning, it was one thing to live with humans, and it was another thing to bring humans into the circle of mages, and Ma Jiang couldn't afford this crime.

Li Xu glanced at Ma Jiang and smiled humbly, "Misunderstanding, I didn't mean that." It's just that he doesn't have the slightest trace of magic on him, so I guess he rarely uses magic, but no mage has ever been able to resist using his own strength. So I was curious, so I couldn't help but ask. ”

Ma Jiang put down his wine glass, pondered for a moment, smiled politely, and his eyes fell on Luo Qi. It roughly means that he is on Roach's side, and if Roach intends to return something, he can understand it completely.

Roach didn't bother to really theorize about anything, this kind of thing had happened so many times in his life, so much that it already made him feel a little tired. He just felt that the scene in front of him was strangely familiar, as if he had experienced it somewhere not long ago. His gaze inadvertently fell on the Junyao wine cup that was clipped on the table, it looked very similar to a tea drinker, he had drunk tea with Du Zhengyi a few times not long ago. Suddenly, he suddenly realized and looked at Li Xu in shock. Just a few days ago, in the teahouse near the school, Pei Shu, the greatest mage on this continent, when he walked to his table and sat down for the first time, there was only Du Zhengyi in his eyes.

This comparison made him guess that mages like Pei Shu didn't look at the world with their eyes, they must be used to observing energy, and Du Zhengyi also had this trend. To use an intuitive analogy, they are accustomed to seeing an energy view, similar to the infrared view used by humans. In the archmage's "infrared view", he resembles a corpse without heat radiation, blending in with the environment.

In other words, Roach does not exist in the archmage's field of vision.

He looked up at the well-mannered strange man. It's really interesting, he walked into this bar, took a fancy to Ma Jiang at a glance, and lied that what he felt was only the traces left by Ma Jiang after casting the spell.

The man lowered his eyes and looked at him as well, his gaze like a thorn. Roach was just over twenty years old, and he had not had a half-dime relationship with him until an hour, and so far it was only an offense of a word, and he was a civilized man who was dozens of years old, but he vaguely expressed a desire to chase and beat children.

Roach snorted, shook his head, and looked away.

Ma Jiang said slowly, "If you look at it by the standards of a hundred or ten years ago, the mages of our generation are no different from humans. I guess it's probably spraying too many pesticides, resulting in poor sperm quality. ”

"That's what characterizes population decline." Li Xu looked at Ma Jiang quietly, and then glanced at Luo Qi, who was obviously resistant to him, "Even humans now know this truth, inbreeding will produce deformed children. If our number is too small, it is inevitable that everyone will be a little genetically similar. ”

His tone of voice was still soothing and clear, but Roach's emotions were like a bucket of gasoline poured into an already blazing fire. He jerked to his feet, and the movement of his movements was too fast, and the wine glass was tumbled off the table by the belt of his clothes.

"Roach!" Ma Jiang grabbed his wrist.

He shook off Ma Jiang's hand heavily, his anger almost bursting through his skull, and his lungs stabbed hotly.

"Roach!" Another call, from behind him.

A hand suddenly reached from behind and pressed against his taut shoulder.

He turned back in annoyance, and met a thorny gaze, Du Zhengyi just pressed his shoulder, looking at him with the arrogance of a falcon catching a mouse, squinting and looking at him threateningly. Roach suddenly came to his senses, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured down, and his fire had almost been extinguished, except for small flames, hissing and smoking.

"What are you doing?" Du Zhengyi asked.

Luo Qi didn't speak, he turned back to stare at Li Xu. Sure enough, Du Zhengyi attracted his attention, his eyes looked Du Zhengyi up and down happily, his lips trembled slightly with excitement, and he looked like a hundred and fifty-year-old pervert who had just taken a strong pill and turned his head to see a young girl with a lively color. Now Roach doesn't find him attractive, he's like a hyena looking around for a fishy smell.

Subconsciously, Luo Qi took a step and stood between Li Xu and Du Zhengyi, blocking Du Zhengyi. He knew that his behavior of seemingly protecting Du Zhengyi's chastity must be ridiculous when he thought about it, but Li Xu made him feel disgusted instinctively. Maybe that little old man is really a treasure hunter, but the treasure he is looking for is people like Du Zhengyi, who are already very few treasures in the entire magic world.

Luo Qi succeeded in intercepting Li Xu's attention, and a trace of curiosity flashed through the eyes that had gone through the years.

Du Zhengyi's hand tightened on Luo Qi's shoulder, grabbed his attention, and then asked, "I heard someone say just now that you are inbred?" ”

Luo Qi's face flushed, Li Xu behaved quite frankly and naturally, he just smiled slightly, and was extremely tolerant of the junior's rampantness.

As a result, Du Zhengyi didn't buy his account at all, and he didn't know how to accept it when he saw it. Luo Qi remembered that even in the face of Archmage Pei Shu, he was also that virtuous, and Du Zhengyi seemed to be born with a backbone in the back of his head.

"I've heard of a human being who was born to his uncle and niece, and he also has some opinions about the merits of species."

Roach was amused, "Don't you know about humans?" ”

He looked at the stranger, and the man's face finally sank.

"I still have the necessary knowledge to know." He tapped his finger twice on the back of Roach's head, as if to test if his head was empty.

"There's no need to be so hostile." The stranger said that his tone was smooth and soft, with a hint of condescension and condescension. Roach suddenly realized that this had nothing to do with age, and that this man must be used to being in a high position.

"You know I'm right, a smart person like you, and well-educated, you can't fail to see the truth." The man continued to speak slowly, raising his eyes to look at Du Zhengyi. "As a young person, maybe we should have more sense of historical responsibility."

Du Zhengyi looked back at him for a while, but didn't say anything.

So the man felt that he could speak again, and he asked a rather deep sentence, "Do you know history?" ”

This time, Roach didn't understand and felt a little inexplicable.

A suspicious smile tugged at the man's lips, "Have you seen the future?" ”

Luo Qi felt that Du Zhengyi seemed to be angry, and the hand he had just casually put on his shoulder suddenly became stiff.

"Do you believe in souls?" The man asked in a low voice, his voice almost inaudible.

Roach couldn't hold back any longer, "How do you say that?" History, future, soul? Isn't this where I'm coming from, where I'm going, I'mWho's Mom? Am you not mistaken? Mage talking about philosophy? ”