High Above

Different from the sunny plain environment of the original tropical jungle of Canaan Moor, the forests of Nanling with the Baisen Mountains as the core are more inclined to the mountain forest environment with continuous rain and numerous water systems.

There have been continuous heavy rains in recent days, and it should have been difficult to move within the Shanmin Autonomous Region due to the swollen rivers and muddy land. However, because of Xiahui's new policy, all the mountain tribes under the call of the Dragon God's envoy have repaired the environment around important roads. The building itself is also very solid, so it was not affected in any way.

The heavy rain was pouring, and Scott, the director of Xiahui Territory, was sitting in a hot air balloon, overlooking the roads around the territory with the old shadow (Adlbert), the alchemy director of Xiahui Territory.

The lush mountain forest and the gloomy scenery are dim. There are pyroxene lamps on both sides of the main road in Xiahui Territory to illuminate the road and both sides, making the entire territory appear full of vitality.

Like the only light in the darkness.

"Why on earth did the adults call us out..."

Scott was extremely confused. Ever since he received Ian's remote communication a few days ago, he knew that it would take some time for his lord to come back - not just about Canaan Moore, even if he returned to the empire, he would have to Dealing with the Institute of Spiritual Knowledge and Truth.

As a prophet, when he gains great prestige, he will also be subject to many explicit or covert constraints.

Therefore, when Ian sent a message this morning, telling him and the old shadow to wait for a surprise that 'will appear on the outskirts of the city', he knew that this was definitely someone who could not be known to other spies in the territory, especially the empire. 'surprise'.

Even though the eldest prince and the Marquis of Barton have long been the most reliable friends, there are some trump cards that even their allies cannot tell them.

"Just be patient."

Seemingly sensing Scott's anticipation and nervousness, Guying comforted him softly: "Ian always likes to make plans. If he doesn't tell the exact time, it means that this matter is out of his control."

"On the other hand, the value of the surprise that allows him to accept this is definitely beyond our imagination."

indeed so.

When Scott heard the old shadow's comfort, his heart gradually calmed down, but in contrast, his doubts about the old shadow became thicker and thicker like the fog at night.

——Who is he? First-class alchemy skills, strength beyond the second level, an easy-to-talk and approachable character who does not seek power, an alchemy manager with basically no shortcomings except for always asking for money...

If it weren't for the mismatch in eye color, Scott seriously doubted that the old shadow was Ian's twin brother.

It was at this time that Gu Ying's expression suddenly moved slightly. He looked at an open space on the outskirts of Xiahui City - a grain storage center was supposed to be built there, but construction has not yet started.

Because in fact, the underground of this 'granary' is where the most secret underground experimental area of ​​Xiahui Territory is located.

"Here we come." The white-haired researcher said, and then there was a wave of fluctuation.

The originally gloomy suburbs of the city suddenly lit up with streaks of silver light on a rainy day. Countless silver powders dotted the hazy rain curtain, and a door slowly opened.

Immediately afterwards, several metal boxes as big as containers came out of the door.

"coming!"

At this moment, Scott did not hesitate. He jumped out of the balloon with the old shadow, and the white-haired researcher of the dead king took him to the ground and floated around the container.

Seeing this scene, Scott's heart was really full of surprises - teleportation, although there are indeed some powerful inheritances that have this ability, but it is at least a sublimation skill that can only be used by the fourth level.

One can imagine how valuable the materials transported by teleportation are, and more importantly, there are actually relevant sublimators who are willing to help their lords...

My lord, why does it seem like there are people helping me wherever I go?

"This is……"

Scott read the instructions on the container carefully, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Terminal core chip?"

"This is...the core production line?!"

He knew that the terminal was a new technology further developed based on crystal plate technology. In Canaan Moore, it had replaced identity cards and various documents and became the only tool for elves to prove their identity and make payments and collections.

Some time ago, the document that Ian sent back to Xiahui Territory stated that he would introduce terminals to pave the way for a new generation of Xiahui Territory management technology... But he never thought that his lord just went to Canaan Moore, and actually Even the core production lines are moved here? !

In this way, as long as Ian obtains the imperial terminal pilot test qualification in the future, he can openly produce his own terminal with independent specifications and carry out relevant experiments.

"Huaiguang..."

On the other side, Guying also let out a low-pitched exclamation: "With such a batch of core components of the most cutting-edge bio-alchemy equipment, all the equipment in the central laboratory can be upgraded!"

Although Scott didn't know what it meant to replace all laboratory parts, it was incredible to the old shadow, and its value was definitely beyond his imagination!

Adlbert was even more surprised than Scott imagined: "This is... professional equipment parts comparable to those of Avak Laboratory! Oh my God, as long as I have equipment with this precision, my research can go further... …and even continue the original research to make breakthroughs!”

"The dead king's technology can still be improved!"

But whether it was Scott or Adlbert, the biggest thought in their minds at the moment was still that.

——My lord, what kind of son did he find in Canaan Moore? !

And right now.

Another silver door opened, waking up the two people who were immersed in the harvest.

But this time, the container that appeared was slightly smaller...but it was also twenty meters long and eight meters high. The pattern on the outer shell was very beautiful, and it looked much more expensive than the previous equipment.

"What is this?"

Having experienced the baptism of terminal chip production lines and high-precision experimental equipment parts, both Scott and Adlbert were very interested in the contents of the third batch of containers.

They walked to the front and read the caption.

"World Tree Battleship..."

"Scale model?"

The two looked at each other blankly, with big doubts popping up in their heads: "What is this?"

Of course it’s fun stuff!

At this moment, Ian, who was already sitting on the airship and slowly flying towards the Everlasting Ocean Pier, estimated the time in his mind and smiled with satisfaction: "Scott and Adbot should have received the mail sent by Yafoda by now. The equipment… they’re definitely going to be surprised.”

After creating his own fairy body and communicating with Yapheda and the World Tree, Ian has no reason to continue to stay in Canaan Moore where the struggle is becoming increasingly fierce.

Yes, the fifth level has been lost, and even the future fifth level is on the side of the maintenance party, but the pillar party is still resisting.

This resistance is not simply causing trouble, but more like a display of strength...for example, showing some new technologies, showing some new sublimation skills, and then...

In exchange for the price of recruitment.

The situation is over, Canaan Moore is no longer what it was in the past. In the future, the four companies outside the national territory are destined to become members of lower-level forces and need to rely on other forces.

But in the final analysis, they are also of the blood of the Ten Kings, and they are qualified to sell themselves.

The elves are in full swing to unify their forces, but even so, Anfa still found time to give Ian and Isengard a ride.

"If you need anything, just ask me."

Without saying any unnecessary words, the green-haired elf girl just smiled and made a casual gesture, and then said to Ian: "The next time we meet, maybe it will be Dragon Island - I will go to Dragon Island to register myself in a while. Your identity, your identity..."

"My true body will probably stay on Dragon Island for a long time."

Ian nodded slightly. For people of their level, it was very easy to contact him. Temporary departure would not affect anything.

I just don’t know if Anfa can adapt to such a living environment.

After bidding farewell to Anfa, Ian contacted the Gnostic Academy.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the Gnosis Academy, Ian had to admit that they were the two most important scientific research departments under the empire and one of the largest Ascended Management departments.

The prophetic evaluation they have to make on themselves should be very strict in theory.

But actually, no.

"Nice to meet you, Baron Silver Peak, or rather, Lord Prophet."

A woman who covered her face with a scarf and wore the costume of the Gnosis Academy greeted Ian on the airship, and then gave the boy a certificate and a small silver cane without any hesitation.

Those are the prophetic certificates signed by the four major orthodox religions, and the 'rod of omens', the symbol given to the prophet by the empire.

This scepter is made entirely of mithril. Although it looks similar to a small sports dumbbell, it is actually a very powerful spiritual accessory that can freely convert spiritual energy into a shield or impact force.

For the prophet who has powerful psychic powers but no lethality, it is a very handy protective and offensive equipment.

"It's really useful."

Silver light flashed in his eyes, and after Ian listened silently to the Gnosis Academy staff member's explanation of a large section of the prophet's privileges and interests, he calmly asked: "So what does the empire need from me?"

"The normal process of prophet announcement is not like this. You should hold a grand celebration for me after I return to Nauman City - at that celebration, you people publicly presented me with these certificates and scepters."

"But now, you took the initiative to find me on the airship, which proves that you need me to do something that the normal process does not require..."

Having said this, the white-haired boy held his chin in one hand and asked with a smile: "Do you need me to act? What events do you need me to predict?"

"I said in advance that I can only predict what I can see with my naked eyes."

"You really saw it all coming."

Although the staff of the Academy of Spiritual Knowledge were surprised by Ian's straightforwardness, they still smiled. They seemed to have known for a long time that all this could not be hidden from the young prophet in front of them: "Since you have already guessed it, we will not keep it secret."

"Master Prophet, now that the empire has launched a two-front battle against Feiyan Land and Cangtian Royal Court, we hope that you will make a prediction about the current situation."

"Yeah." Ian was noncommittal. He thought for a while, and then slowly asked: "What kind of prophecy?"

"Best regards, sir."

As soon as this question was asked, it proved that Ian had already figured out that the prophecy he needed to make might not simply report 'good news'. The staff of the Gnosis Academy said with conviction: "It is a prophecy of bad tendencies."

"Lord Prophet, here is an instruction from the Imperial Capital: We need a prophecy for the war situation in the Western Territory of the Empire: This prophecy implies that our Western Territory defense line will temporarily fall into chaos due to a shortage of resources, and the entire southwestern province will face flying flames. The direct invasion of the land has plunged us into a great crisis."

"This is not a prophecy, but a fact, but it is not so terrifying." Ian frowned slightly: "The empire did have conflicts due to the two-front war, which led to the pouring of resources, but it was not to the point of chaos."

"This is a strategic deception. You must first lure the enemy deep... but Feiyandi will not believe my prophecy. They are not that easy to deceive."

"unless……"

Ian's eyes became stern: "You are planning to fake it and make it real."

"It cannot reach this point, Lord Prophet."

The staff of the Lingzhi Academy shook their heads and said calmly: "We also know very well that Feiyandi cannot believe your prophecy. This is not a deception aimed at the enemy."

"Sir, this is a prophecy for the people. We must make the people believe that we are at a disadvantage, that we are about to encounter a major crisis, and that we are about to lose-"

"Then we won." Raising his eyebrows, Ian said softly: "Indeed. If there is a stalemate all the time, the people will be bored, tired of war, and will feel dissatisfied and painful about the war."

"In this case, it is better to directly create a crisis that can threaten almost everyone. According to Feiyandi's reputation in the western region of Nanling, almost no one will have any luck with Feiyandi's invasion. As long as they are invaded , it will inevitably lead to the destruction of the family."

"Under such fear, the originally numb hearts will be excited. They are sensitive and expectant, uneasy and lucky."

"If at this time, someone surpasses the 'prophecy' and brings about a miraculous 'great victory'..."

At this point, Ian laughed: "That's really an incredible victory."

"But this is based on the accuracy and prestige of my predictions."

"Yes. This is the sacrifice we implore you to make..."

With that said, all the staff of the Academy of Gnosis and other imperial government officials in the airship bowed half-kneeling to Ian: "Here is a handwritten edict from the Setar Palace. Lord Prophet, please take a look at it. .”

The imperial edict... wasn't that what Axel wrote to me?

Ian took the golden edict in silence. He read the words on it, and then his expression became strange.

"Rehabilitate Teacher Hilliard...rehabilitate the Cejalorvo family, restore the title of earl to the Cejalorvo family, return the banned ancestral land, return all the research materials of the Cejalorvo family, and... "

[As long as your senior brother doesn’t appear openly in the empire]

There are no words, pure thoughts emerge from the paper, communicating with Ian: [I won’t care about anything he does]

[In the same way, my Earl Yinfeng is my junior brother in a sense... As long as you support the empire's 'righteousness', if you still have the ideals originating from Inaga II in your heart]

[Then there is actually no conflict between us]

"Earl? Level 2 jump to the title?"

Ian raised his head in disbelief and looked at the imperial officials in front of him. They seemed to have known about this for a long time and applauded: "Yes, congratulations, Earl!"

"According to your achievements and status, the position of earl is completely compatible!"

At this moment, except for the instinctive absurdity in Ian's heart, his reason told him that this was normal.

The Cejalrovo family was originally the count of the imperial capital, famous for its academics and heritage development. It was not an actual count on the ground. It was not difficult to restore its reputation and industry. It mainly depended on whether Ian was qualified.

And now, Ian has been identified as a prophet. Not to mention that the Cejalrovo family has a lot of information and properties that have been blocked by the empire as a first-class secret. Even if other families eat it, for the sake of these two prophets, In terms of words, they will also take the initiative to spit them out obediently.

God knows how long he can live for a 'prophet' who is less than 18 years old. If you don't want the family property of an imperial earl, you don't want it. There is no need to enmity with him for this little asset!

Of course, what surprised Ian the most was not this, but Axel's incredible move.

Rehabilitating the Chehalolvo family is not a big deal in the first place. What is really important is the return of the 'research data'... There may be research data related to Echo in it. Is Axel really unaware or is he deliberately testing it? Or does he just not care?

And rehabilitating Mr. Hilliard made Ian even more dizzy - if Axel really wanted to rehabilitate him first, why didn't he rehabilitate him earlier and had to wait until Mahdi became famous and was forced to leave by him personally? Will he be rehabilitated later?

And the next words, as long as the Mahdi does not show up, he will not care... These words are really a bit like the time when Teacher Hilliard traveled all over the empire and few people followed him. Axel definitely followed the same path back then. Treat your teacher like the first knight.

But, why? This kind of attitude of neither destroying nor getting close means that there must be a huge secret behind it!

What is the secret?

"It seems that... he doesn't want Fudo Castle to disappear at all, nor does he want Fudo Castle to die - so he looked like he was going to kill me at the Alien Research Institute, but in fact he used a beam of light to push me and speed away. , to prevent other fifth energy levels from intervening.”

Although his face remained calm at this moment, Ian's heart was filled with turmoil: "Behind the Fudo Castle, there are definitely secrets that I don't know yet... That's right, the Empire's Fudo Castle is not perfect yet, only the Fudo in the hands of the teacher Strong City is a perfect fifth-level inheritance... What is the gap between them?"

A word suddenly occurred to Ian.

Top seat.

The top level and the fifth level are different.

The top seat means that this inheritance can pass on its core sublimation organs to the next generation... Generally speaking, a inheritance that can be called the top seat can pass on at least two fifth-level core sublimation organs.

But what Teacher Hilliard had originally passed down to him was only the core of the ancient dragon... a seriously damaged core of the ancient dragon that relied on silver chips to maintain it.

Until now, Ian has not completely repaired the core of the ancient dragon's heart. Even the source of dragon blood has only restored its activity.

If it really needs to be repaired, I'm afraid it will have to wait for the Extreme Wind Dragon King to use Dragon Island's equipment for treatment.

This is just a top-shelf element.

What about the other one?

Ian believes that if this ancient dragon heart core actually has some unknown and strange functions, or it is itself an activation key that can activate another existence with extremely powerful power...

And if that existence is the real ‘top’ element of Fudo Castle…

"Imperial Capital."

Narrowing his eyes, Ian realized something in his mind: "It's the Imperial Capital."

"In Fudo Fortress, that ancient dragon core is related to the Imperial Capital. It can even be said to be the core secret key of a certain big plan. It was for this plan that Inaga II and his teacher created the different city with the same name as the Imperial Capital. Move the fortified city.”

"The imperial capital itself is one of the 'top elements' of the 'immovable city'!"

"Only if it is located in the imperial capital, Fudo Fortress is the truly invincible inheritance that the teacher said!"

"But now, Axel has another purpose for the Imperial Capital - whether it is Fudo Castle approaching the Imperial Capital, or Fudo Castle dying, some of the unique secret keys of the Imperial Capital disappearing or returning, it will all lead to his plan failed, so he expelled the teacher and also expelled the Mahdi..."

In Ian's mind, the root structure of biomass inside the solid city wall of the imperial capital emerged.

He lowered his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Interesting. Fortunately, I didn't go near the uptown area."

"As long as I get closer to the core of the imperial capital, the ancient dragon heart core in my body will probably react and let Axel discover me."

"No wonder my crisis was so strong at that time, because I didn't actually need anyone's attention. As long as I came to the top of the imperial capital, I would be discovered!"

"But now, it's okay, because my current body is that of a fairy, and the core of the ancient dragon is on Dragon Island."

"This is also Axel's purpose. He cannot let the secret key get close to the Imperial Capital and affect his transformation of the Imperial Capital or other plans."

After thinking about this, Ian had even greater doubts in his heart: "But, what is Axel's plan?"

"No, that should be said. What was Inaga II and the teacher's plan back then? And what did Axel plan to transform based on their plan?"

There was no way Ian could have guessed this, not even as a prophet.

The young man shook his head slightly: "I guess I have to ask Isengard to find out..."

In fact, apart from that, Axel's purpose is also very strange.

For example, letting Ian consume his own prestige and increase the empire's miraculous victory is actually not a loss to Ian.

Because Ian himself is also the lord of Nanling, if there is an army from Feiyandi attacking by then, as long as they are not the main force, he is confident that he can defeat them and become a member of the 'Miracle'.

At that time, it was the 'prophet' who predicted failure and defeated his own prophecy - this is not surprising, rather, this is what everyone expected from the prophet.

If it is good, then the prophet will lead everyone to realize it.

If it is bad, then the prophet leads everyone to avoid it.

The Guardians don't care about this.

What Axel seems to be doing is just to stimulate people's hearts and make everyone consider themselves a member of the 'Miracle' and have a common sense of glory... As for who benefits the most and who is likely to suffer losses, he will not give a damn about.

Is this approach and strategy related to the imperial capital and his plans for Fudo Castle?

Ian doesn't know yet. But he had no reason to object now.

Because Axel is too generous - Earl of Silver Peak, this actually means that the empire has officially handed over all the mountain people to Ian's hands, and the entire Byson Mountains are his territory.

Not long after, when Viscount Grant advanced to the third level and the entire Big Sequoia Forest Area and South China Sea became the Marquis of Grant, he and Viscount Grant joined forces to cover most of the South Ridge Province.

As for the Marquis of Barton, he will be the nominal big brother of South Ridge at that time, and neither Ian nor Grant will play against him.

But in fact, he will never take care of things.

In the future, Ian will soon become one of the most powerful nobles in Nanling.