Chapter 263 The School Like a Vine and Birdcage

It was relatively late after returning from the market in the town, and there were fewer pedestrians on the street. The wooden houses in the town were lit up with orange lights, dotted in this peaceful forest.

When they arrived at the Ring Tree Hotel where they stayed, Lorraine Hill and Charlie ate a dinner of oranges and smoked fish before returning to their room to rest.

This is the third floor of the hotel. The whole hotel is built around a big tree. There are more than 20 scattered rooms on each floor, which shows the thickness of the big tree.

The furnishings in the room are simple and warm, and are basically made of locally made wooden furniture. There is a luminous potted plant on the table as a light source. If you want to sleep at night, you can cover the cover, which is equivalent to turning off the lights.

Sitting at the small table, Roland Hill took a close look at the glowing tree, and it took a while to satisfy his curiosity.

【Yingbaixiuju】(Black Iron Level): It can turn the absorbed mana into a bright small shrub. It has been improved, and it also has some insect repellent effects.

In the past, some plants would emit weak light at night to attract insects for pollination. Later, the elves improved these plants for several generations, and now the bright and bright potted plants not only no longer attract insects, but also emit mosquito repellent. The light fragrance is deeply loved by the elves.

The rise of human beings has not been as long as the elves have ruled the continent. During these long years, elves have also accumulated a lot of technologies and abilities that are difficult for humans to master.

After observing the potted plants on the table, Roland Hill pushed open the small door of the balcony again, and stood by the wooden fence looking at the town at night.

The small river is like a stream, meandering in the town, reflecting the lights in the houses, and the clear and various insect sounds coming from the grass corners of the forest, so that the night is no longer lonely, but has another meaning lively and quiet.

Looking into the distance, behind the dark night shrouded by big trees, the outline of a large dome building is vaguely vague, revealing its shape among the thick trees.

It was probably the school that Charlie was talking about during the day.

"Paradise in a cage with vines", this is the school where Charlie graduated. The most famous building in the whole school is the hollowed-out building like a birdcage.

The ancient stone birdcage, surrounded by green vines, leaned slightly under the mountain wall, in the shade of the trees.

When teaching, the learned elder elves would stand on the circular square in the middle of the birdcage, while the young elves who were students would fall on the vines wrapped around the birdcage like butterflies.

These vines are not as thin as they look from a distance. Their thick structures are wrapped around stone bird cages. After being taken care of by students and teachers over the years, they have formed small platforms for students to stand on. Or sit and listen to a class.

The scene of the academy depicted by Charlie and her went through his mind, and Roland Hill thought that before leaving tomorrow, he must go to the 'birdcage' to satisfy his curiosity.

At night, covered with a comfortable white quilt, Roland Hill fell into a peaceful sleep.

the next day.

"Good morning~"

Early in the morning, Loren Hill was woken up by Charlie's crisp knock on the door. While rubbing her eyes, the girl reluctantly crawled out of the bed and opened the door for Charlie wearing slippers.

Recently, Loren Hill has developed the habit of sleeping late in the morning, but it is still a little uncomfortable to change it suddenly.

"Go have some breakfast, Jialan." Urging Roland Hill to quickly comb her hair and change her clothes, Charlie couldn't wait to take this new friend out to eat.

"OK, wait."

Roland Hill responded a little helplessly, then put his hand into the cool water basin, sprinkled water drops on his face and washed his face, so that he woke up a little, and then went downstairs with Charlie.

The hair on his forehead and sides was still a little wet. Walking in the early morning breeze, there was some coolness. Roland Hill stood on the stone street of the town, looking at the place where the sun rose in the distance.

The orange-red sun rises in the east, and its appearance is cut by the tall trees. The sun shines in the forest, forming a bright and dark track. The tiny mist floats and drifts in the morning light, and then evaporates slowly.

"It's beautiful, only the hard-working people can see the beauty of the morning." Charlie settled the bill at the hotel and came to Roland Hill.

"The teacher in the past told us that the sun in the morning light is a more beautiful scene than the sunset at dusk. It still has a kind of vigor and hope that the sunset does not have. You can see the snow-white clouds in the sky. The sun shines a rare golden color and flows under the blue and clear sky."

"Indeed."

Loren Hill nodded with the same feeling. She still saw the golden clouds in the morning when she was in elementary school. In middle and high school, she either got up too late or got up too early, and went to school before dawn. As for such a scene can only remain in childhood memory.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat something good."

Then, Charlie pulled Lorraine Hill towards the other side of the river. They crossed the bridge and the street, turned around the big trees, and then stopped in front of a stone hut under the big tree.

It seems to be a place for making pastries and bread, shaped like thick and short mushrooms, and there are bursts of sweet smells from the stone chimney behind.

When we came here, there were already quite a few elf students lining up here. Fortunately, the line was not too long, and it was possible to wait for a while.

Roland Hill watched those elf students with book bags in one hand and cakes wrapped in lotus leaves in the other, walking towards the academy while eating.

Wait until Lorraine Hill comes

When she was in front of the store, she looked at the warm and colorful decorations in the store.

The owners were a couple of elves, with silver hair and aprons, busy with the students who came to buy breakfast.

"I want two cherry parfaits, Sister Tis~" Xia Li spoke first, apparently familiar with the shopkeeper.

"Okay. It turned out to be Charlie, are you back now?" The mature elf elder sister took out a lotus leaf soaked in water, put the cut triangular pastry in it, and then put a few big cherries in it. Click on it and hand it to Charlie.

"Yeah, but this time I'm passing by with a friend. I'll come back and stay longer next time."

"Giggle, this is not certain. You young guys have an idea every day, and you may run to where you will go."

"Okay, here, is this your friend." She looked at Lorraine Hill, who wasn't pointed ears, slightly surprised and curious.

"Yes, this is Jialan, from Emenas, I will take her to the Emerald Court."

"What a good name, it sounds like I'm from the East, I haven't been to the East for a long time, and I miss it now." Said the mature elf woman handed two cakes to Charlie and Lorraine.

"Then let's go, come back next time~"

Gu Kui

After that, Charlie and Lorraine Hill walked out together, and then explained slowly.

"I used to come to this store when I was in school, so I am very familiar with them. I have always liked their pastries, they are not too hot, and they are also served with iced fresh fruit, which tastes very good~" Charlie vigorously Recommended.

Loren Hill nodded with a smile, and then took a small sip.

The pastry seems to be steamed with rice flour mixed with other materials, and it is not too sticky in the soft glutinousness, and the cherries on the top are cold and sour and sweet, which dilutes the monotony of the pastry itself and brings a different kind of stimulation. , a kind of slippery comfort.

"It's delicious."

"I'm right, hehe."

After eating the cakes, the two walked on the shady gravel road under the tall trees and turned around for a while before arriving in front of the school.

The lawn in front of the academy is covered with white slate, which gradually connects the forest to the academy. There is no fence here. Standing under the tall tree canopy in front of the academy, you can see most of the buildings in the academy.

Among them, the largest and most famous building is naturally the huge auditorium classroom like a birdcage. Now there is a lecture in it. A forest elf teacher is demonstrating the spell. flying around inside the birdcage auditorium.

Soon, a burst of applause came from the birdcage auditorium.

Apart from the largest auditorium classroom, other teachers and students were on the lawn under the trees, and some in the tall tree-shaded classrooms, respectively narrating their own courses.

The students and teachers here either sit or lie down, and do not deliberately prescribe which posture. Some of them are leaning on the soft white tiger and watching the teacher teach. thing.

From the various subtle voices coming from the wind, Loren Hill gradually perceives and understands the content of these lectures, which roughly include mathematics, history, culture, extraordinary practice, combat, herbal medicine, and even some niche ones. aesthetics.

If compared with Emenas, it is like the central school building and part of the Walled College where the first grade is spent, and the courses described are very similar.

However, it did not involve the religion, death, priests, chaos, and purification of the Temple Academy, nor did the famous courses of the High Tower Academy and the Bridge Academy, such as science, alchemy, military, code, and dragon changes.

Although there are fewer subjects, considering that this is not the largest academy in the forest, the conditions for running the school should also be considered according to local conditions, which is already very good.

"Well, isn't it a little familiar and kind?" Charlie turned her head and said with a smile.

"Actually, I went to Emenas once, and that time I went to communicate and study with the tutor."

"Emenas is indeed very big, and the sages are also very powerful, but I still prefer it here, because it is more comfortable to stay here, there is no need to worry too much, and there is not so fierce competition."

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"Ahaha, doesn't it feel like a big talk? In fact, sometimes we envy those students who can be admitted to Emenas. However, if we don't make it, it won't be a pity."

"I'll take you around the academy, it's not a waste of time."

Afterwards, Charlie took Loren Hill to wander around the academy in the shade of the trees, and introduced to her what classes were taught here, where there was a dining room, and behind the mountain wall there was a group of small mushrooms. The house, where is the student dormitory, as well as the caves and lakes where students usually play and party.

By the time the two of them had roughly finished walking through the academy, it was already noon.

"Then it's time to go, Jialan."

After returning to the town, Charlie and Lorraine Hill once again rode on the white 'flying bird', then with the swaying of their wings, they gradually escaped from it and jumped into the vast forest again.

This time, as they gradually entered the depths of the forest, the surrounding environment also changed a lot.

What I saw was no longer the villages and towns where dozens or hundreds of people gathered in the past, but cities with a large population.

Most of these cities have wooden or white rock structures, built under rivers and tree shades, where airships and monsters land from time to time, shuttled by forest elves.

The city is not a single plane, but presents a complex three-dimensional structure, attached to the

Among the hillsides, among the giant trees.

After passing through the dense forest once, the scenery in front of them was bright, and a vast field appeared in the eyes of the two of them.

Because of the cultivation of different crops, these fields show huge squares of different colors on the ground, some light yellow, some green, some light red and green, some purple flowers in full bloom and so on. Some forest elves wear thick white and wide-sleeved clothes, carry baskets and tools, and walk on the trails in the fields. There are also big boars dragging iron plows in the fields. forward.

After leaving the forest, the field of vision suddenly widened. Apart from the fields between the giant valleys below, Roland Hill saw the big trees in the hazy clouds in the distance.

"That is the 'Three Sacred Trees' of the Emerald Garden today. They were re-cultivated by the ancestors after the collapse of the World Tree." Pointing to the outline of the big tree, Charlie explained briefly.

"In the past, there were three elves living under the world tree. The silver elves were good at forging and were famous for their martial arts and dancing. The forest elves were keen on planting and would use bows and arrows as their main weapons. Most of the ice elves were calm. Among them, scholars were compared with spellcasters. many."

"This is the traditional method of separation in the past. Although it is not applicable now, it can still roughly see the different styles of each elves."

"I'm going to the Emerald Court soon. Jialan has to follow me closely, or I'll get lost, giggles."

Then, while flying in the soothing wind, Charlie started talking about the Emerald Court.

"There are many forest elves there, and there are probably millions of elves living under the 'Three Sacred Trees', and the buildings and streets inside are very complicated, not as neat as humans, but mostly in rings or semi-circles. The structure, like a big ring within a small ring, is distributed under the sacred tree."

"Each large ring is a relatively complete living environment, with shops, houses, places for daily needs, and some even small schools and libraries."

"The largest 26 rings are also the most densely populated places in the Emerald Garden. It is very prosperous, with opera houses, art galleries, large fountain squares, comfortable hot spring baths, etc. The flying airship, but that one is slower, not as fast as our 'flying bird'."

"Lord Vestena lives in the 'Golden Leaf Corolla' ring, oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, the largest 26 rings are named after the corolla, such as 'Blue Calyx Corolla', 'Thorn Leaf Corolla', 'Red Dyed flower crowns' etc."

"The Emerald Garden is very big, and some of the flower crowns, even I didn't take them all, I'm just familiar with the 'Golden Leaf Flower Crown' and the 'Blue Calyx Flower Crown', if you stay in the Jade Garden for a long time, you can see more Look, each corolla has its own characteristics, and there is a slight competition between them."

"Then, let's stop here for now, let's speed up, Jialan. Hold me tight, hahaha~"

As he spoke, a burst of refreshing laughter streaked across the azure sky towards the outline of the distant giant tree, and the bustling scene in the Emerald Court slowly reflected in Roland Hill's eyes.