In the evening, a wooden 'flying bird' landed in the river bend. As the plane taxied on the grass, it bumped and slowly stopped.
"Here we are, this is where we will rest tonight." Charlie jumped off the white 'flying bird' and pointed to a small town not far away.
It is said to be a small town, but the scene in front of you is very different from a human city.
The meandering river flows through the shallows, passing through the surrounding huge tree roots, and you can clearly see the colorful pebbles underwater.
Using these thick tree roots as small bridges or corridors, wooden houses of different sizes are distributed among them. They are of different shapes and well-proportioned. You can see the forest elves living in them coming and going, and occasionally you can hear the sounds of the market.
The sound of conversation.
The water is gurgling, and the orange flowers hanging in the tree shades are emitting a faint light, like dim night lights, illuminating the town below. Some owls with fiery red feathers are squatting on the branches, and they fly down from time to time.
In some wooden houses, a slight sound of cooking was heard.
After bringing the 'Flying Bird' to a large tree hole warehouse next to the town and placing it, Charlie took Lorraine Hill into the town.
"Although this small town in the Tencage River Bend is not big, the school in it is relatively famous. Many forest elves graduated from here."
"So there are many young elves in the town, and we can also come into contact with many elves from other places."
With that said, Charlie pulled Lorraine Hill into a bustling alley. The place was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, with various horizontal bars hanging in it, with wooden branches of different heights inserted in them, and a glowing mushroom would be placed on the branch.
It illuminates the surrounding environment.
"Cui Feng steamed quince, poached honey pear, moon sweet candy, if you like it, come and try it."
"The person who solves the extraction branch of pharmacy for the fourth grade will get a gold coin."
"Second-hand book sales, the third edition of "The Craft of Sylph Enchantment", "Insights on Two-Month Practice", "The Ghost Reflecting the Face in the Water", "The Concept of the Celestial Giant Ship"..."
After entering this market street full of students, a lively scene appeared in front of Lorraine Hill.
She originally thought that the forest elves lived in isolation, but this was the first time she saw such a lively scene.
The streets are full of elves with pointy ears. Most of them have blond hair, but a few have snow-white silver hair. They wear comfortable and loose long-sleeved clothes. Judging from their appearance, many of them are directly from the school uniforms of nearby schools.
Some of these elves were squatting in front of the stalls and haggling carefully, some were arguing with others about academic and book issues, and some were talking about the recent theater performance and the beauty and voice of the singer.
"Sure enough, this place still looks familiar in the past~" Charlie took Lorraine Hill for a few steps and expressed this feeling.
"How long did Charlie study here before?" Lorraine Hill asked curiously.
"About 7 years, and then I went to the Emerald Court to study for a while before officially leaving the campus." Xia Li talked about the past time.
"But one thing I want to tell Jia Lan is that we don't have to go to school at the same time. In other words, you can go to school for one year, take a break and come back again, as long as there is a gap of three years."
"Because we all have many hobbies. Sometimes we indulge in them and don't want to study. If we go out for a walk and come back to study, we will have new insights, which may be more efficient."
"It sounds very good, but we humans can't use this method." Jia Lan estimated that the average person's youth lasts less than ten years, most of which is taken up by study. If it drags on longer, he may become middle-aged or old.
Already.
I really envy the elves' longevity, which gives them plenty of spare time to do all kinds of things they want to do. No wonder the records of the Winged Sun call the 'elves' the last and most perfect race created by humans.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I accidentally said something offensive. But Jia Lan shouldn't be afraid of this, right? I heard that human extraordinary beings can also live longer, probably about the same as elves?"
"It will indeed be a little longer, but not as long as an elf." Lorraine Hill shook his head, his hair swaying with his face, and then his pair of smart eyes looked at the stalls beside him, for those above.
Attracted by novelty.
Some of them are exquisite drawings painted by elves, whose style is like the stained glass of a church, but brighter and more delicate, with a gentle and aesthetic feeling. There are also their own handmade dresses, which are made of a soft material.
The base is white cloth, embellished with light green lace and lace, which is fit and lightweight. In addition, there is also a delicate model in a huge glass bottle, depicting airships and cities floating in the sky, which seems to be an imagination of the twilight era.
These beautiful and well-made things made Lorraine Hill feel itchy and wanted to buy them. Looking at her cute hesitant look, Charlie couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, actually I was like that at the time. When I came to school in the first year, I spent a lot of my living expenses on buying these things." As she spoke, Xia Li blinked and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
"Although I felt a little distressed, I didn't regret it later. However, I gradually found a way to increase my income when I was in the third grade. Then things gradually got better and my life was no longer as tight as before."
"Then how did Charlie make money at that time?" Lorraine Hill turned his head, full of curiosity.
"Well, I teamed up with my classmates at that time. We went to eliminate the monsters that the empire had bounties on, and earned a bounty. Later, we sold most of the materials for the monsters, which earned us a lot of income."
"But gradually, there are fewer such activities."
"Is it because there are fewer tasks?"
"Not really, it's just that the efficiency is relatively low. It's a waste of time to go and clear out the monsters. After all, these guys won't stay where they are. They often have to hunt for them."
"Later, I studied ancient history with a mentor and participated in some relic excavation projects. The salary I was given at that time was relatively generous, so I stopped running around." Xia Li recalled her life in those years.
"I went overseas to a very remote island, and I had to dive often to explore the seabed. Due to the exposure to the sun in those years, my skin turned a lot brown, and it was not until the year before last that it gradually fully recovered."
"Look at the composition of the floating city in the big glass bottle. It is the result of my tutor's research and publication. He described in detail the scenes of people's lives at that time. Ancient people lived on the clouds in the sky."
"Do you think it's very novel? Because this is a new result that was only obtained in the past ten years. It is estimated that Emenas has not promoted teaching."
"It's indeed novel." Lorraine Hill nodded guiltily.
It's not surprising at all. If you really want to say it, she probably knows that era better than any other scholar.
However, now is not the time to show off. This time I must have a good talk with the Elf Sage and then meet the Elf Queen.
Maybe in the next few decades, the grand scene of the twilight era will be shown again in this world, with the cities and countries on the clouds, the wind-driven airships traveling across the sky, and the huge project of transforming the world.
They will once again enter the eyes of humans in this era, and this also means that humans will once again set foot on the road to the stars and embrace this real and vast world.