Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 189 Pan's Visit
"A-choo!" Qingkong, who was doing a secret experiment in the laboratory, sneezed. She rubbed her nose and continued to grind the dried bark with the medicine grinder.
Beside her, Jennifer carefully added the bark in her hand into the medicine grinder bit by bit, and asked with concern: "Professor Qingkong, are you sick?"
"No..." Qingkong did not stop what he was doing. The materials used to make the mysterious props had to be crushed to a certain degree. "The smell of this neem tree is so pungent that it makes people want to sneeze... Can't you smell it?"
Jennifer leaned in and sniffed the odor of the nelum bark powder: "It has a somewhat pungent smell, but I don't feel any discomfort."
"I'll leave this job to you." Qingkong simply handed the tools to Jennifer.
Jennifer asked in surprise: "I, can I?"
"Yes, why not. You are my teaching assistant now, and you used to be an excellent student in the Department of Mystic Arts. I think you are fully capable of handling this simple mystic material.
Just do it, I'll be watching."
Qingkong encouraged Jennifer and also observed her.
Taking dragon's blood wine for a long time allowed her to regain her body temperature, and her skin became rosy like a white and rosy peach.
Qingkong lifted the restrictions on Jennifer and recruited her into his esoteric arts department as his assistant. These days, Qingkong has been observing Jennifer to see if she has really found herself again.
The difference between living souls and dead souls is that living souls have richer emotions. In the eyes of living souls, the world is colorful. In addition to the eyes, the soul can also feel the richness of all things in the world.
In the eyes of the dead, the world is cold. The dead do not have too many desires, only the obsessions in their lifetime will entangle them forever.
Jennifer was affected by the power of the abyss at the moment of her death. She died but not completely. In the underground maze, she was with the undead and tended to be undead, and her obsession entangled her.
The dragon's blood wine restored her body temperature and pulled her to the side of the living creature.
But she could still slip into the dead.
The creature Jennifer is very quiet. A hundred years of time have not left any trace on her. She is like the girl who sat next to me in school days, a little immature.
Jennifer took over Qingkong's work. She ground the bark finely, added her magic power in a clockwise motion and stirred evenly. Soon, a pungent smell rose from the medicine grinder. Qingkong felt it was unpleasant, but Jennifer did not show any discomfort.
Her half-undead physique gave her strong adaptability.
Qingkong made an evaluation of Jennifer in his mind.
"Mrs. Michelle is going to hold a charity reception tonight. She invited me to go, but I am not good at dealing with such occasions. I don't know the people attending the reception. In order to avoid being too embarrassed, can you accompany me?"
As Mrs. Michelle's status in Raging Waves City has greatly improved, her activities are no longer limited to the city's elite class.
Some rumors spread from the imperial capital to Nutao City: "The eldest princess has joined the fight for the crown prince position..."
Many people believed that Inspector Meteorite was the most trusted person of Her Highness the Princess, and only the most trusted person would dare to stir up such a big storm in Raging Waves City. According to Meteorite's ability and his age, once the Princess became the Queen, Inspector Meteorite would definitely be the most powerful official.
If Inspector Meteorite becomes the Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet one day, then the team that the inspector has built in Raging Waves City will be the ruling team after the future Queen ascends the throne.
As Madam Michelle is one of the three councillors under Inspector Meteorite, many people who want to invest in the future of the empire are trying their best to make friends with this potential future cabinet minister.
Mrs. Michelle was also very keen on this kind of socializing, and at the same time, she did not forget the "City Star" plan that she and Qingkong had formulated. If she wanted to maintain her position in the Innovation Society, she must have a capital that she could show off.
Elf Clear Sky is Mrs. Michelle’s backstage.
The "City Star" plan was promoted very smoothly. For ordinary citizens, they did not understand the excitement and cruelty of the struggles among the upper class in the city, and gossip news could arouse their interest more.
The powerful and beautiful elf Qingkong 's legendary experiences have become a widely circulated story in the city. In particular, she saved the City of Raging Tide many times and fought against the Abyss Mage, which made the citizens of the whole city like her.
At this time, Qingkong was the "city star" of Nutao City, with countless loyal "fans". If anyone could compete with Qingkong in terms of popularity, it would probably be the Meteorite Inspector who repeatedly created big events.
To maintain a high level of popularity, you need to increase exposure. Therefore, even if Qingkong is not interested in cocktail parties, he can only attend some of the more important ones. He went with Rajan Furni just to have a companion and get rid of annoying harassment.
When Zhan Funi heard Qingkong's invitation, she said awkwardly, "Can I not go? I'm afraid my identity... will cause you unnecessary trouble."
Qingkong stretched out his hand and pinched Jennifer 's pink face: "No one can see your undead side now, and when I find a suitable heart to install for you, no one will be able to see anything.
Put on your most beautiful clothes tonight and I'll take you to the cocktail party. Is this an order, not a request? "
"Yes, Professor Clear Sky."
Jennifer didn't dare to disobey Qingkong. She still remembered the process of forcing herself to drink the dragon's blood wine. Although that memory and the experience in the maze were like a sealed album, she still couldn't bring herself to disobey Qingkong.
"Don't be so reluctant. There are many things in this world that you can do even if you don't want to." Qingkong stood up: "I'll leave these tasks to you. I heard that a batch of new books I ordered have arrived at the library. I want to go and take a look..."
"See you tonight, Professor Clear Sky. I'll deliver these materials to Professor Ben once I'm done with them."
"See you tonight."
Qingkong bids farewell to Jennifer and leaves the Department of Mysticism.
During this period, Qingkong was studying the history of ancient civilizations. She had read all the limited relevant materials in the college library, so Qingkong relied on her status to borrow and purchase ancient civilization materials from other well-known colleges in the name of Oulu College.
A batch of information arrived today.
I came to the library under clear sky, signed for the documents and books, then moved them to a corner of the reading room and read them alone.
But before she could look for too long, a cup of coffee was placed on her table.
Seeing the coffee, Qingkong frowned and said, "The person who brought me coffee here last time died across from me. I told you not to disturb me when I'm reading."
"Ms. Qingkong, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pan, a member of the World Bank Board, a shining gold man..."
You found it so quickly?
Clear sky looked up and saw that it was indeed Pan.
"The Golden People do not have any special privileges at Oulu College. If you have anything to ask me, please make an appointment first."
Pan did not leave because of a setback. He sat down opposite Qingkong, looked through the materials on the table and asked, "All of them are related to ancient civilizations, and they are all borrowed from other colleges. Miss Qingkong is so interested in ancient civilizations?"
"I'm a professor of magic at Oulu College, and the head of the Department of Mystic Arts. Is there anything wrong with reading some academic books?"
Qingkong borrowed these books before Pan and Yin came to Nutao City, but they were delayed on the way for too long and were only delivered now. It is estimated that Pan noticed that these books were related to ancient civilization, so he tracked them down and wanted to find clues about the egg.
Qingkong was not afraid of what Pan might find, so his answer was very natural.
“No problem…” Pan looked at Qingkong, in his heart marveling at the appearance of the elf in front of him, which was even more beautiful than the legend: “Miss Qingkong is not only proficient in the secret arts, but also studying the history of ancient civilizations. I admire your erudition very much.
As a member of the Shuojin people, I know a lot about the history of ancient civilizations. After all, as the descendants of the ancient Shuojin civilization, the modern Shuojin civilization still retains many things from its ancestors.
If Miss Qingkong doesn't mind, we can exchange ideas on the history of ancient civilizations."
Qingkong didn't want to be entangled by Pan.
"Okay, we'll talk later. This is a library, don't disturb me while I'm reading."
Pan refused to leave and asked, "Are Miss Qingkong and Mrs. Michelle very good friends?"
"Yes! Everyone in the entire Nutao City knows that Mrs. Michelle and I are good friends." Qingkong didn't expect Pan to shift the topic to Mrs. Michelle, so he was not in a hurry to drive him away. He wanted to hear his purpose.
Pan said with emotion: "To some extent...Mrs. Michelle and I are related."
Qingkong asked curiously, "Aren't you a Sparkling Gold?"
"Before I became a Shining Gold Man, I was a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Rio. King Rio XI was my uncle. Madam Michelle's mother was from the Elesis family of the Kingdom of Rio.
The Kingdom of Rio is a small country, and the nobles are intermarried, so the two families are always related. If I hadn't left the kingdom, I would have to call Mrs. Michelle "sister" when I saw her."
Qingkong probably understood Pan's real purpose.
"The Kingdom of Rio disappeared a long time ago. It is now the First Republic of Rio. Some of the former royal family members were executed, some were imprisoned, and some went into exile overseas.
You are lucky... to be a Shining Gold."
"Yes, my sister and I are lucky, otherwise we don't know what fate awaits us. As far as I know, many nobles of the Rio Kingdom fled to the Golden Shield Empire, and some of them had a very hard life.
Now I have some ability to help them, but it is not easy for me to do it directly.
Miss Qingkong, could you introduce me to Mrs. Michelle? Perhaps she would be willing to help the old people on her mother's side."
Qingkong smiled and said, "Sure, it's rare that you become a Shining Gold person and still want to be forced to leave the country. Madam Michelle will definitely be very happy when she knows your identity.
Mrs. Michel will host a reception tonight. You can come in a private capacity and I will introduce you to her."
Pan, who got what he wanted, stood up and saluted Qingkong: "Thank you, Miss Qingkong, see you tonight."
