In the chapter of time, only knowledge is priceless, and what it can give us can only be proven by time.

——The Canon of Knowledge

In a hall of Windfall Castle, there were children lying on the ground everywhere. Delain came to Xia Lan with weak legs and the help of his staff.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the route between Windfall Castle and Dawn City is about to open. Why do we still need to use space teleportation?"

"All the children on White Wave Island come from this way. I can't favor one over the other. I'm also trying to see who has spatial talent."

Xia Lan replied.

"Then do you see anyone with spatial talent?" Delain asked expectantly.

Xia Lan pointed at Delain and said, "You."

"I!"

Delane seemed to have been hit on the head by a jackpot of hundreds of billions of dollars. His already dizzy head became even more dizzy, but Xia Lan's next words brought him back to reality.

"I mean you certainly didn't."

"What? Your Majesty, you can't play with people like this!"

As he said this, he reached out to grab Xia Lan, but was easily subdued.

However, Xia Lan frowned after grabbing his hand and asked Delain, who was grimacing in pain, "How come there is fighting spirit in you?"

Delane broke free from Xia Lan's grasp and said a little aggrievedly, "Kids nowadays either cultivate both magic and martial arts, or both sorcery and martial arts. As the vice-president of the school and the great mage of the royal court, of course I have to keep up with the times.

But after practicing the breathing technique, my mental strength has also accelerated for some reason."

Xia Lan didn't notice it at first, but after hearing what Delain said, she found that this useless wizard had actually become a third-level wizard.

"Everyone's been trying to learn multiple subjects lately. Arnold has learned some astrology in addition to wizardry, and Ryan is trying rune knowledge."

Xia Lan looked at Arnold lying dead on the ground and found that there were indeed traces of star power on his body. He held a star plate and a crystal ball in his left and right hands respectively, and his mental power had also broken through to the fourth level.

When he was in Hailong City, this old fellow's mental power had reached the third level, but he didn't master the complete knowledge. He only knew a little illusion and wild witchcraft. He was a weakling who couldn't even beat a silver level.

"Well, now that you're awake, let's go load the ship. We have several ships of dried sea spirits to be shipped back to Dawn City. Your levitation magic will come in handy again."

The extraordinary resources in Fengxi Castle are very abundant. In the Fengling Ancient Forest, there are not only various rare magical plants and potions, but also Fengling Fruits that contain rich natural energy.

In addition to cultivating magic potion fields and building magical beast farms, Faox tried his best not to destroy the natural landscape here.

Xia Lan planted wind spirit tree seedlings in place of the ancient wind spirit trees destroyed by Hai Ling to ensure sustainable development.

These students have a dedicated campus, and the churches send people to teach them every day and also take them to busy laboratories for internships.

These were all agreed upon. Xia Lan placed all the knowledge in the huge library of Windfall Castle, and each church could read it freely.

This also made the churches feel a little embarrassed, so in addition to guiding students in their practice, they would also teach some core knowledge that was not related to the church. When these children grew up, they combined the strengths of both factions to write their own things, and Faox made a lot of money.

Xia Lan also left the two guards in Fengxi Castle to study. The two guys were quite talented, especially Green. He almost killed two awakened soldiers of the Doron Legion before he even came into contact with the extraordinary.

If it weren't for his talent, Xia Lan would not have let him go of the crime of attacking Faox soldiers. He would have brought him to his side and let his heart slowly integrate into Faox.

After Windfall Castle was back on track, Xia Lan boarded the fleet returning to Dawn City. The ship was filled with Storm Bay specialties, magically dried sea spirit meat, wind spirit fruit, magic potions...

In Dawn City, Kan Nepal returned from White Wave Island again. The food brought back was loaded into the granary, and the next step was to deal with the slaves.

The dock was full of recruitment banners. After the slaves were untied, they walked off the ship with confused faces. The manager said they were free and then left.

Dany stood blankly at the dock. She was from the city-state of Cyro, the daughter of an ordinary merchant. Her father was taken away by creditors to pay off his debts after his business failed.

Originally, her fate was destined to be tragic because of her beauty, but the Baltic Sea was burned and plundered by the cultists and Xia Lan, and countless islands became empty lands. It was the time when people were needed, so she was pulled out of her home and put on a slave ship bound for the Baltic Sea.

When they arrived at Bailang Island, Kannilu didn't care whether she was pretty or a virgin, he even bought the boat she was riding on.

The moment they saw Dani, many shop owners' eyes lit up. Such a beautiful woman would surely attract people if placed on a framed display.

But before they could scramble for it, a middle-aged man walked over and the crowd automatically made way for him. Except for the people from the Muye Church, everyone else had a flattering look on their faces.

Lawburn, the manager of Blue Dragon Bank, is the largest creditor of Dawn City. Apart from the National Bank, anyone who wants development funds can only turn to him. During the rapid expansion period of Faox, no one wants to offend him.

Lawburn looked at Dany, nodded with satisfaction, and asked, "Can you do arithmetic?"

Dany nodded. "A little."

"Do you have any plans to get married recently?"

Dany shook her head, and Lawburn asked again, "Are you interested in applying for a job at Silver Dragon Bank?"

"Can."

Dany was a little confused when she arrived in the new place, but after learning from her father who was a businessman for a while, she learned some basic skills of observing people's expressions and analyzing people.

This middle-aged man did not recruit her because of her appearance. He first saw her clothes and recognized the unique dress of the city-state merchant family.

This shows that this man values ​​ability more, which is what she wants. Maybe he just wants to find a vase to attract customers, but this vase must also have some level of skills and cannot do stupid things. A woman who comes from a city-state merchant family has some brains.

Looking at the attitude of the people around him, it shows that the Blue Dragon Bank is very powerful.

After Laubern had a good talk with Dany, he took her to look for the next person. The bank's business has been increasing recently, and he needs to recruit people quickly as he has a lot of things to do.

Lord Arthurs never cares about business and only cares about money. I wonder if this year's performance will satisfy him.

Lauburn is full of worries. Arthurs is easy to serve, but also difficult to serve. If you have money, he will greet you with a smile, but if you don't have money, he won't even look at you. He will even abandon useless employees.

"That's the Silver Deer. His Majesty has returned!"

The dock suddenly became lively. Xia Lan got off the boat, waved to the crowd with a smile, and then walked quickly towards Hua Palace. He always had a bad feeling.

A few days ago, he asked Faaudis to disguise himself as a space mage to pick up students to Windfall Castle, while he was busy collecting supplies. However, the more he thought about the young man he met on White Wave Island, the more he felt something was wrong.

This time, the fleet returning home, in addition to exploring the route between Dawn City and Windfall Castle, was also thinking about this matter.

Pushing open the gate of Hua Palace, Zi Xi was watering the flowers. She was filled with surprise when she saw Xia Lan.

"You're back."

Xia Lan looked at her for a long time without saying anything, her eyes full of coldness under the visor, which made Zi Xi feel a bad premonition.

Finally, Xia Lan spoke, staring at the familiar face, and asked in a cold tone: "Who are you?"

Zi Xi's face turned pale the moment she heard this...