Nolan.
Joshua was honored to participate in Nolan's Council of Sages.
This council is the highest council that decides the future direction of the city of Nolan, but what seems to be decided today is... the future direction of the world.
"I explored the Edelweiss Mountains in the depths of the Frost Plain with the expedition team from the Land of Frost... There are a lot of relics left by the gray fog."
The man in blue spread out a map on the long table, explaining his research results to the other sages.
"The Land of Frost also recently broke out with a plague related to the gray fog. Those damned guys only know how to do these shameful deeds, making my students unable to calm down recently!"
Sophia, the chief apprentice of the man in yellow, is also a native of the Land of Frost, and is also a member of the Silver Frost Fox Family, the central family of the plague incident.
"The plague in the Land of Frost is indeed very strange, but... I am very worried about what the judges are doing in the world of consciousness."
The man in black said and looked at Qiao Xiu, who was sitting in the corner of the Council of Sages, including the other sages who also looked at Qiao Xiu at this time.
Joshua felt the gazes of the seven sages, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but Ciri, who came to this council with Joshua, suddenly stood up.
"You are Nolan's sages! You're not eating idle meals in Nolan!"
Ciri put her hands on the long stone table of the Council of Sages. According to the previous council tradition, this behavior was already a serious provocation to the Council of Sages.
But none of the sages who were sitting refuted Ciri, not even the most gregarious man in red.
"Isn't it the fastest way to find a cure to solve the plague? No matter who you are in pharmacy, is it higher than Qiao Xiu?"
In fact, when Ciri heard that the sages invited Qiao Xiu to participate in the Council of Sages, her first reaction was not to feel any honor and fear, but to ask Qiao Xiu directly, "Are you going to take the main quest again?"
As a result, after arriving at the Council of Sages, as expected by Ciri, the sages pinned their hopes on Qiao Xiu, as if Qiao Xiu was the only savior in the world.
Ciri admitted that this kind of setting is very good in the novel, and it feels really good to be watched and pinned on hope by so many people, but it is completely different to become a party.
"and also… "
"Ciri, Ciri, let me say it."
Joshua pulled the corner of Lahiri's clothes. She was almost two months pregnant. Although the physical reaction was not great, the less negative emotions, the better.
Ciri took a deep breath, and could only walk back to her seat again.
Qiao Xiu put his hand on the stone table again and glanced at the sages present.
"As you can see, I helped you a lot, such as building an amusement park, suppressing the 'gate' built by the judges and so on."
In fact, Qiao Xiu had this feeling since the construction of Arthur Crowe Amusement Park, especially when Qiao Xiu took a lot of people to the base of the sublime to smash the field.
From that day onwards, the eyes of the man in blue looked at himself, and it was no longer the eyes of the seniors looking at the juniors, but as if they were looking at a great prophet, a hero who guided mankind to the right path.
But Joshua was very clear about his position.
"But that's a little bit of work, and I'm a code maker, or a filmmaker, by my job," Joshua said.
If it wasn't for knowing the whereabouts of the New World Tree, Joshua might still be lying in the Hearthstone Tavern drinking iced watermelon juice and downloading the dungeon with Ciri.
Part of the reason why Joshua wrote the world rift is to resist the gray fog, but more... I still want to play!
More precisely, I want to play MMORPG with my friends in this world.
"One more thing is, I'm only twenty years old this year, well, I'm almost twenty-one years old, but for you, this age may not even graduate from the Higher Magic Academy, right?"
Joshua vaguely remembered that Ciri's older sister, Helan, was twenty-two years old, and she was still studying at the Rusk High School of Magic.
When Qiao Xiu revealed his true age, both the gray-clothed and the purple-clothed people showed surprised expressions. Maybe they didn't expect Qiao Xiu's age to be so young!
The man in yellow had laughed out loud when he heard this. His laughter was very loud, a bit like sarcasm and a bit like self-deprecating.
"Look at you! People who are almost two hundred years old can only pin their hopes on a twenty-year-old young man!" said the man in yellow.
"But Mr. Joshua has indeed created countless miracles, and his achievements have nothing to do with his age."
The man in blue has never despised anyone because of his age. At least everything that Qiao Xiu built to resist the gray fog is enough for the man in blue to call Mr. Qiao Xiu respectfully.
"But that's not the reason we're sitting here! Do you really think of Qiao Xiu as a god?" The man in yellow didn't intend to continue the meeting, he just stood up and planned to leave.
"Since my student is making a fuss and wants to go back to China, I'll just go back with her." After leaving this sentence, the man in yellow walked down the stairs of the Sage's Tower.
"Maybe it's time for me to meet the king of the country of steel. I can't let the plague worsen."
The man in blue put away the map he put on the table, but he still glanced at Joshua before leaving.
"The only thing I can help with this plague is to make a movie to slightly influence the trend of public opinion, but the hatred between the Iron Nation and Frost really needs the leaders to mediate."
Joshua shrugged and said that he couldn't do anything to cure the plague.
The blue-clothed man didn't say anything else, he just left here with a mage ceremony to Qiao Xiu, and the black-clothed man left with the blue-clothed man.
"Mohilav." The man in gray just looked at the man in red who was still sitting in his seat. He was the one with the highest attainments in pharmacy among the seven sages.
"I've been investigating the plague for a long time! How could I possibly rely on this kid! I was just about to prepare the medicine when I was called back by you."
The man in red was still not very friendly towards Qiao Xiu. He also understood that this time the Council of Sages had no meaning to stay any longer, so he stood up and left the council.
The man in white who had been sitting at the top of the council let out a long sigh after the man in red left.
"Sometimes I really wish I could be younger," said the man in white.
He is the eldest of all the sages, and his hunched body seems to fall over when the wind blows.
But the existence of the man in white is the order of Nolan... Leaders of various countries have absolute respect for this legendary mage, including the king of the country near the sea.
"Looking at it this way... all I can do is manage Owl Express and the city," said the man in grey.
"And the caster's pulpit, uh...Is there nothing I can go? Didn't have lunch today."
In fact, when these sages were discussing the problem of the spread of gray fog, Qiao Xiu was thinking about whether to eat fried chicken or barbecue this afternoon.
Now Qiao Xiu has come to the conclusion that it is to eat hot pot.