After bidding farewell to Krululu, Xu Yang immediately came to Phil's residence in Zhongcheng District.
This is an inconspicuous three-story single-family villa on the edge of the middle city of Gelfondo. The villa has a large independent yard and a fish pond. It is considered very luxurious in the middle city, but compared to Phil's status, it is considered a luxury. Very low-key.
Xu Yang pried open and knocked on the iron door of the villa.
(Because the door was not closed, it opened as soon as I knocked)
The garden of the villa seemed to have not been taken care of for a while, and it had a natural and messy beauty. It was this beauty that made Xu Yang feel uncomfortable, as if there were ants crawling on him.
Probably feeling that someone was intruding, Phil opened the door with his staff to greet him. He looked sneaky as if he had done something wrong. It was probably rare for outsiders to see the grand notary like this.
When Phil saw that it was Xu Yang, he became vigilant again.
"Ahem, come in."
Today, Phil is wearing a black robe, his hair is naturally draped over his shoulders, and it also covers his slightly pointed ears. The hair crown on his head also seems to contain powerful magical energy, giving him a fighting posture. .
After following Phil through the door, the iron door outside the villa slowly closed on its own.
It is said that entering the residence of a girl living alone is equivalent to entering her heart. Xu Yang did not know much about entering, and his inner attainments relied entirely on his spiritual power.
But Xu Yang could tell that Phil's heart must be full of art.
The furnishings in Phil's house can be described as messy. The crystal glass lying on the floor only spilled a few red wine stains, and behind the fallen wine glass was an oil painting of an elf doing a toast.
The elf in the painting does not have a wine glass in his hand. He just moves with the pace and angle after entering the room. However, he sees the wine glass being slowly tilted and poured towards the elf's mouth. The wine through the light is poured into the elf. mouth.
Only half of the scenery is painted on the canvas near the window. The other half of the scenery is full of life facing the window. It seems that the vitality in the painting spills out of the window, and it seems like the sunlight outside the window shines into the painting.
Beside the table is a strange half-length plaster sculpture. The left hand of the sculpture holds the right face, and the right hand goes around the head to hold the left face. It is unclear what it expresses.
"How about the furnishings in my house?" Phil asked.
Xu Yang smiled and replied: "Like a painting."
Phil smiled and seemed very proud of the compliment.
"You're quite knowledgeable."
That’s right, Phil’s most satisfying piece was not a single piece in the room, but the entire room.
The nature outlined in the chaos is just like the wine glass. Everywhere in the room seems to be unintentional, but every item is combined with the lines of the background to outline a new scene.
Through the outline of space and layers, this room is like a painting in a three-dimensional world.
"But you don't seem to like it."
Phil's eyes moved to Xu Yang's hand, which had nowhere to rest. Xu Yang's fingers were scratching the outside of his thigh repeatedly, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
"Hehehe, yes... yes, I used to know a friend who liked this kind of art. She always had paintings everywhere in her room, which made me very distressed."
"So I had to take advantage of the darkness and paint all the walls of her room with white paint."
Phil looked at Xu Yang's fingers getting faster and faster. If this continued, Xu Yang's nails and pants would eventually be unable to hold up.
"Okay, okay, it looks like we have to leave quickly or my living room will suffer."
Phil clicked his fingers lightly, and an iron door appeared behind the bookcase. The steps behind the iron door went downwards, leading to the basement of the house.
The first floor of the stairwell was clean, and it looked like it had been cleaned recently. Entering the basement, it was very empty, which made Xu Yang feel much more comfortable.
This uncomfortable art made Xu Yangming's condition much better and almost relapsed.
In the basement, there was nothing except a tiefling who was tied up by a magic chain, and Xu Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In comparison, Phil seemed even more nervous, like a child secretly drinking for the first time.
"I've never used this place before, and this seems to be the first time I've done such a shameful thing."
"I can tell."
Xu Yang looked at the tiefling as he spoke.
He is more than two meters tall, with a strong and muscular body, with devil-like horns on his head, and a pair of huge bat-like wings that are folded behind him.
What is even more concerning is the appearance of this tiefling.
Unlike the tieflings Xu Yang had seen before, this tiefling's skin was only slightly red, and the facial features on its face were so delicate that there were almost no signs of deterioration.
What's more important is that his ears are slightly pointed like Phil, and the color of his pupils is also golden like many high elf descendants.
The elf tiefling stared at the two of them coldly without saying a word, while Phil explained from the side:
"How about it? You haven't seen it before, right? This is an elf tiefling, the bloodline of a fallen elf."
Xu Yang shook his head. Although Xu Yang was very passionate about knowledge, his time in this world was short after all.
And you can’t read all the unknowns in this world by yourself in books.
Phil is happy to show off his knowledge at this time:
"According to the documents I found, it was probably fifteen thousand years before Keynes was established. With the gradual rise of humans and orcs, the battle between the two races gradually reached an irreconcilable point.
The elves, who had long been tired of war, were guided by the elves and gods and began to migrate to a pure land that only belonged to the elves. There was no war and no hatred, and the elves could live there for a long time without any worries. "
At this point, Phil glanced at the tiefling, then changed the subject and continued:
"Among the many elves, there is one type called sun elves. Most of them are extremely talented, expressive, and outgoing.
They like to show strength, or rather they like to show their strength in war, and this is what they are good at. "
Speaking of this, the tiefling was obviously moved, and his eyes were fixed on Phil.
Xu Yang also nodded. An obscure religious record that Xu Yang had read once mentioned that the kind-hearted gods of the elves may have the power of war.
In the ancient times before human beings formed civilization, the elves were at their most prosperous and prosperous. They experienced countless wars during their prosperity. Legend has it that the history of the elves' wars is longer than the history of human civilization up to now.
It was during that long war that more and more elves began to feel disgusted and afraid of the war, and they began to avoid that painful history until humans began to recognize the elves as a race. The elves at that time were already what they are today. A representative of peace-loving people in the eyes of mankind.
However, these most painful memories have only been preserved by the sun elves, and the sun elves are also considered to be the most likely embodiment of the war power among the elven gods.
"That great migration directly led to the rapid decline of the country established by the elves. Most of the sun elves finally chose to obey the call of the gods."
"And a small number of sun elves are not only not tired of the long war, but are confused and angry about the retreat of elven civilization.
The powerful elven civilization retreated again and again under the rise of the orcs, and in the end even gave up the collective migration of the established civilization, which made the sun elves feel angry. "
"So they rejected the call of the gods, stole the semi-artifacts stored in the Tower of Purity, and then made a contract with the devil and escaped to the nine hells."
At this point, the tiefling finally raised his head and looked at Phil angrily.
"Are you trying to steal the attention of the Fountain of Advancement? Don't even think about it, you inferior bastard! Don't even think about it!"
Phil didn't care at all about the tiefling's vulgarity. He just looked at Xu Yang and asked Xu Yang about the authenticity of the information.
Obviously, Phil was deliberately provoking the elf tiefling's emotions, and then giving Xu Yang an opportunity to take advantage of him.
Xu Yang nodded.
Tieflings still don't know Xu Yang's abilities at this time, and Phil's story continues.
“The Sun Elves stole it with the intention of using its power to resist the erosion of the bloodline of hell.
But as they stayed in hell longer and longer, the sun elves discovered that merging with the devil's blood would give them greater power.
So they began to actively accept the devil's bloodline, and then used the power of semi-artifacts to balance the two powerful bloodlines in their bodies. "
"And this is the origin of their corrupted bloodline."
Xu Yang carefully dug into the memories in the minds of the elf tieflings.
"The elf tieflings are extremely surprised, wondering why Phil knew their secrets. At the same time, fragmentary information about the Fountain of Ascension also begins to pour into your mind."
In order to attract the attention of the elf tiefling, Phil took a step further, stared at the elf tiefling and asked:
"As far as I know, you have already participated in the bloody war many years ago. Now that you have decided to join the devil's side, this thing should be useless to you, right?"
The tiefling remained silent, but Xu Yang had already read the answer.
"Elven tieflings pursue powerful power, but they retain the arrogance of the sun elves. They are not recognized by the hell creatures, but they themselves are actually unwilling to completely become a member of the hell creatures."
"They placed the semi-artifact at the bottom of the Yuyu Bath in the deepest part of the castle. Only tribesmen who have made outstanding contributions can be qualified to bathe and enjoy a moment of peace as their bloodlines calm down."
Xu Yang went deeper and saw more memories directly from the tiefling's mind, including the location of the elf tiefling castle, the method of entering the castle, the treasure house deep in the castle, etc...
At this time, the system felt resentment from the world's rules.
"Side mission: Explore the Nine Hells and find the lost fragments of the world
Mission goal: The fragments of the lost world fell into the Nine Hells due to the contract of some people. That is your treasure, go and find it.
Mission reward: Breaking through the upper limit of racial level”
Xu Yang was overjoyed. He didn't expect that he would exchange the reward this time.
You must know that he has coaxed and simulated many tasks before, but he has never been able to continue to break through the racial level. Xu Yang thought that the resentment of the old world was gone, but who would have thought that he would take out the coffin book this time.
Of course, this is also because there are indeed many obstacles for humans to break through the level limit of level 20.
For example, spider monsters only rely on racial level to advance. Each level of their evolution must go through the process of physical transformation. This process requires the reserve of a large amount of energy, and at the same time, they need to endure the tremendous pain caused by transformation.
Humans and many humanoid races have chosen a path that is supplemented by racial level and dominated by professional level.
This is not because human races are special or inferior, but that occupation is the most suitable evolutionary path for the race.
On the contrary, when you open a door, you must close a window. Therefore, it will be very difficult for humans to break through the upper limit of level 20.
Once the racial level exceeds level 20, the transformation brought about by the body will also cause Xu Yang to move further into the 'inhuman' realm.
Just when Xu Yang was about to take a step further, a hand gently patted Xu Yang's shoulder.
Xu Yang came back to his senses and found that it was Phil who stopped him, and the elf tiefling had already passed out.
"Okay, okay, I can still use this guy if I keep him."
Xu Yang smiled slightly, showing a somewhat pityful expression.
