Chapter 252 The meeting of stars is not over yet

   "Alia, will you watch the phantom at night, at night, together? I, I got the ticket!" The young man from the small town came to the window of the girl he loved, and held up the two phantom tickets in his hand stutteringly.

  Alia in the one-story house was carelessly dressing herself in the mirror, only to turn her head when she heard that the young man in the town had bought a phantom ticket.

  A face full of freckles, slightly excited: "You got a phantom ticket, really, is it "Romeo and Juliet"?"

  "Yes, yes." The young man in the small town happily waved the phantom ticket in his hand, "The phantom opera house in the town just opened, and today there is only this phantom. I added money and grabbed a ticket with two seats connected to each other from the workers of the factory."

   "That's great, Barris, I promise you to watch "Romeo and Juliet" together tonight!" Alicia nodded happily, "I've wanted to watch "Romeo and Juliet" for a long time, but unfortunately the tickets were sold out a week in advance!"

   "Yeah!" Barris clenched his fist vigorously, "Then I'll go to work first, and I'll pick you up after get off work."

   "Okay, go to work, I'm going to work too."

  Watching Barris run away happily, Alia quickly put on her makeup, and then went out to work by herself. Arriving at a factory outside the town billowing black smoke, Aliya quickly put on a mask and walked into one of the factories.

  The factory building is full of female workers, standing in front of the machine assembly line, responsible for tightening the covers of the lamps.

   This is a lamp production factory.

   "Alia, you are here." The workers greeted her, and then each went to their own posts to replace the previous workers.

  The factory is open almost 24 hours a day because there are no changes of guards.

  While chatting, the female workers were busy with their work, and an hour passed before they knew it. At this time, someone began to talk about the newly opened Phantom Opera House in the town.

   "My friend went to the Phantom Opera House yesterday, and she said that "Romeo and Juliet" is so good, even better than the novel!" A female worker said.

   "Is that right? I want to see it too, but I can't get a ticket."

   "How can there be tickets? After a week, the tickets are all gone. The Phantom Opera House has three halls, but only one hall can show phantom films."

   "Why is that, what about the other two halls?"

   "I heard that there are not enough phantom cards. The phantom cards in this hall were bought by the master arcanist in the town." The female worker said regretfully.

   "Yes, "Romeo and Juliet" was filmed by DreamWorks. It is said that the company opened by the sage Duke has made many fantasy films."

   "Sage Duke is so handsome, I heard he is even more handsome than Romeo in the phantom!"

   "It's a pity that in our place, everything is slow. The phantom film has been out for more than a year. We have just opened the first phantom opera house here, and we still can't get tickets!"

   "Who told us to be so far away from Duke Sage's hometown? One is in the Wind's Breath Domain to the west, and the other is in the East's Burning Light Domain. They are separated by thousands of miles! If it is not too far away, I would like to go to DreamWorks to have a look."

  Alia, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I'm going to watch "Romeo and Juliet" tonight."

   "Ah, do you have a ticket?" The worker next to him suddenly exclaimed.

   "Someone asked me to watch the phantom, where can I get a ticket." Aliya said with a smile.

   "Wow, who asked you, let me guess, it can't be Newland, right? Isn't it, that's Lipton? It's not, oh, I see, it's Barris, right!"

  Alia didn't deny it this time.

  However, in the face of the booing from the workers, she just smiled and said: "It's just watching a phantom movie. I have nothing to do with him. Don't talk nonsense, it's not good to be misunderstood."

   "Don't worry, how can we talk nonsense."

  After the female worker finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at each other with another female worker, each showing expressions of disdain.

at the same time.

  In another workshop of this factory, Barris communicated with his good buddies amidst the noise of the machines.

   "I have a date with Alia!"

   "Okay Barris, take Arya down without saying a word."

   "Not yet, but soon, I spent all my money this time, sending out two months' salary, just to grab two phantom films of "Romeo and Juliet."

   "No, two months' salary?" The good buddy clicked his tongue, "You're exaggerating, wait a few days for the ticket to be less stressful, and then buy it, it's a matter of three days' salary at most!"

   "That's why you don't understand." Barris yelled leisurely, "I've read the reports, and many of the couples who watched "Romeo and Juliet" went to the Union Tower to register for marriage as soon as they left the gate of the Phantom Opera House!"

   As he spoke, he leaned into the ear of his good buddy and said, "The most important thing is that after watching "Romeo and Juliet", many people directly brought their girlfriends into the hotel!"

   "Tsk tsk tsk!" The good buddy was so itchy to be provoked, "It's true or not, as for what, it's just a phantom movie!"

   "What do you know!" Barris suddenly raised his hand and pointed to a certificate of authorization pasted on the wall of the factory. "Do you see the above content? The factory has been granted the right to use the patent of strong light technology by the erudite sage Duke."

   "Why, what does this have to do with it?"

   "Duke, Master Duke!" Barris looked at a fool, ""Romeo and Juliet" is a story written by Master Duke, and it was made into a phantom film. Master Duke, do you know, the spiritual favorite of the Seven Towers Federation!"

  After saying this, the good buddies will understand: "Yes, spirituality loves Lord Duke, and "Romeo and Juliet" is the spiritual guidance!"

   "So I understand. You haven't been able to get Lilian for several months. Taking advantage of the difficulty in buying "Romeo and Juliet" tickets, hurry up and grab two. Maybe you can take Lilian to live together in a rented house tomorrow! Don't blame my buddy for not teaching you experience."

  My good buddy is very itchy, but he looks conflicted on his face: "Let's talk, let's talk, if the two-month salary is in vain, I'll drink the northwest wind..."

   "What are you talking about!" A bearded supervisor suddenly came over and scolded the two of them severely, "If you don't work hard during working hours, who gave you the right to chat here!"

  The two of them could only apologize and flatter them submissively.

   Secretly stuffed another pack of cigarettes in the past.

  The bearded supervisor scolded with a cold face: "Hurry up and work, and next time, everyone will deduct one day's wages!"

  Barris and his good buddies stopped talking.

   Has been busy working until the end of work. After saying hello, Barris left the factory in a hurry and waited for Alia at the factory gate.

   Then head straight to the new Phantom Opera House in town.

   "I bought soda and melon seeds." After finding a seat, Aliya opened her handbag, "They said that it is most suitable to bring soda and melon seeds to watch phantom movies."

   "Ah, Alicia, you are so careful, I, I didn't think of this at all." Barris looked at the auditorium full of people, and inexplicably became nervous.

  Alia's face, which was neither beautiful nor ugly, was particularly alluring in his eyes.

   Fortunately, the opening time was not long, and soon the lights dimmed, and projection images began to appear on the big screen.

  Alia began to watch the movie seriously.

  Barris always thinks about Alia, and is a little absent-minded about the story on the big screen.

  However, waiting for the development of the story to gradually reach a climax, Barris's absent-mindedness has completely disappeared, and the whole person is attracted by the story. Although the story of this scene has the style of a drama performance, it is so real that people can't help but fall into it.

  Phantom films shot in real scenes are more suitable for ordinary people to substitute than drama art performances.

  Alia and Barris, as well as the other audience in the projection hall, have all been silent, closely following the joys and sorrows of the characters in the phantom.

   In a dark corner.

  An old arcane mage and a middle-aged knight saw that there was no empty seat in the hall, and whispered in satisfaction.

   "Opening the Phantom Opera House is the most correct choice the family has made recently. Not only the residents of this town are willing to buy tickets to watch it, but even the residents of the neighboring town rushed over to grab tickets."

   "It's a pity that the phantom card roll is not easy to get. Uncle, you only got one roll thanks to your relationship."

   "There is no way to do this. The Wind Breath Domain is too far away from our Burning Light Domain, especially since DreamWorks is still in the borderlands. But it doesn't matter. Judging from the current momentum, there is great potential for phantom films. The local film and television companies have already launched, and soon we will be able to show our own phantom films."

   "Yes, three film and television companies have recently been established in the city. It is said that the Spirit Tool Factory has also obtained the patent authorization for phantom card rolls, and is stepping up production equipment. It should be able to make phantom films by the end of the year."

   "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"why is that?"

   "As far as I know, the phantom cartridges and photographic equipment produced by the Lingqi Factory need to be supplied to the Five Towers first, and they can be provided to the film and television company if there is excess production capacity." The old arcanist said with emotion, "This is a great invention of natural history. The phantom is just the simplest use, compared to storing knowledge."

   "Do you use phantoms to store spiritual arcane knowledge?" The great knight thought deeply.

   "Images are three-dimensional and dynamic. The knowledge of spiritual mysteries that cannot be carried by words in the past can be realized with phantoms... In the foreseeable future, the spread of spiritual mysteries will be carried out in a more violent way with the film and television technology."

  The old arcane master said, and once again sighed with emotion: "No wonder the sage Duke invented film and television technology, and the erudite tower immediately awarded him the title of erudite sage. Adults look at technology farther than us. We can only feel the power of it when the phantom film is shot."

  The big knight suddenly thought of something: "Uncle, have you read the "Seven Towers Daily" this morning? I read it said that the sage Duke invented the branding ring again, which can copy the spirit card. The price of the spirit card may drop sharply in the future."

  The old arcanist gave the great knight a strange look, and asked, "Torres, after reading the introduction of the Ring of Branding, the only thing you can think of is that the price of the Spirit Card will plummet?"

  Facing the old man's question.

  Torres smiled a little awkwardly: "Um, the prices of the puppet and the contract should... also fall, right?"

  The old arcanist suddenly lost all interest.

   Waved his hands and left the dimly lit auditorium: "Let's go, I'm a little tired."

   After leaving the Phantom Opera House, the old man seemed to think of something, and said, "By the way, regarding your idea of ​​being transferred back to the town to serve, my suggestion is to dispel this idea. The family's mercenary group still cannot do without you, Torres, continue to go to the forest to grab resources."

   "Uncle..." Torres still wanted to intercede, but the old arcanist had already left quickly.

   stood there for a while.

  Torres still can't figure it out: "Did I say something wrong, the branded ring... The newspaper said that the branded ring can not copy spirit cards, puppet cores, formation disks, and contracts? It can be copied in large quantities, and the price will naturally plummet?"

   Thinking over it carefully, Torres didn't think he was wrong.

  Since I am right, it must be someone else who is wrong: "Uncle, he must be out of his mind!"

  At this time, the door of the Phantom Opera House opened, and a group of men and women with red eyes or tears came out.

  Torres was too lazy to meet these civilians and left directly from the side.

   I muttered in my heart: "I proposed to open the Phantom Opera House, and the facts have proved my foresight. I am definitely no worse than Thomas in managing the whole town! Uncle is still biased, afraid that I will rob his illegitimate son Thomas as mayor!"

   "It's really disgusting!"

   "This selfish family!" Torres cursed and left.

   On the other side, Barris also put his arms around Aliya, whose eyes were red from crying, left the crowd, and walked towards his rental room.

   "Wipe your tears, Arya."

   "It's so touching, Romeo died for Juliet, and Juliet also died for Romeo, and even turned into a butterfly after death to be together!"

   "Yeah, touching!" Barris nodded heavily, and he wanted to cry when he saw it.

   "But why is Master Duke so cruel, insisting on writing Romeo and Juliet to death, can't they let them run away together, and then find a place where they will not be disturbed, and spend the rest of their lives happily?"

  Barris echoed: "Yes, Master Duke is so cruel."

  Alia suddenly raised her head and stared at Barris seriously: "If one day I die, Barris, will you die for me?"

   Not really.

  Barris learned the lines in the phantom, and said affectionately: "Of course, Alicia, you are my everything!"

  Alia grabbed Barris's arm emotionally: "Go to your house, hurry up!"

  Barris opened his eyes wide, feeling that his blood pressure was already soaring, he grabbed Alia with his backhand, and ran towards his rental room.

  At the same time, in my heart, thank you a thousand times and ten thousand times.

   "Thank you, Master Duke. In the future, when you make phantom films, you can make even worse ones."

  …

  The Knights' Abbey is a subsidiary institution of the High Tower of Faling, responsible for coordinating the management of all Knights' Abbeys throughout the Federation.

   And promote the way of chivalry, and teach the cultivation of the sea of ​​​​blood.

  The Knights' Monastery is not in the Holy City of Offa, but in Pegasus Island City, one of the lakeside cities. Like the Blue Whale Bay City, it is a satellite city that defends the Holy City of Offa.

   However, the population size is not smaller than the central city in one area.

   It can also be said that the Holy City of Offa and its surrounding eighteen satellite cities account for nearly a quarter of the population of the Seven Towers Federation.

  The area around Whale Song Mirror Lake is the largest human habitat currently developed by the Seven Towers Federation.

   "Pegasus Island is the city with the largest number of registered knights among the 18 lakeside cities. The arcane masters living here are basically both cultivators of the spiritual sea and the sea of ​​blood, and at the same time have the status of knights." Agnes Ice Crown greeted Duke at the agreed place.

   "Indeed, along the way, I saw many knights dressed as mercenaries, and quite a few mercenary regiment headquarters."

  Duke raised his head with a smile, examining the signboard of the Knights' Abbey in front of him.

   There is no gorgeous and huge castle complex as imagined, and the Knights' Abbey is like a dilapidated knight's manor thousands of years ago.

  "Many people like to call us old cavalry." Agnes no longer had the coquettish attitude of last night, wearing leather armor, she looked valiant and heroic.

"I have heard."

  "We don't deny this title, but saying that we miss the age of knights is a bit of a crime. No one would miss the age of knights, otherwise our ancestors would not have left the Stormwind Empire, or followed the sage Abbots to create the Seven Towers Federation, or lived in the Ice and Snow Kingdom."

   "Indeed." Duke responded lightly.

  Godivin Stormwind Greatsword will meet and choose directly at the Knights' Monastery instead of his mage's tower by the lake.

  Now Agnes Ice Crown is leading the way for him to the meeting place in the Knights' Monastery.

   "To be precise, the old cavalry is a group of arcane masters who have cultivated both the spiritual sea and the blood sea. They maintain a group based on their love for the way of chivalry." Agnes said, looking at Duke again, "So, Mr. Duke, you have a natural status as an old cavalry."

   "Haha, you are wrong. I am not a double cultivator of Linghai and Xuehai. I am a fellow practitioner of the Three Seas. I can be an old cavalry, or... well, is there any group similar to the old cavalry in the Lingzhi envoy?" Duke asked with a smile.

   "I've never heard of this, but there is a spiritual pet alliance, which is formed by arcanists who have contracted elves, and regularly exchanges experience in elf cultivation."

   "Oh, really, where can I join this alliance?" Duke came to the interest.

   "Master Duke, have you contracted an elf?" Agnes asked curiously.

"certainly."

   "You are really... great, fellow practitioners in the three seas, the sea of ​​blood, and the sea of ​​air can achieve such achievements, it is really admirable." Yanice complimented her sincerely, and then said, "The headquarters of the Spiritual Pet Alliance is located in Mangrove City. There is a mangrove park there, which is where the headquarters is located."

   "Yes." Duke nodded.

   Then turned around and said to Mu Lali: "Xiao Lili, write down the address, look back at my schedule, and find some free time to visit the Spiritual Pet Alliance."

   "Yes, sir."

   Soon, a group of people came to a dilapidated fortress in the monastery of the knights. Several old cavalry including Godiva Storm Sword had already greeted him in front of the fortress.

   "Welcome from afar, sage Duke." Godiva patted his chest and performed a knightly etiquette.

   Duke returned a knightly courtesy.

   Then he greeted several other old cavalry one by one, and was welcomed into the dilapidated fortress, which was dilapidated outside but luxurious and luxurious inside.

   "Master Dunn is holding a meeting of the stars. The meeting seems to be discussing you, the sage Duke, the new title of card-making sage." Godiva explained, "Now that you have been confirmed as a card-making sage, the meeting of stars should end soon, and Lord Dunn will come in person at that time."

   Lord Dunn is the dean of the Knights Abbey, Dunn Dragonlance.

  Ancestors are the nobles of the Stormwind Empire who created the martial arts "Imperial Dragon Cavalry Spear", and they can be called the old cavalry among the old cavalry.

   Today's "Imperial Dragon Cavalry Lance" can be said to be a compulsory combat skill for most knights.

  Duke also practiced.

   Although the knight has declined.

  But the Dragon Cavalry Spear family is still proud of the vindictive martial art created by their ancestors, otherwise they would not have chosen Dragon Cavalry Spear as their noble surname.

  As for Dean Dunn Longqiqiang, he is a member of the Stars Conference, a 7-ring morning star arcane instructor, and a 3-ring senior Eudemons knight.

   "Will Lord Dunn come over too? I didn't expect to disturb his old man." Duke smiled. "Actually, I didn't have any major issues. I mainly asked about the promotion of the martial art "Duke Flying Feather". So far, I haven't received the increase in fighting qi."

   "How can it be so fast." Godiva laughed, "Let's not talk about ordinary knights and knights, even us old cavalry have just succeeded in training."

   "Yes, the number of knights who have successfully trained in the Seven Towers Federation is probably no more than fifty." Another old knight also laughed.

  Yanice also said: "Lord Duke, the "Duke Flying Feather" you created is really too difficult. I haven't practiced it for a long time."

   "It's really difficult." Duke touched his chin.

   "Gammart's Shield" is already the ceiling of many great knights, and "Duke Feather" is several times more difficult than "Gammart's Shield". It can be seen that it is definitely not just a great knight who spends time practicing it.

  Even Vivian, who was taught by Duke himself and taught day and night, hasn't mastered "Duke's Flying Feather" yet.

  The subject changed, and Duke said again: "So I recently took some time to improve "Duke's Flying Feather" and created a simplified version of a new fighting qi martial art."

   "What?" Godifer and the others were taken aback.

   Immediately, all eyes widened: "You improved "Duke Flying Feather" and created a new combat skill?"

   "Yes, "Duke Feather" is too difficult. The main reason is that when I created it, I wanted to take into account too much content. I had to fly fast and stably, and I had to have super high sensitivity to ensure that I could also deal with combat while flying."

  Duke sighed pretentiously, and then said: "Considering that most knights may not be able to learn it, I deleted some unnecessary content and changed it to flying as an aid. Knights don't need to be able to fly, as long as they can jump high enough, glide far enough, and sprint faster, they can still greatly increase their combat power."

   "So, what combat skill have you improved into?" Godifan couldn't wait.

   ""Duke's Leap", a brand-new combat skill, can also be regarded as a reduced version of "Duke's Flying Feather".

  Duke put the book on the table and pushed it to Godiva: "Vice President Godiva, you can take a look, the promotion will trouble the Knights Monastery."

   "Good good good good!"

  Godivan was already absent-minded, and sat around the table with a few old riders, flipping through the "Duke's Leap" brought by Duke.

  Compared to the complexity of "Duke Feather", "Duke's Leap" is indeed much simpler.

  At least everyone here is not a 3-ring advanced Eudemons knight, but also a 2-ring Eudemons knight, even if Agnes Ice Crown is a 2-ring Eudemons knight.

   So it looks effortless.

   He was even silently running his battle qi on the spot, trying to run the battle qi path of "Duke's Leap", trying to see if every place could be fully functioning.

   Waited for half an hour.

  Godivan and other veteran cavalry unanimously confirmed that this "Duke's Leap" is another martial skill capable of rewriting the combat effectiveness of knights.

  "Sage Duke, don't worry, I'll order someone to register this martial art right now, and hand it over to the Knight Monastery for promotion." Godiva slapped his chest loudly, "You, just wait patiently, and be promoted to the first 4-ring dragon knight in history!"

   "I would like to borrow your good words."

   "There is no need to borrow any auspicious words from me. Spirituality loves you more than all praises in the world." Godiva said with emotion.

  Suddenly something came to mind: "Go and see if Lord Dunn is back. The meeting has been over for so long, so he should be back. After seeing this "Duke's Leap", Lord Dunn may not eat, drink, sleep or sleep, so he must learn it immediately."

   Someone went.

   Soon came back to report: "There is news from the Union Tower that the meeting of the stars is not over yet."

   "Isn't it over yet? Are you caught up in some new topic?" Godiva muttered casually.

  The staff gave the answer: "We are still discussing Mr. Duke, but it is not clear what is being discussed."

   "Still discussing me?" Duke wondered.

  The title of card-making sage has been discussed and passed. Is it necessary to discuss whether to be knighted? According to the system of the Seven Towers Federation, the knighthood needs to be actively applied.

   Then you can establish meritorious deeds and be knighted by pioneering wars and other methods.

  If you don’t apply for a knighthood, no matter how many military exploits you have accumulated, the United Tower will not be knighted. After all, gradually abolishing the aristocratic system is the established general direction.

  It’s just the special federal system of the Seven Towers Federation, which restricts the speed of the abolition of the aristocratic system. After all, the abolition of the aristocratic system, like a medium-sized spiritual spring like a market town, still needs to be managed by an arcanist, and power will still be concentrated in the hands of the arcanist family.

   Abandoned is the same as not abolished. It is better to confer a title and let arcanists enjoy it.

   Seeing Duke's doubts, Godiva laughed and said: "You have stirred up the situation in the Holy City of Arcana several times, and now even the stars are working overtime and holding meetings for you...Nowadays, in the Seven Towers Federation, no one knows you."

   Looking for tickets~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)