Ancient? Magnificent? Graceful?

The people didn't know how to describe what they saw before their eyes.

It's widely known that elves are a species with long lifespans, and in their long years, they have plenty of time to spend carving their houses and adorning their clothes.

Gass City is a typical elf city, colorful within, with each building having its own unique features.

Although the structures are similar, elves love adding decorations outside their houses to make their homes unique.

Wooden plaques stand at the doors, demon skulls hang on the walls, a lifelike large snake coils on the rooftop, windows with no doors...

Elves don't particularly favor nature; they prefer showcasing their uniqueness to others, in houses and in clothing alike.

Looking around, almost no elf's attire is identical; it's akin to in a game where 'every NPC has independent modeling and background'.

However, in language, unlike how they express uniqueness in houses and clothing, elves try to use peaceful language in conversations.

After all, elves have long lifespans; they don't like encountering accidents leading to unexpected deaths.

Of course, this might also relate to their cultural traits.

All in all, elves are an easygoing species, and the impulsive ones tend to be young, like Suniya.

She's only fifty-one this year, considered a complete adolescent among elves.

As the armored vehicle drove into the city, it immediately attracted the attention of many elves.

The elves in the city weren't as startled as the farmers outside, because they saw Julia standing atop the vehicle.

Moreover, the armored vehicle entered through the main gate, let in by soldiers, so the city elves were not alarmed due to their trust in the soldiers.

The city is paved with stone roads, where vehicles and pack animals are seldom seen.

Elves have no such need; their activity range is not large, mostly staying within the vicinity of their living district, rarely venturing to other districts.

Although Wu Zechuan didn't know elves had limited activity range, he could tell from the condition of the city roads that elves had no need for vehicles.

"It seems elves are quite reclusive, likely valuing individualism highly."

Since business dealings with elves were next, Wu Zechuan began analyzing with Liu Feiyu what goods elves might accept.

Unlike the food brought by Li Xinyue, the Pension Association had numerous companies under its umbrella, producing a variety of goods; they could immediately present corresponding products upon knowing elves' needs.

To collaborate with the elves, Liu Feiyu prepared twenty Space Boxes of goods; if any product among them was accepted by elves, he would immediately arrange mass production upon returning.

Guided by Julia, the armored vehicle moved deeper into the city.

Because they had to avoid pedestrians, the armored vehicle moved very slowly.

Two hours later, the armored vehicle arrived in front of a tall wooden building.

The wooden building had a bit of Ancient Hua Country style; considering humans had long interactions with elves over eight thousand years ago, it's hard to say if humans learned from elves or vice versa.

"Here it is!"

Julia jumped down from the vehicle top, glanced at the wooden building guarded by two soldiers, and looked at Yan Luo, "Lord and Master Magnus are waiting inside."

Time is not the same for elves; all the way, Julia didn't urge, nor did the lord send someone to prompt, waiting slowly like this.

For elves, as long as waiting time doesn't exceed half a day, they hardly feel the passage of time.

Indeed, living too long dulls the sense of time passing.

Many elves entertain themselves; if someone is there to chat, the wait can be even longer.

Only youths like Suniya would be anxious, but given a few hundred years, she would become like the waiting lord and Master Magnus.

Yan Luo and his party of five got off the vehicle, without carrying the Space Boxes, and headed to the wooden building led by Julia.

Julia greeted the two soldiers at the gate, who responded enthusiastically.

Living long enough turns an entire city into mature individuals.

"The lord is on the top floor, you can go up."

This wooden building is akin to a teahouse; though elves don't drink tea, they gather some friends to chat and joke.

The two soldiers guarding the door are to show they're still working; in reality, even if they weren't here, the lord wouldn't be harmed.

If they truly aimed to protect the lord, they should guard by his side, but the lord doesn't like the feeling of being protected, so he sent them away.

If not for the duty to not leave the post, they would have long entered the building to eat and chat.

To Yan Luo and the humans, the habits of elves felt quite odd.

Yet this oddness doesn't impede their trade; it merely passed through their minds and was dismissed.

On the top floor of the wooden building, by the street-side tables, Yan Luo and the group finally met the lord of Gass City and 'Master Magnus'.

"Lord, Master Magnus, they are the humans I mentioned in my report."

Julia and Suniya slightly leaned forward, right hand on their chest, bowing to the two aged elves.

Having received many curious looks along the way, the five of Yan Luo turned their sight onto two very old elves sitting at a neat square table, whose faces were filled with wrinkles.

Even among elves, they must be of considerable age.

The many elves Yan Luo and his group had encountered on their way maintained youthful appearances; only these two elves showed them that elves, upon aging, weren't much different from humans.

Loose and dull skin, age spots, sparse and fine hair, an appearance of imminent death.

As Yan Luo's group scrutinized the aged elves, the two aged elves also observed them.

The last time elves saw humans was over eight thousand years ago, when even the grandfather of these two aged elves had yet to be born.

After a moment of observation, Master Magnus spoke a few words to Julia, who then turned to Yan Luo's group to explain, "Master Magnus, magic, speech..."

Just as Yan Luo and Sasa spoke stammeringly in Elven, Julia could only piece together a sentence using the bits of Han language she knew.

However, the humans present understood what Julia intended to say.

Master Magnus was preparing to cast a magic on them so they could understand Elven.

For this, they needed someone to stand forth and try this magic.

"Let me do it!"

This time, it wasn't Yan Luo who first stepped forward.

Sasa stepped out from the crowd and approached Master Magnus.

Liu Feiyu and Li Xinyue represented two powerful economic entities, Wu Zechuan was their strongest fighting force, and Yan Luo had the potential to be a 'Saint', indispensable to Blue Star.

Among everyone, only Sasa was 'the least valuable'.

She believed her death was an acceptable price and thus stood out without hesitation.

Of course, actually, Sasa felt this elder elf called 'Master Magnus' wouldn't do anything to her, which is why she made the decision so boldly.

"Master Magnus, please."

Sasa took off her exoskeleton helmet, revealing a smile and spoke this sentence in Elven.

Master Magnus also smiled, and with a gentle touch of his finger on Sasa's forehead, a flash of light flowed into her mind.

Sasa closed her eyes, taking a few deep breaths to calm the throbbing blood vessels in her head.

If it were someone else, they might have headaches for a while, but Sasa had grown accustomed to this intensity of using her brain.

A moment later, Sasa opened her eyes and said to Master Magnus, "Thank you, Master Magnus."

From her mouth came fluent Elven, albeit with some accent, but it did not mar its fluency.

Sasa laughed, "Next, I will serve as the translator throughout, helping both parties communicate."

This way, the others wouldn't face any risk.

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