Chapter 247: Capital - 247
Although the elves had been at a slight disadvantage, they were able to defeat the bandits.
Zhou Fan was actually surprised as he had assumed he would need to intervene, but they managed to deal with it with no casualties.
Twenty minutes after the battle ended, the old elf got back inside the carriage. Some cuts were visible on him, but they were healing very quickly.
"We dealt with them, but we unfortunately had to use some expensive healing pills." The old elf said.
Zhou Fan nodded in response and continued to look out the window.
The old elf sighed and did his best to fall back asleep. Before he could, the group finally reached the capital.
It was even more impressive up close than it was from afar. The walls were two hundred feet tall and at six equally distanced points on the wall were floating crystals.
As the old elf noticed Zhou Fan's gaze, he began to speak.
"Those crystals used to function as powerful weapons in case of a large-scale attack from other elves or beasts, but since the cultivation reset, nobody has become strong enough to activate or use them again." He explained.
Zhou Fan nodded in understanding as he exited the carriage. Despite the clear prosperity of the capital, there was no line to enter.
The only thing between them and the entrance were two guards.
Before Zhou Fan could ask, the old elf explained.
"Not many people have left the capital or any other place since the cultivation reset. I assume that the capital will be like this for the next 5 years at least." He explained.
Zhou Fan nodded once again.
Cultivation had become such an important thing to everyone that even the most pathetic peasants cultivated.
While there were still those that had no meridians, they were getting rarer and rarer as time passed by.
After all, the more powerful the cultivator, the more likely their descendants are to have higher talent. As those with no talent died off and those with talent had children, the number of those with meridians increased greatly.
Now, only around 1% of people are born without meridians. Of that 1%, 99% are peasants and villagers.
Zhou Fan believed that one day, having no meridians would be rarer than having king rank meridians.
Cultivators may even adapt a mindset that makes them throw those with no meridians away before they even grow.
As Zhou Fan and the old elf walked up to the two guards, the rest of the group stayed behind them with the carriage and the carts.
"Halt." A guard stated. "Present your citizen ID."
The old elf raised his arm and showed it to the guard.
As Zhou Fan had learned in the carriage, nearly every elf born had some sort of citizen ID inside their skin. Those who didn't were either born secretly or had a ID in the form of a card.
"My friend here does not have a citizen ID." The old elf said to the guards.
The guards looked at each other in confusion before one of them entered a door on the side of the wall.
"He is requesting a superior. In the meantime, I will verify all of your citizen ID's" The guard said as he pulled out a glowing crystal.
Zhou Fan had also learned of the tool in the guards hand on the way to the capital.
The citizen ID was placed in an elf at birth and melded itself to seamlessly mold with the elf's body. As for the tool, it contained a database of every elf with an ID.
Zhou Fan was considerably impressed with the elves' invention. He had never seen such a thing before.
The group taking care of the carriage also had their IDs scanned before the man who went away came back.
Following him was a man in silver armor.
"I heard you don't have a citizen ID." The imposing elf said as he stood in front of Zhou Fan.
"Yes. I also lost all of my memories until I met these people." Zhou Fan said.
The guard looked at him suspiciously for a moment, likely trying to tell if he was lying.
"Well, this is a complicated situation." The guard explained. "Firstly, you don't have an ID. That is very rare. Second, your ears are weird. If you are not an elf, you are a beast that can transform into a humanoid creature. However, cultivation had been reset. If you were a beast, you would be stuck in beast form."
"In all honesty, I have no idea what to do with you." The guard said.
Suddenly, the old elf chimed in from the side. "Sir, I have a suspicion that he is a high elf."
"Hmm." The guard answered in response as he scrutinized Zhou Fan.
"In that case, I will escort you to the High elf residence. There they will test if you are a high elf. If you are, you can stay. If not, I'm afraid that I will have to ask you to leave the city. Does that sound good to you?" The guard asked.
"Yes." Zhou Fan responded with a nod.
"Then it is settled. You follow me." He said to Zhou Fan.
"As for you." He spoke while looking at the old man. "You will be properly rewarded if he turns out to be a high elf."
The old elf enthusiastically nodded as the guard walked away and Zhou Fan followed.
Zhou Fan paid attention to the old elf as he walked away. As expected, the old elf didn't even spar him a second glance.
Zhou Fan wasn't surprised. He had known the old elf only treated him as possible money from the moment he met him.
Zhou Fan took his attention off of the old elf as he walked through the big city.
As he traveled behind the elf guard, he noticed that some of the children playing outside pointed at the guard and looked with admiring glances.
"Are you popular?" Zhou Fan asked.
"It may not seem like it, but I was the fourth strongest person in the capital before the reset." The elf guard said. "My silver armor recognizes me as the vice leader of the capital guard, the most prestigious group in the kingdom."
Chapter 248: Bloodline - 248
Zhou Fan nodded as he heard the guards' explanation. He hadn't expected him to be such an influential figure.
The rest of the journey continued quietly and smoothly. Although the hot sun may affect mortals, both Zhou Fan and the guard were perfectly fine.
As time passed, Zhou Fan realized they were closing in on the center of the city. Just as they were about to reach the castle in the middle, they took a right. The closest thing to the castle was a giant purple dome.
Although it made the things inside it slightly blurry, Zhou Fan was able to make out the outline of some trees. He also noticed that the inside seemed pretty dark.
"We are here. Inside the dome is the high elf domain. Word has been sent that you are coming. Once you enter, a high elf will meet you. Follow her." The guard in silver explained.
Zhou Fan nodded in understanding.
"The domains shield has temporarily been deactivated. Hurry up and enter." The guard said.
Zhou Fan nodded and walked into the dome.
As he entered, it was like day shifted to night. The sun was no longer in sight and a moon could be seen in its place.
Zhou Fan was easily able to see through the illusion array, but he ignored and looked around the dark forest. Luckily, he could see no matter how dark it got.
Not long after he began looking, he spotted a woman with silver hair and long ears halfway hiding behind a tree.
"Hello." Zhou Fan said.
Due to the domain's silence, his words easily reached the elf's ears.
When the elf realized Zhou Fan was looking at her, she stepped out from behind the tree.
"Follow me." She said before turning around and running.
She was quite fast, but she was only at the 2nd level of the Qi gathering realm.
Zhou Fan easily kept up with her, maintaining a distance of 15 feet.
The elf woman looked behind her and nodded as she saw that he could keep up. After just thirty seconds, the elf woman stopped running. Zhou Fan appeared beside her and looked forward. In front of them was a large tree with purple leaves.
At the trunk of that tree was a doorway shrouded in light.
"Go inside." The elf woman said before going somewhere else.
Zhou Fan didn't pay attention to her departure and entered the tree trunk doorway.
As he entered, he finally received some light. Looking around, it seemed that he had entered some sort of bar. There were around 20 high elves chatting around the place and barrels of wine were lined on the walls.
The light was coming from a chandelier on the ceiling inlaid with spirit stones.
As Zhou Fan entered, the 20 people stopped speaking and turned to look at him. The smiles and laughter on their faces was replaced with a cold silence.
On the other side of the bar, a door opened and a 40 year old looking elf woman wearing a crown on her head entered the room.
"Come boy." The elf woman said before turning around and walking back through the door she had just exited.
Zhou Fan nodded and walked forward, ignoring the gazes of every person in the building.
As he opened the door, entered, and closed the door behind him, he saw a long tunnel extending deep underground.
As the elf woman continued to walk forward, she spoke.
"You will have to forgive my fellow high elves. Since you have yet to be proven a high elf, they look down on you." The elf woman said. "I am the queen of the high elves, second to only the emperor himself."
"The kings of these kingdoms consider themselves above me, but they have no idea the importance of me." She talked as she continued down the tunnel. "This domain is the place that all high elves reside. In total, there are a hundred high elves. The high elves outside of this domain can be counted on one hand."
As she spoke, they reached a door. Zhou Fan estimated that they were past the domain walls and under the actual city.
Zhou Fan was getting tired of doors and entrances, but he quietly walked through.
The room behind the door was simple and not that large. The only thing besides the wall, ceiling, and floor was an altar.
"Prick your blood on the spike. Contrary to what you've been told, if you are not a high elf, you will be killed." The high elf queen said.
Zhou Fan nodded and walked towards the altar. Naturally, he was not stupid. As he walked through the bar, he observed every person's bloodline and comprehended the high elves in their entirety.
They were simply elves with a mutated bloodline and average talent on par with the celestials or the heavenborns.
In other words, they were not that special.
With the high elf queen's high elf bloodline as a final reference, Zhou Fan was able to perfectly imitate the high elf bloodline and condense a drop of high elf blood.
In order to prevent himself from being seen as some sort of high elf king or high elf god, he toned down the quality of the blood drop.
When the drop of blood landed on the spike, the altar lit up and presented a percentage in the air.
It read 80%.
Seeing it, the high elf queen's eyes opened slightly.
"Incredible. Your bloodline's purity is second only to mine and equal to only a few." She said.
Suddenly, her face seemed a lot more friendly.
"We high elves have statuses based on our bloodline purity. 1% to 24% is a dirty blood. We usually kill them for shaming our bloodline. From 25% to 49% are what we call high elf commoners. We accept them, but they don't enjoy much special treatment. Regardless, they get much more than any normal elf." She explained.
"From 50% to 69%, we call them noble high elves. That is where special treatment starts. From 70% to 89%, we call them high elf dukes. That is what you and 5 others are. From 90% to 99% we call high elf kings/queens, and at 100%, that would be a high elf god."
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