Doomsday Drifting Begins with Shipbuilding

Chapter 240 The Great Elder

As the old man opened his eyes, the surrounding air also trembled, and an intimidating aura radiated from the old man.

The gray-robed old man's eyes were fixed, and he sighed inwardly.

As expected of a great elder, his strength has improved a bit.

Back then, the Great Elder was the leader of the younger generation, but he is still young.

The old man in gray robe put away his thoughts, and then responded.

"Yes, Great Elder, during the selection process, I could feel that the young man's psychic strength is not inferior to mine, and I don't know if he has practiced this conveniently."

"There is a possibility of cultivation, but Rondo, I know your psychic power. Looking at the entire Sunshine Tower, there are more than one person who can compete with you."

"The young man you're talking about looks quite extraordinary."

Having said this, the Great Elder paused.

"Excellent aptitude is acceptable, but you said that his physical fitness has also been strengthened, which is a bit unbelievable."

The Great Elder said with great interest.

"Great Elder, I'm sure I'm not mistaken, his muscle strength is quite strong, and even those strong men in Orion Village may not be able to match him."

The old man in gray robe continued.

In just one face-to-face meeting, the gray-robed old man had already had an overview of Chen Xuan's situation.

If you let him know, I'm afraid he will be dumbfounded.

The Great Elder pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Rondo, I believe in your judgment, but where did this guy come from."

"He said that he came from a foreign country. The Tianshuang Plateau is so big. There may be survivors in some hidden places that we don't know about."

"Out of town? Well... Well, Rondo, you bring him here, I want to meet this young man personally."

"Yes, Great Elder."

"By the way, there seems to be something unusual on the snow mountain side recently. When you go out later, ask Gele to inform the people in Orion Village and tell them to pay attention when they are hunting at the foot of the snow mountain recently."

"Great Elder, are the creatures in the snow mountain rioting again?"

Hearing the great elder's words, the gray-robed old man instantly became a little nervous.

He still remembered that during the last biological riot in the snow mountain, countless hunters died tragically, and many psionicists also withered themselves due to excessive consumption of mental power.

I can't even imagine it happening again.

"Probably not. Those guys are relatively quiet at the moment. Their intelligence is not low now, and they can no longer be treated as beasts. They also suffered heavy losses in the last battle, and they should not come again."

Hearing this, the old man in gray robe breathed a sigh of relief, and then took his leave.

After the gray-robed old man left, the Great Elder's eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Soon, he closed his eyes again and resumed his sitting meditation posture.

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On the other side, Chen Xuan and the others were still chatting.

It has to be said that the children raised on the Frost Plateau these days are very enthusiastic, and they all seem to have a familiar ability.

In such a short time, Chen Xuan seemed to become their brothers and sisters.

And Chen Xuan also inquired about the local products by the way.

The first is snow hemp. Most people on the Tianshuang Plateau wear clothes made of snow hemp.

This is a strange plant, shaped like a huge calamus, its texture is harder than cotton, and pure hemp is softer. It was discovered by a botanist, and its properties were studied, and then used to make clothes.

Although the thermal performance of snow hemp is not as good as that of animal skins, it is still quite good. The key is that you don't need to take risks in hunting.

There is also snow barley, which is a mutant variety of highland barley. Some highland barley seeds miraculously took root and germinated after being buried in snow, which is why people discovered the plant of snow barley.

Highland barley was originally the only crop planted by people on the plateau. It is shaped like barley and has a green appearance. However, the mutated snow barley has become larger on the original basis and has a shorter maturity cycle.

Generally, it will mature once a week, just in time for harvesting before the snowstorm comes.

Grinding snow barley into flour to support pasta has a unique fragrance and is also good for the body. According to Zhuoma and the others, it seems to make them more resistant to freezing.

Finally, what Chen Xuan is most interested in is cedar oil, which is also the heating fuel for people on the Tianshuang Plateau. It comes from a plant called cedar.

This cedar is naturally not the cedar before the end of the world, but a mutated pine tree after the end of the world.

Although due to the heavy snowfall, the snow buried most of the plants, some pine trees growing on the cliffs of Tianshuang Mountain were not affected and mutated.

The mutated pine trees became thicker, and each one looked like an old tree that had lived for 1000 years.

You only need to cut a hole in the cedar with a knife, and the brown, sticky cedar oil will flow out of it.

Cedar oil is quite flammable, and a ball of cedar soaked in pine oil can create a warming fire.

Just 1 liter of pine oil can maintain the heating of an ordinary snow house for seven days.

Moreover, the output of cedar oil is also quite good. It seems that the thick cedar trees will never be exhausted at all, and there is always a steady stream of cedar oil for them to mine.

Chen Xuan attaches great importance to cedar oil, which is obviously a good fuel.

However, he doesn't plan to mine it himself. It's too tiring and time-consuming. It's better to find a way to trade this kind of basic material. I believe the local people should have a lot of cedar oil in reserve.

However, the people on the Tianshuang Plateau do not have an exact currency unit for the time being, and they still use the method of barter, mainly because they have not found any materials that can be used as currency for the time being.

But it is also convenient for Chen Xuan to exchange items directly.

With his handicraft skills, it is not easy to change something.

Moreover, Zhaxi and the others had shown great interest in their bearskin clothes before, and it happened that they also had some polar bear furs in their cabin, which should be able to exchange for enough cedar oil.

Chen Xuan was slightly thinking about the next plan.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from a distance, and it was extremely loud in the quiet Sunshine Tower. It seemed that the person who received them had come.

Everyone returned to silence and stood still.

Soon, another person in a gray robe appeared in front of them, but this was not the old man who brought them here before, but another middle-aged woman, carrying a large gray cloth bag.

The thin gray robe seems to be a uniform garment.

The middle-aged woman put the cloth bag on the ground, unfolded it, revealing the brown robe inside, and then spoke.

"Put on the robe, and I will explain some things to you first."

The middle-aged woman's words were brief, but her voice sounded very gentle, which made people naturally feel good about her.

A group of people took their robes from their bags one after another, and put them on.

Chen Xuan also picked one at random. He was very curious about the clothes of these psionicists and wanted to see if there was anything special about them.

It's just that, right now, he doesn't dare to use the "Movable Type Illustrated Book Module" to scan, in order not to be discovered by these sharp-sensing guys.

He also put on the robe, although he picked it at random, but the wide robe fit him perfectly.

After watching everyone put on the robes, the middle-aged woman also told everyone about the robes.

It turned out that the psionicists in the Sunshine Tower were classified according to the color of their robes.

The brown ones are trainee psionicists, that is, rookies who have just started.

And those psionicists who have finished training and are ready for actual combat wear yellow robes.

Further up are those wearing gray robes, who belong to the rank of elders.

The abbot of the Sunshine Pagoda, also the great elder, was the only one wearing a black robe.

After introducing these, the gray-robed woman will lead everyone to the next place.

And at this moment, there was another sound of quick footsteps.

Soon, the old man in gray robe appeared at the door. For some reason, he turned back again.

"Sorry, Baima, I have to take someone away."

He said to the middle-aged woman, then stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Xuan.

"Young man in white, come with me."

Chen Xuan didn't know why, but he obediently followed the old man in gray robe and left, attracting the middle-aged woman Baima and others to look curiously behind him.

The two walked through the dim corridor, came to the stairs, then went upstairs one by one, and finally came to a door in the middle of the tower.

"Great Elder, people have brought it here."

The old man in gray robe knocked on the door and said respectfully.

Then, the door opened automatically, and a voice of vicissitudes came from it.

"Trouble, Rondo, you go to practice first."

"Yes, Great Elder."

It turned out that the old man in gray robe who was in charge of the selection was called Rondo.

"Young man, come in."

The voice inside continued.

The old man in gray robe left, while Chen Xuan walked into the door.

The door closed automatically behind him, and Chen Xuan saw the black-robed old man in the middle at a glance.

This is obviously the Great Elder, and he is indeed wearing a black robe.

At this moment, the Great Elder was sitting cross-legged on an old futon, his eyes closed, like a sculpture.

Suddenly, the Great Elder in front of him opened his eyes, and a powerful aura was instantly revealed.

This feeling far surpassed that of the old man in gray robe, Rondo.

If the pressure Londo exerted on Chen Xuan was like a gust of wind, then the momentum released by the Great Elder at this moment was like an endless wave.

It was nothing at first, but as the Great Elder continued to increase his momentum, Chen Xuan gradually felt a little strenuous.

He guessed that this should be a temptation by the Great Elder.

However, this test is really not easy.

Just when he felt dizzy, the pressure on his body suddenly lightened, and the Great Elder withdrew his aura.

Before Chen Xuan could ask, the Great Elder took the initiative to speak.

"What an amazing young man."

Although he had heard Rondo talk about it before, the great elder still wanted to try it himself.

But the result of the test naturally shocked him. Chen Xuan's mental power was not so strong, even not much worse than him.

You know, I was born in the temple, and I have been a monk here since I can remember. For more than 80 years, I have been sitting in meditation and meditating every day.

After the end of the world, everyone has been enhanced and mutated, and those who practice have awakened magical spiritual energy such as psionic energy.

And his psychic strength is the most powerful among them.

In addition, he could feel that Chen Xuan didn't know how to practice psychic powers, otherwise, he would never have been so dumbfounded and not taking any precautions.

This young man is a bit scary, the key is that he is still so young, if he practices for decades, how far will he grow?

The Great Elder is the clearest about the miraculous power of psionic energy, but Chen Xuan's future is beyond his imagination.

Chen Xuan didn't know what the Great Elder thought.

Since the Sunshine Pagoda is the management organization of today's Frost Plateau, the Great Elder in front of him is naturally the one who speaks the most.

He felt that there were some things that he still needed to explain to the Great Elder first.

"Great Elder, although I don't know the purpose of your coming to me, but I want to explain first, my name is Chen Xuan, I come from the North Wind Plateau, and I am not from Orion Village."

"Beifeng Plateau, it's not close to Tianshuang Plateau, young man, why did you come here? The key is, how did you survive? The sea...it's a land of death."

Sure enough, after hearing Chen Xuan's words, even the usually calm First Elder became a little restless and began to ask questions.

"Great Elder, we have to start from the North Wind Plateau..."

At the moment, Chen Xuan briefly described how he came here, and naturally omitted the part related to the system. Chen Xuan attributed the reason why he survived to that huge and mysterious sea beast.

"It turned out to be like this. You sacrificed your life to protect civilians. Young man, you are not bad. It can be considered that you have a lot of blessings, and you can escape under such conditions."

The great elder said with an appreciative tone, and then he asked again.

"Young man, I came to you mainly because your psychic strength is very good. It may be presumptuous of me to ask this, but I still ask, are you born with this?"

psionic?

I'm talking about mental strength.

"No, Great Elder, when I was sailing at sea, I accidentally encountered a big ice ball. After I cut it open, there was a blue seed in it. After eating it, my spiritual power was greatly enhanced. "

Chen Xuan said truthfully, there is nothing that can't be said. The sea is so big, there should be a frozen heart. If he can create a few more strong people for human beings, he will naturally be very happy.

"At sea, it's a pity."

When Chen Xuan said that he found the frozen heart at sea, a look of disappointment appeared on the face of the Great Elder.

"Risks are often accompanied by opportunities, but this sea that symbolizes death is not something we can conquer temporarily."

The Great Elder sighed, and then said seriously.

"Young man, your psychic strength is very good. If you can cultivate well in the tower, you will definitely have a good development. As long as you are willing, you will be the next Great Elder."

"Sorry, Great Elder, please forgive me for having to refuse your kindness. I am a navigator, and the sea is my destination."

"Besides, I have to go back to the North Wind Plateau, where I'm also needed."

Chen Xuan's voice was not loud, but he was extremely firm.

Sooner or later he would have to go back, where the scientific enterprise needed his help.

And Xu Qing, I don't know what happened to her.

The Great Elder observed the situation and knew that it was impossible for him to persuade this young man.

He sighed slightly, and continued.

"Well, you can't force others to make things difficult for you. You should follow the elders in the temple to practice psychic powers. You can decide whether to go or not. Also, if you don't understand anything, you can come to me at any time, don't waste your talent. "

"Thank you, Great Elder. Can I go then?"

Chen Xuan couldn't wait to experience the way of cultivating psionic energy.

"Well, you go."

After getting a reply, Chen Xuan left immediately.

Looking at Chen Xuan's back, the Great Elder sighed slightly again.

"Pity……"

Then he closed his eyes again, reverting to a statue.

(End of this chapter)