“I didn’t expect there to be a restaurant here.”

Kurosawa looked surprised.

"Been here before?"

"My junior high school is right across the street."

Even so, he couldn't name the alley.

Haitang No. 2 Middle School is nearby. When he used to go to school, he would occasionally go into the surrounding alleys.

The alley is about a hundred meters long, opposite is the station, and 300 meters to the west of the station is Haitang No. 2 Middle School.

Walking along the winding alley, there are messy food stalls, with wooden tables and plastic stools extending out of the tile-roofed houses occupying the alley.

Vendors selling hand cakes, octopus balls, grilled skewers, and sweets all live and eat here.

Walking further inside, there are a variety of small shops.

Those selling snacks, stationery and comics, and video game arcades.

Many junior high school students run into the alleys as soon as school is over. Even though it is lunch time, there is still a group of students in school uniforms gathered in front of the arcade outside the arcade, which is very popular.

The private restaurant is located on the fork in the alley near the video game arcade, hidden among low-rise houses with no characteristics.

"Oh, what a coincidence, you came here to play games when you were in school?"

A faint smile appeared on Gong Lihua's face.

"I learned it by accompanying me. I just watched it at that time."

Walk into a private house with a small courtyard.

There are two tables in the yard and one in the house.

This private restaurant is run by an aunt who looks to be forty years old. There is no store sign, no waiters, and not even a menu.

Reservations are required for meals, usually five days or a week in advance.

At its peak, it can last up to half a month.

However, Kurosawa guessed that Miyatoshi probably didn't need to make an appointment.

The two of them sat at the table in the room.

The food arrived soon, and we chatted while eating.

Gong Lihua was still quite curious about his encounter with Gao Yi, but she was in a meeting yesterday and it was not convenient to leave for a long time, so she briefly chatted with Kurosawa and hung up the phone after confirming that he was safe.

Kurosawa briefly described the situation he encountered in the underground palace ruins.

Gong Lihua couldn't help but sweat for him.

Although he was amazed at Kurosawa's rapid improvement in strength, he still reminded him.

"It's amazing, but those two intermediate transitional elves may be slightly weaker than elves of the same level."

"Next time you encounter transitional enemies, be more careful."

"The actual combat power of elves at different transitional levels is very different. The weak ones may not be as good as some full-leaf intermediate elves, while the strong ones may be close to the advanced stage combat power."

Kurosawa nodded.

Gao Yi was hiding incognito in the outpost town of Ugu Desert. In order not to reveal his identity, the daily elf training must not be carried out with great fanfare.

If the elves do not receive adequate training for a long time, their strength will decline to a certain extent, which is inevitable.

But Gao Yi also has something stronger than ordinary elf masters, and that is his blood energy, which can enhance his and the elf's status.

So looking at both aspects, Gao Yi may have a certain amount of water, but the amount of water added is open to question, and it depends on which part is heavier.

Miya Rika was not present at the scene. The reason why she said this was because she was worried that Kurosawa's strength would increase too quickly.

Not every time you are as lucky as this time, when you are facing a life-threatening situation, you happen to enter the underground palace ruins that enhance your strength.

Gong Lihua was obviously worried too much.

Kurosawa finished his exercise every night, and before falling asleep in bed, he would briefly summarize the day's training and combat experience.

After he finished his training in the underground palace, it didn't take much effort to defeat Gao Yi, but he would never forget the difference in strength between the two sides in the first battle.

And the sense of oppression given to him by his entangled blood.

It was precisely the contrast between the two battles that reminded him even more of the importance of training and practice.

He does have a lot of cards to play.

Formless, Thunder Spear, Mystery, Zeus.

Like Mystery and Zeus, they can even make him explode with strength beyond his normal level.

But when he usually evaluates the strength gap between himself and others, he always uses normal strength comparison.

If your basic strength is not well established, the extent to which special moves can improve you is limited.

The dishes cooked in this private kitchen are not big dishes, but they taste very good.

As I was eating, I forgot to talk.

The two of them had a lot of food.

In other words, the food intake of normal elf masters is generally larger than that of ordinary people.

Elf masters with small appetites are either creating strange personalities or have special physiques.

The wizard's psychic recovery and exercise require a large amount of energy, and stronger physical fitness consumes more energy.

It is normal to get hungry quickly and eat more.

Even if you take supplements regularly, you still need to eat three basic meals a day.

After dinner.

Miya Rika took out a bracelet from somewhere and handed it to Kurosawa.

"Minister, what is this?"

"A storage bracelet, given to you."

"Why did you give me this suddenly?"

Kurosawa subconsciously took the bracelet.

"When I called you last time, didn't I say that the space of the bracelet was too small? I gave you a larger one to make it easier to hold things."

After hearing what she said, Kurosawa remembered.

It seems that this is indeed the case.

But he just mentioned it casually and didn't take it to heart.

He said at the time that the storage space of the bracelet was small and it would not be able to hold too much water if other things were installed.

If you drink enough, you won't be able to take a shower, leaving you wet and sticky.

What he expressed was more about complaining about the excessively hot weather in the Ugu Desert.

"Suddenly gave me such an expensive gift..."

Kurosawa's face was a little tangled.

To say it is not necessary is of course a lie.

The one he wears on his hand, not to mention the relatively small space.

Strictly speaking, it doesn't belong to him yet. He only has the right to use it, but not ownership.

The storage bracelets issued after signing a contract for promotion to professional level are the property of the alliance.

If you want to buy a personal storage bracelet, the cost is not affordable for most newly promoted professional levels.

And according to Minister Gong, the space of this bracelet is larger than the one he is wearing now, so its value will be even higher.

"You're welcome, just think of it as a gift from me, the master, to my apprentice."

Kurosawa was stunned for a moment and his eyes widened slightly.

He and Gong Lihua looked at each other in confusion.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to?"

"No no."

Kurosawa breathed a sigh of relief.

"It just feels a bit too sudden, Minister."

Moreover, in his impression, the confirmation of the master-disciple relationship should be more formal.

Bring tea and water and meet the elders of the master's family.

"Is it so sudden? I thought you had already regarded me as your teacher."

Gong Lihua blinked her eyes.

"..."

Kurosawa pursed his lips, with a look of confusion on his face.

The relationship between the two had always been vague before, and of course he had some thoughts in his mind.

Although as a local alliance minister, it is normal to support some new people.

But he gave frequent advice and taught his own exercise methods.

In addition, the recent concern is obviously beyond the scope of normal support.

Now that the master-disciple relationship is established, it seems like the difference is just one sentence, but the meaning is different.

At least he will feel more at ease now receiving guidance.

"I have thought about it, but you never said it, Minister, and I am too embarrassed to mention it."

"Sorry, forgot."

Gong Lihua took a sip of tea.

"Minister, are there any elders in our division?"

Kurosawa asked curiously.

After the master-disciple relationship was established, the relationship between the two quietly became more mellow.

He was curious about Gong Lihua's identity from the first time they met.

However, for an elf master of Miya Lihua's level, there is very little public information available on the Internet, not even his age.

Judging from daily contacts, it is obvious that Minister Gong is not very old.

A master elf master with such outstanding talent came to a remote town like Haitang City to serve as the head of the alliance branch.

Really rare.

For example, Haitang's last minister was an old man, and it is said that the same was true when he took office.

The masters who come to a small place like Haitang are basically those who have begun to decline in strength and are ready to retire in leisure.

Masters whose strength is on the rise will choose big cities, even though they may not be able to compete for ministerial positions there.

"Teacher? You think too much about my status as teacher. I have a few elders, but we only meet them very rarely."

"I'll take you back to have a look during the summer vacation."

"Okay, Minister...Teacher."

Kurosawa was not quite used to the change of status and could not change his words for a while.

"If you are not used to calling me like this, you can call me Sister Gong or Sister Hua."

"Um."

Kurosawa wears the storage bracelet given by Miya Toshika.

The bracelet given by Gong Lihua was light blue. He turned his wrist a few times and it felt very nice.

There was no psychic symbol engraved on the crystal in the middle of the bracelet, so Kurosawa successfully carved his own aura on it.

Take a look inside.

This is?

Originally, I wanted to simply sense the specific capacity of the space.

But I didn't expect that there were some objects piled inside.

He used his spiritual energy to take out one.

A dark blue diamond-shaped stone soon appeared in the palm of his hand.

There is also a faint electrical energy scattered on the surface of the stone.

"Old...Sister Hua, what is this?"

"Let me take a look, it might be a gift from the manufacturer." Gong Lihua said seriously as she took the ore.

Kurosawa stared at her silently and blinked.

You don’t look stupid, right?

The manufacturer of the storage bracelet is not a charity, it will give away magical resources for free, and it just happens to be such a coincidence.

It happened to be something he could use directly.

"Just kidding, it's a little gift for you."

"For the next period of time, you can stay in Haitang and train with peace of mind. There is no need to run out."

"When you use it up, you can ask me for it again."

"With my current salary in the alliance, it is not a problem to afford a share of your training resources."

Gong Lihua took a sip of tea and didn't seem to care.

Kurosawa raised his eyebrows.

If the Haihua National Alliance is compared to a company, each alliance branch director is equivalent to a shareholder.

The subspace production in the area under her/their jurisdiction will be distributed to the minister according to a certain proportion. In addition, there may be some alliance allowances, wages, and other income.

Generally speaking, the more prosperous the city, the higher the income of the Union Minister.

It sounds like ministers should be very wealthy, but they also need more resources, so it is common for them to be unable to make ends meet.

Can a remote place like Haitang afford Gong Lihua's daily practice?

And I work a job and support two people.

Isn’t he just a freeloader?

"Thank you, Sister Hua. I think I earned it myself, so I feel more comfortable using it."

Kurosawa shook his head.

It was definitely impossible for him to ask Minister Gong for training resources again.

As for the magical resources in the storage bracelet, he accepted them for now.

The main reason is that I know that Minister Gong’s character will definitely not be taken back, so there is really no need to push and give in the hotel.

"Don't worry about these little things, just improve your strength."

Seeing the determination on Kurosawa's face, Gong Lihua didn't try to persuade him any further.

"By the way, Aze, when you plan to contract a new elf, tell me. I took a look at your situation and found that it meets the alliance's talent reward standards. I can apply for a three-star elf cub on your behalf.

"

Kurosawa nodded.

This can be done.

Of course he would gladly accept the alliance's offer.

"Okay, but I might need to think about it again."

Generally speaking, after contracting an elf, you will not immediately contract a new elf.

And resources are limited.

His current contract speed is really not slow.

After all, he became an elf master for a short period of time, and there was still a long period of ineffectiveness.

Other elf masters have contracted four or five elves, or even more in some cases, all of which were accumulated over many years.

His situation is different from ordinary people.

Because the elves cultivated with nutritional value have a more solid foundation and are stronger than elves of the same level, they also inevitably bring a heavier burden to their spiritual energy.

He didn't want to be like some elf masters who abandoned the elf after contracting with it and found it was not suitable.

So he is destined to take the elite route.

From now on, every elf must choose carefully.

"Then think slowly and don't be in a hurry. You can apply to the alliance at any time. This benefit will not expire."

Suddenly, Kurosawa thought of something and took out a flash card from his pocket.

Summoned the Stone Spirit Mother.

This is the first time for my sister to see Gong Lihua.

Having just come out of the flash card, it felt the faint terrifying aura coming from her body and cautiously huddled behind Kurosawa.

Every elf in Kurosawa basically had the same reaction when meeting Minister Gong for the first time.

Mother Shiling is now one meter tall, with ancient textures all over her body hidden in the gaps between them.

"Sister Hua, have you ever seen this kind of elf?"

Kurosawa pulled the reluctant Mother out from behind.

Gong Lihua stared at her mother.

Then he mobilized his spiritual energy to sense it carefully.

After a long moment, he shook his head.

"I haven't seen this kind of elf either. It should be, as you said, a unique elf species from that period of ancient civilization."

"In fact, the Alliance has many precedents of unearthed and hatched elf eggs in ruins."

"Many early researchers believed that these elves of ancient civilizations must be very powerful because they have survived for such a long time."

"However, it may be due to the different times. Not only is it extremely difficult to make contracts with these elves after hatching, but their compatibility with modern elf masters is also not ideal."

"The speed of improvement in the strength of the elves of ancient civilizations is very slow. Most of them stay in the early and middle stages. Few of them break through to advanced or super levels. Their efforts and rewards do not match."

"The elves of ancient civilizations are greatly restricted in the combat power they can exert in our current elf contract system."

"It was also impossible to breed them, so the alliance gradually gave up on this research direction."

Kurosawa listened.

Something feels wrong.

It is true that the contract is difficult, but it seems that he has not encountered any of the situations that Minister Gong mentioned later.

The Stone Spirit Mother's strength improved quite smoothly, and there was no difference in this aspect from Little Shining and Nightmare.

In terms of strength, although he has not experienced many battles with Mumu, he can also judge that its combat performance is definitely top-notch among its peers.

He did not feel that Minister Gong was deceiving him.
Chapter completed!