Explore, discover, research, learn, copy, improve.

This is the true essence of academia, and the cycle of strengthening oneself.

Li Cheng Yi carried the owl back to his own black fortress's outer test site.

The rhombus structure was still there, and no one dared to enter and interfere.

Carrying the owl into the only stone house, he quickly inspected it up and down, confirming that, apart from its toes, it was no different from other owls.

Then, he slowly dissected it with a knife, starting from the toes and working upwards, to see why it had so many extra toes.

More than ten minutes later, after determining the biological structure produced by this abnormal development, he left a dissection diagram, and then divided its meat, bones, internal organs, and fur into many parts.

Then, using various cooking techniques, he divided them into many preparations and tasted them one by one.

Feeling is the first step to cognition, feeling its smell, texture, grain, temperature, and changes in different environments.

These were all the areas he needed to explore.

After more than an hour of tossing around, finally, a complete owl completely disappeared, turning into a pile of scattered flesh and blood materials.

Li Cheng Yi slowly swallowed the owl's flesh and blood and broken bones, wrapped them up, and slowly absorbed them into the sword furnace for burning analysis.

A large amount of information was fed back to his mind, and he had a more detailed understanding of this type of multi-toed owl.

'A creature that is not naturally generated.'

Li Cheng Yi frowned slightly. During this research process, he discovered many inconsistencies. These unnatural aspects caused the owl to have a slight lack of coordination.

For example, its flight speed was slower than normal owls, and its lifespan was shorter than ordinary owls.

'Could it be that this is the method of wizards cultivating demonic pets?'

He guessed in his heart.

Also, barbarians and elves had also appeared, and there were more and more things he needed to understand and learn.

"I need a stable environment, a knowledge base with enough information about everything outside. Originally, the White Tower of Wizards had the opportunity to provide it to me, but now that hope is impossible."

Li Cheng Yi murmured in a low voice.

He rarely spoke his inner thoughts so directly. His self-talk at this time was more about persuading himself to make a decision.

Walking out of the stone house, he came to the mysterious rhombus structure he had built again.

The secrets within it fascinated him. If he could understand why it generated its own current, it might be of great help to him in understanding the essential rules of this world.

'The wizards don't accept me. But I need the accumulated knowledge of the wizards, and their suspected creations have found their way to me.'

Li Cheng Yi's thoughts connected.

'So I need to take action.'

He needed to specifically assess the full strength of the White Tower wizards to determine their impact on him.

And how to assess it, the simplest way was.

Chih!

In an instant, Li Cheng Yi turned and rushed towards the wall on the right. He leapt up, lightly crossing the wall and landing in the snowy ground outside.

Before the guarding soldiers could react, he had disappeared into the snowy forest.

The terrifying speed combined with the body techniques practiced during the Night Roam allowed him to move at a speed comparable to a phantom in the dense forest, disappearing in a flash.

The large number of books also contained detailed maps of the surrounding area. These details allowed him to move like a fish in water at this time, easily overcoming various obstacles around him.

The You An Dragon God bloodline, influenced by Hua Yu, although unable to unleash its full potential, could still allow him to be more harmonious, faster, and more secretive in the shadows.

In the white forest, there was only a blurred gray shadow flashing by. Even the most sensitive snow rabbits could only feel a slight breeze, unable to capture his trajectory.

More than ten minutes later.

Li Cheng Yi left the Okra Territory and arrived at the forest where he had hunted the griffon before.

He began to slow down, walking leisurely towards the location as if strolling through the forest.

At the same time, he was observing the surroundings, looking for plants and animals that he had not discovered before.

The natural environment was also a target of his exploration and learning. He had conducted a detailed survey of the surroundings in a lot of time before.

It was just that he hadn't noticed it before, but this time, on the way to capture the wizard, he vaguely noticed something was wrong.

In the forest, there was a special, fresh scent of living things mixed in the cold air.

The smell of snow was very faint, so this breath seemed even more abrupt.

Pu.

Suddenly, Li Cheng Yi stopped and turned to look at the right side not far away.

Behind a large snow pine tree, there seemed to be a trace of unusual fragrance.

"Let me see what I've found?"

He grinned.

Chih!

In an instant, the figure disappeared from the spot. He was extremely fast, crossing dozens of meters in one step, and appeared behind the big snow pine tree in the blink of an eye, reaching out to grab.

At the same time, a sharp silver short sword burst out from behind the snow pine, stabbing towards his outstretched palm.

At the critical moment, Li Cheng Yi tilted his palm, accurately and lightly sliding past the side of the short sword, grabbing the opponent's wrist and throwing it down.

Bang!

The figure behind the tree staggered and fell to the ground, letting out a low cry.

But soon, the person bounced up, and a slender, agile right leg, carrying a fierce wind, kicked fiercely towards Li Cheng Yi's chin.

Unfortunately, this kick, although its strength and speed exceeded human limits, was just casually swatted away by Li Cheng Yi.

With a crisp crack, the person's right leg snapped into a strange posture.

She fell to the side, wanting to yell, but was easily grabbed by the neck by a big hand, unable to make a sound.

"Ah, look what I've found?" Li Cheng Yi looked at the prey in his hand in surprise.

"A living elf!?"

He looked at the beautiful, slender, sharp-eared creature in his hand, whose beautiful eyes revealed anger and hatred, and a rare happy smile appeared on his face.

"Just got the news that there might be elves around, and immediately caught a living example. Sure enough, fate always favors those who are prepared."

Paliya looked at the young human in front of her with anger and shock. She was the captain of the Blue Drop tribe's hunting team, and also one of the four most powerful warriors in the entire tribe today.

Originally, she received a report from a scout that there was an abnormality here, so she came to investigate in person, but she didn't expect

Because it was close to human settlements, she took the initiative to come here, relying on her powerful strength.

But only a few hours of investigation, and she was defeated by a human who looked so young!

The other party's strength was indeed great, but if she hadn't been suddenly ambushed, unprepared, and hadn't reacted, how could she have been defeated in one encounter?

"Despicable human!" Paliya said angrily.

"The wail of the weak." Li Cheng Yi smiled and replied. "I am very interested in everything about elves, so I will keep you alive for the time being."

"It's just to satisfy your human perverted desires, why say it so hypocritically?" Paliya mocked without fear.

"I heard that you have extremely deep research and understanding of nature. I am also a nature lover, and I hope to learn more relevant knowledge from you." Li Cheng Yi still smiled.

"But" he looked up at the sky, "You wait here first, I will come back and take you away later. Uh, there are a few friends who want to go back together."

Friends?

Paliya's heart shuddered. It seemed that this human had accomplices, or rather, he probably had other people ambushing the elves nearby!

This was likely a trap against the elves!

A chill rose in her heart in an instant. The news from the scout before might have been false news deliberately released by this cunning human.

It was to lure out their lurking elves!

Chih!

Before she could reply, Li Cheng Yi in front of her had once again turned into a phantom and disappeared from the spot.

The speed was so fast that even Paliya, an elf known for her agility, felt her scalp tingle.

She had not even kept up with the other party's speed of movement just now!

What speed! What agility!?

When did humans become so powerful!?

She suddenly felt a huge worry for the Blue Drop tribe living nearby.

'No! I must find a way to escape! I have to go back and inform all the clansmen! Otherwise, if I am targeted by that person just now the consequences will be disastrous!

Paliya immediately endured the severe pain, dragged her broken leg, and struggled to leave in another direction.

But before she could walk more than ten meters.

Bang.

The sound of a body falling to the ground came from the position she had just left.

A young woman in a gray-white wizard robe was dragged by the hair by the strong young man, thrown casually, and fell on the snow.

The female wizard was still spitting blood, convulsing like she was going crazy, and looked like she was about to die.

"Human wizard!?" Paliya's expression froze.

'Isn't this person here specifically to capture elves? What?'

Before she could recover, Li Cheng Yi grabbed two more gray-white robed wizards from the side and threw them to the ground.

A total of three human wizards were now looking at Li Cheng Yi as if they were looking at a demon.

They didn't even notice the injured elf Paliya not far away.

"Good harvest today. Last time I acted too heavily and there were no survivors to interrogate, but this time is different."

Li Cheng Yi looked at the spoils of this time with great satisfaction.

An elf, three human wizards who came to detect traces, although they were all lower-level wizards than Tig last time, but what he needed was low-level introductory knowledge.

"We are source tracing wizards from the White Tower who came to investigate the traces! Stranger! Do you know the consequences of attacking us!?"

Among the three wizards, the oldest, a white-haired old man, said angrily.

"I heard that the profession of wizard will have a subtle deviation impact on a person's personality? It's mainly the changes in the environment and life, and the changes in the things you come into contact with, which cause you to be affected by feedback, which leads to the final result?"

Li Cheng Yi asked a question that had nothing to do with the answer.

"We are envoys of the White Tower! We are servants of the White Tower wizards, do you know what you are doing!? This is a crime! An unforgivable, extremely evil crime!!" Another dark red-haired man muttered loudly.

Bang bang bang!

Li Cheng Yi knocked the three of them unconscious with one hand, then came to Paliya.

Paliya suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

She now understood.

This guy, this human man who looked handsome and had a burly figure, didn't seem to be coming for the elves at all.

He was a vicious criminal!

He was hunting.

Hunting interesting prey that he was interested in, whether he was a human or an elf.

She knew about the White Tower, the most powerful wizard organization in the Sora Empire. The power of the White Tower wizards, even if they were in the dense forest, they had heard of it.

But the person in front of her didn't even blink when he heard it, and immediately attacked.

Bang.

Paliya's mind was in a mess, and before she could react to what to do, she suddenly felt a pain in the back of her head, and she lost consciousness instantly.

(End of this chapter)