Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2049 The Leisurely Elf King
Upon arriving at the Elf Forest, Zhou Xu soon encountered Wright, who was drinking tea. As the Elf King, Wright's workload was already light, and after officially submitting to the Great Zhou, he became even more leisurely.

The reason is quite simple: more than 80 percent of the elves in the Elf Forest have moved to the cities of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

For an elf with official citizenship, finding a high-paying job in the Great Zhou Dynasty is incredibly easy.

Aside from a small number of staff members with special jobs or missions, those still remaining in the Elf Forest at this time consist of a group of lonely old men.

What do these lonely old men do on a daily basis?
Even if something happens, the village chief will handle it directly, without the Elf King needing to intervene.

After a while, Wright found himself with nothing to do.

"Haven't you ever thought about using this extra time for cultivation?"

Zhou Xu had previously stated that he and Wright were friends and that there was no need for them to be so awkward in private, and he had indeed acted accordingly.

Seeing Wright's expression, as if he was about to spend the whole afternoon drinking tea, Zhou Xu couldn't help but make a comment.

"Didn't you plan to hand over the Elf King's throne to Morton and then join the army? You're not ready for that in your current state."

"I practiced this morning, almost all morning."

Upon hearing this, Wright couldn't help but emphasize it as well.

Compared to when he only did morning exercises, he now exercises for the entire morning, which is a huge improvement.

This was all thanks to Hilk training him when they were stationed at the elven port.

But at that time, Hilke's training method was because the port area could be at war at any time, and he needed to maintain his condition, so his daily training consisted of half a day of training and half a day of rest.

In peacetime, when not on missions, Hilke would spend almost all day training, and at an even higher intensity. Wright clearly hasn't reached that level yet.

During this time, feeling Zhou Xu's gaze, Wright felt inexplicably guilty.

He was obviously not stupid. After getting to know the Great Zhou better, he realized that his cultivation level was considered lazy and slacking off by the Great Zhou.

"I've just had some free time, so I'm thinking of taking a few days off before I start practicing my cultivation diligently."

"A few days."

Even counting from the time after the ceremony, a month and a half has already passed. In fact, the work related to the Elven race's submission had already begun after the initial agreement was reached.

Wright has been in this state for at least three months, or even longer.

Zhou Xu really couldn't be bothered to comment on the elves' concept of time.

But it still slightly provoked him.

"Judging from Ereda's strength, he is now completely superior to you. If this continues, the gap between you and him will only widen."

"..."

Wright didn't actually have much of a competitive spirit towards Ereda.

After so many things had happened, compared to the victory or defeat, Wright was more heartbroken by his break with Ereda.

This is a big problem for Wright: he lacks competitiveness.

In Zhou Xu's view, competitiveness is an important component of 'ambition'.

You will only continuously improve yourself if you want to win.

Wright was talented in martial arts, even exceptionally so, but he seemed completely indifferent to winning or losing.

Holding a grudge over a defeat isn't a good thing, but if you don't care at all, then there's something wrong with you. To be honest, Zhou Xu didn't have a good solution for this situation, so he could only offer this sarcastic remark, hoping it would have some effect.

Seeing Wright fall into a slightly quieter silence, Zhou Xu wasn't sure if his efforts had worked, but at the same time, a new idea came to him.

"I see you have so much free time here, why don't you just go and report to the military camp in the new district?"

"What about my situation?"

"Something wrong? Is something wrong?"

Zhou Xu looked around blankly, pretending to be looking for trouble, leaving Wright unsure how to respond.

"Well... there are always things to do occasionally."

As Wright spoke, he coughed twice to cover his embarrassment.

But Zhou Xu wasn't buying it at all.

"It's just a small matter. Just have them send it directly to the military region. If that doesn't work, I'll arrange a professional internal affairs officer for you. Let him stay in the Elf Forest."

"alright."

Wright had nothing to say, mainly because he knew in his heart that there was really nothing going on in the Elf Forest right now, and Zhou Xu was actually urging him on, essentially to prevent himself from becoming so lazy.

But he still wants to emphasize one point...

"However, among the elves, I am already considered quite diligent."

In this regard, Zhou Xu, even in their friend mode, didn't indulge him at all.

"As it stands, in terms of diligence alone, all the dark elves who joined our Great Zhou before, as well as the elves who originally lived in our Great Zhou, and even those elves from your side who went to work in our Great Zhou, are probably more diligent than you now."

"..."

“Perfect timing. I’m planning to transfer Hilke back to the border of the new district. I’ll have Hilke train you then. But before that, I need to confirm the amount of spirit wood in your forest. I plan to build higher-level Black Sail warships and form the Black Sail Fleet.”

Building the Black Sail Fleet will inevitably require a large amount of high-age spirit wood, so it's necessary to inform Wright about this.

Wright didn't react much to this.

After all, elves aren't an extremist group. Anyone who has had close contact with and a deep understanding of elves can generally confirm that the core principles of the elven race can be roughly summarized in six words: 'No waste, no indiscriminate killing.'

Most of the time, if you are a decent person, it's really easy to get along and cooperate with a group of people with high moral standards.

As long as your request is reasonable and the spirit wood is genuinely useful, they will most likely have no objections.

"The daily care of the Tree of Life is the responsibility of the Wood Elf race. I'll take you there directly."

After saying that, Wright made a gesture of invitation.

The accident took a little longer than expected, mainly because the Elf Forest was full of trees, and Zhou Xu wasn't familiar with the area, so he couldn't use the Shrinking Earth Technique. He was also afraid that if he took a step, he would run into a tree, which would be embarrassing.

It's worth mentioning here that at this time, John and his Wood Elf mage corps were still in the Wood Elf village.

On the one hand, there really aren't any tasks they need to carry out recently.

On the other hand, within the Elf Forest, perhaps due to the influence of numerous Life Trees and Ancient Elf Trees, the natural energy in this entire area is extremely rich, which is conducive to cultivation, so they were allowed to stay here.

Even Zhou Xu himself would have liked to go into seclusion here for a while if he didn't have a lot of things to deal with.

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