MC's career as foreign lord

"Astral Plane?" Before the waiter brought the food, Anna began to share knowledge about the world with Zhou Ren.

"You should have heard of the Abyss, Hell, and the Prime Material Plane before, right?" Anna said.

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Zhou Ren nodded, "But I don't understand, what is the relationship between these things, including the different worlds?"

Anna smiled and shook her head, "First of all, let me correct a mistake. Everyone lives in the same world, that is, the world shaped by His Majesty AO, but the difference is that we live in different planes."

"The planes of this world are roughly divided into five categories: the Prime Material Plane, the Transitional Plane, the Inner Plane, the Outer Plane, and the Demiplane."

"Don't rush to explain, let me guess!" Zhou Ren said, he needed a process to understand, otherwise he wouldn't be able to remember it.

"You can try!" Anna said, she also wanted to see how much Zhou Ren could guess correctly.

"First of all, the Prime Material Plane should refer to the plane where most of us humans and various intelligent creatures live. I shouldn't be wrong about this, right?" Zhou Ren said.

Anna nodded in agreement, "The Prime Material Plane is pretty much what you said. It has the most real laws and the strictest spell suppression, and it is also the foundation of the gods."

She signaled Zhou Ren to continue.

"The Transitional Plane should be the place that connects other planes, right?" Zhou Ren continued to guess.

Anna agreed once again, "Your understanding is actually correct. The Transitional Plane is the plane that connects the Prime Material Plane, except that the Astral Plane can connect all other planes, while the Plane of Shadow and the Ethereal Plane can only connect the Prime Material Plane."

"So we have come to the Astral Plane from the Prime Material Plane?" Zhou Ren said, "Then, can I simply understand the Inner Plane and the Outer Plane as being outside and inside the world?"

"Well, you are really smart," Anna looked at him appreciatively, "Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, plus Positive Energy and Negative Energy, are the six Inner Planes. They are the providers of energy for all planes!"

"As for the Outer Planes, Mount Celestia, the Seven Heavens, the Nine Hells, Elysium, the Abyss, and the Outlands are all among the seventeen Outer Planes. The inhabitants here are gods, saints, demons, devils, and celestial beings!"

Zhou Ren realized, "So, Yeenoghu is a demon of the Abyss?"

"Of course, that's correct, but demons are also divided into levels. Yeenoghu is a demon lord, the King of Gnolls, a powerful abyssal lord, equivalent to a god!" Anna said, "Only here do I dare to say their names and information, because..."

"What is said will surely be known, this is the characteristic of the gods!" A graceful figure sat down on another chair.

"You came quite quickly, Xia!" Anna said, "I didn't order your meal, go to the church to eat by yourself!"

Zhou Ren was stunned, he didn't expect this beautiful and lazy elven woman to be the first in line to the Silvermoon Empire?

"Do I still need to order?" Xia said disdainfully, "Miss Anna, this is my home!"

Anna ignored her and continued, "The King of Gnolls created the gnolls and gave them the ability to inherit the soul of a demon, but he certainly didn't pay attention here. I heard that the Abyss has started the Blood War again!"

"Blood War?" Zhou Ren heard a new term again.

"The war between devils and demons, there's nothing to say about it, they're always fighting anyway!" Anna said, "You just need to know that we are not qualified to be targeted by Yeenoghu yet!"

Zhou Ren nodded, he roughly guessed the result. He glanced at the brown-haired female elf, Xia, and continued to ask, "Then... what about the North Wind and the Two-Headed Giant? What's going on?"

"Hahaha!" Xia laughed, "It seems you really don't know anything! I'm starting to believe what Anna said. Anyone who knows about this wouldn't mention this term in front of a dragon!"

"A dragon?" Zhou Ren was surprised. He always thought that Anna was an elf with a very high status, but it turned out to be a dragon?

"Humph! Doesn't it have something to do with you? You know in your heart what kind of dragon the Two-Headed Giant can follow, don't you?" Anna retorted, which silenced Xia.

"Alright, it seems to be a green dragon!" Xia said, "A green dragon that has a good relationship with the elves, why would it appear here?"

"It has a good relationship with the wood elves. You are a silver moon elf, he won't give up!" Anna said, explaining to Zhou Ren by the way.

"The Two-Headed Giant is a follower of the green dragon. If the kobold is just a sign, then the Two-Headed Giant represents a green dragon that is at least an adult, and it's not far from the town!"

"No wonder the town is so nervous!" Zhou Ren nodded and continued to ask, "Princess, what you said about the meaning of the North Wind... is it related to the Dragon God?"

"Just call me Xia, you call her Anna!" Xia said, "That's why I said you don't understand!"

She pointed to a picture on the table, which was a silver dragon about to take flight, "Anna is a silver dragon, and the metal dragons' faith is in the Lord of the North Wind, the Platinum Dragon God!"

Anna sighed, "There's nothing bad to say, it's just that my god Bahamut stirred up a storm with divine power in the battle with the Dragon Queen Tiamat, and a strong wind blew in this area, which never stops!"

"So... this wind is called the North Wind? That's quite fitting!" Zhou Ren nodded, he almost understood. This is really a battle between the gods, and it has little to do with people like them.

At this moment, a team of elven waiters carried exquisite silverware trays and brought their lunch to the table.

Anna explained to Zhou Ren by the way, "The Astral Plane has no concept of time, so you don't feel hunger. Those who come here to eat are creatures from other worlds."

"No concept of time?" Zhou Ren was slightly stunned. He immediately thought of many different possibilities, and his voice became slightly curious.

"If there is no concept of time, how do they measure time? Wouldn't living here mean immortality?"

Anna nodded, "You guessed right, living here, in a sense, is immortality, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing."

Xia added, "People die when they are killed. We high elves have a lifespan of thousands of years, but few people want to stay here to obtain eternal life!"

"The Prime Material Plane is the eternal home, everything else is just illusory and ethereal vanity!" This princess seemed to have a sense of understanding everything.

Anna mocked her, "Don't recite the words of the Great Sage, you can only deceive people like Zhou Ren who don't have much knowledge! You can't say such things!"

"You..." Xia became angry, "Little dragon, do you want to fight?"

“Fight then!” Anna said nonchalantly. “What’s wrong? Did you get promoted to Legendary? Going to attack your bestie?”

“Ah… I’m going to tear that mouth of yours!” Shia raged, and had no choice but to lift the silver cover and vent her anger on the dishes in front of her.

Zhou Ren's attention also shifted to the dishes. These exquisite dishes exuded a rich and alluring fragrance. Most of them were light and refreshing vegetarian dishes, perhaps because Shia didn't like meat?

He also lifted his cover. The waiter came over to remove their covers and slowly retreated.

In front of Zhou Ren was a very sumptuous dish. Compared to the barren menu of Pine Leaf Town, a piece of meat of some unknown animal plus another snow-white bread, and some side dishes and soup, seemed very pleasing to the eye.

“Hmm…” Zhou Ren took a small sip of the vegetable soup, narrowed his eyes, and tasted it carefully.

The general level of deliciousness was probably equivalent to Shaxian Snacks on the street in his previous life? It was just edible, but seeing Anna and Shia eating with relish, he didn't seem to be able to say anything.

Anna was eating a piece of meat that seemed much larger than Zhou Ren's. After all, she was a dragon, so it seemed acceptable. While eating, she didn't forget to complain to the two of them.

“Yesterday, I brought your willful little apprentice here to eat, and she even disliked it, saying that it wasn’t as good as Big Brother’s!”

Zhou Ren nodded secretly. The food from the MC system, in a sense, was indeed much better than the food here.

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The people here's view of food is actually still at a very low level. It's roughly equivalent to being better than the food outside. The so-called steaming, boiling, frying, grilling, braising, stewing, and roasting are all nonexistent!

And after all, Liya had eaten several meals at Zhou Ren's place, and felt that her taste had been spoiled, so it was not surprising that she had this idea.

But Anna was a bit miserable. She stopped for a long time that time, but didn't get to enjoy any food!

“How could the food developed by my elves for so long be inferior to someone’s casual cooking?” Shia naturally didn't believe it. Seeing that Zhou Ren didn't answer, as if he had acquiesced to their view, they didn't say much more.

Soon, the three of them finished eating. The waiters filed in, took away the plates, and one person brought up three cups of dessert.

“The elves’ new brew, made with sweet flower honey and the dew of the World Tree, oh, and a little bit of elf fruit!” Shia introduced, “You guys are really lucky. I usually have to apply specifically to drink it!”

“Sweet flower honey? Tsk tsk!” Anna exclaimed, “You guys treat the bees in the forest like grandfathers, and you only get this little honey!”

“Honey is not the problem, the problem is the elf fruit!” Shia said, “I don’t know why, but there’s a bit of a problem with the Tree of Life. Many elf fruits are no longer growing. Now the clan is controlling the distribution of elf fruits!”

“Ah!” She exclaimed, “I heard that Yggdrasil has a problem, which is reflected in the Ancient Tree of Life. The druid elders in the clan are discussing how to solve it!”

Yggdrasil is the World Tree. Zhou Ren understood. In some Norse mythology, the World Tree is also called this name.

“Alright, alright, stop beating around the bush. You long-eared people are learning human rhetoric every day! In ancient times, you all relied on your fists!” Anna complained.

She continued, “Zhou Ren, Shia said this is to find you. She wants to see the elf fruit you planted, so she can talk to you about the price!”

“Uh…” Zhou Ren was a little embarrassed, “You guys are a little late. This batch of elf fruit has already been harvested!”

“Huh?” Shia didn't feel anything, but Anna almost cursed, “You planted it only two days ago, right? You can harvest it in two days?”

Zhou Ren nodded, “Yeah, isn’t it normal to harvest in two days?”

He took out an elf fruit from his backpack. He was just farming, and in fact, these things hadn't been put into the box yet.

“This is the elf fruit that was planted!” he said, handing the fruit to the two of them, “If you want to see the results, wait two days… no, now you don’t need to wait for the plants to grow, so one day, and it should be ready!”

This elf fruit plant is a bit like a berry bush. You can pick the fruit and the main body remains. Speaking of which, he doesn't seem to have seen berry bushes recently. Are there none? Is the version too low? It shouldn't be!

The elf fruit went around in the hands of the two women, and finally returned to Shia's hand, “It really is an elf fruit. If you really planted this, the old guys in the clan will probably go crazy!”

“Go crazy about what? I think they’re going crazy for your marriage! You’re an elven princess, and you’ll be succeeding to the throne in a few years, but you don’t even have a partner!” Anna continued to complain.

Shia was unconvinced, “What do you mean a few years? There are still fifty years! That’s enough time for those short-lived races to live a lifetime!”

“You’re not a short-lived race, you’re a high elf! A Moon Elf royal! A destined Legendary elven princess! Your life is at least 2500 years, it’s time to consider these things!” Anna continued.

“I now suspect that you’ve received benefits from my mother, and your words are strange!” Shia said, looking at her with scrutinizing eyes, “Tell me, what did you get?”

“Hehe he!” Anna stuck out her tongue a little, “It’s nothing, just a little branch of the Ancient Tree of Life!”

Shia was annoyed, “Good! You’re really my good friend, talking about the benefits to persuade me, right?”

Anna quickly changed the subject, “Stop talking about this, you should still think about the elf fruit!”

Zhou Ren handed over another fruit and said, “Why don’t you try the taste and effect? What if what I planted is just similar in shape?”

“That’s true!” Shia casually took the elf fruit and gave one to Anna.

Zhou Ren himself hadn't eaten it. This fruit didn't even have any introduction. Wouldn't it be a loss if he ate something wrong?

What if it can only be eaten by elves and not by humans? Let’s play it safe first and see how it goes. If nothing happens, he’ll try it!

Just as Zhou Ren was making such guesses, the two people in front of him had already taken the fruit in their hands.

Unlike Liya, who ate the fruit in small bites, the two of them were much more heroic, and directly threw the entire fruit into their mouths.

Then, there was a feeling of warmth that seemed to overflow, instantly exploding!