Magic High School.

"All right……"

Li Ge immediately stopped playing around. He had originally wanted to go into the water to experience what it was like to adapt to underwater and breathe underwater.

Let's put that aside for now and see what's going on with Yilian.

And so, the group began to explore their surroundings.

The group landed on a cliff by the sea, so the three of them split up and searched in three different directions.

Yilian had mentioned that her village was by the sea, so the group quickly found a palace complex.

Previously, Yilian had been saying that her home was in a small fishing village, but after seeing it with their own eyes, the group was completely stunned.

What small fishing village? It's a magnificent palace complex built entirely of calcified coral and giant seashells, without any bricks or stones!

They were all stunned. Even the houses, which seemed to be for small families to live in alone, were built by hollowing out calcified coral, and all kinds of pearls and seashells reflected colorful colors under the sun.

At that moment, the group felt as if they had arrived not in some mutated elf fishing village, but in the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

The difference is that this one is built on the ground, and the main building material is calcified coral.

"Yi Lian didn't say this was a small fishing village, did she? Where is it small? Where is it a village?" Valerie couldn't help but complain.

“If this place is called a small fishing village, then isn’t my hometown kingdom just a remote, backwater mountain village?” Valerie’s pained expression was now on display.

Although the school doesn't consider family background, connections, or power, people still care a little about their origins. Everyone has vanity; it's just a matter of how much.

At first, Valerie thought that she must have the most illustrious family background. Her family was a hereditary paladin noble family in the kingdom. Although she was not qualified to inherit the title, she was at least a born paladin, right?

After arriving in Silverwing City, she realized that her family might actually be worse off than the destitute Xiaoye...

I originally thought that at the very least, their family backgrounds would be more illustrious than Li Ge's and Yi Lian's.

Now it seems, well, the pearls, gems, and shells here could fetch astronomical prices if they were transported to the kingdom.

Damn it, it seems I can only compete with Li Ge now!

Li Ge: "No, why are you staring at me?"

“It’s nothing!” Valerie immediately turned her head away. She was actually a little curious about what kind of environment could nurture such a unique mental state in Li Ge.

As the group approached, they became even more aware of the splendor of the place.

From a distance, it didn't seem very real, but once they got closer and saw the calcified corals that were taller than houses, and those pearls and gems several meters in diameter, they wondered if these mutant elves were just bored and were cultivating these giant corals and scallops for fun.

At the same time, they also seemed to have spotted other morph sprites...?

They weren't really sure, after all, these people were so different from Morphlings.

They seemed just like ordinary humans, really like fishermen, except they didn't have the marks of wind and sun, and instead had skin and appearance more like forest elves.

A description came to mind, as if they were a group of elves who decided to leave the forest and go to sea.

However, when the group saw the "life" that was clearly not yet transformed and was instead moving like a small clump of water, they realized it looked familiar. This place should indeed be the village of the mutant elves, but they didn't know why there were so many "people".

"Are they outsiders?" a man asked, glancing at Li Ge and the others before adding, "This is the village of the mutated elves. Normally, outsiders are not welcome here. However, a new prophet of our race has recently been born, which signifies the prosperity of our race for at least the next five hundred years. Therefore, this day will be Christmas Day for the next five hundred years. Recently, many people from other races have also come here, and we have welcomed them all with our sincere welcome."

The man explained with a smile, seemingly genuinely pleased.

Li Ge and his companions were completely bewildered. What was going on? Weren't they looking for Yi Lian? Why were they acting like they were actually on vacation?

The group initially thought that coming here was like entering a den of dragons and tigers, since Yilian had not replied or sent any news, and there was no movement on the "Ji Chushi Biao". They even thought that Yilian had been murdered.

Although their words were rough, they genuinely believed that Yilian had been beaten to her knees, awakened her femininity, and was now a mother of several children.

And now it seems that they're still celebrating here?

Something seems off about the art style.

The group chat was filled with conversation. They hadn't found anything wrong with the village. Weren't these mutant sprites perfectly normal?

Oh right, and these elf-like humans are quite normal too, aren't they?

Before this, they hadn't even realized that this was a place where Morphlings and humans lived together; they thought it was just Morphlings.

They had previously considered whether the morph elves lived in the sea or on land. Physiologically, they should all be marine, but now it seems they live on land to coexist with these humans.

The group also saw a small, water-like morphing sprite. Seemingly curious, it gradually transformed into a strange, crustacean resembling anomalocaris, and then another older woman pulled out a belt and chased after it, beating it.

Although I don't understand the reason, this scene seems perfectly normal. Humans and morph elves are living in harmony, like a family.

Is this place really as bizarre as the hometown that Yilian occasionally mentions?

This thought almost crossed the minds of all of them.

Valerie reached out her hand, and Li Ge handed her a box of spirit liquid. As she sipped the liquid, she asked, "We're here to see our friend Yi Lian. Is he busy in the village right now?"

Although the words were direct, Li Ge and Xiao Ye tacitly agreed to let Valerie speak. Although she might be a little slow on the uptake, her innocent and foolish gaze could often fool many people.

After all, she really is a very simple-minded person.

The male mutated elf paused for a moment, then said, "Guests can wait until night, when the prophet converts to the temple of the goddess, and then they will see their friends."

"Um, are we still having activities tonight? Can't we do it now?" Valerie continued to press.

"Guests can wait until evening, when the prophet's conversion to the temple of the goddess will allow them to see their friends," the male morpheme said again, without even changing his tone.

In that instant, Li Ge and Xiao Ye both stepped back half a body, blocking Valerie in front of them.

“Okay, so this is your event here? I understand.” Valerie said somewhat sullenly, turning her head to see the two people who had stepped back half a step, and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

“It’s alright, it’s alright, you can continue…” Li Ge said.

"Crazy..." Valerie muttered to herself, then seemed to prepare to go inside and wander around to see if she could find Yilian.

"Have you found the problem?" Xiaoye asked directly.

Chapter 217 If you're blinded by greed, then I'll snap you out of it.

"I've found it! It even feels so familiar! I remember what's familiar about it." Li Ge almost blurted it out, but immediately said in the group chat, "The Cult of Order!"

He thought of this feeling, which was very similar to the Church of Order.

No, but it's not quite the same. Li Ge can understand the people of the Order God Cult. They have six Order Days a week. On these six days, they live like puppets, getting up on time and doing things on time, like gears, precise to the second. This is what obeying order is.

The error in each step must not exceed a few centimeters. What to do in each time period, eating must be completed within ten minutes, going to the toilet must be completed in one minute, etc., is just like following the schedule you made for yourself in high school. You must accurately complete each node without exceeding the time limit or being lazy.

For those who follow the Church of Order, this is akin to praying to the God of Order; as long as they abide by the order, it is the most devout faith.

On Sunday, it is their day of rest. On this day, you do not need to follow a precise schedule. It is your own day. Of course, many people still follow a precise and orderly schedule on this day, but that is their freedom.

In short, members of the Church of Order live their lives as cogs in a machine, and they even willingly become cogs, and want others to become cogs in the same machine.

Therefore, Li Ge didn't have any good feelings towards the Order God Cult, nor did he have any bad feelings towards it. They belonged to the group of people of absolute order. At the very least, they shouldn't play with little boys, eat people, or raise children on an island for amusement, right?

However, he had virtually no goodwill towards them. Li Ge considered them a bunch of religious fanatics, including Mishair.

Even the best doctrines will gradually go astray after being turned into religions and extremism.

The man from earlier, and not just him, but also the other humans living with the mutant elves, gave Li Ge a sense of the cult of the Order. Of course, they weren't as fanatical as the cult of the Order; they were more like general believers in the God of Order, but they were still quite terrifying.

On the contrary, those mutated sprites that resembled small water clumps stood out as naive and foolish.

Are all the humans who coexist with the mutant elves members of the Cult of Order?

This was Li Ge's first guess.

The second theory is that the Morphlings have always believed in the Church of Order.

But that doesn't make sense. This person just said that they also believe in a certain goddess, and there's even a goddess cult, and the prophets even hold events to convert people to the goddess cult.

From this perspective, the unknown goddess was their true faith.

Li Ge sighed. In short, he felt that there seemed to be some semblance of order here, but it was also somewhat ambiguous.

"Let's take a look first, then find Yilian. Yilian should still be alive. If he were dead, we could probably get his treasure. But it seems like he's being controlled, or he's busy with something and can't get away, which is why he hasn't been replying to our messages." Li Ge felt like they were headless flies, completely unsure of what to do.

However, they saw that Valerie had already found a delicious food here, a kind of large scallop that looked very fresh, and was already eating it with gusto.

Li Ge and Xiao Ye: "..."

Okay, whatever.

Soon the two began to secretly explore the entire village. They were actually arranged to stay in a house built of seashells, a place similar to a guesthouse, but neither of them were obedient children who would stay and wait for their ceremony that night.

So, taking advantage of the fact that everyone else had left and only a few humans were outside occasionally glancing at them, Xiaoye immediately wrapped Lige in her shadow and began to explore outside.

They quickly toured the entire village and noted down some noteworthy places.

In the entire village of mutated elves, humans make up 70 percent of the population, while mutated elves only make up 30 percent. This is simply illogical. What puzzles the two of them is that these "humans" seem to be the parents or elders of the mutated elves, constantly lecturing or educating them.

The village is not small, and the main way of life for the people there is aquaculture and fishing, which are their main food sources. Things like pearls and calcified corals are actually byproducts of aquaculture.

They had almost no interaction with the outside world, nor did they have any caravans or trade with other countries; they were completely in a primitive, self-sufficient state.

Most importantly, they searched around and even found Yilian's house. It was an abandoned, calcified house with a photo of Yilian inside. However, the house seemed to have been uninhabited for more than half a year, as it was full of dust and dirt, as if Yilian had never returned.

“Yi Lian has never returned here, and we haven’t seen her outside either… Could it be that Yi Lian didn’t actually go home?” Li Ge thought for a moment and said.

"There are still the Prophet's Palace and the Goddess's Teachings that we haven't explored yet. You might as well say that the Prophet beat Yilian to her knees and then dragged her into the secret chamber," Xiaoye complained from the side.

Li Ge glanced at the direction the sun was moving in this world and calculated: "A day here is only about fourteen hours long, and it will be dark soon. While the prophet is converting, let's quietly go to his room and check on the situation."

Xiaoye nodded; there wasn't much else she could do.

Soon it was evening, which is what they call the prophet's conversion to the religion of the goddess.

Actually, the goddess and her companions only glanced at the statue from a distance and didn't dare get too close to the goddess's cult. After all, even a fool could see that there was something wrong with it, so they decided to consider how to investigate it later.

However, that goddess, well...

It's offensive to public morals...

Although there are no facial features, the statue is almost completely naked, with only a small portion covered by a montage-like technique, leaving nearly 95% of the statue exposed.

"She doesn't seem like a proper goddess..." That was Xiaoye's assessment.

"Indeed, not to mention goddesses, she's even less revealing than my sexy photos," Li Ge retorted.

So he sent Valerie a message, asking her to inquire what powers this goddess wielded. Valerie, without much thought, simply asked the question directly.

In charge of reproduction!

It's alright then. No wonder the statues are so erotic. The erotic pictures that Li Ge sells himself have at least 30% fabric on them.

Soon, the people here seemed to begin performing similar rituals.