Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

After the opening ceremony, Professor Qiu still had some work to prepare for the start of the school year, and he could be easily found in his office.

"Participate in the Goblet of Fire? Sure, as long as Comet, you promise me not to use your power recklessly."

Things went smoothly. Professor Qiu did not reject his daughter's request, and Conan didn't even need to use any eloquence to persuade her.

This magic professor, who looks young but is actually quite old, is quite open-minded.

"Great!"

The little girl hugged her father happily, and then hugged Conan-san.

"The Goblet of Fire Tournament in March?"

Conan-san secretly made a vow in his heart regarding the large-scale events that will be held in the future.

"If nothing goes wrong during this competition, I can even stand upside down and eat noodles with my nostrils... So, can you please not have any accidents?"

151 Rock City

"Finally we made it to Rock City...it took longer than expected."

Teyvat continent.

Conan's heroic spirit clone, after a whole summer of sailing, finally arrived at its destination.

"Fortunately, this ship is not heading to the Dark Continent, otherwise we might never get there..."

This merchant ship, which was an adventure group, set out from the City of Rock and passed through the grassland element realm, the water element realm, the thunder element realm, and the wind element realm along the way. After traveling across half of the continent of Teyvat, it finally returned to the starting point.

"We wasted too much time in the lightning element field..."

Since this merchant ship happened to encounter a thunderstorm in the field of thunder element, which caused various thunder element substances to fall, they stayed on the sea for a while to collect these thunder element-related things that were hard to find in the Rock City market.

I originally thought that I would only stay for a few days at most, but due to various factors, I stayed a little longer.

First, there was the thunderstorm in the lightning element area, which lasted longer than expected. In order to collect more lightning element resources that could be sold for money, the merchant ships stayed at the edge of the sea in the lightning element area until the thunderstorm ended.

Half a month passed in this way.

Next, due to the influence of thunderstorms that lasted too long, the weather in the Mediterranean Sea became a bit unstable, and merchant ships needed more time to proceed carefully.

Afterwards, the merchant ship entered the large river on the edge of the rock element realm that led to the sea and sailed out to sea smoothly.

However, the ship did not head south to the City of Rock after that.

Since they had collected enough thunder element resources previously, the commanders and leaders on board, after discussing with the passengers, almost unanimously decided to go to the human town in the northern wind element area to distribute the goods.

The main reason is that too many thunder element resources have been collected, and the people on the ship are not sure whether the Rock City can digest these things. It may backfire and in turn cause the prices of the originally rare goods to depreciate.

If such an unfortunate thing really happened, then the efforts of the people on the ship would be in vain, or even a loss.

Therefore, in order to reduce the risk, the merchant ship changed its plan and headed to the wind element area which was not included in the scheduled itinerary.

In this world of stitched monsters, the wind element realm of the continent of Teyvat is an area with almost no flat ground. It is all towering snow-capped mountains, and cold winds as sharp as blades blow all year round.

Although the environment of the wind element realm is not as extreme as the ice element realm further north, which would freeze people into popsicles, it is obviously not suitable for long-term human habitation.

However, on the edge of the continuous mountains in the wind element realm, close to the rock element realm, there is a relatively stable area.

Over there, there is a human settlement along the coast.

The human settlements in the wind element realm are not very far from the Rock City, and the two human settlements usually have regular contact and trade through sea routes.

Therefore, the merchant ships that traveled across several elemental realms for trade and adventure every year had no original plan to come into contact with human settlements in the wind elemental realm.

Because if you really want to trade in the wind element realm, you can do so at any time.

Moreover, compared to the wind element area where there is not much money to be made, it is better to sell the collected things to fleets from other continents as soon as possible to earn more profits.

The trade between Teyvat, the Magic Continent and other continents is very random in terms of the arrival and departure dates of ships due to the unstable magical environment of the Storm Ocean and the Thunder Sea. Sometimes, if you miss it, you miss it, and you can only wait for the next trading opportunity.

It goes without saying which side a profit-seeking businessman will choose to contact first.

If it weren't for the fact that the lightning element resources collected by Zhong∮～转☆QUn：酒￡↑林缌8∶牭↑『二九※〓零５ in the thunderstorm were really a bit too much, the merchant ships changed their strategy to reduce risks, and they would not have deliberately gone to the wind element field.

In short, after completing the transaction with the human settlements in the elemental realm, the merchant ship continued to move south and arrived at the City of Rock, its starting point and destination.

Rock City is not a coastal city. You need to walk a short distance after getting off the boat at the pier to get there. However, the distance is not far and it only takes about half an hour to walk there.

Conan-san, the heroic spirit who maintained his spiritual form, looked at the city in front of him, which had no city walls and seemed to have a loose and haphazard urban planning.

The City of Rock is protected by the Rock Elemental Dragon King. Theoretically, there will be no danger here unless there is an accident, or the approach of powerful elemental creatures, so there is no need for any defensive measures.

As for the problem that the various buildings and areas here seem too loose, it probably won't cause any concern to the locals.

Anyway, the human settlement area here is large enough, so there won't be any trouble even if there is no special urban planning.

At most, sometimes you need to go to certain specific places, which may require walking a long distance and taking a little more time.

"I've heard of it before, but it's really ordinary here."

Considering that this is the continent of Teyvat, where the civilization and technological level of human society is not high, it is not surprising that this so-called largest city on this continent with a population of more than 100,000 people is like the third world.

"However, you can still feel the vitality here. At least there is a large population here."

Conan-san quietly followed the young boy Alang, who kept looking around curiously.

Alang, who is still young and comes from the sparsely populated water element realm, feels very fresh about the bustling and prosperous city in front of him.

To this young man, this is a real big city.

For some reason, Conan Shan suddenly felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

He shook his head, dismissing such a boring and arrogant thought.

"There doesn't seem to be any problem here. As long as we make sure there are no suspicious people hiding among the settlers in the water element realm, I don't think I need to do anything here."

While on the boat, Alang had already asked others where he was going.

Moreover, although his fellow countrymen who came to this Rock City earlier were not particularly famous in this place, they were still fresh immigrants. You could just ask some passers-by nearby to get a general idea.

I heard that because some of the new inhabitants came from the water element realm, there were water elemental sorcerers who were relatively scarce in this Rock City, and they were soon entrusted with an important task by the management here.

That is, farming.

Using the power of water elementalists to farm is not a waste for the residents here, but a most suitable duty.

Farmland irrigated with water elements is more stable than ordinary methods, crops receive more nutrients, and yields increase as a result.

If you want to find them, just go to the farming area and you should be able to find them.

Even if we can't find them, we should be able to confirm their residential address.

After satisfying his curiosity about the big city, Alang no longer wasted time and quickly went to look for his fellow villagers.

Without any accidents, the young man from the water element easily found his companions whom he hadn't seen for some time.

"All right……"

Conan, who remained invisible, quietly observed the immigrants from the water element realm who were welcoming Alang's arrival.

"Among these people, is there anyone suspicious hiding? Let me check carefully."

152 Looking for trouble

"Are there any problems? Although it is expected, it will be troublesome if there are no clues..."

Conanshan spent a whole day confirming whether there were any imposters hidden among the migrants in the water elemental realm who should not exist.

The answer is no.

Conanshan had quietly explained the relevant matters to the leader of the migrants, Ang, and then got the list of migrants from the other party, and then confirmed them one by one.

The reason why Conan-san ignored the existence of the imposter before was because he never thought that someone would disguise themselves as a human inhabitant of the water element realm, and he was not familiar with the local situation.

Now that he has an understanding and a list in hand, it will be difficult for him to be deceived again.

If there really was a hidden imposter, he would surely be able to discover it quickly.

However, just as he speculated, all the residents from the water element realm who migrated to this rock city had no problems with their identities.

"Even if there was a problem originally, the pretender must have left immediately after arriving here. He would not have foolishly waited for me to arrive."

Conan-san was not disappointed that no one had discovered anything.９０／°⒋§¤⑻4、≯er「9珸中√转∑『群：~。

Having already made some guesses and been mentally prepared, he made the confirmation just to feel at ease.

At the same time, it is also for the sake of caution.

Since there is no problem, that’s great.

"But a new question arises... What am I going to do here afterwards?"

Coming to the realm of rock element, the most populous city on the continent of Teyvat, there are many things Conan can do, but on the other hand, it can also be said that there is nothing to do.

"Here, I can't see any pollution or harm from the abyss, nor can I sense any signs of danger. I don't know what other elemental realms are like, but at least this rock elemental realm is really safe."

Of course, now that he's here, Conan-san still plans to follow the plan and search for the unknown person who should not be able to find any trace of the problem that caused the abyss and the crude summoning of heroic spirits.

"In this city, there shouldn't be many people who can detect my spiritual form. I can secretly go to all the chambers of commerce and check if the mastermind behind this has left any traces or clues. Although there probably isn't any, I'll go check it out anyway."

Conan-san knew that his spiritual form was not truly invisible. If it were the magical continent, a magician with a certain level of magical literacy would definitely be able to sense the existence of the spiritualized heroic spirit.

However, this is the continent of Teyvat where magic is not common, and most of those who possess power here are elemental sorcerers.

If he had acted more cautiously and not approached the master elemental warlock so casually, not many people would have been able to detect his presence.

"If there are no traces of the mastermind here, and there are no problems with the abyss, I don't think I need to contact the Rock Elemental Dragon King... I just don't know what the other elemental realms are like. It seems that there is no problem. Let's ask for information first."

Conan-san is not acting alone here, he has two helpers.

These two helpers are naturally Ang and Alang who know of his existence.

What Conan-san wanted to know was the latest developments in other elemental realms.

Unlike Alang who just reported in, Ange, a master-level rock elementalist, has already established a preliminary foundation in this rock city.

After Ang showed his strength to the city's top leaders, he was quickly assigned a corresponding position and related responsibilities for protecting the city, and gained a certain identity.

With this identity, the information and intelligence that can be collected will naturally be more numerous and more reliable.

There are not many master-level elemental sorcerers who have condensed elemental crystal cores, even in this Rock City with a population of 700,000.

The number of master elemental sorcerers here, regardless of the elemental attributes they have mastered, is only about thirty or so, less than forty.

The number of more than 30 people is actually quite a lot.

Normally, even if the Rock City has a population of 700,000, it can only train a dozen master elementalists.

However, as the most populous and prosperous city in the continent of Teyvat, it will naturally attract talents from the entire continent.

Moreover, this place is truly blessed by the Rock Element Dragon King.

According to Ange, a scale of the Rock Elemental Dragon King is buried underground in the center of the Rock City.

This is a secret known only to the city's top brass.

Here, Ange told Conan-san without any psychological burden.

After all, Conan Shan solved the pollution of the abyss, saved the water element, and helped the people in his hometown, or the heroic spirits. Naturally, Ang would not hide important information from his benefactor.

This scale of the Rock Elemental Dragon King, which is equivalent to a large elemental crystal core, will guide the elemental power of the human residents here in a very natural way.

Although it is limited to the rock element, it is still a huge help.

In addition, this piece of Dragon King's scale can also increase the chance of the Rock Elemental Warlock being promoted to the master level, and even if it fails, it can reduce the risk.

It is because of the blessing of the Rock Element Dragon King that the Rock City was able to develop a certain level of strength in just less than half a century.

"Hmm... As expected, I can only say that I'm not leaving the school."

A few days later, Ang handed over the reliable and trustworthy intelligence he had collected to Conan-san.

Looking at this information, Conan-san knew very well which direction to investigate next.

"Regarding the abyss pollution that occurred in the water elemental realm, few residents of Rock City care about it. The main reason is that they don't know the dangers of the abyss and are not clear about the local situation. It is true that someone is controlling the flow of information and intelligence, and someone is whitewashing the situation."

Since the level of human society here is not high, it is very easy to control the information.

As long as you can control the source of information and influence the class that manages society, it can basically be done in just a sentence or two.

In other words, there may be something wrong with the top management of Rock City, or they may have been deceived.

Considering that the mastermind disguised as Alang's uncle was able to easily deceive everyone in Water City, including the master-level elemental warlock, it is not unreasonable even if the top leaders of Rock City were affected.

Of course, this still needs to be carefully confirmed and investigated.

"Although I think that there should be no problem with the top leaders of Rock City, they should be influenced by the magic of unknown people, so they don't pay attention to the abyss pollution in the water element field, but, as expected, everyone still needs to be investigated carefully... Am I looking for trouble?"