Please be my partner.

So in the end, the team rejected the proposal.

After a brief rest, the team, which had expanded to more than 400 people, set off in a mighty force.

Along the way, the residents of Kas City gave cheers and flowers as if they were bidding farewell to a warrior about to go to war.

They set out from Cass City around ten in the morning, stopped briefly for lunch on the way, and arrived at Hurricane Fortress at two in the afternoon.

Hurricane Fortress immediately opened its doors to welcome the team in. After a brief exchange, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the team left Hurricane Fortress and entered the Howling Plains.

At this time, the team's progress slowed down a little and they were not in a hurry to travel.

Because according to experience, the Baiye Kingdom will not open the door for them at night and let them in, so they only need to get to a place not far from the border fortress of the Baiye Kingdom before dark.

At night, the team set up camp on a high ground where they could see the border fortress of the Baiye Kingdom from afar.

Some students were uneasy about this, but their instructor comforted them, "Don't worry, the scholar exchange will be recognized by many human kingdoms. Even though the Baiye Kingdom and the Kro Kingdom are currently at odds, they won't stop us."

Then, the instructor pointed to the flag standing tall in the center of the team and said, "That's proof of our identity."

Melen also looked in the direction pointed by the mentor. The flag raised by the team did not belong to any force in the Kingdom of Kro, but a golden compass, which represented the wizard school of Amor Castle... the Eye of Yuanluo.

A night passed. Although Melen sensed that a small team of Hundred Nights Kingdom border scouts came to investigate in the middle of the night, that was all. The team did not encounter any further harassment.

The next morning, the team set out towards the border fortress of the Baiye Kingdom.

Upon arrival, the officer from the Baiye Kingdom showed a forced smile. Although he appeared polite on the surface, his inspection was extremely rough.

The scholars were all calm and unconcerned, but the students and guards were clearly not good enough at cultivating their Qi, their faces flushed red, and they dared not speak out in anger.

After about half an hour of struggling, the officer smiled and waved his hand to let them go.

The team did not stay in the border fortress for long, but left directly and headed towards the nearest border city, Samo.

Half a day later, the team arrived at Samo City, but the city guards refused to let the team enter.

Professor Moss frowned and said, "We are a scholar exchange team and enjoy free passage in the human kingdom."

The city guard snorted coldly and said, "So what? You are not welcome in Samo City. Leave now!"

Professor Moss pondered for a moment and asked, "Is Lord Herbert here?"

The city guard waved his hand impatiently and said, "Lord Herbert has resigned. The current lord of Samo City is Lord Jani."

Professor Moss stopped talking immediately.

Although the Kingdom of Kro and the Kingdom of Baiye are enemies, the former lord of Samo City, Herbert, still respects scholars very much, and Professor Moss also has some friendship with the other party.

Now that Herbert has stepped down, the new city lord obviously does not care about their status as scholars and shows extreme disgust for the Kingdom of Crow. In this way, they naturally cannot ask for trouble.

Immediately, the team continued to move forward.

Chapter 191 A True Scholars Exchange Meeting...Thinking Field

The team gradually moved away from Samo City and continued to move forward.

It was not until evening that we arrived at another city called City of Tino.

Although the city was somewhat wary of the large scholar exchange team, at least it did not directly expel them like the city of Samo did.

After entering the city, professors, scholars, and students like Melen naturally went to the hotel to rest, while the guards and servants took the time to purchase supplies.

Although the team itself carried a lot of supplies, it was a team of 400 people after all, plus the pack animals, so the food was consumed quickly by the people and horses.

Now that we are in the Hundred Nights Kingdom, expulsion incidents similar to the one in Samo City may not happen again in the future, so it is still necessary to replenish supplies every time we arrive at a location.

Not long after they settled in, city officials came to meet them, but Mellen was not interested in them and just hid in the room to read.

The next morning, the team set out again after resting.

They continued along the planned route, their destination being the southern border of the Baiye Kingdom. They would ignore villages and towns along the way and pass through four large cities, with a total journey time of about ten days.

Nothing unexpected happened along the way, and after ten days of travel, they successfully left the territory of the Baiye Kingdom.

At this time, they only had about five days left to reach Castle Amor.

After walking for another two days, they saw a forest in front of them. Strangely, the forest was extremely quiet, without even the sound of insects or birds.

The team had no intention of entering the forest, but instead moved along the edge of the forest.

One student couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, according to the map, if we cross the forest, we can save about two days of travel. Why don't we..."

Before he could finish his words, he was hit on the head by his mentor.

The instructor said with some dismay, "Fool, the Quiet Forest may look quiet, but the dangers within are greater than you can imagine. It contains all kinds of extraordinary life forms."

He paused, then lowered his voice and added, "Also, it's said that the wizards of Yuanluo's Eye have discovered some strange or distorted monsters and will throw them into the Quiet Forest. With your small body, you might not even be enough to deal with them."

The student's face turned pale and he asked hurriedly, "Then, Master, is it too dangerous for us to just walk along the edge of this forest?"

The instructor shook his head and said, "Don't worry. The Quiet Forest is protected by the Eye of Yuanluo. The extraordinary life forms and experimental monsters within it will not come out."

Despite saying so, during the next few days, those students would still look at the Quiet Forest with lingering fear from time to time, as if they were afraid that if they were not careful, a horrible monster would run out of it.

Mellen looked at the Quiet Forest, but he had no intention of going in to find out what was going on.

When the time came to July 7, the team saw a huge ancient castle standing on a low hill in the distance. It was Aimore Castle.

As they were about to reach their destination, the students cheered and the professors and scholars breathed a sigh of relief.

When we arrived at the low mountain, we saw three large camps clearly separated from each other, which were all guards and servants from other countries.

Professor Moss instructed the captain of the escort team, "Take your guards and servants and choose a place to set up camp nearby."

During the academic exchange meeting, only scholars like them and a small number of students were qualified to enter Aimore Castle, and the guards and servants could only wait outside.

The captain said he understood and immediately organized the team.

After arranging the accompanying team, Professor Moss led the team of scholars to start climbing the mountain.

When we reached the top of the mountain and looked at Amor Castle again, we found that it was much larger than we had imagined. A magnificent building of this level is simply beyond human power.

Soon, a shadowy figure made of black smoke appeared before them and said, "Cro Kingdom Scholars Exchange Team, the official start time of the Scholars Exchange Conference is July 7th. You have arrived early, so please enter Aimoer Castle and wait."

Professor Moss nodded slightly, but did not say much, because this black mist shadow itself was a kind of puppet. It only did things according to the established procedures and had no real intelligence. It could only conduct some simple set questions and answers and could not communicate normally like an intelligent life form.

The castle gate was opened and people filed in.

The moment he entered the Castle of Emmer, Melen keenly sensed the changes and extensions of space. He understood that the interior of this already enormous castle had also been transformed to become much larger and divided into many floors.

He couldn't help but sigh that seeing the big picture from the small details also showed the power of the Yuanluo Eye wizard school.

Led by the shadow puppet, the team walked towards the room arranged for them. On the way, they could see many wizard apprentices in gray robes, as well as formal wizards in black robes with a compass symbol on their chests.

These wizard apprentices, or wizards themselves, all showed friendliness when they saw Mellen and the others.

Occasionally, you can see scholars from other countries visiting or chatting with wizards, looking quite relaxed and harmonious.

The shadow puppet was also talking about the precautions of Amor Castle along the way, which was nothing more than that some unopened areas were prohibited from entering at will, private spaces should not be disturbed at will, etc. It was quite relaxed.

On the way, a kind-looking old man's eyes lit up when he saw Professor Moss. He immediately walked up and said, "Moss, you, the Kro Kingdom, are a little late this time."

Professor Moss smiled faintly and said, "Ainz, we are no match for your Hyakuya Kingdom team. The distance is so short, it would only take a few days to get there. We've suffered a lot along the way."

"Suffering?" Ainz was stunned for a moment, then he realized something and said helplessly, "The current situation of Hyakuya and Crow..."

Shaking his head, Ainz didn't continue. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Don't forget to attend the regular meeting tonight."

Professor Moss agreed with a smile.

Melen showed a puzzled look and asked curiously: "Routine meeting?"

He really didn't understand. Scholars from many kingdoms came here to exchange knowledge, so why were there so many large and small meetings?

Professor Moss was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said, "Mellen, it seems you don't know the true meaning of the scholars' exchange meeting."

"What's the real meaning?" Mellen's face was even more confused.

Professor Moss smiled mysteriously and said, "In that case, I'll keep it a secret for now. You'll understand when the exchange meeting officially begins."

Melen was speechless. He couldn't understand why everyone always liked to be the riddle teller. But there were only two days left anyway, and the answer would be revealed then.

Led by the shadow puppet, the team from the Kingdom of Crow came to a residential area, where each person was assigned a room.

In the evening, Mellen followed Professor Moss to attend the so-called routine meeting, which was a gathering of scholars to exchange and share knowledge. There was nothing special about it.

Melen also took the opportunity to find the target he had long locked onto to learn the knowledge of magic rune secret language, but these scholars were busy with their own things and too lazy to teach, so he returned empty-handed.

Although Melen felt somewhat helpless about this, he was not too discouraged. He had already prepared many countermeasures based on the habits and preferences of those people. However, it was still in the early stages of the exchange meeting, and everyone was looking for knowledge of their interest to exchange, and was unwilling to be distracted by other things.

If he wants to learn, it would be better to wait until the middle or late stage of the exchange meeting.

On the afternoon of July 7, the farthest exchange team also arrived at Castle Aymor. Thus, the top scholars from the seven human kingdoms gathered together.

There was also a routine meeting in the evening.

Melen knew that he could not get what he wanted for the time being, so he stopped attending this routine meeting and went to the library in Castle Amor. The collection of books here can be described as vast.

Unfortunately, Melen could feel that there were powerful protective arrays and extraordinary suppression arrays in the library, which made his idea of using the power of fantasy to copy the entire library fail.

Although he could still use the power of fantasy to scan books directly, doing so would be too conspicuous and inefficient. It would take at least three to five years to empty the entire library using this method.

July 7th is the official start date of the academic exchange meeting.

The team gathered early in the morning and after having a hearty breakfast, they were taken to a huge conference hall.

The venue is circular in shape, with an empty space in the middle and circles of seats around it. Each kingdom's team of scholars has its own area.

At Professor Moss's signal, Mellen followed him and sat in the front seat.

They didn't have to wait long before a cloud of black mist fell in the center of the venue. After the mist dissipated, an old man wearing a black robe with gold edges on the cuffs and collar appeared.

After these few days, Melen also understood the clothing style of the Yuanluo Eye School. Those wearing gray robes are apprentices, and only formal wizards are qualified to wear black robes with the Yuanluo Eye logo embroidered on the chest. The second-level wizards also wear black robes, but with silver edges, and the third-level wizards wear gold edges.

The old wizard had a gentle expression. After looking around at everyone, he said, "Dear wise men among mankind, the Yuanluo Eye welcomes you. I am pleased to see many old friends among you, as well as many new faces. This represents the inheritance of knowledge."

"Okay, enough nonsense, I hereby declare that the Scholars Exchange Conference has officially begun!"

"Open...Eye of Yuanluo!"

As the old wizard finished speaking, a deep and powerful aura suddenly descended.

Mellen's expression changed slightly. He felt a strong oppression, which did not come from the body, but from the spirit and soul.

As time went on, this mental oppression gradually condensed into a substantial field, which seemed to pull the minds of everyone present into another world.

Mellen first observed everyone present, then pondered for a moment, and did not resist the pull, but let a wisp of dream power protect his thoughts.

As he went deeper, Melen felt that the surroundings began to become gradually bizarre. It was the interweaving of lights, the convergence of stars, full of absurdity and weirdness.

Only the venue, shrouded in the spiritual field, has not changed much.

Do not!

In fact, there were changes. As he went deeper, a vague outline gradually appeared in the sky above the center of the venue. When it became a little clearer, Melen could see that it was a huge compass, the symbol of the Yuanluo Eye School.

The compass has a diameter of ten meters and is bronze in color. It exudes a sense of vicissitudes of life, as if it were an ancient object salvaged from the long river of history.

There are grooves on the surface of the compass that divide the areas, but strangely, there is nothing in the grooves. Only in the occasional flow of light can one vaguely see inexplicable symbols or patterns.

As the compass became clearer, Melen also discovered that his thinking speed had been incredibly improved, increasing to ten times or even dozens of times the previous speed.

Moreover, he can easily engage in multi-line thinking, and many previously puzzling problems quickly become clear in this state.

Melen looked up and saw that hundreds of smaller thought groups had gathered above the conference hall.

He picked one at random and immersed his thoughts into it. Suddenly, countless information flooded into his mind. It turned out that more than ten scholars were communicating on a certain topic. Because it was a collision of thoughts, the speed and efficiency of the communication were beyond imagination.

Moreover, when scholars communicate, they can access a huge knowledge base at any time and mobilize the knowledge recorded in it for analysis and verification.

Of course, the new knowledge generated by scholars during the communication process will also be stored in this knowledge base and become an increasingly large part of it.

Topics that normally take days to organize, discuss, and research can now be resolved in just minutes or even tens of seconds, and scholars who join the discussion can easily understand the conclusions drawn.

At the same time, because thinking can be multi-threaded, as long as one's own thinking can bear it, it is entirely possible to communicate on multiple issues at the same time.

This is a real academic exchange meeting, which is beyond Mellen’s imagination... fantasy!

But if you think about it carefully, it is natural that a scholar exchange meeting held by a powerful wizarding school, which includes scholars from the seven surrounding human kingdoms, would be so fantastical.

When Melen first heard about the scholars' exchange meeting, he thought it was just a gathering of scholars from various countries to communicate with each other.

Professor Moss did not say it explicitly at the time, and he probably subconsciously assumed that Mellen knew the situation of the academic exchange meeting based on his identity.

That's why there was such a misunderstanding.

Fortunately, it seems that apart from the fact that the scholarly materials collected by Mellen have become useless, it is actually a good thing for him.