There was a dead silence in the conference room, and Yuan Yi was talking lightly about topics that made people subvert their views.

"The world we live in is not lonely. There are naturally more worlds outside the edge of the world. The demons that invaded that year lived in a place called the Demon Realm. After that war, we should clearly recognize a simple fact: our civilization and our world are still weak. The demons that once almost caused human civilization to perish were just one of the countless demons in the Demon Realm. Our victory was just to force their main force back and then block the crack. Strictly speaking, this can only be considered a survival, and it is difficult to call it a victory in the war... Even so, it has put in the hard work of dozens of generations of our lives and deaths and experienced countless crises in the front line. It can be said that by chance, humanity is today."

When Yuan Yi said this, he saw that the atmosphere in the conference room became depressing.

Whenever the world is so big in front of a small person, even the most optimistic person will feel depressed and melancholy.

The magic civilization has emerged in many heroes for two thousand years, but the best among them are only the leader for decades, and a hundred years later it will be just a life in history books. The individual power it controls is only at the level of destroying cities and countries. Even the island on the sea of ​​hope is not enough to be able to catch it.

Such power is not worth mentioning compared to the vastness of the world. Once anyone thinks of the ultimate dream he has been pursuing throughout his life, he is just a drop in the ocean in the context of the world, and a heart of depression and melancholy will naturally arise.

And this is also the effect that Yuan Yi deliberately pursues.

Compared with the life and death of human civilization, the protection umbrella of the tree of immortality, how can such topics as the base camp be explained? Therefore, Yuan Yi only used a historical story to pull everyone's attention away.

In this way, it will be convenient for him to tell the subsequent story.

Yuan Yi said: "Two thousand years after the human-demon war, human civilization has never encountered the crisis of foreign visitors again. The magic civilization has been able to develop in a peaceful environment for two thousand years. Some people say that this is the destiny of mankind, but I think no one here believes in destiny, right?"

As Yuan Yi's eyes swept, the scholars behind the conference table seemed to receive invisible encouragement, and nodded and responded: "Yes, destiny is controlled by mankind, why do you need destiny?"

Yuan Yi smiled and said, "Since everyone has the awareness of conquering nature, we should know that there is no miracle that God has given to humans, and everything needs to be fought for by ourselves... Similarly, the peaceful environment of the past two thousand years is not given by God. In fact, if we think from another perspective, it is easy to find doubts. Why did the demon race fail to make a comeback once by humans? Although we closed the channels between the two realms at that time, with the level of civilization of the demon race and the strength of the mastery, it would be wishful thinking to say that they could not break the seal of humans for two thousand years?"

The questions raised by Yuan Yi made the atmosphere in the venue more depressing.

Some people have been thinking about similar questions for two thousand years.

If you have not experienced that catastrophic war, this kind of doomsday thinking is of course an unscrupulous worry, but if a precedent occurs, it is completely silly and sweet if you don’t consider the arrival of doomsday.

However, this kind of thinking has no practical significance. If the demons are really as powerful as people pessimistically expected, then when they break the seal again and come to the world, it will be the day when human civilization perishes.

Although the human demon civilization has made great progress over the past two thousand years, the number of demon priests today is hundreds or thousands of times that of the past, and the top strong people can beat ten or one hundred of the so-called top strong people in the past. But there is no reason to think that only humans have made progress in the past two thousand years.

On the contrary, the more humans move forward on the path of demonic path, the more they discover that this path has no end at all. Why can we develop faster than the demons with the human body? It is very likely that the puzzle that humans have to do their best to solve is a problem that can be handled by eating and drinking water... However, apart from the path of demons, humans have no better choice.

Martial arts, magical arts, elements, and all powers have been proven to have serious flaws in human history. Only the magic, which belongs to the power of a foreign race, has shown unprecedented vitality... Therefore, it can also be said that at the moment when the human-demon war broke out, humans were like mayflies shaking a big tree and heading into a dead end.

It’s just that two thousand years of peace can prevent most people from thinking too deeply about the future. Life is short and you can enjoy it in time. Instead of worrying about it, it’s better to cherish the present.

However, Yuan Yi suddenly cut open the ostrich-like psychological defense line in the conference room, revealing the bleeding reality.

"But you don't have to worry. As I said, there is no miracle in the world that comes from heaven. The peace of human civilization for two thousand years is based on a very solid and powerful foundation. Of course, this foundation is the tree of immortality."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi finally turned the topic into formality, which also shocked many people when they heard this.

"All you here should know about the tree of immortality or life. There are conspiracy organizations that have provoked chaos in the East and West Continents countless times, centipede insects that die without being stiff, and human enemies who were publicly expelled by the Qin Empire... There are too many legends about it, some are true, and some are the imaginations of ignorant people. Here I can give you a simple conclusion: the truth or falsehood of those legends is not important at all."

Yuan Yi said this, facing everyone's confused eyes, he showed an extremely reassuring smile: "Compared to its value of existence, those rumors are meaningless, just like about me. Some people say I like to eat fish, some people say I like to eat meat, but compared with my own value, what is the preference of fish and meat? The same is true for the Changsheng Tree. Regardless of the organization that acts around Changsheng, whether it has planned a conspiracy, whether it has subverted the regime, or whether it has done something against human ethics.

Atrocities... Compared to the meaning of the immortal tree, these things are irrelevant. The immortal tree, a strange thing in the demon world, grew up in the virtual world, was discovered by humans during the decisive battle stage of the human-demon war. It has been cultivated and used so far. Its magical effect is as vast as the sea. It has not been fully analyzed and understood, but at least one thing: the existence of the immortal tree can obscur our world. When its branches and leaves are stretched, the eyes from outside the domain will not fall on us. Human civilization has also obtained two thousand years of peace."

Yuan Yi's conclusion is shocking because it completely subverts the historical view of many people, and there is no evidence to prove his conclusion! In addition, there are many contradictions with reality in this conclusion. For example, if the tree of immortality is so important, why is it not known for the past two thousand years? Why is the organization surrounding this strange thing in the demon world so mysterious?

But Yuan Yi did not answer these questions in detail. He just continued: "The existence of the immortal tree is necessary, and the Eastern Continent is its discoverer and defender. But at the same time, the immortal tree is not omnipotent, nor is it natural and just. Some people are wary of it or even dislike it, or they are angry with the evil deeds of the organization members on the essence of the immortal tree. It is reasonable for the Western Continent to be able to understand the rejection of the immortal tree. Otherwise, it will be the turn of others not to understand us."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi smiled again, facing a group of more confused demon scholars, he explained: "To give an extreme example, the East Continent now controls the control of the immortal tree, and the importance of the immortal tree is related to life and death in the world. So can we use this thing to threaten the Qin Empire to surrender to the Shengyuan?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone below was surprised and said, "Yes, why don't we let them surrender?"

Yuan Yi did not make fun of this person at all, but instead curled his smile and replied seriously: "Because the other party can fight to the death. As long as they find a way to drive out the tree of immortality and open the door to the foreign land, the demons will come again, and the mere sea of ​​hope will probably not be able to stop the rolling demon tide in the Western Continent, right?"

The person who asked the question was surprised: "Will this die together?"

"Just die together, then are you willing to die with the Great Qin Empire? At least I don't want to, and most of the people of the Holy Yuan will not. So even if we are the base camp and protective umbrella of the Eternal Tree, it does not mean that we can be superior to others, and we cannot do whatever we want. But how can we win trust in this kind of thing just by talking about it? You make the people of the Western Continent believe that we will not oppress them with the convenience of the Eternal Tree. Do you think they will believe it? I'm afraid we don't believe it ourselves. After all, a scholar subconsciously thought that we can use the Eternal Tree to force the Great Qin Empire to surrender."

Hearing this, the person who advised him was already blushing and ashamed.

Yuan Yi smiled and comforted: "Mr. Chen doesn't have to blame himself. You are obsessed with academics and have naive ideas about governance. Everyone is good at it and not good at it. I celebrated my father's birthday a few years ago and wanted to cook a dish with my own hands. As a result, just a recipe for the meal made my mother laugh out loud... Yes, I was very clumsy when I cooked."

Yuan Yi used his own jokes to successfully offset Mr. Chen's embarrassment, and then continued: "Everyone here sometimes has naive thoughts because he is not sensitive to politics, but once he is corrected and understands the truth, he will no longer have any delusions. But there are a few people who are as rational and sober as you are, and there will always be short-sighted people who ignore the overall situation in order to seek temporary speed. Once they know the importance of the tree of immortality, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not make a big fuss about it. Even our Shengyuan Royal Family does not have the confidence to make every generation of emperors wise and martial, and clear-headed. If a certain generation of people gets angry and sends a letter of persuasion to the Qin Empire, then the peace of human civilization will be over. So, what do you think should be done?"

Everyone looked at each other, how could they tell me? Moreover, Yuan Yi dared to use the royal family as an example, so how could they dare to discuss the shortcomings and strengths of the royal family in front of Yuan Yi? Although they were not used to politics, they were not completely crazy people who had never been exposed to politics.

Yuan Yi did not force himself and asked and answered: "It's very simple. Putting the immortal tree high above and hiding it to reduce contacts and insiders, and naturally fewer people have delusions. Secondly, entrusting the specific operation and maintenance of the immortal tree to others to reduce the direct control of the royal family. This can also add a protection network to it. Of course, it also has risks to hand it over to others to maintain it, so the control of the immortal tree is divided into multiple parts, and no party can control the immortal tree alone. In this way, unless everyone has a fever at the same time, there will be no exception."

After a pause, Yuan Yi continued: "We say that we must assume obligations while enjoying rights, and have corresponding awareness. Then, when we cannot be able to have enough awareness, and we cannot fully shoulder their corresponding obligations, we naturally have to give up some rights. This is the answer left by people two thousand years ago for future generations. To this day, I still think this answer is perfect and do not want to change it. Over the years, our East Continent has firmly occupied the dominant position of the Eternal Tree, but has never made any statement, let it go, and even suppressed the organization of the Eternal Tree when necessary. This is the reason. Although various problems arise, such as the expansion in the Western Continent is extremely unsuccessful, it is ultimately a two thousand years of peace for mankind."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi saw that everyone in the conference room had begun to show their blank eyes, so he gave a concise explanation: "This is politics."

So the scholars attending the meeting were relieved: It turned out to be a political issue, no wonder it sounds so complicated and awkward and difficult to understand.

Since it is politics, it has nothing to do with us. Let Your Highness, the Speaker and other big names consider it. It is enough for us to focus on the life in front of us for decades.

Yuan Yi said again: "Thank you for your understanding, but please be careful not to be impatient. The meeting has not ended. Since Dean Zhu's letter was sent in the name of academic exchange, we will respond in the form of academic exchange. How to reply to the letter requires all your efforts."

Someone didn't understand and asked, "How do you want us to respond academically? We... after all, no one has seen the tree of immortality. Could it be..."

Speaking of this, the people in the conference room suddenly became excited. His Royal Highness said this. Could it be that he wanted to give them a chance to get in touch with the tree of immortality?!

This is a god-given opportunity!

However, Yuan Yi said: "It is precisely because you have never seen the tree of immortality that you need to work together, use your imagination, and jointly draft a reply letter that will make President Zhu shut up."

People were stunned for a while before they realized that their dreams had been shattered, so they sighed.

However, Ren Yi, who had been "living away from the crowd", suddenly realized it.

Of course, His Highness the Prince will not let them contact the Tree of Eternal Life easily. On the contrary, it is precisely because they have never contact the Tree of Eternal Life that they are more suitable to write this reply.

His Highness the prince made up his mind to pretend to be stupid and respond to President Zhu's inquiry.

However, since this open letter was sent to the Eastern Continent through public channels, and even because Ren Yi was careless for a moment, dozens of scholars from all over the empire came into contact with the letter, the content is naturally extremely difficult to keep confidential, and I am afraid that it will spread in various academic circles after the meeting... In this case, how to respond to the other party's inquiries is very particular about skills.

His Highness the prince asked them to work together, but what they really needed was not their strategy and strength, but their reputation. As we all know, Ren Yi summoned all of them were nerds who were not political and devoted to learning. Although these people were often ridiculed and laughed at by others, on the other hand, people were particularly confident in the academic integrity of these nerds. If the reply letters drafted by them together would appear to be more credible than the royal family!

If even these people openly pretend to be stupid and just think that they don’t know the protective umbrella and base of the immortal tree, and respond to this letter in a matter-of-fact manner, then other people will naturally not think too much without knowing it, just think that this is an academic exchange that Zhu Junshen did a little bit of a big topic.

Similar exchanges are carried out countless times every year, and the topics are all-encompassing. The questions raised by Zhu Junshen will soon be submerged.

In this section, Ren Yi finally felt that the cold sweat began to fade. Since he and others are valuable, they should not be held accountable. Even if this level has passed, he can continue to enjoy the many benefits of the deputy academic team leader, and his pension is as stable as an old dog. The beauty in the confused domain will not leave him...

Looking at the still confused eyes of his colleagues, Ren Yi even felt a sense of superiority in his heart.

This is why I can become the deputy team leader, and you are just team members! It may not be that I have higher academic achievements than you, but because I understand politics better than you!

And excitedly, Ren Yi even had a bold idea.

"Your Highness, I have a question to ask for advice." Ren Yi was very excited and tried to use his political acumen to gain more benefits. "Can the tree of immortality really give people immortality?"

His Highness the Prince did not allow them to contact the immortal tree, but he wanted to borrow their name to make a final decision on the immortal tree. As the chess piece in His Highness's hand, it would be reasonable to ask for rewards with a little courage?

Even if you can't witness the majestic and heroic posture of the immortal tree with your own eyes, you can at least get some secrets from His Highness the prince? For scholars, it is much more comfortable to get unknown secrets than to meet beautiful women in a confused domain!

After all, beauty may be the bait for immortals to jump, but knowledge will not let itself down.

When Yuan Yi heard this, he glanced at Ren Yi with a lot of fun, and then replied: "Of course, the immortal tree protects human civilization for two thousand years. For two thousand years, there are immortals who have never died? Of course, by analyzing this magical dodge, there are indeed some discoveries that make people prolong their lives... Why, are you planning to write it into the letter?"

Ren Yi was instantly injected with cold water, and his excitement disappeared.

Although His Highness, the prince's tone was soft, but in Ren Yi, he sounded like a tsunami, which made people shudder... He really had a water in his mind, so he asked such a question of committing suicide! He had already given the steps, why did he jump up and committing suicide?!

Sure enough, I can only serve as the deputy team leader in the end. I understand politics, but I only have a slight understanding...

Ren Yi cried and replied, "I'm thinking too much, please forgive me."

"Haha, scholars are asking about it because of nature, what is the crime?" Yuan Yi smiled at Ren Yi's arrogance.

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An hour later, Yuan Yi left the conference room with a proud smile.

Many scholars in the conference room seemed to have been squeezed out, each of them was exhausted and haggard, and they were gasping forever in the conference room.

His Highness is worthy of being a contemporary saint, and his level is far beyond their imagination. Even an open letter clearly expresses perfunctory and destiny is required to be perfect.

The four words "People's Work" are not false. Everyone who attended the meeting has learned all their lives to leave words in the open letter that made His Highness nod slightly.

It is really hard to grasp the degree of the Holy Yuan Council if you want to hide the truth, and you cannot appear ignorant to fall into the name of the Holy Yuan Council.

In fact, thanks to the guidance of His Highness the Prince on the spot, these people were able to brainstorm and complete the open letter together in just one hour. Whether it was the overall writing framework of the letter or the factional disputes that occurred in some specific theories, they were all the result of the guidance of His Highness the Prince. Afterwards, people could not help but wonder whether His Highness the Prince had a long time ago, and was simply borrowing the names of these people...

However, after the letter is written, the matter will come to an end. Next, as long as they go home to have a good rest, take a shower, change clothes, and be calm... they can talk about their experiences today in their own small circles!

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On the other side, after Yuan Yi left the conference room, he came straight to the clouds.

Zhou She has been waiting for him for a long time.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Yuan Yi smiled and said, "What's the hard work? On the contrary, if there was no such trouble for the people from the west, the plan we made was completely useless. I had been thinking about this letter for a long time, and finally I wrote it out, which was also a pleasure."

Zhou She nodded: "It's good."

Yuan Yi looked at his teacher and saw that his face was calm, as if he was really not interested in this matter, so he couldn't help but feel disappointed: "Teacher, have you ever been told when you were young, and you especially don't know how to look at the atmosphere?"

Zhou She couldn't help laughing: "No one has ever asked me to see the atmosphere."

"…The genius's speech is really dissatisfied."

Zhou She turned around and said helplessly: "Okay, they didn't doubt your words?"

Yuan Yi then became a little excited: "Of course not! This set of rhetoric is a filing that I have carefully woven for a long time, half true and half false. With their knowledge, they will only think that everything is reasonable. Even if they want to question it, they will have no idea how to start."
To be continued...