From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 491 Return
Aurora and Franco were delighted to hear the Führer’s personal praise.

"Although you two are not affiliated with the Empire, as mysterious people, you are willing to help the Empire fight the disaster. I am very pleased."

Caesar laughed.

"Miss Aurora, you are a nun of the 'Holy Mother Church'. I will not be stingy with the rewards you deserve. The 'Holy Sisters' you lead will all be rewarded, and the sacrificed members will also receive the proper funeral. They are also heroes..."

"Thank you, Mr. President."

Aurora lowered her head and spoke softly.

Caesar looked at the man again.

"Mr. Franco, although your 'Record Society' is a secret society, as far as I know, it has never done anything bad. This time, you responded to the call and offered help, which is good."

"These are what you should do as an imperial citizen."

Franco replied quickly.

Although the head of state did not promise anything, he understood that this was a blessing for the "Record Council".

Because the existence of the "Records Council" is, strictly speaking, not in compliance with Imperial law, it will be brutally purged by the committee.

This time, he has gained the favor of the head of state because of his disaster relief work. In the future, as long as he does not cause any major trouble, it will be tantamount to tacitly allowing his existence.

Originally, everything was peaceful, firstly because the "record meeting" was low-key, and secondly because of the presence of Chairman Pala.

During his tenure, Para Celsus established friendships with many esoteric cults and secret societies, and was able to balance and control the originally turbulent situation with great skill.

Therefore, they turned a blind eye to the "recording meeting".

But once this chairman retires.

It’s hard to say what will happen in the future.

"Okay, you two go to the reception room and wait for a while. I still have something to tell Jilan."

Caesar chuckled.

Aurora and Franco quickly bowed and tactfully left. A female guard quickly stepped forward and respectfully led the two out of the courtyard.

"Gillian, you did a great job."

Caesar's red eyes were deep and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I'm in a good mood now that the 'poet' has suffered a setback. What reward do you want?"

Gilan did not hesitate. Following the advice of his teacher Pala, he stated his needs directly:
"Prince, I overclocked my alchemy in this battle, causing serious damage to the Philosopher's Stone in my body, so I plan to refine a new one..."

"Thank you so much for your hard work."

Caesar's eyes softened and he sighed.

"This is a reasonable request, but even when I was leading the Knights to battle, I would not give my subordinates a new set of equipment as a reward just because their equipment was damaged."

"I will have someone send you double the materials you need, but this is not a reward, just compensation..."

Jilan was startled, thought for a moment, and said:

"Prime Minister, I need the 6th level secret teaching."

"Secret teachings, huh?" Caesar nodded with his hands behind his back. "I know the path you're taking is the Crucible Sword, but it's not the February Path of the 'Director'. It's a completely new path, so it's reasonable to need other secret teachings as references..."

"I will give you all the sixth-level secrets of the four paths of the body spiral. How about that?"

Caesar laughed.

Hearing this, Jilan was overjoyed.

Four copies of the sixth-level secret teachings will be of great help to the deduction of "Banlan", and will certainly greatly reduce the number of mystery points required for the deduction!
"Thank you, Mr. President."

Gillan crossed his arms and saluted.

But Caesar shook his head.

"Don't thank me yet, this is not enough, please continue."

"Huh?" Jilan was stunned.

"You have made great contributions, and your feat has far-reaching impact, which is far beyond the reach of this reward."

Caesar nodded in a gentle tone.

"Go ahead."

Jilan looked at the red-haired young man in front of him who seemed to be the same age as him, thought for a moment, and then said:

"I want money..."

"Money?" This time, Caesar raised his eyebrows, as if he did not expect Gillan to make such a request.

"Of course no problem." He smiled and said, "Go on."

Seeing that he could still make a request, Jilan thought about it and said in a deep voice:

"Führer, I would like to collect the remnants of a real film called "Curtain Call"."

Hearing this, Caesar's gaze paused for a moment, then he lowered his eyes.

A pair of red eyes fell into endless thoughts, like reminiscing, like sighing, extremely complicated.

Jilan noticed the abnormality of the leader, but did not dare to ask any questions. He just lowered his head silently.

"……Can."

Caesar spoke.

"A friend of mine happens to have a fragment, but you may have to wait a little while."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Gilan bowed again, feeling happy.

Caesar smiled and nodded.

But those deep red eyes still hide thoughts that are difficult to fathom.

...

...

When they left the Palace, Aurora and Franco still felt it was unreal.

They paused for a moment on the steps in front of the Sifang Palace gate and looked back.

"I never thought that this is the true appearance of the Führer, and he is so young..." Franco sighed in a deep voice.

Aurora nodded repeatedly and laughed.

"The Führer is indeed as Mr. Gillan said, very approachable. Although I am still a little in awe of him, I am not as nervous as I thought I would be."

Gillan smiled silently.

He did not tell the two of them the true identity of Emperor Caesar. This was not out of distrust, but a kind of protection.

Because it involves the secret history of the "Crippled King", everything is so sensitive and dangerous. When the time is right, he will naturally inform the four members of the "Hand of Dawn".

but not now.

"Let's go, I'll see you off."

Jilan raised his hand to indicate the key in his hand and smiled.

Aurora and Franco looked at each other and nodded.

The two have stayed in the capital for more than half a month. Now that Jilan has awakened, it is time for them to leave and return to their respective forces to report.

Although I am a little reluctant, it is a blessing to be together.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Gillan."

Aurora lowered her head and spoke softly.

Jilan took two steps closer and personally smoothed a messy strand of hair on her forehead behind her ear, then put his hands on her shoulders.

"Don't be sad. There will be a day in the future when we can all be together in the world."

"Yes!" Aurora blushed and nodded heavily.

...

...

That day, Gilan sent his two companions to the station and waved goodbye until the train disappeared from sight.

After nightfall, he just drove back to the Morales Street apartment, and the old butler Charles came to greet him excitedly with the maids.

The young master had been gone for more than half a month, and the housekeeper and servants had learned about the terrible disaster in Cockburn City through neighbors and even newspapers and radio.

They knew that Gillan was busy with this matter and couldn't help but worry about his safety.

Of course, the Empire blocked most of the relevant information, and only announced to the outside world that a cult organization carried out a new virus developed by the Federation and carried out a terrorist attack in the city of Cockburn.

Even some secret cults, as well as the upper class and the top officials of the empire, are not aware of the truth behind the city of Coburn.

No one except Jilan knew about the game between the superiors and the attempt of the "Spirit King" to ascend to god.

Gillan was escorted into the apartment.

He comforted old Charles with some words and did not cause him any unnecessary worries.

Life seemed to be back on track.

The next morning, the Sifang Palace sent two men and women in black clothes to hand over the rewards promised by the head of state to Jilan.

A large, sophisticated and sturdy alchemical black box contained dozens of silver metal cans of various sizes, four parchment scrolls, a stack of white cards and a stack of gold Caesars.

Gillan carefully counted the materials in the alchemy room in the attic and found that the materials for refining the "Philosopher's Stone" even included a high concentration of "Sand of Evil".

This means two things.

First, the head of state was well aware of the formula and refining method of the "philosopher's stone".

Secondly, Jilan did not need to use the glass beads he had accumulated as materials, which greatly saved potential points.

"Captain Caesar is indeed generous. He has nothing to complain about when it comes to his own people."

Gillan laughed.

These materials are enough to refine two "Philosopher's Stones" and have some left over.

As for the white cards, there are 50 of them!
Add the 10 cards that Gillan has, that’s 60 in total!
This is a considerable amount of mysterious wealth.

If we ignore the difficulty of purchase and the premium, the market value alone is at least more than 6 Caesars!
There are also 100 stacks of large-denomination Caesar gold foil banknotes with a value of "5", which is 5.

It can be said that Jilan will not be short of money for a long time to come.

After carefully reading the last four parchment scrolls, Jilan learned the names of the sixth-level essences of the four spiral paths of the body.

they are, respectively:
The Shell Sword, the "Demon" of the "Gladiator" Way of March.

The Holy Grail of the body, the "perfect person" of the way of "Mrs. Ya" in June.

The Shell Star Coin, the "Cuckoo" of the "Crippled King" path in December.

The Scepter of the Shell, the "Lord" of the "Blind General" Way in November.

Jilan spent the entire morning and half an afternoon pondering the secret contents on the parchment until she finally understood them thoroughly.

After all, the 6th level is the limit of the mortal world, and the esoteric teachings are more profound than ever before. In addition, the esoteric teachings in paper media are far less easy to understand than those in oral form, so it took a little more time.

Jilan tried to "feed" them to "Colorful", and then used the "background" secret as the core to carry out the original 6th-level deduction.

"Banlan" gives the required points:
"8000."

Originally, the amount needed to deduce the sixth level of "Player" out of thin air was 6. If the "Scene" secret was added alone, it was reduced to 20000.

Now with the addition of the Four Paths of the Spiral Body Secret, another 4000 points are reduced, and 8000 points are needed.

Gillan was not in a hurry to deduce.

He wanted to try to achieve his goal, which was to collect all the sixth-level secrets of the twelve paths and let "Banlan" deduce an extremely powerful essence.

This can also significantly reduce the number of points required.

For the next period of time, Gillan did not go out.

He got a month's vacation, so he took advantage of this time to practice hard and strive to be promoted to level 6 as soon as possible.

At the same time, he also took time to visit the "Chessboard Garden" and tried to refine the "Philosopher's Stone" on his own.

With his current attainments in alchemy, he made almost no mistakes and perfectly refined a new "philosopher's stone" to replace the one in his body.

Time turns.

Soon it was the end of May.

(End of this chapter)