The system is the proficiency panel

After a few more words, Lin Ji stood up to say goodbye. Elvis was about to follow him, but was stopped by the elder with a look.

When Lin Ji's footsteps completely disappeared at the end of the corridor, Seranville's expression suddenly became serious. He waved his hand to cast a soundproof barrier, and looked directly at Elvis with his emerald green eyes.

"Are you sure there are at least four gods with weak divine powers behind this group of cultivators?"

The elder's voice was low and solemn.

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly become tense, Elvis's Adam's apple moved slightly.

"It can't be wrong."

He answered firmly, pausing before adding.

"Cultivators call them Yuanying Zhenjun, and they are definitely very powerful. They can defeat the Eye Demon Gezemnid one-on-one."

Seranville let out a long sigh, the shadows between his wrinkles seeming to deepen. He walked to the window and looked at the silver crown hanging high in the sky. The floating city that refracted the light core was looming among the clouds.

"I understand."

The elder finally said, waving his hand.

"Go back and treat them well."

After Elvis left, Seranville stood alone in the empty room. The sun was still shining brightly, and he stared into the distance, his long silver beard swaying in the wind.

"Four weak divine powers, plus this unprecedented profession and power..."

He murmured in a low, almost inaudible voice.

"I'm afraid the situation in Aetherius is about to change."

Outside the window, a leaf fell, drawing a golden trail in the sunlight, and finally fell silently to the ground.

……

Lin Ji pushed open the carved wooden door of the hotel room. Warm sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, filling the living room. Xiao Ningxue sat on a soft couch by the window, her white hair falling like snow, a soft halo of light in the sunlight. She held a book written in Elvish script, her slender fingertips gently tracing the pages. When she heard the door open, she looked up, her eyes reflecting Lin Ji's figure.

"came back?"

She closed the book and gently stroked the edge of the pages with her fingertips.

"Well, things went better than expected."

Lin Ji walked over to her, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, then glanced at the title of the book in her hand - A Brief History of the Aetheris Plane. He chuckled.

"It seems you haven't been idle either."

Xiao Ningxue placed the book on her lap and raised her hand to straighten his collar.

"What did Elder Seranville say?"

Lin Ji walked over to sit beside her, naturally taking her hand. Xiao Ningxue's hand was slightly cool, delicate to the touch like jade. He tapped the table with his fingertips, and a water curtain emerged, recreating the scene of today's conversation. In the shifting light and shadow, Seranville's old yet sharp gaze and the details of the deformed badge were clearly visible. When Xiao Ningxue mentioned the Jones family's bounty, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

"In this way, we can not only gain territory, but also establish connections with the Human Alliance."

She whispered, her fingertips unconsciously drawing formation patterns on Lin Ji's palm.

At that moment, Yun Shitian's hearty laughter echoed from outside the window, faintly tinged with Feng Tian's impatient complaints. Xiao Ningxue looked toward the source of the sound, and Lin Ji immediately caused the water curtain to reflect the scene in the courtyard below—Yun Shitian was drinking with two elven rangers, holding a bottle of elven mead; Feng Tian leaned against a tree trunk, his flaming eyes staring at the sky, his face etched with boredom.

“They adapt quickly.”

Xiao Ningxue shook her head, and with a flick of her fingertips, the water curtain dissipated into specks of blue light.

Lin Ji stood up and pushed open the glass door to the terrace. The night breeze, carrying the unique fragrance of the Elven Forest's vegetation, flowed into the room. In the distance, the crystals atop the Morning Dew Tower gradually lit up as night fell. He suddenly felt a warmth against his waist—Xiao Ningxue hugged him from behind, her cheek pressed against his back.

"tired?"

He covered her folded hands.

"Kind of."

Xiao Ningxue's voice was muffled by the fabric of her clothes.

"I tried the portal three times today, and the spiritual energy consumption was greater than expected."

Lin Ji turned around and held her in his arms, his chin resting on the top of her head. There was a faint scent of laurel in her white hair, the scent of the bath oil provided by the Elf Hotel.

After a while, Xiao Ningxue left his embrace and walked to the center of the room. From the small world bead at her waist, she pulled out a nearly three-meter-tall circular portal. The portal was silver-white, its surface engraved with intricate spatial runes, and it glowed faintly in the sunlight.

She tapped the door frame with her fingertips, and the runes lit up one by one, but the spatial vortex in the center remained blurry.

"I tried several times, but I could only feel a vague connection, like searching for a drop of water in the ocean."

She frowned helplessly.

"Husband, you have the time and space concept, come and try it, maybe the result will be different."

Hearing this, Lin Ji placed his palm against the cold metal doorframe, and the imagery of time and space seeped in like a trickle. Instantly, his consciousness was drawn into a bizarre torrent—fragments of countless planes flashed before his eyes: golden pyramids towering in the desert, floating islands made of mechanical gears, ice fields shrouded in purple aurora... Each scene was fleeting, and it was impossible to pinpoint the coordinates of the Rift City.

"No, it's like trying to find a specific grain of sand in the sea of ​​stars. This world has infinite dimensions, and you must find specific coordinates or anchoring props."

Lin Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head, suddenly noticing his wife's thoughtful expression.

"Do you have an idea?"

Xiao Ningxue quickly took out the book "A Brief History of Planes" and turned to the folded page.

"Look at this record—during the Battle of Morgaroth, the heroes from other worlds crossed the dimensional barrier with tuning forks and joined forces with the various races of Aetherius to repel Morgaroth, the Maw of Corruption, who was trying to devour the Light Core."

Her fingertips slid across the trident-shaped weapon in the hands of the white-robed wizard in the illustration.

"Elvis used something similar when he brought us here, but the situation was urgent and I didn't have time to take a closer look."

Lin Ji's eyes lit up, he took the book and looked at the illustrations carefully, he suddenly chuckled and pinched Xiao Ningxue's cheek.

"Luckily I brought you here, otherwise it would have taken me a long time to figure it out."

Xiao Ningxue raised her chin slightly, a hint of pride flashing in her eyes.

"Do you understand my importance now?"

"Always known."

Lin Ji lowered his head and kissed her, tasting the sweetness of the elf flower tea between his lips and teeth. When they separated, he leaned against her forehead and whispered.

"But there's no rush about the tuning fork. It won't be too late to ask after Elvis finishes his family affairs."

As the night deepened, the two sat side by side on the terrace's soft couch. In Lin Ji's palm rested a dancing flame, sometimes transforming into a flying bird, sometimes condensing into a lotus—this was the progress of his practice of controlling fire.

Xiao Ningxue leaned on his shoulder, a strand of white hair entwined with her fingertips, and suddenly asked softly while looking at the sky.

"You say, is the star of Aetherius the same as Kaiyang?"

Lin Ji looked toward the heavens. The starry sky was exceptionally bright, the Milky Way stretching across the night sky like a diamond-studded ribbon. He thought of the observatory atop Xuantian Peak, and of the time he, Xiao Ningxue, and Luo Youran had admired the moon together.

“The probability is different.”

He put out the fire and hugged the person tightly in his arms.

"But in the future, our territory will have an observatory tower so you can see as much as you want."