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Like Xueling Town, Nalanda is also located at the foothills of the Alps, in an enclosed valley.
Nalan Snow Peak is the highest peak in the Alps and also the highest peak in the entire Western European Union. It is covered with snow all year round and the snow never melts.
However, due to the influence of the terrain and topography, the climate at the foot of Nalan Snow Peak is special, and Nalan Duo, located in the valley terrain, is a typical example.
Therefore, compared to Xueling Town, Nalanda can be said to be truly like spring all year round.
The thick snow in the mountains is melting all the time, and the gathering and flow of snow water brings abundant water sources to Nalanda.
The water source not only nourishes all living things, but also makes Nalanda extremely fertile.
It is this kind of environment that is most loved by ice elves.
Going up the mountain, you will return to the ice and snow, and going down the mountain, you will enter the spring when the flowers are blooming. For the ice elves, Nalanda is simply a paradise on earth.
Although the temperature in Western Europe in autumn is lower than that in China, it is still a bit hot overall. However, as soon as he entered Nalanda, Hua Jianming immediately felt that he had entered another season.
He opened the car window and could even feel the comfortable breeze blowing in his face, breathe the fresh air, and see the lively and cute elves.
There are many ice elves living here.
Common elves include boars, messenger birds, thorny shells, and Ula.
There are also some rare ice-type Pokémon such as the Alpine form of the Flaming Tumbler and the Ice Goose.
After Didoline's introduction, Hua Jianming learned that most of the ice elves living here were raised by the residents of Nalanda.
Although there are many powerful trainers in Nalanda, there are more residents who are unwilling to become trainers. They prefer to live a carefree life with ice elves.
In fact, most of the powerful trainers go out to explore the world, and those who stay are those who don't care about worldly affairs and are more casual.
Especially some elderly people.
So when they are bored, these ice elves will keep them company, and they will also help raise these elves.
In addition to some elf cubs, Hua Jianming also saw many ice elves that were not weak in strength, some of whom had even reached the quasi-king level.
Their trainers either had accidents or settled in Nalando, and they also lived a life similar to retirement.
In general, Nalanda is a paradise on earth.
The car quickly crossed a small river and stopped at the other end of the stone bridge.
After getting off the bus, Hua Jianming saw two girls waiting for them.
These two people looked a little younger than Didoline and were wearing dresses.
That is no ordinary dress. It is layered with fashion elements such as butterfly tulle, pleated collar, leg-of-mutton sleeves, false sleeves, hip tubes, and skirt frames, as well as decorations such as rubies, pearls, emeralds, etc. from head to toe.
There is an alternative kind of performance art.
Such outfit is not something that ordinary families can afford.
The two girls smiled when they saw Hua Jianming and Didolain getting out of the car.
"Sister Didoraine, you're here!"
One of the girls who looked a little younger happily took Didoline's hand and said.
"Ariana, we have guests here, don't be so casual!"
When the other girl who looked like an older sister saw Hua Jianming looking over, she immediately scolded her younger sister in a serious manner.
Seeing her sister sticking out her tongue in embarrassment, the elder sister said to Hua Jianming: "Hello, respected guest, I am Genesis, this is Ariana, welcome to Nalanda. Next, we will be your guides to take you around Nalanda."
Both sisters Genesis and Ariane have the same long golden hair as Didoline, and their faces are very similar to Didoline. It is hard to believe that they are not relatives.
This is indeed the case. The father of the two sisters and Didoline's father are brothers, so the two sisters and Didoline are real close relatives.
However, the two sisters Genesis and Ariana are the two most talented trainers of the younger generation, so they were taken from Snow Ridge Town to Nalanda when they were young to receive instruction from their elders.
Especially Ariana, although she is the younger sister, her talent is better than her sister Genesis, so she is very much loved by the elders and her personality has become a little eccentric.
"Hello, I'm Hua Jianming. I'm going to trouble you from now on."
The two sisters are accompanied by a gym-level Tundra Bear and a gym-level Alpine Daruma Baboon.
After her sister Genesis finished introducing herself to Hua Jianming, she turned to Didolainen and said, "Sister Didolainen, welcome back."
Didorine smiled and rubbed Genesis's head: "Long time no see, Genesis."
"Okay, let's not stand here anymore, let's go home quickly." Ariana urged from the side.
After saying that, she rang the bell in the distance.
Soon, four elves appeared in the distance. They were four hairy pigs.
"Let's ride the long-haired pigs home, otherwise it will be very tiring to rely on just our two feet." Ariana said with a smile as she touched the thick hair of one of the long-haired pigs.
Long-haired pigs are ice elves that live in the snow and ice. They are covered with thick and long fur that can resist the cold.
Although the four legs are very short, the hooves are very wide and rough, so they will not slip even when walking on snow.
The eyes of the hairy pigs are invisible because of their long hair, but they can know the surrounding situation through their sensitive noses and are extremely sensitive to sounds. In addition, their sense of smell is very sensitive, so there is no need to worry about any mistakes in the marching project.
Because of these advantages, every household in the Nalanda family raised a few long-haired pigs or ivory pigs as mounts.
In such an environment, they are much more useful than cars.
Didolainen said to the butler beside the car: "Kilar, you should go back to Xueling Town first. I will notify you to pick us up in a few days."
The butler named Kirar bowed and said, "I understand, Miss. Then I will go back to Xueling Town first."
After the Lincoln drove away, Hua Jianming and the other three sat on the backs of the hairy pigs and walked towards the depths of Nalanda.
In the center of Nalanda is a not-so-high snow-capped mountain, on which lie the ruins of a temple in Western European mythology, where the goddess of ice and snow, Kaone, is enshrined.
As Ariana walked, she pointed at the vaguely visible ruins on the snow-capped mountains and introduced to Hua Jianming the history of Nalanda and the origin of the temple ruins.
When Hua Jianming and his companions arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountain in the center of Nalanda, his sister Genesis took out a bell and started shaking it. Then, a dozen messenger birds flew out from the other side of the mountain where the view was blocked.
They are grouped in groups of four, each with a bamboo basket tied to it.
This is a Messenger Bird hot air balloon.
After feeding the messenger birds a few energy cubes, Genesis said, "Next, let's experience this special way of climbing the mountain."
Ariana: "Yes, this is our unique mode of transportation in Nalanda. Before showing you, Mr. Hua, around Nalanda, we have to visit the elders first."
Genesis nodded and said, "Sister Didolain, you haven't been back for a long time, and the elders want to see you."
Chapter 567 Nalanda Temple
The further Hua Jianming drifted towards the snow-capped mountains, the more rare elves he saw, and most of them were ice elves.
Of course, there are also a few Pokémon that do not have ice attributes, and the strongest one among them is a king-level Garchomp.
These powerful elves not only live in Nalanda in their old age, but also serve as Nalanda's garrison force.
According to Ariana, Nalanda was invaded by waves of elves many times many years ago. It was with the help of these garrison elves that Nalanda was able to repel the waves of elves.
Such a record also makes Nalanda a very special place in the Western European Alliance and one of the strongest forces in the Western European Alliance.
No one dares to act recklessly in Nalanda.
Of course, there will definitely be some ignorant trainers who want to use Nalanda as a stepping stone, but in the end they all leave in disgrace.
Although Didoline does not have a particularly high talent as a trainer, his status in Nalanda is very high. Even those with high talent and high potential like Ariana and Genesis cannot compare to him. He is the favorite of the elders.
However, unlike Ariana and Genesis, who were taken to Nalanda to be taught by their elders since childhood, Didoline grew up in Xueling Town.
In addition to learning a great deal of elf knowledge from her grandmother Dr. Emma, she also trained day and night with her brother King Arthur. She grew up step by step through her own efforts and stood out among the many Nalando trainers.
It is precisely because of this that Didoline's efforts are so valuable, and the elders love and value her even more.
Talent is not everything, and the elders are well aware of this. There are too many powerful trainers in this world, but how many of them can reach the top with their own talents?
When she was a little older, Didoline and her brother King Arthur were taken to Nalanda. However, she was already fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, so she was a little different from other children.
Dido Rhine was very uncomfortable when she first came to Nalanda from Xueling Town. After all, she was different from everyone else because she was spoiled by her elders and her brother, which made her ostracized by other children.
But this is inevitable.
The other children who were trained by their elders all had extremely strong talents, but Didolainen did not; everyone was loved by their elders, but Didolainen was the most loved; only Didolainen had a brother who was so powerful that it was terrifying.
These are the reasons why she was excluded.
But Didolaine is Didolaine. She brought her Demonic Red Fox, which was a long-tailed fire fox at the time, and gave all the children who were deliberately looking for trouble a good beating.
From then on, no one dared to make themselves uncomfortable.
The four people stood in their respective bamboo baskets and let the messenger birds fly all the way up the mountain until they stopped at the top.
This is the location of the most sacred temple in Nalanda, and it is also the most central place in the entire Nalanda.
After the messenger bird flew away, seeing that Hua Jianming's eyes were still on the messenger bird, Genesis enthusiastically explained: "I'm curious why Nalanda has the messenger bird unique to the Neon Alliance's Fuji Snow Mountain?"
Hua Jianming nodded, but he was just a little confused because Zhuang Xian said that only the messenger bird lives in Mount Fuji.
But it wouldn't be surprising to see a few of them in other places.
"These messenger birds were given to King Arthur by the Neon Alliance when he defeated the strongest man in the Neon Alliance, Uehara Yagyu, during his travels in the Neon Alliance. The purpose of this is to increase the friendship between the two alliances."
Two major alliances?
Hua Jianming couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. Even that shabby place could be considered a big alliance.
Look, I'll find a chance to sink it!
"I see. Come to think of it, there are a few messenger birds living in my backyard as well."
As if afraid that the three girls would not believe it, Hua Jianming took out his mobile phone and found the photos that Han Xin took of the messenger bird.
Ariana looked at the photo excitedly and couldn't help but say, "As expected of Mr. Hua, he is really powerful and even received a gift from the Neon Alliance."
Didolainen coughed lightly, signaling Ariana to be careful with her words.
After all, there is a not-so-friendly historical relationship between the Huaxia Alliance and the Neon Alliance.
"Ms. Ariana, I need to correct you. The first half of your sentence is correct, but the second half of your sentence is problematic."
Ariana also reacted at this time, and she asked carefully: "What's the problem?"
"These messenger birds in my backyard were captured by one of my elders who knew that I liked to collect various ice elves, so he went to Mount Fuji to capture them."
"Ah?" Ariana asked doubtfully, "Capture? Mount Fuji allows capture? But I remember that King Arthur..."