Chapter 48 Worry and Enlightenment

Chapter 48 Worry and Enlightenment

Chapter 48 Worry and Enlightenment

The castle was built on a hillside on the island. There were no cliffs around it. On each side there was a large area of ​​scorched earth left by burnt trees. In the distance behind there were some broken walls, which should be the ruins of a building.

The main hall is located at the highest point of the hillside. Standing outside the door, Ivan and others can see the environment around the castle.

To be honest, this place looks a bit ordinary.

Soon, the young men were attracted by the cloud servants.

The cloud servant has no flesh and blood, and its entire body is made up of clouds. Its body is slightly larger than a basketball, like a pure white marshmallow floating in the air, with human-like facial features and small hands and feet sticking out.

It exudes a cute aura all over its body, making the girls, Jiushiti and Sharin, want to hold it in their arms and knead it.

"Crack."

Being stared at by many people with a fierce gaze, the Cloud Servant felt like a thorn in his back. He turned around and issued a warning to the human behind him who had bad intentions.

Its voice was like the friction of thunder and lightning, it was in an unknown language, and there were flashes of lightning while it spoke.

The young men were startled and put away their inappropriate thoughts.

The cloud servant didn't take the boys far away and came to a row of bungalows.

Each person chooses a room to use as a dormitory.

The dormitory is not big and is divided into two parts by hanging silk cloth: living area and sleeping area. The living area is equipped with tables and chairs, wooden basins and barrels, oil lamps, matches, copper locks, etc. The sleeping area is on the inside and has clean bedding and pillows.

Ivan shrugged his nose, and always felt a faint fishy smell. Perhaps no one had lived here for a while.

There are special places for washing and eating, and you can't miss meal times.

In one afternoon, Ivan figured out the lifestyle here.

"Where are the previous apprentices? Why can't I see any of them?"

After dinner, he was lost in thought in his dormitory.

From the castle gate to the main hall in the central area, to the dormitory area and the cafeteria, he paid attention to everything around him, but did not find any apprentices except Ekz.

"Dong dong dong."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and Jiushiti, wearing a light green dress, appeared. She pointed at the door and said, "It wasn't me who pushed it. Your door wasn't closed properly."

"I know."

Jiushiti closed the door and said worriedly, "Have you noticed that all the people who came here before are gone? I suspect they are all dead. Do you think there is any great danger on this island?"

"I guess so."

"Then do you think it could be——"

She pointed cryptically toward the center of the castle.

Ivan was silent for a while, then said, "What can I do? Let's take it one step at a time."

The two of them looked at each other in silence, feeling as if a stone was pressing on their hearts.

The two dormitories were next to each other, and Jiushi had made up her mind to run to Ivan if she was in danger, as she didn't believe that he would just watch her die without helping her.

……

a new day.

After a night of rest, the young men were full of energy, and the cloud servants took them to the main hall of yesterday.

"Laurie, Wizard Toins wants to see you."

After waiting for a while, the little green-winged snake called Laurie into the hall.

When Laurie came out of the hall with a smile on his face, he had something in his hand, an apprentice robe with a fist-sized crystal ball on the grey robe.

The second one was Ivan. He followed the little green-winged snake into the main hall, which was still empty. There was a long table in the middle, and Wizard Toins was sitting behind it. On one side of the table was a gray apprentice robe, and on the other side were seven crystal balls.

"Ivan, what do you think a wizard is?"

"A cultivator more powerful than a knight."

In response to Ivan's answer, Toins smiled gently, neither saying it was right nor wrong.

He said: "Wizards are good at seeking knowledge from power and using knowledge to achieve their own power. The most fundamental power of wizards is spiritual power. Among the human group, only a small number of people have spiritual power, which is the wizard's talent.

Only through the enlightenment of talent can human beings feel the existence of spiritual power. Enlightenment requires a guide, and the guide is usually one's own mentor. Ivan Marichatton, are you willing to become my disciple? "

Ivan quickly replied, "Yes."

A terrifying aura rose from Toins' body, enveloping Ivan. At that moment, he felt like a fallen leaf in the wind and rain.

“Repeat after me:

Following the ancient tradition of wizards, I am willing to embark on the path of seeking knowledge and truth, and to contribute my own strength to the survival and continuation of mankind. Mother Earth, I swear here that I will never betray mankind, never betray Danela, and never disclose the knowledge taught by my mentor to any living being. "

Ivan did not dare to delay and recited along with Toins' tone, over and over again, the two voices blending together.

Stop only after you finish doing it twice.

The terrifying aura from Toins subsided.

Ivan noticed some changes in himself. When he looked around, it was as if a layer of dust had been brushed off, and the world became more vivid and lively.

Toins asked, "You are already a wizard apprentice. Do you know the ancient language of Gaoganda?"

"Yes, I understand Tidal Language too."

"Very good. I have prepared a meditation method for you in the crystal ball. Please practice it when you get back. The island is dangerous. Do not leave the castle. Go ahead."

"Then I'll take my leave, mentor."

After giving him many instructions, Toins took an apprentice robe from the left, took a crystal ball from the right, put it on the robe, and handed it to Ivan.

After Ivan came out holding two things, Sharin followed the little green-winged snake into the hall.

Back in the dormitory, Ivan couldn't wait to pick up the crystal ball and focus all his attention on it, just like he did in the previous test.

Unlike the previous two times, this time he clearly felt that he had probed into the crystal ball and saw the information recorded in the crystal ball. The information was written in the ancient language of Gaoganda and was divided into two parts: apprentice common sense and meditation method.

"The crystal ball can serve as a tool for storing information. The storage is limited in time and can be used to trade knowledge with others."

"The apprentice's grey robe is made of the skin of a marine silver sturgeon. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, does not get dusty, is breathable and waterproof, and is easy to wash and dry. If it were in Xiangmai Principality, it would definitely be worth a hundred gold coins. Unfortunately, there is only one."

"The currency most commonly used by wizards is magic stone, a special energy ore that can stimulate the improvement of mental power. It is divided into three grades: high, medium and low."

"Wizards use meditation to improve their mental power and manipulate energy particles with their mental power. Energy particles are everywhere. In some places, the energy particles are dense, while in other places, they are thin. It is easier to improve mental power in places with dense energy particles. The concentration of energy particles in the human kingdom is low, so wizards rarely come back."

"All knowledge has a price. Wizards follow the principle of equal exchange. Uh--"

He touched the part about apprentice common sense, the information was transmitted into his mind, and the words in the crystal ball disappeared. It felt like cutting a file from a computer to a USB drive.

Reading that all wizards follow the principle of equivalent exchange and that knowledge has a price, his right eyelid twitched and a chill passed through the back of his head.

Since this applies to all wizards, Wizard Toines is definitely no exception.

So, what was the price he paid to acquire the meditation method?
Gold coins are of little use in the wizarding world. He has nothing except his life.

"Pah! Judging from the instructor's attitude, he really wants to teach us. He doesn't seem like a deadly person."

It's not that he looks down on himself. Ivan feels that his life should not be worth much in the eyes of wizards. So what is the reason for this?

There is still a question, what caused the death of the previous apprentice?
After thinking for a long time without figuring it out, he simply gave up thinking about it and turned to receive the meditation method in the crystal ball.

(End of this chapter)