Shi Mu walked back briskly with nearly ten thousand taels in his arms.
He received nearly ten thousand taels of silver from just such a blacksmithing task, which made him quite satisfied, but he didn't know if he would have another chance to encounter such a task in the future.
He turned a corner from the foot of a mountain, and a large building with a pointed roof and gray tiles appeared in front of him.
There were many buildings in the valley, and he didn't pay much attention when he went to the blacksmith shop. At this moment, he glanced around and found a huge plaque hanging in front of the gray building, with the three characters "Lingfa Hall" written on it.
For some reason, more than a dozen people gathered in front of the gray building, all curiously looking into the hall, but no one took a step into the hall.
Shi Mu couldn't help but feel curious and stopped.
At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly surged out of the hall, causing sand and rocks to fly in front of the eyes of everyone gathered around the entrance of the hall, and a strong force pushed everyone back.
With a "hoo" sound, a black shadow flashed past, wrapped in the strong wind, and fell outside the hall door, making a heavy blow and a muffled sound.
Shimu Station is located far away from the gate and has not been affected by the strong wind.
But his eyes flashed and he saw clearly that the black figure was a young man with a slightly dark complexion. He looked about the same age as him, but his whole body was tightly tied up by various green vines and wrapped into a rice dumpling.
, only one head and two calves are exposed.
At this moment, he flew out of the palace door. The dark-skinned boy was obviously thrown badly. He grinned on the ground for a long time and was unable to get up.
"Brother-in-law!"
Two people immediately ran out of the crowd. They must be familiar with the dark-skinned young man, but they looked at the door with some fear and did not dare to reach out to help the young man on the ground.
"You dare to come here to test with this little talent, you're wasting my time!" A slightly older voice cursed from inside the door, his tone was very impatient.
The dark-skinned boy on the ground struggled for a few times. With the help of two companions, he finally broke free from the vines and looked into the door with a slightly red face.
"Impossible. When I was in the family, I had someone test me specifically. I obviously have the talent of a warlock, and I have already begun to learn basic spells." The young man's face turned red and blue, and he argued unwillingly.
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"Hmph! Don't confuse the recognition of warlock apprentices from outside with our sect! Who doesn't know that the resources needed to train a warlock are almost ten times more than that of a warrior of the same level. Do you think that our sect will spend a lot of resources to train someone like you who has only one level?
Are you a warlock with elemental sensing power? If you want to become an officially registered warlock apprentice in this sect, you must at least be able to light up the sensing crystal to more than three degrees." The voice inside the door became even more impatient.
When the dark-skinned boy heard this, his face turned green and red, and finally, accompanied by his two companions, he left in despair.
"There are people out there who want to test the talents of warlocks. I have to weigh them all carefully. If someone comes in randomly, it won't be as simple as throwing them out. Huh, you guys have a lot of time to be an old man!" The voice in the hall said again.
It came out coldly, and then fell silent.
Hearing this, the people watching outside the palace looked at each other for a while and started talking in low voices.
Shi Mu listened to everyone's discussion, and after a while, he finally figured out that the Spiritual Law Hall here was the place where the Black Demon Sect used to test the talents of the warlocks who were the entry-level disciples.
However, the test here is not free, there is a fee of 3,000 taels of silver per person.
Moreover, the person looking after this place obviously has a weird temper. If the person being tested is not talented enough, not only will the money paid be in vain, but he will probably be humiliated by him.
Everyone outside the main hall discussed for a while. Although some were a little eager to give it a try, remembering what happened to the dark-skinned boy just now, their courage was greatly reduced. No one dared to step into the hall door again.
Shi Mu's eyes flickered, recalling the various generous tasks that only warlocks had seen in the Guangyuan Palace before, and then touched the thick silver notes in his sleeves, and stepped into the palace door with a determined heart.
When people outside the palace saw Shi Mu entering, they all looked surprised and whispered among themselves to inquire about Shi Mu's identity.
Shi Mu ignored the situation outside and walked slowly towards the palace.
Behind the palace gate is a wide corridor several feet long. After passing through, there is a solemn main hall.
The hall is quite spacious, but there are not many furnishings. There is a large mahogany table placed near the left hand side. An old man in gray robe is sitting behind the table with a lazy expression, holding a yellowed book in his hand and flipping through it with relish.
On the right side of the main hall is a round stone platform about a foot above the ground, about a foot in size, with curved runes painted on it.
There are crystal pillars as thick as a bowl rim set up around the stone platform. They are colorful and each pillar is different. Moreover, the surface of these crystal pillars is engraved with grid stripes, which are divided into nine grids from bottom to top. They look extremely mysterious.
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After Shi Mu clearly saw the stone platform and crystal pillars on the ground, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
The old man behind the big mahogany table heard footsteps and raised his head.
This old man has a thin build, gray hair, triangular eyes, a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, and a mean look.
The old man rolled his eyes strangely, put down the book in his hand, and glanced at Shi Mu without standing up.
"Come for testing? Please tell me your name and identity." The old man in gray robe snorted and said in a cold tone.
"I'm Shi Mu, the new disciple who just joined the sect two months ago." Shi Mu said with his hands raised.
The old man in gray robe looked Shi Mu up and down, and sneered: "You didn't miss the role model outside just now, did you? You have the guts to test the warlock's talent, are you just taking a chance?"
When Shi Mu heard this, his expression changed and he was speechless.
"I have seen people like you a lot. You don't practice well, but you are full of unrealistic ideas. Although the Spiritual Law Hall is a place to test the talents of disciples and warlocks, I don't bother to test cats and dogs. I don't want to waste my money again.
If you are in trouble again, get out of here." The old man in gray robe glared at Shi Mu and said coldly.
"Senior, now that the disciple has walked in, he has already made mental preparations. These are three thousand taels of silver notes. Please ask the senior to take the trouble to test them for me." Shi Mu took out three silver notes from his body and put them down calmly.
On the big mahogany table.
There was a trace of surprise on the face of the old man in gray robe. He squinted his eyes and looked at Shi Mu for a while. Shi Mu looked calm and stood quietly.
"Hmph, you're quite brave," the old man in gray robe had a strange look in his eyes, snorted, and stood up.
"Come here and stand on the stone platform." The old man in gray robe walked to the stone platform and took out a jade ruler from his arms. It was covered with colorful runes, which was somewhat similar to the patterns on the stone platform.
Shi Mu felt happy and hurriedly followed the old man's instructions and stood on the stone platform in three steps and two steps at a time.
The gray-robed old man recited something in a low voice, and a burst of green light emitted from his body and poured into the jade ruler in his hand.
The runes on the jade ruler lit up quickly. The old man in gray robe waved his hand, and a stream of colorful light shot out from the jade ruler and merged into the stone platform.
Buzz!
The patterns on the circular stone platform all lit up, emitting various colors of light, while the air buzzed loudly.
Shi Mu's expression changed slightly, and various rays of light emitted from the stone platform enveloped his body. A warm breath poured into his body from his feet, quickly traveled around in a circle, and then flowed back to the stone platform.
The brightness of the patterns on the stone platform suddenly dimmed, but the surrounding crystal pillars changed.
A blue crystal pillar, a red crystal pillar, and a black crystal pillar glowed at the same time.
The three crystal pillars all light up from the bottom position first, and the light goes up.
Among them, the blue crystal pillar only lit up one grid, the red crystal pillar lit up two grids, but the black crystal pillar suddenly jumped to the position of five grids, emitting a burning black light.
The old man in gray robe was stunned when he saw this scene.