"Mr. Grace, the test has been completed and there are no problems."
Standing aside, the two gray-robed apprentices quickly inspected the healing potion placed on the wooden table. After the inspection was completed, they came over and said respectfully to Grace.
After listening to the gray-robed apprentice's words, Grace nodded slightly, and then looked at Adil: "Now that the deal has been completed, we are ready to leave."
"Also, regarding the previous proposal, would you like to reconsider it?"
Grace looked at Adil and advised: "You don't need to pay anything to join our family. You only need to sign a contract and join our family. All the resources you need in the future can be provided by our family."
"I'll think about it again."
Adeer showed a smile on his face and declined politely.
"All right···"
After listening to Adil's words, Grace was a little disappointed, but still said: "If you change your mind in the future, you can come to me at any time."
Putting these words aside, he quickly left the place with a few apprentices beside him.
Looking at their backs, Adil's face was calm and showed no emotion.
"Counting the time, it's time for Instructor Edith and the others to come back."
After a while, this idea suddenly flashed through his mind.
Three months ago, he began to inquire about news in the academy. Calculating the time, the group of wizards sent out to negotiate with the northern plains would be back in the next few days.
"There seems to be no news from Instructor Ximora either."
Standing there, looking at the hurried gray-robed apprentices around him, Adil thought to himself.
Since Instructor Ximora asked him to leave that time, Adil went to Instructor Ximora's laboratory several times, but in the end he found that it was vacant.
Not only now, but recently, the college's pharmacy courses have been temporarily canceled, and we don't know when they will be resumed.
Adil also inquired privately about Simora, and the final result he learned was that the contract signed between Simora and the academy had expired, so he left directly without knowing where he went.
"It's normal if you think about it. Although the southern continent is vast, in the end it's just a remote place with too few pharmacists."
Thinking of this, Adil shook his head, packed up his things, and left directly.
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A few days later.
In the early morning, Adil put on a brand new black robe and came to a high tower.
At this time, the door of the familiar tower has been opened, and it seems that the owner has returned.
When Adil was about to reach the door of the tower, a familiar figure wearing a windbreaker walked out and walked quickly into the distance.
"Kurama..."
Looking at this familiar figure, Adil whispered the other person's name, and then walked inside.
"Teacher Edith, excuse me."
Arriving at the second floor of the tower, Adil greeted the tall woman standing there and said hello softly.
"Adier, you are here too."
The familiar voice of Instructor Edith sounded across the street.
She was wearing a long white dress and her face was as pure and innocent as a girl's. She looked at Adil with a somewhat stiff smile on her face.
"Hey, have you been promoted to second-class apprentice?"
Looking at Adier and feeling the familiar high-energy aura, she was a little surprised and sighed: "That's right, almost half a year has passed. With your talent, it's not surprising at all that you can reach this level."
"Exactly, at this point, no matter what choice you make, I can feel more at ease."
After saying this, a smile appeared on her face and she stood there looking at Adil.
"choose?"
Hearing this, Adil was slightly startled, not understanding what this meant.
"It has something to do with my trip this time."
Edith said: "You must have heard the news in the northern plains recently."
"It is said that several wizard organizations in the North are facing each other for some unknown reason."
Adil nodded and answered seriously.
"Yes." Edith nodded slightly, and then said: "A new wizard's secret realm has appeared in the north."
Suddenly, Adil was stunned again, and then he suddenly realized.
The so-called wizard's secret skill refers to a place established by wizards specifically for cultivating and storing wizard resources.
During the glorious period of wizards in the past, in order to cultivate various wizard resources, some large wizard organizations would arrange large wizard arrays in suitable places to cultivate various resources.
This kind of place is collectively called the wizard's secret realm. Because it is very difficult to build, there are fewer and fewer of them now. Every one of them is extremely precious.
"Although the wizard's secret realm discovered this time is only small, it has been confirmed that it has a history of at least 9,000 years ago, close to the end of the Glorious Era."
The so-called Glorious Age refers to the period when wizards were most powerful.
During that period, powerful wizards spanned the entire world, constantly invading and occupying new worlds, plundering resources and knowledge from other worlds and using them to strengthen themselves and make themselves stronger.
The knowledge and resources of countless worlds make wizards powerful.
After the end of the Glorious Era, there was a gap in the knowledge and power of wizards. And the current wizard civilization was actually rebuilt on the ruins of the Glorious Era.
Thinking of this, Adil couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
An ordinary small secret realm is enough to make the wizard organization's heart flutter, and the addition of the symbol of the Glorious Era in front of the secret realm is enough to cause several wizard organizations to fight for it.
Looking at Adil's appearance, Edith continued: "The secret realm that appeared this time is located just between several wizard organizations. It belongs to a deserted public area and does not belong to any wizard organization."
"For this secret realm, the academy has decided to participate. We went to the north just to discuss with the wizard organizations around those secret realms."
"After final discussion, we decided to let the apprentices from their respective colleges go in to search and compete."
Having said this, she paused, and then continued: "Although the secret realm discovered this time is of great value and belongs to the end of the Glorious Era, it also has a long history. It has not been maintained by wizards for nearly tens of thousands of years.
, the witch formation operating inside is probably damaged. If formal wizards enter, and if they fight with each other, the high-energy reaction erupted by the spells may affect the operation of the secret realm, so after final discussion, it was decided that you apprentices would enter."
"For you apprentices, this is a great opportunity, but it may also be full of dangers."
At this point, Edith did not continue to speak, but looked at Adil quietly.
Adil naturally understood what she meant.
The power of wizards should not be underestimated, especially the secret realms and ruins left by ancient wizards. Although there may be many precious resources and knowledge that are now extinct, they may also contain terrifying dangers.
Among the books Adil has read, there are many records of the defense methods and curses left by the ancient wizards after breaking into ancient ruins.
In addition to the possible dangers in the secret realm, apprentices from other wizard organizations are also a great danger. Apprentices from different wizard organizations, because of past hatreds and festivals, are likely to fight inside, and even rob each other of the resources they obtain.
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But equally, this is also an extremely rare opportunity.
Relics left by ancient wizards are not so easy to find, especially secret realms dedicated to cultivating resources. There are often precious resources and knowledge in them. If they can be obtained, they will be of great benefit to the future.
"As my student, you have the opportunity to choose. If you can't decide now, you can go back and think about it slowly."
Looking at Adil, Edith said calmly: "If you choose to enter the secret realm, you don't need to do anything. After a while, the academy will issue a compulsory recruitment, and all the apprentices who remain in the academy will have to go.
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"If you don't want to go, you have to leave within a month."
After saying this, the scene fell into silence for a moment.
"Can I ask other people's choices?"
After a long silence, Adil spoke again: "And most of the apprentices from the wizard family behind them left the academy during this period, and they also chose not to participate?"
After hesitating for a moment, he asked this question.
"Except for you and another person who are still hesitating, among my other students, three of the remaining four have decided to go to the secret realm, and only one has chosen to refuse."
"As for those apprentices who are from wizard families, they actually did not choose not to participate, but were recalled by their respective families and will go to the secret realm alone."
Looking at Adil, Edith said calmly: "The secret realm is a place used to cultivate wizard resources. Even if it is a small one, it covers a large area, which is equivalent to the size of more than a dozen colleges."
"In such a huge place, it may be a bit slow for just a few apprentices from our academy to explore it. Therefore, after discussions between several of our wizard organizations, this time the secret realm will allow people from other families, even those
Wandering wizards can enter the site, as long as they are not official wizards, they can enter after paying the magic stones and agreeing to share the harvest in the secret realm."
After hearing Edith's explanation, Adil's heart skipped a beat. He lowered his head and thought for a while before looking up again: "Teacher Edith, I'm leaving first."
"It seems you have made your decision."
Looking at Adil's appearance, Edith nodded: "No matter what choice you make, I wish you good luck."
After listening to Edith's words, Adil looked calm. After thanking him, he walked towards the door behind him without hesitation.
After walking out of the tower, Adier walked directly towards his dormitory.
Arriving at the familiar dormitory building, Adil closed the door and began to pack his things.