"This is a barrier set up by the instructor, mainly to prevent unrelated people from intruding." Marjorie said as she walked to the right of the entrance to the trail.
There is an unattractive pale white flower there. Except for the fact that the plant is extremely tall and reaches the waist of ordinary people, it looks like a wild flower that can be seen everywhere.
"Junior Colin, pay attention to my tactics."
Marjorie turned back to remind Colin, then stretched out her arm and pointed at the flower with her index finger.
Although the movements were simple, under his conscious control, the veins of magic power flowed clearly through his body.
Allowing Colin to see his complete skill set.
In fact, it's not complicated, it's just a little trick to use magic. It's no wonder that Marjorie just let him take a look.
Susu——
When the tip of Marjorie's index finger touched the white flower, the ink seemed to fade away, and the entire flower quickly turned into bright gold from the moment it touched the fingertip.
"After you finish this step, just put your finger on it, and it will recognize your fingerprint... which is the pattern of your finger."
Marjorie demonstrated, "When the instructor records your information, the entire action can be completed in one go, and it won't take much time."
"Let's go, I'll take you in first."
Marjorie was the first to walk in along the flagstone path.
At the same time, he continued to introduce enthusiastically, "That white flower is called Xilai, and its only function is to identify texture and breath..."
However, in fact, the trees in the surrounding area, including the Xilai white flower at the door, are actually strictly speaking the same plant life... Its name is Nado, have you heard of it?"
Colin shook his head and looked around.
Dense woods, vibrant gardens, neat lawns and shrubs...are these all the same plant life?
"Nado is a rare plant unique to the Nuolan continent far to the west. It was brought back by my mentor when he traveled in his early years."
Marjorie opened her mouth and said, "This plant is very suitable for home decoration. You don't need to take care of it. If you want any plant, just sprinkle the seeds on the initial Nado plant and you don't need to take care of it anymore."
"It will absorb all the seeds and turn them into part of itself. Then with a little guidance, you can make the green decoration you want... The only disadvantage is that you may need to replenish some seeds regularly.
There are some plants that you can always have after Nado is absorbed, but there are some plants that need to be replenished regularly.”
Colin nodded, this Nado is like a natural carrier that can graft any plant.
As if thinking of something, he asked Marjorie curiously, "Senior Marjorie, since this Nado plant can be selected by the instructor as a guard plant.
I think it is not only because of its role in green decoration, but also in terms of strength..."
Marjorie shook her head and said, "Actually, the strength of the Nado plant is not very strong. It is only about the same as a high-level wizard apprentice. And because it is not good at moving, if there is restraint, even an ordinary intermediate wizard apprentice can easily do it." Handle."
When Colin heard this, he was slightly startled, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Seeing this, Marjorie added, "There is no need for strong security within the school, it is mainly for vigilance."
"That's it." Colin nodded.
Seeing this, Marjorie felt relieved.
In fact, the factions within the Xisheng School are fighting fiercely. Generally speaking, each faction's station is equipped with guard golems or guard plants, which are at least at the official level of wizards.
The reason why their guard plants here are so weak is mainly because... they are not a faction at all.
Feeling that the atmosphere suddenly became silent, Colin paused and said
"I have also encountered extremely special plants on an island in the south called La Ellie. The jungle on the entire island seems to have a sense of life.
The locals are like a fish in the water and can move around without any hindrance, but outsiders have a hard time walking in it and will get lost if they are not careful... If you want to enter the jungle, it is best to be led by a local."
"There is such a wonderful island..." Marjorie exclaimed in surprise.
In this way, they continued to chat.
Not long after, Marjorie led him through the trees, through the small garden, and came to the outside of a townhouse.
"This is where you will study in the future." Marjorie introduced.
Colin looked up.
To be honest, this townhouse was not as big as he imagined. The left and right townhouses only had two floors, and the main building in the middle had three floors.
Continuing forward and entering the main building, Marjorie took him outside a study room.
Tuk-tuk-tuk——
Marjorie knocked gently on the wooden door, and her gentle movements combined with his tall figure of at least two meters... were inexplicably comically incongruous.
"Come in." A slow voice came. Judging from the timbre, it seemed to be that of an old man.
Marjorie opened the door and entered.
Colin asked Sister Renee to wait outside, and followed Marjorie inside.
The first thing that catches the eye is the huge floor-to-ceiling windows that are extremely rare in this world, almost occupying the entire wall.
Next is a tall but thin silhouette sitting on a recliner, and a desk with only tea sets on it.
Apart from that, there is nothing else.
"Mentor." Marjorie leaned over and greeted respectfully.
"Marjorie, you're here. Did you encounter any problems in your cultivation?"
Archibald turned around and asked, his slow speech making people anxious.
But Marjorie was obviously used to it, and he waited quietly for Archibald to finish.
"This over here is...?" Archibald looked at Colin and asked in confusion.
"Good morning, mentor." Colin put his right hand on his chest and bent slightly to salute.
"I am the new apprentice, Colin Leonard." He handed the blank paper to Archibald.
Just like his voice, Archibald was an old man, with wrinkles and furrows on his face layer upon layer, like the bark of a tree.
"The new apprentice?" Archibald asked doubtfully as he slowly took the white paper with his hand as skinny as a tree root.
If he remembered correctly, there had been no new apprentices here for almost ten years... However, no matter what, it was always a good thing to have new apprentices join.
After looking at the white paper, he nodded slowly.
"Welcome, new apprentice."
Then he seemed to be stuck, and Archibald fell silent... It had been so long since a new apprentice had arrived, and for a while, he couldn't remember what to do next.
"Mentor." Marjorie on the side quickly reminded, "You need to help Colin officially activate his badge, and then record Colin's information on Nado."
"Oh, yes," Archibald nodded suddenly, then paused and added, "One more thing, Colin joined the school midway and still needs to teach meditation."
Then he turned his head and stretched out his palm towards Colin, "Give me your school badge."
"Okay, tutor." Colin held back his complaints, took out the school badge and handed it over.
Archibald took off the school badge pinned to his chest and placed it with Colin's badge.
Colin keenly noticed that among the seven wings on Archibald's feather badge, in addition to three of the same silver wings as his, there were two gold wings...
Unexpectedly, Archibald, despite his humble appearance, turned out to be a second-level wizard!
He was shocked in his heart. Yaerlin didn't give him much information. Only now did he know that Archibald was actually a second-level wizard!
"alright."
After a moment, Archibald handed the badge back to him, and then explained slowly
"The badge has been officially activated. You can use it to record inquiries and spend your own credits in the future."
Waiting patiently for Archibald to finish speaking slowly, Colin raised his head and asked
"Teacher, I wonder what this credit is?"
"You can think of credits as magic stones in the school. If you want to learn knowledge in the future, apart from some basic courses and the courses I teach, the rest will need to consume credits."
"In addition, some school-specific things usually require credits to redeem."
"I understand, thank you, instructor." Colin nodded.
Choosing a tutor does not mean that all subsequent knowledge will be learned from the tutor.
In fact, the real role of a mentor is to provide targeted answers to questions in practice and impart some unique knowledge to apprentices.
The rest of the knowledge is mainly learned by choosing free or paid courses offered by other wizards in the school.
"Next...well, let's go to the meditation method." Archibald said as he leaned over and took out a thumb-sized transparent crystal from the drawer next to the desk.
"This is the meditation method for the apprenticeship of the Tin Sage School." Archibald handed the crystal to Colin and asked, "Now take a look at it here, and then try to practice it. I will take you through it."
"Okay, mentor, but my previous magic power has not been dissipated yet..."
"It doesn't matter. Let me familiarize you with the meditation method first."
"Okay." Colin nodded slowly and carefully examined the meditation method.
Marjorie on the side also took this opportunity to ask Archibald about the problems she had recently encountered in her practice.
Time passed minute by minute, and after about two hours, Colin opened his eyes.
He is ready.
But since Archibald answered Marjorie's question, he did not speak out in a hurry, but listened from the sidelines.
He was a little curious as to what question Marjorie asked that took so long.
"The function of Xianlinghua is not to neutralize, but to cover..."
‘It seems to be a problem with mixing the potion.’ Colin listened attentively.
But soon, he raised his head speechlessly.
Archibald's speaking speed is not only slow, but he often pauses for a long time between sentences... It seems that the reason why it takes so long is not that Marjorie's problem is complicated, but simply because Archibald De speaks slowly.
After a while.
They finally finished their story.
"Colin, are you ready?" Archibald turned to him and asked.
"Yes, mentor." Colin nodded.
"Then come here." Archibald waved his right hand gently, as if time accelerated. In front of him, a small tree went through the stages of rooting, sprouting, branching and growing in an instant, and finally grew into a natural tree. Seat.
There was no hint of fireworks in the whole process, and Colin couldn't even detect the fluctuation of magic power.
"Sit down," Archibald continued.
Colin sat down as he was told.
As if thinking of something, Archibald waved his hand again, and the giant tree outside the floor-to-ceiling window moved, and a branch quickly extended.
Under Colin's surprised gaze, the branch passed directly through the "floor-to-ceiling window" and reached in front of him as if it was passing through the air.
Then a white Philharmonic flower slowly bloomed on it.
"It turns out that it's not a glass window, but more like some kind of force field that simulates the properties of other materials, like steel armor." Colin suddenly realized.
"Just choose a finger and put it on it, and Nado will record your breath and fingerprints." Archibald said.
"Okay." Colin did as he was told.
At first glance, the touch of the Philharmonic flower is no different from the touch of ordinary flowers. They are both the same cold and soft... But if you feel it carefully, you can notice that there seem to be countless tiny tentacles where the fingers touch it. caress.
Can't think about it... Colin shook his head, it felt uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the hibiscus flowers were quickly taken back.
"Okay, now just relax, don't resist, and follow my guidance to run the Tin Saint Meditation Method."
Archibald continued, while pressing his palm to Colin's chest.
The core of magic power is on the chest of the human body, while the knight's life seed is on the left and right sides of the lower abdomen.
Colin slowly closed his eyes.
The next second, my heart was shaken.
"Focus," Archibald reminded.
"Okay, mentor."
After letting out a breath of turbid air, Colin calmed down.
If you used to start new meditation methods by walking in the dark, now with Archibald's help, it's like directly changing the environment to daytime, and there is also a real-time navigation!
In this way, under the leadership of Archibald, he quickly ran the Tin Sage Meditation Method.
"Okay, remember this feeling, this can at least save you half of the time to get started." Archibald retracted his palm.
"Thank you." Colin stood up and saluted Archibald sincerely, stroking his chest.
A flash of joy flashed in his heart.
What Archibald didn't know was that with the help of the gold paper, he had successfully mastered the Tin Sage Meditation Method just this time!
"Yes." Archibald nodded, "That's the admission process, and then there are some other trivial matters and precautions..."
He turned to look at Marjorie, who was still beside him, and said, "Marjorie, I'll leave it to you."
"Okay, mentor." Marjorie responded without hesitation, then turned to look at Colin.
"Let's go, I'll take you to visit the school." He strode towards the door.
"Mentor, I'll leave first." Colin said goodbye to Archibald.
After seeing him nod, he turned around and quickly followed Marjorie's pace.
"Let's go faster, Colin. After visiting the school in a while, there are still many things to pay attention to that I want to tell you one by one..."
"By the way, do you have a place to stay in Neustadt?"