As Lillian's palm touched the skin of the ancient tree.
The next second, something invisible descended, and a powerful aura enveloped the place, making Colin feel palpitations.
The ancient tree seemed to come alive, its dense branches and leaves swaying and rubbing together, making a fine rustling sound.
"What's the matter, Lillian?"
A cold and majestic voice sounded from the ancient tree, like a crowned king asking questions.
For some reason, this voice... Colin always felt familiar.
Could it be...?
The next second, Lilian's words confirmed his suspicion.
"Mentor." Lilian greeted her first, then paused and said briefly:
"Colin may be a genius."
"oh?"
The rough, ancient surface of the big tree slowly ripples as if stones were thrown into the calm water.
A huge, lifelike human face appeared above.
It's exactly what Altbold looks like...only younger and more majestic.
Colin's pupils on the side suddenly shrank.
Not only because of Altbald's strange appearance, but also because of the powerful power that Altbald displayed that far exceeded his normal state.
The moment the human face appeared, he felt his heart tighten, as if it was being grasped by invisible claws, and he might lose his life at any time, which made his hair stand on end.
Such a sense of threat... He had only felt it from the ice crystal female teacher when he went to the castle classroom to look for Lilian.
And that female teacher... is a third-level wizard.
"Tell me more carefully." Atbold's lips moved slightly on the ancient tree and he asked.
The voice was cold... From Colin's point of view, it always seemed to be less human, like a machine.
"Okay, mentor." Lilian replied.
Then, she told Altbold about Colin's situation.
…
"Can the meditation method be compatible with the Xisheng meditation method..."
"What a coincidence," Altbold said.
Even so, he was only surprised and had no doubts.
After all, although such a situation is rare, it is not impossible.
Not sure, the founding wizard who Colin joined the school in the past was a member of the school affiliated with the Xisheng School.
The cool wind of midsummer blew slowly by, rustling the leaves above Altbald.
"Colin."
Atbold recovered his thoughts and shouted slowly.
"Teacher, I'm here." Colin replied respectfully, his face a little pale.
"Relax physically and mentally," Altbold continued. "Let me take a closer look at you."
Colin's expression changed slightly. It was not that he was afraid of being seen, but just a normal resistance to such inspection.
But he had no choice and no room to resist.
Before he could react, a touch of gold suddenly spread across Atbold's huge wooden eyes.
Then, a gaze that seemed to penetrate everything fell on Colin, making him uneasy.
But soon, Colin felt relieved again.
He could clearly feel that Atbold's eyes only stayed on the surface of his body, and did not go deep into it, nor did he check key locations such as the spiritual sea or the magic sea.
"Huh……"
Altbald let out a small yelp of surprise.
"Colin, are you sure you are a senior wizard apprentice who advanced on a remote island?"
"Instead of the mainland, or the center of the kingdom with a large population?"
Altbald asked in confusion, his cold tone actually softened slightly and became more humane.
"..." Colin hesitated, "I'm sure, Tutor Atbold."
"Yeah." Atbold responded softly and praised:
"It seems that you have a very thorough grasp of the original meditation method... Otherwise, when you advance on a remote island in the sea, the aura of humanity and knowledge will not be so pure."
"In fact, with such a pure aura of humanity and knowledge, even if you change your meditation method, you most likely don't have to worry about Akent becoming turbid... it will only slightly affect your magic qualifications."
Colin remained silent and just listened respectfully.
Akent's turbidity... This is obviously what he has always wanted to know, why the combination of the low quality of human nature and knowledge aura and the poor compatibility of changing meditation methods has such a big impact.
Is it turbid...?
As for his humanity and intellectual aura, he is relatively pure.
In fact, he had predicted it from the beginning.
I also expected that I might just switch to a meditation method, and the negative impact on myself would not be that big.
But he didn't dare to gamble...
What's more, changing the meditation method will also affect your qualifications. Although it is not big, it will have an impact after all.
It will take three months to completely eliminate this impact, and it will be worth it no matter what.
"Mentor, according to Colin's qualifications...perhaps we can get a place for him in this year's Athios Conference."
Lilian suddenly suggested from the side.
'Athios Society?'
Another thing he has never heard of...
Colin remained silent and continued to listen with concentration.
But this time, Altbold's silence before speaking was obviously much longer.
The summer wind keeps blowing, the vast green grassland is like waves, and the leaves are rustling.
Lilian didn't urge her, she just kept a serious expression and waited silently.
I don’t know how long it took before Altbald’s voice came slowly.
"Lillian, are you sure?"
"I'm sure!" Lilian said in a deep voice without hesitation.
Atbold sighed slightly and finally responded:
"Can."
"There are still three months until the Athios Conference. During this time, you can train more with Colin."
As soon as he finished speaking, his huge face closed his eyes and slowly sank into the ancient tree.
"It's...grandfather." Lillian said softly.
Although Atbold agreed to her, looking at Atbold's face that gradually sank, she was not as happy as she had imagined at first.
"Let's go."
She calmed down her emotions and left Altbould's residence with Colin.
Get out of your home and walk on the road of school.
Colin finally couldn't restrain the doubts in his heart and turned to Lilian and asked:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Senior Lilian... Then what exactly is the Athos Society?"
Lilian paused for a moment, pondered for a moment and then said:
"Do you know the talent seeds? The talent seeds for advanced wizards."
"I know." Colin nodded, "I just asked Tutor Atbold a few days ago."
"Then do you know that talent seeds also have different qualities?"
Lilian nodded, continued to walk forward, and continued to ask.
"..." Colin shook his head, followed Lillian's footsteps, and then answered: "I haven't heard of it."
The message Altbald gave him only said that to advance to become a formal wizard, you need to plant the seeds of talent.
But there is no mention that talent seeds have different qualities...but the methods and materials for the meditation method only provide one.
Will the quality of gifted seeds cultivated with the same methods and materials be different?
Could it be the same as the talents hatched later? It mainly depends on the wizard himself...
Thinking of this, Colin turned to Lilian and asked in confusion.
"Don't the types and effects of talents after becoming a formal wizard mainly depend on the wizard himself?"
"Indeed, it mainly depends on the wizard himself." Lillian affirmed.
"When there is not much difference between the materials used in meditation and breakthrough, the only reason that affects the effectiveness of talents and talent seeds is the wizard himself."
But then her voice changed and she added:
"But in fact, the selection of materials to advance to a formal wizard will also affect the talent after advancement.
On the other hand, the wizard himself can also change."
"Both changes can indirectly affect the strength of the talent seeds, which means they can affect the strength of the talent."
Lilian turned to look at Colin and said:
"Didn't you just ask me where you can find the best materials for cultivating talent seeds?"
Colin was slightly startled.
What I am clearly asking is where it would be better to buy materials for cultivating talents...
But that's not the point. He didn't refute, but listened to Lilian continue to talk.
"If you want to obtain better materials for cultivating talents, the Athios Society is one of them."
"But... different meditation methods should use different materials for cultivating talent seeds. Could it be that the Althus Society has prepared the best materials for cultivating talent seeds through meditation?"
Colin asked doubtfully.
"Of course not." Lilian shook her head, "Only our school's Tin Sage Meditation Method...or the materials for cultivating talent seeds from the top schools in the wizarding city can be found in the Athos Society."
"Moreover, the quality at the Athios Conference will be much better than ordinary ones."
"I see." Colin nodded and then asked.
"So the content of the Althus Society is to compete for the best talent cultivation materials, which will help us obtain good talents after we advance to formal wizards?"
Lilian shook her head and stopped slowly. At this time, they had already walked out of the school.
"The best materials for cultivating talent seeds are only an insignificant part of the Athos Society."
Lilian looked at Colin and said.
"But you guessed it right. The main purpose of the Alseus Society is indeed to help the top group of wizard apprentices under the Supreme Council to obtain better talents after they advance to formal wizards."
"This kind of help does not rely on better materials for cultivating talents, but on improving the wizard himself."
"How to improve specifically...you will know when the time comes."
Having said this, Lily settled down and added:
"But you don't have to have high expectations...the apprentices of our faction have not been qualified to join the Athos Society for a long time."
Her tone was as plain as ever, but the unwillingness hidden beneath the plainness was as conspicuous as the green in the desert.
Colin was slightly startled and asked:
"Is it difficult to obtain the qualifications to participate in the Athos Club?"
Lilian shook her head, her face obviously hesitant, but the next second, she still said frankly:
"Among the Xisheng School, most of the factions have at least one or two qualifications to participate in the Athion Society every year."
"Well, in fact, most of the apprentices in the school will be qualified to participate in the Alseus Society once when they are ready to advance to formal wizards."
"It's just that our faction is quite special... Generally speaking, we are not assigned the qualifications to participate in the Athios Society."
As for Lillian, it ends here.
As for why it was special, she didn't explain... Colin was naturally sensible and didn't ask any more questions.
Silence fell between the two.
Colin thought to himself.
'This so-called Althus Society is actually more like a process that every advanced high-level wizard apprentice in the school must go through...or a resource.'
'The benefits are also very simple and have been laid out clearly.'
‘If you join the Athios Society, you will have the opportunity to obtain better talents after advancing.
If you don’t participate, you will naturally not get better materials for cultivating talent seeds, nor will you be able to improve yourself.’
Thinking of this, Colin sighed secretly.
Now he finally understood the inconvenience of Altbald's group.
It was originally an opportunity that every apprentice could basically have, but it didn't seem so easy to get here.
Is it possible that you are not even qualified to participate...
As for whether he wanted to participate in the Athos Society... of course he did!
The original owner's qualifications are not very good. If his talent does not have gold paper, he may not be considered a genius.
If you can guarantee that you will get better talents after becoming a formal wizard, then there is no reason not to go.
unless……
His eyes flickered, and he suddenly asked Lilian who was standing aside.
"Senior Lilian, will participating in the Althus Society... be life-threatening? Will all the apprentices fight against each other to determine the number one spot?"
This time it was Lilian's turn to be stunned, and she said doubtfully:
"of course not!"
"All wizard apprentices are important fresh blood of the Wizards Alliance. How could you be allowed to kill each other?!"
Colin paused and touched his nose in embarrassment.
"It seems so."
Although this world is full of dangers and weirdness, it is full of dangers.
However, fighting is generally not allowed in wizarding schools, let alone fighting that hurts lives.
It was the same in the Lapp school before. If you wanted to fight, the only way to go was duel, and it was also very restrictive.
‘...I don’t know why it is stipulated in this way?’
Colin suddenly had such doubts in his heart.
"But there is indeed a danger to life..." Lilian added.
"Based on the situation in previous years, the loss rate of senior wizard apprentices is about one percent."
Lilian glanced at Colin and continued.
"You came from the far sea in the south and traveled across the ocean. You must have encountered a lot of dangers... You should have some understanding of the dangers in this world."
"Although we wizards are more powerful than mortals, we are not invincible... Even ordinary cultivation may lead to alienation and corruption. It is normal for our lives to be in danger when we join the Athos Society."
Colin nodded in agreement.
"I'll come here today. I'll wait until the instructor is confirmed tomorrow. If I can get you the qualification to participate, I'll come back to you."
Lillian said.
"Okay." Colin responded, said goodbye to her, stopped a public carriage, and returned home with complicated emotions.
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Let me also mention it in the main text. I have been looking at houses and moving in the past two days, so I am really unable to update. Please forgive me. I will give you steady updates after I settle down at the end of the month.