It took more than half a month just for this process to walk from the Duowu family to their destination.
Along the way, Chen Heng has always insisted on meditating. Occasionally, he would discuss with Mike and ask some common-sense questions.
Time passed so slowly.
Soon, they reached their destination.
In front of a spacious port.
Some people have already gathered around at this moment.
Those were some figures in black robes, even their faces were covered by masks, busy around, without saying a word, just doing the work at hand silently.
Looking at these people, Chen Heng was a little surprised, and felt an unusual feeling coming from these people.
Up to now, after getting started with basic meditation methods, he has also developed some habits of wizards in this world.
For example, it is used to check a person's state with mental power.
A normal life will have mental power, and the flow of every thought will cause fluctuations in mental fluctuations, causing fluctuations in mental power.
From these fluctuations, wizards can clearly understand some things, some information, and even a person's current state.
As for the men in black robes in front of them, their mental state is very strange.
According to Chen Heng's induction, these people in black robes do have spiritual power, but compared with ordinary people, these people's spiritual power is very weak, and their mental fluctuations are close to none.
This situation is very strange.
If a person is like this, then most of his own state is abnormal.
Even when a person is asleep, his spirit will continue to fluctuate, which is much more violent than these people in black robes.
"These are puppets."
Looking at the expression on Chen Heng's face, Mike seemed to be aware of his thoughts, and explained with a smile: "These people are all things specially created by the wizards of the school for the convenience of doing things."
"It's very obedient and easy to use, but it's a little troublesome to make."
He said softly, saying so.
Chen Heng nodded thoughtfully.
Although Mike didn’t say much, he knew it in his heart.
This so-called puppet-making process will never be so beautiful.
Most of the raw materials are living people, otherwise it would be impossible for them to maintain their own mental fluctuations after they were made into puppets.
But after staying with Griffin for half a year, Chen Heng has fully adapted to this kind of thing.
What he cares about now is other things.
"What is the intelligence of this puppet? What about the service life and maintenance?"
Looking at Mike, he asked.
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Mike was a little surprised, but he didn't care too much, just smiled: "The intelligence level is not very high, because their resistance is suppressed, so their intelligence is not very high, and they don't have independent thinking. ability."
"However, they can basically understand the routine orders, even some difficult things, they can do it."
"As for the period of use, it should be very long."
He thought for a moment, and then said: "The period of use depends mainly on how you use it."
"These puppets use living people as raw materials, and retain their original physical activity, so their lifespan largely determines how you use them."
"However, if used lightly, generally speaking, they can be used to the end of the body's lifespan."
"As for loss."
Speaking of this, he shrugged: "Whatever an ordinary person needs, they need it."
"After all, it's just a basic modification, and it's not strong enough to make them violate normal physiological rules."
"The benefit of this transformation is mainly to be obedient."
He said: "Many times, it is too troublesome for us to use ordinary people. Not only do we have all kinds of ideas, but we can't bear some special things."
"It's much better to be like these puppets. As long as you master the corresponding command spells, even if you let them die, it's just a matter of one sentence."
"And it doesn't matter as much as ordinary people."
He spoke intermittently, constantly introducing Chen Heng.
Before they knew it, they came to the port.
Around the port, there are already some people slowly at this moment, but there is still some time before the final time arrives.
So, he looked around, then continued to speak, and explained to Chen Heng: "Speaking of which, this kind of puppets are widely used in the academy. If you want to, you can also buy a few later. The price is very cheap."
"Even if your puppet learning is good enough, it's very easy for you to make it yourself."
Speaking of this, he shrugged his shoulders and said half-jokingly: "Anyway, the ingredients are simple, just some ordinary people, and they are basically everywhere outside."
"Whether it's to buy it or catch it yourself, it's a very simple matter."
He said so, with a smile on his face.
Hearing these words, Chen Heng did not respond, but nodded silently.
Then, time passed slowly.
After a while, another person came down from the huge ship beside him.
"Mike, are you back?"
In the distance, an indifferent voice sounded.
Hearing the voice, Chen Heng looked up.
In the distance, a thin figure came from a distance.
The figure was wearing a black robe with an inexplicable mark engraved on the black robe. The whole person looked a little thin, almost like a skeleton.
The same is true of his face, only a layer of skin and bones, with a cold and frightening expression, just walking from a distance.
"Odo, you are finally willing to come out."
Looking at the black-robed man approaching in front of him, Mike smiled and said so.
"This is Griffin's grandson?"
The man named Odo turned around, ignored Mike, and stared directly at Chen Heng.
His gaze is very indifferent, like a knife, giving people a particularly terrifying feeling.
Chen Heng looked at the other party as usual, and then saluted respectfully: "Hello, Mr. Odo."
"I'm Ed Domo."
"Grandson of that old fellow Griffin, not a bad one."
Looking at Chen Heng's appearance, he seemed to feel the huge spiritual power in him, Oduo nodded.
"Of course not bad."
Mike's voice came, and he continued to speak at this time: "This child's mental power is extremely huge. When the time comes, I hope it won't scare you."
"Is it?"
Mike's voice was still indifferent, but his spirit fluctuated a little, as if he was a little surprised: "Then I'm looking forward to it."
Chen Heng stood calmly on the spot, maintaining the original calm expression on his face, standing in front of Mike and the two of them, silently listening to their conversation.
At this time, his eyes also looked around and looked at other places.
In front of you is a very spacious port.
Not far away, a wooden boat was parked there, with an inexplicable luster all over its body, and a huge gray mark engraved on it, similar to the marks on the clothes of the two of Mike.
On the other side, some people also arrived one after another.
These people, like Chen Heng, were often brought here, and they were generally young.
Chen Heng observed it.
Among these people, the oldest is only about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the youngest among them is probably even younger than Chen Heng at this moment.
From this point of view, when wizards choose apprentices, they generally tend to be younger.
And these should be Chen Heng's competitors and classmates for a while.
Standing where he was, Chen Heng thought silently.
Before coming here, Griffin told him the purpose of this time.
The ship in the distance belongs to the Hunter House School, and its purpose is to recruit students to this continent.
Mike and Otto in front of them are the executors.
As for Chen Heng and those people in the distance, they should be the students who are going to enter the hunter's house this time.
Immediately after arriving here, they will be tested to give them a grade.
This is both for ranking and for later teaching.
After all, asking students at different levels to teach the same thing is bound to produce unfair results for a group of people.
And the better the results of the test, the more it should be taken for granted afterwards.
Chen Heng understood it this way.
"I just don't know how many students there are in this batch of tests."
Looking around, at this moment, this thought flashed in Chen Heng's mind.
Time passed slowly.
After a while, the people around gradually increased.
Feeling this situation, Mike looked around.
"It seems to be almost the same."
He looked around and said softly.
"Is everything that should come here?"
Odo also nodded, and then said: "Then let's start."
"The sooner it starts, the sooner it ends."
He said so, and then his mental thoughts changed.
On the side, a man in black walked away silently, and went to the side to deliver orders.
With the order delivered, the place came alive again.
One by one, the young children separated from their elders and walked to one side.
"Go."
An old man patted the boy on the shoulder with a serious expression on his face: "You are the pride of our family."
"What should be told to you, I have already explained everything to you."
On the other side, an old woman was also looking at her granddaughter, and said earnestly, "Be careful after entering the hunter's house."
In various places, their respective elders are instructing the younger generations of their own families, and then with encouragement, they walk to the front.
Ahead, the children quickly stood aside.
Chen Heng roughly glanced at it.
"A total of twenty-seven people?"
He counted a little and got this result.
Twenty-seven people, plus his own words, are twenty-eight people.
This number is not many.
At this time, Chen Heng also realized his difference.
It seems that Griffin's relationship is indeed hard enough.
This can be seen from the fact that he is standing next to Mike and resting, instead of standing in line like everyone else.
Although it is only a small detail, it also represents a difference in treatment.
"You have to test it last."
Looking at Chen Heng, Mike smiled and said, "Before that, just watch."
Chen Heng nodded silently, without saying anything.
Then, standing there, he watched Mike's movements seriously.
Under his gaze, Mike took out a lot of things from the side and arranged them carefully.
"It's really troublesome"
They worked earnestly in this place, while carving some mysterious and unique symbols, while complaining: "Every time I come to recruit students outside, I need to carve this witch formation, which consumes so many magic stones."
"If that's not the case, then why both of us need to come here?"
Odo responded, his voice still as cold as before: "Wouldn't it be nice to just send two apprentices here?"
"makes sense."
Mike nodded while continuing to work hard.
Chen Heng watched their actions carefully.
"Somewhat similar to basic runes, but very different."
He was thinking about it in his heart, and at this moment he couldn't help becoming interested: "The god pattern of this world?"
When he was in the Azure Realm before, Chen Heng was also a powerful blacksmith master, proficient in many god patterns in the Azure Realm while being a true king.
In his eyes, the runes carved by the two of them in front of him are somewhat similar to the divine patterns in the Azure Realm.
The two seem to have some common effects and can do almost similar things.
"I see."
The strong accumulation in the past helped Chen Heng.
The witch array that Mike and the two are depicting at this moment is very complicated, and the dense runes in it may make the scalp numb for ordinary people at a glance, and they can't figure out the principle and logic of it.
But Chen Heng could see clearly and even understand a little bit.
In this regard, he has a huge advantage.
The power in other worlds in the past, although there is no way to bring it directly to this world, it can also allow him to have accumulations far beyond others, giving him a lot of help when trying new fields.
Just like in front of you.
With the disciple who was a forging master in the Tianqing world before, Chen Heng felt much more relaxed when he looked at the witch array in this world.
After all, judging from the current situation, whether it is the pattern array in the Azure Realm or the wizard array in the wizarding world, the two are common in many places.
As long as you can adapt to the slightly different rules, you can quickly transform your past experience and apply it to this world.
Ahead, under Chen Heng's gaze, the witch formation gradually took shape.
Then, Mike took out some magic stones from his body.
The magic stone is black, it looks like some kind of black jade, it looks very special.
Chen Heng has seen some similar magic stones in the hands of Griffin, but he has not seen so many.
Just the number of magic stones that Mike and his two took out at the moment has exceeded fifty.
"It's really sad that so many magic stones are required for each test."
Looking at the magic stones in his hand, Mike shook his head, feeling an inexplicable pain in his heart.
"This is not your magic stone, why do you feel sad?"
On the side, Odo's voice continued to sneer and said, "If you have time for that feeling, why not get busy earlier."
"We're done with our work, so let's go back early."
They continued to chat there, chatting while doing their jobs well.
However, Chen Heng learned a lot from their chat.
"I see."
Chen Heng thought silently in his heart: "For an academy, recruiting new blood is very important, even for the Wizard Academy."
"It's just that compared to ordinary people, the cost of recruiting students to the Wizarding Academy is too high."
Unlike the Mortal Academy, the Wizard Academy has a natural threshold for recruiting disciples, that is, they need to have sufficient wizard qualifications.
Therefore, in order to enroll students, basic testing is required.
This again creates costs.
Judging from the situation of the two of Mike, in order to carry out such a test, not only need to let two apprentices who have a good grasp of the sorcery to carry out the task, but also need to consume a lot of magic stones.
As a result, every test has a high cost.
Perhaps this is the main reason why the Wizarding Academy does not recruit students very often.
Otherwise, perhaps the cost of one test is nothing to an entire school of wizards, but if there are too many tests, the result will be bad.
At this moment, Chen Heng had various thoughts in his mind.
And in front, under the busyness of Mike and the others, the witch array was officially opened.
A hazy light shrouded the white stone slab.
Looking at this scene, Mike and the two were barely relieved, and then looked not far away.
"alright."
He turned around and looked at the line in front of him: "Start now."
"Come here one by one."
He spoke lightly, his voice gradually calming down.
Ahead, a boy walked forward without hesitation.
Not long after, he walked onto the stone slab.
The stone slab in front of him immediately began to move.
A hazy light flashed across, covering the boy's entire body, making his figure gradually appear hazy.
Afterwards, Chen Heng noticed that in front of the stone slab, the two pointers began to change.
The pointer is specially made, and it seems to be made of a special material. The whole is golden, which is very special.
But at this moment, being pulled by a special force, the pointer began to rotate continuously, moving forward slowly.
In the end, the pointer barely crawled, but just barely crawled one grid.
"Level one."
On the side, Mike's flat voice sounded, and he wrote it on the yellow paper beside him.
This is the qualification that finally appeared.
According to the popular science that Griffin gave Chen Heng in advance, the aptitude of a wizard is the lowest at the first level, and the higher the level, the higher it is.
Only those with higher qualifications can walk more smoothly on the path of wizards.
As for those with low aptitude, being an apprentice is considered pretty good.
If the boy in front of him only has a first-level aptitude, he might not even be able to become an apprentice in the future, and it would be almost impossible to become a formal wizard.
But at this point, the detection is not over yet.
The wizard's test is divided into two steps, one is to test aptitude, and the other is to test one's own mental strength.
For the practice of a wizard, both spiritual qualifications and wizard qualifications are indispensable.
Spiritual qualifications determine the foundation of a wizard, and wizard qualifications determine the subsequent concentration of mana, promotion to an official wizard, and so on.
The boy's wizard aptitude is indeed bad enough, but if his innate spirit is strong enough, there may not be other turning points in the future.
(end of this chapter)