The wizard civilization in the Hemu area is far less developed than ordinary people imagined.
Moreover, the development among the various regions is also extremely uncoordinated.
In the central area of the Hemu region, the number of wizards is indeed quite considerable, and some wizard organizations are relatively common there. There are not a few organizations such as the Hunter House Academy, which will recruit new apprentices to supplement themselves.
But outside the core of the Hemu area, the situation is different.
In some remote continents, wizards are basically a legend, and even the top layers don't know that wizards exist.
In this kind of place, the strongest among them are often some knights.
The mainland where Chen Heng's hometown is located is not that backward, but obviously, it has nothing to do with being advanced.
It is precisely because of this that the opportunity for a qualification test is extremely rare for many people.
In the past, only the core members of the wizard family could have this opportunity and the ability to participate in the inspection.
But this time, Chen Heng's test was directly disclosed. Anyone who meets the conditions can come to the territory of the Duowu family to participate in this test.
Once the news was spread, it naturally caused shock among those wizard families. For this reason, one by one left their own family's territory and came towards the area where the Duowu family was located.
Obviously, they all came here with the idea of participating in this test.
Time passed slowly.
After a few days.
At noon, the sun was shining brightly outside, and a gust of breeze blew in, blowing the surrounding air, making it extraordinarily cool.
In a huge square, a stone slab has already been placed there, and it looks very conspicuous at this moment.
The slabs are quite unique, the material inside looks different from ordinary slabs.
And on the stone slab, a complex witch formation is being depicted.
Standing in front of the stone slab, Chen Heng started slowly, arranging out the witch formation for testing aptitude.
During this process, no one dared to speak.
All the wizards around were staring closely at Chen Heng's movements at this moment, staring at him stubbornly, for fear of missing any details.
For the wizards on this continent, even the wizard array used to test aptitude is an extremely rare thing =,
In the past, they had no access to these things at all.
Now that I have the opportunity to see the whole process of the layout, I can't let it go.
They stared at Chen Heng's movements, hoping to learn something from him.
Chen Heng didn't care about this either.
The structure of the witch array is fine and complex.
For Chen Heng, although the witch formation in front of him was not difficult, but for others, it might not be so.
In fact, no matter for any wizard, it is extremely difficult to master the wizard array.
Even in a college like Hunter's House, only a few third-level apprentices can master this witch formation in front of us.
Most people want to master this witch formation alone, the difficulty is very high.
As for learning from other people's arrangements, it is even closer to impossible.
Therefore, for the whole process, Chen Heng didn't hide anything, and just started the arrangement in front of many wizards.
On the side, Griffin put on a black wizard robe, with a friendly smile on his face at the moment, chatting with a group of wizards there.
But even though he was chatting, his eyes were still fixed on the front.
To be precise, he was staring at Chen Heng's movements, not daring to let him go for a moment.
Under their gaze, Chen Heng quickly completed his task.
"finished."
After drawing the last trace, Chen Heng then got up and looked at the many apprentices behind him.
"sharp."
An old wizard with a skinny figure but good spirits spoke softly. Looking at Chen Heng's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh: "Griffin, your grandson is really an embarrassment to you."
"His research on the Wuzhen has completely surpassed those of us old guys."
"yes."
Hearing this, Griffin also raised his head and sighed softly: "He has completely surpassed me."
"Except for mana, I still have some advantages due to my age, but in other aspects, I can't compare with Ed."
There was some pride on his face, but also some faint silence.
Obviously, although proud of one's grandson, it is very uncomfortable to be surpassed by one's own descendants so quickly.
Even more so for a character like Griffin.
But apart from being lonely, he also felt bursts of relief in his heart.
In any case, this is his grandson, the future heir of the Duowu family, and the only one in the Duowu family who has the hope of being promoted to an official wizard for countless years.
No matter what, he will feel proud and proud of Chen Heng in his heart.
Looking at Griffin at this moment, the rest of the wizards around sighed, feeling a little complicated at this moment.
Although he wanted to expand the number of wizards on hand, Chen Heng didn't invite everyone.
Even if one has mastered the technique of condensing mana crystals, mana crystals are not unlimited, and the number of people that the witch formation can detect is very limited.
Therefore, those who can come here this time and participate in this test are basically wizard families who are close to the Duowu family.
Only these people are eligible to bring their own family descendants here to participate in the test.
As for the rest, they are not qualified at all.
Of course, in order to participate in the test, they must also pay a certain price.
For example, their own mana.
During the period when these wizards came to the Duowu family as guests, they needed to pay half of their mana every day as the price for their participation in the test.
These wizards are basically old wizards, each of them is an old monster of Griffin's time, even if there are some younger ones, they are all in their twilight years.
Although in their twilight years, the power of these people has begun to decline, but the accumulation of mana in their bodies is extremely large, far stronger than the accumulation of equivalent apprentices.
The mana of these people is of great benefit to Chen Heng in transforming mana crystals.
Transforming mana crystals through these people's mana can somewhat make up for the loss of opening the witch formation.
In the previous life, not long after, a radiance bloomed above the witch formation.
A kind of hazy mana light appeared, just like that, appearing on the wizards around.
Looking at this brilliance, their reactions were different, but their eyes were all diverted.
"Everyone understands the rules."
Chen Heng turned around and looked at the many apprentices in front of him: "Each family can bring ten people up."
He spoke softly and said the restriction.
The reason why there is a quantity limit is mainly for the rational distribution.
After all, if there were no restrictions at all, even if Chen Heng had enough mana crystals, it might not be able to cover the loss.
If there are ten people in a family, it is just right to take care of each family, not only to ensure fairness, but also to fully utilize all the power of the witch formation.
Ahead, listening to Chen Heng's words, many wizards couldn't help but nodded.
They already knew the test rules this time, and they were ready for it at this moment.
Although only ten people can be tested, it is actually enough for them.
Whether a person has the qualifications of a wizard can only be determined by using a special wizard array to test, but it can also be inferred from some ordinary performances.
People with the qualifications of wizards often have high spiritual power.
And this kind of people are often born with strong memory ability, stronger learning ability than ordinary people, and more precocious.
Therefore, this time these people came to participate in the test, and basically all they brought were these people.
Soon, the test began.
Chen Heng stood beside Griffin, with a calm face, silently watching the test in front of him begin.
A person walked up slowly.
These people in front of them are basically carefully selected by the apprentices from their respective families. According to common sense, the possibility of possessing wizard qualifications is very high.
But despite this, the results of this test are still not satisfactory.
There are a total of fifty people in five families, but only three of them were found to have wizard aptitude, and they belonged to different families.
Fifty to three, this ratio is quite large, but to be honest, it is already better than normal.
If you choose among ordinary civilians, let alone fifty to three, if you can select one or two people with wizard qualifications out of a thousand people, it is already considered good.
Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help shaking his head secretly, feeling a little headache.
"It seems that we have to find a way to solve the problem of detection methods"
Standing on the spot, feeling the brilliance of the witch array flashing past, Chen Heng shook his head secretly, and couldn't help but think about it.
In order to achieve his future goals, a large number of wizards must be joined.
And if you want to obtain a large number of wizards, besides looking for ready-made ones directly, the best result is naturally to directly select people with wizard qualifications and train them to become your own people
There are many benefits to this.
It is convenient to directly find a ready-made wizard, but it is difficult to guarantee loyalty. Once you are not strong enough to give the other party enough benefits, you may leave or even defect for convenience.
And if it is cultivated by oneself, then no matter whether it is loyalty or sense of belonging, it will undoubtedly be much stronger.
Just looking at the situation, if Chen Heng wants to select enough people with wizard qualifications, he first needs to solve the problem of detection methods.
"The number of wizard families is limited after all. Although the possibility of wizard qualifications appearing among them is greater, relatively speaking, the number of them is much smaller."
Standing there, Chen Heng lowered his head and thought: "If you want to really get a large number of apprentices with wizard qualifications, you still have to find them among mortals."
The possibility of wizard qualifications appearing in a wizard family is indeed much higher than that of ordinary people.
But this itself has many problems.
Although the wizard family has the blood of the wizard, it is easy to have the qualifications of the wizard, and at the same time, the reproductive ability is correspondingly much weaker, far inferior to ordinary mortals.
In the wizarding world, the reproduction of wizards themselves has always been a big problem.
The stronger the bloodline, the harder it is to reproduce. This is almost a general rule in this world.
After all, the members of the wizard family are limited, and among them, the apprentices who can be selected and possess the qualifications of wizards are also limited.
Compared with the wizard family, the base of ordinary people is much larger.
This world is full of ordinary people, far surpassing the clansman of the wizard family in number.
Among other things, just the continent under Chen Heng's feet, the number of ordinary people in it is calculated in tens of millions.
If these ordinary people can be used to select qualified apprentices among them, then the number will be considerable.
Moreover, compared to apprentices from wizard families, apprentices from ordinary people will have stronger loyalty and sense of belonging, and will be more obedient.
This is a very perfect way to recruit apprentices from mortals and cultivate them into their own strength.
It's just that there is a big difficulty in trying to do this.
That is the means of detection.
The current detection method is too expensive to detect apprentices with wizard qualifications.
This is true even if Chen Heng has mastered the technique of condensing mana into mana crystals.
To accomplish all this, detection technology must be as up-to-date as possible.
Only by reducing the cost of testing can the testing of ordinary people be possible.
Otherwise, it is destined to be a loss-making business.
"There is also a test for knights, it seems that you can try it"
Standing where he was, Chen Heng rubbed his forehead, and this thought flashed through his mind.
Although he has become a wizard, he has not forgotten his old profession.
Compared with wizards, although knights are much weaker, they can be regarded as a good supplement.
A knight who has normally activated the seed of life is already between the second-level apprentice and the third-level apprentice. Once the life seed is activated, his combat ability is very strong.
And if it is a great knight at a higher level, its strength can already be compared with that of a third-level apprentice.
And above the great knight, there are other paths.
Like wizards, this is also a very promising path.
As a former great knight, Chen Heng didn't mind giving it a try.
At this moment, various thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he turned around and looked aside.
At this moment, the test has ended, and the people around have gradually dispersed.
Only Griffin is still standing around.
"Those people, grandfather, you can arrange directly."
Standing where he was, Chen Heng said calmly, and said softly.
"good."
Griffin nodded, looked at Chen Heng's appearance, and didn't say much.
According to their previous plan, this batch of apprentices who passed the test would be retained and become Chen Heng's students.
Just like the previous four.
Of course, it was different from the previous four.
This later joiner, becoming Chen Heng's student is not free.
In order for them to complete their studies under Chen Heng, the family behind them must pay the price.
However, those families didn't care about this, and they all agreed.
"After this test, presumably other families will also receive news."
Walking to the side and arranging the three apprentices who passed the test, this thought flashed through Chen Heng's mind.
He specially held this test this time, and one of his purposes was to make the test famous.
Although this test is free, the next test will be charged.
And the fee is not low.
According to Chen Heng's current expectation, if other families want to come to participate in the inspection, they will need to pay at least two magic stones.
Once the witch formation is activated, at least fifty people can be detected.
Doing the math, one time earns one hundred magic stones.
Even for Chen Heng, this amount is not a decimal.
I believe that as long as the news of this test spreads, there will not be too few people who will choose to come for the test.
Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help but smile.
"It's the academy, I don't know what's going on now."
After leaving the Hunter House Academy and returning to this hometown, before I knew it, two years had passed.
In two years, Chen Heng has changed a lot.
Not only was he promoted to a third-level apprentice, but he also single-handedly transformed the Duowu family into this state, taught four apprentices, and did many things.
In the Hemu area, the news of the Hunter's House Academy has not yet come.
Chen Heng's teacher Charlie has not yet contacted Chen Heng, and the college's summons have not yet come, and there is no news.
In the past two years, Chen Heng also inquired about the news, but the results he got were not very good.
At this moment, in the Hemu area, the original war seems to have intensified. After two years of development, not only did it have no intention of stopping, but it became more and more terrifying.
Even the area where the Hunter's House Academy is located has been affected by the war at this moment, and the situation has become chaotic.
During this period of time, a large number of wizards left the Hemu area, but there were also many wizards who were involved in the war and became part of it.
Regarding this situation, Chen Heng could only shake his head secretly, dispelling the idea of leaving his hometown.
"I just don't know when it will end"
This thought flashed through his mind, and he thought about it at this moment.
He stood there for a while, and after a while, he returned to his laboratory.
Right now in the lab, something is ready.
"Master Ed."
In front of the laboratory door, the old housekeeper looked at Chen Heng respectfully, and said softly, "The things are already inside, you can go in and have a look."
Hearing these words, Chen Heng nodded, then took a step forward and walked in directly.
Walk into the laboratory, where there are two cages.
Inside the cage, something unique is being locked up.
From the outside, it seems to be a person, but there are a pair of wings behind it, and there are feathers all over the body, only the head is human-shaped, showing the appearance of a human female.
On the whole, it looks like a monster with a human body, which is extraordinarily weird.
"Harpy."
Looking at the thing locked in the iron cage in front of him, Chen Heng was a little surprised: "Looking at it like this, it seems to be a mutant."
He had seen the appearance of the harpies before.
This is a relatively rare creature in the Hemu area. Its intelligence is not high, and it lives in groups. Its strength is often not strong, and it is not as good as ordinary mortals.
one more chapter
(end of this chapter)