After hearing what the old man said, the guard couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Yes, at his level - the realm of a fourth-level wizard, he can maintain activity for a long time without eating. This is mainly because, as the top level wizards in the main continent, level four wizards are fundamentally different from other levels of wizards.
First-level wizards, second-level wizards, and third-level wizards are, in a sense, not much different from wizard apprentices. They are all mortal bodies, but their mental strength is higher, their mana storage limit is higher, and their spells are more complex and powerful.
The fourth-level wizard is different. After crossing the threshold of the third-level wizard, it seems that he has entered a new field.
In this field, the body of a fourth-level wizard has been completely transformed, completing a "life reshaping" similar to that of an ordinary person to a wizard apprentice.
Through this reshaping of life, a fourth-level wizard's spellcasting ability far exceeds that of a third-level wizard, and he can maintain body functions through pure energy. This is also why the old man said that level four wizards don’t need to eat.
But having said that, there is an essential difference between not needing to eat and not being able to eat.
Even if they don't need to eat, many level four wizards still choose to eat normally. On the one hand, they want to satisfy their mouth and tongue, and on the other hand, they don't want to make themselves too different from ordinary people.
The reason why the guard refused the old man was not because he didn't want to eat, but because the old man treated him to soaked black bread.
Only the poorest lower class people can eat food. Even craftsmen and craftsmen with slightly better living conditions will choose to buy white bread.
Because of his status as an old man, he could eat a hundred times more exquisite food, but he insisted on a rough diet—not just this time, but always before.
The old man's reason was that this would prevent his brain from being eroded by various desires and ensure that he could always think clearly.
The guard was a little surprised and a little admired by this. But no matter what, he will not eat rough food like the old man. If rough food is the only option, he would rather not eat it, because he has his own ideas and his own pride.
At this time, the old man continued to eat bread, and the guard waited patiently, thinking slightly.
Blinking, the guard considered his future path.
Now, with the strength of a fourth-level wizard, he is already a figure that cannot be underestimated in the main continent, but this is far from the end.
At least according to a large number of books and information, above the fourth-level wizards, there are also fifth-level wizards, sixth-level wizards, seventh-level wizards, eighth-level wizards, and even the highest level nine wizards.
Every time the wizard level is promoted, a new world will unfold.
After a life reshaping, the fourth-level wizard has the energy of energy circulation, which can ensure that he can survive without eating. As for level five wizards, they are even more exaggerated and desirable.
According to records, fifth-level wizards can achieve a deeper reshaping of life, thereby bringing the body and the external environment into a state of perfect balance, reducing the meaningless loss of life, and greatly extending life span.
Generally speaking, even a fourth-level wizard can only live to be over a hundred years old at most, but a fifth-level wizard can easily live to be hundreds of years old.
As for level six wizards, they are even more powerful.
In addition to greatly extending his lifespan again, his body also tends to a state of absolute perfection, becoming the legendary perfect man. Disease will no longer be a problem, germs will be isolated automatically, and death will become far away. Because of this level of existence, most people live until the end of their lives before dying. Usually, some injuries sustained due to accidents, no matter how severe, can be repaired through hibernation.
It will become almost unimaginable to break through the sixth level wizard and reach the seventh level wizard or even higher realm.
According to records, for such a wizard, the body is no longer the focus, because he has gained the ability to modify his body to adapt to the environment at will. If necessary, a wizard of this level can add or delete organs in the body at will to adjust his condition.
This kind of existence will pursue the secret of the soul, the ultimate of life, and pursue immortality and immortality.
But records are just records, or in other words, rumors that cannot be realized.
This is the place that makes the guards feel most incredible and confused.
No matter how powerful the wizards above level four are in the records, the reality is that there are no wizards above level four on the main continent.
Or maybe there are really a few fifth-level wizards, but they have never shown up, and they just live in rumors.
What does this look like? It was as if someone had drawn a line on top of the fourth-level wizard's head and installed a transparent glass plate. Therefore, every fourth-level wizard can see the existence higher up through the glass plate, but can never reach it.
Sometimes, the guards couldn't help but wonder that maybe the things recorded in the books were fiction, and that there were no wizards above level four in the world - level four wizards were the end of wizards.
If you think about it this way, you feel a little arrogant and a little frustrated.
Because, he will lose the goal of continuing to work hard.
The guard kept thinking that the black-faced old man next to him had finished eating the bread.
The black-faced old man stood up, neatly packed away the tableware, and placed them on the cabinet on the side. Then he took out a silver coin and put it next to him, looked at the guard, said "Let's go, Zong Hu", and walked out of the door.
The guard came to his senses, interrupted his thoughts, and followed the old man to leave quickly.
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A few hours later.
At midnight.
Under a tree a few hundred meters away from the tombkeeper's hut, a fainted man slowly woke up.
He was a slovenly man in his forties, his clothes were stained, and the nails on his hands were filled with black mud. After waking up, he rubbed his eyes and looked around. It took him a while to recognize where he was, and then he couldn't help but wonder.
"Huh?" the man said to himself, "Aren't I sleeping on the bed? How did I get outside the house? Is it sleepwalking? Damn it, this is not a good sign. I heard several gravekeepers say that sleepwalking is It’s caused by evil spirits possessing it, so what should we do?”
The man was inexplicably thinking about how to deal with it. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of anything. His stomach growled, so he had to give up for the time being: "Okay, let's go back to the house and have something to eat first."
After speaking, the man trotted back to the tombkeeper's cabin and walked towards the cabinet. He remembered that there was a piece of black bread on top, but the next moment he saw that the cabinet was empty.
"Huh?!" The man's eyes widened, and he suddenly broke into a cold sweat. "This... this, is there really an evil spirit? It not only possessed me, but also stole my bread?"
"Damn it, this evil spirit is so shameless! How could he steal bread?" The man was frightened and then frustrated, "This is food saved for tomorrow. The evil spirit stole it. What can I eat?"
"Hey? What is this?" The man suddenly saw another shiny object on the counter. He quickly picked it up and when his eyes lit up, he saw that it was a silver coin.
A silver coin!
Although it's not a lot of money, it's enough to buy dozens of brown breads.
Could this also be left behind by evil spirits
"Well, maybe this evil spirit still has some conscience." The man thought to himself.
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