Continue to the northwest, and after walking for about forty minutes, the old wizard brought Ye Qi to a dense forest—in fact, they had been walking in the dense forest before, and despite the detailed introduction of the old wizard, Ye Qi only It is possible to distinguish some of the differences through [natural consciousness]; and it is precisely because of this distinction that Ye Qi can understand that the little daily things that the old wizard told him are all true. of.
The old wizard turned around, looked at Ye Qi who was slightly puzzled, and couldn't help but chuckled: "Why, you seem to have some doubts; as an old man, if I can solve the doubts for young people, I will be sincerely happy !"
Ye Qi shrugged and said, "It's just a little strange, I just feel that you have a little bit of a name for every tree and stone... Well, it's nothing!"
Obviously, Ye Qi looked at the old wizard in front of him and was a little speechless about the following adjectives; however, the old wizard spread his hands indifferently and said, "Childish?"
Ye Qi nodded.
The old wizard laughed: "Thank you for your honesty. At the very least, this gives me more confidence in our next conversation!" He didn't continue talking according to the main point. Talking about the previous topic: "Have you ever done a long and complete trip to the place you want, or simply took a trip like traveling around the world?"
Ye Qi shook his head and said: "That's one of my long-cherished wishes, but it's a pity that some or more troubles always appear in front of me, making it impossible for me to carry out the long-awaited Traveling—that's about nine years from now, if you will...a guy in his thirties. Nearly halfway through. Not an old guy yet. So, it's not too late, is it?"
The old wizard nodded affirmatively, and said: "Of course, of course, it's not too late at all. After all, the age when I really left the wizard's hand and started to travel is already thirty years old-sufficient funds, good ability The strength of self-defense. And some necessary opportunities... After all, at my time, under the rule of the Holy Age, if I was caught, being burned to death was the only end!"
"So... In order not to let myself be burned to death, I can only strengthen my own strength and at the same time understand the changes in the outside world-you know? At that time, my idea was very different. At that time, my nickname was 'Rendall the Idiot' and then 'Rendall the Fool'... So. I had no friends and this was the only place I could be; back then it was a thing among young wizards to throw slugs in you neckline. And if I go to a public bath, I'll have an intimate encounter with some iced water..."
When the old wizard talked about what happened three hundred years ago, there was no resentment on his face, but more nostalgia. He pointed to a tree beside him: "At that time, I really wanted a friend, so I searched for it here. My friends, named them, told jokes, and even wanted to use spells to bring them back to life—although I met a druid master later, he really had such a method, but in the end I didn’t do it, Still let my friend keep the original appearance!"
Ye Qi asked subconsciously, "Why?"
Ye Qi's face was a bit puzzled. According to the situation described by the old wizard, the old wizard at that time should be very "lonely". Necessary; if you think about it, Ye Qi would definitely choose to have such a friend.
Faced with such a problem, the old wizard laughed: "Because I can't guarantee the safety of my friends—the Holy See is preparing to launch a large-scale westward expedition again, and the wizards in Hailin District are their primary targets; and as a young In my generation, I definitely need to join the resistance force, and in that kind of force, these friends of mine cannot survive!"
The Western Expedition occurred eleven times in the entire 150 years of the Holy Age, with an average of almost every ten years. For the Holy See at that time, regardless of the grassland area, frost forest area, These 'barren' places in the Winterwood Region belonged to them as a whole, and they naturally didn't allow any other forces to exist in an open and aboveboard manner; There are a large number of black-clothed deacons and high priests of the Inquisition, and they are looking for the so-called heresy all the time.
The deepest families in the Qiulin District, the wizards in the Hailin District, and the exiled demon hunters hiding in all walks of life are all their targets; however, in that era, only the real large-scale wars It happened in the Hailin area; the floating of tens of thousands of wizards and the charge of 100,000 disciplinary knights all happened only there—but now, there are less than 3,000 wizards left, and only 20,000 disciplinary knights.
The cruelty of war is always chilling.
Seeing Ye Qi frowning and thinking, the old wizard stomped the staff in his hand, and said with a smile, "This topic is a bit serious. Come, please take a look at my little nest at that time!"
click, click, click...
Amidst the sound of slightly frictional gears turning, two boulders the size of a single-family two-story house were slowly moved away five yards in front of Ye Qi; after the old wizard made a gesture of invitation, he took the lead I walked in and said at the same time: "Although I have been trying my best to maintain everything here, but under the attack of time, the gears will still rust, even if they have been carefully maintained!"
"This is an unchangeable fact!"
Ye Qi nodded slightly, and at the same time, he looked at the hole in front of him, or the underground corridor; it is also possible to have downward steps one by one, or downward steps; there are about twenty On the steps of the stairs, about ten yards deep into the ground, a door opened on both sides, which is as high as a person and a half and as wide as three people stands here.
Walking down the steps, Ye Qi looked at the door, and there was a very peculiar lock on it—this lock, everything was no different from an ordinary buckle lock, at most it was a little bigger, three times the size of an ordinary lock. And really different places. Near the keyhole. There was no key space that a lock should have, and there was only a small and inconspicuous inlaid crystal; judging from the fluctuations above, Ye Qi was sure that it was a magic crystal.
"This lock is a small trick, but it helped me a lot at the beginning... It was my teacher who guided me to complete the first real magic item!" As he said, the old wizard stretched out his staff Gently tap the place where the big lock is inlaid with crystals; after a 'click', the magic lock jumped up automatically. And that door opened slowly.
The old wizard stretched out his hand to guide it inside, and said with a smile, "Please!"
Ye Qi nodded, and walked towards the inside. Looking at the door, Ye Qi knew that the inside would not be too small. In fact, the inside was much bigger than Ye Qi expected; Those empty bookshelves, two experimental tables, and several chairs, as well as beds and some kitchen utensils placed in the corners of the entire room. Ye Qi was sure that the old wizard must have spent quite a long time here.
The old wizard raised his hand. The two chairs automatically flew to the fireplace in the room, and the unburned dry wood inside quickly sparked, dispelling the dampness that existed in the room because there was no owner for a long time; the old wizard sat straight I sat on one of the chairs, and stretched my legs comfortably in front of the fireplace.
He smiled and said: "Although I say that I am old most of the time, I am a little unconvinced in my heart; however, there are always some facts that remind me that I am already old!"
Ye Qi sat opposite the old wizard, picked up the dry firewood at the side, added heat to the fireplace, and dispelled the dampness in the room at a faster speed. Judging from the previous walking posture, Ye Qi It can be concluded that the old wizard in front of him has an injury on his leg. Although he has healed, he has suffered from some lifelong illnesses. Although ordinary people can't see anything when he walks, it is very obvious to Ye Qi .
And the root of such a disease is in a damp place, which is always unbearable; the reason why most elderly witchers like to drink heavily on rainy days is not because they are obsessed with alcohol, but because they use alcohol to anesthetize their bodies That kind of old wound that was so painful and itchy - once, Ye Qi thought that his teacher was in the same situation, so most of the time, Ye Qi held a kind of tolerance towards his teacher's alcoholism. Attitude; and it turned out afterwards that he really thought too much... There really is an existence in the world who is completely obsessed with alcohol, at least, his teacher is one.
The old wizard nodded gratefully, and said slowly: "Before I really traveled the whole of Lorant, I participated in two wars; the first time I was a teenager, and I belonged to the ignorant type. It is a wild imagination, I take care of the wounded in logistics... Fortunately, not only was I not injured, but after that war, I met my teacher, a high-ranking wizard; this is also built with the help of the teacher, you I can’t imagine how simple it was at the beginning—‘A place where monkeys live is better than here!’ At that time, the teacher commented on the small nest that I spent a summer building, but it turned out that my teacher was very good at it. correct!"
There was a smile on the face of the old wizard, but soon this smile was replaced by sadness: "Ten years, when I was a young man, war broke out again; my age made me Was selected into the regular army, stationed in a forward guard post... together with my teacher; it was a past that I have never wanted to recall for a long time, suddenly, the Holy See attacked the guard post where we were stationed, in an instant More than half of the people died from the blades and arrows, and I was shot in the leg. After that, I was hunted down by a high priest of the Holy See for a long time, until my teacher and the high priest perish together!"
"That war didn't last long, but in my heart it seemed as long as a lifetime... I attended the teacher's funeral with a cane, then left with a cane, and came back here—in five years, I did nothing but increase my strength; when I was thirty years old, I obtained permission as a gray robe (the Sunshine of the wizards at that time, known as the gray robe), and began to roam the entire Lorant; until the war Another outbreak, I came back here, and once again participated in the war war... "
Ye Qi recalled the memories in his mind, and then said with the words of the old wizard: "That was the first time you were active in the sight of the entire Lorant, four cardinals, and a presiding judge of the Inquisition. And That time you were the head and deputy director of the Inquisition that commanded you. You have achieved your reputation—Rendall of Flame!"
obviously. This title has not been mentioned in front of the old wizard for a long time, and the old wizard couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "Reading the history of nearly three hundred years ago is not what a young man like you should do!"
Ye Qi shrugged and said, "Reading is one of the few hobbies I have. If I put aside raising plants, it can be regarded as something I can love and do... As a wizard, you also have difficulties in reading." The hobby of imagination is right!" said. Ye Qi pointed to the emptied bookshelves around him. Undoubtedly, if he was just learning spells, he would not need so many books; and the old wizard who smiled and nodded proved this point.
Ye Qi smiled and said, "It's really a pleasure to meet someone with the same hobbies... And in order not to disappoint us, you are willing to continue the previous topic—the conversation that gave you 'confidence'!"
The old wizard smiled and nodded: "Of course, of course, I won't waste too much of your time... If I can, I really want to eat and talk, but it's a pity that the ingredients here. It was completely eaten two hundred years ago. The empty ones, even the ones left over, are already rotten!"
Ye Qi nodded and said: "Thank you for your kindness, if you don't mind, I have some of my... well, the food made by a lady who is very important to me, it's just some small pastries, if you don't mind, just have a taste Bar!"
Ye Qi took out some pastries and snacks baked by chameleons from the [dimensional bag], and the old wizard immediately raised another chair and pulled out a black-backed silver chair from his sleeve. The tablecloth next to him was thrown on it; obviously, as one of the strongest seven in the world, the old wizard couldn't possibly not have items like [Dimensional Bag] on him.
He casually put a crown-shaped dessert into his mouth, and the old wizard immediately praised: "It's really a lady with ingenuity, um, it's really sweet... Farsi always limits my sweets, this one is meticulous As an assistant, he will never understand the charm of sweets, and it can make him build a spell model one-third faster!"
After putting another piece of snack into his mouth, the old wizard abruptly said in a very formal tone: "I would like to ask Your Excellency the Dragon of Shaker to help the wizard's hand to tide over the difficulties!"
Ye Qi was stunned, looked at the stern-looking old wizard, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Rendell, please don't make such a joke, if you are here, the wizard's hand doesn't need other people's help at all; you, as a The seven strongest in the world are already enough to let all existences understand what kind of existence the wizard's hand is!"
The old wizard took out a steaming porcelain teapot, put two teacups in front of himself and Ye Qi respectively, filled them with fragrant milk tea, and said to himself, "If, I'm not here gone?"
Ye Qi frowned: "Are you only three hundred years old now? The gap between a legendary powerhouse in the extraordinary realm and immortality is only one step away. Even if you can't reach the realm of immortality, if you live past five hundred years, you should It's easy too, right?"
The old wizard nodded and acknowledged Ye Qi's statement: "That's right, five hundred years old is a very easy age for a strong person who has entered the legend; but that requires a prerequisite - health!"
Ye Qi looked at the old wizard in surprise, and asked, "Your body?"
The old wizard nodded without concealing: "So many wars have already made my health extremely bad, even a little horrible... My assistant has always suggested that I transform into a lich, but I think It’s better for me to sleep forever like this!”
Ye Qi looked at the old wizard in front of him who had confessed his physical condition very seriously. He didn't know where the other party got his trust in him, so he could be so frank with him—everything must have a reason, and there must be a reason. country; especially when it came to him, Ye Qi couldn't help asking: "Do you trust me so much? Don't you worry?"
Ye Qi didn't finish his words, but the implication was obvious.
The old wizard laughed immediately: "As a wizard who is good at prophecy, it is not difficult to distinguish a person's good from bad; it is not difficult to know which person is trustworthy... What's more, I am very fond of old John. The disciples I teach are very confident; although he is a fool in some respects, he is admirable in other respects!"
Surprised, Ye Qi asked, "Do you recognize my teacher?"
The old wizard smiled and nodded: "It can be regarded as an old friend. About a while ago, he came here to visit me; and then he fought with that Lord Alcatel on my territory. When I was young, I didn’t change a bit, I was still so impulsive!”
Ye Qi asked again and again: "The specific time?"
The old wizard was stunned, thinking about it: "The specific time? Well, it should be two years... no, no, three years, or even more time ago!"
Although the old wizard couldn't be sure, Ye Qi could clearly recall the battle he thought was a 'solar-level' battle in the druid camp when he first became the head of the Bay Area Witcher branch— When facing the inanimate king, Ye Qi already had some guesses. After all, the aura of the inanimate king is so easy to recognize, and someone who can fight with the opponent, and whose sword energy seems to split the world, in When Ye Qi thought about it afterwards, there were only a few people, and among them, his teacher had the greatest possibility.
However, those were all conjectures, and there was no real evidence to support such conjectures; until now, after getting the news from the mouth of the old wizard, Ye Qi had no real confidence.
The teacher at that time probably still worried about me being outside alone? And because of the tower master of the Tower of Wisdom, he couldn't show himself in front of me, or simply didn't want me to know his existence, so he kept hiding behind me, right
Thinking of how he thought he could see through his teacher's whereabouts at the beginning, Ye Qi couldn't help but wryly smiled at this moment—then he couldn't see through, it was entirely because his teacher deliberately revealed his whereabouts in order to give him some confidence, so that I just know it.
Even with Ye Qi's current strength, he was not fully sure that he could find his teacher's whereabouts; but with his strength at that time, it was more than a hundred years away from finding his teacher's whereabouts.
Ye Qi took a deep breath and quickly adjusted his emotions. He looked at the old wizard in front of him and asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of my teacher? I haven't contacted the teacher or the profiteer for a long time; And another elder of mine confirmed that they went to the depths of Qianmao District... If you know, please tell me the whereabouts of my teacher!"
Saying that, Ye Qi was about to lean forward straight away.
However, just when Ye Qi's upper body had just moved, the old wizard on the opposite side raised his hand and immediately, the aura of force field fluctuations filled Ye Qi's surroundings, stopping his body that had just moved. Once there, feeling the power brought by the fluctuation of the surrounding force field, Ye Qi was slightly startled.
Ye Qi could see that this unknown spell with force field fluctuations was completely transformed from the force field shield; however, it was several times stronger than ordinary force field shield spells; Even Ye Qi, without using Yan Mo Dao, would need to spend about 50% of his strength to be able to return to the 'free state' in it.
Moreover, obviously, this is not a state of combat; once entering the state of combat, I am afraid that this kind of spell with force field fluctuations will be more than twice as powerful, right
The strength of the seven strongest in the world really cannot be underestimated!
With such thoughts in mind, Ye Qi did not forcefully break through the fluctuations in the surrounding positions, but sat up straight; the old wizard seemed very satisfied with this, and he said with a smile: "This kind of salute is really a big deal for me. It's so annoying... It always makes me feel an inexplicable pressure, especially when I still want to ask you, but you treat me like this, making me think that you are deliberately refusing or, when I really ask you, Do you still want me to kneel down?"
As the old wizard spoke, he blinked shrewdly.
ps The first update~timing~(to be continued...)