Leon came to the city of the wizarding world for the first time, and was full of curiosity about the shops opened by the extraordinary.
So, when I followed Angel around in Magic Materials Street, I kept observing the shops beside the street.
One of the stores caught his attention.
This is a large iron house with a unique shape, with two symmetrical chimneys on the roof, like two ears. And the sign of this shop is also very interesting, with the outline of a cat's ear in the front.
At first glance, it looks cute.
"Long-Ear Bloodline Proving Ground?" Leon looked at the words on the sign.
When these words are separated, Leon can understand them, but when they are combined, they are a little confused.
What exactly does this store do
At this time, Leon suddenly heard a hoarse and low voice coming from beside him, and when he looked back, it was Nausicaa who was saying to him, "Leon, is it okay to call you Leon?"
Leon nodded.
"Are you very interested in this shop?" Nausicaa looked at the unique "Long-Ear Bloodline Proving Ground".
"I was a little curious when I saw the word blood on it." Leon said.
"This store is specially trained for the alienated bloodline of the ear." Nausicaa looked Leon up and down: "You haven't integrated into the bloodline yet, so you can't enter this store. Even if you are integrated into the bloodline , and may not be able to enter.”
Nausicaa's words were somewhat contradictory.
When Leon was puzzled, Angel pointed to the bulletin board on the other side of the store. Only then did Leon realize that there were several clear words written on it: This store only serves people with long ears.
"This is the rule of Mans Magic Materials Street." Angel said: "There are many shops here, if you don't meet a certain standard, you are not even qualified to enter."
Sure enough, Leon went down with Angel and found that more than half of the stores had hard conditions for entering the store.
"Wizards can only enter", "Reject male form to enter", "Magic weave wizards can enter"...
It is almost naked to put discrimination at the door of the store.
The most important thing is that Lyon found that as long as there are hard conditions, he basically does not meet one.
In addition to these hard conditions, there are also some ideological conditions.
For example, when Lyon saw an alchemy shop, there were several rows of large characters written in unknown scarlet blood directly at the door of the shop: "All those who agree with the Centurion genre, please don't enter my shop, or you will be at your own risk."
The Centurion school is the mainstream school in biological alchemy.
Of course, even if you agree with the Centurion genre in your heart, as long as you don't show it, it's fine. Anyway, the conditions of this ideology depend on the proof of a free mind.
When he walked to the middle of Mans Magic Materials Street, Angel pointed to the magic materials store on the side: "I'll go in and buy some materials, you wait for me."
If it was in the past, Leon would definitely be ready to go in with him, but after seeing the strange requests in various shops along the way, Leon also learned to read the entrance prompt first.
"Nail Alchemy House." Leon first glanced at the name of the shop, then turned his eyes and found that there were no restrictions at the door, "Don't tell me, this shop doesn't need any entry requirements?"
When Leon was puzzled, he saw Angel come to the gate and talk to a human-shaped fragrant wood puppet.
As for the content of their conversation, Leon was confused, only knowing that he was talking about some "enchanting" content.
After a while, the fragrant wood puppet bowed to Angel, then pointed to the store and said, "Guest, you passed the test, please come in."
So this is a test? Leon thought to himself.
At this time, Nausicaa explained the scene in front of him. It turned out that if you want to enter this alchemy house, you must first pass a few alchemy knowledge test questions. Otherwise, it can only be rejected.
"Isn't this a shop that sells alchemy magic materials? It's not necessarily that only alchemists can use magic materials, right?" Leon was a little puzzled. If an alchemist must go in to buy magic materials, it seems a bit too harsh.
"If you're not an alchemist, you can tell the puppet, if you want to buy something, it will be brought out by others." Nausicaa paused, "but you can't go in."
"why?"
"Because this kind of alchemy house actually has another function, that is, a space for some alchemists to communicate. I heard that there are many alchemy apprentices communicating in this nail alchemy house." Nausicaa said: " There are still many shops like Alchemy House, and this is basically the case."
"I seem to understand a little bit, but do you have to do this kind of test every time you go in?" Leon frowned. Wouldn't it be too troublesome to do the test every time
Nausicaa took the trouble to explain: "If you have an ID card of the Sky Mechanic City, including the Sky Tower ID card will count. After entering once, as long as you have registered, you won't be asked for this test next time."
"It turns out that Angel didn't seem to show his ID card before. Could it be that he doesn't have an ID card?"
Nausicaa laughed at this question: "Of course he has an ID card, but he doesn't want to use it. I can't answer the specific situation, why don't you wait for him to come out and ask yourself?"
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Angel did not know that he was in danger of losing his vest in front of his brother Leon.
After he was tested by the fragrant wood puppet, he walked into the nail alchemy house.
Of course, he also knows that without testing, he can directly tell the fragrant wood puppet what materials he wants to buy and let it check the inventory. However, as an alchemist, he naturally hopes to see the magic materials with his own eyes; moreover, if you don't discuss with the shop owner in person, the other party will not necessarily sell you a lot of cherished magic materials.
As soon as Angel entered the alchemy house, he was stopped by a short and plump female apprentice.
"I don't seem to have seen you before, are you from outside?" Although the female apprentice is a little fat, her skin is white and smooth, and her face is a little baby-faced, so it doesn't look annoying. : "I didn't mean to question your origin, just listened to your conversation with Niha just now. You seem to be taking the path of enchanting?"
Niha is the fragrant wood puppet outside. The test that Angel entered was based on the field he was good at. Naturally, Niha's test was all about enchanting.
"I was able to get to Sky Mechanic City recently, and it is indeed the enchanting route." After Angel finished speaking, he was about to bypass her.
"My name is Bo Li, I have no ill intentions, in fact, I am also an alchemist apprentice practicing enchantment." After a pause, Bo Li explained the main meaning of stopping Angel: "Now, there is a debate over there. , about the debate between enchanting and reconciliation, are you coming to participate?"
Angel looked at it, and sure enough, he saw a fierce debate between the two factions.
Angel thought that the people arguing about this kind of high-level debate were at least the level of alchemists, but it turned out that they were all alchemy apprentices.
Among them, there are very few people on the side of the enchantment, and the harmony genre is ruthlessly crushing three or two kittens with an overwhelming number of people.
However, even so, the alchemist apprentice of the enchanting school did not surrender.
From some vague sounds from their side, Angel also heard his own name.
It is estimated that they use themselves as an example to demonstrate.
Angel touched the bridge of his nose, and this feeling... was quite subtle.
Probably because there were too few people in the enchanting genre, Bo Li overheard the conversation between Angel and Niha, and no matter who Angel was, she wanted to bring him into the debate.
"Is it okay?" Seeing Angel's response for a long time, Bo Li added: "Perhaps you are a little uncomfortable with this way of debating. In fact, we are all like this in Sky Machine City. Only by thinking can we make progress. "
What Bo Li said actually made sense, but Angel refused ruthlessly: "No, I still have some things."
Enchanting and reconciling are the classic debates in epigraphy. But it is also an intractable debate. The only answer is that the upper limit of reconciliation is extremely high, and the enchantment is easier.
This kind of classic debate, even the master alchemist can't argue, let alone the group of alchemy apprentices.
Bo Li was a little disappointed. She wanted to dissuade her, but at this time, a tall man with a handsome face stepped forward: "Enchantment itself is a side track. No matter how many people you pull, it's useless."
As he spoke, the man looked at Angel up and down.
Greasy, sloppy clothes, and a shabby face. Angel's appearance made the man frown, and disgust flashed in his eyes.
Bo Li: "You said that the upper limit of reconciliation is high, so let me ask you, is the upper limit of the mysterious realm a high limit. But you can give me an example, in the past thousand years, has there been a reconciliation school in our southern region that has come into contact with the mysterious realm? No Right."
"I know you're going to say Angel again, he's just an exception."
"Then there is an exception to reconciliation?"
Hearing the two people behind him arguing about himself in front of him, Angel couldn't help frowning.
Speaking of which, he actually didn't feel right about the arguments between the two. Because the speculation of this classic topic requires a high degree of collision of thinking, an elaboration of knowledge density, a discussion of technology, and the mutual radiance and radiance of classic cases. the height of the debate.
Angel could also see the man's disgust for him, but he was not uncomfortable at all, because the other party didn't say anything drastic, and he wasn't a stunned young man who insisted on proving himself because the other party looked down on him.
He's thankful now that he rejected Bo Li, it would be a nightmare if he ran into a daze and went to argue with them about this kind of issue.
Angel ignored the argument behind him and walked quickly to the counter not far away.
The man looked at Angel's appearance as he walked away quickly, but the contempt in his eyes was even greater, and he couldn't help but sneer in his nose.
Bo Li also felt a little emotional. Originally, this foreign alchemist apprentice could take this opportunity to enter the enchanted alchemy circle of Sky Machine City, but he refused his invitation.
"I missed the opportunity. If you want to re-integrate into the circle, it will be difficult." Bo Li shook her head with a look of disappointment.