Three days later, the airship arrived at its destination, Hearst, the magical capital of the Central Territory, which is also the capital of the Magic Alliance.
The prosperity here gave Ling Xuan a strange illusion, as if he were in a metropolis on earth, with tall buildings with church-like spiers everywhere. Some high-rise buildings are still shining with neon colorful lights, which are the brilliance of some elemental arrays carved on them.
When the magic airship landed in the core of the city, Yuna volunteered to be a guide. Ling Xuan followed the girl to see Hearst's biggest attraction: the Saint's Magic Tower.
Seeing the huge blue tower that looked like a castle in the air, suspended in the sky, hundreds of meters high, surrounded by a large number of magic circle apertures, with its top reaching straight into the sky, Ling Xuan was stunned. He actually saw a magical building flying in the sky!
"How is it? Isn't it shocking?"
Yuna covered her mouth and smiled. Many people who came to the capital for the first time and saw the Holy Magic Tower flying in the sky would be shocked and had the same expression as Ling Xuan.
"This is the pride of the Magic Alliance. Because there is the most magical treasure in the entire continent, the Eternal Crystal, which serves as power, the Magic Tower will never fall. The Eternal Crystal absorbs energy from the sky and the earth all the time, and releases energy at the same time. Various magic circles that drive the magic tower."
Ling Xuan felt a chill in his heart. Does the Eternal Crystal have such a magical effect
"Wouldn't it be that if I took the Eternal Crystal, the pride of this Magic Alliance country, the Saint Magic Tower would fall from the sky? Even if I tell you the name of Mother Goddess Mana, they won't be willing to hand over the gem." Ling Xuan saw again that there were many buildings under the suspended magic tower.
The area of each floor of the Magic Tower is at least not much smaller than an indoor stadium, and there are many buildings below. If it falls, it will definitely kill many people.
"First settle down in this city, enter Blackstone College, and then collect some intelligence."
With Yuna's status and wealth, it was of course impossible for her to live in the core of the city. She took Ling Xuan to Blackstone College to pay the registration fee and did a talent test. After learning that Ling Xuan had no place to stay, the girl quickly invited Ling Xuan to stay temporarily. to her house.
It was a relatively rural area of the city.
Now Ling Xuan knew that Yuna and her brother were originally from the countryside. Their parents died three years ago and they came to seek refuge with relatives here. But the relatives didn't want to have two more burdensome people living at home, but they still showed some affection and bought a two-room hut for the two of them in a civilian area so that they could settle down.
Later, relying on the little wealth she gained from selling her family property in the countryside, Yuna sent her younger brother to Blackstone Academy. With some help from relatives, he opened a flower shop in the city and sold flowers grown by himself in the small garden outside the house to support the two of them.
It's winter and the flowers in the garden are long dead, so work as a waiter on the magic airship.
After hearing this, Ling Xuan couldn't help but feel some respect in his heart. Ordinary people also have the strength of ordinary people. Three years ago, Yuna was a fourteen-year-old girl. It was not easy to carry the lives of two people on her young shoulders. .
After asking carefully about the information about the Magic Council, the Saint Magic Tower, etc., Ling Xuan fell asleep.
Every morning, Yuna would get up before dawn, dig out the ground in the small garden, and plant it when the autumn flowers withered, a potato-like food that matured in winter. At other times, I am busy cooking, washing clothes, cleaning, and sewing.
Seeing the girl's hard work, Ling Xuan sighed. In any world, life is not easy for ordinary people!
On the third day of living here, it was time to enter Blackstone Academy. Ling Xuan naturally passed the previous talent test. The basic strength, speed, flexibility, etc. displayed by this body made the instructor in charge of the test stunned.
Before leaving, Ling Xuan opened his space belt. The belt originally contained 100,000 gold coins. He spent a lot of money riding on griffins and magic airships and paying tuition along the way.
There were still five million in the crystal card, but it would be troublesome to exchange it in the city center. Ling Xuan poured out all the tens of thousands of gold coins left in his belt. Looking at the pile of gold coins piled on the ground, Yuna was surprised. Both eyes were glazed over.
"You... what are you doing? I can't have it!" Unexpectedly, the girl shook her head in panic.
"I don't know how much it is, but I guess it's only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. It's not much. It's just my room and board expenses these days."
"I..." Twenty to thirty thousand gold coins is the income of ordinary civilians who have worked hard for ten years without eating or drinking. For Yuna now, of course she needs this money. With this money, at least her brother's tuition will be enough for the next few years, but in her heart, she has a strong resistance to the money, and it seems that if she accepts it, she will be looked down upon by the other party.
"You once said that your dream is to learn magic, and these will help you realize your dream! People with dreams will be favored by the gods. You can think of this as a reward from the gods." Ling Xuan advised.
After finally accepting the money and locking it firmly in the box, Yuna calmed down and looked at Ling Xuan sheepishly, suddenly blushing.
Demacia's appearance can only be considered ordinary in the Mana continent, but how could an ordinary girl like Yuna not be attracted to a man who is rich and kind-hearted? Unfortunately, for Ling Xuan, this was just a casual help for a very innocent girl.
For a mere tens of thousands of gold coins, the flaming sword he refined could be sold for fifty thousand. For a common girl, this little wealth might be the thing that changes her destiny!
When he arrived at Blackstone College, Ling Xuan, accompanied by his guide, went to the dormitory first. He found that it was a dormitory for many people, so he simply spent a lot of money to live in a two-story luxury building for one person, so that it would be more convenient whether he was practicing or doing other things. many.
Seeing that Ling Xuan was so rich and showed off his fire fighting spirit, the school concluded that he was a descendant of a noble who came to Blackstone College to further his studies.
Such people are very common, and even some foreign nobles will go to Blackstone College to study.
After a busy day of completing various formalities, Ling Xuan left the small building and headed to the training ground before dawn the next day. He inquired about the news in the dormitory yesterday. Yuna's younger brother, a boy named Belen, would go to the training ground to exercise every day before dawn.
Arriving at the training ground, Ling Xuan recognized the appearance described by others at a glance. It was indeed very distinctive. He had brown hair and a slightly immature complexion, but he was tall and strong, about 1.9 meters tall, and his whole body was full of muscles!
Now, Belen had many weight-bearing sandbags tied to his body and was running in the biting cold wind.
When the muscular man stopped running with a heavy load, he took a dark heavy knife and slashed in the air more than a hundred times before he stopped panting. Ling Xuan walked over and said, "Are you Yuna's brother Belen?" ?”
"Yes, who are you?"
"I am your sister's friend, and now I am studying at Blackstone College. Yuna asked me to bring you something."
Taking the handed baggage and seeing a set of newly sewn coarse cloth clothes, a letter from Yuna, and a small bag of gold coins inside, Beren said shyly: "I'm really sorry to trouble you, Blackstone Academy is not allowed to go out casually. I haven't seen her for more than a month, how is sister?"
"Very good, she told you not to worry, practice hard, and strive to reach the gold level and stand out."
Ling Xuan saw the sparse people on the training ground and sighed: "It's the Snow Moon now. It's such a cold day and you have to work out here before dawn. It's really hard for you."
Belen smiled: "It's not hard compared to my sister. Besides, I'm a commoner and don't have enough resources. Compared with other students in school, my talent is nothing. If I don't work hard, I will fall behind. If I am kicked out of the school, How can I be worthy of what my sister has done for me when I go out?"
"If you have such a heart, your sister will be happy if she knows about it."
The characters of this pair of siblings are very simple. Ling Xuan looked at Beren's heavy knife. The blade was polished brightly, and he obviously cherished it, but the material was just ordinary high-carbon steel.
"By the way, I heard from your sister that in school, what you practiced was not ordinary non-attribute fighting spirit, but fire attribute?"
"Sister, did you tell me this?" Beren was slightly surprised, and then nodded, "Yes, I was very lucky. Maybe the instructor saw that I worked hard enough and gave me a chance to choose elemental fighting spirit. This is better than having ordinary The fighting spirit and combat power are much higher.”
Ling Xuan untied the sword from his waist and pulled out the straight-edged blade from the leather sheath, revealing the magic pattern on the sword: "This is a magic sword, sophisticated grade, called the Flame Sword. The sword contains fire properties. If you stir it up with thoughts, the sword will ignite flames and be given to you."
"Exquisite magic sword!"
Belen was not overjoyed, but said with some vigilance: "Why did you give such a precious thing to me... What is your relationship with your sister?"
He almost thought that Ling Xuan was pursuing his sister, but Yuna's beauty was not outstanding. A magic swordsman cost at least 60,000 to 70,000 gold coins. No one else had to pay such a price to impress his sister.
"I'm just an ordinary friend. You must misunderstand me. This is my reward for your hard work. Although you are born ordinary, there is hope for change as long as you work hard. Those who work hard should be rewarded."
Ling Xuan put the flaming sword back into its leather sheath and stuffed it into Beren's hand. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he said: "If anyone doubts where your sword came from or what trouble it caused, just tell me my name and let them come. Look for me, I live in a posh student area and my name is Galen.”
After leaving the training ground, Ling Xuan went to the library information room of Blackstone College, where a lot of information about the Magic Alliance was recorded. What he was most concerned about was the strange news he learned from Yuna.
The Saint's Magic Tower suspended in mid-air is said to be a creation during the Magic Empire. In its heyday, the Magic Empire once formulated an oath of challenge in order to recruit top talents from the mainland and to show the strength of the Magic Empire. .
As long as someone challenges the Saint Magic Tower and can reach the top of the tower, then the Magic Empire will satisfy any of the other party's requirements. As long as the conditions are met, they will definitely satisfy it!
Wellington, the legendary sage who used the Abyss Recruiting Scroll to summon a demon lord by sheer luck, once challenged him. At that time, the Magic Empire was already in decline, but in order to fulfill this promise, the magician army was still dispatched to help him restore the country.
The collapse of the Magic Empire was directly related to the departure of the Magic Legion. Later, the Magic Alliance inherited the status of the Magic Empire and also inherited this challenge oath.
The Saint's Magic Tower has a total of seventeen floors, and the top seven floors are where the challenge is held.
In the past two hundred years, there have been four people who challenged the Saint Magic Tower, but they failed at most on the fifth floor. You must know that those who issued the oath of challenge cannot be ordinary strong men. Each of them is famous in the mainland, but they can only fight By reaching the fifth level, you can see how difficult the challenge is!
Ling Xuan's heart was pounding, and he could satisfy any request! If you ask for the Crystal of Eternity, it might be a little difficult, but you can definitely get it from the Trident of the Ice and Snow Goddess in the Magic Council.
This is the only way to obtain powerful artifacts other than stealing, robbing, and offending the behemoth that is the Magic Council.
"The Magic Association... and the city of Hearst have a lot of powerful people, and there are demigods... Anyway, I want to give the challenge a try! Just in time to see, the main body has the way to freeze. After that, how strong is it now! Let’s see how strong the strong men in the entire Magic Alliance are and whether they can resist me!”
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