After living on the south coast for so many years, Leylin also has some basic understanding of some basic conditions here.
From a geographical point of view, although the south coast is called the coast, it is an extremely large continent, covering various complex terrains such as mountains, swamps, plains, and snow fields, as well as some hidden and ferocious relic areas. Wizards also dare not explore.
And the most surviving people on this continent are the aborigines here. These ordinary people have a number of about 100 million, and they are divided into hundreds of large and small principalities.
Behind these principalities, there are black wizards and white wizards manipulating.
Those ruling grand dukes and nobles are the blood descendants of many formal wizards!
Every once in a while, the major wizarding organizations on the south coast will directly test the soul talent from the nobles, select apprentices, impart knowledge and power, so that their rule can continue from generation to generation.
Although these academies will also recruit some civilian apprentices, the ratio is very low. Only very outstanding talents will be favored, and often life safety is not guaranteed.
Even some white wizard academies will not recruit commoner apprentices, only black wizards like to do this!
However, despite having such a large population base, the probability of civilians with soul talents is still too small.
Out of almost thousands, tens of thousands of civilians, there will only be one lucky enough to produce an example who has the talent of a wizard and can become an apprentice.
And it's still the kind of talent that is not very good, but if you want third-class or even fourth-class talent, it really depends on luck.
Therefore, many academies and schools were not destroyed due to the invasion of foreign enemies, but because they could not find a suitable heir, which led to their own strength gradually weakening and eventually dying out.
Black and white wizards have their own divisions of power, and it is absolutely forbidden to recruit apprentices across borders. However, due to problems such as business philosophy, the population and prosperity under the control of black wizards are far inferior to those of white wizards.
Therefore, recruiting apprentices from areas outside the influence has become an additional means for the black wizard organization to supplement apprentices.
And the Black Bone Forest Academy is such an organization of black wizards. It eliminates apprentices every year, even exceeding the number of recruits, and it can't snatch people from the white wizard's territory. The idea of the Islands.
Although there are so many methods, the number of official wizards on the entire south coast is still not much.
Moreover, the difficulty of a wizard's advancement is also increasing.
Those apprentices with first- and second-class soul talents are basically impossible to advance in a lifetime, and third-class apprentices are their end.
It is even more difficult for official wizards to advance, and they are controlled by the ascending channel. Apprentices from commoner backgrounds have never even heard of advanced meditation methods. Even if they are lucky enough to advance, they are also the most mediocre category.
Second-level wizards are even rarer. Even if you add up all the second-level wizards on the entire south coast, there are less than one hundred!
It is also because of this that when the White Wizard Alliance lost four second-level wizards in succession, their strength was greatly reduced, which led to the black wizard's eagerness to move.
If the second-level wizards are the real high-level people, and the first-level heroes who sit on one side, then the third-level wizards are the real masters of this south coast!
According to what Leylin saw and heard, in modern times when the fourth-level morning star wizards have disappeared, the third-level wizards are the real masters of the south coast!
Even, adding up all the third-level wizards with specific deeds, there will not be more than ten! Everyone is the leader of the top wizard strength of the night lighthouse!
Judging from the descriptions of Komoin's Eye and the Book of Giant Serpents, wizards often awaken a lot of strange abilities after reaching the third level, and the distance from the second-level wizards is as far away as heaven and earth.
Under the pursuit of a third-level wizard, no matter what arrangements the second-level wizard Alister made, there would be nothing to hide.
"That Alister was probably hunted down by a third-level wizard! And fled all the way here!"
Leylin felt that he guessed the truth.
"That black store dared to deceive me with fake news! Don't let me see them again next time..."
As for the black shop and the Iron Crown, Leylin naturally had a little more trust in this local snake.
Also, he was very interested in that exchange meeting.
"The exchange meeting held by the Iron Crown? I'm afraid I really have to go and see it..."
As Leylin pondered, he turned around a corner.
Immediately, a silver-haired old man came out and quickly disappeared into the market...
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Three days later.
Next to a cliff not far from the Thorn Iron Gate.
The tall black cliffs stretched straight into the sky, and in the middle of the sky, there was a small platform formed by a protruding giant rock. On the surface of the huge rock was some soil, covered with weeds and unknown vine buds and the like.
Hoo hoo!
A black ray shot from the distant sky, directly inserted into the platform.
boom! The soil sank into a big pit, revealing a wizard who looked like a middle-aged man.
"According to the guidelines on the card, it should be here!"
The big man took out a black card and came to the side of the rock layer. Naturally, he saw through some ordinary wizard's cover-up methods. The big man sneered, and sent out mental power fluctuations directly towards the rock wall.
Wave! Wave!
The rock wall immediately parted like water waves, revealing the figures of two wizards in uniform, with iron medals on their chests.
As soon as the two wizards saw Leylin, they saluted respectfully, and said, "Is it Lord Black Snake! We are the Iron Crown's Black Iron Guards! We are here specially to wait for Your Excellency!"
After seeing the card thrown by Leylin, the two wizards saluted even more respectfully: "Please follow me!"
Immediately, they entered the psychedelic witch formation first, and the big man followed behind with a blank expression.
Inside the witch array was a downward staircase, and after walking hundreds of meters, the big man was respectfully ushered into a very luxuriously decorated single room.
After dismissing the costumers, the big man took a look at the room.
In front of him is a huge crystal glass, from which you can clearly see the huge circular auditorium and high platform below.
And there are already some wizards sitting on some auditoriums, and the energy fluctuations on their bodies are very subtle, but they can't hide under the eyes of the big man, at least they are the first-level peak wizard strengths that are about to break through!
Thinking of the many forks and so many wizards he saw along the way just now, the big man couldn't help but sigh: "Iron Crown really has a heart to open up a special passage for us second-level wizards!"
This big man was naturally disguised by Leylin.
After getting the invitation, Leylin no longer had the desire to visit the Iron Gate of Thorns. He randomly found a cave outside, and practiced advanced meditation every day, quietly waiting for the time for the exchange meeting to arrive.
For wizards, meditation is an essential daily homework, and this is even more so for Leylin.
Komoyin's pupil is also very suitable for his meditation method. After each meditation, he can feel that his strength is improving bit by bit. This kind of progress is simply amazing!
According to Leylin's estimate, his progress speed is many times faster than those second-level wizards with advanced meditation skills!
And the reason for this was also analyzed by the chip, which is the effect of the Komoin giant snake blood!
After the heart transformation was completed, Leylin completely fused with this bloodline, and some mysterious power contained in the bloodline also began to be stimulated by the pupil of Komoin, enhancing Leylin's strength.
Each advanced meditation method has different characteristics. With the deepening of the wizard's practice, it can even strengthen the wizard's ability in a certain aspect, increase the resistance of a single element, and even generate very strange skills!
In Leylin's view, the high-level meditation method of Komoin's Pupil is to constantly transform itself, and with the improvement of practice and level, the wizard's physique will be closer to the ancient Komoin giant snake.
As for the incomplete holy light candle, it allows the wizard to cultivate a special kind of spiritual power. This kind of spiritual power has no other effect, but it can be derived into the general consciousness of the mainland. Useful fragments were extracted from it, and some premonitions were obtained.
It's just that this ability has a strong uncertainty, and sometimes it doesn't work, and the way of meditation is also very incomplete, which makes Leylin feel a little regretful.
Behind the crystal glass shield, there is a comfortable white leather sofa-shaped seat, and beside it is a communication device with witchcraft runes.
Leylin sat on it quietly, and a trace of pale silver mental power instantly connected with the device, and gained a specific usage.
This contact device is a general-purpose quotation, and wizards can manipulate it through mental power to carry out various trading activities, and also avoid being recognized by people they know well.
After all, the entire south coast is so big, and many second-level wizards have enmity with each other. If it happens, even the Iron Crown will have a headache.
Therefore, they did not dare to set up the exchange meeting in their own headquarters, but opened up this underground place in the suburbs as a trading place.
For second-level wizards, the Iron Crown is very considerate. On the small table next to the sofa, there are various snacks and fruits, some of which even have the effect of increasing mental power and meditation effects, which are worth enough to make ordinary official wizards break through. head, but now it is quietly displayed here, allowing Leylin to use it.
"Iron Yeguo!" Leylin randomly picked up an apple with a metallic luster on its surface, took a bite and tasted it.
This iron leaf fruit is a special product of the secret realm controlled by the Iron Crown. It has functions such as concentrating spiritual power and increasing meditation effects. It is very sought after by some official wizards, but Leylin did not feel the effect at all.
After being promoted to a second-level warlock, many of these resources that are effective for a first-level wizard have lost their effectiveness on him. The current Iron Crown specialty can only satisfy his appetite for him.