Chapter 29 Baiyan City
Lujiao Town is not too far from Baiyan City. About two hours later, Horn saw a white line on the distant plain, which was the wall of Baiyan City.
Baiyan City, the Oriental Pearl of the Pompeii Empire, is located on the impact plains on the banks of the Black Water River. Benefiting from its unique geographical conditions, Baiyan City is also somewhat famous throughout the Noah Continent.
It is a transit station for trade between the Empire and the Eastern Alliance. Merchant ships from the empire's hinterland arrive at the end of the destination here. The goods will change to land and enter the modern underground passage, and finally flow into the Eastern Alliance market.
The developed water conservancy conditions and the geographical advantages of the modern underground passage make Baiyan City unshakable. In the foreseeable future, the city will continue to flourish.
Before entering the city scope, Horn saw the city's financial resources. The neat roads paved with white bricks and stones were enough to allow six carriages to run side by side, extending from under his feet to the city far away.
The farmland along the way is planned squares, and you can imagine the scene of golden wheat waves one after another during the harvest season in autumn.
Da da da da da!
The old horse knew the way, and the horse ran even happier when he saw the destination.
After a while, Horn stayed in front of the horse shed by the river, handed over the horses and rental certificates to the staff to get the deposit back, and then stepped onto the ancient stone arch bridge.
The entrance to Baiyan City is opposite the bridge. Horn merges into the crowd of people entering the city. He stood by the bridge and looked at the Black Water River below.
The water of the Black Water River is not black. Its name comes from a kind of black fish. During the breeding season, this black fish always goes upstream in groups, and from a distance it looks like the whole river is black.
In the pioneering era, the first batch of ancestors who arrived here saw this scene and named the river Heishui River. However, after years of overfishing, the scene of this black fish dyeing the black river has not appeared for a long time.
Horn lined up behind the long queue entering the city, waiting for an inspection.
On the side of the team, aristocratic carriages were flying past, entering the city through the dedicated passage, attracting a lot of envious and awe-inspiring eyes.
Ou~, the evil privileged class!
Horn lined up without any trouble, and distinguished the aristocratic emblems on the passing carriage. When he was queuing, he saw four barons, one viscount and one earl's emblem.
After showing the free civil certificate to the guards, he paid the entry tax and entered the city through the deep gate.
The Mage Guild is better than the Adventurer Guild. If you look up at the sky, you will know that because the carriers of the Mage Guild are all magic towers, and magic towers are often the tallest building in the entire city.
This towering magic tower represents the social status, force and financial resources of the mage. The name of the mage is not blown out.
All the way, he came to the towering magic tower in the center of the city. On both sides of the entrance of the magic tower were two mage apprentice apprentice robes.
As the eyes of two mage apprentices, Horn stepped into the gate of the magic tower.
When he entered the door, he felt a strange wave of magic power sweeping over him. This was a magic circle that could identify whether the person coming was a spellcaster.
If not, the visitor will trigger the defense mechanism and learn a lesson, which is why the mage apprentice guarding at the door did not conduct any cross-check.
The scene of the guild hall is similar to the bank hall in the previous life, except that the area is much larger and there are more private areas for drinking tea and dining.
At this time, there were not many people in the guild hall, not entirely because of the magic exchange meeting, and there were not many mages.
Horn estimated that all the official mages in Baiyan City and surrounding towns were only a hundred. He went straight to the window and knocked on the table.
"Hello, Wandering Mage Register."
The female mage apprentice with freckles on her face looked up at him, and when she saw a bright smile, her cheeks were slightly red and her head lowered, and she handed out a form.
Horn took the form and used the quill on the desktop to fill in the basic information such as name, age, origin, etc.
If Horn is just a magic apprentice, then he can leave after submitting the registration information, and the official mage needs another procedure - strength testing.
He followed the guidance to a room on the second floor of the Mage Tower and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Horn pushed the door and saw an old mage wearing a robe and watering flowers. His name is Irving, and he is a formal mage in the left-behind guild.
"Hello, elder, I need a strength test," Horn bent down and performed the etiquette of a junior elder, and then handed the form collected at the front desk to Master Owen.
A polite person can always gain more kindness. Master Owen looked at Horn with a smile, then looked down at the form.
As the old mage lowered his head to focus on the form, Horn looked up at him. The old mage had age spots on his face, but his eyes were shining with the light of wisdom.
This type of old wizard has little lifespan. He gave up pursuing the magic path and spent his days in the wizard guild, so he did not attend the exchange meeting.
"Well..., 18 years old, without any elder guidance, he can be promoted to a formal mage. He is such a lucky and unfortunate little guy."
Horn naturally understood the reason why the old mage lamented. Lucky means that he can advance to a formal mage, and misfortune also means that he advances to a formal mage. If he does not advance to a formal mage, he can find a good teacher with his talent and walk more smoothly on the magic path.
After he entered the formal mage, even the most enlightened high-level mage would not accept a formal mage as his disciple.
In other words, Horn will only gain knowledge through trading, adventure and other means in the future, and the road ahead will be much more difficult.
Horn also had trouble in his heart. Who made him so damn badly that he had such a big blame for murdering a noble?
The old mage took him to the testing room and instructed him to put a crystal ball on his forehead, and the crystal ball lit up a faint light.
"Magic power meets the standard, next item, mental power."
The old mage took Horn to a table, where three black squares of different sizes were placed on it, which were secret mental power detection stones.
In the Noah continent, mental power and willpower are strong to a certain extent, and they can interfere with reality, such as moving objects from space, etc.
The mental power detection stone can echo the mental power, and the mental power reaches a certain strength to make the detection stone suspended.
Horn focused and stared at the smallest detection stone. The dark square slowly left the table. After leaving the table a few centimeters, he deliberately disrupted his mental power and the detection stone fell down again.
"The mental strength meets the standard, but the control is lacking, and more exercise is needed," the old mage touched his beard and smiled. Inadequate control of his own mental power is a common problem for wandering mages, and this is the consequence of not having the guidance of the teacher.
"If I remember correctly, there is a book on the fifth floor of the third row, second row, on the left side of the public library, which you can find and take a look."
"Thank you for your guidance."
Chapter completed!