Although this old man...is the first time I saw this, I know that even without asking, this person is the one known as the "Duke" and the leader of this magician organization.

"Good morning, Mr. Zhang Cheng." The other party spoke first and faced him with a wise bead-holding attitude. Although this attitude is not rude or arrogant, this attitude... made Zhang Chuangneng feel a little unhappy.

"For the first time meeting, Lord Duke." Zhang Cheng said. "I'm considering visiting in advance... it should be fine, right?"

"Of course there is no problem!" The Duke smiled heartily. Mike had already taken the initiative to give up his position and stood behind the Duke.

Compared to Mike, the Duke's image and temperament are obviously much better. In fact, Mike's appearance, even with a completely objective and neutral attitude, can only be said to be a passerby face, but the Duke can easily leave a deep first impression on people.

But it's a bit good, that is, all of these people are proficient in multiple languages. So although Zhang Cheng's foreign language level is very low, the other party is completely compatible with him and there will be no communication problems.

After the Duke took his seat, he paused for a few seconds, as if he was preparing for a correct description.

"About sixty or seventy years ago," the Duke finally spoke. "In the last century, a wave of mysticism suddenly started on the earth. What superpowers, ancient ruins, aliens, etc. I believe you should have some understanding."

Zhang Cheng nodded. Since becoming a time traveler, he has spent a lot of time and energy on these things. Especially the trend of the last century - that is not a secret at all. However, no one can tell why that trend started and why it swept the world in a short time and made countless liars.

"I know, but it finally proved..."

"Most of them are nonsense, or just scams? Even those proved to be worthless, at least difficult to develop and utilize?" The Duke smiled. "I don't know what else is, but the Russian Empire at that time did... win that lucky sign."

"You mean? What did they find?" Zhang Cheng stared at the Duke's face. "Are you one of them?"

"Haha, there is no shame in admitting that. I was indeed one of them at that time... an ordinary lieutenant." The duke laughed, revealing his neat white teeth like a tiger. "We found an ancient civilization site in that permafrost. It was a very large ancient civilization site, and it would never appear in a place like permafrost. Because the environment determines that there will not be enough population to support such civilization."

"If it was an ordinary site, it would probably be thrown directly into the Education, Science and Culture System to conduct an ordinary archaeological excavation. However, the site attracted the interest of the military and the relevant information was classified as top secret. In order to conceal, a copper mine mine was even opened next to cover up the mobilization of personnel and equipment. At that time, I was one of the members of the scene."

"I understand." Zhang Cheng finally realized something. "What was discovered from it is an amazing secret that was enough to shock the entire earth. The ruins of ancient magical civilization!"

From the place where human origins gradually migrate

"That's right, it should be said that only a part of what we dug out at that time." The Duke laughed. "But the technology, knowledge and secrets we obtained were enough to be used in practice. The military decided to establish an experimental magic army based on the results. A total of seven officers and soldiers were selected for magic training, and I was one of the seven people at that time."

In this way, the information obtained from the little girl is completely in line with the number.

"As far as I know, the matter about this army was deliberately erased from the file." Zhang Cheng said. Even without asking, I know that it is probably the work of the duke, but you can ask casually.

"Ha... Because after becoming a magician, anyone will be tempted by power unstoppably. Think about it, the unrestricted mysterious power is in your hands, and the infinitely broad world is at your feet. How can you be bound by disciplines, rules, laws, etc.?" The Duke replied. "I agree very much with the idea of ​​those ancient magicians - magic is the truth. So I developed a power that the outside world does not know and formed an alliance with my six companions. When that great change came, the reason for us to obey was no longer there. The motherland was gone, and we took advantage of the situation and left the control of the army. They were not qualified to order us!"

"Sure enough..." Zhang Cheng also understood. It was indeed God's will, because in this way, no matter the constraints of external forces and the constraints of inner morality, these new magicians could no longer be restricted.

"You must understand that in this scientific society," said the Duke. "The existence of a magician is simply cheating. We can do whatever we want, on the contrary, there is no force that restricts us. Everyone has worked together to do everything they should do, and each found a place to live their own free life. But maybe I am special," he chuckled. "I am more willing to... discover more power than using the power of enjoyment. Because I had the deepest contact with the interior of that ancient ruins, I have always had a dream...I want to get the ultimate power of ancient times! It was enough to support the magicians living in the wilderness for thousands of years, and the final record of activity even continued to the 18th century!"

"Above the Sky"

"So..." The Duke spread his hands. "It finally became what he is now. I am sorry for the conflict with Mrs. Ling, but I hope you can understand that it was not our intention. That place is a very important holy place for us and cannot be interfered with by outsiders."

"I understand." Zhang Cheng replied. To be honest, he didn't plan to provoke a crime for this matter. Since that's the case, then you might as well return the matter to the beginning. "So, dare you ask, have you got it?"

"Can this question be kept for the time being?" said the Duke. "His Excellency Zhang Cheng, can you ask in turn, where your power inheritance comes from?"

Zhang Cheng smiled. "Another world." He said.

This answer obviously surprised both of them. "In fact, in my opinion, even at this moment, your spiritual foundation...is almost non-existent." The Duke hesitated and said. "You know..."

"What is the spiritual foundation?" Zhang Cheng interrupted the other party and asked.

"The source of human talent, the energy placed on the soul. It is born, but as it grows and ages, it will slowly disappear." The Duke said. "We call this kind of thing the spiritual foundation. All magic is related to spiritual foundation."

"Yes, I believe so." Zhang Cheng smiled.

After experiencing multiple worlds, especially the world of magic tides, he has generally understood what the "spirit base" is. In this bad demon-free environment on Earth, the caster must collect magic power on his soul in order to use supernatural powers and form energy bodies that are not necessary in other worlds. This gathered magic power is called spiritual base.

And where does this energy come from? For the black wizard, or for the caster of the Duke's lineage, it comes from other people.

The natural magic of human beings.

These magic powers themselves have no value because they will be gradually worn away by the world as humans grow and age. But if the caster can gather the magic powers of ordinary humans and use some method to gather them on himself, then he can indeed cast spells.

Each spell cast will consume some, but it doesn't matter, just go to the ordinary people to gather.

"So, you don't have a spiritual foundation." The Duke said with certainty. After observing face to face, he could be sure of this.

Zhang Cheng gave himself a "higher arcane vision". The magic aura on the duke's body is very mottled and chaotic, but the intensity is quite considerable. If the caster level of the two different systems can be converted, then the duke's conversion is at least 16 or 17 mages. It is roughly the same level as Doctor Kunwu or Duke Huang. Of course, the magic on Earth ignores the blessing type of spells, which means that the actual combat power is just that.

He has become a level 17 mage on Earth, and he is simply an extraordinary talent.

As a brigade mage, Zhang Cheng now fully understands that the melee professions under different systems can be compared, but the caster cannot be compared together. Take Duke and Huang Gong as an example. If the Duke was on Earth, the Duke beat ten Huang Gongs with one hand. But when he went to the Quanrong World, Huang Gong was no different from beating the Duke and abused the vegetable.

"I don't rely on Lingji." Zhang Cheng said. "I am a brigade master."

The wizard is actually not a spellcaster, but can pretend to be a spellcaster.

The Duke hesitated and looked back at Mike. "Have you heard of it?" He probably asked in a low voice, because Zhang Cheng saw Mike shook his head obviously, took out his cell phone and searched it on the spot.

"Oh, the Wizard is a card game launched by some company...!" Mike suddenly cried out.

Not to mention Mike this time, Zhang Cheng was also seriously surprised because he had never known that this was the case before.

“What company?”

"A game company, they specialize in creating such card games." Mike seemed to have found something. "According to the game setting, the Wizard is a person who can travel to different worlds at will with his own strength. This is a kind of talent, or acquired strength. It can be done without training..."

If Zhang Cheng was not wrong, this company should not exist on the earth, nor such a card game existed at all. At that time, Zhang Cheng asked the little girl to search the global information network and learn about various fictional legends, myths and fictitious ones. But now, the other party is so confident that he feels that he has an illusion.

Even if you plan to make a move, you won’t use this kind of lie that can be exposed at any time, right?

Zhang Cheng suddenly felt a little tooth pain. Although it doesn't matter if he is exposed like this, he feels a little uncomfortable psychologically.

"You are like this... a brigade mage?" The Duke listened to Mike's explanation for a while, and looked back at Zhang Cheng with a little suspicion.

"That's right." Zhang Cheng replied in ambiguously.

"No wonder, the power of a completely different system." said the Duke.

The two of them fell silent for a while. The first round of temptation had ended. They were both hesitant and waiting for each other to enter the topic.

"After that being said, what is the purpose of His Excellency the Duke convening this gathering this time?" Zhang Cheng finally decided to speak out.

"Hisser Zhang Cheng, do you believe that humans can live forever?" the Duke asked suddenly.

"I believe." Zhang Cheng replied. He had mastered the path to immortality.

On the surface, Master Lu is an ordinary human being, and he is unable to escape birth, old age, sickness and death. But in fact, the magic world does not pay attention to this.

Some magicians have methods to prolong their life. The effects are good and bad, and the methods are good and bad, but at least they can be immortal in theory. Not to mention that if the wizards put themselves into the card, they can be immortal in theory.

Of course, these things don’t matter, because Zhang Cheng has a better and simpler method in his hand: Void Castle.

When his consciousness relies on the young world tree, he can directly transform his body's age with the power of the Lord of the Plane.

The unimaginable things against heaven for humans are not worth mentioning in front of the Creator.

In addition, Zhang Cheng also has the "Twisted God". The bear can distort many conceptual things, including lifespan and aging.

Of course, these methods are theoretically feasible, and Zhang Cheng has not really tried it yet - he is still very young in any body and does not need to consider this aspect for at least decades.

Zhang Cheng's statement that he did not play according to the routine made the Duke look a little weird. "So you... know what to do?"

"Of course, I know." Zhang Cheng said. "I can tell you, but this is not free."

"Oh, then what price do I have to pay to know this mystery? Of course, if it is just a theoretical method and lacks practical feasibility, please forgive me for not being interested."

"First of all," Zhang Cheng stretched out a finger. "I smelled fresh blood here, and I wonder how the person here is?"

"This..." The Duke hesitated for a while. "Please follow me." He stood up, and the ripples of space visible to the naked eye were swaying again on the wall that looked nothing. The Duke walked into the door and Mike followed behind.

After they left, Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment and took out a few spell cards from his pocket. These were all protective spells. He released these spells on himself and followed them in.

After passing through the space door, he immediately felt the hot air and fresh sea breeze. Zhang Cheng almost instantly realized that he had arrived on a small yacht. The yacht was probably close to the tropical sea, because you could see blue sky and white clouds outside the porthole. In the advanced arcane vision, a strong magic aura can be clearly seen. The entire ship - at least most - is shrouded in the magic aura.
Chapter completed!