Chapter 721: Seeing the Old Ones Again
Under the leadership of Master Oulei, Jing Chen and his party walked in Flan City for nearly an hour and finally stopped in front of a quiet courtyard. It was said that the courtyard was not that the courtyard was very small, but compared with the surrounding royal palaces and palaces, the courtyard was indeed not big. Although it was not big, it covers an area of thousands of square meters. The courtyard wall, which was more than three meters high and dozens of servants, made Jing Chen, who had never seen any big world, was really a little stunned. Moreover, the courtyard was indeed quiet. The front street was the mansion of great nobles such as princes and princes, and the back street was close to the palace. No one dared to come to such a place to make noise.
Entering the courtyard, there was a spacious courtyard. Although there was no exquisite wall sculpture, it also revealed a unique atmosphere, which looked special. Jing Chen looked at everything in front of him in confusion. He could not imagine that Master Ou Lei actually owned such a mansion in Flan City. With such a huge space in this location, he probably could not buy it with money.
Master Alpha seemed to see Jing Chen's doubts, smiled slightly, and said, "Xiao Chen, this old guy is not an ordinary person. Even if the emperor of the Flan Empire sees him, he will call him uncle, so you don't have to be surprised." Master Alpha said casually, obviously this is not a secret.
When Jing Chen heard his teacher's words, he was slightly stunned, and a clear light flashed in his eyes. So that's it! No wonder Master Ou Lei can own this mansion in such a superior position. It seems that not to mention such a large area, even if it is a little bigger, I'm afraid no one dares to have any objection.
Master Ou Lei also smiled slightly and said, "Xiaochen, are you still used to it when you are here in Flan City for the first time? If you have any needs, I will try to arrange it for you. I dare not say anything else. There are really not many old men in this Flan City that I can't do." He said with a hearty smile.
Jing Chen naturally has no requirements for living, not to mention that it is a place with such a superior environment. Not only is the environment quiet, but the entire courtyard is also simple and generous, and it is simply impossible to find any problem.
Seeing that Jing Chen had no problems, Ou Lei continued, "It's good that there is no problem. Xiao Chen, since he has come to me, it's like going to his own house, there's no need to be restrained." After a pause, Ou Lei looked up at the sky and continued, "It's getting late. I'll ask the kitchen to deliver food to the room later. I'll have to rest early today. Tomorrow your teacher will accompany you to get an enchantrator certification."
After Ou Lei finished speaking, several people were led by their servants to the neat and clean guest room. Jing Chen had not had a good rest for a long time. Today he finally had a chance. He didn't even eat dinner and fell asleep directly on the bed. Since he could relieve his fatigue by practicing the starry sky, sleeping has become a luxury for Jing Chen. If it weren't for the hard work for several days, Jing Chen wouldn't have had a good sleep.
Night slowly descends on Flange City, one of the largest cities on the continent, also ushers in its most lively time. Flange City, known as the Western City of Never Sleeping, is of course a reason. The nightlife here is extremely prosperous. Whether it is a casino, entertainment venue, or even some wine and sex places, it is spread throughout the streets and alleys of the commercial area, and it is roughly 100,000. This scale brings huge taxes to Flange City, and it also brings countless troubles. Many casinos and romantic places always cause some deaths, which is also a headache for local officials in Flange City.
Commercial area, Baihua Lane.
Baihua Lane is a small three-story building with no girl supporting the scene. Naturally, business is also average. At this moment, in a private room on the third floor, the private room, which should have been constantly talking about orioles, was surrounded by a strange atmosphere. I saw a group of people sitting in the private room. These people were dressed very ordinary, and they were the clothes that consumers here should wear, but the whole room was filled with a faint aura. This aura is not an ordinary aura. A discerning person could tell at a glance that this was a aura set up by a strong man to prevent others from eavesdropping.
"Chief, we are... this time..." asked a fat man with big ears, his eyes drooping slightly toward the table, but his head was facing a cold-faced old man in the lead.
"The news came from the Divine Cult. At the Enchantist Conference, the Divine Cult will make big moves. Let us pay attention to cooperate." The cold-faced old man in the lead said with a gloomy face.
"Big Action?" Everyone sitting next to the old man looked at the old man with some confusion. They didn't understand what big moves the Divine Cult could do in this capital of the Flan Empire. As the Imperial City, the Flange City not only has many official masters, but also many folk masters, which is extremely inconvenient to move.
"I don't know either. I didn't say it, I just said that we should cooperate well then." A confused look flashed in the old man's eyes. The order this time was very vague, and he felt that he wanted to speak and still wanted to stop. However, as the command from within the Divine Cult, he did not dare to make any mistakes as the commands sent from the Flan City branch.
At midnight, the moon was already hanging in the sky, and the silver-white moonlight slowly shone down, covering the entire Flange City with a thin layer of silver gauze.
At this moment, Jing Chen, who had been sleeping for most of the night in the courtyard, slowly walked out of the room. He had not slept for too long. This time, he couldn't adapt to it after sleeping for too long. Instead of rolling around on the bed, it would be better to get up. Moreover, Jing Chen also felt the familiar breath outside the door...
Seeing Jing Chen pushing the door out, the man standing in the yard was slightly surprised. When Jing Chen came out, he saw the beautiful figure about to turn around and leave, "Since you are here, why do you have to leave so quickly?" Jing Chen walked slowly into the yard. The beautiful figure was not someone else, but Qiong'er.
"Have you rested yet?" Seeing Jing Chen come out, Qiong'er was slightly stunned, and then asked a little embarrassedly.
"I just woke up...ah..." He sighed, and Jing Chen didn't know what to say at this moment.
"You...you must be careful in this enchanter competition. Once you know your strength, there may be many people who will tamper with you." Qiong'er hesitated for a moment and said slowly.
"Why?" Hearing Qiong'er's words, Jing Chen turned his head in confusion and looked at her. These strange words made Jing Chen feel confused. He really didn't know what Qiong'er wanted him to be careful about.
"Your Heavenly Eye lineage was originally a very powerful inheritance of enchantists. Although your lineage is strong, its population has not been very prosperous. I heard from the teacher that at the peak of your Heavenly Eye lineage, there were only more than a dozen people. No matter how powerful such factions are, they are too few. Moreover, the factions with inheritance generally do not absorb those foreign powers to join the power, which creates a situation. Although the various inheritance branches are powerful and have a profound foundation, they have never had any say in the enchantment hall." Qiong'er seemed to be telling a very ordinary story.
After a pause, Qiong'er continued, "Later, all the enchantists from the inheritance branches suddenly united and seized three seats of the five core elders of the Enchantment Hall with an unrivaled aura. However, the good times did not last long. With the decline and rise of the various enchantment branches, these three seats have been changing, and the various enchantment schools of the inheritance have also been in open and secret struggles, and your Tianyan lineage once firmly controlled a seat for tens of thousands of years. Unfortunately, since Master Tiance disappeared, your Tianyan lineage has been driven out of the core elders' council." Speaking of this, Qiong'er stopped talking.
At this moment, how could Jing Chen not understand Qiong'er's meaning? I think those guys who squeezed their lineage out of the core elders' council would definitely not want their lineage to appear as geniuses like him, and would definitely use all their strength to suppress them with various methods. I am afraid that even some despicable means would be used without hesitation.
Seeing that Jing Chen understood what he meant, Qiong'er bit her lip slightly. She swallowed it back when she said that when she was at her mouth, she finally whispered, "Since you already understand, I won't disturb you to rest." After that, she turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait..." Jing Chen saw Qiong'er was about to leave, so he hurriedly spoke to stop him.
"Hmm?" Qiong'er turned her head and looked at Jing Chen, and a complex light flashed in her eyes.
Seeing Qiong'er's bright beautiful eyes looking at him, Jing Chen suddenly felt nervous. He had already plucked up the courage to say all the words he had been swallowed back. Finally, he looked at Qiong'er apologetically, "I'm sorry..."
Hearing Jing Chen's words, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of Qiong'er's mouth, looked at Jing Chen deeply, shook her head slightly, and said, "It's nothing." After saying that, he turned around and left quickly, and a few crystal tears dripped from her delicate face, splashing a little dust.
"Qiong..." Jing Chen stretched out his hand, but finally let it go weakly...
The next morning, after breakfast, Jing Chen came to the courtyard where Master Alpha was. When he walked into the courtyard, he happened to see Master Alpha and Master Oule sitting at the stone table in the courtyard. He was chatting about something. Seeing Jing Chen coming in, the two of them stopped talking.
"Xiaochen, did you sleep well last night?" Master Alpha asked with a smile. I don't know if it was Jing Chen who was guilty or if there was another profound meaning in Master Alpha's words, Jing Chen always felt that the teacher seemed a little strange today.
"Well, it's good... it's pretty good." Jing Chen nodded.
Master Alpha looked at Jing Chen with a profound meaning and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the Enchantment Hall now, get a level certification badge first." He said, turning his head to Master Ou Lei, "Old guy, I'll take the child to go first, when we come back, we will continue chatting, continue chatting..." He said, and got up and took Jing Chen to the outside of the yard.
Seeing the backs of Master Alpha and Jing Chen gradually faded away, Master Ou Lei also had a strange smile on his lips. After a while, Master Ou Lei shouted, "Qiong'er..."
"Teacher." Qiong'er slowly walked out from behind the rockery on the side. This time, because Qiong'er deliberately covered her breath, Jing Chen did not notice anything strange in this yard when he came. Moreover, with his own teacher and Master Ou Lei, it was not convenient for Jing Chen to release his perception to explore the yard.
"Oh." sighed, Ou Lei looked at his student, and after a long time, he slowly said, "Qiong'er, it's hard for you..."
Qiong'er shook her head and said, "You'd better leave Qiong'er's business to Qiong'er to handle."
After leaving the quiet courtyard, Jing Chen followed Master Alpha for about half an hour and finally arrived in front of a magnificent building. The style of the building was very different. Jing Chen couldn't even see what kind of building it was. The towering spire combined with the very abstract lobby, which looked like a combination of the Gothic style of the Holy Church and the rough buildings next to the 100,000 mountains in the West, and looked very different.
"This is the general meeting of the Enchantment Hall. Although it is in this Flange City, it is an independent area, which is considered a city in the city." Rios said slowly.
Jing Chen's eyes narrowed. He could not imagine that the status of the enchantment hall was so unique. In the capital of the Flan Empire, the Flan Empire was so tolerant. He couldn't help but look at the strange building for a few more glances. As the people flowed Jing Chen and Master Alpha came to the strange building, Jing Chen's eyes swept around. He suddenly found that the hall was beyond his expectations. Many enchantists wearing enchantist-style costumes came and went in the hall.
"Walking from here, the area is a trading area, and many enchantists will trade there; the south is the test area, and we will go there this time; and the east is the office area of the Enchantment Hall General Association, and non-in-community internal personnel and invited personnel are prohibited from entering." After a brief introduction, Master Alpha took Jing Chen to the south.
While walking to the south, Master Alpha said, "There are a lot of things here to trade, and sometimes some very rare treasures are sold at the lowest price, so many enchantists like to come here to stroll around, and the industry calls this "Taobao"." Rios smiled slightly and said, "I remember when I was like you, I also liked to come here very much. But after leaving here, I rarely come here."
Hearing the strangeness in Alpha's voice, Jing Chen glanced at Master Alpha and said in confusion, "Teacher, why did you leave Flan City at that time?"
"Oh." Alpha sighed, pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "Xiaochen, where there are wise life, there will be open and secret struggles, and the same is true for the Enchantment Hall. This time I will bring you here to participate in the Enchantist Competition. Teacher, I don't want you to have any surprises, so you must be more careful."
Jing Chen frowned slightly. At this moment, he also remembered the words of Qiong'er yesterday. It seemed that the struggle between factions in the enchantment hall was far more intense than he had imagined. I am afraid that his teacher left Flan City because of the factional struggle. Although Jing Chen thought of this, he did not ask much. On the one hand, Jing Chen did not want to mention the teacher's sad things back then, and on the other hand, Jing Chen was not so curious about these things.
When Alfa brought Jing Chen to the area for the assessment and registration, there was already a long queue here. It seemed that these people of the same age as Jing Chen were all here to participate in the Enchanter Competition. Seeing this, Alfa frowned slightly and turned his head to Jing Chen and said, "Xiaochen, wait here for a while. I'll go and see who is on duty today and can be compatible." As he said that, Alfa was already heading towards a corner.
Jing Chen nodded and responded, watching the teacher's back slowly move away, and then he sat towards the bench behind him. Over the years, Jing Chen has developed a habit. When he comes to a strange occasion, he will always observe everything here as soon as possible and have a clear idea. He has seen this bench just now, and there are many such benches in this hall. He originally moved back very normally, but he feels a very soft and elastic feeling coming from his back. Jing Chen was shocked and secretly screamed in his heart.
"ah!"
Sure enough, just when Jing Chen was secretly yelling in his heart, a woman's scream came from behind him. Jing Chen hurriedly turned around and saw a woman passing by behind him. When Jing Chen happened to hit him, her waist hit the bench. Seeing this scene, how could Jing Chen leave and hurriedly reach out to grab the woman's arm.
"No!" Seeing Jing Chen's hand reaching out to grab him, the woman exclaimed, but unfortunately it was too late. Jing Chen's hand passed by like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he had already grabbed the woman's arm.
"Bang!" With a light sound, Jing Chen felt a huge rebound force coming from his arm. He was almost shocked by this force. This was nothing. Jing Chen felt a strange and fierce energy coming from his hands into his body. The energy was extremely powerful and violently impacting his body. Fortunately, Jing Chen discovered it in time, and the wild magic power surged out instantly. Soon, the strange energy was finally completely wiped out under the encirclement of the wild magic power.
Jing Chen looked at the woman in front of him with a look of concern, and saw a royal badge of the Flan Empire on her chest. "The Flan Empire's people?" Jing Chen frowned slightly in confusion.
The girl seemed not old last year, and seemed to be similar to Jing Chen, but the girl's face was a little pale and looked a little sick. Seeing Jing Chen looking at her, the girl asked anxiously, "You... are you okay?" After asking, the girl lowered her head timidly, like a child who had made a mistake.
Jing Chen's brows frowned deeper. Originally, he only thought that the girl hated him for offending her and would attack him with that strange energy. But now it seems that this girl with a pale and innocent face did not look like the kind of scheming and vicious person. After shook her hand, which was a little numb and painful, Jing Chen said in a deep voice, "It's okay."
Hearing Jing Chen's answer, the girl couldn't help but glance at Jing Chen secretly. From the time she was born to now, she had been fine. She was all very old and had a strong man with a peak strength. For example, Jing Chen's age, this was the first time she saw him. She couldn't help but ask, "Are you really okay?" There was a hint of doubt in her voice.
"I'm really okay." Jing Chen deliberately shook the hand that had pulled the girl in front of the girl.
Seeing that Jing Chen was really fine, the girl breathed a sigh of relief, but the eyes that looked at Jing Chen became even more strange. The two looked at each other for a while before the girl said, "That... I'm sorry." After that, the girl glanced at Jing Chen again, and then turned around and ran away without waiting for Jing Chen to speak. Soon, the slender figure had disappeared into the crowd and disappeared.
Looking at the direction where the girl disappeared, Jing Chen couldn't help but smile helplessly. He vaguely felt that there must be some secret on the girl, but this secret...
"Xiaochen, come with me..." Alpha's voice came, instantly interrupting Jing Chen's thoughts. He looked deeply at the direction where the girl disappeared, turned around and followed Master Alpha and walked inside.
Jing Chen followed Alfa to an entirely closed wooden door. At this moment, several burly men were standing at the wooden door. Jing Chen glanced slightly and couldn't help but be stunned. These big men who were guarding the door actually had the strength of level 6. While he was secretly shocked, Jing Chen also looked at the enchantment hall a lot.
When he arrived at the door, Alpha stopped, turned his head and said to Jing Chen, "Xiaochen, this is a special examination room for the people inside the Enchantment Hall. I have already greeted people so that you can get the certification here, but when you go in, there may be... some people inside..." Speaking of this, Alpha did not continue.
"What the teacher means..." Jing Chen looked at Alpha in confusion. He really didn't understand why the teacher was always a little weird after coming here.
"Oh." Alpha sighed and said, "Xiao Chen, there are also different forces in this enchantment hall. Originally, our Tianyan lineage was overthrown, and now only a few of us masters and apprentices are left in this lineage. Now the tests are exactly two inheritance branches that are in harmony with our lineage. Why don't we come again tomorrow?" Although we have confidence in Jing Chen's strength, Master Alpha has to do this for the sake of protecting Jing Chen.
Seeing the teacher's bitter look, a cold light flashed in Jing Chen's eyes. I think these two inheritance branches have suppressed the teacher very much over the years, otherwise with the strength of his teacher, it would not have been like this. Thinking of this, Jing Chen smiled slightly and said, "Teacher, we are here, can we still go back empty-handed? I want to see what kind of strength other inheritance branches have, and whether they have a rising knowledge."
Seeing Jing Chen's resolute look, Alpha was stunned for a moment, then his eyes narrowed, and a firm look appeared, and he said, "Okay, we, teachers and students, will meet them today." With a hearty smile, he took Jing Chen to the wooden door and handed one of the slightly higher-strength men a wooden sign. The Han winked at the other men around him, and several of them made way and let Alpha and Jing Chen enter the room.
When he came to this room, Jing Chen realized that this was an extremely spacious hall, but the sound insulation effect of this hall was obviously very good. At least the moment the wooden door was closed, the huge and noisy sound outside disappeared instantly. No matter how hard Jing Chen tried, the noise outside could not be heard at all. At this time, there were more than ten people standing in the room, and these people stood in two places, obviously two groups of people. When they saw someone coming in, everyone's eyes in the hall were also gathered on Alpha and Jing Chen at the first time.
"Oh... Isn't this Master Alpha? Why, I brought new students here this time? I remember that your student named Nanli can still participate in an enchanter competition? Have you brought them this time?" As soon as the two entered the hall, a somewhat mean voice sounded.
Jing Chen's face changed slightly, and his eyes looked in the sound. He saw the old man with a sharp mouth and a monkey cheek grinning at the mouth full of gray-yellow teeth, looking at Alpha and Jing Chen who had just come in with a sarcastic look. His eyes continued to look behind the old man, and four young men were following him. Jing Chen looked carefully and saw that the older man probably was seventeen or eight years old, while the youngest man looked less than fifteen years old, which was similar to him, but the eyes of several people looking at Jing Chen were as sarcastic as the old man.
If there is any difference, maybe the oldest woman in red, who is already seventeen or eighteen years old, has a pretty good figure. Her beautiful eyes with peach blossoms flash with a seductive spring. Although the woman's eyes are sarcastic, she also has a seductive charm. In the hall, except for the other group of people, the woman in white with a cold face, the other young people's eyes are wandering around the private parts of the woman, with greed and passion in their eyes.
Jing Chen carefully observed another team of people. The number of people here was relatively small. A middle-aged man led the team, followed by two men and one woman behind him, both of whom were about fifteen years old. At this moment, the eyes of the two teenagers had long been attracted by the woman in red, as if they could not extricate themselves. The gaze of the woman in red swept across the five teenagers present. Every time at this moment, Jing Chen could see the disdain and mockery flashing in her eyes.
"Old guy, you finally want to come and see us old friends." A slightly old voice sounded. Jing Chen looked up and saw an old man wearing an enchanter's robe standing in the hall. However, the old man's robe was slightly different from that of an ordinary enchanter. There was a clear gold edge at the cuff of the robe, which looked so eye-catching.
When Jing Chen saw this old man, he couldn't help but feel moved. When he treated his teacher, he seemed much sincere, just like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, completely different from the old man with a sharp mouth and the middle-aged man on the other side.
"Haha, I'm here, I'll trouble you this time." Alpha clasped his fists slightly, then turned his head to Jing Chen and said, "This is Master Calais, my old friend."
Listening to the teacher's introduction, Jing Chen hurriedly bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Master Calais!"
"A small matter is a small matter, why are you polite to me?" As he said that, Master Calais waved his hand, but he didn't know what the Master Calais thought of, and suddenly sighed lightly, his eyes touched Alpha, as if he was communicating something.
"If the two masters want to reminisce about the past, should we wait until the matter is here? We are all very busy, and it seems that we don't have so much time to see you standing here to reminisce about the past." The old man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said sarcastically, then glanced at Jing Chen's chest and couldn't help but sneer, "Oh, Master Alpha, why do you bring in these past few years have such a kind of person that has never been formally tested? Could it be that you can't find any decent students in the remote areas of Yuelei City?" After saying that, the sarcastic expression on your face became a little heavier.
"It's my first time here in Flan City." Jing Chen said seriously, as simple as it looks.
Hearing this, not only did the old man with a sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks have a contemptuous smile on his lips, but even the middle-aged man and the young people brought by them have glanced at Jing Chen with disdain. At this moment, their eyes were like looking at a country bumpkin.
With a frown slightly, Master Alpha said coldly, "You astrology lineage are getting back to life. Take care of yourself. Is this what Xingzhan teaches you?" Alpha's voice was extremely cold. Seeing Master Alpha's appearance, the old man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was slightly stunned. He smiled embarrassedly and did not dare to continue talking. He was just a level 1 and 6 enchantist, which was far from Master Alpha.
"Okay, this is the enchanters' association, not your own territory. When you come here, you have to abide by the rules here." Calais' eyes swept over the old man with a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek and the middle-aged man opposite, paused and said to the middle-aged man, "In the order of coming, your spiritual race will come first." As Calais turned around, the three people behind the middle-aged man hurriedly followed the steps of Master Calais.
The three of them followed Master Calais into a wooden door behind him. Master Calais asked, "What level of certification do you three need to receive?"
"Level 4!" The three of them reached the same voice. Calais nodded casually and said, "You can go in by yourself, and there will naturally be someone inside to test it for you." After saying that, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the Astrology lineage, and slowly said, "The person who participated in the Astrology lineage came here."
The four young men standing behind the old man slowly came to Calais. Seeing the four of them standing still, Calais asked, "What level of certification are you going to receive?"
First, two younger teenagers replied together, "Level 3!"
Calais nodded, kept the room on his right and said, "Go, there will naturally be someone to verify it for you."
Then another slightly older boy said, "Class 4!"
Calais pointed to the room behind him, and the boy bowed slightly to Calais, then turned around and left, while leaving, looking at the woman in red.
"Where are you?" Calais looked at the woman in red with some confusion and asked.
Chapter completed!