late at night.
Old man Qian was sitting on a bench under the eaves, holding a cup of cold tea in his hand, wolfberry water to be precise.
He would raise his head from time to time and wake up for a while, then he would unconsciously close his eyes and fall asleep for a while.
As for why Old Man Qian didn't sleep in the middle of the night, the reason was only two words - waiting for someone.
Crunch——
Accompanied by the sound of the courtyard door being pushed open, two figures, one in front and one behind, entered the courtyard.
It was Mark and the green caterpillar who returned from the forest.
The dazed old man Qian vaguely heard a sound. He yawned and rubbed his eyes, suddenly waking up.
"Mark, you kid still knows how to come back!!"
Old Man Qian stood up, pretending to teach Mark, who had not been seen for several days, a lesson, but suddenly he noticed something, and his eyes were attracted to that thing.
It was the insect-catching net he had kept since his childhood.
The long pole of the net bag is made of pear wood. He cut it straight with a knife. Over the years, he often wiped it with tung oil and maintained it. It is extremely tough.
The net was rewoven a few years ago using stiff silk from green caterpillars. As long as it is not violently damaged, it will last for several years without any problem.
He originally thought that Mark had lost the insect-catching net bag, but he didn't expect that Mark would actually bring it back.
Old Man Qian walked up to Mark, picked up the bag of insect traps, looked up and down in the moonlight, and then wiped the soil and plant juice stains on it with his sleeves.
Old Man Qian said: "Why didn't you bring this net bag back last time?"
Mark recalled: "This net bag? Oh, I remembered it. The green caterpillar and I were injured last time. It was inconvenient to carry this net bag, so I left it in the forest. In fact, if you care, If so, just wake me up and ask the green caterpillar when you leave the wound medicine, I didn’t lose it.”
Old Man Qian glanced suspiciously at Mark and the green caterpillar leaning against Mark's trouser legs. He suddenly thought of something and slapped his forehead with his palm, showing an expression of hatred for iron.
"I almost forgot about the real thing. Do you know that you missed an opportunity that could change your life? Why haven't you come back these days?"
Mark wondered: "A life-changing opportunity? What happened in the past few days?"
"Hiss, hiss?"
Not only Mark, the green caterpillar was curious.
Old Man Qian glanced at Mark and said: "Just today during the day, people from the Elf Alliance of Fallen Leaf Province came. Lin Tong, who had awakened his superpowers, had been taken away. I told Dr. Wu that you gained wisdom during the awakening ceremony. Regarding the matter, he said that he could help you test it, and if suitable, he could also let you and Lin Tong join the Shia Kingdom's ability user training program. As a result, Dr. Wu waited for you for more than three hours this afternoon..."
Old Man Qian's mouth twitched slightly as he spoke.
In fact, Dr. Wu waited three hours in the afternoon, largely because of him.
From beginning to end, he never mentioned that Mark had not returned for several days, nor did he mention that Mark had been surviving in the wilderness these years, often missing people for several days or dozens of days, otherwise Dr. Wu would not have been stupid enough to wait with him.
Mark heard the village chief's words and was not disappointed by the missed opportunity.
Regarding the Shia Kingdom's ability user training plan mentioned by the village chief, he did feel a little moved, but only for a moment.
The reason for my heartbeat is simple.
The awakening ball in the awakening ceremony allowed him and the green caterpillar to absorb a huge amount of experience.
If you participate in this ability user training program, you will most likely come into contact with some similar devices, which will be very helpful for him to accumulate experience and gain points.
However, these are all based on the fact that he is a truly special ability user.
In fact, he did not gain wisdom at all during the awakening ceremony. All this was just the imagination of the village elder.
Therefore, even if he participates in this ability user training program, if it is detected that he is just an ordinary person, he will most likely be persuaded to quit, which will waste a lot of time.
In the end, he still has to take the elf academy route.
Thinking of this, Mark said: "Village Chief, I think it is better for me to enter the Elf Academy than to train people with special abilities. You don't have to worry about me."
Old Man Qian frowned and looked at Mark. Through the moonlight, he could see Mark's eyes full of determination, just like those insect catching boys in the village who didn't let him worry.
When he asked the insect-catching boys how they wanted to become trainers in the future, the answers from those boys were to participate in the insect-catching competition in the Fallen Leaf Province and to disdain the entrance to the Elf Academy.
Obviously, passing the Elf Academy will have a better future than debuting in the Insect Catching Competition; participating in the Shia Kingdom's ability user training program will also have a brighter future than passing the Elf Academy.
As a result, these brats just didn't listen.
Seeing Mark's expression of no regrets and determination to pass the Elf Academy, Old Man Qian felt extremely tired.
Since receiving the news the day before yesterday, he had been waiting for Mark's return every night, and even left a note in Mark's room. As a result, the brat disappeared for several days.
Dr. Wu arrived today, and he shamelessly tricked Dr. Wu into waiting all afternoon just for Mark.
I wanted to give Mark a good scolding.
But when the words came to his lips, the scolding words finally turned into a sigh.
Old Man Qian said: "As long as you don't regret it in the future, it's actually a good choice to get into the Elf Academy, but compared to... forget it, let's not talk about it.
By the way, I asked the question on the note you left a few days ago for you. Although green caterpillars do like to eat sweet and spicy food, during the exam, everything is based on the content of the textbook. allow. "
"Um."
Mark nodded lightly, then opened his backpack and took out the "Elf Encyclopedia of the Kingdom of Shia (2)" and quickly turned through the pages.
"Village Chief, I have another question. You see on this page it is mentioned that Green Caterpillar and King Magikarp are completely metamorphosed elves, but there is no description of the characteristics and status of completely metamorphosed elves. Do you know the criteria for classifying completely metamorphosed elves? ?"
"Completely abnormal elves?" Qian Fugui picked up the book and said thoughtfully: "Does it mean the kind of elves that can awaken very few skills and moves with bloodline genes before evolution, but a lot of skills and moves that can be awakened by bloodline genes after evolution? ?The current textbooks even include this kind of thing?"
Old Man Qian took Mark into the room, carefully flipped through the textbooks by the light, and kept frowning.
"The written examination for entrance to the Elf Academy will basically not exceed the content in the book. Even if there are super classes, it should not be much beyond the classes. Regarding the completely abnormal elves, you only need to know that their bloodline genes have undergone earth-shaking changes before and after evolution. , as for the specific characteristics of the completely abnormal elf..."
Old Man Qian walked back to the bedroom, rummaged through the cabinets, and took out a black high-tech item that looked like a mobile phone.
Old Man Qian turned on the phone and entered text, and browsed up and down a few times: "In terms of specific characteristics, low intelligence should be considered one. Whether it is green caterpillars, unicorn worms, or carp kings, their intelligence is far lower than the average of elves. In other words, There is no record of this either.”
Mark said: "Village Chief, is the Elf Illustrated Book in your hand?"
Old Man Qian patted his head and said with an annoyed expression: "I forgot that you have enlightened yourself and are no longer the fool you were before. Forget it, just see it when you see it. It is the Elf Illustrated Book. If you can become an official trainer in the future , you will get the illustrated book given by the Elf Alliance. The model should be more advanced than my old antique. Of course, if you can spend about 100,000 yuan before becoming a formal trainer, you can also go to the store to buy the civilian version of the illustrated book. .”
Mark nodded slightly and continued to ask: "Village chief, are you a trainer?"
Old Man Qian sighed softly: "That's right, by the way, you just need to know this matter, don't spread it around, and don't spread it around about the Elf Illustrated Book."
"good."
Mark nodded. As he had guessed before, the village elder of Qingxi Village was indeed a man with a story.
Could it be that he is a reclusive outsider?
Mark was thinking secretly, and suddenly thought of something. He opened the backpack further, revealing the blue fruit inside...
