After that, Qingmei brought a steady stream of news to Lu Cheng, which was a great help.
Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Wu Luo finally sent a disciple. This person's name was "Wu Qi". She was a young woman with phoenix eyes, thin eyebrows, long hair, combed into a braid, a straight face, and a serious smile.
Wu Qi said calmly: "Are you Wu Kuang? You haven't passed the junior witch exam yet, why should you be named witch?"
Lu Cheng laughed along with him: "This was given to me by the great shaman of the clan. It cannot be taken seriously. My original name was Baikang."
"Beikang, come with me."
"OK."
Wu Qi walked in front without looking back, her long braid swinging behind her.
Lu Cheng followed behind without squinting.
After walking for less than half an hour, we arrived outside the "vassal city".
Although there were warriors guarding the city, they did not stop it and did not collect city fees.
Entering the city, Lu Cheng saw that the city was clearly planned and the streets were neat.
There are some shops on both sides of the street. Although they are not as prosperous as the cities of later generations, they still have the same functions.
There are several large palaces in the city, the largest of which are the Shaman Temple and the Jiuwu Hall.
Wu Qi led him to the Witch Temple, where there was a middle-aged man in charge of reception.
Wu Qi showed the other party his Little Witch Bronze Medal, and then explained the purpose of his visit: "This is Master Wu Sheng's servant, here to take the Little Witch Bronze Medal test."
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Since I am your servant, the examination fee of 100 jade coins is waived."
Although Lu Cheng didn't care about the jade coins, he was still a little surprised. It seemed that Wu Luo was considerate and sent someone to bring him over and help him save 100 jade coins.
After Wu Qi finished speaking, he said to Lu Cheng: "I'll take a walk around the city. After the exam, you can go back to Wu Castle by yourself."
Lu Cheng quickly thanked him.
Wu Qi left expressionlessly.
The middle-aged man led him into a small room in the main hall, where an old man wearing black linen sat.
Lu Cheng saluted the other party: "I have met you, sir."
Because I don’t know the other person’s skill level, I just call him “Sir” directly.
The old man said: "I am Wu Keng, one of the deacons of the Wu Temple. You are very young. Have you learned "Little Wu Wen"?"
Lu Cheng hurriedly replied: "I have studied "The First Witch's Thousand Words", the "Little Witch's Wen", and a small part of "The Great Witch's Chant".
"Okay, then I'll start the test."
Wu Keng opened a parchment and asked Lu Cheng to recite each rune one by one.
Lu Cheng started reading from the beginning and found that this was also a volume of "Little Witch Wen". However, the runes included in this volume of "Little Witch Wen" are different from those he learned in the Poyi tribe! At least 10% of the runes are different! In other words, if he only knows the "Xiao Wu Wen" of the Lai Yi tribe, he may not be able to pass the exam.
He thought to himself: "What a trap! This world is so vast, even the witchcraft texts that are spread out are different."
He chanted it word for word.
Wu Keng asked questions from time to time, asking what a certain character meant.
Lu Cheng explained slowly.
The entire exam lasted for two or three hours. In the end, Wu Keng nodded and said, "Very good. You answered 98% of the questions correctly. 90% of the answers are correct and you have passed the exam."
Lu Cheng thought to himself: "Is it still 2% wrong? I thought it was completely right."
He learned witchcraft from a shaman, and after the seeds of witchcraft sprouted in the marrow sea, he carefully checked his knowledge, so he felt that it should be 100% correct.
However, what he didn't expect was that Wu Keng's so-called "standard answer" might be fallacious. Although many wizards go to the witch temple to worship, they have a witchcraft seed in their mind. However, whether the seed has sprouted and how tall the sapling will be after sprouting is different for everyone, and their understanding of runes is also different.
Although some people have seeds in their marrow sea, they cannot germinate for a long time. Such people can also practice witchcraft, but they must learn little by little from their masters. Fallacies can easily occur during the learning process.
Regardless, Lu Cheng passed the exam and received a round bronze medal from Wu Keng. This bronze medal was ten centimeters in diameter and red in color, hanging on his chest like a breastplate.
Wu Keng said: "From now on, you are the little witch confirmed by the Witch Temple. You can come to the temple every year to receive 500 jade coins and 2 'little witch pills'. This pill is mainly used to strengthen the soul and also has effects on the physical body." Some effect.”
Later, he told Lu Cheng that there were fixed times for collecting elixirs and jade coins. The medicines would be given at the spring and autumn equinoxes every year, and jade coins would be collected during the Chinese New Year.
Lu Cheng was more concerned about the "Little Witch Pill" and not too concerned about the jade coins.
Wu Keng added: "As a young witch, my only responsibility is to contribute thirty pieces of talisman paper to the Shaman Temple every year, which must be no less than two feet square."
Lu Cheng asked: "What kind of animal skin talisman?"
"Any kind will do, as long as it has aura and can carry simple runes."
"That shouldn't be difficult."
Lu Cheng learned how to make talisman paper from the witches, and he also knew a simpler method, which was to bring the cowhide to modern times and hand it over to the fur factory for tanning. In the process, the aura was not lost and could be used as talisman paper.
Thinking of this, Lu Cheng's heart skipped a beat: "So, I can sell talismans!"
However, when I changed my mind, I thought it would not work, because the tanned fur in the modern world is too exquisite, and if it is sold in large quantities, the origin cannot be explained!
In the final analysis, he is just a small person. If he is a spiritual wizard, he is the Lord of Heaven around the "vassal city". Who dares to care about his affairs?
He came out of the Witch Temple and walked along the long street.
As he was walking, he suddenly saw Wu Qi coming out of a linen shop.
Wu Qi also saw him and saw clearly the huge bronze medal hanging on his chest.
Her expression was very surprised, obviously she didn't expect to pass the "Wukuang" exam!
Although she looks young, she is actually 25 years old. She took the exam three times before passing the exam, while "Wu Kuang" is only 13 years old. It is a miracle that he passed the exam on the first try.
Therefore, despite being surprised, her face became much prettier, and she saw that Lu Cheng had a trace of smile lines.
"Wu Kuang, congratulations! I'm just about to go back, let's go together!"
Lu Cheng smiled slightly: "Okay."
As Wu Qi walked away, he said: "After returning to the Witch Fort, you have to change your place to live. There are more than forty little witches belonging to the Witch Fort, and they all live in caves dug into the mountains. Not only are they more spacious, And it’s warm in winter and cool in summer, so it’s much more comfortable than living in a cabin.”
"Are there any extra caves?"
"According to the rules, a big witch can lead up to seven little witches. There are a hundred caves on the mountain, half of which are allocated to the warriors and half to the little witches, so it is more than enough."
Wu Qi talked a little more. It seemed that she was not paralyzed, but just watching people order food.
Lu Cheng asked: "All little shamans have masters?"
Wu Qi replied: "Yes, you are so young, you must be in demand. However, others may not have a chance. My master Wu Luo will accept you. If you don't have this intention, she will not let me take you for the test."
Lu Cheng said: "The relationship is good. If so, I will call you senior sister."
Returning to Witch Castle, the two went to see Wu Luo.
Wu Luo lives in a courtyard shaded by green trees. The entire courtyard covers an area of two to three acres and has more than ten houses.
Sure enough, as Wu Qi said, Wu Luo directly asked to accept "Wu Kuang" as a disciple.
Lu Cheng agreed. He guessed that the relationship between this so-called "disciple" and the master may not be very close, but there is a factor of mutual help, because Wu Luo himself does not have absolute autonomy, and everyone in the entire Wu Fort is subordinate Yu Wusong, the spiritual wizard.
Wu Luo talked to him for a while: "After you become a little witch, you don't have to take care of the spiritual field. You come to my courtyard every morning and help me with things. You don't have to come in the afternoon and evening."
Lu Cheng nodded in agreement.
Later, Wu Qi led him to find a clean cave.
"Junior brother, do you want me to help you move?"
"No need, my house is bare and there is nothing."
Lu Cheng returned to the cabin, tidied up a little, and then took Qingmei to the cave.
The area of the cave is about sixty or seventy square meters, which is three times larger than the cabin. The stove is near the door where ventilation is easy. The cave has a door, a wooden door; there are also two small windows that let in light during the day, and you can see a few stars at night.
There is a piece of flat land at the entrance of the cave, covered with grass. Because of the cold weather, the grass has dried up.
Qingmei found two stone slabs in the house, which were about the same size as the windows. It seems that if the weather gets colder, the small windows will have to be blocked with stone slabs!
However, if you block the small window and then block the door, how can you light a fire in the house? How to vent the smoke?
Lu Cheng patted the stone wall behind the stove and found that it was empty. It turned out that when the cave was excavated, the flue had already been dug!
"This is more or less the same, otherwise I wouldn't be able to live here!"
Lu Cheng walked around the cave and found that every three feet, a cave was dug into the mountain. There were indeed hundreds of similar caves!
The location of the caves may be high or low, left or right, but they are all excavated toward the mountainside.
In other words, as long as we dig in, we will not be able to communicate with each other.
"If necessary, I can dig with a golden dagger. I thought I dug 180 meters in Taohua Valley, and I can dig a huge cave here... Of course, if I really do this, I will have to make some disguises. I can't let anyone know. People can see through it at a glance..."
Qingmei is very happy because the environment here is much better than the cabin. She used to live in a cave in Qingqiu Country. She felt that living in a cave was safe. She would not be blown down by wind and rain, let alone be struck by lightning. Especially the latter, what the Fox clan fears most is thunder!
Lu Cheng took out the big wooden bed, wooden table, and wooden chair, and the cave suddenly had a breath of life.
Qingmei took out a copper tripod and a clay pot, which are common local cooking utensils.
In addition, there is a large iron pot that Lu Cheng brought from modern times.
There are iron artifacts in this world, but they are not as common as bronze artifacts.
The bowl for eating is white pottery, somewhere between pottery and porcelain. Qingmei bought it new from the city.
The Jiu people do not yet have real porcelain, only relatively delicate white pottery. It is said that a great shaman accidentally burned it and mastered the method of burning it.
Lu Cheng wanted to introduce modern technology into this world, but this involved what was his purpose in coming to this world, was he exploring the world purely out of curiosity? In order to improve his skills and break through the shackles of life and death? To dominate this world? Or is it to transfer the witchcraft and martial arts here to modern times and change the lives of ordinary people in modern society?
In any case, he took the risk to come here not to change the world of Shan Hai Jing, so even if he introduced technology, it would only be done occasionally. There was no need to expend energy to develop the technology tree here. Witchcraft civilization, or cultivation civilization, is not the same thing as technological civilization.
