Although the hall of the Mage Council is very spacious, Norman's voice was very loud before, so it still attracted some people's attention. There are also some players among them.
"Boss, what are you doing over there? Why did it suddenly make such a loud noise?"
"If I remember correctly, that's the place where magicians are appraised. We've been there once before. Hey, there are still people playing magician these days..."
The two players who spoke were probably the ones who came to the Mage Council looking for something to do, so they were all sitting next to the team on the left side, sitting on the bench for rest, as if waiting for something.
"Here, that's the old man. He is responsible for making an appraisal for you..." The man who spoke later gestured with his hands and explained to his younger brother: "As long as your intellectual attributes and spiritual attributes meet certain The request - people on the forum said it is about ten o'clock - then you can go to the appraisal agency of the Mages Council for appraisal. In our Fenghua Town, it is probably that counter..."
He pointed at the counter over to Duan Qing: "The appraisal will show the attributes of your character's initial qualities. Well, those are your real attributes, and they can't be changed even if you delete your account... .Then the appraiser will say that you are suitable to be a mage, and then teach you some skills such as meditation and concentration, so...you will become a glorious mage."
"Oh, of course it's not taught to you directly, and you learn it. You have to use it yourself, and the system will stamp it for you... Well, it means you have understood the skill." The man thought again. He thought, and then added: "Don't underestimate this step. Many people who want to be mages die on this first step."
"Of course, what happens next?"
"What then? You have to rely on yourself for the rest of the spells!" The man sat there and spread his hands, making a gesture of "it depends on the sky": "This is a free world, and it is different from other games. This kind of You can only understand Xuanqi's stuff on your own, and you don't want to have the same skills as those in close combat. If you slash left and right, you will be able to try it out sooner or later..."
"Then being a mage wouldn't be...very hard..."
"Who says it's not... So it's very difficult to play as a mage now. Among the existing players in the free world, except for the more famous ones, not many can play the legal profession well. But... .....You won’t know until the later stages of the game, so it’s hard to say.” The man shook his head: “It is said that if you want to learn more spells and skills, it’s best to find a powerful mage to take you with you. Of course, It would be great if you could join the Council of Mages, but looking at you, I don’t think anyone would even give it to anyone..."
"Brother, what are you talking about?"
The two looked up and saw a player just walking back from the front of the team. He was wearing a gray robe, and his face looked a little tired: "You got up so early, but you still have energy..."
"Is the matter settled?"
"Um......"
"Then let's go. Ajing is still waiting for us at 'Shuoxinghua'..." The leading man stood up and walked out of the building with the remaining two people: "I didn't know where it was just now. Something happened. Anyway, two players wanted to play like a mage, so they went over to do an appraisal... hum."
"As stupid as you are."
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"Don't be stupid, people have said that you are not suitable to be a mage."
"Why are you so anxious? Let me ask again. Just think of it as trying to get information..."
In front of the mage appraisal counter, Duan Qing and Mengzhu ran to the side to discuss.
After Norman made the appraisal results, he planned to close the door to thank guests and drive the two people away. But relying on his experience in the game, Duan Qing thought that the old man had not finished telling the story, so he wanted to go back and ask, but this was naturally opposed by Mengzhu.
The little girl before was still secretly happy that she could finally make this messy uncle give up, but in the end... he still didn't give up.
"Master Norman, you just said... I am not suitable to be a mage. What is the specific reason?"
In the end, the kind and innocent little girl still couldn't overcome her uncle's determination and walked out angrily. Duan Qing sat back on the small bench and asked the old man cautiously.
"You don't have enough qualifications." Old Norman didn't seem to intend to talk to the young man too much. After saying a word, he ignored him and continued to curl up in the corner and pretended to sleep.
Duan Qing had no choice but to look around. After finding that no one was paying attention, he took out a small bottle from his pocket.
He opened the cork on the bottle, and then...quickly closed it again.
After a moment as if nothing happened, the old man in front of him reacted quickly. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the small green bottle in front of him with greedy eyes. There was a tremor in his voice when he spoke: "This, this is..."
"Greenstone wine, authentic product." Duan Qing said proudly: "I bought this from old Granny Farr, in her herbal medicine shop."
"Of course...how could such a mellow fragrance be hidden from my nose..." The old man's eyes suddenly became weird while he was talking.
"Give it to you." Duan Qing was unambiguous when he saw this, pushed the green bottle into Norman's arms, and said carelessly: "Look, I am so sincere, are you... "
The old man ignored him, but took out the bottle in his arms, pulled out the cork, and took a deep breath: "Huh... ha..."
He squinted his eyes intoxicatedly and just raised the bottle to his mouth. Then, as if he had woken up from a dream, he looked around cautiously. His appearance was exactly the same as Duan Qing's appearance before. After realizing that no one was paying attention, the old man stuffed the green bottle into his arms, then scratched his bird's nest-like hair, and said with some embarrassment: "Since you are so sincere, I will give you a simple drink." Well done... but where do I start explaining it?"
"Do you know what are the conditions required for the release of magic?"
"I... don't know." Even though he had played a lot of magic-containing games, Duan Qing did not dare to speak out loud here.
"So how can I explain this to you..." Norman's old face wrinkled up: "Simply put, you absorb elements from nature, and then gradually form your own through the control of mental power. Power, and then... release.”
A pinch of flame suddenly rose in Norman's hand, and then he waved it away: "The most understandable explanation is probably this."
Duan Qing nodded to express his understanding.
"The process in the middle is quite complicated, and I guess you won't understand it if I tell you about it, but you just need to know that there are two important factors in it. One is the magic power that supports the magic power, and the other is the mental power that supports you to control the elements. "
Norman paused, and then continued: "There are many schools of thought on the principles of releasing magic, but these two points are basically acknowledged."
"If you have strong magic power, it is equivalent to a person having considerable strength. He can determine the maximum amount of power you can use when releasing magic; if you have strong mental power, it is equivalent to you having Powerful control, for example, you can control your own power, use half of it to attack here, half to attack there, or more subtle differences..."
"I won't go into too much detail. Anyway, you won't be able to understand the control and application of these spells." The old man glanced at Duan Qing and stopped the seemingly endless teaching: "Your problem now is, You are...weak in both areas."
"The identification just now, or a test." He pointed to the tire-like tool next to him: "Actually, it is testing your elemental affinity attributes and elemental affinity. Judging from the results, the earth element is the most relevant to you. The attribute of closeness, which means that if you release earth magic, you should be able to mobilize more earth elements from nature, that is... you have more earth elements in this aspect. magic."
"But even the brightest yellow is the...darkest light I have seen in so many years." Norman's expression became serious: "In other words, even the person closest to you The earth element is not enough to support you to release a magic..."
Duan Qing's expression did not change, because he knew that the old man had not finished speaking.
"In addition, regarding elemental affinity..." the old man touched his beard: "Although the MX-II type is a bit old, it can still be seen in this aspect, that is... those magic rough stones are bright duration of onset.”
"Well, I remember... it was quite a long time."
"Not only is it quite long, I have never seen such a long and sustained response." The old man glared at Duan Qing: "And it's four yuan."
"What?" Duan Qing was shocked: "But there were only two pieces just now..."
"What can you, a person who doesn't understand anything, see? You..." The old man was constipated for a long time, and finally swallowed his words: "Just because you have a reaction, it doesn't mean you have to light up. In your case During the test, the four stones were all responsive, but you couldn't see it..."
"I understand." Duan Qing could only nod: "But what does this mean..."
"I want to know too." Norman said: "Especially the wind element, it has resonated with you for a long time... huh?"
"I remember that not long ago... something happened over there in the Emerald Forest." Norman looked at Duan Qing with strange eyes: "You can't be... .May I have your name?"
"Moshang Qingshan." Sensing the possibility of the matter, Duan Qing hesitated for a while, and finally decided to give his real name. He felt that it was not a good choice to hide this kind of thing from the other party. He would have to deal with people from the Mage Council in the future, and he didn't want to leave a bad reputation.
Moreover, even if Christine and Freya reported the Emerald Tower incident to the Mage Council, they should not have spread it so quickly.
"Well..." Sure enough, the old man lowered his head and thought for a while, and then showed a look of confusion: "Forget it..."
"In short, your current situation is that your magic power is very weak, but your elemental affinity is very strong...as strong as the elemental stone." Norman said: "Before you, this situation could only be overcome. Lane wrote in his book "Magic Model Building" mentioned..."
"When you hear this name, it makes you feel noble."
"What does it mean to be tall?"
"Well, it means very powerful..."
"Powerful... is very powerful." Old Norman shook his head: "Klein is a genius. He has devoted his life to studying how to make mental power exert 100% or even 120% during the release of magic. The power of it. He has even succeeded, but unfortunately..."
Norman stopped, as if he was remembering something, and then continued after a long time: "At the end of his book, he put forward a hypothesis, that is, a person without any magic talent can also be a magician. As long as he can... sense the elements, that's all."
"What do you mean..." Duan Qing was confused.
"That's your situation." Norman pointed to his nose: "As long as you have a body that is friendly to the elements and can sense the elements, theoretically...you can become a magician without magic. Teacher, and your affinity is so strong..."
"I can become a very powerful magician!" Duan Qing said in disbelief.
"Dream on you, that's just a conjecture, and who do you think you are, are you Klein..." Norman seemed to become angry, and his beard and hair were a little open: "That's just a conjecture! Even if you don't know who you are, are you Klein?" He is the kind of genius who only appears once every few hundred years, but never came to fruition in the end..."
The atmosphere behind the counter suddenly fell into silence.
"Let's go, you are not suitable to be a mage..." Old Norman seemed to have lost his energy: "At least not now."
"Maybe my judgment is wrong. If the situation changes, you can come back to me and I can... test you again."
"Okay." Sensing the old man's heavy mood, Duan Qing nodded and stood up, then opened the small fan-shaped door next to the counter.
"Oh, by the way..." Behind him, the old man's voice suddenly sounded: "How do you know... that I like drinking?"
"Oh, this..." Duan Qing turned around and smiled while maintaining the posture of pushing the door: "I also want to advise... drinking too much will hurt your health."
The old man smiled, but his smile had a bitter meaning.
After Duan Qing opened the trap door and walked out of the hall, the old man took out the green bottle in his arms. This time, he took a sip without any scruples, and then murmured: "Moshang Qingshan...hey."
"You two have always been so lucky..."
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"Would you like to go back and do another appraisal? It's free?"
"No, don't! Why did you stay for so long? What did you all say..."
Outside the gate of the Mages Council, Mengzhu, who was waiting a little impatiently, asked Duan Qing who was walking out.
After this series of events, the time has arrived after noon, and just like the situation in reality, this is also the hottest time of the day. In the climate that is getting closer and closer to summer, the sunshine without clouds is spreading its enthusiasm unreservedly on the land of the free continent. But Fenghua Town is a mountain town, so on the mountainside of Fenghua Town, people still don't feel the heat from the sun.
However, precisely because of the higher terrain, the wind here often becomes very strong. This became especially obvious after noon. During the conversation, the two people covered their heads and faces from time to time to block the attacks of various petals from Huawu Street.
The little girl’s golden ponytail has turned into a weathervane.
"Okay, okay, the wind is so strong here, let's go... Well, where should we go next?"
"Of course I'm going to the town hall to find connections!" The girl raised her right hand, and the black and red bracelet on it was shining: "That Rama, he should be an important figure in Fenghua Town, right?"
"That old man..." Suddenly realizing that he had met a lot of strange old men recently, Duan Qing shook his head and stopped the name he was about to say: "The one Gustan mentioned?"
"Yeah." Mengzhu nodded happily, and the ponytail on the back of his head swayed up and down: "So we should go back to where we were..."
The sound of cooing suddenly reached Duan Qing's ears along the mountain wind, and then floated farther away - it was the sound of Mengzhu's stomach growling.
With the little girl's face flushed, Duan Qing chuckled and said, "I think we should... go eat first."
"Well...I think too...Why are you laughing!"
"Hehe, save some strength. I'll be too hungry to run after a while. I don't want to carry you on my back again..."
In the intersection of sunlight and shadow, the two people just ran along the street toward the foot of the mountain in the direction of the wind.
