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On the continent, the strength of a magician was generally proportional to their age. The practice of a magician was much more difficult than that of a warrior. On the continent, a warrior didn't need to be too old at the beginning of their practice. When they were young, they could train their muscles and bones to increase their strength. When they were older, they could begin the beginner's training of dou qi under the guidance of an adult.
The practice of Battle Qi was very difficult. Only when your body's strength met the requirements could you cultivate Battle Qi. The more powerful the Battle Qi, the higher the requirements for the body's strength. This was because Battle Qi was really too overbearing.
Compared to Battle Qi, the cultivation of a magician was even more difficult. All the children born on the continent would be sent to a designated place to be examined to see if they had the talent to cultivate magic. If they did, they would be focused on training. If they didn't, they would go home and prepare to become a warrior.
The age requirement for a mage's cultivation was very strict. No one was allowed to cultivate magic before the age of twelve. After so many years of exploration, the people on the continent had discovered that a person's mental strength would only truly stabilize when they reached the age of twelve. If they started cultivating too early, the instability of their mental strength would cause a backlash to their mental strength, causing them to go berserk. If that happened, they would become an idiot at best, and in the worst case, they would die of brain death.
It was precisely because of this reason that a powerful magician generally wouldn't be too young. For someone like Meg to be able to become a sixth-level magician at such a young age, on the continent, she could definitely be considered an anomaly, a genius among geniuses.
And Merlin's strength was something that only a few people on the continent knew about. Merlin and the others had always kept this matter strictly confidential. Even the Buda clan didn't know about it. They were very clear that for someone like Meg to have such a strong cultivation at such a young age, if it was known by others, there would only be two ways. One was to control Meg and cultivate her into a killing machine. The other way was to kill her. These two results were not what they wanted to see.
Although Mages start their cultivation later than Warriors, Mages live longer than Warriors. A Warrior, even an 8th rank Warrior, can live up to 200 years old. An 8th rank Mage, on the other hand, can live up to 250 years old.
Because of this, Advanced Mages were very important to a country. An Advanced Mage could protect a country for at least a hundred years.
It was precisely because the people of the Ark Continent lived longer than the people of the Earth Continent. Therefore, even after ten thousand years of development, they were still living in a slave society. Their utilization of magic machines was also very low.
Back on Earth, it was already good for the king of a feudal country to rule the country for a few decades. Only a very long-lived emperor could do that. Generally, the rule of an empire wouldn't exceed 20 years.
But in the Ark Continent, it was different. The rule of a country's king could often reach up to a hundred years. If he only ruled for a few decades, then he would be considered a short-lived king. Because of this, the development of the Ark Continent wasn't very fast.
Because of this, Green didn't let Zhao Hai speak. The shopkeeper of such a shop was generally very experienced. Even if their cultivation wasn't high, they had seen countless people. As long as you opened your mouth, they would be able to tell your age. They could even tell what kind of person you were. For these shopkeepers, observing people was their way of survival.
The shop assistant led Zhao Hai and the others into the shop. The decoration of the shop was very good. Upon entering, they saw a hall that was more than 40 square meters. At the top of the hall was a magic lamp. Although it was daytime, the lamp was still lit.
Facing the entrance was a big bar. Two beautiful waitresses were standing inside the bar. Outside the bar, a big fat man was respectfully standing there. This man was wearing good silk clothes. On the chest of his clothes, there was a red spider lily badge. It seems like he was the shop's owner.
Seeing Zhao come in, the shop owner immediately greeted him. He stopped three steps in front of Zhao and bowed. "Welcome, respected mage. It is an honor for you to come to our shop. Please take a rest here, and I will immediately send you the strongest tea you can find." The shop owner bowed to Zhao and said, "Thank you, Mister Mage. Please take a rest here, and I will immediately send you the strongest tea."
Zhao Hai didn't say anything. He turned around and walked to a resting area. This resting area had a few sofas and a tea table. It was specially made for people to rest temporarily.
Just as Zhao Hai sat down, a waitress came over and placed a pot of tea and a cup on the tea table in front of Zhao Hai. Meg was just about to help Zhao Hai pour the tea when Zhao Hai gently waved his hand. Meg then stood by Zhao Hai's side.
At this time, Zhao Hai really had an imposing manner. Wearing a black magic robe, his body had a strange temperament that was out of place. In addition, he didn't speak and didn't make any big movements. He just sat there and seemed to disappear. If it weren't for Green and Meg standing by his side, it's likely that many people would ignore his existence.
The shop owner who had been paying attention to Zhao Hai felt the strange temperament on Zhao Hai's body. His eyes couldn't help but shrink, but the smile on his face didn't change. After a while, he arrived in front of Zhao Hai and bowed to Zhao Hai. "Respected Mr. Mage, your rooms have been arranged. They are on the third floor. Please follow me."
Zhao Hai nodded. He stood up and followed the shop owner to the third floor. The third floor was different from the first floor. There was no hall here. As soon as they stepped out of the staircase, they could see the rooms. However, Zhao Hai still noticed that the number of rooms on the third floor was much less than the first and second floors.
The shop owner led them to room 301. He personally opened the door and invited Zhao Hai and the others to enter. After Zhao Hai and the others entered, the fat shop owner stood outside the door and respectfully said to Zhao Hai, "Respected Mr. Mage, if you need anything, just pull the summoning bell. The food you want will be sent to your room as soon as possible. There are five bedrooms in this room, enough for you and your followers. If you need, I can arrange another room for you."
Zhao Hai gently nodded and walked into the room. He didn't say anything, but Green understood what he meant. He immediately turned to the fat shop owner and said, "Mr. Mage is very satisfied with your arrangement. You can go down. Remember to quickly send up the food."
The fat shop owner immediately bowed and said, "It is my honor to serve a great Mage. Please allow me to withdraw." Finished speaking, he respectfully closed the door and left.
When the fat shop owner left, Zhao Hai let out a long breath. He took off the hat on his head and turned to Green with a wry smile. "I didn't expect this set of clothes to be so useful. You see that shop owner's respectful appearance, it really makes people feel somewhat unbearable."
Green also took off the helmet on his head. When he heard Zhao Hai say so, he couldn't help but coldly snort and said, "Him? Young Master, you are too naive. That shop owner only did this out of professional habit. You may not know, but this shop is the property of the Markey Dell clan. That fat man is not only the shop owner, but also an outside intelligence agent for the Markey Dell clan. I believe that it won't be long before our presence is known to the Markey Dell clan. "
Zhao Hai was surprised and said, "So this is the property of the Markey Dell clan. Grandpa Green, why do we have to live here? Isn't this too ostentatious? "
Green faintly smiled and said, "That's exactly how it is. Young Master, sometimes being low-key isn't a good thing. They will only think that we are more suspicious and will go all out to investigate us. But now that we are ostentatious, those people won't suspect that we have any relationship with the Buda clan. This is because they won't think that we have such big guts. Even more so, they won't think that Young Master can summon an undead to pretend to be a summoner."
Zhao Hai faintly smiled and said, "I really didn't think that the Markey Dell clan would open a shop in this kind of place. Right, Grandpa Green, how do you know that this shop belongs to the Markey Dell clan?"
Green smiled and said, "This isn't a secret. This shop has the symbol of the Markey Dell clan outside, which is the Markey Dell clan's emblem. And with the Markey Dell clan's strength on the continent, no one would come and cause trouble for a shop like theirs. We don't have to worry about those problems. This place is very close to Iron Mountain, and there are a lot of magic beasts on Iron Mountain. If they open a shop here, they can get a lot of useful things. Moreover, the price is very cheap. How could a big merchant like the Markey Dell clan let go of such a place?"
Zhao Hai nodded. He also understood from those miscellaneous notes that a lot of things on the continent were made from magic beasts. Those magic beasts had tough bodies and magic attributes, so there were a lot of things on their bodies that were commonly used by alchemists and alchemists. And those adventurers and mercenaries mostly relied on hunting magic beasts to survive.
However, Zhao Hai was still somewhat puzzled about the basic operations of mercenaries on the continent. This was because when he read those miscellaneous notes, he didn't see any mercenary guilds that often appeared in novels. So Zhao Hai was puzzled and asked Green, "Grandpa Green, where do those mercenaries get their tasks? Could it be that they can only rely on hunting magic beasts to survive? "
Green smiled and said, "Of course not. In fact, those mercenaries can get their tasks in any big city. In any equipment store, hotel, inns, and other places, there will be people who will issue tasks. And in order to attract business, these shops will also accept tasks for free for those mercenaries. So as long as those mercenaries are in any tavern in the city, they can receive a task. Even if they don't have a suitable task, they can go to another one. And for a big merchant like the Markey Dell clan, any task they receive in any of their stores can be shared with other branches. In other words, if you distribute a task in Montenegro Fortress, then tomorrow in all of the Markey Dell clan's stores on the continent, those mercenaries will be able to see this task. It's that simple."
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