"Hello, Senior Sister. I'm Malfaria Weerley. You can call me the nickname I gave myself, Lin Sheng."
Lin Sheng revealed his real name with a smile.
"Okay. Let's go." The senior sister turned around and left with a cold expression. She didn't even bother to say anything else.
Lin Sheng followed her and quickly moved forward in the forest.
Soon, traces of green fluorescence automatically appeared beneath their feet. The fine fluorescence formed a green path that carried the two of them deeper into the mountain range.
Lin Sheng clearly sensed that they were much faster than he expected under the effect of the green path.
"It should be some kind of spell?" He lowered his head and observed the green path.
"Establishing analysis project." The Holy Shadow's feedback immediately began.
"Analyzing project …"
A moment later, the Holy Shadow gave the result.
What Lin Sheng did not expect was that these green paths were actually made up of a kind of living microorganism. It wasn't pure magic power or elemental power.
They didn't talk along the way. Soon, they passed through several dense forests and passed by a cliff.
Finally, they came to an ancient castle complex embedded in the mountain wall.
Gray and black castles of different sizes were scattered on the mountain wall. Some of the windows of the castles were lit up with mysterious white light that never went out.
There were mages riding giant lizard-like dragons going in and out of the castle gates.
There were also mages descending from the sky and revealing themselves from invisibility.
"Flying is allowed here, but you have to be invisible," Senior Sister Lidou, who was walking in front, suddenly explained.
"Oh," Lin Sheng answered blankly.
He wasn't even an apprentice, so he didn't care about the rules of mid-level spells like flying.
The two walked along the mountain wall and soon found a black castle that was slightly smaller.
Someone was already waiting at the castle gate.
After walking closer, Lin Sheng was surprised to see that they were greeted by a stout mud man covered in dark brown mud.
"Master has been waiting for a long time. Come in, "the mud man said in the kingdom's language with a strong rural accent.
Senior Sister Li Dou nodded and led Lin Sheng into the castle, into the hall on the first floor.
Unlike other places, the hall on the first floor was not a normal reception hall. Instead, it was filled with rows of black gargoyles with identical postures.
A large number of gargoyles that resembled bat monsters could be said to be the standard for mages when they were creating constructs.
When Lin Sheng and Selina entered, they saw a cold-looking woman with long purple hair and a black mask, leaning over the workbench to complete a new gargoyle automaton.
In the chest cavity of the Gargoyle that had been opened, the core that shone with purple fluorescence was constantly emitting a gentle breathing rhythm.
"Mafaria Verley?" This purple-haired woman looked to be less than 30 years old. She was like a ripe honey peach, mature and beautiful, with a strange kind of temptation.
"Yes." Lin Sheng nodded. A look of respect appeared on his face as he stood quietly on the spot.
Li Dou walked to the side and watched quietly.
"My name is Dora. Thanks to your uncle, I'll be in charge of teaching you the basics of being a mage from now on. Of course. If you can't pass my test after you finish the basics, I'll consider not accepting you as my student. "
The purple-haired woman did not even raise her head as she reminded him.
"Alright." Lin Sheng's expression was calm.
"Looks like you're already mentally prepared. Then, Lido, take him away. You three are my students. From today onwards, you three will study together. Mafaria needs to learn the basics of being a mage and complete his apprenticeship. Lido, take him to the basic class first and teach with the new students. "
"The classes have already started for more than a month. You'll need to catch up on the parts that you're lagging behind. Is that alright? "Mage Dora Linton looked at Lin Sheng.
"No problem. I'll try my best. "Lin Sheng nodded.
"Then, good luck."
After throwing down those irresponsible words, the teacher once again immersed himself in his research on the automatons, unable to extricate himself from it.
Under Lido's lead, Lin Sheng officially joined the White Boulder Forest and became one of the mage apprentices.
The White Boulder Forest was formed by a large group of idle mages. It was a semi-academic and loosely organized organization.
The person in charge was also a Legend, the chairman of the forest, Pu Lin, nicknamed the Dark Star Guardian.
There were more than a hundred mage residences in the forest. Each mage residence had the right to take in students. Of course, they also had the responsibility to help the forest guide one student every year.
As for Lido, he was the Forest Academy student that Dora had just accepted this year.
Lin Sheng was thrown into the forest's apprentice class to learn the basics of being a mage. Lido and another Senior Brother named Henry were with him. There were also close to a hundred apprentices under the other teachers.
Henry, Lido, and Lin Sheng were Dora's students.
Lido and Lin Sheng had just arrived this year, while Henry had been with Dora for more than ten years. He was an old man.
Even though he was still a level nine apprentice and had not become an official mage.
Life in the White Boulder Forest was completely different from what Lin Sheng had imagined.
The Lanying Tower's influence here was almost zero. If not for the fact that he would contact his family every once in a while and hear news about the Lanying Tower, he would have thought that this mage organization did not exist in his area.
Life in the forest was boring and monotonous.
Every day, Lin Sheng would go to the apprentice area early in the morning for public lessons. After that, he would go to the underground library to do some research. Then he would return to the teacher's small castle to complete his homework.
And it was just as Lin Sheng had thought.
The requirements to become a mage were more complicated and troublesome than any other profession he had encountered.
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…
Blackstone Underground Library.
Lin Sheng carried a few basic textbooks and found a place to sit. He was ready to start today's rich extracurricular life — reading.
He had been in the White Boulder Forest for more than a week.
Just relying on the content of the basic course was not enough.
The apprentices in the same batch as him would either come to the library to recharge, go to the laboratory to practice, or pray to the Goddess of the Weave on the Academic Stone Tablet.
Lin Sheng placed today's books on the table.
The apprentice's life was boring, and his lessons were much slower than the other apprentices. He needed more supplementary lessons.
After sitting down, Lin Sheng prepared to read slowly as usual until dinner time.
"How is it? How does it feel to be here? "
His senior brother, Henry, was sitting opposite Lin Sheng with a few thick books in his hand.
"In this batch of apprentices in the basic class, those who learn magic tricks, meditation, and memorize spells are the most outstanding among you. The most outstanding among you are already qualified to be evaluated as a Third Rank Apprentice, and some of you have even started learning Mage spells, "Henry sighed.
"That's impressive." Lin Sheng nodded.
"If you have any questions, you can ask me directly. I won't be here for long anyway. The official mage test is about to begin. I should be able to pass this time. "He sighed.
"There's nothing to ask," Lin Sheng replied.
Henry's face twitched. Even a cold-faced girl like Lido would come to ask him questions from time to time.
But Lin Sheng had never come to ask him.
"Sigh … After enduring for so long, finally …" Henry leaned back in his chair, too lazy to care. He sighed inwardly.
One had to know that in the Whitestone Forest, a normal mage apprentice would need at least a year's worth of basic studies.
Only then would they have the right to strengthen their spiritual force and reach the level of meditation.
After that, they would have to learn a bunch of miscellaneous skills and master at least three level-0 spells before they could become a formal mage.
Thinking back to the hardships he had gone through.
Henry looked at the basic elemental study in front of Lin Sheng and gradually fell into reminiscence.
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