Wulian City, which had been gone for two years, was becoming more and more prosperous. Other things aside, the outermost houses had increased by several circles. The tents were hastily set up and the houses were made of straw. Although they looked simple and crude, the people who lived in them were full of vigor.
They believed that they would be able to live a good life if they worked hard here for a few years. Therefore, no one complained. All they could do was grab hold of every opportunity and put in all their effort.
Hallumi and Kaya both felt that this place was a little unfamiliar. But they were also infected by the people coming and going, and they couldn't help but smile.
This time, there was no shopping mall system, which made the upper echelons of the Association yearn for magic knowledge. So the two girls didn't have a chance to meet the chairman, which made them sigh in relief. Going to see that kind of big shot, no matter how amiable he pretended to be, there would be an innate sense of oppression.
The caravan of the Chamber of Commerce took the two girls directly to the house that Lin bought in Wulian City. It was a stand-alone, two-story building with a small courtyard. It was far away from the business district and had its own peace. Public security wasn't a big problem. Those who lived nearby were all well-known Mages or Great Mages in Wulian City. The members of the Thieves' Guild weren't bold enough to cause trouble nearby.
A house in such a neighborhood couldn't be bought without a certain status and money. When Lin entrusted the steward of the Chamber of Commerce, he also borrowed the name of the chairman, Orange Eaton, to buy a house in this district. As for money, it wasn't a problem from the beginning.
The price of this real estate now was several times higher than two years ago. Many Mages who moved here had revealed that they wanted to buy it. But the owner of the house didn't lack money …
Although no one usually lived here, it was still a property bought under the chairman's name, so no one dared to occupy it. Every three days, someone would come to clean it. They were the steward of the Chamber of Commerce who was in charge of negotiating with Lin, his wife and daughter. It was a way of not letting the fertile water fall into the hands of outsiders. Lin didn't object to this. Anyway, there was someone to clean the house, so it was fine as long as it wasn't dilapidated.
And after the two girls decided to take the second-ring apprentice test, Lin also greeted the steward who was still on the journey. He contacted his wife, prepared some ingredients, and put them in the ice cellar in the basement of the house.
Today, this room finally welcomed its master … the two apprentices.
After moving their luggage and getting off the carriage, the girls once again found the reason why they didn't want to take the carriage back and forth. It wasn't a big deal if their buttocks cracked in half, but the bones in their bodies were about to fall apart.
"Are you the two young ladies from the Tower of the Great Sage?" The old woman standing at the door asked with a friendly smile.
"Yes. Who is this sister? "
"Oh, I'm an old woman. I'm embarrassed to be called elder sister by you. Just call me Granny. " The old woman welcomed the two girls and helped them carry their extra luggage. She walked into the house and said, "I've helped you take care of your house for a few years. You're finally here today. Come in quickly, I have to tell you about the layout of the house and where to place the things. "
"Okay."
The girls' hands weren't idle either. One on the left and one on the right, they grabbed a lot of things and followed the old woman inside. As for the report for the apprentice assessment, as well as the submission of his teacher's magical knowledge, it was still not too late to wait until tomorrow. They would have a good night's rest today. It was a pity that there was no outdoor hot spring here. Otherwise, it would be a great way to get rid of fatigue.
The next day, Hallumi and Kaya put on the small shawls that represented their status in high spirits, tied the silver tassel thread of the first circle apprentice, and went to the West Tower to report. At the same time, they learned that this month's assessment had just ended. They would have to wait for two weeks before another inspector would be free to conduct the assessment for the apprentices. This period of time happened to be the awkward middle period.
The girls didn't say anything. This period of time was the final sprint before the assessment. They brought so much luggage just to prepare for such a situation. That was why Lin Xiang prepared a lot of magic materials for practice and consumables for meditation for them.
The reason why they couldn't arrange the itinerary just right was that the trustworthy carriage guards couldn't coordinate with the right time. The current Wulian City was still in a state of insufficient transportation and guards.
Lin Xiang thought that since there was a place in Wulian City where they could stay, there was no need to deliberately arrange the itinerary or even let the girls travel alone. Besides, compared to traveling alone, it was more reassuring to live alone in a big house.
After completing the application for the apprentice assessment, the girls went to the South Tower together. That was a Magic Tower that specialized in managing and collecting all kinds of magical knowledge. Of course, it was to turn in the magical knowledge that their teacher had entrusted them with.
The sealed wooden box was handed over to the manager, and the secretary on the side was transcribing the newly added records. Since they were turning in the knowledge, the mage who acted as the manager didn't ask the two young apprentices much about the contents of the knowledge. In fact, it was indeed a waste of time to ask. So the girls soon left.
The magical knowledge that was turned in would only be stored in the warehouse after being reviewed. After that, there was still a series of procedures to be done before it would be officially made public. But this was under normal circumstances …
In the eyes of a certain teacher and two apprentices, they still regarded themselves as nobodies. At most, they had a lot of money and attracted a lot of greedy nobodies. But in the eyes of people with intentions, it wasn't the case.
Not to mention magical knowledge such as the browser, no one dared to publicly say that they had figured out the programming and editing method behind it. The transformation of the Tower of the Great Sage had caused the death of many enemies with bad intentions. These were also key points that people paid attention to.
Now that they had magical knowledge to turn in, these people who were spying in the dark all bought relevant knowledge from the Association at the first opportunity. Fortunately, a lot of paper data could be digitized now. After that, it was the work of copying and pasting. If they were still copying by hand a few years ago, the office of the South Tower would have been torn down by these mages' henchmen.
But these things, the girls were unaware of them. They only used the magic mail system that had already been built to send a letter to their teacher. The content was nothing more than that they had arrived safely in Wulian City and that the magical knowledge had been handed over to the Association.
The mail server that had already been built was, of course, continuously tested and adjusted. And it had already been perfected long before the girls set off. Elder Lin had already made it public, including the web address of the webpage and the detailed usage instructions.
Unfortunately, with the current traffic on the forum, although the title of the discussion thread posted by Elder Lin was written very clearly, no one could understand it. The person who posted it was also not one of the few active people in the public discussion section who were popular. So very soon, the discussion thread sank to the bottom. Perhaps a few observant people noticed it, but in line with the principle of making a fortune in silence, they saw it themselves but didn't say anything.
It wasn't until two apprentices of the Tower of the Great Sage surreptitiously — in the eyes of others, what Halloumi and Kaya had done — turned in their teacher's magical knowledge to the South Tower, which attracted the attention of some observant people. Only then did the magic mail system enter people's eyes.
In the current forum, the discussion thread in the public discussion section was updated too quickly and sank to the bottom just as quickly. So as long as the topic was clear, people's habit was to search for keywords and then click to browse. The magic mail system was undoubtedly a hot topic recently.
Everyone scrolled down the list of search results, only to find that a certain Tower Master had already published it himself, and unlike the server content that was turned over to the Association, what was published was the user's web interface.
This caused an uproar in the forum.
Everyone had the need for long-distance communication. But not all content could be put in a place where everyone could view it. Although there were many flexible methods, they all had to first make an agreement with the other party. A discussion section with a strange name, or a discussion thread with a strange name, was the place where you and I secretly contacted each other …
If the two of them had made an agreement to meet up, that would have been fine. But some idiot had openly said so on the forum, and then the discussion section, which was originally for secret communication, was almost as popular as the public discussion section, which was used for idle chatting. In particular, there was a problem with the other party's permission settings, which didn't restrict irrelevant people from entering and speaking … Then, this place became a joke.
There were many jokes made, as well as even more strange means of communication, which only showed one thing — people had a high demand for one-on-one communication. How could a certain Tower Master not be popular when he released such a function? More importantly, it didn't cost any extra money. As long as one had a browser magic stone, they could open the web page and open the web interface for use.
Instantly, the forum was full of praises. Of course, it wasn't that there weren't people with opposing opinions, but they were quickly drowned out by the masses.
But there were also clever people who realized that other functions could be added to the web page in addition to the forum, the mall, and the latest way to use mail. These people made many strange requests and strongly requested a certain Pagoda Master to create it. Otherwise, they would do such and such things …
Unfortunately, whether it was praise or derision, praise or threats, a certain someone couldn't hear or see it. Because he was having a good time with the two dogs.
It was also the reason why the two apprentices of the Tower of the Great Sage appeared in Wulian City when the magic mail system was in full swing.
The materials specially used for practice were all available, and the food could be entrusted to the old woman who helped to take care of the house and clean it. The two girls stayed at home and concentrated on practicing magic and meditation until the day of the assessment.
No matter how prosperous Wulian City was now, the bad memories of the past were still deeply rooted in their minds. In addition, under the influence of their teacher, staying at home was much better than going out and meeting people they didn't want to see. So the choice of the girls was quite obvious.
In this low-key atmosphere, with not many people paying attention, Hallumi and Kaya successfully passed the second round of the apprentice assessment and were qualified to tie the second silver tassel line.
The inspector in charge of the assessment praised the two girls' clean test and proficient magic skills. But that was it, and it didn't reach the level of attention of the previous round of the assessment. After all, this time there was no president to take care of them, and no great magician to express concern. Of course, there was no money in advance. If they didn't perform well enough, they might have gone home crying.
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