In the town of Vaduz, Ren Xiaosu swaggered in front while Chen Cheng and Anan followed him like followers. This made the two bounty hunters feel very aggrieved.
Occasionally, Ren Xiaosu would even instruct Chen Cheng and An An to buy some snacks for them. He wouldn't even have to pay for them.
Chen Cheng was puzzled. "I can understand if you ask us to buy something, but why don't you pay? We don't want to eat these rice dumpling cakes."
Ren Xiaosu spread his hands and said matter-of-factly, "I don't have money."
He really didn't have money. After coming to the Sorcerer Nation, he didn't have to spend money on anything. His basic necessities were taken care of by Sheepshead, so he didn't have to do anything himself.
Ren Xiaosu still had a lot of gold on him, but he didn't want to use it.
On one hand, it was because the currency here was issued by the Sorcerer Bank. If he used gold directly, it would arouse suspicion.
On the other hand, using other people's money to buy one's own things could easily increase one's happiness.
Chen Cheng suddenly understood why the two sheep, Li Chenggong and Liu Ting, were gnashing their teeth at Ren Xiaosu. It was because this guy was really good at infuriating people. He could make them feel suffocated with just a simple gesture.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, "By the way, have you received any stress resistance training?"
"Stress resistance training?" Chen Cheng was stunned. "Of course."
"What did you train in?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously. He wanted to know the content of the sorcerer's training so that he could plan his future battles.
Chen Cheng and Anan looked at each other. There didn't seem to be anything they couldn't say. He replied, "Before our coming-of-age ceremony, we have to sleep in the cemetery for a week. No matter how scared we are at night, we can't run or even scream. If we break the rules, the countdown will start again."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. "Anything else?"
"We also have to eat raw and cold animal organs. We can't spit them out," Chen Cheng said. "And we have to survive alone in the wilderness for a month."
"Can we bring the Eye of Truth?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
"Of course, the Eye of Truth is a wizard's weapon. How can a wizard survive in the wild without a weapon?" Chen Cheng said.
Ren Xiaosu pursed his lips and said, "That's not what I'm talking about."
When Chen Cheng saw Ren Xiaosu's disdainful look, he became a little unconvinced. "The training that we bounty hunters go through isn't something that other warlocks can do. We're the only ones in the entire Sorcerer Nation who can do it."
"Then I'm relieved," Ren Xiaosu said emotionally.
First of all, sleeping in the cemetery for a week might be able to build up one's courage, but in Ren Xiaosu's opinion, it was not very useful.
Secondly, it was quite useful to survive alone in the wilderness for a month, but these people were still surviving with the Eye of Truth. It couldn't be considered "extreme environment" training at all.
To be honest, the status of these wizards was so high that they lived like princes. Even an organization like the Bounty Hunters, who fought for a living, trained them like children playing house.
As for the stress training that Ren Xiaosu mentioned, many soldiers in Middle Earth had to go through it. The simplest example would be when someone was shooting right next to their ear, but the soldier still had to shoot accurately and score more than eight points. Another example would be when someone was cursing loudly next to their ear, and the soldier still had to quickly read the map. Another example would be when someone next to them pulled off the safety of a grenade, and the soldier still had to remember all the routes within five seconds.
Stress resistance training didn't mean that you had to suffer a lot. Instead, you had to be able to maintain your concentration under extreme pressure.
Chen Cheng looked at Ren Xiaosu and said, "Are you looking down on wizards?"
"You could say that." Ren Xiaosu nodded casually. "They have powerful abilities, but they are lacking in combat training."
Chen Cheng was still a little unconvinced. "You —"
Before he could finish speaking, Ren Xiaosu turned to look at him and said with a smile, "Why don't you try reciting an incantation with the Eye of Truth?"
Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment before he said, "The —"
Just as he recited the incantation, Ren Xiaosu stepped on his foot, and the incantation came to an abrupt end!
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!" Chen Cheng roared as he hugged his foot.
"Look, both of you can't even finish reciting your incantations." Ren Xiaosu said, "Only when you can finish reciting your incantations under any circumstances will you be qualified to fight me. Of course, that's just being qualified. Just now in the blacksmith's shop, I only grabbed your necks, and your Eye of Truth fell to the ground. Think about it, if I really wanted to kill the two of you, would the two of you be able to resist? "
Chen Cheng and An looked at each other and wanted to say something, but they suddenly felt that what Ren Xiaosu said did seem to make sense.
If one's incantation could be interrupted just by being stepped on, then what was the point of having the ability to release witchcraft?
Many people thought that as long as they wanted to focus, they would definitely be able to do so. However, that was not the case. If one wanted to be unaffected by the outside world, they would have to go through a lot of brutal training.
Chen Cheng asked, "Even you might not be able to focus in any environment, right?"
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, "Come and step on me. See if I'll interrupt my focus."
Just as Ren Xiaosu was halfway through his sentence, Chen Cheng had already raised his foot and stepped on him. However, there was no pause in Ren Xiaosu's words. Even his tone was not affected at all.
Ren Xiaosu continued walking forward. "See? That's the only way your incantation will be effective."
At this moment, An An suddenly caught up to him and said seriously, "How do I train my ability to withstand pressure? If you teach me, I can pay you gold coins. "
The corners of Ren Xiaosu's lips curled up slightly. "I can teach you, but I don't need gold coins. I just need to see your performance."
"How do I perform?" An An asked.
"The pancakes over there look quite delicious. Go and buy some for me," Ren Xiaosu said.
At this moment, An An and Chen Cheng suddenly felt that the two of them might really end up becoming Ren Xiaosu's servants for the rest of the journey!
In fact, the reason Ren Xiaosu could tell them all this was because he had already confirmed that the organization these two belonged to was indeed the one that Ren He had left behind in the Mage Nation.
This was because the moment he stepped into the blacksmith shop, the palace had already informed him that he had found the second clue related to Ren He. As for how much information he could get from this clue, it would depend on how Ren Xiaosu dug it out himself.
When they passed by the cathedral in the center of the town, Ren Xiaosu saw many of his subordinates moving things around. He asked curiously, "What are they doing?"
An An gave it some thought. "It's the Berkley family's custom. Today is the last day of May. On the first day of every month at 6 o 'clock in the morning, there will be wizards leading their subordinates in prayer here."
"What's the meaning behind this?" Ren Xiaosu was puzzled.
"Probably because they want their subordinates to always remember the Berkley family's kindness," Chen Cheng replied.
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