Chapter 223: The Decline of the Aristocrats

Star Bamboo Empire, North, Autumn Maple City.

This place is located in the southwest corner of the northern border, although it is not very far from the imperial capital Xingzhu City, but because of the barren spiritual veins in this area, the development of this area is also backward.

The spiritual vein is a necessary resource for the cultivation of high-level professionals, especially those professionals who are not very talented, originally because of the limitation of natural talent, their cultivation has it, and the role of the spiritual vein is to increase the upper limit of these people to a certain extent.

This world is very large, and there are many people with extremely strong talents, but compared to the human beings in the entire world, those who have the top cultivation talent are only a very small group after all.

More people's cultivation talent can only be regarded as mediocre. Therefore, the spiritual vein has become one of the most valued resources of the major forces.

Whether a region is rich in spiritual vein resources objectively determines the intensity of professionals in this area, and also determines the prosperity of this area to a certain extent.

After all, compared to ordinary people, the extraordinary power possessed by professionals is too powerful, and the earth and stone house that ordinary people can build in a year can be completed by a high-level magician by reciting a spell.

The area around Qiufeng City belongs to the kind of spiritual vein resources that are scarce, and few big families are willing to develop here, and slightly stronger professionals will also choose areas with more abundant resources.

The old-fashioned city walls are a little dilapidated, and the castle lord's mansion has no idea of repairing it at all...... After all, this place belongs to the mainland, and it has nothing to do with the border battlefield at all, and because of the lack of spiritual veins, there are few Warcraft tribes nearby...... So the city wall or something is just an ornament.

The style of the city is very old, except for the aristocratic district in the center, and most of the others are some dilapidated bungalows.

The young man in Chinese costume took Chen Rui's hand and walked into a tavern on the edge of the aristocratic district, with Qin Escort following closely behind.

"The little master is back?" the bored shopkeeper who was sitting behind the counter because there were too few guests poked his head out.

"Watch your tone!" Guard Qin said coldly, his little hand was already on the hilt of the sword on his back, and it seemed that he was about to draw his sword and cut people if he didn't agree with him.

The young man in the Chinese costume pulled the collar of the Qin guard helplessly, and the shopkeeper showed an apologetic expression.

The shopkeeper laughed, turned around and instructed Xiao Er to prepare food.

This young man in gorgeous clothes, Mu Yuan, is a frequent visitor to his place, and he is a nobleman in this Qiufeng City, but his family is in the middle of the road, and there is nothing left in the family of Mu Yuan's generation, and the only elder of their family passed away some time ago...... In order to make a living, Mu Yuan sold his family's forest courtyard and settled in this tavern.

Therefore, the shopkeeper would jokingly call Mu Yuan the little young master in a strange tone, and there was no sense of ridicule.

"By the way, I remember that you are a magician, can you help this kid check if he has any cultivation talent?" Mu Yuan said suddenly.

Only then did the shopkeeper notice Chen Rui behind Mu Yuan, and his brows furrowed slightly, "Where did you pick up the wild child?"

"I think I was abandoned by my parents, and I brought it back when I met it. Mu Yuan kept a smile.

"Your own situation is not optimistic, is it?" asked the shopkeeper.

"If you are financially well-off, you should be able to make ends meet. Mu Yuan spread his hands helplessly, and the implication was obvious, except for the money to maintain his daily life, there was no other fund, such as purchasing cultivation resources.

The shopkeeper nodded silently, although he really wanted to help Mu Yuan, a very sensible and gentle young man...... But he is also only the shopkeeper of a tavern, and his abilities are limited.

"Bring him to my room later, and I'll give him a test. ”

"Good. Mu Yuan nodded.

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Night fell quickly, Mu Yuan and Qin Guard's room was located in the innermost room on the third floor of this tavern, and after coming here, Chen Rui carefully looked at everything around him.

The style of decoration here is similar to that of medieval Europe, but there is a big difference in nature.

There are no electrical appliances here, and the hallways are full of candles, but the candles here are made of very special materials, and the candles shine brightly.

In the small room, Escort Qin was meditating and practicing, and it was only after seeing the faint halo around Escort Qin's body that the image here gradually plumped up.

In the original world, Chen Rui had seen many stories about traveling to another world, and there was a time before when Chen Rui longed for the ups and downs of the otherworldly adventure life...... But when this really happened to him, after a short period of surprise and sadness, all that was left was confusion.

Where should he go in this world?

Mu Yuan pushed the door in, holding a set of gray clothes, and judging by the size, it seemed that it was prepared for Chen Rui.

"I'll take a shower and change your clothes later, and I'll take you to the shopkeeper. Mu Yuan always had a gentle smile on his face.

Chen Rui was entangled in his heart for a while, he didn't know what kind of reaction he should make at this time, after all, he was only a six or seven-year-old child at this time...... However, after thinking about it for a long time, Chen Rui gave up the idea of hiding himself.

"What you said about checking your cultivation talent...... What is it?"

"......" Mu Yuan was stunned, and then smiled and patted Chen Rui's little head.

"Didn't anyone tell you anything about the profession?"

Although the Star Bamboo Empire has implemented it several times, for example, each city has set up one, which is specially for people in the city and surrounding areas to check their cultivation talents, and once someone is found to have cultivation qualifications, they will receive a cultivation subsidy issued by the empire.

This is an opportunity for ordinary people to become professionals.

Chen Rui pondered for a while, then shook his head.

Mu Yuan and Chen Rui looked at each other for a while, until Chen Rui lowered his head and looked away.

"Who the hell are you?"

Mu Yuan said with a slight frown.

He saw in Chen Rui's eyes a maturity that did not belong to his age.

"I ...... I don't know. Chen Rui was silent for a while and said softly.

Mu Yuan glanced at Chen Rui deeply, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Nature is full of magic, and some humans have the qualifications of envoys and can absorb magic to gain extraordinary powers. This group of people is called a professional, and only about one person in a hundred people is qualified to become a professional. And the system of professionals is also complex. ”

"It is roughly divided into two categories, one is a martial arts profession based on the cultivation of true qi, and the other is a magic profession based on the cultivation of spiritual power and magic power. ”

"With the body of a human being, practice to become a god. ”

"My profession is, the reason why I went to that cemetery today is also because of the hazy ......guidance of last night's image," Mu Yuan put his hands on Chen Rui's shoulders.

"The prophecy says that I will meet someone there who will change my life, and there I will only meet you in a coma. ”

"So it doesn't matter who you are, I need your help. This world is even more cruel because of the existence of supernatural powers, and we are, and we can only survive in this world by helping each other. ”

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