The frustration of the crowd lasted until the end of the cultural class. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Everyone is doing their homework by Du Shen as usual, but most of them are not giving up.

Ryan had wanted to be cheeky enough to stay and help Martina make up for her lessons, as he had done the other day. But he was visibly aware of the anomaly in the atmosphere. So when Martina said no again, Ryan made an excuse to leave.

Only civilian apprentices remained in the classrooms. Everyone was used to it, and there would be no more elemental envoys to disturb them at this time.

"I've heard that this time it's not easy. Watson spoke, instantly attracting everyone's attention. Several people got up and sat down near him.

Watson continued, "I've heard that there are people who suspect that there are ghosts among us. That's why they refuse to give us high-level fire. ”

"What do you mean?" most people have a hard time understanding. A sturdy boy asked, "What kind of ghost?"

"Of course it's a fellow necromancer," Watson lowered his body and looked at the crowd, as if he was genuinely skeptical, "In this exam, out of 61 noble apprentices, 49 died. Of the 45 civilians, only 11 died. Not to mention the inhabitants of Frostwolf Town. The difference in casualties, so huge. Some suspect that it was deliberately aimed at the aristocracy. Why is it only for the nobles? Because there are fellow citizens among the commoners!"

"Ridiculous!" several people scoffed. Everyone has been together for a long time, who doesn't know whom? Who looks like a wizard's spy?

Martina sneered: "Excuses! It's probably an excuse that someone deliberately made to suppress us." Some people just can't see us well. Do everything possible to make it difficult for us!"

This resonates with a great deal of emotion. Everyone spoke out one after another.

Du Shen thought for a while, but he was not nervous. He doesn't consider himself exposed. Before, in Frostwolf Town, he was basically hidden nearly a hundred meters away from the killing field. The dim light at night, coupled with the obscuration of trees and rocks, made it difficult for the elements to detect him. Moreover, even if it is discovered, separated by an obstacle of tens of meters, Du Shen has an excuse to excuse himself.

In fact, since the incident, there has never been an elemental envoy who asked Du Shen about his suspicious appearance. All the apprentices were asked to tell their stories about the day, but they were not asked in detail. Du Shen felt that the temple was not suspicious of the apprentice.

However, it is quite possible that someone will use this to block the promotion channels of civilian apprentices. After all, the cultivation of elemental envoys is resource-intensive.

To be honest, Du Shen couldn't figure out what kind of quality the core of his fusion belonged to. He can only speculate, at least the complete core. Of course, if possible, Du Shen prefers to integrate perfect quality. He had a vision for the perfect core, and he wanted to give it a try if he had the chance.

As for the core that he has now fused with ordinary qualities. Du Shen had the impression that there seemed to be a secret method in the world of Manlo. Within a year, if there is a chance to fuse the perfect core again, Du Shen has a high chance of improving the quality of his own core.

So Du Shen is very calm. He felt that he still had hope of receiving a perfect core from the temple.

Seeing that the classmates around him complained indignantly. Du Shen got up and explained: "Don't be discouraged, everyone! The temple will definitely not deliberately suppress civilian apprentices. I've heard that there are two ways for temples to recruit apprentices. One is like ours, first test the qualifications, and then do the assessment. The other is an internal recommendation to directly get the tinder. ”

"Everyone thinks," Du Shen said, "if the temple is really just a club of nobles. Do they have to go to such trouble? Every year, they take the trouble to test the qualifications of a large number of civilian children. It's unreasonable to spend a huge amount of money on storage, and then deliberately suppress them!"

"Really?" many people have heard of it for the first time. Someone asked Watson, who was well-informed, "Watson, is it true? There are two ways for the temple to accept disciples, and you can recommend them directly?"

Due to his family background, Watson didn't really know about it. But for the sake of face, he nodded stiffly: "It seems that there are such rumors." But I'm not sure. ”

At the same time, outside the classroom, two figures stood in the shade of a tree. The two happened to witness Du Shen's performance in unraveling his classmates. Among the two, Robin couldn't help but complain: "It's really a pity." This kid has excellent qualifications, and it is rare that he is also excellent in all other aspects. The temple gave fire this time, which is really biased. ”

Victor, who had originally come to observe the apprentice's performance, nodded with a smile, with a deep meaning: "What's the hurry." This sneak attack was really wrong. Can you guess what the other person is trying to do? If it's to weaken the temple. Why did only one of the elemental envoys die, but most of the noble apprentices died? Choosing an apprentice is not too much of a burden for us. ”

Robin shook his head. He had thought about this question for a long time. But he couldn't come to a reasonable conclusion. He had thought that the other party had come to test the skeletons. However, it seems that most of the time, the skeletons are chasing the noble apprentices and slashing them. It stands to reason that they should find an elemental matchup.

"Since things are different. I can't say that we can only use some special means," Victor told him solemnly, "in short, continue to observe for a while." You don't want to let any wind out!

Robin, who was already waiting for sin, hurriedly assured.

As time passed, Du Shen found that everyone was affected by emotions and could not concentrate. He had no choice but to propose to end the tutoring early. Everyone got up and returned to their dormitories, all looking absent-minded. The same is true for Du Shen.

Like others, Du Shen is also thinking about the future path: Du Shen found that his previous thoughts seemed to be a little taken for granted.

Du Shen originally planned to become the opponent's team and use the process of his development to grasp a certain amount of power. Optimistically, Du Shen could even rely on the hundreds of years of the Lane royal family to obtain some rare cultivation resources.

However, after seeing and hearing these days, Du Shen found that he seemed to be too optimistic!

The problem lies in Du Shen's background. As a visitor from another world, he faked the identity of a civilian and carefully arranged it, and he could still deceive most people. But if you want to fake the origin of the noble, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Du Shen had earlier believed that he could be accepted by Ryan and his subordinates as a civilian. This stems from the impression of a past life. However, this impression comes from the war when the evil gods invaded the world of Manlo.

At that time, the territory fell, and the nobles were either forced or on their own initiative, with heavy casualties. They desperately need the help of civilians. Therefore, the contradiction between the aristocracy and the people is not too acute. No matter how arrogant the aristocracy is, they will treat talented commoners differently.

The army of the evil gods has not yet invaded, and the nobles have enjoyed peace for hundreds of years, and all kinds of interests can be said to have been divided up. It was too late for the nobles to compete for power and profit, so how could they share the profits among the inferior people from commoner backgrounds?

This can be seen from the relationship between apprentices from two backgrounds these days.

Du deeply wanted to see if he continued to follow Ryan according to the plan. In the process of rising in the future, he will inevitably be excluded, isolated, and even suppressed by many aristocratic colleagues.

Of course, Du Shen knows the future trend. Even if his colleagues suppress him, he has the confidence to stand out. However, Du Shen thinks: why bother to suffer by yourself?

Du Shen really wanted to integrate the forces of all aspects of the Manluo world in order to consume the vitality of the evil god. But he thinks that there are so many ways that he can't bear the burden of humiliation.

Therefore, Du Shen is hesitating, after obtaining the perfect core, will he find another "master"?

In view of the previous negligence, Du Shen has had deep introspection. He expanded his thinking: what he wanted was only a channel for communication and influence on local forces, or weight. Taking a ride on the dragon is certainly a labor-saving way. But he may not be able to use his own strength to shape a hero.

You must know that the times are changing, and in the previous life, Ryan was not the only one who started from the end of the world and had to hold a huge amount of power. It's just that most of them died halfway through and failed to overcome all kinds of hardships and obstacles.

Du Shen felt that he could choose from them with particularly excellent qualifications and easy to control. With his foresight and the power in his hands, he may not be able to help the young man break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly.

Thinking like this, Du Shen suddenly felt that the road ahead was broad, and even his vision and mind were a lot more open.

Of course, Du Shen's idea of being close to Ryan has not changed. Obtaining the perfect core can not be achieved in three or five days. Since you still have to stay in the temple for a short time, it is better to take the opportunity to shorten the distance, which is also convenient for future communication and even leverage.

As for why Du Shen was confident in obtaining the core of the perfect quality, it was because Du Shen knew that there was a wizard spy named Nikolai lurking inside the Flame Temple.

In his previous life, Nikolai was exposed very late and had already become a senator. From this, you can imagine what a sensational impact it caused at that time!

And in front of him, Du Shen had already inquired: although Nikolai had not become a patriarch, he was in the middle of the temple and was very respected. Even many of the lower floors of the temple saw him as a goal to strive for.

Nikolai can be described as the star of the temple. If Du Shen revealed his identity as a spy, the temple would presumably reward him. Given Du Shen's status as an apprentice, a perfect core is a very appropriate reward.

At present, the only obstacle is how Du Shen can "reasonably" discover the identity of the other party's spy.

It's not difficult. Du Shen thought that as long as he stayed in the temple for a while longer, he would find an excuse to contact him more. After that, either design or fabrication, Du Shen always has a chance to break through the disguise of his spy.

Yes, when other civilian apprentices are suffering from gains and losses. Du Shen was sure that he could obtain a high-level fire.

In the blink of an eye, another few days passed. The temple suddenly announced a two-day holiday for all apprentices. For in two days the people will be moved to the Valley of the Furnace.

Du Shen couldn't help but be secretly excited.

Many people in the world think that the flaming mountain in Grimm City is the base camp of the temple. This is a big fallacy. The Valley of the Furnaces is the heart of the Flame Temple. Greentown is famous only because it handled the temple's external affairs. And the teaching of apprentices, the storage of various materials such as tinder, are mostly in the Valley of the Furnace.

Going to the Valley of the Furnace meant that Du Shen would begin to learn the various skills of the Elemental Masters. What's more, most of the time, Nikolai stayed in the Valley of the Furnaces.