After all the noodle treasures were baked, Izumi put them in the noodle storage box, and then went out with Arthur.

Of course, the wind speed dog and lightning could not see people, so Izumi put them away before going out, and only released them again when they got out of the city gate and reached the uninhabited path.

Wind speed dog, who has not taken a serious walk for a long time, is very happy, running back and forth, Quan is frightened, although he knows that the elf will not hurt the baby in the stomach if he is so active, but this is his own elf, he is still worried.

Flash is now completely a wife and slave, and it follows whatever the wind speed dog does, and when he runs and jumps, he also gets into the grass and takes a hare out to prepare for the wind speed dog.

Izumi was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly went up to grab the food, and was relieved to see that the big rabbit was only frightened and not injured.

Arthur was also taken aback: "That's the teacher's rabbit, right?" ”

"It should be." The small animals in this neighborhood are basically related to the old magician, and if he is really bitten to death by the flash, he doesn't know how to explain to the old magician.

For this reason, Izumi gave Flash a rare lecture, and asked it to promise that it would not do it again.

The big rabbit really belonged to the old magician, and it was the one who had been responsible for showing them the way, and after recovering from the fright, he immediately ran away, if it wasn't for the wind speed dog following its scent, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't be able to see the old magician today.

"I'm so sorry, Glitter was so naughty." As soon as Izumi saw the old magician, he pulled the flash and apologized.

The old magician didn't bother with him: "It's okay, it's not injured anyway, just let your Warcraft pay attention in the future." ”

This time Flash also wanted to take the wind speed dog to play alone, but Izumi refused to agree, he released all the elves, and without command, the happy egg automatically ran to the side of the wind speed dog, saying that he would take good care of it, and the other elves followed more or less because of curiosity.

"Your Excellency Magician Radagast, did that Master Nicol reply?"

The old magician was stunned by his long and frightening name, "Don't call me that, you can barely count yourself as half of my students, just call me Teacher Ruida." ”

Quan Congshan changed his words like a stream: "Okay, Mr. Ruida." ”

The old magician nodded with satisfaction and said, "Nicol did reply, and it's good news. ”

Izumi's eyes lit up and he confirmed, "Good news? ”

"Yes, Koizumi, you have to understand that as Nicol's old friend, this time it is to recommend students to him, so I will explain your situation in detail in the letter." Everything he knew was told to Nicol.

Izumi nodded, "That's as it should be." ”

"Nicol is very interested in you after hearing this, and it just so happens that he really wants to teach an apprentice, so he wrote back and said that he would give you a chance."

The old magician said, pointing to the thick pile of books on the table, not to mention ten books, and said: "These are all sent by Nicol with the letter, Nicol is doing a research now, and he can't spare time to see you for the time being, so his test is to give you half a year, memorize these books word for word, and then write a paper for him each, as long as he can satisfy him, he will agree to accept you as a student." ”

In fact, the old magician was not very accustomed to this kind of test, he pursued a practical education, and the apprentice taught him by hand, and practiced it himself to show Arthur, although he would also be asked to read some relevant magic books, but he was never allowed to write any papers - God knows how to write it himself.

Nicol, on the other hand, demanded a spring, endorsed and wrote papers as soon as he came up, and either of them was more laborious for an old magician who had a bad memory than to perform a large magic.

Just thinking about it, he felt a little sympathy for the little guy in front of him.

But Izumi thought that this test was very suitable for him, he was very confident in his memory, many books could be memorized after reading two or three times, and he could memorize them backwards five or six times, and if he couldn't do this, he would not have been able to change from a trainer to a researcher at the research institute in five years, and he was also the first assistant to the doctor.

And writing a thesis, that is a basic skill that every researcher must master, Izumi has a habit of reading books is to write some reading notes and the like, as long as you sort it out, it is a thesis, but to write a wonderful enough, you still have to think about it.

"I'll do my best to pass Master Guò Nicol's test!"

"I also believe that Koizumi can do it, he is smart," Athur supported, "Teacher, don't you see, Koizumi didn't know the language and writing here before, or I taught him, he will be able to do it in about a month, do you think he is fluent in lingua franca now?" Koizumi can even understand the Yorkshire dialect. ”

This surprised the old magician: "I knew he was very smart, but I didn't expect you to teach people." ”

Arthur's chest thumped, and he felt his young heart hurt.

After laughing, the old magician said, "Since you are here today, let me see if your meditation has improved." ”

It's been a while since he first learned to meditate, but Izumi himself doesn't feel any progress, and every time he mentions this, he can't help but be discouraged, but he still sits down cross-legged and begins to meditate as the old magician asks.

Of course, he still sat down until his legs were weak and didn't feel any magic elements, and he was in a trance in the middle of the spring, almost thinking that he was asleep and dreaming.

He was carefully helped by Shanaiduo to stand up and move his numb legs, moving very lightly, trying not to make a sound to affect Ather, who was also meditating and had already entered the state.

When he was able to stand firm, he motioned for him to go outside with him, so as not to disturb his apprentice.

When he arrived outside the house, after making sure that he would not disturb Arthur, Izumi embarrassedly apologized to the old magician, "I failed again." ”

"No, I think you've just touched the edge."

As Maia - although he himself has forgotten this identity - Ridagast has a better perception of magical elements than all humans, and just now when Izumi and Arthur were meditating obviously, the old magician used his cloudy eyes to catch the gathering of magical elements, and although most of those magical elements were absorbed by Thor, a small part of it still burrowed into Izumi's body and did not come out again.

The old magician actually noticed when he first taught Izumi that he was actually very popular with the magic elements, although when he started to meditate, he was always unable to successfully enter the state, but in fact, at this time, the magic elements in his body would suddenly become very active, and they would call friends to attract more elements around Izumi, but Izumi didn't know how to find and pull them, so these gathered magic elements would dissipate after Izumi stopped meditating.

During this time, the people around him will be more or less affected, and when meditating, they will feel that the magic elements are much richer than usual, but they are not very easy to absorb.

"When you first meditated, was there anything different from before?"

"Something different?" Izumi thought for a moment and said, "I almost fell asleep in the middle." ”

"Asleep? Did you really almost fall asleep? ”

"I guess it's like the feeling I usually have to doze off, and suddenly I was in a trance, and then I woke up again."

"And how much time do you think it took you this time?"

"No more than ten minutes, right?" Izumi now has a rough idea of when he will have leg numbness.

The old magician shook his head: "No, this time you meditated for more than half an hour, and you had the action of absorbing magic elements in the middle, so I'm pretty sure that what you said about almost falling asleep is not true, that should be the feeling when you enter meditation, remember this feeling, I believe that next time you will do better." ”

Not a successful success, the sudden Rang Izumi was completely unable to react, he tried to recall the situation for a while, and was dismayed to find that he could not remember anything.

The old magician patted him on the shoulder: "Whatever you can, one day you will succeed." ”

"I will."

Returning from the old magician's hut, Izumi took a general look at the books he had brought back, "Outline of Basic Alchemy", "Magical Plants", and "The Use of Demonic Blood...... All of them are basic books related to alchemy, and each one is thicker than a drill, and it will take at least a month to read them all at his speed, and it will take half a year to memorize them and be able to understand the meaning of them to write a thesis, although it is more difficult, but it is still possible to work hard.

After that, he read a book in his room, and if he didn't understand something, he would write it down with a pen and paper, and then go to consult the old magician next time.

I don't know if the Master Nicol would accept his letters, but if he did, maybe he could ask him.

In order to help Quan inquire about the news, Carter did not go to the mercenary union with the Benny brothers to take over the task today, but asked someone nearby to inquire about the news of the land, and went to the field to check it out, back and forth several times, and finally was so busy that he missed dinner, but fortunately, Lucy left him a meal, and Quan was warmed and brought out, and Carter was also hungry, and it was a burst of gobbling.

Izumi didn't rush him, just watched him eat, and Carter drank a big mouthful of soup, and finally he was not so hungry, so he told Izumi what he had heard.