"What's that?" Li Jinyi couldn't help but wonder when he saw the bottle of liquid in the old cat's hand that he had never seen before.

"This is a slurry made by mixing the Star Soul Crystal powder with some plants, so it is cyan. The old cat opened the cap of the bottle as he spoke, sniffed it with his nose, and then said to his students, "It smells good, do you want to try it?" It smells like vanilla, but unfortunately you can't take it, and there are some things in it that can damage the human digestive system." ”

Li Jinyi leaned over and sniffed it, and there was indeed a sweet smell.

"Does this liquid have anything to do with the nourishing circle I mentioned earlier?" he asked.

The old cat nodded: "Nourishing the magic circle, since it is a magic circle, it definitely needs to be painted with something, and this liquid is equivalent to paint, a pigment with a magical effect." ”

After that, he put his index finger into the bottle, stirred it thoroughly, and began to draw on the table with the cyan crystal liquid on his finger, and explained to Li Jinyi:

"The materials we have collected are all mortal products that lack spirituality, and they are very intolerant of magic spells and spells, and they are not easy to preserve, so they need to be spiritually improved. The most convenient way to achieve mass production is to use the Nourishment Circle. ”

"The primary nourishment circle is very simple, you only need to draw the circle well, and it will have an effect. After the circle is drawn, put the materials in it, and wait for a day or two, and the spirituality of those materials will be greatly improved. Generally speaking, a magic circle can last for about a week, which means that it can probably get three or four batches of materials. Oh, by the way, I mentioned the ingredients used to make this bottle of liquid on the first page of the book. ”

Li Jinyi nodded vigorously when he heard this, and listened more intently.

"The nourishment circle can induce the material in a directional way, and different nourishing circles are required to make different runes, and there are four primary nourishment circles for runes and charms, all of which are not much different. The kind of nourishment circle I am drawing now is the energy type rune, don't look at the lines so much, it seems quite complicated, but in fact it is very simple. ”

The old cat pointed to the circle on the periphery of the circle and said, "First of all, you need to draw a circle and set the size of the circle you want. Then, just draw an ellipse symbolizing energy in the center of the circle, and then radiate a number of stripes from the ellipse, and connect them with the circle that forms a circle, and it is completed. ”

I see! I just saw that your painting was so complicated, and I thought it was difficult! Li Jinyi scolded twice.

"Master Cat, can I give it a try?" he asked.

"Of course. The old cat handed him the bottle.

Li Jinyi took the bottle, dipped it in the original solution and drew a circle the size of a dinner plate on the table, and then drew an ellipse in the center according to the old cat's instructions, and then radiated several thin lines from it, either curved or steeply folded, to fill the circle evenly.

It's not that difficult, it's like a child learning to draw.

Perhaps the difficulty lies in the collection of materials and the subsequent production, Li Jinyi thought.

"The drawing is good, I'll leave the remaining three to you to figure it out for yourself, I'll go lie down for a while." The old cat said as he walked over to a chaise longue, lay down on it, and closed his eyes to rest.

This lay down all morning, and he didn't wake up until Lin Long came over and called the two of them for lunch.

Li Jinyi also practiced almost enough, and at the kind invitation of the old cat, he stayed for lunch before leaving.

Next, he has other things, according to Director Francis, he has to find the right team before the day after tomorrow, otherwise he will have to obey the assignment of the organization and be randomly assigned to a team that lacks manpower, and then he may encounter a group of very difficult people, which will not be comfortable.

He returned to town, borrowed a spaceship from the mayor, and headed straight for Lighthouse City.

As soon as he crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, the whispers of his heart suddenly echoed in his mind.

"I've finished parsing the souls I collected in the last battle, and I've learned something new about the Metaverse. ”

"Speak. Li Jinyi said briefly.

"This simulated realm, it does not belong to the void or the universe, but to the third realm outside of the two!"

"The Third Realm?!" Li Jinyi was surprised, this concept was the first time he had heard of it, and didn't this confirm from the side that the Dream Land had nothing to do with the Simulated Realm, and the Dream Land was obviously located in a place in the universe.

The clue to the dream has been cut off again, but thankfully I have another secret that no one else knows, he chuckled and muttered to himself.

The spaceship soon arrived at the Lighthouse City, which, as its name suggests, has a lighthouse nearly 100 meters high in the center, but it is daytime and there is no light coming from the lighthouse.

Lighthouse City is not very large, except for the airport, the other areas add up to only about two small towns of Cotuano. However, the facilities are very advanced, including the lighthouse, and all the buildings look like they are from some advanced alien civilization.

After landing at the airport, Li Jinyi followed the instructions of the intelligent levitation image and came to a hemispherical building made of blue-gold metal.

This is the center of talent exchange, through the energy curtain with strong sound insulation effect, the surrounding suddenly becomes noisy, and at this moment hundreds of people are gathering in the hall, or talking, or showing their abilities.

Lai walked straight to the bulletin board in the center of the hall to see which teams were recruiting new members.

Walking in the crowd, he suddenly felt a little thirsty, so he took out the Coke in his pocket, drank half a bottle, and then hiccuped secretly.

At this moment, he suddenly had a strong feeling of being stared at, just like when he was buying a charm in the town that day and met the seniors of the Star Royal Academy.

What's the matter, are they in this hall too, and they've noticed me? But why are they staring at me after all? Is it true that I have a lot of secrets on my face? Li Jinyi was puzzled, but still decided to pretend that nothing had happened until those people came to the door, and then he would see the opportunity.

He came to the electronic bulletin board and carefully read the information of those teams, and found that most of them were Star Guardian teams, and there were relatively few Star Guardian and Star Alliance teams.

"This looks a bit hard to find!" Li Jinyi muttered quietly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw a tall brown-haired lady about 20 years old, wearing the uniform of an ordinary member of the Magic Department of the Star Royal Academy, with a bumpy figure and a tall brown haired lady staring at him with a smile.

Li Jinyi was about to ask a question, but the other party spoke first:

"Senior Brother Xiaoli, are you here to find a new team?"

Xiao Li? This is too kind, sister, do we know each other? Li Jinyi almost blurted out, but he still held back, and replied with a calm expression:

"Yes, there are some members of our team who need to recuperate, and the rest of the team members are asked to find the team on their own. Uh, did the senior sister come here to find a team?"

The brown-haired girl shook her head and said, "We're here to find the team, I'll go talk to the captain and ask him to recruit you into the team." ”

"Ah, this, not good. Li Jinyi scratched his head, thinking that I don't even know your name yet, you are so enthusiastic, could you be a liar?

"What's wrong, you've done me a great favor!" said the brown-haired girl with a smile.

Hmm, when have I helped you? Li Jinyi was even more puzzled.

Seeing Li Jinyi's confused face, the girl continued to explain: "At the last school meeting, I was criticized by the leader for making mistakes, but it was you who stood up and spoke for me that saved me from the punishment of being sent to Africa. ”

Li Jinyi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably.

You didn't go, but I did!" he sneered bitterly.

"The last time I saw you at the market in Cotuano, I wanted to come and thank you in person, but you ran away in the blink of an eye. The girl continued.

No, senior sister, your peeping eyes are too hot! Li Jinyi complained in his heart.

But he complained in his heart, since the other party is now going to help him find a team, he still has to have politeness on the surface, and after the senior sister finished speaking, he immediately smiled and said: "I see, there is no need to say more words of thanks, I just felt that the words of the leaders were too rude, so I stood up to refute it." By the way, what do you call you, senior sister?"

Zhong Ziran. The brunette girl replied.

"Sister Ziran is good. He bowed slightly.

Why don't you call it pepper or mustard? Pepper noodles are also good. Lai Jinyi suddenly felt amused, and gradually presented this on his expression.

"You were thinking about something very rude just now, right!" Zhong Ziran frowned slightly, took a step forward, and his proud chest almost pressed against Li Jinyi's chest.

Li Jinyi hurriedly retreated half a step to avoid it, and his head kept swaying from side to side like a rattle.

"Don't admit it, junior, my sister is not as easy to deceive as those little girls!" Zhong Ziran turned around and said to Li Jinyi behind him as he walked forward, "Come on, I'll take you to meet our captain." ”

Li Jinyi swallowed his saliva and followed.

Walking to the private room at the end of the second floor, Li Jinyi stood at the door, and saw eight young men and women in the uniforms of the Star Imperial Alliance sitting inside, Zhong Ziran walked up to a fairly strong blonde man, and talked with him for a while, and then, the blonde man walked towards Li Jinyi, and the eyes of the rest of the people also turned to this side.

The strong man walked to the door and raised his right hand. Li Jinyi saw that he wanted to shake his hand, so he stretched out his hand.

Less than a second after the two shook hands, Li Jinyi found that the other party's grip strength was rapidly increasing, and there was a burst of pain in his hand.

Damn, this man is too strong, I can't hold him, but even so, I have to try to hold on to prevent myself from appearing in front of the team when I first meet, so that my position in the team will not be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, he squeezed hard, unexpectedly, only heard the sound of "click", he felt the grip from the other party suddenly disappear, and then, he saw the blonde strong man's expression slightly painful, and his forehead oozed fine sweat and withdrew his hand.

Did I pinch his bones? Did I do it? Li Jinyi suddenly felt a little incredible.

"It's worthy of being a member of the team that defeated the mid-level Void Lord, and it's hidden deeply. I'm Captain Aaron Wilson, would you like to join Team 164?" the blonde man who claimed to be the captain asked.

"It's great to be able to join a team that is all alumni," Li Jinyi replied with a smile, and then asked with some hesitation, "I still have a teammate, he didn't come over today, can you let him join us?"

"No problem, just get back by noon tomorrow, after that, we'll have a mission to enter the Void Shroud. Now let's get to know the new players. Aaron Wilson laughs.

Li Jinyi nodded sincerely, and walked to the new teammates who seemed to be very kind, but a deep question arose in his heart: When will I have the grip strength that can beat that of Aaron's strong man?