The Rhine City Magic Guild, shining with the brilliance of the Arcane.

The main body of the guild, the towering Mage Tower, is like a faithful guard, built on the highest peak of the Consulate.

Every sunny day, many players come to the terrace on the top of the Wizard's Tower to look out at the timeless beauty of the Dawn Bell Tower.

After the daily maintenance was over, Lin Ling went online again and stepped into the door of the Magic Guild.

A glimmer of light flashed around him, disarming the invisibility effect he had attached to his body.

"Constant spell void enchantment?" Lin Ling glanced thoughtfully at the pattern depicted on the ground, it was really interesting, the Magic Guild did not allow the mage to enter with magic. He walked into the Magic Guild, bypassed the players waiting in line for an interview with an NPC class mentor, and found Archmage Boguch, handing him the letter that the Spectre Guardian had given him.

"My dear, I'm sorry that I can't pass your higher-level mage expertise since you haven't passed the apprenticeship trial." Archmage Bo Guqi didn't even read the recommendation letter, so he politely rejected Lin Ling.

"I want to go to the Golden Valley to complete my apprenticeship trial."

Lin Ling had no intention of letting Bo Guqi teach him the specialty of "mage talent" in advance, and he showed that letter of recommendation just to prove his identity and ability.

"You should go and talk to your career mentor about the apprenticeship trial." Archmage Boguqi did not agree to Lin Ling's request, even though his relationship with the Magic Guild was very "friendly".

High-level NPCs are always not so easy to talk to.

Lin Ling shrugged his shoulders, he took out the Secret Ritual Codex and the lightning fragment, and said, "I have the ability to go there." ”

"You got the Falman legacy?" Archmage Boguch glanced at the two pieces of equipment and chanted a spell, closing all the doors and windows in the lab. He stood up from his position, poured himself a glass of red wine, and asked restlessly, "Well, young apprentice, tell me, what exactly do you want?" ”

"An easy and affordable mission, I want to exchange fire magic with Archmage Denken."

Lin Ling knew that Archmage Bo Guqi would buy Falman's account, according to the background plot, Archmage Bo Guqi had practiced with Falman under the same mage, during this period, the two formed a lot of friendship, and the Secret Ritual Codex and Lightning Fragments were the equipment used by Falman when he was young, and Archmage Bo Guqi certainly recognized them.

Lin Ling, who had obtained those two pieces of equipment, was rightfully considered by Archmage Boguchi to be the successor of Falman, not to mention that he also had the title of that mage's apprentice.

"You're going to advance to an elemental mage?" Archmage Boguqi focused the conversation on Lin Ling's request, without mentioning a word about his friendship with Farman.

"No, I'm going to advance to an arcane mage."

In front of NPCs, telling the truth is always more practical than telling clichés and lies, and of course these are limited to the quest part. Lin Ling glanced at a stack of documents spread out on the table, and found a blank letter with a seal in his sharp eyes.

High-level NPCs have the privilege to post several random quests each month, and they will send them to trusted players by mail.

Random missions offer great rewards but not a lot of difficulty.

"You're lucky, I haven't used my permissions this month, Zero."

Archmage Boguqi shouted Lin Ling's ID for the first time, which meant that he had promised to help Lin Ling.

"I don't know why you want to meet this old monster Denken. I don't want to know, but I do need an apprentice to go to the Golden Valley to see if the Golden Rice has the magical effect of restoring mana, and the monastery over there is a group of old fellows who are good at making strange things, are you ready to knock on the door? "Archmage Bo Guqi wrote a letter of introduction and handed it to Lin Ling.

System Tip: If you trigger the mandatory apprenticeship quest "Journey to the Golden Valley", please bring the letterhead of Archmage Boguchi and talk to the Abbot of the Golden Valley to ask about the Golden Rice.

"I've got this ready." Lin Ling took out the "Guild Recommendation Letter" and the "Ancient Relic" from the Blood Slayer's Treasure and showed it to Archmage Bo Guqi.

"You're lucky, the Connoisseur Guild is currently holding their annual Connoisseur Conference in the Golden Valley, after exploring the situation of the rice, you can find the Magister Richard to complete your apprenticeship mission, and by the way, go through the procedures for joining the Connoisseur Guild, I am also a member of the Connoisseur Guild." Archmage Boguqi said as he picked up his glass and took a sip of red wine, as if he was serving tea to the guests.

"Thank you, Archmage."

Lin Ling playfully withdrew from Archmage Boguqi's laboratory. He returned to the hall, glanced at the unchanged queue of players, shrugged his shoulders, walked out of the Magic Guild to the inn, found the station keeper to show his whitestone guardian medal, and asked, "Can I borrow a horse to the Golden Valley?" ”

"Sir, the road to the Golden Valley is not very safe, I suggest you take a detour to the Red Valley Monastery, maybe the post station over there is willing to take you to the Golden Valley." The stationmaster dodged. The Rhine West is not the White Rock District, and the influence of the White Rock Guardians here is not as great as that of a wealthy businessman.

"Then send me to the White Rock District first."

Lin Ling didn't force it, because no matter how hard he asked for it with NPCs, he couldn't get a horse. He took the carriage of the post house to the ruined Baishi District, got out of the car, showed the badge of the White Rock Guardian directly to the owner of the post inn, and asked, "Is there any way to send me to the Golden Valley in the fastest way?" ”

"It turned out to be the Honorable Guardian of the White Stone." The owner of the inn respectfully led Lin Ling through the back door and pointed to a convoy of vehicles ready to go, "If you want, you can follow our caravan to the Golden Valley." The trouble is, they'll be there for a week. ”

"No, I'm not going to come back with them."

Lin Ling also had two return scrolls that Yama Shark had given him, and he only needed to use one on the return trip to return to Rhine City, without spending a week in the Golden Valley, or take the Red Valley Monastery to the Bad Demon Lair through the lame cliffs and lame mountain roads full of level 30 monsters, and from there, he returned to the abandoned mine camp and took the carriage back to Rhine City.

The Golden Valley is located in the middle of nowhere.

If it weren't for the fact that the nearby Black Earth Fortress would provide a free one-way teleportation for every player born in the Golden Valley, I'm afraid that the players over there would have deleted their numbers and stopped playing.

Lin Ling looked at it, it would take a while before the convoy set off. So I went around to the newly renovated White Rock Street, visited the flea market there, and bought 4 sets of cooked furs from the players who set up the stalls, which were used to upgrade the backpacks of adventurers who couldn't keep up with the times, and increased the contact space provided by the backpacks from four to six blocks.

If you want to upgrade from a six-slot adventurer's backpack to an eight-slot, you'll need expensive and delicate cloth rolls and reinforced leather.

Each eight-slot Adventurer's Backpack provides 8 additional armor points. It's just that there are no players on the market today who can weave delicate cloth rolls. As for the fortified leather, it is an expensive leather made from the whole fur stripped from a level 20 beast-type creature, and some NPC leather chambers may have it in stock.

While thinking about it, Lin Ling returned to the post inn and took the caravan to the Golden Valley.

Located in the belly of the lame Bee Mountains, Golden Valley is famous for its gold-colored wheat, rice and tomatoes.

It's the same as Canyon Village, it's a free village, and there are no lords.

Players only need to have good relations with local forces to buy properties in the Golden Valley.

Lin Ling is not very interested in the land of the Golden Valley, one of the reasons is that the land of the Golden Valley is magical, only rice, wheat, saffron and some vegetables can survive in this land, and the rest of the seeds will be absorbed by the land as nutrients. Another reason is that every acre of land in the Golden Valley is all "excellent" level land, and the price of each mu is as high as 1,000 gold coins, which is not something that ordinary people can play.

In contrast, the land level of Canyon Village ranges from the "poor" grade of 10 gold coins per mu to the "excellent" grade of 1,000 gold coins per acre, and the cultivation of starlight grass, flame mushrooms, cherries, and other crops that do not require a bumper harvest can be achieved with "poor" level land.

Moreover, "poor" land does not necessarily mean that it cannot be upgraded to "excellent".

Lin Ling got off the train at the post station in the Golden Valley, he said goodbye to the NPCs who were traveling with him, and entered the monastery to hand over the letter of introduction given to him by Archmage Boguqi.

"Oh? Are you from the Rhine? Are you here to ask about the utility of golden rice? The abbot attached great importance to Lin Ling, and after asking what he meant, this NPC threw away the chores that had been handled halfway, took Lin Ling into the farmyard, and ordered his subordinates to take out a bag of rice that had not yet been husked and opened it, and proudly introduced, "This is the golden rice, we think it has the effect of restoring mana." ”

"Whether there is a utility to restore mana, just try it and find out."

Lin Ling cast a mage armor on himself, slightly consuming some mana. He grabbed a handful of golden rice and asked, "Just put it in your mouth and chew it?" No further processing is required? ”

"That's right." The abbot nodded affirmatively.

Eating raw rice?

Lin Ling glanced at the abbot strangely, the designer who designed this joke ate too much Spanish seafood fried rice, thinking that rice could be eaten raw. He took a grain of golden rice and put it in his mouth, chewing the husk.

"Huh?"

A paralyzing sensation immediately spread from the taste buds, causing the body to lose its balance in an instant and fall to the ground.

System prompt: You've fainted.

What's going on? Syncope?

Lin Ling's consciousness was extremely clear, but his body couldn't move. He lay on the ground and watched the abbot smile wickedly, while the two hideous-looking accomplices drew their maces from their robes and struck him on the head with the right technique and force, apparently not the first time they had done so.

Lin Ling's vision suddenly fell into darkness, and he heard accomplice A ask, "Dean, what should this guy do?" ”

"Throw him in the dungeon and let him accompany the monster mage." The abbot's cold voice reached Lin Ling's ears, followed by the sound of dragging, the sound of his head hitting the steps, and the cursing of his accomplices.

After a while, he heard the key turn the lock, the grease crackling, the water dripping onto the stone and breaking,

Immediately afterward, the vision returned to normal, but it was dim all around.

Damn it!

Lin Ling scolded secretly, what kind of shit task was assigned to him by the bastard of the archmage Bo Guqi, he was poisoned by the NPC, and he was beaten by the NPC, he was really unlucky. He checked his backpack, and luckily, he had a lot of equipment, so he took out the torchlight and put it on, and cast an invisibility spell on himself.

System Hint: Due to the effects of the High Spell Null Enchantment, you cannot cast spells here.

High Spells Void Enchantments?

Lin Ling vaguely remembered that only the dungeon dedicated to imprisoning mages would set up a high-level spell invalidation enchantment, otherwise he would have used a rock altar to strengthen the wall, so as to prevent those reckless men with more than 1,000 strength from breaking the ceiling with one punch, or twisting the iron door into a twist as a nunchuck.

However, the abbot's treatment of Lin Ling was exactly what he wanted.

He hadn't forgotten that under the monastery of the Golden Valley, Archmage Denken was imprisoned, the source of the Flame Explosion Technique!