After Rice and his party left, Albert was also relieved, it would be bad if Roy was doing something on impulse.

"Lord Roy, this ring..."Chen Xiaodong pointed to the ring without saying anything.

"I gave it to you." Roy left a sentence and walked forward.

"Roy, you have to wait in line until at least tomorrow, I'll take you in." Albert said suddenly.

Roy stopped and glanced back at Albert, "What's your purpose?" ”

"It's not like you're back, happy to see you." Albert teased.

"Don't talk nonsense, lead the way!" Roy stared at Albert as if trying to see something.

"Okay, okay, I really can't stand your cold personality." Albert shook his head, and just wanted to say more, he was stared at by Roy very uncomfortably, and led Roy away.

Rice was just a small episode on the journey, Albert took Chen Xiaodong and them to a side gate, the side gate is quite deserted, the gate of Mar College is too lively, and they are all waiting in line to sign up.

There was only an old man lying on a chair on the side door, resting, snoring from time to time, Albert laughed awkwardly, went to the old man's side, and shook the old man awake.

The old man was woken up by Albert and looked at Albert with an unhappy face: "What are you doing!" ”

"Mentor Neil?" Roy asked.

"Who are you!" The old man suddenly turned his head and saw Roy.

At this time, the old man didn't seem to believe his eyes, rubbed his hands, and said excitedly: "Roy, it's really you." ”

"Mentor Neil, long time no see." Roy, who confirmed the identity of the old man, was a little happy.

"In the blink of an eye, you almost became something I didn't even recognize." Neil looked at Roy with moist eyes.

"yes, it's been years, why are you here, Mentor Neil? Is it because of me? Roy watched Neil guard the side door here, and suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but leak out of anger.

"It's okay, it's all over, I feel a lot freer here." Neil comforted Roy, Neil has also heard Roy's news in the past few years, and looked at Roy with relief, this little girl has also grown up.

"Tutor Neil, don't worry, I'll let the Mar Academy give you an explanation." Roy said through gritted teeth.

"Roy!" Neil suddenly shouted, jumped out of his chair, put his hands on Roy's shoulders, stared at Roy and said, "It's over, I prefer to guard the door here now, don't make trouble for me." ”

"But you're a very good mentor." Roy still said unwillingly.

"Don't mention it." Neil said very decisively, and then Neil flicked his eyes and saw Chen Xiaodong's red ghost hand: "Huh? Who is this? ”

"His name is Chen Xiaodong, and he is a rookie alchemist in the Alvin Line Alchemist Guild, because it is the last month, and the Mar Academy will start this month, and I gave another little girl a place in the Alvin Line Alchemist Guild, so I brought him to Mar Academy to sign up." Roy explained to Neil.

"Reach for me your left hand." Neil looked thoughtfully at the runes on Chen Xiaodong's ghost hand.

Chen Xiaodong stretched out his left hand in front of Neil, Neil shook hands with Chen Xiaodong with his left hand, and at this time, Neil's slightly white left hand suddenly turned red!

Everyone was surprised that Neil was also a ghost hand infected, but why were his hands white?

Everyone thought of a story that circulated in the Arad continent, and the legend is that having a ghost hand is not necessarily a bad thing, if the willpower is strong enough, it will not be devoured by Kazan, and even the power of Kazan can be borrowed.

There are those who do not succumb to the bondage of ghosts and gods, whether they are weak in heart or missing a leg, they do not give in under any conditions, and they move forward bravely towards their specific goal.

People infected by the Kazan plague are unable to use magical powers, and they can't learn fighting because of the ghost hand, and the only way out is to learn swordsmanship, even if the hand holding the weapon becomes distorted, they will not succumb to fate, but will work harder to refine the weapon. Some of them have reached the limit in their respective weapons fields, and people call these ghost swordsmen "sword souls".

In the Arad Continent, there are some special professions, such as the swordsman with the ghost hand, which is generally known as the Ghost Swordsman in the Arad Continent, and the ghost swordsman is divided into several types of swordsmen, the "Sword Soul" who is the ultimate in swordsmanship, the "Berserker" who accepts the power of Kazan with his will, the "Devil May Cry" who has signed a covenant with the ghosts, and the rumored "Asura" who pursues the power of waves.

"Sword Soul" is a special class, they are also considered swordsmen, but they are much stronger than ordinary swordsmen, and there are many stories about sword souls in the Arad continent.

The stories of Bahn, a short sword master who became the sword master of the Dross Empire in his 20s, Xilan, a Taidao master who disappeared in the Cave of Sorrow "10 years ago", Buwanga, a blunt weapon expert of the Bantu clan in the north, Forrest Gump, a wandering child who wanders around with a long sword, and the white flash let, who wields a lightsaber, inspire all the warriors.

The Delos Empire specializes in capturing the owner of the Ghost Hand for research, in an attempt to transform this cursed power into a war machine, and the Ghost Hand has too many unsolved mysteries, and even Kazan, the root of the curse, does not know all the secrets of the Ghost Hand.

"Interesting?" Neil muttered to himself.

Neil found that his ghost hand actually reacted enthusiastically, as if he had encountered an enemy, and Chen Xiaodong also noticed that Neil's ghost hand seemed to have a deep hostility towards his ghost hand.

"Mentor Neil?" Roy looked at Neil with reddened eyes with some concern, and woke Neil up slightly.

Neil reacted after a while, nodded and said, "Oh oh, I'm fine, this boy is good." ”

"If I'm still working as a mentor, I'll definitely give him priority." Neil smiled, pointed at Chen Xiaodong and sighed.

"Oh? Does Mentor Neil have this idea? Roy's eyes lit up.

Roy personally took Chen Xiaodong to Mar Academy, originally wanting Chen Xiaodong to suffer a little, and then seriously study alchemy, but later saw that Chen Xiaodong's ghost hand was very similar to the ghost hand of Mentor Neil, and a large part of Roy's reason was that he wanted Neil to teach Chen Xiaodong, and if he could become a sword soul, it would be a good help for himself.

"But I don't have that right now." Neil said regretfully.

"Then I'm going to reapply for you?" Roy said to Neil.

"I don't have that idea anymore." Neil shook his head, then added, "If he can pass the first-class examination, maybe I'll change my mind." ”

"First-class assessment?" Rand let out an exclamation.

Hearing the first-class assessment, everyone also frowned solemnly, the first-class assessment, this is a difficult challenge.

"What is the first-class assessment?" Chen Xiaodong asked.

Rand seemed to find that he was a little too exaggerated, and whispered to Chen Xiaodong: "Mar Academy has three assessments, and you can join Mar College if you pass the assessment. ”

"Is the assessment difficult?" Chen Xiaodong responded in a low voice.

"Isn't the assessment difficult? Did you know how many people have signed up for Maar Academy? There are a total of 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people come from all parts of the Arad continent, and they are basically people with special talents, and these people are all one in a hundred. Rand looked at Chen Xiaodong like an idiot.

"Low admission percentage?" After listening to Rand's words, Chen Xiaodong suddenly realized.

"That's right, 50 students will be admitted to the first-class assessment, 150 to the second-class assessment, and 300 to the third-class assessment. Our alchemists are special, so we don't need to be assessed. Rand nodded, it seems that Chen Xiaodong's head is quite flexible.

"Is there any need for a first-class assessment?" Chen Xiaodong asked.

"The content of the assessment changes every year, and we don't know, but one thing is necessary, you have to stand out from 5,000 people." Albert looked at Chen Xiaodong and said.