Before nightfall, Jason selected more than twenty well-qualified children from the camp outside the city. Most of them are eight to twelve years old, well-behaved, sensible, and quite clever.

It is impossible for all these children to become wizards. In fact, training an apprentice is very expensive and consumes a lot of resources. One or two of them are lucky to have the ability to cast spells, and the others will be lost.

The washed children changed into new clothes and huddled respectfully and blankly in a small living room. Jason, as their master, gave a brief lecture.

Zhou Qingfeng stood in the other corner of the living room and admired the painting on the wall, and after looking at it for a long time, he found that this painting was the elf artwork he sold. Turning around, he said to Jason, who was still unfit for his 'master', "Do you need a meditation potion?" ”

Jason shook his head and replied, "Thanks, you don't have to sell me that thing." Don't forget, I'm also an alchemist. ”

"I mean these kids."

"They have to learn to 'meditate on themselves.'"

"If you have medicine, you can shorten the learning process and have a higher success rate."

"Hell, a bottle of meditation potion is at least thirty gold coins. I'm not so generous with such an expensive potion for a bunch of rookies who aren't even apprentices. ”

"What if I sell you ten gold coins a bottle?"

"That's too expensive."

This is the game of 'people are more important or drugs are more important'. The conversation without nutrition is suspended here, and no one can convince anyone.

Zhou Qingfeng shouted outside the living room, "Lorraine, come in." ”

The short-haired girl walked in slowly, curtsied. A tin bottle was handed to her. The master commanded, "Drink it." She opened the cap and poured all the liquid into her mouth.

"Sit cross-legged and imagine yourself in the void." Zhou Qingfeng ordered again, "Use your soul to feel the stars in the void, that is the entrance to the magic net of the goddess of magic." ”

The average person is not specially trained, and it is difficult to get themselves into focused meditation. Qualification is a very vague metaphysical concept, and it does not represent a person's development potential in a certain industry.

There are too many examples of 'it's too small, big is not necessarily better'. Genius is important, but enough people are the foundation.

Jason stared at Lorraine, frowned, and said, "This is your apprentice." She is too old to perceive the magic web. ”

The word 'very low' is Jason's judgment of Lorraine's potential to learn the arcane. But Zhou Qingfeng shook his head, "I feel that the wizarding world's method of cultivating apprentices is wrong, and you attach too much importance to the so-called 'qualifications'. ”

After taking the 'meditation potion', Lorraine felt that she was in a very contradictory state. She seemed to be asleep, but her mind was very clear.

She couldn't move even a little finger, and she couldn't blink. She felt like her mind was dark, but her perception was dramatically enhanced. She calmly faced the void until a twinkling star appeared in the void.

"Incredible."

Jason stood in front of Lorraine and carefully observed the girl's face, his expression becoming more serious. He is a full-fledged wizard and can keenly sense that the girl is indeed in a meditative state. Although she still has nothing, it is the first step to becoming a wizard.

Many people will never take this step in their lifetime.

"Victor, how long have you been training this apprentice?" Jason asked.

Zhou Qingfeng shrugged, "About ten days ago, I took this girl in when I entered the city, and I have been using her as a servant. She's pretty smart. If you mean meditation, it's the first time she's meditating. ”

"Impossible." Jason flatly denied it.

Zhou Qingfeng took out another bottle of 'meditation elixir', "Ten gold coins a bottle, the quantity is limited, first come, first served." According to my experiments, it can increase the success rate of apprenticeship training from less than 1 percent to 5 percent. ”

Jason finally took a serious look at the 'meditation potion' that Zhou Qingfeng took out, uncorked the bottle and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, "This is your high-concentration extremely potent potion?" Does it really increase the success rate of cultivation to 5 percent? ”

It is because the success rate of cultivation is too low, so every wizard squeezes his apprentice as much as possible, otherwise he will not be able to get back the capital at all.

Zhou Qingfeng finally said seriously at this moment: "Jason, I have a suggestion, I hope you will consider it seriously. ”

Jason's face sank, and he called the housekeeper to take all the children away and put down the 'ring of vigilance' before he said, "I know you bastard won't be okay to show me good things." Tell me, what's the trouble you're in? ”

"It's not that I'm in trouble, it's that everyone in Coldwind has to make a choice. The old longlegs' are dying, and the official heir is Fils. Long legs. ”

Jason immediately wanted to open his mouth to make his position clear, but Zhou Qingfeng raised his finger and asked him not to speak yet, "The powerful people in the city are 'grass on the wall', and they all want to take the opportunity to obtain greater benefits.

Don't deny it, so do you. Fils looks strong, but Marbury is too weak. Nobody stepped up as a core, and I wanted to be a core. ”

"...... you?" Jason's pitch rose a few octaves, and he was about to laugh, "You're just an outsider." ”

"That's right, I'm an outsider. I don't have a conflict with anyone in Coldwind City, and I won't infringe on anyone's rights. I can bring benefits to everyone, so I am the most suitable person to be the core.

We can completely leave the long-legged family alone. 'Old Long Legs' is dead and dead, let them get out. Coldwind needs a new ruling class. As for me, I only need to draw a territory in the north of the city to be satisfied. ”

Zhou Qingfeng talked eloquently, and Jason was stunned by him. The latter felt crazy when he heard this idea, and shook his head vigorously, "No, no, no, this can't be." I'm loyal to Fils. Your Excellency, I don't want to play with you so big.

You used to be the same in the Black Forest, just relying on one mouth, fooling people from a dozen villages. Right in the iron pit, everyone listens to your nonsense, you say that you don't want any benefits at the beginning, but in the end you take the biggest advantage. ”

Yes, that's right!

Uncle Zhou is a powerful mouthpiece, and he has to count the money if he is deceived by him.

Jason shook his head like a rattle, but Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the bottle of extremely effective 'meditation elixir' again, "Let's start with low-level wizards. I can sell goods at a low price and buy goods at a high price.

There are also low-level knights in the city, who need physical strength potions, emulsion to boil the body, and high-level equipment. But they don't like to deal with wizards, because you look down on them and always play the role of profiteers.

Coldwind City is also an economic center, and the merchants in the city have a lot of influence. And I like business the most, and I can provide all kinds of high-quality goods, and businessmen will definitely like me.

I can influence almost all the interests in the city and unite them. As long as we have enough strength to drive out Fils. Long legs are a breeze. ”

Jason still shook his head, "No, no, no, it's not going to work." Coldwind City is not the Black Forest, and the Longlegs are not the Magru tribe.

As long as we connect in private, the spies of the city's Inspectorate will soon find out. Their sense of smell is very sensitive, and the Longlegs family has relied on the Supervision Department to rule Cold Wind City steadily. ”

Zhou Qingfeng smiled at this, "I killed most of the eyeliner of the Supervision Department, and most of them escaped. Their ability to monitor internal is at a low ebb. ”

Jason was stunned for a moment, then startled, pointed at Zhou Qingfeng and shouted in shock: "It's you?" Did you kill the villains in the city? Oh my God, you're so bold. The Ombudsman dares to provoke. ”

Speaking of which, Jason looks at Zhou Qingfeng like a monster. He scrambled to his feet, pacing back and forth, breathing rapidly and his eyes red. Hugo, you bastard. You're trying to pull me into the fire pit again. But this fire pit ......"

"Can't you jump?" Zhou Qingfeng asked, by the way, "Don't you want to know why your teacher Fabro cooperated with me?" Don't want to know how the most potent elixir is made? ”

This hit Jason to the bottom of his heart, making him stop and pay attention, and no longer hesitate.