Banshee Castle, Artisan Quarter.

Zhou Qingfeng leaned on the recliner in the rented bedroom, pondering. His broken light still hasn't progressed, but the plan to attract talent is still going well. More than 100 people were invited to dinner, and 23 candidates with decent conduct were selected.

These people all come from all over the Northlands, and they have gathered in the Banshee Castle with the most opportunities to seek development. begging and begging, often in desperation.

According to Seth's report in the information network, these people have different abilities, but none of them meet Zhou Qingfeng's requirements. However, their conduct is okay, at least they did not deliberately lie in last night's test, and they did not show any particular greed.

That's enough.

After all, poor ability can still be cultivated, and some slight problems are often due to poverty, which can be endured. However, if you get into the habit of lying and writing a lot, it is often difficult to get rid of it.

Harmony Village is basically completely illiterate, and training is difficult. The manpower recruited by Banshee Castle is somewhat basic. Therefore, similar enrollment will continue to provide talents for Zhou Qingfeng.

There are two troubles now, one is that last night's actions caused quite a stir, and the next day it became the biggest news of the Banshee Castle. This is easy to attract the attention of people with a heart. Secondly, how to place this group of candidates, eating, drinking, and Lazar is not easy to manage.

"I'll have to find Roma to solve this problem." Zhou Qingfeng wanted to put these people under the name of Roma as apprentices, which was just the right way to cover up the chaos that caused last night. "I'll have to visit Roma myself. As long as it costs money, this matter should be easy to solve. ”

For the messy lamp test on the desktop, Zhou Qingfeng could only drop it first. The more minimalist the design, the more skilled and material it requires. Now that he has a plan, he is stuck on the skills and materials, and he has a headache.

Leaving the residence, walk slowly from the artisan quarter to Roma's house in the civilian quarter. The streets that were deserted a few days ago are now full of people. There were several carriages blocked on the narrow road, and Zhou Qingfeng couldn't get in.

I asked a coachman a few questions, and they all came to find Roma. As an upstart who joined the Banshee Castle Wizard Order, there were quite a few people who came to visit in the past two days. The real magnates did not come, but low-ranking knights and merchants came to visit, as if they wanted to marry.

Thinking about Roma, the fat man is not very old, and in the blink of an eye, he has become a fragrant dumpling, Zhou Qingfeng didn't realize it. He asks Sofia to contact the Hidden Servant he gave to Roma to report the situation in his residence, only to find out that Roma has moved.

"This damn fat man, he doesn't say a word when he moves." With the help of the Hidden Servant, Zhou Qingfeng quickly locked down Roma's new address. According to Adrian's investigation in the past few days, the dead fat man's new home is already in the aristocratic district of the city, "What does he want to do?" ”

Zhou Qingfeng turned around and went to the aristocratic district in the city. In contrast to the loose management of the plebeian district, the streets of the aristocratic district were guarded. There were even checkpoints inside and outside the houses of the magnates. Strangers will be interrogated if they appear, and it will be difficult for outsiders to enter.

But Zhou Qingfeng's dark stealth ability is not in vain. In the dim environment, he can hide his tracks freely, and there is no problem in fooling some ordinary guards. He jumped over the wall and came to the backyard of an extraordinary private house.

The wall of the private house is actually arranged with a warning circle, and the technique is quite clever. Zhou Qingfeng's study of alchemy in the past few days has broadened his horizons, and he used his super affinity for the magic net to drill through the magic circle.

In a large room in the backyard of the private house, Zhou Qingfeng's hidden servants were busy around an alchemy experimental table. In fact, these hidden servants are controlled by Sophia, and Rom can only be said to be indirectly controlled.

There was no one in the lab, and there was a wooden table with rows of test tube racks, all filled with opaque test tubes made of tin. This is a finished product that is packaged for ease of carrying and use. Open the lid of the test tube, and inside is a red physical elixir.

In addition to the physical strength potion, Zhou Qingfeng also saw something else. On a table were several arcane array disks for testing, and the runes drawn on them were all used to absorb and concentrate energy.

"This bastard is copying Lao Tzu's ideas, and he also wants to make cheap lamps." Zhou Qingfeng looked ridiculous. The previous time, Rohm also advised him not to engage in this project, but he secretly began to ponder, "I really deserve to be a disciple of Fabro." ”

Rom's understanding of runes was far less profound than Zhou Qingfeng's, and he didn't have a vast database like the Gate of True Knowledge to refer to. The lamps he made were very crude, and there was no cheap lava stone for energy, so they were completely unpractical.

But although the dead fat man's thing was not successful, it gave him a new idea, and he didn't consider making the runes and formations constant, but simply put a light spell on it.

"Brightness is bright enough to solve the lighting problem. But the low-level arcane rays have no temperature. And temperature is even more important than light for Northland. Zhou Qingfeng vetoed Rohm's idea, but he saw merit.

"Maybe I shouldn't be thinking about solving the problem all at once. If you don't have a constant rune, you can use a spell to extract the heat energy from the lava stone, and rely on manpower to cast spells repeatedly to achieve the goal. The premise is that I can have a large number of low-level wizards, at least apprentices. ”

Having a large number of wizards is harder than inventing a cheap and advanced lamp. Even a group of wizard apprentices are not leeks in the ground, and they can't grow casually.

But this problem is not necessarily for Zhou Qingfeng. He felt that he had found a way, but suddenly he heard a voice from outside the backyard, so he flashed and hid in the shadows in the corner of the laboratory.

It was Rohm, who was walking to the lab with the wizard Jason, who liked to wear a pointed hat. He reported his results in the past two days, and his attitude was respectful to humility, but he still concealed the transaction with Zhou Qingfeng.

This dead fat man looks a little silly, but he is not from a merchant family, and he is exquisite. He walked into the lab before Wizard Jason, clapped his hands in succession to stop all the work, and served two cups of hot tea.

Wizard Jason only saw two cups of hot tea from the Hidden Servant, laughed happily, and said, "Rom, you're such an interesting fellow. This time, I took the initiative to sell physical strength potions at a reduced price, which made me shine in front of His Excellency Fils. ”

"You've helped me a lot, and I deserve something in return." Rohm smiled and pointed to the encapsulated potion bottle on the countertop, "I'm doing more and more smoothly now, and I will definitely be able to win all the orders this time." Definitely to everyone's satisfaction. ”

The wizard Jason was indeed very satisfied with the stamina potion, and asked again, "Rom, I came today to ask about something. You're from Coldwind, do you know a guy named Victor Hugo? ”

Röm was startled, and said with an unchanged face: "You mean the leader of that small force in the Black Forest?" I've seen it, but I'm not familiar with it. What happened to him? ”

"It's about the elven ruins, and now the people of the entire Northland know that Victor Hugo controls Silverleaf City." Wizard Jason said in a deep voice, "It is said that none of the Longlegs family in Coldwind City have been able to kill him, and His Excellency Phils has some interest in him. ”

Oh, Röm sighed in relief, but shook his head, "I left Coldwind a few months ago, and I don't know much about this guy. But he should be quite powerful, not easy to deal with. ”

"You'd better be prepared, Lord Fils will summon you in the next two days, and you will probably ask about this man. If you can say something, you will definitely be appreciated even more. Jason was kind enough to remind him to see Roma as a friend.

Naturally, Rohm nodded again and again, and flattered and thanked him a few more words. Wizard Jason came to report the matter, and left after that. He sweated, leaned on the test bench and whispered, "This is a trouble, what should I say?" ”

"Tell me the truth." A sneering voice came from the corner.