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"Bang, bang, bang—"

Rodin was heading towards the Inner City River when a deafening sound of footsteps was heard not far away.

He looked in the direction from which the voice had come from, and saw the Elden City Guards reappearing.

More than 200 soldiers, shrouded in heavy armor, marched in formation.

They were menacing, grim and murderous in their faces hidden under their helmets, driving the inhabitants along the wide streets.

They carried swarthy and rugged spears and axes, or swords of silver gleaming at their waists and round shields.

The residents on both sides of the road were talking, and Rodin pricked up his ears.

"I heard that several prisoners escaped from the Pure White Tower Prison last night. ”

"Really, isn't that place the strongest prison in the entire Lower City?"

"The peaceful days have passed for a long time, and the Guardian Army is estimated to be in a state of taking it lightly. ”

"Surely that's right, this is not clear? The city lord was furious, and immediately sent the city guards to patrol the city, vigorously search for the absconding criminals, and arrest anyone with suspicious deeds. ”

"The entrances and exits of the city gates are heavily guarded, and pedestrians passing through the gates must be subject to strict inspections. ”

"Now, there's a lot of fun!"

I don't know if George managed to escape with Barbara. ”

What is the secret of this woman who escaped from Hidden Town to Elden?

If she didn't take the initiative to provoke, Rodin wouldn't have the leisure to pay attention.

"Hey, did you hear that? Now the whole of Downtown is full of patrolling guards. ”

Fletcher sneered, "We're playing in the water here, do you think we'll be taken away as someone with suspicious deeds?"

"You just want to go to jail for a while?"

Although Rodin did not agree with Fletcher, he understood that if the two of them were targeted by the guards for their strange masochistic behavior in the moat, they might really have to be investigated.

"What you say makes sense, but we have both insisted on underwater endurance training for more than a week, and today it was suddenly interrupted, are you willing?"

"Okay, just kidding, I haven't learned the dragon's roar from you yet, how can I be willing to fall?"

After this period of underwater training, the endurance of both of them has improved significantly, and they are no longer as close to death as they were the first time, but have a taste of familiarity and enjoyment.

After the underwater endurance training is completed peacefully.

Fletcher suddenly asked, "Karren and I have made an appointment to meet Claire, will you go?"

"Well, I have something to do. ”

The two of them walked all the way in the direction of Claire's house, and along the way, they found many soldiers in armor and swords checking near various houses.

Rodin suddenly remembered that before Claire left the White Tower last night, she mischievously opened a few cells,

"I don't know which lucky guys managed to escape. “

If only one Barbara escaped, would the lord of the castle be so excited to search the whole city?

Among the people Claire let go at will, it is estimated that there are some great "big shots".

Twenty minutes later, the two of them came to Claire's luxurious residence again.

Fletcher paused for a moment to admire, and said with great ambition: "The house I will buy in the future will definitely not be worse than this one." “

Rodin scoffed, "It's better to promote the power first!"

After entering the door, it didn't take long for two shadows to come into view.

Karene was leaning one hand on Claire's back, whispering something to comfort her, while Claire covered her mouth, the corners of her eyes flashing, as if she had just cried.

"What's the matter, is there something wrong with George and Barbara?"

Karian Rourou said: "No, they left just after dawn today, before the whole city was under martial law. ”

Claire was just a little sad about George's departure. ”

Rodin was a little disapproving, and it was not that he could never see each other again, he was really a sentimental woman!

It didn't take long for Claire to wipe the corners of her eyes, tidy up her face, and forced a smile: "I'm sorry to make you laugh." To be honest, I grew up with George, and I never separated. Suddenly, I couldn't see each other for half a year, and today was his birthday, so I couldn't bear it. ”

Fletcher twitched his head and proposed, "Claire, you're not too young, why don't you find a husband?" “

"Shut up, what are you yelling about!" Karlian scolded, and Fletcher was immediately silent.

Claire sighed and said, "I'm used to it. “

Rodin almost couldn't hold back his laughter and asked tentatively, "By the way, Casillas and Uma are not here to accompany you?"

"The two of them have been to the world of two. Anyway, you don't know them well, why do you care so much about people?"

Karen's expression was full of interest.

Rodin smiled and explained: "Actually, when I saw Casillas's skills yesterday, I was a little itchy and wanted to exchange swordsmanship with him. ”

Fletcher covered his head and said, "My God, can you stop and don't spend all day full of practice." Let's go and accompany Cynthia!"

"Cassie and Uma usually come to me a lot, why don't I let Karen inform you next time?"

"That's fine. “

Afterwards, Rodin decisively flashed for Fletcher's happiness and quickly rushed to the Hunters' Guild.

"Hello, Your Excellency Rodin, the two-star hunter, is there anything you can help with?"

"I'd like to ask if Elder Rodriguez is here, and if so, please let me know, I'm in a hurry to find him. “

"Please wait. The reception girl took out a record and flipped through it for a moment, showed a sweet smile, and said, "You are lucky, the elder happens to be in the guild. ”

"In addition, Elder Rodriguez once informed us that if you want to find him for something, Qing will go directly to the third floor and do not need to apply. ”

"Please go this way. ”

Rodin was amazed, and the Elders' trust and importance in him was beyond imagination.

This is the privilege of the Inhuman?

Up the winding staircase up three floors, Rodriguez was sitting at his desk, meditating on something.

Rodin's footsteps woke him up from his contemplation, and his frowning brows instantly dispersed, and the kind old man with snow-white hair browled his eyebrows and eyes, and said in surprise like an old child: "Alas, Brother Rodin, I have waited for you, are you ready to continue to hand in new knowledge?"

"Quick, let me see it first!"

Rodin looked stiff and a little embarrassed and said, "Well, actually, I came here today to ask you some questions, not in exchange for merit. ”

"Oh, that's right. He didn't hide his disappointment at all, and then his eyes flashed a gleam, and he sighed: "Brother Rodin, it's not that I don't help you, but my identity as an elder can't give people guidance casually. ”

"It's not impossible to answer your questions. ”

After a pause, he said mysteriously: "But you need a certain reward." Fair and equal trading, this is the basic creed of the Hunter Guild, I believe you can understand. “

"If you really learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid to go all over the world. ”

Rodin pondered for a moment, and the things in his head could not be emptied for a moment, so he replied cheerfully: "Of course, if you can explain my doubts in detail. Then I will immediately turn in a piece of knowledge that is not inferior to the theorem last time. ”

"I like it. ”

Rodrigoston smiled and beckoned, allowing Rodin to lie comfortably on the wicker chair like an uncle, while he stood beside him.

"You ask, whatever you ask, I absolutely know everything, I can't say anything. “

Rodin was no longer pretentious, and asked bluntly: "You know that I have the qualifications of a wizard, and not long ago I engaged in a rune meditation method. “

"I just want to know if the practice of wizards has a negative impact on the cultivation of the powerful?"

"If this meditation book is exchanged in the guild, it will take 10,000 merits, and you have a lot of ways. ”

The elder stroked his snow-white beard and muttered, "You don't have to worry about this. As far as I know, the relationship between the two cannot be explained in terms of simple stakes. ”

"On the one hand, during the meditation process, the elemental particles absorbed in the runes will continue to emit radiation that is beneficial to the body, improving the physique over time, so most wizards are old and immortal. There is no doubt that the strengthening of the physique has many benefits for the cultivation of strength. ”

"On the other hand, every time the elemental particles are converted into mental power during meditation, they will passively have a certain effect on your mental state, and more specifically, on your emotions. Elemental particles seem to me to be lifeless dead things, cold and dead. “

"Many shamans practice to the end, and what they pursue is spiritual elementalization. “

"Do you think you'll still be a human being then?"

"The personal emotions of the wizards will fade away. Specifically, your desires, negative emotions, positive emotions, seven emotions and six desires will all be weakened. This process is very slow, matching the progress of the wizard's practice. “

"And in the cultivation of the powerful, willpower and faith are very important. Emotions can sometimes have a positive impact on willpower, for example, your desire to protect your lover's desire to win or lose will have a bonus effect on willpower. And some negative emotions such as loss, sadness, despair, low self-esteem, etc., can be counterproductive. ”

"The pros and cons of this still have to be measured and grasped by yourself. ”

Rodin pondered for a long time and digested this part a little.

According to the elder, the two initiates should not be a big deal, and he decided to set aside a set time every day to study witchcraft. It would be more perfect if there was a wizard who could give relevant guidance, so he asked in a sly voice, "Then, do you know that there are seniors in the guild who have dual cultivation of magical power?"

"I can tell you unambiguously that there is no such person in Eldon. ”

"Wizard qualifications are not enough to describe their rarity. ”

"This has happened in the guild before, the original power, after coming into contact with the meditation method, have given up the cultivation of the power of the bloodline, and turned to practice witchcraft wholeheartedly. ”

Speaking of this, Rodriguez sighed with some embarrassment: "I never thought that the temptation to become a wizard would be so strong, and those warriors who defeated the ancient bloodline with their willpower have all fallen one after another. He has become a strange person who indulges in endless witchcraft experiments and elemental cultivation all day long. “

"I also know that knowledge is valuable, but wizards are too obsessed with it. “

Hearing this, Rodin couldn't help but sneer, "Aren't you also an addict?"

"Rodin, you have to believe that the power is definitely not inferior to any wizard, in ancient times, the founders of the three great empires, with the power of extraordinary bloodlines, defeated the evil wizards who invaded the royal grace, established a great empire, and protected all mankind. ”

Saying this, Rodriguez gently patted his cheek as if awake from a dream,

"Forgive me, people are a little sentimental when they get older. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything to discredit wizards. Now the Hunters' Guild also has its own resident wizard, and some regular witchcraft artifacts are more common in major organizations. “

"And those young wizards are still very humane. ”

The elder blinked a little confusedly, "By the way, what question did you just ask me?"

Luo Dan covered his head helplessly, "I asked you if you have any power of double cultivation?"

"By the way, I said that the qualified power has turned to witchcraft. ”

He replied sourly: "And that group of arrogant wizards, after studying the cultivation of the powerful, they have only tasted it and have not experienced it deeply, so there are no wizards with double cultivation. ”

"You must hold your ground, such a good seedling, don't go astray again. ”

"Witchcraft can be touched, but the power of the bloodline is what you are worthy of believing in, your roots. ”

It took a lot of effort for Rodin to make repeated reassurances, and finally stopped the elder's bitter persuasion.

From his personal sense of the power of the bloodline and witchcraft, the former is more like methods and means, while the latter is like basic theorems and guidelines.

But in fact, he had not yet come into contact with the true power, and besides, the breakthrough of the power was already close at hand, and the witchcraft practice had just begun, so he decided to put most of his energy into the power of awakening the bloodline.

"There must be a reason for the powerful to turn to witchcraft, but who can say that such a principle must apply to me!?"

"Elder, I have one last question for you. ”

The elder twitched his beard and sighed, "Ask, ask, I just hope you don't forget the ideal of becoming a powerful man, and turn around and run to witchcraft." ”

Rodin smiled and said, "Does the practice of witchcraft necessarily need the guidance of a teacher?"

"You kid, why don't you ask a wizard?"

"That's true, but with such a wise elder as you here, why should I bother to go to someone else?" Rodin thought of Akama, and his heart ached at the thought of the other wizards.

"I've seen a lot of self-taught wizards, of course, this is only in the most basic meditation stage, if you want to become a full-fledged wizard, it's best to find a teacher to guide you personally, or have a relatively complete inheritance, the danger of doing it behind closed doors is not small, and the path of a wizard's cultivation is much more difficult than you think. ”

"A complete lineage?" Rodin couldn't help but think of the thick codex Claire had given him, and after a cursory glance, he found information from the most basic meditation practices to the Moon Soul Level.

At present, it seems that he has taken a big advantage in obtaining this codex from Claire.

Having received a satisfactory answer, Rodin cleanly transcribed some basic concepts of the middle angle of a triangle, and Rodriguez retracted it as if he had received a treasure, and said with a smile: "Although I have answered your doubts this time, I will still be given no less merit to you." The old rule, let's calculate it according to 1000 merits, and I'll have someone call you right away. ”