"I said, is this what you call a 'trial'?"

Joseph looked at the void scene in front of him, and asked Lan Hill on the side helplessly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He was now "levitating" above a black space, surrounded by a gray void that stretched far into the surroundings, as if there were no boundaries.

This scene is very familiar to Joseph, because this space is clearly exactly the same as the "small world" created by the god that Sabov said at the beginning!

Of course, it was Blue Hill who brought him here, and the day after they spoke of the trial, Blue Hill took Joseph to the so-called "Sanctuary".

According to the Messiah, the "sanctuary" was a place where sacrifices and high priests communicated with the gods and listened to oracles, and the status of the ancient elven tribe was almost equal to that of a forbidden place.

The Sanctuary is the most secret and solemn place in the tribe, and the Sanctuary is patrolled by regular elven warriors every day, and it is extremely strict. Except for the High Priest, even the elves inside the Ancient Elves could not enter.

Every twenty years, the Ancient Elven tribe selects a "Templar Guardian" from the tribe who is skilled in martial arts and extremely devout to the gods, as a force to protect the Templar.

However, in Jose's opinion, these are a bit boring, after all, in a place like the ancient elf tribe, there are no external threats at all, and this practice is indeed unnecessary. However, after all, the elves are a very old-fashioned and conservative race, and although they believe in gods, this kind of temperament may be difficult to change.

Lan Hill had disguised herself as a high priest more than a decade earlier, and although she was a little scoffy at this thousand-year-old tradition, she didn't interfere much. On the contrary, because of the status of the Messiah, the guardian of the Templar, it also saved a lot of opposition from the clan for Lanhil.

You know, the Templar Guardians are second only to the High Priest in the clan!

Joseph also wondered, didn't the Messiah have any doubts about the identity of Blue Hill? Blue Hill just shook his head, "Messiah is a very smart child, although I hide a lot of things from her, but I should know it, and she knows it, but this child is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and her mind is delicate, telling her too much is not a good thing......"

At this moment, this woman was looking at the surrounding scene with a complicated expression, with an indifferent look.

"This is, the Templar?"

"That's right. ”

Lan Hill's tone was a little stiff, and he snorted coldly: "This is the one where Sabov and I were sealed, another space created by the gods, or a 'small world', of course, there is no magic element here, because it was created by the gods." More than ten years ago, I used the last bit of divine power to open the way to this small world, and of course, Sabov didn't know this. For the sake of convenience, I made a little trick of the inside of the church to connect this passage. ”

"So we came from the Sanctuary to this little world?!" Joseph thought of this, and suddenly said with some puzzlement, "In that case, why don't you go ......"

"You want to ask me why I haven't communicated with Sabov through this small world for more than ten years?" Lan Hill shook his head, his eyes flashing, "It was my choice to leave at the beginning, even if he knew that I could return to this space, I'm afraid we don't have anything to say, besides...... This small world doesn't seem to be big, but in fact, there are almost no boundaries, let alone two people, even if an army of 100,000 people is pulled here, I'm afraid it won't be possible to find it in ten or eight years!"

"Okay, then you brought me here for that trial?" José was stunned for a moment before looking around with some vigilance, "I said, there won't be any scary monsters here, I have to kill it before I can get out or something...... Isn't that what it is like to test the gods?"

Lan Hill glanced at Jose with disdain, then shook his head and said: "It's not that complicated, your physical strength is enough, I will teach you another set of basic movements for cultivating Jia Lan's Dou Qi, which can improve your reflexes and agility, and wait until you learn this set of martial arts, even if you don't use magic, in terms of martial arts alone, even if the Messiah wants to beat you, hum...... I'm afraid it's not that easy!"

Joseph's eyes lit up, the Messiah was a Saint-level powerhouse, if he really learned this set of martial arts as Lan Hill said, wouldn't it be almost comparable to a Saint-level powerhouse?!

Seeing his eager eyes, Lan Xier naturally knew what Jose was thinking, she snorted coldly, and poured a basin of cold water unhurriedly: "Don't be too complacent, although this martial art is also powerful, but the cultivation process is extremely difficult, even if the Protoss has a long lifespan, it doesn't take decades of effort, I'm afraid it will be difficult to learn anything useful, and...... No matter how high your martial arts skills are, your realm is not enough, and you will only be abused in the face of a saint-level powerhouse!"

", then what you said before was so mysterious, I thought it was so powerful, if I really learned it for decades, I might as well learn my magic honestly, and engage in some kind of dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, in the end, I'm afraid it will be indecent......"

Qiao Se was slandered in his heart, and he couldn't help muttering a few words in his mouth, but when Lan Hill heard this, he immediately sneered: "You kid who doesn't know the height of the sky, why do you think you can eat a fat man in one bite? Even if you are an outstanding martial arts genius, your strength is also cultivated little by little, how can there be anything to sit back and enjoy!"

Only then did Jose smile wryly and say, "Okay, then, what should we do now?"

"It's very simple," Lan Hill smiled slightly, "meditate, meditate with all your mental power, and then cast magic!"

Sounds ...... Is it really simple?

José was stunned for a moment, and then released his spiritual power tentacles, but his face suddenly changed: he couldn't feel any fluctuations in the magic elements! He hurriedly tried to recite a fire magic spell again, but there was no spark in his palm, as if all the magic elements here had been cut off, and José couldn't even feel the slightest element!

Hell, isn't there any element in this space?!

As soon as Joseph thought of this, he suddenly remembered that when Sabov first appraised his spiritual power, he had told himself that this small world was fundamentally different from the ordinary world, and there were no magical elements from the outside world!

However, if you don't have a magic element, how can you cast magic?

Lan Hill still looked light, "What's the matter, why don't you do it yet?"

"I don't understand," José thought for a moment before looking up at Lan Ciel, "You know there is no magic element here, how can I cast magic, do you want me to bite the enemy with my teeth?"

Lan Hill surprisingly didn't taunt Jose, she smiled faintly: "No element?hehe, you're a magician, do you think there are no elements here?If there are no elements, where does the air you breathe come from?Where does the light come from?Where does the darkness come from?!"

"What do you mean......" Jose's heart moved, but his face was still full of doubt.

"There are indeed magical elements here, but the rules of this small world are different from those of the outside world, the rules of time are different, and the rules of space are also different. You use the rules of the outside world to sense the magic here, and of course you can't feel anything. ”

"Rules?!" José was stunned, he had been listening to Lanhill talk about these things for almost the past few days, and although he had a sense of déjà vu several times, he didn't know how to understand it.

"Strength?rules?what are the rules, the rules of magic operation in this world are different, but what about the world outside?!" Jose felt extremely depressed in his heart, as if he had fallen into a strange state, and his mind was full of such thoughts:

Magic, what exactly is magic......

Lanhill didn't seem to be in a hurry, and she only smiled when she saw Jose like this. He sat cross-legged like this, then took out a small hourglass from his arms and put it aside casually.

"Take your time, boy. Lan Hill couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "I didn't mean to fool you, but if you can understand this kind of thing now, no matter what kind of power you learn, I'm afraid you will benefit immensely...... That's it, Sabof, think it's the last thing I do for my faith......"

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In the spring of the five hundred and sixty-first year of the Bright Empire, in the Moxi Pass.

The city of Valen, the capital of Moxi Province, was shrouded in pre-war tensions. Just a few days ago, a ban had been issued in the city prohibiting all caravans from entering and leaving, and the number of soldiers patrolling the city was almost twice as large as usual, and the garrison government urgently dispatched a force of several hundred soldiers to maintain law and order in the city.

There is a grapevine that last month, the imperial army and the Macedonians fought a battle on the edge of the desert, although the Macedonians were severely damaged, but the empire also suffered a lot of losses.

The news of the defeat made many civilians panic, and the sudden appearance of some displaced people in the city seemed to confirm these news, although the notice posted by the governor's palace stated that the news was all rumors, and a few people who spread rumors were arrested, but the tense atmosphere in the city showed no sign of abating.

War is coming!

Many civilians thought so, and even before the night curfew in the city, the streets were deserted early. Many taverns and shops were closed for almost the entire day, but the soldiers at the police station were busy.

In the governor's mansion, Su Ya was sitting in front of a public desk with a solemn face, and the rather spacious study room had been converted into an office for temporary discussion of military intelligence, and orders about the Moxi War were constantly issued from this study.

There were several officers in military uniforms sitting around the public case, led by the governor of Moxi Province, Heru, but this sturdy northwest man was thinking about something with a solemn face, and there was a map of the northwest of the empire hanging in the corner of the room, and a group of officers were arguing about something around the front of the map.

Su Ya sat in the center of the public case, but at the moment she looked indifferent, looking at this group of arguing officers without saying a word. In front of her was a copy of the latest battle report, but the handwriting was very messy, obviously prepared in a hurry, and there were even a little red spots on the paper!