Chapter Ninety-Seven: The White Mist Forest (Part II)
After waiting outside the White Mist Forest for a while, I saw that not far in front of me was filled with white mist, and a black shadow faintly appeared in the originally white expanse.
The shadow seemed to float in the air, vague at first, but gradually revealed itself as time passed.
Eventually, what appeared in front of Aaron's eyes was a blackbird, which looked seven or eight points similar to an owl, with a round head, two large eyes that reflected a faint green light, and a body of feathers that were almost black.
The blackbird flapped its wings a few times, and then slowly landed on a dead branch, and a pair of large, round eyes stared at Persein, whose gaze seemed to be fixed on a small package around his waist.
"This is what led the way?" Aaron wondered as he looked at the blackbird that had just appeared in front of him.
"That's right, this blackbird is in charge of leading the way for us, just wait for us to follow it, don't fall behind, otherwise it will be a very troublesome thing to get lost in the white mist forest." Persein nodded, this strange blackbird had come to show the way for the two of them.
Aaron thought that someone had come to lead the way, but he didn't expect it to be such a strange bird similar to an owl.
"What happens if you get lost in the White Mist Forest?" Aaron then asked another question.
"If you get lost inside, it's best to wait in place, don't walk around, someone will come to the rescue later, if you walk around and encounter any danger, they will not be responsible. ”
"There have been people walking around in it before, but unfortunately they died, and in the end it was not over, anyway, you can follow me later, as long as you follow the blackbird, you will definitely not get lost. Persain explained unhurriedly.
"Well, I see. After listening, Aaron said he understood.
He had just used the chip to scan this place, but for some reason, the fog here was very special, and it could interfere with the scanning of the chip, and nothing could be detected, and because of this, Aaron was very cautious about entering it and asked Persein about something beforehand.
Next, Persein reached into the small package around his waist, took out the token stone he had obtained from Moos, and then gently flicked his right hand forward, throwing the token stone out.
As soon as the token stone was thrown out, the black strange bird immediately reacted, spread its wings from the dead branch, and immediately caught the thing and held it in its mouth.
After the black strange bird caught the token stone, it spread its wings and turned around, and flew slowly towards the white mist forest, not very fast.
"Alright, let's hurry up and catch up with it now!" Seeing this, Persein immediately spoke, and then he himself followed briskly, and Aaron immediately followed when he heard this.
The flight speed of the strange bird is not fast, and the two of them can keep up with it by walking briskly behind, and there is no need to chase after it by running.
After entering the White Mist Forest, Aaron's vision was completely white except for the black strange bird and Persein, and the visibility was even lower than when looking in from outside the forest, and the chip could hardly scan anything.
In the white mist forest, Aaron and Persein walked around for a long time, and finally saw that there was no longer just a white expanse in front of them.
And just now, Aaron had already noticed that the visibility was gradually improving, until now, they finally came to their destination, where the white mist became very faint, and the line of sight could be seen more than two hundred meters away.
Not far away, a small high platform, about two meters high from the ground, square shape, about ten meters wide, and on one side of this high platform, there is a fan-shaped stone steps, which seems to be a place for people to sit and watch the high platform.
Beyond this high platform, Aaron also saw some small stone houses, which looked plain on the outside, without the slightest architectural style to speak of, as if they were randomly piled up.
At this point, Persein stopped, and the black strange bird continued to fly off into the distance, leaving the two of them alone, apparently to take the token stone with him.
"We've arrived, and this is where the exchange meeting will be held inside the White Mist Forest......" Glancing around at the familiar surroundings, Persein said lightly to Aaron.
"Is that platform over there a place to exchange supplies?" Aaron looked at the position of the high platform and asked Persein for answers.
"You're right, it's there to exchange supplies, and you'll naturally know when the time comes. Let's go to the person in charge here first and ask him to arrange a place for us to stay, there is still a day before the exchange meeting starts, and no one ......has come," Bai Sein also looked at the high platform, and then nodded in affirmation.
The meeting doesn't start until tomorrow, and Aaron and the others arrive a day early and need to stay here for a day.
Next, Aaron followed Persein to find the person in charge here, handed over four intermediate magic crystals, and then the man assigned each of them a stone house, which was the ordinary small stone house that Aaron had seen before.
Everyone who comes to participate in the exchange meeting must hand over two intermediate magic crystals as the cost of participation, because this exchange meeting is not held by the White Mist Forest for free, and it must have a plan.
The stone houses of the two are relatively close, less than 20 meters away, and it is very convenient for them to communicate with each other.
Not only does the stone house look rudimentary on the outside, but it is also shabby on the inside, with a stone table and a stone chair, and then a cold, hard stone bed, and then there is nothing.
"It seems that the fog is affecting the chip, and it's true. Aaron sat on the stone chair and muttered to himself.
Before, walking in a place full of white fog, the chip couldn't scan anything, not even the Persein next to him, but now when I came to this foggy place, the chip's scanning function was almost restored.
It can be seen that the white mist is an important factor affecting the function of the chip.
Aaron must not be able to stay in the stone house, and under the urging of curiosity, he quickly walked out, walked around this neighborhood at will, and met some people who also came to participate in the exchange meeting, and would privately let the chip scan it, so as to understand the specific strength of the people who came here.
When I was walking outside, I would occasionally see one or two people come in with the black strange bird that had been in front of them, and I didn't have to think about it to know that it was someone who came to the exchange meeting.
After some inspection, the people I met were all first-level mages, most of them were people who had been in the first-level mages for a long time, basically there were no people like him who had just set foot in the first-level mages for less than a year, and occasionally there were a few people whose spiritual power was very close to that of Baisane, and they were all people who were about to touch the level of second-level mages.
At first glance, Aaron seems to be the weakest one among the people who came to participate in the exchange meeting, but he himself doesn't think so, now that he has the Ice Burst Mushroom and the Demon Empowerment Method, it will not be bad if he really fights.
One after another, some mages arrived here and lived in those stone houses, waiting for tomorrow's exchange meeting to begin.
After wandering outside for a while, Aaron also lost interest, so he went straight back to his stone house and waited quietly.
Time flickered, and it was the next morning.
Early in the morning, Persein came to Aaron: "Brother Aaron, the time is almost up, the exchange meeting is about to start, let's go to the high platform and wait first." ”
"Okay, let's go now. When Aaron heard this, he nodded, and went with Persein.
After a while, the two of them came to the high platform, and at this time, more than 20 people had gathered here, all of whom had come here in advance to wait, and by the way, they occupied a good position in the front row.
The two of them sat down in the front row along the stairs, and then waited, during which one or two mages who knew Persein came over and exchanged a few words, and Aaron also got to know each other briefly.
Half an hour later, the meeting was about to begin. The people who should have come have already arrived, and at this time, nearly a hundred people have gathered at the stone steps.
"It seems that among the people who participated in the exchange meeting this time, there were no second-level mages!" After scanning everyone present, Aaron did not find a single second-level mage, and all the people who came to participate were at the first-level mage stage.
After a short while, I saw a bald middle-aged man walking over from not far away and walking directly onto the high platform.
"The target has a high-intensity capability stance and can't scan ......" and at the moment when the bald head walked up to the high platform, Aaron had the chip scan it. However, this time he couldn't scan, and Aaron knew what it meant, and he had often encountered it when he was an apprentice before, that is, when he was scanning for a first-level mage.
If this bald head has something on his body that can interfere with the scanning of the chip, or he has already stepped into the second-level mage stage, and the current chip cannot be scanned, the former is less likely and the latter is more likely.
"Brother Aaron, the one on the high platform is one of the people in charge of reporting this exchange meeting, I heard that he has been promoted to a second-level mage decades ago......" Bai Sein saw that Aaron seemed to care about the appearance of the bald man, so he introduced it.
"Sure enough, it's a second-level mage!" After listening to Persein's introduction, Aaron said secretly in his heart.
After the bald man walked up to the high platform, his eyes swept back and forth on the stone steps, and then he said unhurriedly: "Welcome to this exchange meeting, there may be a few people here who come here for the first time, according to the usual practice, I will explain the rules, and then you will take turns on the stage to start......"
Next, the bald man briefly explained the rules on the stage, and the exchange meeting began.
The rules are very simple, everyone who wants to exchange materials can go up to the stage to explain, and say what they want to take out and exchange them one by one, and everyone takes turns to go up, and finally exchange according to the situation.
Of course, you can't use any spells here, you can only trade fairly, if you dare to snatch it, then you will be caught immediately, and in the end it will definitely not be good.