Along the road built by the Huayuan Empire, Kong Ming kept walking in the direction of the imperial capital. In order to cultivate, Kong Ming did not buy a horse or a magical beast to travel, he carried a long sword on his back, a small package, wearing a single clothes, and walked on the road where the ice and snow melted, and there were pedestrians passing by from time to time on the road, some were walking together in a group, and some were walking alone like Kong Ming, some on foot, some on horseback, unicorns or some other magical beasts, and many merchants or rich people traveled in carriages. And in this process, Kong Ming also saw all kinds of characters, and also heard some things between people, he felt that it was very interesting, and his mentality slowly changed. In the process of traveling, he knew one of the advantages of mercenaries, that is, they could mix in various teams and travel to various places, and those older mercenaries were even a living dictionary of the mainland, and they could see from them that the old headhunter might also be a mercenary back then. So Kong Ming decided to go to a mercenary union to register, and he also wanted to be a mercenary, just to learn more things, this decision made Kong Ming benefit a lot in his future life and battles.

When he walked into the mercenary union, the package on Kong Ming's body was gone, and when he came to this city called the lockdown city, he sold all the valuable things on his body, except for the long sword, and the money he got only left a dozen gold coins as an emergency, and the rest was issued to those street children in the city. So now he only has a long sword and a dozen gold coins on his body, and there is nothing else, and his books, including the fire dragon fighting spirit, were taken from his body by the enemy after the battle, and the clothes he changed were also given to those children who were frozen. In the mercenary union, he walked in front of a staff member, and completed everything with ease, and now he is a ninth-level mercenary, spending a gold coin, but he has an additional mercenary's magic badge, which records his mercenary level and his swordsman level, senior swordsman. This is the first time Kong Ming has done a mercenary task, Kong Ming stands in the hall of the mercenary union, like other individual mercenaries, waiting for some employers who need to hire mercenaries to choose, of course, they can also go to the mercenary work counter to choose some tasks suitable for themselves to complete, usually, a task has a certain level of regulations, and there are clear regulations on what level to do what tasks, this is not only to prevent someone from being incapable enough but thinking about stepping into the sky, or to protect the income of those mercenaries with a lower ability level。

Kong Ming looked at the mercenaries and employers who came in and out with interest, in his opinion, this was also a kind of cultivation. Maybe it's because Kong Ming's age is relatively young, his face still looks relatively tender, although he has experienced a year of military career, but it just makes his face a lot more resolute, but it can't change that he is still a teenager. Not long after Kong Ming stood there, several people came to hire him, but as soon as Kong Ming heard it, he directly made Kong Ming a little speechless, either asking him to protect the child, or asking him to help the child fight, or asking him to clean up, these things really made Kong Ming a little crying and laughing. In the end, Kong Mingshi couldn't bear it anymore, so he went directly to the counter of the mercenary union to pick a task from above to protect the caravan to go to the Huayuan Imperial Capital. The quest was a mercenary-only one, but it would take several teams to leave, and only then would their caravan feel safe. In desperation, Kong Ming could only spend some more money to register a mercenary group, a mercenary group with only one person. It's called "Lone Wolf", and it's just a first-level mercenary group. When the staff of the trade union called the employer, the employer looked at Kong Ming, and his heart was very unhappy, because Kong Ming looked too young, and Kong Ming didn't explain, just put the momentum a little outside and directly overwhelmed the employer, the employer is also a swordsman, but only a third-level swordsman, and the long years of running around have made him have a very sensitive feeling about the momentum of various levels of characters, as soon as he saw Kong Ming's momentum and the murderous aura that accompanied the momentum, he knew that he had invited a master, because the level can be cultivated, or it can be medicine Cui out, but the murderous aura can only be accumulated in killing, and it cannot be faked at all. His attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, which made Kong Ming at a loss, but Kong Ming didn't show it at all on the surface, and he still looked like a master. After the two negotiated the price and some matters to be paid attention to on the road, the personnel in the union registered the tasks that Kong Ming would do, and used his mercenary badge to scratch on a stone slab on the counter, Kong Ming only saw that a crystal ball next to the stone slab directly showed the type and level of Kong Ming's mission, and Kong Ming's mercenary badge also flashed, obviously entering Kong Ming's task. Handing the badge back to Kong Ming, he ignored Kong Ming and the employer, and walked back. After Kong Ming made an appointment with his employer for a time and place, he left the mercenary union, he wanted to go for a magic certification, because I heard that the magician was raised by the national magic union, and the union would give the magician a certain allowance every month, the reason, empty is not clear, but there is such a way to increase income Kong Ming will naturally not let go, not to mention that the most important thing for him to carry out magic certification is to enter the circle of magicians, only by entering this circle, he can find a good teacher to learn and improve his magic, and will not be like before, a person is blindly groping under the teaching of a half-ass。 And the strength of the magician, he can see it clearly on the battlefield, the swordsman slashes for half a day, tired and half dead, and at the same time has to pay attention to kill a few enemies, and at the same time, his life is not in his own hands, once it attracts attention, then it is not far from death. But magicians are different, a magic down, no matter who is attacking, the ability is not enough to do a large group, and the magician has to spend some fighting energy to protect himself, and the most important thing is that the magician on the battlefield is the object of key protection of various countries, a large group of warriors are around him, want to kill a mage, except that he can break through the warrior's defense line, or sneak to the mage's side, but how dangerous is that? Of course, the main means of attacking a mage on the battlefield is to use a mage against a mage or an archer, archer, trebuchet, etc. After asking the pedestrians on the side of the road where the magician's job was, Kong Ming walked towards the Magician Guild.

The city of Huayuan is really different from Kari, and the difference is not in the architecture, but in the management and life here. In Kari, even if it is like the current weather, there are usually some begging children wandering on the street, and here it is rare to see this situation, Kong Ming is also in the city when he is not familiar with the road, there are lost when he meets two children to find a small yard, that is a special to take in stray children, there are a few adults in the yard, Kong Ming saw this and used his money to buy this clothes for them before walking away. But if it was in Kari, it would be unthinkable, Kong Ming himself was an outcast, and if it weren't for the care of those little children, he would have long ago known where to freeze or starve to death. When he saw this situation in Huayuan, Kongming's hostility towards Huayuan decreased a lot, if it weren't for the fact that many of his comrades-in-arms died at their hands, he would not have had any hostility in his heart, after all, Kari was also part of Huayuan's empire. Also, the civilian life here is obviously much better than that of Kari, and their faces are calm and calm, which must be because they don't worry too much about life. It's really more popular than people. Kong Ming only keeps observing things around him out of a swordsman's intuition, which is just a habit.

After a long time, Kong Ming finally found the Magic Guild after passing through most of the city, which is an ancient and tall building, the gate of the Guild is more than three meters high, and on the top of the gate is a symbol of the Magic Guild, which is an elderly magician holding a magic wand in his hand, releasing magic. At the tip of the wand, there is a hint of mana shining. There are very few people in and out of the magic union, Kong Ming wandered outside for a long time, just saw a few people with a magician logo on their chests entered the magic union, and from the level of view, the level is not very high, after observing for a long time, Kong Ming finally walked into the magic union, in the hall of the union looked very deserted, just like the spring cold outside, after entering the door, Kong Ming saw a small sign on the left, which said reception, Kong Ming walked inside, and saw a young magician in his twenties looking at a magic book nakedly, Kong Ming stood next to him for a long time, he didn't notice, This made Kong Ming obviously very unnatural, and finally Kong Ming covered his mouth with his hand, coughed a few times, and the magician reacted, he stood up embarrassedly, and saw Kong Ming's costume as a swordsman, he was a little annoyed in his heart, and said in an impatient tone: "Excuse me, what is the matter with Your Excellency?" Anyone like him who was interrupted from studying was not very happy, Kong Ming did not care, but said calmly: "I am here to evaluate the magician." Hearing Kong Ming's words, the apprentice obviously had some turns, although he also knew that some magicians chose to practice both magic and martial arts, but he had never seen it, after all, a lot of time for magicians was spent on meditation and magic research, otherwise there would be no little progress, not to mention that people who chose to practice magic and martial arts also had to practice martial arts, and the time was not enough, so the general magic and martial arts double cultivation meant that they understood both and did not understand both, of course, there were also many people who chose to practice both magic and martial arts, but they were inclined to focus on one side, and the other side was just a kind of exercise, but they were usually magicians and martial arts, that is to have a good body, such people are usually nobles. But the person in front of him is obviously a swordsman, when the swordsman also began to learn magic, it seems that it is not that he can't keep up with the times, but that this era is changing too fast. Seeing his stunned appearance, Kong Ming felt a little funny in his heart, so he had to cough a few times in embarrassment, and finally woke up the magician.

"Makes you laugh, what level of magician are you?"

"Hehe, I haven't been assessed, I'm here to assess, how many levels can be assessed here, what are the regulations?"

"There are no rules, you don't need money to evaluate a magician, the premise is that you must be a magician, once you don't become a magician, then your evaluation fee will be paid by yourself, you know?" said the magician.

Kong Ming nodded, and after making it clear, the magician took him directly to the assessment. But what made Kong Ming wonder was why the union would send a magician to serve as a guard, could it be that there are so many magicians now that they can be used to guard the door? But Kong Ming was too embarrassed to ask the magician, presumably he also had some untold stories. Walking to the front of a room, the man pointed and said, "Go in from here, there will be someone in there to evaluate you, you just have to do what he says." After saying that, he walked away. Kong Ming knocked lightly on the door, only to hear someone inside shouting "Come in" , Kong Ming pushed the door in, only to see that this room is not big, there is only one person in it, an older magician, although Kong is also a magician, but the expression on the badge of the magician is not clear, so he can't get some useful information from under the badge, but as a senior swordsman, a person who came down from the battlefield, he clearly felt that the person in front of him was a powerful magician, not comparable to him, so he saluted the old mage with a non-standard etiquette between mages, the old mage looked at Kong Ming in a swordsman costume with interest, and said with a smile: "What level of swordsman are you?"

"Sixth-level swordsman. It was no secret that anyone could tell from his badge, although he put it away.

"Demon and martial arts double cultivation, haha, I haven't seen it anywhere, are you majoring in fighting qi or magic. The old mage asked.

"I don't know very well, anyway, both of them are cultivating, and I don't know which one is the Lord?" Kong Ming said naturally.

"Hehe, interesting young man, didn't your teacher sue you about the disadvantages of the Demon and Martial Arts Double Cultivation?"

Kong Ming shook his head.

"Hehe, it seems that people are getting a little wordy when they get old, come and put your hand on this small crystal ball and input your magic power. The old mage pointed to a white crystal ball on the table and said.

Kong Ming walked forward, stood still in front of the crystal ball, put the palm of his right hand on it, and then slowly injected the magic power into it, only to see that the crystal ball began to turn red from the middle, and soon, the red dyed the whole ball red, and in the red, mixed with a small half of the white, the two colors can be said to be distinct, and did not fuse together, the crystal ball became brighter and brighter, until a certain Cheng dù, it never became brighter again, as the crystal ball continued to change, the old mage, was also more and more surprised, "Hehe, a dual-attribute magician, well, mainly fire-based, supplemented by space-based magic, interesting, hehe, it's actually a space-based magician, it's really rare. Elementary, intermediate, well, it turned out to be a high-level magician, it seems that he has just advanced for a long time, the young man is good, I can't think of it, oh, you can stop, even if you enter again, there is no change. Seeing that Kong Ming was still trying to input magic power, the old mage said happily, hearing this, Kong Ming stopped his magic power and looked at the old mage with an expectant face, and the old mage was even happier when he saw Kong Ming's appearance, "You put a fourth-order magic." As he spoke, he casually arranged an enchantment to prevent the magic released by Kong Ming from damaging the place. It's just that after he arranged the enchantment, he heard Kong Ming say, "I'm sorry, I haven't learned, fourth-level magic." ”

"You haven't studied fourth-level magic, it's impossible, this is sold in a fourth-level magic bookstore in a magic union, how can you not learn it?" the old mage said strangely.

"It's true that I haven't learned, otherwise I wouldn't have to test it, and I would have known what level of magician I am. Kong Ming said.

"That's what it looks like, well, you're standing on that magic array, and I'll test your mental power. As long as your mental power is reached, we can also give you a high-level magician. The old mage pointed to a magic circle against the wall. Kong Ming followed the magician's finger and looked at it, and the magic array emitted bursts of magic fluctuations, and it had the ability to shock people's spirits. Thinking that it was specially used to test the spiritual power of the magician, Kong Ming stood on it, and saw that the magician recited a few words of incantation, and the engraved lines of the magic array lit up, and bursts of spiritual power stimulated Kong Ming's spirit, and at this moment, the voice of the old mage came, "Hold on to your spirit, don't be distracted, see how long you can support it, then your spiritual power is several levels." After hearing the voice of the old mage, Kong Ming simply closed his eyes, and slowly experienced the stimulation of the spiritual power, I don't know how long it took, Kong Ming's head felt gradually heavy, as if there was a pressure, pressed straight down from above, to make Kong Ming succumb, Kong Ming felt that he was about to fall, from the mage's point of view, this is already the limit of Kong Ming's spirit, because a crystal ball next to the magic array shows that the current mental pressure has reached the limit that a senior magician can bear. However, the old mage obviously underestimated Kong Ming's spiritual power, as a person who has to face the pressure of death at any time during the year, his ability to withstand death is several times more than that of a person who has never endured it, and this kind of exercise of mental power can make the mental power improve rapidly, that is to say, Kong Ming's mental power is much stronger than that of ordinary magicians of the same level. And his spiritual power entered the realm of the magician in the surprise of the old mage. According to the evaluation rules of magicians, Kong Ming is now a high-level magician. After the test, the old mage took out a badge from the drawer of his desk, and then entered the information of the empty light, and then took some things from other places, the old mage said, this is what every magician will give to the mage when he becomes a mage or when he is promoted, a total of two sets of fire mage clothes, a fire magic wand, a magic crystal card, a fire mage's cloak, the mage's clothes are the mark to identify a mage, and the magic wand can speed up the magician's spell casting, it is an important weapon for the mage, and the magic crystal card is combined with the identity of magic for each mageUnlike the general magic crystal card, the magician's magic crystal card is also the identity certificate of the magician, and the cloak is not only a simple protection from the rain and wind, but also can speed up the efficiency of the magician's meditation, which is a must-have for a magician. Seeing that Kong Ming was holding so many things, the old mage looked at Kong Ming's two hands, and sure enough, he didn't find what he was looking for, so he sighed and said, "This is sold to you, ten gold coins, alas!" Looking very sad, he took off a ring from his own hand, Kong Ming took it and looked at it, it seemed to be a space ring, after watching the old mage cancel the contract with the ring, Kong Ming dropped a drop of blood on it, it was considered to be a recognition of the master, take a look, only about a cubic meter like that, I don't know what grade of ring it is, but seeing the old mage's heartache, it should be about this price, so he took out a generation from his body, poured the money on the table, more than a dozen round things, and rang for a while, Kong Ming counted carefully, as if he didn't dare to believe it, and counted it again, but unfortunately said to the old mage"I'm sorry, there are only three gold coins, three silver coins, and seven copper coins, you see?" The old mage rolled his eyes, hesitated for a long time, and Kong Ming also looked at it with pity for a long time, and finally the old mage said: "Your ......"

Pointing to the sword behind Kong Ming, before he finished speaking, he saw Kong Ming shaking his head helplessly, no one knows that the sword is the lifeblood of a swordsman, only to change to a better sword, not to say that the sword seller buys something else. And the money on Kongming's magic crystal card does not have a copper coin yet, and as for those things given by the union, the old mage does not dare to fight its idea, after all, this is the rule. In the end, in the face of both of them, they were helpless and at loss, and the two completed the transaction. It's just that in the hearts of the two of them, they are completely different, they are very happy, the old mage thinks so, with a ring that costs more than four gold coins and sells more than five gold coins, this kind of business is really profitable, and Kong Ming thinks so, it is too wasteful for the space mage not to be a thief, and it is easy to hide a few gold coins in front of a high-level mage. After completing this transaction, the relationship between the two was obviously much better, and there were a lot of topics to talk about, the old mage wanted to ask Kong Ming something about the dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, after all, Kong Ming was not the first and not the last person to double cultivate the magic and martial arts, and Kong Ming took the opportunity to learn something from the old mage about what he wanted to know, such as the best magic school there, and now there are more well-known magicians on the mainland, and some things about magic. And from the old mage's mouth, Kong Ming also learned that there are still some shops in the Magic Guild, and these shops have many books and magic items. After Kong Ming left the old mage, he went to a small magic shop, where he found a magic foundation, an intermediate space magic and an intermediate fire magic book, a book dedicated to thieves and stealth, and even bought a copy of "Fire Dragon Fighting Qi" from there, Kong Ming looked at it, and there was no difference from the original one, thinking that these books are well-known things on the mainland, but personal qualifications and efforts, There are differences in opportunities, and there will be high and low differences in learning the same things, and of course, there are also some family inheritances that are a secret thing that others cannot learn. After all, there is communication to improve.