The wizarding civilization in the Hemu region is far less developed than ordinary people think.

Moreover, there is a great deal of unevenness in development among the regions.

In the central area of the Hemu region, the number of wizards is indeed quite considerable, and some wizarding organizations are also relatively common there, such as the Hunter's House Academy, which is not a few, and will recruit new apprentices to supplement themselves.

But outside the core of the Hemu region, the situation is different.

In some remote continents, wizards are basically a legend, and even the top layers of them don't know that wizards exist.

In such a place, the strongest of them are often some knights.

The mainland where Chen Heng's hometown is located is not such a backward place, but obviously, it has nothing to do with the present.

It is precisely because of this that the opportunity for a qualification test is extremely rare for many people.

In the past, only those core members of the wizarding family could have this opportunity and the ability to participate in the test.

But this time, Chen Heng's test was directly made public, as long as they met the conditions, they could come to the territory of the Duo Wu family to participate in this test.

As soon as this news spread, it naturally immediately caused a shock among those wizard families, so they left their family's territory one by one and came towards the area where the Duo Wu family was located.

Obviously, they all came with the attention of participating in this test.

Time passed slowly.

A few days later.

At noon, the sun is shining outside, and a breeze blows, blowing the air around it, which is particularly cool.

In a huge square, a stone slab has been laid out there, and it is very conspicuous at the moment.

The slate is very unique, and the material in it looks different from ordinary slate.

And on the stone slab, a complex witch array is being carved.

Chen Heng stood in front of the stone slab, slowly moved his hands, and arranged the witch array used to test qualifications.

In the process, no one dared to say anything.

All the wizards around were staring closely at Chen Heng's movements at the moment, looking at him deadly, for fear of missing any of these details.

For the wizards on this continent, even if it is a witch array used to test qualifications, it is an extremely rare thing=,

In the past, they didn't have access to these things.

Now that I have the opportunity to see the whole process of arrangement, I can't let it go.

They stared at Chen Heng's movements, trying to learn something from his movements.

Chen Heng didn't care about this.

The structure of the witch circle is so incomparably incomparably intricate.

For Chen Heng, although the witch array in front of him is not very difficult, for others, it may not be so.

In fact, for any wizard, the wizarding array is extremely difficult to master.

In front of him, even in an academy like the House of the Hunters, only a few third-level apprentices could master it.

Most people want to master this witch array alone, and it is very difficult.

As for learning from other people's arrangements, it is even more of an impossible.

Therefore, for this whole process, Chen Heng did not hide anything, and directly began to arrange it in front of many wizards.

On the side, Griffin changed into a black wizard's robe, and at the moment with a friendly smile on his face, chatting with a group of wizards.

But despite the chatter, his eyes were also fixed on the front.

To be precise, he stared at Chen Heng's movements, and he didn't dare to let go for a moment.

Under their gaze, soon, Chen Heng completed his task.

"It's done. ”

After carving the last trace, Chen Heng then got up and looked at the many apprentices behind him.

"Awesome ......"

An old wizard with a thin figure but a good spirit spoke softly, looked at Chen Heng's appearance, and couldn't help sighing: "Griffin, this grandson of yours can be regarded as giving you a face." ”

"His research on the witch array has completely surpassed us old guys. ”

"yes......."

Hearing this, Griffin also raised his head and sighed softly: "He has completely surpassed me......."

"Except for mana, I can still have some advantages by relying on my age, and in other aspects, I can't compare to Eddard......."

There was some pride on his face, but there was also a faint silence.

Obviously, although I am proud of my grandson, it is very uncomfortable to be surpassed by my own descendants so quickly.

This is even more true for a figure like Griffin.

However, in addition to being lonely, he also felt relieved in his heart.

In any case, this is his grandson, the future heir of the Duo Wu family, and the only person in the Duo Wu family who has had the hope of being promoted to a full-fledged wizard for countless years.

No matter what, he will be proud and proud of Chen Heng in his heart.

Looking at Griffin at this moment, the rest of the wizards around him let out a sigh, and their feelings were a little complicated at this moment.

Although he wanted to expand the number of wizards on hand, Chen Heng was not something that everyone would invite.

Even if he has mastered the technique of condensing mana crystallization, mana crystallization is not unlimited, and the number of people that the witch array can detect is very limited.

Therefore, the people who were able to come here this time and participate in this test were basically some wizard families who were good with the Duo Wu family.

Only these people are qualified to bring the descendants of their own family to participate in the test.

As for the rest, they are not qualified at all.

Of course, in order to participate in the test, they also have to pay a certain price.

For example, their own mana.

During the time these wizards came to visit the Duo Wu family, they had to pay half of their mana every day to cover their participation in the test.

These wizards are basically old wizards, each of them is an old monster of Griffin's time, and even some of them are younger, but they are all in their twilight years.

Although in the twilight of life, the strength of these people has begun to decline, the mana accumulation in their bodies is extremely large, far stronger than the accumulation of the same apprentices.

The mana of these people was of great benefit to Chen Heng in transforming mana crystallization.

Through the transformation of mana into mana crystallization through these people, they can somewhat make up for the loss of opening the witch array.

In the previous life, it didn't take long for the Witch Array to bloom brightly.

A hazy display of mana light appeared on the surrounding wizards.

Their reactions to the light varied, but their eyes were shifted.

"Everyone understands the rules. ”

Chen Heng turned around and looked at the many apprentices in front of him: "Each family can bring ten people up. ”

He spoke softly, speaking of limitations.

The reason why there is a quantitative limit is mainly for the sake of reasonable distribution.

After all, if there were no restrictions at all, then even if the mana crystallization on Chen Heng's body was enough, I am afraid it would not be able to withstand such a loss.

Ten people in a family can just take care of each family, ensuring fairness and fully utilizing all the power of the witch array.

Ahead, listening to Chen Heng's words, many wizards couldn't help but nod.

For this time, they have already known the rules of the test, and they are ready at the moment.

Even though only ten people can test, it's more than enough for them.

Whether a person has wizarding qualifications or not, although it can only be determined by testing with a special witch circle, it can be inferred from some ordinary performances.

People with wizard qualifications often have no low mental strength.

And this type of people are often born with strong memory ability, stronger learning ability than ordinary people, and more early wisdom.

Therefore, this time, these people came to participate in the test, and basically all of them were brought over.

Soon, the tests began.

Chen Heng stood beside Griffin, his face calm, silently watching the test start in front of him.

A man walked up slowly.

The people in front of him are basically those apprentices who have been carefully selected from their respective families, and according to common sense, there is a high probability of having wizard qualifications.

But despite this, the results of this test were still unsatisfactory.

Five families, a total of fifty people, and in the end, it was only three people who were found to have wizard qualifications, and they were in different families.

Fifty to three, that's a big deal, but to be honest, it's better than normal.

If it is chosen among ordinary civilians, then let alone fifty to three, it is already good to be able to pick one or two people with wizard qualifications out of a thousand people.

Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help but shake his head secretly, a little headache.

"It seems that we still have to find a way to solve the problem of detection methods......."

Standing in place, feeling the brilliance of the witch array flashing continuously, Chen Heng shook his head secretly, and couldn't help but flash this thought.

In order to achieve his goal from then on, he will inevitably need a large number of wizards to join.

And if you want to get a large number of wizards, in addition to directly looking for ready-made ones, the best result is naturally to directly select people with wizard qualifications and train them to become your own?

The benefits of this are numerous.

It is convenient to find a ready-made wizard directly, but loyalty is difficult to guarantee, once you are not strong enough to give the other party enough benefits, you may leave or even defect.

And if it is cultivated by yourself, then whether it is loyalty or a sense of belonging, it will undoubtedly be much stronger.

Just depending on the situation, if Chen Heng wants to select enough people with wizard qualifications, he first needs to solve the problem of detection methods.

"The number of wizard families is limited after all, and although the possibility of wizard qualifications is greater, relatively speaking, the number is much smaller. ”

Standing in place, Chen Heng lowered his head and pondered: "If you want to really get a large number of apprentices with wizard qualifications, you still have to go to mortals to find them after all. ”

The possibility of wizard qualifications in wizarding families is indeed much greater than that of ordinary people.

But this has its own number of problems.

The wizard family, although it has the blood of a wizard, while it is easy to have wizard qualifications by nature, its reproductive ability is also correspondingly much weaker, far inferior to ordinary mortals.

In the wizarding world, the reproduction of wizards themselves has always been a big problem.

The stronger the bloodline, the more difficult it is to reproduce, which is almost a universal rule in this world.

After all, the clansmen of the wizard family are limited, and the apprentices who can be selected and have wizard qualifications are also limited.

Compared to the wizard family, the base of ordinary people is much larger.

This world is full of ordinary people, far outnumbered by the clansmen of the wizard family.

Not to mention anything else, just the continent under Chen Heng's feet, the number of ordinary people in it is calculated in tens of millions.

If these ordinary people can be used to select qualified apprentices among them, then the number is considerable.

And compared with apprentices from wizard families, apprentices from ordinary people will have a stronger sense of loyalty and belonging, and they will be more obedient.

This is a perfect way to recruit apprentices from among mortals and have the power to train them.

It's just that there is a big difficulty in trying to do that.

That's the means of detection.

The current detection method is too expensive to detect apprentices with wizard qualifications.

Even though Chen Heng had mastered the technique of condensing mana into mana crystallization, this was also the case.

To do all this, the inspection technology must be as up-to-date as possible.

Only by reducing the cost of testing can it be possible for ordinary people to test.

Otherwise, it is destined to be a loss-making business.

"There is also a knight test, it seems that you can also try ......"

Standing in place, Chen Heng rubbed his forehead, and this thought flashed in his heart.

Although he has become a wizard, he has not forgotten his old ways.

Compared to wizards, knights, though much weaker, are a good complement.

The knight who has activated the life seed normally has a strength between a second-level apprentice and a third-level apprentice, and once the life seed is activated, the combat ability is very strong.

And if it is a higher level of great knight, its strength can already be compared to that of a third-level apprentice.

And above the Great Knight, there are other paths.

Like wizards, this is a very promising path.

As a former great knight, Chen Heng didn't mind giving it a try.

For a moment, thoughts flashed through his mind before he turned around and looked to the side.

At this moment, the testing has ended, and the people around have dispersed one after another.

Only Griffin was still standing.

"Those people, grandfather, you can arrange them directly. ”

Standing in place, Chen Heng's face was calm, and he said softly.

"Good. ”

Griffin nodded, looked at Chen Heng's appearance, and didn't say anything.

According to their previous plan, this batch of apprentices who passed the test would be left behind and become Chen Heng's students.

Just like the four people before us.

Of course, it's different from the four people who came before.

This later joiner, becoming Chen Heng's student is not free.

In order for them to be able to complete their studies under Chen Heng, the family behind them had to pay the price.

But those families didn't care about this, and they all agreed.

"After this test, I think other families will also receive news in the future. ”

Stepping aside and arranging the three apprentices who had passed the test, this thought flashed through Chen Heng's heart.

One of the purposes of this test was to make the test famous.

Although this test is free, the next test will be charged.

And the fee is not low.

According to Chen Heng's current expectations, if other families want to come to participate in the test in the future, one person needs to pay at least two magic stones.

Once the witch array is opened, at least fifty people can be detected.

In this way, one time is a hundred magic stones.

This amount is not a small number even for Chen Heng.

I believe that as long as the news of this test spreads, there will not be too few people who will choose to come for testing.

Thinking of this, Chen Heng couldn't help but smile.

"But on the academy's side, I don't know what is going on now. ”

Leaving the Hunter's House Academy and returning to this hometown, before you know it, two years have passed.

In two years, Chen Heng has changed a lot.

Not only was he promoted to a third-level apprentice, but he also single-handedly turned the Duo Wu family into this, and even taught four apprentices and did many things.

And in the Hemu area, the news of the Hunter's House Academy has not yet come at this moment.

Chen Heng's teacher Chari has not yet contacted Chen Heng, and the college's communication has not come for a long time, and there is no news.

In the past two years, Chen Heng has also inquired about the news, but the results he got are not very good.

At this moment, in the Hemu region, the original war seems to have intensified, and after two years of development, not only does it not mean to stop, but it has become more and more terrifying.

Even the area where the Hunter's House Academy was located was affected by the war at this moment, and the situation became chaotic.

During this time, there were many wizards who left the Hemu region, but there were also many wizards who were involved in the war and became part of it.

Regarding this situation, Chen Heng could only shake his head secretly, dispelling the idea of leaving his hometown.

"I just don't know when it's going to end......."

The thought flashed through his mind, and he thought so from the heart at this moment.

He stood still for a moment, and after a few moments, he returned to his lab.

At the moment in the lab, something is ready.

"Master Ed......."

In front of the door of the laboratory, the old housekeeper looked at Chen Heng with a respectful face, and said softly: "The things are already inside, you can go in directly and take a look......

Hearing this, Chen Heng nodded, then took a step and walked in directly.

Walk into the lab, where there are two cages.

Inside the cage, something unique is being kept in.

From the outside, it appears to be a human, but behind it is a pair of wings, feathers all over its body, and only the head is humanoid, appearing as a human woman.

Overall, it's like a monster with a human reveal on it, and it's particularly weird.

Harpy .......

Looking at the thing locked in the iron cage in front of him, Chen Heng was a little surprised: "Looking at it like this, it seems that it is still a mutant species......

The appearance of the harpy, he had seen before.

This is a relatively rare creature in the Hemu region, with low intelligence, showing that it lives in groups, and its strength is often not strong, and it is not as good as ordinary mortals.