"In my eyes, you are an ant." He stared at Li Yan with his eyes blankly, and the old man said this sentence with a strange smile on his lips, turning his back, "However, a confident ant can always please most people. You are very lucky. I am one of these most people now, but unfortunately..." Looking back, a strong dead aura overflowed from his body. Li Yan, who was shrouded in death, immediately had the illusion of standing in Siberia in winter, being swept by the strong wind.

With a ferocious face, the old man gritted his teeth and screamed in a low voice: "If your value does not match your confidence, I will let you watch the flesh and blood on your body be torn off one by one by one by one, and your soul will be like the lost person in this ball of dark fire, forever."[]

Before he finished speaking, the dark blue flames ignited from the ground out of thin air. Countless faces of the dancing flames sprang more than one meter high and struggled wildly, making silent howls.

The firelight shone Li Yan's face into blue, and his eyes were quietly looking at the old man through the flames. Li Yan asked in a deep voice: "What do I need to do?"

There was no sign of warning, the flames went out in the blink of an eye, and the whole room fell into darkness again, as if everything just now was an illusion, and there was no trace on the ground.

"Have you ever portrayed the magic circle?" Turning his head and stepping, the old man's hoarse voice came.

"No." Li Yan shook his head and replied, "I just made magic scrolls."

"Well, that's OK." When this hoarse and white voice was not as praising as it was to reach Li Yan's ears, the old man had already bypassed the test bench and did not stop. He staggered straight towards the wall opposite.

As he passed by, the utensils on the table that were placed in a messy manner because of the magic potion were made, then they were interspersed at a dazzling speed. They returned to their own positions in less than a second. The entire laboratory bench immediately became clean and tidy, leaving no dust behind.

"You are in an alchemy room now, and there is a library under your feet. There is a lot of information about the magic array, and a restaurant just modified on your head. Your task is to learn to portray the magic array. There is not much time. I will give you the first... no... the second test in three days. I hope you can still have the confidence you are now at that time."

The word "First" fell, and the old man had already hit the wall, but there was no sound of impact. Half of his thin body melted into it strangely!

"Well, by the way." I don't know what I remembered, the old man suddenly stopped, and his head, which was almost gone, poked out from the wall and said with a smile, "Except for the three rooms I just mentioned, you'd better not take another step in other places. Believe me, you will definitely not like the consequences, hehe..."

In front of the passage, Li Yan was still standing quietly, and after a long sigh, he sighed.

He could feel that the old man's strength was not inferior to his teacher and Chimera in the Twilight Forest, but what worried Li Yan even more was that although the old man seemed moody, it could be seen from his actions and the rigorous and neat decorations of this alchemy room that he was definitely a spellcaster with a very meticulous mind, and madness was just his appearance.

This will undoubtedly make your chances of running away extremely slim. No matter how good your plan is with absolute strength, it will be greatly suppressed. Fortunately, safety is indeed as you think, and it is guaranteed.

When his thoughts turned, Li Yan raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly: If the old man really just looked crazy, there might be another way.

"Wisdom will never be useless." With a silent smile, Li Yan walked towards the Obsidian table, "Now, I just regard this period of time as a retreat. I am looking forward to the collection of a powerful spellcaster."

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The world on the surface, evening.

The sunset that was about to set east still tirelessly poured golden afterglow on Pompeii. Despite the heat remaining in the air, people and cars have begun to come and go on the streets of the commercial district. As usual, the prosperous night of midsummer will begin again.

On the edge of a carriage hundreds of meters away from the Mage Society, a figure wearing a black suit and a black cloak, even with his face hidden in the shadow of the hood was standing quietly facing the gate of the Mage Society.

To be honest, on this bustling street, his closed all-black dress was very disproportionate to the crowd around him, and he was not a good person at first glance. But strangely, no one noticed him, just as if he was just an ordinary citizen, and some people almost bumped into him when they were distracted. After reacting, he just turned around and looked forward as if nothing had happened.

After half an hourglass, the black figure finally moved, but walked straight towards the mage association.

Apprentice Salin should be the mage Salin now. Just yesterday, he finally broke through the bottleneck and became a first-level magician.

I still remember that when I passed the association's appraisal and walked out of the assessment room with the mage badge, the nobles who were once apprentices were ashamed and embarrassed and pleased him.

At that moment, he was proud and almost laughed wildly, but laughing at the mage association was a very rude behavior, so he held it back, but the trembling body that was almost unstable told everyone how excited he was.

Who could imagine that a child from an ordinary family would even rely on his own meager allowance for his sister to study. He was highly anticipated by his parents and attracted much attention from his neighbors at home, but in the Mage Association, he encountered ruthless exclusion from his companions. This pressure was like a mountain pressing on his not-wide shoulders.

He could only rely on his beliefs to climb forward step by step towards a goal that could hardly see the end, without any chance to talk, loneliness, and despair. He could imagine that when his companions became formal mages before him, the day when he was kicked out of the mage association, even more cruel.

It was the day when I was most desperate, and it was here that the person who made me remember his life appeared, stretched out his hands to him, and gave him a smile that he would never forget.

At this moment, Salin, who was standing in the middle of the hall at the front door, was excited: I really want to see him again!

The elongated shadow cast on the smooth ground of the hall, awakening Salin, who had sunk into his thoughts.

"Who are you?" The young rookie asked vigilantly as he looked at the person who was shrouded in black.

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