Leon came to a city in the wizarding world for the first time, and he was full of curiosity about the shops opened by extraordinary people.
Therefore, when walking with Angel on Magic Material Street, he kept observing the shops next to the street.
One of the shops caught his attention.
This is a large iron house with a unique shape. There are two symmetrical chimneys on the roof, which look like two ears. The sign of this store is also very interesting, with an outline of cat ears in the front.
At first glance, it's quite cute.
"Long-eared Bloodline Trial Ground?" Leon looked at the words on the sign.
Leon can understand these phrases separately, but when combined together, they are a bit confusing.
What exactly does this store do?
At this time, Leon suddenly heard a hoarse and low voice coming from beside him. When he looked back, it was Nausicaa who was saying to him: "Leon, is it okay to call you Leon?"
Leon nodded.
"Are you very interested in this store?" Nausicaa looked at the unique "Long-Eared Bloodline Trial Ground".
"I saw the word bloodline on it, and I was a little curious." Leon said.
"This shop is specially designed for special training for bloodlines with alienated ears." Nausicaa looked Leon up and down: "You haven't integrated into the bloodline yet, so you can't enter this shop. Even if you have integrated into the bloodline
, and you may not be able to get in.”
Nausicaa's words are somewhat contradictory.
When Leon was confused, Angel pointed to the bulletin board on the other side of the store, and Leon discovered that there were several clear words written on it: This store only accepts people with long-eared blood.
"This is the rule of Mangshi Magic Material Street." Angel said: "There are many shops here. If you don't meet certain standards, you won't even be qualified to enter."
Sure enough, Leon followed Angel down and found that more than half of the shops had hard conditions for entering the shops.
"Only wizards can enter", "Male forms are refused to enter", "Magic weave warlocks can enter"...
Discrimination is simply displayed at the door of the store.
The most important thing is that Leon found that as long as there were hard conditions set, he basically didn't meet any of them.
In addition to these hard conditions, there are also some ideological conditions.
For example, Leon saw an alchemy shop with several rows of large characters written in unknown scarlet blood directly on the door: "Anyone who agrees with the Centesus school, please do not enter my shop, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences."
The Sentesus school is the mainstream school in bio-alchemy.
Of course, even if you agree with the Sentesus school in your heart, as long as you don't show it, it's fine. Anyway, the conditions for this kind of ideology depend on free conscience.
When he reached the middle of Mangshi Magic Materials Street, Angel pointed to the magic materials store on the side: "I'll go in and buy some materials, please wait for me."
If it were in the past, Leon would definitely have been prepared to go in with him, but after seeing the strange requests in various shops along the way, Leon also learned to read the entrance prompts first.
"Nail Alchemy House." Leon first looked at the name of the store, then turned his eyes and found that there were no restrictions on the door. "Doesn't this store not require any entrance requirements?"
When Leon was confused, he saw Angel coming to the gate and talking to a humanoid fragrant wood puppet.
Regarding the content of their conversation, Leon was confused and only knew that they were talking about "enchantment".
After a while, the fragrant wood puppet bowed to Angel, then pointed to the store and said: "Guest, you passed the test, please come in."
So this is a test? Leon thought to himself.
At this time, Nausicaa explained to him the scene in front of him. It turns out that if you want to enter this alchemy room, you must first pass several test questions about alchemy knowledge. Otherwise, you will only be rejected.
"Isn't this a shop that sells alchemy and magic materials? Not necessarily only alchemists can use magic materials, right?" Leon was a little confused. If an alchemist is required to go in and buy magic materials, it seems a bit too harsh.
"If you are not an alchemist, you can tell the puppet what you want to buy, and it will ask others to bring it out." Nausicaa paused, "But you can't go in."
"Why?"
"Because this kind of alchemy house actually has another function, which is to provide a space for some alchemists to communicate. I heard that there are many alchemy apprentices communicating in this nail alchemy house." Nausicaa said: "
There are many shops similar to Alchemy House, and they are basically like this."
"I seem to understand a little bit, but do I have to do this kind of test every time I go in?" Leon frowned. Wouldn't it be troublesome if he had to do the test every time?
Nausicaa took the trouble to explain: "If you have an identity card from Sky Mechanical City, including the identity card from Sky Tower, it counts. After entering once, as long as you register, you will not be asked for this test next time."
"I see. Angel didn't seem to show his ID card before. Doesn't he have an ID card?"
Regarding this question, Nausicaa laughed: "Of course he has an ID card, but he doesn't want to take it out and use it. I can't answer the specific situation. Why don't you wait until he comes out and ask it yourself?"
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Angel didn't know that he was in danger of losing his shirt in front of his brother Leon.
After he was tested by the fragrant wood puppet, he walked into the nail alchemy room.
Of course, he also knew that he could directly tell the fragrant wood puppet what materials he wanted to buy without testing, and let it check the inventory. However, as an alchemist, he naturally hopes to see the magic materials with his own eyes; and, there are many treasures
If you don’t discuss the magic materials with the shopkeeper in person, the shopkeeper may not sell it to you.
As soon as Angel entered the alchemy room, he was stopped by a short and fat female apprentice.
"I haven't seen you before. Are you from outside?" Although the female apprentice is a little fat, her exposed skin is white and smooth, and her face has a baby face, so she doesn't look annoying.
: "I don't mean to question you about your origins, but I just heard the conversation between you and Neha. It seems that you are taking the path of enchantment?"
Neha is the fragrant wood puppet outside. The test that Angel entered was based on the field in which he was good at. Naturally, Neha's test was all about enchantment.
"I recently came to Sky Mechanical City, and it is indeed the enchanting route." After Angel finished speaking, he prepared to avoid her.
"My name is Boli. I don't mean any harm. In fact, I am also an alchemist apprentice who practices enchantment." After a pause, Boli revealed the main reason why he stopped Angel: "Now, there is a debate going on over there.
, it’s a debate about enchantment and attunement, do you want to participate?”
Angel looked over and saw the fierce argument between the two groups.
Angel thought that the people arguing on such a high-level debate must be at least at the level of alchemists, but it turned out that they were all alchemist apprentices.
Among them, there are very few people who stand on the side of enchantment, and the harmonious school is mercilessly crushing the kittens in three or two with an overwhelming number of people.
However, even so, the alchemy apprentices of the enchantment school did not surrender.
Angel also heard his own name among some faint sounds coming from their side.
It is estimated that they use themselves as examples to demonstrate.
Angel touched the bridge of his nose. This feeling... was quite subtle.
Probably because there were too few people in the enchantment school, Hakurei overheard the conversation between Angel and Neha, and regardless of who Angel was, she wanted to drag him into the debate.
"Is that okay?" Boli saw that Angel didn't respond for a long time, and then said: "Maybe you are not used to this kind of debate. In fact, we are all like this in Sky Mechanical City. Only by thinking can we make progress.
"
What Bo Li said actually made sense, but Angel still refused ruthlessly: "No, I still have something to do."
Enchantment and attunement is a classic debate in epigraphy. But it is also a difficult debate. The only answer is that the upper limit of attunement is extremely high, and enchantment is simpler.
Even master alchemists can't argue with this kind of classic argument, let alone this group of alchemist apprentices.
Boli was a little disappointed. She originally wanted to dissuade him, but at this moment, a tall man with a very handsome face stepped forward: "Enchanting itself is a side street. No matter how many people you attract, it will be useless."
As he spoke, the man looked Angel up and down.
The man had greasy and sloppy clothes and an unkempt face. Angel's appearance made the man frown, and disgust flashed in his eyes.
Boli: "You said that the upper limit of harmony is high, then let me ask you, is the upper limit of the mysterious field considered to be high? But you can give me an example. In the past thousand years, in our Southern Wizarding World, have any harmonious schools come into contact with the mysterious field? No.
Right."
"I know you are talking about Angel again, he is just an exception."
"Then there will be an exception for reconciliation?"
Listening to the two people behind him arguing about himself in front of him, Angel couldn't help but frown.
Speaking of which, he actually doesn't think the debate between these two people is correct. Because the speculation on this kind of classic topic requires a high-level collision of thinking, an elaboration of the density of knowledge, a discussion of technology, and the interaction of classic cases.
As a result, they took this topic down from the altar and put it into debate at the level of the vegetable market.
Angel could also see that the man disliked him, but he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, because the other man didn't say anything harsh, and he was not a stupid young man who had to prove himself just because the other man looked down on him.
He was now glad that he had rejected Hakurei. It would have been a nightmare if he had gone out of his mind to argue this topic with them.
Angel ignored the argument behind him and walked quickly to the counter not far away.
The man watched Angel leave quickly, the disdain in his eyes was even greater, and he couldn't help but sneer in his nose.
Hakurei also felt a little emotional. Originally, this foreign alchemist apprentice could take this opportunity to enter the enchantment alchemy circle of Sky Machinery City, but he rejected his invitation.
"If you miss the opportunity, it will be difficult to integrate into the circle again." Bo Li shook her head, with a look of disappointment on her face.