The castle was built on a hillside on the island. There were no cliffs around. There was a large area of scorched earth left by burnt trees on both sides. There were some broken walls in the distance behind, which should be the ruins of a certain building. The main hall was at the highest point of the hillside. Standing outside the door, Ivan and others could see the environment around the castle. To be honest, this place looked a bit ordinary. Soon, the teenagers were attracted by the cloud servant. The cloud servant had no flesh and blood. Its whole body was made of clouds and mist. Its body was slightly larger than a basketball. It was like a pure white marshmallow floating in the air. The marshmallow had human-like facial features and small hands and feet sticking out. It exuded a cute aura all over its body, making Jiushi and Shalin, who were girls, want to hold it in their arms and knead it. "Ka Ka." Being stared at by many people, the cloud servant turned around and warned the humans behind him who had bad intentions. Its voice was like thunder and lightning rubbing, an unknown language, and lightning flashed while it spoke. The young men were startled and put away their thoughts.
The Yunwu servants did not take the young men far away and came to a row of bungalows. Each person chose a room as a dormitory. The dormitory was not big, and was divided into two parts, the living area and the sleeping area, by hanging silk cloth. The living area was equipped with tables and chairs, wooden basins and barrels, oil lamps, matches, copper locks, etc. The sleeping area was on the inside, with clean bedding and pillows. Ivan shrugged his nose, always feeling a faint fishy smell, perhaps no one had lived there for a while. There were special places for washing and eating, and you couldn't miss the meal time. In one afternoon, Ivan figured out the lifestyle here. 'Where are the apprentices before? Why didn't I see any of them? ' After dinner, he was thinking in his dormitory. From the castle gate to the main hall in the central area, to the dormitory area and the cafeteria, he paid attention to the things around him, but did not find any apprentices except Ekz. "Knock, knock, knock." The door was pushed open from the outside, and Jiusiti, wearing a light green dress, appeared. She pointed at the door: "It wasn't me who pushed it, your door was not closed properly." "I know." Jiusiti closed the door and said worriedly: "Did you notice that the people before are gone? I suspect they are all dead. Do you think there is any big danger on this island?" "I guess so." "Then do you think it could be---" She pointed to the center of the castle obscurely. Ivan was silent for a while and said: "What if it is? Let's take it one step at a time." The two of them were speechless, and it felt like a stone was pressing on their hearts. The two dormitories were adjacent to each other. Jiusiti made up her mind to run to Ivan if there was any danger, and she didn't believe that he would watch her die without helping.
... A new day. After a night of rest, the teenagers were in high spirits, and the cloud servants took them to the main hall yesterday. "Laurie, Wizard Toins wants to see you." After waiting for a while, the little green-winged snake called Laurie into the hall. When Lowry came out of the hall with a smile, he had something in his hand, an apprentice robe, and a fist-sized crystal ball on the gray robe. The second one was Ivan. He followed the little green-winged snake into the main hall, which was still empty. There was a long table in the middle, and Wizard Toins sat behind the long table. On one side of the long table was a gray apprentice robe, and on the other side were seven crystal balls. "Ivan, what is a wizard in your mind?" "A cultivator who is more powerful than a knight." Toins smiled gently at Ivan's answer, neither saying it was right nor wrong. He said: "Wizards are good at exploring knowledge from power and using knowledge to achieve their own power. The most fundamental power of wizards is spiritual power. Among the human group, only a small number of people have spiritual power, which is the wizard's talent. Through the enlightenment of talent, humans can feel the existence of spiritual power. Enlightenment requires a guide, and the guide is usually one's own mentor. Ivan Marichatton, are you willing to be my disciple?" Ivan hurriedly replied: "Yes." A terrifying aura rose from Toins's body, enveloping Ivan. At this moment, he felt like a fallen leaf in the wind and rain. "Read after me: Following the ancient heritage of wizards, I am willing to embark on the path of pursuing knowledge and truth, and willing to contribute my own strength to the survival and continuation of mankind. Mother Earth, I swear here that I will never betray mankind, never betray Danela, and never leak the knowledge taught by my mentor to any living being." Ivan did not dare to neglect it, and followed Toins' tone to recite, once and again, and the two voices mixed together. He stopped only after finishing twice. The terrifying aura on Toins' body subsided. Ivan noticed that he had changed a lot. When he looked around, it was as if a layer of dust had been brushed off. The world became more lively and agile. Toins asked: "You are already a wizard apprentice. Do you understand the ancient language of Gaoganda?" "Yes, and the tidal language as well." "Very good, I specially prepared a meditation method for you and stored it in the crystal ball. Go back and practice it. There is danger on the island. Don't go out of the castle. Go." "Then I'll take my leave, mentor." After telling him a lot of precautions, Toins took an apprentice robe from the left, took a crystal ball from the right, put it on the apprentice robe, and handed it to Ivan. After Ivan came out with the two things, Sharin followed the little green-winged snake into the hall. Back in the dormitory, Ivan couldn't wait to pick up the crystal ball, and just like in the previous test, he focused all his attention on the crystal ball.
Unlike the previous two times, this time he clearly felt that he had probed into the crystal ball and saw the information recorded in the crystal ball. The information was written in the ancient language of Gaoganda and was divided into two parts: apprentice common sense and meditation method. "The crystal ball can be used as a tool to store information. The storage time is limited and can be used to trade knowledge with others." "The apprentice's gray robe is made of a kind of marine silver sturgeon skin. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, dust-free, breathable and waterproof, easy to wash and dry. If it is placed in the Principality of Xiangmai, it must be worth a hundred gold. Unfortunately, there is only one." "The most commonly used currency for wizards is magic stone, a special energy ore that can stimulate the improvement of mental power. It is divided into three grades." "Wizards use meditation to improve their mental power and use mental power to manipulate energy particles. Energy particles are everywhere. In some places, energy particles are dense, and in some places, they are thin. It is easier to improve mental power in places where energy particles are dense. The concentration of energy particles in the human kingdom is low, so wizards rarely come back." "All knowledge has a price. Wizards follow the principle of equivalent exchange. Uh--" He touched the part of apprentice common sense, and the information was transmitted to his mind. The Chinese characters in the crystal ball disappeared. This feeling is like cutting a file from a computer to a USB flash drive. Reading that all wizards follow the principle of equivalent exchange and knowledge has a price, his right eyelid twitched and a chill passed behind his head. Since it is all wizards, Wizard Toins is definitely not an exception. So, what is the price for him to obtain the meditation method? Gold coins are not very useful in the wizard world. He has nothing except his life. "Pfft! Judging from the attitude of the instructor, he really wants to teach us. He doesn't look down on us." It's not that he looks down on himself. Ivan thinks that his life should not be worth much in the eyes of wizards. So what is the reason? There is another question, what caused the death of the previous apprentice? After thinking for a long time, he simply stopped thinking about it and turned around to receive the meditation method in the crystal ball.