Chapter 97 - An Invite from Alanna
To some extent, the black lotus had gone beyond the scope of herbal medicine. Where it grew, it had to have rich fire magical element and an extreme temperature enough to melt steel. In the process of growing, the black lotus would continuously absorb the fire magical element around it until it fully matured.
This was a long process. It might take ten years for a black lotus to fully mature. During this long period of time, the fire magical element it absorbed was exceedingly huge in amount; the strength of it was even close to the magic of an Archmage.
This was already the case with one black lotus, let alone as many as four or five.
Lin Li couldn’t believe that the Fire Plume Ridge could contain such amazing fire magical element.
“Sean, do you remember where you picked this herb?”
The big young man smiled and said, “It seemed to be in a cave, heh… I accidentally fell in.”
In Lin Li’s confused eyes, Sean began to talk about his experience.
“Haha…” Lin Li laughed, but did not reject him. He merely patted Sean on the shoulder. “Go back and discuss with your father. This is not a small matter.”
“Mm.” Sean nodded heavily and sent Lin Li all the way to the gates of the Guild of Magic. He stopped in front of the Emerald Tower. “Can I come to the Guild of Magic to see you after I’ve discussed it with Father?”
“Yes.”
“Then, goodbye, Mage Felic.”
“Goodbye.”
After watching the honest young man leave, Lin Li turned around and entered the guild hall.
Then, he saw a plump figure. Gerian was pacing restlessly in the hall; his plump face was strained; his expression was as if he was constipated. Knowing that the President was in a bad mood, the guild mages tried to shun him, escaping far away. Nobody dared to stay too close to him at this time.
“What happened, Mr President?” Lin Li was probably the only one in the whole Guild of Magic who dared to approach Gerian at this point in time.
“Little bastard, you’re finally back…” When Gerian saw that Lin Li had returned, the constipated expression on his face relaxed at once, but his nagging continued. “Are you a rabbit, you little bastard? You were out of sight as soon as you went out. I was about to go crazy trying to look for you!”
“Something happened?”
“A big one!” Gerian’s expression was exaggerated. “But it’s a good one!”
“What’s the good thing?”
“When I came back at noon today, I received an official letter from the Alanna Council,” Gerian spoke cheerfully. “They are providing a three-month study opportunity for each of the 30 magic guilds in the Felan Kingdom, and they require mages above level-seven and under the age of 25. The Alanna Council will arrange a trial after three months of study, and the guilds that win the top three positions will automatically receive the highest level of appraisal in this year’s Supreme Council evaluation…”
“So… you’re counting on me? I say, Mr President, can you be a little more humane? I just finished my duel with Cromwell. Can’t you let me rest for two more days?”
“You kid don’t know what’s good or bad. I’m doing it for you!” Gerian was furious, and gently slapped Lin Li on the head. “This is a learning opportunity arranged by the Supreme Council. The mentor assigned to you is at least of the legendary level; it may even be one of the seven arbitrators. Your magic gift is so perverted. If you can spend three months with an arbitrator, you may even break through to the Archmage realm directly… Do you think such opportunity comes by every day? You don’t wish to go, but a lot of people have sharpened their heads as they tried to drill into a spot. If Kevin wasn’t too old for this, I would send him for it…”
“Is it that impressive?” Lin Li still had some suspicion. It was not that he didn’t want to go to Alanna. It was just his innate laziness acting up; he could not change it in a short while.
“It IS that impressive!” Gerian’s eyes were wide open as he came to a firm conclusion.
Gerian was so determined. Lin Li thought over it; he had to find Andoine to interpret the High Elves Print anyway, and he also had to go to the Fire Plume Ridge to search for the black lotus. The Alanna Council was on the way, so he agreed half-heartedly. “Then… When do I set off?”
“Three days later. It will take about two days from Jarrosus to Alanna. I’ll arrange a carriage to take you there. Kid, you’d better not let me down. Get the first place for me at the trial. I’ll see who dares to laugh at the Jarrosus Guild of Magic for not being able to foster talent then!”
“…”
“Oh, right…” After hesitating for a moment, Gerian lowered his voice and asked, “Do you have a potion that can hide your magic level?”
“F*ck!” Lin Li gave a start. “You want me to cheat?”
“What cheat? Don’t make it sound so bad…” Even if Gerian was thick-skinned, he couldn’t help but blush when he was exposed on the spot. But he was still stubborn with his words. “I was afraid your magic level would scare the other fools… Well, is there any?”
“Yes, there is. But how many levels do I have to suppress?”
“The standard on the official letter is level-ten. Why don’t you be more resolute and suppress it to level-seven? Anyway, you’re a freak. Even if you really did something out of the ordinary then, you could stretch the truth using your sick mental strength as an excuse.”