Returning from the abyss

Chapter 433 School District
"Schools are the most common place in Ewalang... In fact, there are quite a few conflicts between schools." On a boulevard paved with red square bricks, the three of Catherine and Lu Ning walked slowly with Lu Ning.

"The three biggest schools in Moonstone are Guanwu, Huoshi and Bell Tower. The three of us are students of Guanwu, and you are our follower. You can also go into Guanwu with us to have a good look."

Catherine is the most eloquent among the three, and she has no pretensions at all, and directly instilled Lu Ning's network here.

"Because of the two major magical discoveries of Wuwu last year, the scores were slightly better than those of Flint and Bell Tower. Now the students of those two schools don't like us very much."

"Scoring... is there any use?" Lu Ning asked.

"The inclination of educational resources, schools with high ratings can get more projects flowing out of the library, and most importantly, this means that after the opening of this year's lecture forum, more than half of the Moonstone District will be placed in our school Call it! I would be so jealous." Catherine made an exaggerated expression.

"But I heard that lectures are free..."

"Young people." Catherine shook her finger, "Even the largest seminar hall can accommodate only two to three hundred people, and you can't even occupy a seat if you don't hold a meeting in this school. At most, you can watch the synchronous photo crystal screen outside. But people in the room can raise their hands to ask questions at any time, what else can people outside do but look at? How many more crystals?"

Turning off this secluded road, you will soon see a bustling street.Many tall buildings of different styles stand on both sides of the road, and the whole road is paved with bluestone slabs, which makes people feel cheerful.

But there are also many people.

"Wow... I knew there would be a lot of people." Catherine crossed her arms.

"It was like this in the first ten days." Xue Ni looked at the pedestrians on the street, and even Lu Ning could see many different styles from the attire of the pedestrians, which was obviously not the usual state.

"Purchase as soon as possible, there will be more and more people these days." Catherine said a little dissatisfied, and then she glanced at Lu Ning: "Lilian, you should be responsible for the purchases here in the future, so these few days You need to be familiar with this place."

"Okay." Lu Ning nodded.

The shops on this street are not like grocery stores, they are basically specialized stores, and those business items that require a license are basically set up here.Lu Ning memorized the general location of each store along the way, and the three of Catherine soon walked into a store that sold magic materials.

"Secret Magic Chamber of Commerce." Lu Ning looked up at the name.

"One of Shengdu's largest business partners has stores in all school districts in the middle and outer circles. If you want to buy things of qualified quality, this is the best choice." Xue Ni explained.

"Xue Ni, she is an alchemist. The things she needs the most should be purchased at 'Tianshichengjin'. There are not so many alchemy materials here." Catherine's voice came from the front.

"Alchemists also need to learn magic." Xue Ni laughed.

Lu Ning was really curious when she came to this kind of shop for the first time.In Lilian's experience, she has never been to such a regular large store. Whether it is the various products placed on the neat shelves, or the different colors of light emitting from the simple compartments, these are all things to her. It's the first time seeing each other.

Catherine walked to the gemstone area with ease, without looking at the dazzling array of gemstones in the cabinet, and directly asked the teller to take out the high-quality goods that she had recently obtained.

"Her staff needs to be replaced again?" Liz frowned.

"She is testing a new magic for the intermediate wizard exam, and the loss of crystallization is inevitable. But this is really a luxury spell." Xue Ni sighed.

"Crystal magic is something that ordinary rich people can't afford to practice." Liz shook her head, walked to a shelf, and began to take wooden boxes from it.Lu Ning glanced at the sign next to the shelf. The materials sold here are all materials used for temporary enchantment of weapons, which can be effective by sprinkling them on weapons during battle.Of course, a real magician can play more tricks.

As for Xue Ni, she was standing in front of a row of shelves selling pens, ink and paper, thinking.

Of course, these things are not the usual writing tools, but necessary props for a series of drawing-like magic subjects such as contracts, summoning, magic circles, and runes.Of course, these have nothing to do with alchemy, and Lu Ning has no relevant knowledge.

"Five ice owl quills, three pieces of turtle paper, and two bottles of No. [-] ancient blood ink." Xue Ni took out five gold coins from a small bag on her back.

This is also a very expensive mage... Rather, everyone who studies magic needs financial support, and alchemists are just a relatively common type.

When Xue Ni was paying and waiting to pack, she turned her head and saw Lu Ning's expression.

"Excellent resource accumulation is essential."

"I know……"

"So if you want to make money, you also need to know where the money should be spent."

"I originally thought that alchemists would spend a lot of money." Lu Ning said helplessly, "I didn't expect other mages to spend so much."

"The situation is different. There is no need to spend money on magic spells and magical arts, but who doesn't want to learn a few more skills?" Xue Ni took the large package from the clerk, "Let's go, let's see if Catherine has any Lost all the pocket money for this month."

But in fact, when the two returned to the gemstone counter, Catherine was already waiting there with a package, and a red-haired boy stood in front of her, and the two were staring at each other.

"Oh, bad." Xue Ni slapped her head, and hurriedly pulled Lu Ning over.

"Catherine! Don't quarrel!"

"Hey...that's not up to me." Catherine narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the boy opposite with a little arrogance.

"We won't be so stupid as to quarrel here." The boy sneered, "My time is precious, even in the present day, I have to practice and meditate carefully, I don't want some schools to have a holiday when there are big events .”

"That sounds really pitiful. You don't even have a vacation." Catherine immediately retorted, "Your poor, fragile and sensitive nerves may not be able to withstand such a toss."

"When you pass the intermediate exam, you will cry." The boy curled his lips.

At this time, a clerk came over and asked in a low voice, "You two..."

"Flint's purchase order." The boy took out a long piece of parchment from his pocket, handed it to the clerk, then gave Catherine a provocative look, turned and left.

"Who is he?" Lu Ning asked after the boy left.

"Zahem of Flint, he and Catherine have always been at odds. Every time we see each other, we always make fun of each other." Xue Ni sighed, "Are you all right, Catherine?"

"It's just a dog barking, I care?" Catherine said disdainfully.

At this time, Liz had already checked out.

"That guy is provoking again?"

"Whatever, let's leave now after the shopping is done." Catherine waved her hand, but there was still a bit of resentment on her face.

At the end of this commercial street, the four of them walked through a garden with many greenhouses, and then Lu Ning saw a quaint red brick building.

"This is our academy. You can't enter the dormitory area. Every day when you need to come, you have to come here to meet us." Catherine pointed to a statue of a magician.

"here it is……"

"Don't worry, there are no walls and guards, you can visit the school at will." Xue Ni said, "Of course, don't go to some places with access control. If you are caught, we can't save you. The minimum is three days confinement .”

"Just turn outside, right?" Lu Ning asked carefully.

"We'll take you around, you just need to get a general understanding, and someone will stop you if you really don't want to enter." Catherine said indifferently.

"Then you take her first, I have to go to the laboratory." Liz frowned.

"It's a holiday!"

"I'm different from you, I can't slack off all day." Liz waved her hand, "See you later."

Catherine was a little disappointed, but she and Xue Ni led Lu Ning around here.

The campus in the school district is quite different from the campus that Lu Ning understood before.The absence of walls and gates is one aspect, and the buildings here are also scattered. Not every building is a school, but the school building with the school emblem.The emblem of Guanwu is an arcane eye in a cyan cloud, and its style is quite unique.

After looking at a few buildings, the three of them passed a circular hall. Several large magic crystals in the hall were scrolling and broadcasting various real-time information. Of course, at this time, many of them were about the guests of the exchange meeting. introduce.But when passing by a bulletin board, Catherine stopped suddenly.

Lu Ning looked up, there were dozens of flags on it, and this notice showed the list of countries that were visited by nobles and above.And the reason why Catherine stopped here is easy to guess, she saw the flag of her own country.

But Lu Ning couldn't see what the expression on Catherine's face was like, so the person who didn't hide his emotions was here but completely covered all his emotions.

She glanced at Xue Ni suspiciously.

"Here we won't talk about our past. At most, I only know where Catherine came from. You don't need to worry about this kind of thing. You just need to follow our instructions and complete your duties." Xue Ni smiled lightly, "However, I probably won't be able to take you shopping today. This is your ten-day salary. It will be paid in advance to you temporarily. If you can properly handle the troublesome things, I will make up for you."

Xue Ni took out two silver coins and put them in Lu Ning's hands, and lowered her voice: "You can go around, or you can go back to the commercial street to buy some things. Tomorrow is the day you officially start working for us. Don't be late."

"understood."

Lu Ning also knew in her heart that she couldn't get involved in these matters, so she thanked Xue Ni and left the academy.

She was wandering the commercial street while thinking about the mission.Undoubtedly, all the missions are still in the unobtainable stage, and it is extremely difficult to find the twenty or thirty tourists in the holy capital with such a large population.In this case, it should be a better way to deal with the main line first. After all, if the optional is not completed, there will be no major incidents.

At this moment, the sound of iron armor scraping the floor brought her attention back to the street.

The opening of the exchange meeting undoubtedly attracted people from all walks of life, and this group of warriors who looked like Japanese warriors also looked very distinctive on the street.Twelve warriors with top helmets and armour, surrounded by a man with gorgeous armor and a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance, marched mightily on the street, and the pedestrians all looked sideways and avoided the team.

Lu Ning hurried into a nearby bar.The store is not big, and you can directly see the situation outside, so some people in the store are discussing this group of people.

"Pu Yun's people?"

"Pu Yun Caizang, Miyano Tatsuhiko. This is the team of Pu Yun's next generation, probably his father asked him to come to the Holy City to see the world."

"Pu Yun's family was also a well-known figure in Topa District in Ewalang back then, wouldn't you be reconciled?"

"It's been more than 100 years, and the direct lineage has basically withdrawn. What do they get back?"

Most of the drinkers are residents of the holy capital, and they all know what happened in the past. Lu Ning probably understood what was going on when they put it all together.

This family was the first one from Dongyang to enter Ewalang back then. At that time, the family produced several excellent seedlings with extremely high talents, and also brought three branches of magic into the Holy City, namely Onmyoji, Ghost Power and Ghost Entanglement, so Once became a well-known family here.Helpless, magic talent is not something that can be obtained by genetics at all. Pu Yun's family seems to have suffered a lot of bad luck. For two consecutive generations, even the offshoots have not detected any children with magic talent. .And this directly caused the power of Pu Yun's family to decline rapidly. After all, after so many years, more forces from the East, China, and the Archipelago have also sent people to the holy capital to spread their branches. Two generations are four or fifty years Time is too long, if there is no development, some people will replace it.

Later, Pu Yun's family was considered a strong man, and they recovered most of the family capital and returned to Dongyang, but this time they probably didn't give up, and brought people to the exchange meeting in the holy capital again.

"It's a pity...the world is changing too fast." A drinker finally concluded, and the rest echoed.

"What does this lady need? We don't sell alcohol to people under the age here." A waiter who had listened to the excitement turned to Lu Ning and asked.

"Uh... I want to ask, is there... a bookstore with good quality, low price, and a lot of stock?" Lu Ning put on a slightly embarrassed tone.

And the clerk immediately understood: "You are also new to Shengdu, right? No wonder, go out from here and go straight to the left, and go in the first alley. There are a lot of old books that have been eliminated, and of course the boss will also collect them. Whether you can find satisfactory ones is up to you!"

"thank you very much!"

Lu Ning nodded quickly, walked out of the bar, and walked quickly to the second-hand bookstore that the clerk mentioned.

(End of this chapter)