Lord of Rot

Chapter 254 Failed Test Results and Evening School
In January, when it was still cold, a boy with yellow hair in his teens, wearing a new padded coat that obviously didn't fit, sniffled and asked his friend, "Snake, do we have a chance to be selected?"

He is still young, but he speaks old-fashioned.

The boy called Little Snake had a cold face, his eyes full of anxiety: "I don't know"

The lord suddenly said that he wanted to test his qualifications and recruit magic apprentices.

Anyone who is not a fool knows what magic means.

Those noble scholars and adults were respected by the lord and even the king as ordinary people.

Even if you don't know this, you can hear legends of magic from the stories told by some foot traders, bards, or old people at home.

It is said that as long as you have magic, you can get rid of the mediocre life and become a master.

There are many people who came to participate in the test today, and the lord did not limit the age of participating in the selection, so you can see children who can just talk, and old people who are unable to move with crutches.

Everyone wants to be a magic apprentice.

"Father said that when you enter the castle to meet the lord, you must be dressed cleanly." The yellow-haired boy pointed at his clothes and laughed: "This is a new dress for my brother, so I will put it on first."

While chatting, the lord finally came.

Most people have met the lord from a long distance, and have never had a close chat.

Especially children, they have been listening to the Lord's story for a year, and when they saw the Lord in a coat coming, their faces were tense, and their eyes were full of excitement.

Li Qi turned his head and took a look, but he didn't expect that there were still many people he had an impression of.

For example, Pilett, the son of the bard, and Gazelle, the first honorary knight.

There are many older people at the scene.

He deliberately didn't set an age limit. Magic farmers don't look at strength, they look at mental strength. Maybe they will be stronger when they are older.

But this group of old people came here with the same mentality as "get the magic egg". They wanted to hit a dead mouse, and it happened that Li Qi thought so too.

This is just the first batch of experiments, because Li Qi did not limit his identity, whether he is a commoner or a serf, he has the opportunity to come. Those who failed to come have a job in hand, otherwise the entire porcupine collar can be squeezed into the castle. .

The Porcupine Castle can accommodate all 2000 people, but its operation is completely paralyzed.

"Scholar Thomas, I'm sorry to trouble you," Li Qi said.

"Yes!"

Thomas Scholars set out to explain psychic powers, how to use them, how to detect them, and more.

These nearly a hundred people were dizzy after listening to Thomas scholar's talk about spiritual power.

"...Okay, I'll point to the name," Thomas Scholar said.

Hearing this sentence, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and finally finished speaking.

"Pillette"

The son of the bard stepped forward sullenly.

His life in Porcupine Collar is not bad, he has his own house, and the lord will give a part of the money every month, and Pillett's job is to talk about the lute and sing.

When he held the sapphire, he squeezed it hard for a while.

His face turned red, but there was no response, so he had no choice but to leave.

"Next"

Li Qi sat on the chair and watched quietly.

As imagined, the situation where a proud son of heaven appeared in his own territory did not happen.

They stepped forward one by one, but there was no result, so they turned and left.

They can't even squeeze out 1 unit of spiritual power.

It can be said that there is no talent for spellcasting.

Li Qi reflected in his heart: "Could it be that I guessed wrong? Or is it that there are already a high proportion of two spellcasters in the entire territory."

More than 2000 people produced one Akeke and one Pitts.

With a probability of 1000:1, he didn't have anyone to compare and refer to, but since it was called the era when the tide of magic emerged, this ratio always felt wrong.

After one round of testing, all... failed.

"After all, I think too much. How can the caster be like a Chinese cabbage? 1000:1 should be an extremely high probability."

There is another possibility.

Maybe they are too nervous, or they haven't learned how to control their spiritual power. Even if there is a tiny amount of spiritual power in their bodies, they don't know how to draw it out.

Li Qi suddenly remembered what the Brass Dragon said.

"Blood influence, blood..."

The influence of blood can stimulate talent in a high magic environment, so it is obviously unrealistic for Junying Rocket to stay with this group of people.

But looking at this group of people, Li Qi had another idea.

After sending him away from the castle, Li Qi said: "Scholar Thomas, I think, maybe we can change the way of thinking. I want to open an evening school."

"Evening school? Sorry my lord, I don't understand."

Li Qi looked at the bewildered Thomas Scholar, and Akeke and Pitts who were helping him were also very confused.

He said, "Oh, by the way, before I talk about night school, I should explain to you what school is."

"Schools are places where education is planned and organized." Li Qi said in a simple analogy: "It's like you can teach apprentices one-on-one, but in schools you can teach to dozens or even hundreds of people at the same time."

"But it can't guarantee the correct transmission of knowledge." Thoma scholars questioned this kind of education.

Scholars' research is generally fraught with danger.

The most representative of them is Betty. Her alchemy triggers explosions very frequently. If there are hundreds of people without special care, hiss, the scene must be very tragic!

"We can do the most basic thing first," Li Qi said, "Maybe I'm too radical, and I shouldn't expect them to become spellcasters when they can't even count from one to ten."

"Start with the most basic arcane knowledge, etc., and try it after they can memorize and understand it," he said. "Not only that, I also plan to increase cultural classes, teach arithmetic, and read and write in the common language."

"You mean to teach the most basic knowledge, which is certainly possible," Thomas Scholar said, "but I'm afraid it won't meet your expectations, especially since these courses are still held at night. I guess night school is a night school?"

"That's right." Li Qi nodded, and then said: "If it is open during the day, fewer people will come, and there is nothing more cost-effective in the world than sacrificing part of the rest time in exchange for knowledge that can change fate. "

Knowledge is private, nobles can generously give people food, money, life, etc., but never give knowledge.

Anyone with a slightly flexible mind knows how important knowledge should be.

Li Qi's idea is very simple, let Scholar Thomas play the role of "Horse Eagle" in the crowd, and then send Akeke and Pitts there, let them influence the bloodline, maybe it can intensify the talent of some people.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Qi asked Hammer to smash the dragon mine gems, and put these gems in the temporarily prepared classroom.

If you can be infected to produce a dragonborn, it will be considered a profit.

The news of the night school spread quickly.

The class location is chosen in the castle.

Because the porcupine collar can't find more space.

Different from testing magic aptitude during the day, those who come to night school to study at night are all young people who are engaged in physical work, and most of them have not become craftsman apprentices.

They think that this is an opportunity for them to change their destiny. Even if they can't become magic apprentices, they can learn to count, and they might have the opportunity to work in the city hall in the future.

Then came the teens, and then the high-energy kids.

The number of women is greater than that of men, and Li Qi guesses that it may be because of the role model of Akeke and Pitts, which makes people think that women have more chances to become spellcasters.

Everyone knows that being a magic apprentice is a good thing to reach the sky in one step, so the elderly also want to try their luck, it's free, and it's not for nothing.

But after it takes time and cost to learn, these people will turn their heads and leave without hesitation.

Even cultivating spellcasters is no longer the main goal. Li Qi changed his mind and regarded it as cultivating talents. If he can't learn arcane art, he must be able to learn arithmetic. It doesn't matter what kind of talent it is, as long as it can speed up the development of the territory, it is a good talent.

(End of this chapter)