two golems

Chapter 13 Apprenticeship
But Zhu Youchen persisted for such a long time. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the old man wouldn't even believe it.

To be honest, even the old man himself, who is a magician, has a hard time screening half a bottle of metal particles in one breath. Although after years of training, he can suppress his inner impatience, but every time he sifts through At one-third, he had to stop and adjust his mentality.

But the young man in front of him not only didn't have to adjust his mentality, but also looked like he wanted to finish the screening in one go. This was a bit scary, and it was impossible for normal people to do it.

The old man originally had no intention of accepting a disciple, but after meeting Zhu Youchen, he was moved.

There is no way, it would be a pity if such a good young man does not become a magician.

Time passed little by little, and it was already closing time for the teahouse. Zhu Youchen was still focusing on sifting through the metal particles.

Since all the customers had left, Shopkeeper Feng and the staff gathered around him out of curiosity. They didn't feel anything at first, but when they looked back, they realized that this "game" was simply torturing.

Not to mention Zhu Youchen who was being screened, even those who were watching were almost excited just looking at it.

"Old sir, do you have any special purpose for asking Youchen to screen these?" Shopkeeper Feng couldn't help but asked curiously.

The old man looked at Shopkeeper Feng with a faint smile and said meaningfully: "I want to take this little guy away, does the shopkeeper have any objections?"

"Uh," Shopkeeper Feng was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "No objection, no objection, how could I have any objection? I knew that this kid Youchen wouldn't be able to work here for long, but I didn't expect that you would keep showing me bingo!"

The old man smiled lightly and nodded, looking at Zhu Youchen with flickering eyes, a strange brilliance appearing in his deep eyes.

While speaking, the metal particles in the crystal bottle had been screened by Zhu Youchen.

After throwing the last metal particle into the bowl, Zhu Youchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he raised his head, he realized that everyone was looking at him and that the time had already entered the night.

"Old man, it's over, take a look." Zhu Youchen rubbed his dry eyes, and then pushed the tea bowls containing metal particles of different colors to the old man.

Just when he was about to ask what these metal particles were used for, he saw the old man wave his hand, and all the metal particles in the tea bowl instantly returned to the crystal bottle.

Zhu Youchen, who had finally filtered out the metal particles, couldn't help but look confused. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"Very good~ Very good. You are the only one I have seen who sifted through this bottle of colored sand in one go." The old man said with excitement in his eyes: "Little guy, are you interested in becoming my teacher?"

The sudden change made Zhu Youchen stunned again, "Are you willing to teach me the knowledge of puppeteer?"

"Well," the old man said with a dumb smile, "I want you to become a magician with me."

"Magic Refiner?" Zhu Youchen frowned slightly, feeling a little weird in his heart. He only heard Shopkeeper Feng talk about the Demon Refiner during the day, and he still hasn't figured out what kind of existence a Magic Refiner is.

Seeing Zhu Youchen's hesitation, shopkeeper Feng winked anxiously and said, "You brat, why are you hesitating? Agree quickly! There is no store like this after passing this village!"

"But... I don't even know what a magician does?" Zhu Youchen was a little confused.

But the old man suddenly raised his head and laughed, his eyes flickering and said: "You don't need to know what a magician does now, you just need to know that a magician can make a lot of money."

It has to be said that the old man still understands Zhu Youchen's current mentality very well. This simple sentence can be said to hit the point directly.

When he heard that magicians could make a lot of money, Zhu Youchen agreed without even thinking: "Teacher, please pay homage to me as a disciple."

"Hahaha, I'm really a little money-crazy, but it's good, making money is a constant motivation!" The old man nodded with joy in his eyes, stood up and helped Zhu Youchen up, "In that case, let's follow my teacher. "

On the side, shopkeeper Feng was also happy for Zhu Youchen. Seeing that Zhu Youchen was about to leave, he hurriedly said: "Wait a moment, I'll settle Youchen's salary first."

With that said, he hurried back to the room to get a large money bag, which contained four thousand magic dust.

"Thank you, shopkeeper, for taking care of me this month." Zhu Youchen took a deep breath and expressed his gratitude solemnly.

"They all come to the city from a small place to make a living. Seeing you, kid, reminds me of when I first arrived in Lanxin City. The only difference is that you are a puppet master and I am just an ordinary person." Shopkeeper Feng He patted Zhu Youchen on the shoulder slightly sadly.

Zhu Youchen stared at the shopkeeper for a long time, nodded deeply, and then followed the old man out of the teahouse under the watch of shopkeeper Feng and the waiters, gradually disappearing into the dim night.

The old man strolled at the front and looked back at Zhu Youchen, his eyes full of deep love and expectation.

"By the way, little one, what's your name?"

"The disciple's name is Zhu Youchen." Zhu Youchen answered truthfully.

Hearing Zhu Youchen's name, the old man's mouth twitched unconsciously, and he joked with a bit of laughter: "Even the name is so straightforward, no wonder you want to make money so much, but don't worry, as long as you can become a magician, you will have plenty of money in the future. "

"Is the magician really profitable?" Zhu Youchen asked in disbelief.

"Let me tell you this, the magician is the most profitable profession in the world." The old man grinned and said: "It is also the most cost-effective profession, because in the process of cultivating magic puppets in the future, you can do everything by yourself. Instead of spending a lot of money to entrust other magicians to do it." Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully. Although he didn't know exactly what the magician did, judging from the teacher's description, it seemed to be very good. .

"By the way, teacher, what level of puppet master are you?" Zhu Youchen couldn't help but asked out of curiosity. He couldn't help it, as his current interest was still in the puppet master.

Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but glance at Zhu Youchen meaningfully, and replied lightly: "Shi Yin."

"Shiyin." Although Zhu Youchen didn't feel surprised, his eyes were firmly fixed on the teacher: "Then aren't you very powerful?"

"It's not bad. It was great before, but not anymore." The old man looked forward with some melancholy.

"Why is this?" Zhu Youchen asked confused.

The old man paused, his face showing some bitterness and sadness, "Because I only have one demon left as my master."

"Only one golem left? What about your other two golems?"

"Died in battle." The old man replied silently.

Zhu Youchen was silent for a moment, then frowned slightly and said, "So the devil can still die in battle?"

"That's natural." The old man smiled with a lonely expression, "Forget it, if you don't talk about it, it was already a long time ago."

Although Zhu Youchen can't feel emotions himself, he can still see the emotions of others. After all, his 16 years have not been in vain, and precisely because he can't feel emotions himself, he has always been deliberately He pays close attention to other people's emotions and expressions, and has also developed the ability to observe words and expressions.

Therefore, after seeing the lonely look in the teacher's eyes and face, Zhu Youchen had the good sense not to dwell on this issue.

"By the way, teacher, I still don't know your name?" Zhu Youchen changed the subject.

"My master's common name is Kang Chenzi." The old man suddenly stopped and stared at Zhu Youchen with a serious expression, "But remember, never tell anyone my master's name."

Zhu Youchen nodded blankly and asked in a low voice: "Do you have any enemies?"

"That's right." Kang Chenzi smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if he had something to hide.

"Then who is your enemy? Is he the one who killed your two demon dolls?"

"..." Kang Chenzi's forehead went dark and he fell silent.

"Then your enemy should be very powerful, right? After all, you are already a Shiyin puppet master." Zhu Youchen analyzed it to himself.

"Hey~ you brat, why do you have so many problems?" Kang Chenzi glared at Zhu Youchen a little madly, and snorted angrily: "It is true that the enemy of the teacher is not simple, but you are wrong about one thing, Shi Yin is just Cultivation level does not represent strength. There are countless puppet masters who have reached the Shiyin realm in the world, but their strength varies greatly. In general, to measure the strength of a puppet master, cultivation level plays a role in it. The effect is very small, even so small that it can be ignored. After all, most puppet masters can eventually reach the Shiyin realm."

"To put it bluntly, the improvements brought by level and the ten soul guides are only fixed improvements. Everyone has them. What really determines the strength of a puppet master are the non-fixed additional improvements."

After hearing what the teacher said, Zhu Youchen realized that his understanding of puppet masters was still too simple.

I always thought that the higher the level of a puppet master, the stronger it should be. But now I know that the level of a puppet master does not represent the strength.

"Then can you tell me what those extra improvements are?" Zhu Youchen's empty eyes flashed with a little hope.

Kang Chenzi smiled hoarsely, "We're home, let's go inside first."

Zhu Youchen was startled for a moment, and then he noticed a warm and elegant small courtyard in front of him. It seemed that this was the teacher's residence and his future residence.

"Strange, why do you want to live in such a remote place?" Zhu Youchen was somewhat confused as he walked into the courtyard and looked at the scattered furnishings in the courtyard at night.

The reason is simple, because behind the other courtyard is already the suburbs.

But Kang Chenzi responded with a faint smile: "Master likes to be quiet."

"Oh." Zhu Youchen nodded clearly, followed the teacher's footsteps and walked into the room. After finding a place to sit down, he began to continue the topic.

"It seems that I won't be able to sleep tonight." Kang Chenzi glanced at the night outside the window, and then looked at Zhu Youchen in front of him, feeling a little helpless: "Okay, since you are so interested, then I will follow you Let’s talk about it carefully, after all, puppet masters and magicians are inseparable. If you want to be an excellent magician, you must at least be a good puppet master first.”

Zhu Youchen did not interrupt, but sat aside seriously, staring at Kang Chenzi, and listened quietly.

"The strength of a puppet master is ultimately determined by the strength of the puppet and how to bring out the greater power of the puppet." Kang Chenzi explained with a smile: "Let's not talk about the improvement of the puppet. Well, you will naturally come into contact with it when you learn to refine demons later. Let’s first talk about how to use the greater power of the demon puppet, which is the improvement of the level of controlling the puppet.”

(End of this chapter)