Chapter 755: Chapter 350: Flame Dragon Empire

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Riyue City, on the open ground outside the slum.

The crowd surged like a tide.

Hundreds of residents living here squeezed together, surrounding a temporarily built wooden platform, each face full of expectation and nervousness.

A huge notice hung on the platform, with rows of eye-catching red characters.

Unfortunately, most of the poor couldn’t read and shouted, "Noble lord, what does it say up there!"

"Yes, lord, read it to us!"

"Could it be recruitment?"

"There’s food with recruitment, but the scariest is a tax!"

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Voices of discussion and complaints rang out continuously, and the crowd suddenly fell into chaos.

"Everyone quiet! Quiet!"

An apprentice in a gray robe stood on the edge of the platform, waving his arms vigorously.

His voice seemed somewhat weak amidst the noisy crowd.

Until another apprentice beside him cast a simple sound amplification spell, the voice spread across the entire square.

"Everyone who wants to take the test, line up in order!"

"Everyone will undergo an aptitude test!"

"Everyone selected will receive fifty pounds of wheat as a reward!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

The square erupted in deafening cheers.

The crowd instantly boiled over.

"Fifty pounds of wheat!"

A ragged middle-aged man flushed with excitement, grabbed a similarly ragged neighbor next to him,

"Did you hear that? Fifty pounds! That’s wheat!"

"Not rye! Not bran, but real wheat!"

The neighbor beside him was equally too excited to speak.

He just nodded fervently.

No one expected that the residents of the slum would have hope of eating wheat!

He patted his fourteen-year-old son’s head,

"Addo, you have to do your best!"

"I will, Father!"

The little boy nodded vigorously, followed his father through the crowd, and stood at the back of the line, forming an orderly queue.

The temptation of fifty pounds of wheat was extremely strong, and more and more people gathered.

Of course, many people did not follow the rules, unaware of what lining up meant, and just pushed forward.

The guards’ whips and sword hilts quickly taught them to line up.

The wizard apprentices of the Dawn Society started to get busy, leaving behind all the children with spiritual power exceeding ten points.

The day quickly passed.

In the evening, in the shadow beside the platform.

Lusen leaned against a wooden pillar, arms crossed, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Lusen!"

An apprentice in a gray robe walked over quickly, holding a thin booklet, an excited expression on his face,

"Found another one!"

"Spiritual Power eleven point five!"

"Great!"

Lusen immediately stood up straight, "This is already the fifth!"

"I never expected such a surprise here!"

Lusen took the record book and quickly flipped through the records.

Five names were clearly written on the pages, annotated with age, family information, talent inclination, and spiritual strength.

"If calculated by this ratio, at least dozens of children with wizard talent can be found in the entire Riyue City."

"Including surrounding villages and towns, the numbers will be even greater."

Lusen’s voice was full of excitement.

The gray-robed wizard apprentice’s face was also full of excitement, "Lusen!"

"Hmm?" Lusen looked at his companion.

"It feels amazing to find our kind under the sun!" the gray-robed wizard apprentice said loudly.

"Yes, it feels amazing!"

Lusen looked at the distant sunset, sighing: "All thanks to Lord Luo De..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion suddenly rose at the slum entrance at the street corner not far away.

A carriage slowly drove in, and the crowd automatically parted.

Lusen knew, this was the carriage of the Tulip Clan.

But it had now been gifted to the wise one to thank them for their escort all the way.

Lusen handed the booklet to his companion and quickly walked up to meet them.

Soon, the carriage stopped, and Wright helped Selena out from the carriage.

"Wise one."

Lusen bowed slightly to greet her.

"Is your investigation proceeding smoothly?"

Selena nodded.

Her gaze swept over the lively scene in the square, paused slightly,

"I want to ask you some questions, Lusen."

"Of course."

Lusen nodded, following Selena to a relatively quiet corner of the street.

"About the natural seed," Selena inquired.

Lusen was slightly taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What do you want to know?"

"What the process and feeling of implanting the natural seed are like,"

Selena slowly asked, "Is there any special feeling?"

"Does your body feel any discomfort?"

Selena asked three questions in one breath.

Despite the wise one’s calm tone, Lusen could feel the urgency within it.

"If you want to implant the natural seed, I think you have no need to worry."

Lusen said with a smile, "The natural seed has no side effects, only a warm energy nourishing all parts of the body."

"Especially those parts of the body harmed by a rampage of magic, which will slowly be repaired during meditation."

Lusen’s words made Selena’s eyes light up slightly.

"Really?" Selena couldn’t help but ask.

"I have been by your side since I was eight, you are like a mother to me, I would never deceive you."

Lusen solemnly assured, "I also consulted with Durant and Knight Chris, their rapid advancement relied on the nourishment of the natural seed."

"Truly surprising."