The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 4 Weighing
It was also a shed of about ten square meters, located in a similar location, and even closer to the north side of the school.

But the rent was only 8 silver wolves, almost half of the price of the house that Dole had introduced before!
"Lynn, how do you know for sure that Dole is lying to us?"

In front of the shed, Leona asked with admiration.

While checking the contract handed over by the steward, Lin En answered casually:
"I'm not sure, but Dole was so enthusiastic that I became more cautious."

"I see." Leo nodded. He imitated Lin En and flipped through the contract. Suddenly he sighed and said,
"I don't know what happened to Ante."

“It shouldn’t be life-threatening, but you might lose some money,” Lynn speculated.

Since Dole chose to cheat instead of robbing, he will most likely not do anything to Ant.

No matter what happens, there is nothing he can do. He doesn't have the time to care about others. Now he can only take care of himself first.

After confirming that there was no problem with the rental contract in his hand, Lin En signed his name.

Jigos also signed his name and handed the contract in his hand to the manager beside him.

Then he patted Lin En's shoulder and said seriously:

"Thank you anyway, Lynn."

"Yes, thanks to you, Lynn. Otherwise we would have been cheated." Leona handed over the contract and said seriously.

Although a few silver wolves are not many, as Dole said, now several people are burdened with heavy debts, no one knows whether that will be the last straw.

Before Lin En could answer, the steward next to him, who was sorting out the contracts, interrupted with interest and asked:

"You were taken to another place to rent a room? How much did they charge you?"

"15 silver wolves per month." Leona replied.

"A house similar to this one?"

"Correct."

"Hiss, that's really unfair." The manager shook his head. "The rent for these sheds used to be just over 10 silver wolves, and it's even been reduced recently. He dares to charge you 15 silver wolves, tsk tsk."

Lin En, who was listening at the side, suddenly frowned and looked at the steward and asked, "The rent has been reduced recently? Why?"

"Don't you know? Not long ago, a strange bird broke into Cuilin City. It was only the size of a head, but it was incredibly fast and its body was harder than steel! Many people nearby were smashed into pieces by it. So many houses were vacated, and the rent was also reduced a bit."

Leona was a little scared: "So, it's not safe to live here?"

The steward sneered:
"Tell me, in the entire Cuilin City, apart from the bases of those big gangs, is there any place that can be called safe?

"Don't worry, strange birds like that only appear once every few years. This place is at least much safer than the city wall... Besides, this area is the territory of the Iron Claw Gang—"

At this point, he seemed to react, half-closed his eyes and looked at Lin En and the others, and suddenly asked:
"Are you the apprentices eliminated by the mountain school?"

Lin En was about to deny it, but Leona next to him nodded subconsciously.

The manager immediately shook his head in annoyance and muttered to himself: "No wonder he dared to offer a high price. If I had known earlier..."

Seeing his undisguised greed, Lin En's heart was startled, and a layer of dark shadow was quietly covered over him.

He glanced at the iron claw tattoo on the steward's neck, then turned his head to look at the messy sheds around him, and suddenly felt depressed.

"What kind of world is this..."

……

By the time everything was almost settled, it was already dark.

"If you want to have a good sleep, you can't do without straw for your bed."

In front of the shed, a thin old lady smiled and said to Lin En and his friends.

This is their next-door neighbor, Carter, an old lady living alone.

There was nothing in the house that Lin En and his friends rented except an empty wooden bed.

Mrs. Carter apparently knew this, and when she found out they had just moved in, she took the initiative to bring them some hay for making the bed.

"Thank you, Mrs. Carter." Lynn was holding a bundle of straw and took out a few bronze eagles from her pocket while expressing her gratitude.

He was also wary of the old lady at first, but later found that she was indeed just a caring neighbor.

The two men beside him, Jigaos, followed his example and took out a few bronze eagles.

"No, we don't need these." Carter waved his hands and pushed the bronze eagles in their hands back.

"It's just some straw, not worth much... just consider it a welcome gift from me as a neighbor."

Lynn tried to persuade him again, but Carter was very persistent, so he finally gave up and thanked Gigos and the other man a few more times.

The old lady's kind face full of wrinkles somehow reminded Lin En of his deceased grandmother.

He looked up at the unfamiliar starry sky above his head, and couldn't help feeling a little sad.

My hometown... I don’t know how far away it is.

"Have you had your meal?" Carter asked again.

"Not yet, Mrs. Carter." Leona beside him sighed, rubbing her stomach. "Is there anywhere I can buy bread nearby?"

"There's no place to buy bread in the shantytown. You have to go to the Red Orange Market, which is farther away." The old lady shook her head and hesitated again, "But I can make you some oatmeal, if you don't mind."

"Oats..." Leona was stunned, "Isn't that for livestock..."

"Of course I don't mind, Mrs. Carter," Lynn said.

In this world, just as in the Middle Ages of the previous world, oats are mainly used as horse feed, and only poor families would eat them.

"In fact, in addition to oats, I also have some rye..."

"Rye? If you don't have wheat, barley will do..."

"Leona!" Gigos on the side couldn't stand it and scolded.

……

Mrs. Carter finally cooked them a clay pot of gruel of rye and oats.

At Lin En's insistence, the three men also gave her six bronze eagles.

“After dark, remember to close the door. It’s best to prop it against something and don’t open it no matter who knocks.

"Also, if you're going out during the day, remember to keep all your valuables away. Don't carry them all with you, or they'll be stolen by pickpockets. And don't just hide them in one place, remember to hide them in several places..."

It was completely dark, and Lynn said goodbye to the old lady and returned to his shed.

The old man's nagging words were still echoing in his mind. Together with the bowl of unpalatable but warm oatmeal, they made him, who had been tense all the time since the time travel, relax a little.

He hadn't felt such simple neighborhood relations for a long time.

squeak-

Lynn pushed open the wooden door with a little relaxation.

Then, he stepped into the mud.

The dirty black water splashed everywhere, and the deerskin boots felt sticky, wet and cold...it seemed that some water had leaked in.

Lynn's expression turned cold.

He raised his head expressionlessly, looking at the broken thatched roof above his head, through which moonlight could penetrate but rain could leak in. Then he turned his head to look at the surrounding earthen walls filled with mud and straw, without even a window, and suddenly felt upset.

Throwing the straw on the shabby wooden bed, Lynn immediately lit the oil lamp, impatiently took out a stack of rough white paper and a feather pen from his luggage, and squatted beside the bed.

He began to write down the extraordinary knowledge that the original owner had learned about how to be promoted to a wizard apprentice!

'After all, the original owner and I are two different people. If he can't get promoted, I may not be able to do it. What's more, I have a talent for peeping!'

But as he continued writing, Lin En's expression gradually became ugly. After just one or two hours, he gave up writing and put the feather pen aside!
[Prerequisite knowledge for promotion of wizard apprentices of the Horsens School (incomplete)]

【Consume mixed energy to get a glimpse of the problem. 】

This knowledge is really obscure and difficult to understand, and more importantly, the original owner not only did not fully master this knowledge, he didn't even remember it completely.

But now the school has taken back all the textbooks...

Lin En sighed, took out a few more pieces of white paper, and wrote down [Housens Apprentice Meditation Method (Incomplete)].

Although the meditation method also appears to be incomplete, it is actually just lacking the follow-up parts. The part about constructing meditation runes and being promoted to a third-class apprentice is actually complete.

Only after mastering the previous knowledge can one learn the later knowledge. This was the case in the schools of the previous life, and it is also the case in the Horsens School, and it is even more rigorous.

After all, even if you were a junior high school student in your previous life, you could have accessed high school knowledge if you wanted.

But in the school, before they are truly promoted, these prospective apprentices can only access basic knowledge.

Lynn picked up the meditation method in front of him and tried to read it, but soon gave up in despair.

This isn’t some martial arts world where an average person can soar to the sky with a secret book.

The reality is that if you don’t have sufficient knowledge, reading about meditation methods is basically like reading a mystery, let alone trying meditation.

The promotion from a mortal to a wizard apprentice is the first hurdle in the wizard system.

The original owner had studied it day and night in the mountains for 9 years, but he still couldn't fully understand the Horsens Meditation Method. It was really a fantasy for him to think he could understand it just by looking at it for a few seconds.

"If I use my insight talent directly on meditation, will it work?" Lin En pondered again.
'In theory, there should be no problem, but at the same time, the amount of mixed source energy consumed must be not a small amount.'

He took out a palm-sized purse from his robe.

Pouring the coins into his palm, Lin En looked at the only secondary magic stone in it and hesitated.

Due to some reasons, the original owner did not have much savings. Even though he got a portion of Galido's inheritance, apart from a secondary magic stone, he was only left with 8 gold dragons and 20 silver wolves.

1枚次级魔石大致等于10金龙，1金龙则是100银狼，1000铜鹰。

If it was just for paying rent, this money could last for a long time, but if the school's debts were added, this amount of money would be nothing.

If used to spy...Lynn hesitated.

After considering for a moment, he took out the pale green book that almost killed him from the package.

(End of this chapter)