Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Then again, if you want to go to Larven, you have to make sure you can get into St. Delo first.

Teacher Margaret has sent a lot of exam preparation materials.

It includes a detailed introduction to the Santero exam. The exam is divided into many rounds, including written test, practical test, team test, etc., which can be said to be quite rigorous.

The specific rules for the subsequent rounds of testing are adjusted every year and are strictly confidential, and Margaret cannot disclose them.

So what she sent was mainly the written test materials.

"Five Years of Santero Examination Questions," "Ten Years of Santero Examination Simulations," "One Thousand Must-Know Key Points for Spell Examinations"...

And so on.

Obviously, where there is demand, there is a market, and Larven’s supplementary education industry is also very developed.

"Eh--"

Jia Xiu stretched in the laboratory.

His daily routine now is to go to bed at 12 o'clock and wake up at 4 o'clock. With the help of "energy", he is considered healthy.

The rest of the time is almost entirely spent on study and research.

Maybe he was satisfied with the positive feedback from the experience, or maybe he just liked learning.

These days, in addition to helping Aunt Susan with the accounting, I have devoted myself to magic. Far from feeling tired, I feel very excited.

Every time you master a bit of new knowledge, you will gain a great deal of joy and a sense of accomplishment.

Putting the draft about mage armor aside, Jia Xiu scratched his head and looked at the calendar.

Written on it in red ink were the words, "100 days until the exam."

In the coming days, I will focus on preparing for the exam.

As someone who worked his way up from a small town to a doctorate, Jia Xiu was quite confident about the exam.

He has never failed an exam since he was a child.

It's time to let the other world see the king of exam-oriented education.

But before entering the state of preparing for the exam, he planned to indulge himself a little.

Go out for a nice meal.

Eating bread, smoked sausage and lettuce every day, although there is no big problem with nutrition, and it is even considered a good food condition in Ximu Town, it is really disgusting to eat too much.

Jia Xiu planned to go to a barbecue restaurant on the west side of the town.

It was a very unique restaurant. Only the side dishes and main dishes were fixed on the menu. As for what kind of meat to grill for the main dish, it all depended on the performance of the hunters in the town the day before. They would grill whatever they caught.

What's that word called?

Oh my god?

When you go to eat delicious food, you will always feel good. Jia Xiu hummed a little tune as he walked to the barbecue restaurant.

It was just dawn and there were almost no people on the road.

Normally it's not the time when the restaurant is open.

But the barbecue restaurant was an exception, as this was the time when the hunters had just brought back their prey.

Jia Xiu didn't know much about the quality levels of meat. In his simple understanding, meat tasted better when it was fresh.

Unless you want to eat it alive, there is no better way to get fresher food than going to a barbecue restaurant at this time.

However, at this moment, Jia Xiu suddenly felt like someone was staring at him.

Because he doesn't like socializing, he has always been very sensitive to other people's gazes.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to turn the corner, Jia Xiu glanced behind him.

Sure enough, there were two people, one tall and one short, holding rope bags in their hands, following him.

That sneaky look is just short of having "We are bad guys" written right on their faces.

After confirming that he was being followed, Jia Xiu started thinking quickly.

Why was I being targeted?

Is someone eyeing his money? That shouldn't be the case. The association's bonus is very small, and the bulk of it comes from Professor Margaret, but that was given privately and not made public.

I have a good relationship with people in the town. After thinking about it, I think the only person who dislikes me is Hays.

I still underestimated this noble boy.

It's just a paronychia, is it necessary to hire someone to kidnap you?

We will discuss how to solve the problem of Hays later. For now, let’s deal with these two tracking issues.

[Use the talent "Insight"]

The talent unlocked after the perception attribute reaches 5 points can greatly enhance insight and detect things that you usually don't notice.

[Two cultists, their bodies emitting the stench of the god of fraud and curse, with money in their pockets, the deposit for this business.]

Jia Xiu was speechless. After all, he was the lord's son. It was shameful enough for him to hire someone to kidnap someone. And the person he hired was a cultist. He was just throwing dirty water on his own father.

[Malnutrition, illness, poor physical fitness, extremely low magic power level. Unless a successful sneak attack, there is no reason to complete the kidnapping.]

Now Jia Xiu felt relieved.

It seems that it will break if it is touched from the front.

I was just about to use my primary healing technique to give them a surprise.

A sudden prompt made Jia Xiu hold back the green light that had already emerged.

[Passive skill "Detection" activated, discovering clues to a target of high research value, possibly related to the Fraud and Curse Sect]

Chapter 7 Jia Xiu understands cults better than cults

This was the first time Jia Xiu had seen a high-value target prompt.

Because when he detected all the spell books in the association library, the feedback he got was that they were of low value, he even doubted that this skill was not useful.

Low-value spells can earn at least a few hundred experience points as long as you are willing to dig deeper.

That high-value target would cost at least several thousand.

Under the temptation of experience, Jia Xiu decided not to fight back first, but to go to the Fraud and Curse Sect to see the situation.

He quickly assessed the risks.

The small cult organization operating in a remote town has never caused any major trouble, nor has it attracted the punishment of the Holy See of Light. The level of the tasks listed in the Adventurer's Association is not high.

The strength should be quite limited.

More importantly, he had already inserted a teleportation anchor point in the laboratory, and as soon as he found something wrong, he would teleport away immediately.

This teleportation anchor skill is very convenient. It does not require any spells or guidance. It is similar to the Apparition in Harry Potter. As long as it does not exceed the range of 120 kilometers, it can complete instant teleportation silently. It is an absolute escape skill.

After making up his mind, Jia Xiu began to deliberately walk into the alley, creating space for the two seemingly not-so-smart cult kidnappers to act without any witnesses.

He also deliberately slowed down his pace.

There was no way. The streets and alleys of Ximu Town were very winding. If we walked fast, the two of them would not be able to keep up.

After Jia Xiu tried hard to perform "I'm so stupid, come and tie me up" for more than ten minutes, they finally took action.

Jia Xiu heard hurried footsteps behind him. They were running so fast that he could even hear someone stumble.

This forced Jia Xiu to have serious doubts about the intelligence and professionalism of these cultists.

The main doubt is how they are related to high-value research targets.

As the footsteps got closer, the long-awaited sack was finally put on Jia Xiu's head, tied up with a rope, and then the whole person was carried up.

"Brother, now we have the money! Let's quickly pick a place to kill this guy."

Jia Xiu was a little surprised when he heard the kidnapper's words.

He originally thought they were just going to kidnap, beat up and threaten her, or steal some money to scare her, but it turned out they were going to kill her.

Hays seems to be a bit too extreme.

Jia Xiu prepared to activate the teleportation anchor.

At this time, another voice sounded, "Fool! We finally managed to kidnap someone and carry him back as a sacrifice. We haven't offered a sacrifice in a while. Let's go now while there are no people around!"

……

Three hours later.

Jia Xiu never expected this.

When the kidnappers said "leave", they meant "leave" literally.

Not to mention ox carts and horse carriages, there wasn't even a cart that could be pushed, so they had to carry him for three hours.

Jia Xiu was very sure that at this speed, it definitely did not exceed 120 kilometers and its safety was guaranteed.

The biggest problem at the moment is that carrying it in this position makes his stomach hurt a little, and he is also hungry.

If I had known it would take so long, I would have finished breakfast before being tied up.

Because the journey was so boring, he could only memorize the exam knowledge points in his mind.

When I was reciting the four solutions to the frog's toxin, I heard the footsteps change.

There was a hollow echo, which meant they had entered a cave, most likely the cult's lair.

Sure enough, not long after, Jia Xiu was put down and his hood was pulled off.

My eyes adjusted for a moment and gradually I could see clearly.

In front of him was an altar, enshrining a small statue, which must be the god of fraud and curse. The carving was not very good, and the face was not well carved.

In front of the statue was a sacrificial circle drawn with blood of unknown origin, emitting a strong fishy smell.

Materials for sacrificial rituals were placed around the magic circle.

Human bone flute, human skin scroll, skull bowl...

No, this scene feels like I’ve seen it somewhere before.