Chapter 14: Disaster Mage - Fire LV1 Advancement Manual
A spirit medium? He's a spirit medium?
The events of last night were still fresh in his mind.
At that time, the golden toad had addressed him as a young spirit medium.
Was there a connection between the two? Or was it just a simple repetition of names?
Xu Le didn't continue to ask, he just nodded:
"Alright, I understand, Mr. Gan."
Gan left, and the remaining guard looked at Xu Le, then at the departing Gan, probably guessing some of the reasons behind it.
It must be that Xu Le possessed some qualities that all mages should pay attention to, which is why he was let off so easily.
But they hadn't confirmed if this Xu Le was truly clean.
So... the next steps would be left to these professionals.
"Alright kid, the mage has left, come with us."
Xu Le looked longingly at the departing Gan, and obediently nodded.
"Yes, brother!"
...
After completing the spirit energy check, Xu Le was taken to the guard hall, which was directly under the Lighthouse Council.
Here, Xu Le began several somewhat cruel tests and screenings.
First was the physical test, blood draw, urine test, bone examination.
And finally, the impact response test.
Xu Le could accept the first three items, but the final impact response test... was too inhumane!
A guard was sitting in front of Xu Le with several pages of paper, patiently explaining:
"Do you know? As a night dweller, and an ordinary person.
Your body is very likely to have been contaminated by ancient sounds, a contamination you're unaware of.
But, through impact, we can trigger your body's natural defense response.
If ancient sound contaminants have occupied your body, in order to protect your survival, they will naturally produce mutations to protect your existence.
That's roughly the principle."
"You mean... beat me half to death to see if I have ancient sounds in me?"
"Uh!" The guard was momentarily speechless.
"Lighthouse people don't lie to Lighthouse people, brother, just tell me the truth." Xu Le said with a serious face.
"It's not actually that bad, just endure it and it'll be over."
"Then brother, please go easy on me."
The guard looked at Xu Le, thinking that Xu Le wasn't actually a Lighthouse person!
Lighthouse people deceiving Zion people, no problem.
"Alright, I'll go easy."
Then came Xu Le's screams...
These screams continued for nearly an hour before stopping.
Afterwards, Xu Le lay half-dead on the ground, but his face showed no signs of injury.
It was clear that the guards were professionals at this.
When Xu Le thought the examination was over, the guard told him that next would be the human soul interrogation.
"As is well known, ancient sounds not only contaminate human flesh, but also invade and pollute the human soul.
Mental and soul-mutated ancient sound anomalies are often more difficult to deal with than those with physical forms.
The principle of this test is similar to the impact test.
It's to stimulate the soul, trying to trigger the soul response of ancient sound parasites.
If your soul hasn't been contaminated by ancient sounds, then naturally there's no problem.
But if there is, the ancient sound soul contamination will be activated.
Little Xu, we must be cautious about this..."
Xu Le silently looked at the dimly lit light in front of him, his lifeless expression evoking sympathy.
"I'm numb, bring it on."
So, the guard grabbed one of his legs and dragged him in again.
Another round of screams...
He had entered the guard hall around 10 am, and when he came out, it was already evening.
Xu Le changed into a new set of clothes, walking out of the Night Watch squad base with a numb expression.
That look of being abandoned by the world made one wonder what he had experienced inside.
However, when Xu Le walked to a deserted alley.
The corners of his mouth began to curl up slightly.
"The feeling of being reborn is really good."
Meow!
Xu Le looked towards the corner of the wall and saw a black cat rummaging through the garbage bin there.
He frowned slightly, then smiled wryly:
"The last time I saw you, I had just started the examination. This time I see you, I've just finished the examination.
Black cat of misfortune, do you have to be so accurate?"
The black cat looked at the garbage bin with some disdain, as if there was nothing it liked inside.
It slowly walked up to Xu Le.
Meow!
"I don't have money to buy you food." Xu Le squatted down and spread his hands to the black cat.
He was telling the truth, the original owner had no inheritance, he was truly poor now.
At this moment, a mottled stray dog came into the alley.
It warily looked at Xu Le, then at the black cat, seeming somewhat hostile.
However, it didn't bark furiously at Xu Le, but walked near him and began to prowl cautiously.
Xu Le, who had regained his freedom, was clearly in a good mood. He moved closer to the black cat, then pointed at the mottled dog and said to the cat:
"This dog is in a moral dilemma, it wants to go in and steal food because it's hungry.
But then it remembered the maxim left by its father.
A good dog may not be able to guard the house, but it must never fail to guard its principles.
It has already achieved the first half of the saying by becoming a stray dog, so it absolutely cannot lose its principles.
...Well, it's actually licking the feces in the garbage pile.
Looking at how comfortable it seems, it's like it's receiving nourishment for both body and soul.
But look at its teeth, they're spotlessly white.
This tells us that the color of teeth - black, white, or yellow - has no necessary relation to eating feces."
After saying all this, Xu Le looked at the black cat with slight expectation:
"Kitty, how do you feel about my writing skills?"
The black cat turned its head away, with a look as if it was looking at an idiot.
Xu Le watched the cat leave and smiled.
The Xu Le of the previous life was dead, and he was alive.
He had experienced the struggle with zombies, the entanglement with ghosts, experienced the night.
He had seen the Night Watch, and even more so the mages, and experienced the most rigorous examination in the entire Lighthouse.
It was all worth it.
Because he had returned to the human world, a safe stronghold.
This feeling was really good!
Shaking his head, Xu Le began to walk towards his residence along the street lights.
Lighthouse University was in the Upper City, and as an international student, he actually had the qualification to stay in the Upper City, just needing to stay on campus.
However, that would make it inconvenient to go out with Zhou Ke.
...
On the way, he marveled at the occasional passing steam unicycles, and from time to time could see exposed gas tanks outside small workshops.
As well as various pressure storage devices and so on.
This was a new world.
Returning to his residence, Xu Le took out the key from under the third stone brick from the wall.
Don't talk about the key being stolen if left there, in the Lower City houses, it's not impossible, but really rare.
Houses in this area of the Lower City, someone would steal?
Opening the door, Xu Le didn't rashly walk in.
The house was dark, the Upper City had enough light, but the Lower City didn't.
After a long journey away from home, the first thing to do upon returning is to light the oil lamp or candle in the house.
When the firelight illuminated the house, Xu Le slowly walked in.
The house was simple, a desk, a bed, a box for storing books and documents, and nothing else.
Most houses in the Lower City are like this, people here can't talk about any cultural level, many people can't even read, so no one would come to steal these things.
Following the memory in his mind, Xu Le took out an old notebook from a pile of documents.
Opening the first page, what met his eyes was what Xu Le had been eagerly anticipating.
[Disaster Mage - Fire, LV1 Advancement Manual.]
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