Next to the Mountain Range of Magic

Next to the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts was the Holy Union and the Dark Alliance. And the capital kingdom of the Holy Union was the kingdom of Fenlai!

Fenlai City, in turn, was the capital of the kingdom of Fenlai.

In addition, it also served as the ‘Holy Capital’ of the Holy Union, because the Radiant Church itself was headquartered in the western part of Fenlai City.

The entire city of Fenlai was divided into two parts; East Fenlai City, and West Fenlai City. East Fenlai City was governed by the King of Fenlai, while West Fenlai City was managed by the Radiant Church. Because Fenlai City was both the kingdom’s capital as well as the Holy Capital, the opulence of Fenlai City could be matched by extremely few cities in the entire Yulan continent.

Fenlai City took up a huge amount of space, and had more than a million denizens living within its area. In the entire Yulan continent, it could be considered one of the top five megacities.

As nightfall came, Linley and Hillman entered the Fenlai City.

“Wow.”

As they walked on Fragrant Pavilion Road, the primary road of East Fenlai City, Linley felt as though his eyes were dazzled. The litle Shadowmouse Bebe had been instructed by Linley to hide within his clothes, but he also took a sneak peek at the surroundings, and then began to squeak in shared excitement.

Fortunately, the entire road was filled with all sorts of noises and gaudy things, so nobody noticed the sound.

“Quiet!” Linley gently tapped the little Shadowmouse, which obediently went silent. But through its shared mental connection with Linley, it continued to express its excitement.

The entire Fragrant Pavilion Road was constructed from symmetrical limestone tiles, wide enough to allow multiple horse carriages to cross simultaneously. On each side of the tiles were hotels, clothing stores, weapon stores, nightclubs, and all sorts of other places. In addition, both sides of the Fragrant Pavilion Road were lined with pine and cypress trees.

Rich madames and young ladies, all wearing fashionable new clothes, were chatting and smiling as they walked along the road.

Seeing Linley’s reaction, some of the nearby noble ladies began to titter quietly amongst themselves while pointing at Linley. Clearly, Linley’s reaction was that of a ‘country bumpkin entering the city’. The nobility of the capital had a clear sense of innate superiority towards those country bumpkins.

“Hmph. How uncultured.” Linley frowned, feeling very unsatisfied by the pointing and laughing of those noble ladies.

Having been nurtured and educated by the clan since his earliest days, Linley quickly managed to subdue his sense of excitement, making the expression on his face much more tranquil, at least superficially.

“Linley, how do you feel about Fenlai City? This is the largest city in our entire Holy Union.” Hillman walked alongside Linley, occasionally seeing some warriors and even one or two magi pass by. He couldn’t help but sigh, “Linley, in Fenlai City, mighty warriors and mighty magi are a very common sight.”

Linley laughed while nodding. “In the books, it is said that Fenlai City is the political, economic, and cultural capital of the entire Holy Union.”

“This is heaven for rich people or people with status.” Hillman nodded and sighed.

The Fragrant Pavilion Road, bustling with activity, often had many opulent carriages pass through it. After wandering the Fragrant Pavilion Road for a time, Hillman and Linley headed directly for an ordinary guesthouse to settle down.

There was a small restaurant near the guesthouse, so Linley and Hillman decided to have dinner there.

That night, within the guesthouse.

Linley and Hillman were staying in the same room. There were two beds in this room. Immediately upon entering, the little Shadowmouse, Bebe, leapt out from within Linley’s clothes and immediately began circling around Linley while squeaking loudly.

“I know, I know, you’re hungry. Eat up.” Linley threw the roast duck he had brought back from the restaurant onto the floor, and Bebe immediately excitedly ran to it and began chewing.

“Linley, get an early night’s rest. Tomorrow morning, you will participate in the magus assessment and recruitment event.” Hillman instructed.

“Understood, Uncle Hillman.” Even as he spoke, Linley walked to a nearby window and pulled it open.

The guesthouse was three stories tall, and Linley was staying on the third floor. There were no three story high buildings in Wushan township at all, but in the capital city of Fenlai, they were a common sight. The capital even had seven or eight story tall buildings.

Peering out through the window, Linley saw that the streets were still filled with people.

“Whew. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been in a large city.” A hazy white light shone out from the Coiling Dragon Ring, transforming into a white-bearded old man. Doehring Cowart and Linley stood side by side as they stared at the street below.

“Grandpa Doehring.” Linley immediately greeted him.

“Linley, how does it feel to be in a big city?” Doehring Cowart laughed as he spoke.

“No big deal.” Linley quirked his mouth.

Doehring Cowart sighed emotionally, “You haven’t been here very long. You don’t know much about how large cities like this work. This place will have countless lavish places to spend money, like large auctions, where some magnates would spend even hundreds of thousands of gold coins, or perhaps even millions of gold coins to purchase just a single item.”

“A million gold coins?” Linley felt his throat go dry.

How enormous a sum was that? His own family’s possessions, all added together, probably wouldn’t even total a million gold coins.

“There’s many rich families here. Money, power, beauties…the fight for these things is fierce. Every day, someone dies here. The poor ditch-diggers of Fenlai City will often find buried bodies, which perhaps used to belong to a noble family.”

Doehring Cowart chuckled calmly. “But in order to stand up in that sort of world, you must have some sort of personal power.”

“Don’t hope to be able to rely on the benevolence of others. Everything will rely on yourself, and yourself alone.” Doehring Cowart looked at Linley.

In truth, the Dragonblood flowing through Linley’s veins also made him thirst for battle and blood.

“If anyone threatens me or my family, I will kill them.” Linley said resolutely. After having read many history books about the rise and fall of noble families, Linley knew very clearly that showing mercy to enemies was the same as being merciless to oneself.

If you let an enemy off the hook, they might one day murder your family.

“However, right now my power is very weak.” Linley couldn’t help but recollect how, when he had first entered Fenlai City, those noble ladies had looked down upon him. In the eyes of those upper class people, he was nothing more than an impoverished little country bumpkin.

With a calm smile, Linley sat down on the bed and entered the meditative trance, beginning to gather energy.

The meditative trance was a good way to train one’s spiritual energy. The way it worked was, it used all sorts of methods to exhaust one’s spiritual energy to a bare minimum, and then allow rest to recover it!

Within the dantian in the chest…

A misty earth-colored haze billowed about within the dantian. This misty haze was the mageforce which had been derived from natural earth elemental essence. Based on Doehring Cowart’s teachings, from the first to sixth ranks, mageforce appeared as a haze. As a magus continued to progress, the quality of the mageforce would rise, and so too would its density.

Upon reaching the seventh rank, the mageforce of a magus would condense into a liquid.

Thus, between the sixth rank and the seventh rank, there was a major leap to be made!

“This kid, Linley, is so hard working. Even at night, he is training his mental energy.” Seeing Linley seated cross-legged with his eyes closed, Hillman couldn’t help but silently praise him. Mental energy was extremely important to both magi and warriors!

…..

Early next morning, on East Fenlai City’s Greenleaf Road. One of Fenlai City’s principal roads, the buildings constructed on each side of Greenleaf Road were lavishly made and decorated. Some of those buildings were actually owned by the kingdom. And the tallest building of them all? It was the Cathedral of the Radiant Church.

The Radiant Church controlled the entire Holy Union, which comprised of the six kingdoms and the fifteen dukedoms.

The Holy Emperor of the Radiant Church had an extremely high status. He had the authority to depose any of the kings of the various kingdoms! This is why in Fenlai City, the tallest building was the Cathedral of the Radiant Church.

This morning, many people were gathered around the entrance to the Cathedral of the Radiant Church. The vast majority of the people there were richly dressed noblemen. Countless carriages filled up the space in front of the Radiant Cathedral, and the various nobles chatted to each other.

Linley and Hillman had arrived here as well.

“Uncle Hillman, there’s so many people here today. Many nobles brought their children here.” Linley laughed towards Hillman. At this time, the little Shadowmouse, Bebe, was hiding within Linley’s clothes, occasionally peeking out to see his surroundings.

Hillman laughed calmly, “Nobles? Every single student of the Ernst Institute can easily become an earl in any kingdom.”

“An earl in any kingdom?” Linley immediately understood.

It wasn’t hard to be conferred a noble title in any kingdom, but to become an imperial noble would be extremely difficult. After all, any of the four great empires were a match for the entire Holy Union. The kingdom of Fenlai couldn’t come close to comparing to them.

“Oh, Lord Doyle [Dao’er], you came as well?”

“Eber [Xi’bo], I’m here because of my child, of course. Hess [He’s

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 2:

Sebelah pegunungan Sihir hewan adalah Uni Kudus dan Dark Alliance. Dan kerajaan ibukota Uni Kudus adalah kerajaan Fenlai! Fenlai Kota, pada gilirannya, adalah ibukota kerajaan Fenlai. Selain itu, juga menjabat sebagai 'Kudus Modal Uni Kudus, karena Gereja Radiant sendiri berkantor pusat di bagian barat Fenlai City. Seluruh kota Fenlai dibagi menjadi dua bagian; Timur Fenlai Kota, dan Barat Fenlai City. Timur Fenlai Kota diperintah oleh Raja Fenlai, sementara West Fenlai Kota dikelola oleh Gereja Radiant. Karena Fenlai Kota adalah baik ibukota kerajaan serta Capital Kudus, kemewahan Fenlai Kota bisa dicocokkan dengan sangat sedikit kota di seluruh Yulan benua. Fenlai Kota mengambil sejumlah besar ruang, dan memiliki lebih dari satu juta penghuni tinggal dalam wilayahnya. Di seluruh Yulan benua, itu bisa dianggap sebagai salah satu dari lima kota besar. Seperti senja datang, Linley dan Hillman memasuki Fenlai City. "Wow." Saat mereka berjalan di Wangi Pavilion Road, jalan utama dari East Fenlai Kota, Linley merasa seolah-olah matanya silau. The litle Shadowmouse Bebe telah diperintahkan oleh Linley untuk menyembunyikan dalam pakaiannya, tetapi ia juga mengambil menyelinap mengintip di sekitarnya, dan kemudian mulai mencicit dalam kegembiraan bersama. Untungnya, seluruh jalan itu penuh dengan segala macam suara dan hal-hal mencolok , sehingga tidak ada yang menyadari suara. "Tenang!" Linley lembut mengetuk Shadowmouse kecil, yang patuh terdiam. Tapi melalui koneksi mental bersama dengan Linley, itu terus mengungkapkan kegembiraan nya. Seluruh Wangi Pavilion Jalan dibangun dari ubin batu kapur simetris, cukup lebar untuk memungkinkan beberapa kereta kuda untuk menyeberang secara bersamaan. Pada setiap sisi ubin yang hotel, toko pakaian, toko senjata, klub malam, dan segala macam tempat-tempat lain. Selain itu, kedua sisi Wangi Pavilion Jalan dilapisi dengan pinus dan cemara pohon. Madame Kaya dan wanita muda, semua pakaian baru mengenakan modis, mengobrol dan tersenyum saat mereka berjalan di sepanjang jalan. Melihat reaksi Linley, beberapa dari dekat mulia wanita mulai kekek diam-diam di antara mereka sendiri sambil menunjuk Linley. Jelas, reaksi Linley adalah bahwa dari 'negara udik masuk kota'. Bangsawan dari ibukota memiliki rasa yang jelas superioritas bawaan terhadap orang-orang udik. "Hmph. Bagaimana tidak berbudaya. "Linley mengerutkan kening, merasa sangat puas dengan menunjuk dan tertawa dari orang-orang wanita yang mulia. Memiliki telah dibina dan dididik oleh klan sejak hari-harinya awal, Linley cepat berhasil menundukkan rasa kegembiraan, membuat ekspresi di wajahnya banyak lebih tenang, setidaknya dangkal. "Linley, bagaimana Anda merasa tentang Fenlai City? Ini adalah kota terbesar di seluruh Uni Suci kita. "Hillman berjalan bersama Linley, kadang-kadang melihat beberapa prajurit dan bahkan satu atau dua orang majus lewat. Dia tidak bisa tidak mendesah, "Linley, di Fenlai Kota, prajurit perkasa dan majus perkasa adalah pemandangan yang sangat umum." Linley tertawa sambil mengangguk. "Dalam buku, dikatakan bahwa Fenlai City adalah ibukota politik, ekonomi, dan budaya dari seluruh Uni Suci." "Ini adalah surga bagi orang-orang kaya atau orang dengan status." Hillman mengangguk dan mendesah. The Wangi Pavilion Road, ramai dengan aktivitas, sering memiliki banyak kereta mewah melewatinya. Setelah berkeliaran di Wangi Pavilion Jalan untuk sementara waktu, Hillman dan Linley langsung menuju Wisma biasa untuk menetap. Ada sebuah restoran kecil di dekat Wisma, sehingga Linley dan Hillman memutuskan untuk makan malam di sana. Malam itu, dalam Wisma. Linley dan Hillman tinggal di ruangan yang sama. Ada dua tempat tidur di ruangan ini. Segera setelah memasuki, Shadowmouse kecil, Bebe, melompat keluar dari dalam pakaian Linley dan segera mulai mengitari sekitar Linley sementara mencicit keras. "Aku tahu, aku tahu, kau lapar. Memakan. "Linley melemparkan bebek panggang ia dibawa kembali dari restoran ke lantai, dan Bebe segera penuh semangat berlari untuk itu dan mulai mengunyah." Linley, mendapatkan istirahat malam dini ini. Besok pagi, Anda akan berpartisipasi dalam penilaian dan rekrutmen acara tukang sihir. "Hillman diperintahkan." Mengerti, Paman Hillman. "Bahkan saat ia berbicara, Linley berjalan ke jendela terdekat dan menariknya terbuka. Wisma adalah tiga cerita tinggi, dan Linley tinggal di lantai tiga. Tidak ada cerita tiga bangunan tinggi di Wushan kota sama sekali, tapi di ibukota Fenlai, mereka adalah pemandangan umum. Ibukota bahkan memiliki tujuh atau delapan cerita gedung-gedung tinggi. Mengintip keluar melalui jendela, Linley melihat bahwa jalan-jalan masih dipenuhi dengan orang-orang. "Wah. Sudah cukup lama sejak aku berada di kota besar. "Sebuah cahaya putih bersinar kabur keluar dari Coiling Naga Ring, berubah menjadi seorang pria berjenggot putih tua. Doehring Cowart dan Linley berdiri berdampingan karena mereka menatap jalan di bawah. "Kakek Doehring." Linley segera menyambutnya. "Linley, bagaimana rasanya berada di kota besar?" Doehring Cowart tertawa saat ia berbicara. "Tidak ada masalah besar. "Linley Roarke terangkat mulutnya. Doehring Cowart mendesah emosional," Anda belum di sini sangat lama. Anda tidak tahu banyak tentang kota seberapa besar seperti pekerjaan ini. Tempat ini akan memiliki tempat mewah yang tak terhitung jumlahnya untuk menghabiskan uang, seperti lelang besar, di mana beberapa tokoh terkemuka akan menghabiskan bahkan ratusan ribu koin emas, atau mungkin bahkan jutaan koin emas untuk membeli hanya satu item. "" Satu juta koin emas? " Linley merasa tenggorokannya kering pergi. Bagaimana besar penjumlahan itu? Harta keluarganya sendiri, semua ditambahkan bersama-sama, bahkan mungkin tidak akan total satu juta koin emas. "Ada banyak keluarga kaya di sini. Uang, kekuasaan, keindahan ... perjuangan untuk hal-hal ini adalah sengit. Setiap hari, seseorang meninggal di sini. Parit-penggali miskin Fenlai Kota akan sering menemukan mayat dikuburkan, yang mungkin digunakan untuk milik keluarga bangsawan. "Doehring Cowart tertawa dengan tenang. "Tetapi untuk berdiri di semacam dunia, Anda harus memiliki semacam kekuatan pribadi." "Jangan berharap untuk dapat mengandalkan kebajikan dari orang lain. Semuanya akan bergantung pada diri Anda sendiri, dan diri Anda sendiri. "Doehring Cowart melihat Linley. Sebenarnya, Dragonblood mengalir melalui pembuluh darah Linley juga membuatnya haus perang dan darah." Jika ada yang mengancam saya atau keluarga saya, saya akan membunuh mereka. " Linley kata tegas. Setelah banyak buku sejarah membaca tentang naik turunnya keluarga bangsawan, Linley tahu dengan sangat jelas bahwa menunjukkan belas kasihan terhadap musuh adalah sama sebagai tanpa ampun untuk diri sendiri. Jika Anda membiarkan musuh dari hook, mereka mungkin satu hari pembunuhan keluarga Anda. "Namun, sekarang kekuatan saya sangat lemah." Linley tidak bisa membantu tetapi mengingat bagaimana, saat ia pertama kali masuk Fenlai Kota, orang-orang wanita yang mulia telah melihat ke bawah atasnya. Di mata orang-orang kelas atas, ia tidak lebih dari sebuah negara kecil udik miskin. Dengan senyum tenang, Linley duduk di tempat tidur dan memasuki trance meditasi, mulai mengumpulkan energi. The trance meditasi adalah cara yang baik untuk melatih energi spiritual seseorang. Cara kerjanya adalah, itu menggunakan segala macam metode untuk menguras energi spiritual seseorang untuk minimal, dan kemudian memungkinkan sisanya untuk memulihkannya! Dalam Dantian di dada ... A-bumi berwarna berkabut kabut mengepul tentang dalam Dantian tersebut. Kabut berkabut ini adalah mageforce yang telah berasal dari bumi alami unsur esensi. Berdasarkan ajaran Doehring Cowart, dari yang pertama jajaran keenam, mageforce muncul sebagai kabut. Sebagai tukang sihir yang terus maju, kualitas mageforce akan naik, dan begitu juga akan densitasnya. Setelah mencapai peringkat ketujuh, mageforce dari magus akan mengembun menjadi cairan. Dengan demikian, antara peringkat keenam dan peringkat ketujuh, ada lompatan besar yang akan dibuat! "Anak ini, Linley, begitu bekerja keras. Bahkan di malam hari, ia melatih energi mentalnya. "Melihat Linley duduk bersila dengan mata tertutup, Hillman tidak bisa membantu tetapi diam-diam memuji dia. Energi mental sangat penting untuk kedua orang majus dan prajurit! ... .. Pagi harinya, di East Fenlai City Greenleaf Road. Salah satu jalan utama Fenlai City, bangunan yang dibangun di setiap sisi Greenleaf Jalan yang boros dibuat dan dihiasi. Beberapa bangunan yang benar-benar dimiliki oleh kerajaan. Dan bangunan tertinggi dari mereka semua? Itu Katedral Gereja Radiant. The Radiant Gereja dikendalikan seluruh Kudus Union, yang terdiri dari enam kerajaan dan lima belas dukedoms. Kaisar Suci Gereja Radiant memiliki status yang sangat tinggi. Dia memiliki kewenangan untuk menggulingkan salah satu raja-raja dari berbagai kerajaan! Inilah sebabnya mengapa di Fenlai Kota, bangunan tertinggi adalah Katedral Gereja Radiant. Pagi ini, banyak orang yang berkumpul di sekitar pintu masuk ke Katedral Gereja Radiant. Sebagian besar orang di sana yang berpakaian mewah bangsawan. Gerbong yang tak terhitung jumlahnya mengisi ruang di depan Katedral Radiant, dan berbagai bangsawan mengobrol satu sama lain. Linley dan Hillman telah tiba di sini juga. "Paman Hillman, ada begitu banyak orang di sini hari ini. Banyak bangsawan membawa anak-anak mereka di sini. "Linley tertawa terhadap Hillman. Pada saat ini, Shadowmouse kecil, Bebe, bersembunyi dalam pakaian Linley ini, sesekali mengintip keluar untuk melihat sekelilingnya. Hillman tertawa dengan tenang, "Nobles? Setiap siswa tunggal dari Ernst Institute dapat dengan mudah menjadi earl di kerajaan apapun. "" Sebuah earl di kerajaan apapun? "Linley segera dipahami. Itu tidak sulit untuk diberikan gelar bangsawan di kerajaan apapun, tapi untuk menjadi kekaisaran mulia akan sangat sulit. Setelah semua, salah satu dari empat kerajaan besar yang cocok untuk seluruh Uni Kudus. Kerajaan Fenlai tidak bisa datang dekat dengan membandingkan mereka. "Oh, Tuhan Doyle [Dao'er], Anda datang juga?" "Eber [Xi'bo], aku di sini karena anak saya, tentu saja . Hess [Dia