Feng Chou came to the Mage Tower, left his followers outside, and entered the Mage Tower. According to the information he heard, he paid a deposit of 300 crowns and went up to the third floor. This time, he planned to stay in the library for a while.
According to Feng Chou's knowledge of magic, the Mage Tower's magic monitoring was very strict. For safety reasons, Feng Chou turned off Qiankun Pagoda's scanning function.
On the third floor of the Mage Tower, there were ten libraries around the hall. They were divided into the eight major schools, the general school, and the elementary knowledge of alchemy.
Feng Chou went straight to the library of the illusion school.
In this small library, there were about a thousand books.
Feng Chou chose a direction, took down a book, and quickly browsed through it.
Feng Chou shared his senses with Qiankun Pagoda. He only needed to flip through a book, and Qiankun Pagoda could copy the book.
Although this method was troublesome, at least it was safe.
Feng Chou skimmed through a few books in different places on the bookshelf. He found that the few books he casually picked up were all about spells. There were no miscellaneous books. It seemed like the books here were all really useful spells.
There were more than a thousand magic books, and every page of each book had to be flipped through. It was not a small project.
Feng Chou spent three hours and only flipped through a hundred books. He simply continued for another five hours.
Feng Chou soaked in the Mage Tower's elementary library for three days and finally recorded all the information of the illusion school.
That night, Feng Chou entered Qiankun Pagoda again.
As soon as he entered Qiankun Pagoda, the Reincarnation Mirror appeared in front of him.
"Found information missing from the database, do you want to turn it in?"
Feng Chou said without hesitation, "Turn it in!"
After a moment, Qiankun Pagoda's energy storage increased from 1387 to 8712.
With sufficient soul force, Feng Chou once again wholeheartedly threw himself into the study of spells.
In the next half a month, Feng Chou was either in the library copying materials or in the laboratory for a few days without coming out.
Be it the library or the laboratory, they were both places where gold coins were burned. The 20,000 crowns that Feng Chou exchanged for through Gliss quickly ran out.
Feng Chou then handed over a few pieces of equipment to Gloria, asking her to help him sell them off for gold.
With enough soul power, Feng Chou would enter Qiankun Pagoda every night and use the Qiankun Tower's Time Acceleration to learn magic.
Half a month in the outside world. In fact, Feng Chou had spent almost a year in the Qiankun Pagoda... During this time, he had grasped all knowledge of low-level illusionary spells........ of level 1 and 2 illusionary spells.
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Just as Feng Chou was about to ask his butler to buy a bottle of champagne to secretly celebrate his advancement to the 4th Stratum, someone's arrival ruined his good mood.
It was Darnel's butler.
Darnel had asked his butler to invite Feng Chou to the shrine of the God of Nobles and Knights in the northern part of the city.
Feng Chou was well aware of what he was going to do there.
Following Darnel's butler was a middle-aged man with a moustache. He wore a medium armour with strong magic waves and a red cloak. He held a closed helmet decorated with red feathers in one hand and a two-handed sword at his waist with the other.
This man followed behind his butler and looked around casually, giving off a sloppy feeling.
However, when Feng Chou's four followers saw this man, they were filled with respect and saluted him. "Captain Felipe!"
In response to the greetings of Feng Chou's four followers, this man with a moustache just nodded casually.
Qiankun Pagoda told Feng Chou that this man with a moustache named Felipe was a 9th Stratum Warrior and a 4th Stratum Rogue.
According to the grading system of this world, 1st to 4th Stratum belonged to the low-level professions. This level belonged to the entry-level professions. 5th to 10th Stratum was the mid-level professions. This level was the mainstay of the professions. Level 11 was the high-level professions. They were already strong enough to stand at the top of the pyramid.
For part-time professions, two low-level part-time professions were equivalent to one mid-level professions. Four low-level part-time professions were equivalent to one high-level professions.
This Felipe's 9th Stratum Warrior and 4th Stratum Rogue's professions were almost equivalent to the total professions of level 11. In other words, this sloppy guy was actually a high-level professions.
Of course, a high-grade Professional that was pieced together through part-time jobs could not be compared to a true high-grade Professional. But in a remote town like Antalya, even a high-grade Professional that was pieced together was already an existence at the top of the pyramid.
Feng Chou certainly didn't want to go to Darnel's invitation because he knew that if he went, it meant that the big show was about to start. Darnel would officially compete for the Lordship Of Pedro, and his good days would come to an end.
However, he didn't dare to say that he didn't want to go. Not to mention Felipe, who was almost equivalent to a high-level professions, his four followers, who were usually respectful, could drag him over.
Therefore, he simply said to the butler that he was very willing to serve Sir Darnel and could leave now.
When they arrived at the gate of the Mage School, a carriage was already waiting there. Next to the carriage, there was a whole team of guards waiting there.
These guards were basically 6th Stratum Warriors and 3rd to 4th Stratum Rogues. None of them was worse than Simon or his four followers.
Feng Chou and the butler boarded the carriage. Felipe, Feng Chou's four followers, and the small team of guards also mounted their horses, put on their helmets, and followed the carriage. The group of people and horses went straight down the sloping street to the North Gate. It was quite majestic.
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The temple of the God of Aristocrats and Knights was located on the east side of the Count's castle on the second floor of the Ring Street in the North City District.
The temple covered a large area, occupying nearly half of the street on the east side of the castle. On the left and right sides of the temple, there was a Knight School and a hospital attached to the temple.
On the opposite west side of the castle was the temple of the Goddess of Agriculture. The Goddess of Agriculture was a benevolent god. On the left and right sides of the temple were an attached hospital and an orphanage.
Feng Chou's carriage stopped in the square outside the main entrance of the temple of the God of Aristocrats and Knights.
After getting off the carriage, Feng Chou followed the butler to the temple. Felipe followed behind the two. The other guards, including Feng Chou's four followers, stayed in the square.
Walking through the gate of the temple, there was a huge hall. At the bottom of the hall stood a huge statue. It was the image of a handsome middle-aged man wearing heavy armor on the inside and a gorgeous battle suit on the outside. He had a golden noble crown on his head. He was sitting on a gorgeous chair, holding a sheathed two-handed sword on the ground with one hand. The other hand was stretched out horizontally, as if a noble was comforting his people. His eyes were looking into the distance, as if he was overlooking his own territory.
This was the statue of Heller, the God of Aristocrats and Knights.
In half of the area near the gate of the temple, there were more than 30 rows of wide benches neatly placed. These benches were for the believers who came to worship and listen to sermons. There was a wide space between the benches for the believers to kneel.
Between the front of the benches and the statue was an empty space. That was the place where sermons were held.
At this time, Darnel, surrounded by two guards, stood in the empty space in front of the temple with a few priests.
The priests of Heller usually wore medium armor, a white priest's robe that was similar to the battle suit of an aristocrat, and a silver star-shaped crown on their heads. They looked more like aristocratic knights than priests.
In the middle of these priests, there was a priest wearing a white robe with golden edges. The crown on his head was also golden.
Leo's father was a believer of Heller. Before Leo became an apprentice, he had always been a believer of Heller. It was not until he became an apprentice that he changed his faith to the God of Arcana, Bokabu.
Therefore, Feng Chou was quite familiar with the level of the priests of Heller. The golden edges of the priest's robe and the golden crown indicated that this was a high-level priest.
According to Feng Chou's understanding, the Church of Heller only had one high-level priest in Antalya County, and that was the bishop of this temple.
Seeing Feng Chou walk in, Darnel and the priests all looked at him.
Feng Chou walked to the center of the empty space in front of the temple, stopped, and bowed deeply to the statue.
Apart from showing his respect to the statue, this action also meant that he was not a believer of Heller.
The butler and Philip beside Feng Chou knelt in front of the statue and kissed the ground before standing up. This undoubtedly showed that they were believers of Heller.
The bishop with the golden star-shaped crown was a kind elder. He smiled at Feng Chou and said, "Come here, my child."
Feng Chou came in front of the bishop and bowed.
The bishop said again, "Kneel, my child. Although you are not a lamb of our Lord, when our Lord exercises his authority, you should show humility."
Hearing this, Feng Chou knelt down without hesitation. Wanting to maintain dignity in front of God was no doubt a foolish idea.
The bishop walked behind Feng Chou and pulled out a two-handed sword from his waist. He held the hilt with one hand and placed the blade on Feng Chou's shoulder. Then, he knelt in front of the statue and began to pray silently.
For some reason, Feng Chou's heart suddenly became nervous. He told Qiankun Pagoda to hide while desperately trying to recall Leo's memories. He recalled every bit of Leo's father, the Knight of Erik.
After a while, Feng Chou suddenly felt as if there was a terrifying gaze on his body. Although it was only for a short moment, the terrifying pressure made Feng Chou almost collapse on the ground.
After that gaze disappeared for a long time, Feng Chou did not come back to his senses until the bishop called him up. Only then did he react and get up from the ground.
The bishop looked at Feng Chou's pale face and shook his head slightly. "What a pity!"
This sentence immediately sent Feng Chou's heart into the abyss.