Chapter 14

Noon.

After the morning business, Jiang Li closed the supermarket and went to a nearby restaurant to enjoy the most popular lunch nowadays - a pot of hot pot base, the spicy hot pot from another world, or the spicy hot pot base that was just sold in the morning.

The residents of Duolei City are really sharp. Not long ago, I saw spicy hot pot in the city lord's mansion. Not long after, someone asked for it when visiting the supermarket.

After lunch, I went out again. There were much fewer pedestrians on the street.

At noon, the sun was the strongest, especially on hot summer days. Residents also hid at home for lunch, the store doors were open, and the shop owners were drowsy with their chins in their hands.

This is the time Jiang Li wants.

He went back to the supermarket to get a popsicle and walked slowly to the Magicians Association. On the way, two or three passers-by greeted him, but did not pay attention to where he was going.

The Magicians Association is not far from the central square, located on a street full of cornflowers. It looks magnificent, with a pointed top reflecting the blue sky. At the top stands the logo of the Magicians Association, with the sunlight falling on the sharp edge, shining brightly.

Jiang Li did not go in, but just stood at the door.

There is a pillar at the entrance of the association, on which ten unknown transparent crystals are inlaid from top to bottom. He had already found out that this pillar was an important tool to verify a person's magical talent. The more talented a person is, the more crystals will light up. The principal of the magic school who made all ten crystals light up according to Irene is a famous magician today.

Jiang Li chose this time to come quietly just to prevent others from knowing about this.

Although most of the residents in Dolei City are very friendly, he doesn't want to be too high-profile to avoid any accidents. If he has a magical talent, it would be good. If not, it would be no good to let others know.

But... what should I do?

I only found out about this pillar and forgot to find out how to use it.

Can I just put it up?

"Wow!"

A child's voice of joy and delight came from behind: "Mom, is this the Magicians' Association?"

Jiang Li turned around and saw a couple holding two children each. From the clothes they wore, it could be seen that they were a wealthy family. They nodded to Jiang Li in a friendly manner, and then stood in front of the pillar with their children.

The smaller child couldn't wait to let go of his mother's hand, rushed to the front of the pillar, and pressed his two little hands on it. Soon, the crystal at the bottom emitted a faint white light, flickering and flickering.

"Mom! Mom!"

The child turned around excitedly and called to his family. He was reluctant to move his hand away: "It's lit! Am I going to be a magician too?!"

"Haha, you're still far from it."

The older child walked over and put his hand on the pillar as well. The crystals lit up with white light again, which was brighter, softer, and steadier than before. Even the second to last crystal began to glow, but the light was dimmer than the first.

"You have to be as bright as a magic lamp like me to meet the school admission standards." The older child proudly showed his white teeth: "I will be able to enter school next spring." The younger

brother was only disappointed for a while, and quickly cheered up: "Then you, brother, will be a magician, and I will be a powerful warrior like Master Dean!"

The family just came to test their talents. After getting the results, they did not stay for long and left talking and laughing.

Jiang Li stood back in front of the pillar for testing talents.

No one knew what the pillar was made of. It was snow-white and shiny, and there were exquisite runes carved on it. After reading the magic book, Jiang Li could recognize that there should be a magic circle engraved in this area, but he could not recognize the purpose of the magic circle for the time being. Perhaps the sunlight was too dazzling, he seemed to vaguely see a flash of light on the surface, but when he looked carefully, he could not see anything.

Jiang Li imitated the children and put his hand on it.

At the moment when he put his palm on the pillar, he vaguely felt as if there was a weak air flow across his palm. Starting from his palm, it seemed that something entered his body, spread to his limbs, circulated quickly, and then went back through his palm. It all happened too fast, almost in the blink of an eye, and before Jiang Li could react, the crystals on the pillar lit up.

The first one lit up first, emitting a soft and bright light. This proved that his magical talent was enough to meet the admission standards of the magic school, and Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, the second crystal also lit up, just as brightly. Does this mean that his talent is not too bad?

Soon, the third, fourth, fifth... just like turning on the switch of a light string, all the crystals lit up one after another, and the light spread from the bottom to the top all of a sudden. At the very top, the tenth crystal emitted a stable, soft and very bright light.

Jiang Li:? !

His eyes followed the order in which the crystals lit up, and when he saw the top crystal, he was completely stunned.

Before he could come to his senses, the ten crystals flashed in unison again, like an aging light bulb in a circuit, stubbornly burning out the afterglow of life, and with a click, the smooth surfaces of the ten crystals shattered into a crack.

The light of the crystals quickly went out and dimmed. The crystals that were originally embedded in the pillars instantly turned into gray stones.

Jiang Li: ??? ??? !!!

The incident happened so quickly that Jiang Li was stunned. He was shocked and stepped back subconsciously, and his hand left the pillar.

The next moment, the door of the Magician Association was opened from the inside, and several people in robes rushed out in a hurry.

"What's going on? What happened?!"

As soon as something happened outside, the alarm spread throughout the Magicians Association. At this moment, all the magicians in the association were facing a formidable enemy, thinking that some dangerous enemy had broken through the city gate and attacked the entrance of the association. When they ran to the entrance nervously with their staffs in hand, they saw -

"Mr. Jiang Li?" One of the magicians recognized the person at the entrance: "Why are you here?"

Jiang Li turned around with a stiff face and recognized that this was a regular customer of the supermarket who often came to buy canned luncheon meat.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he caught a glimpse of the gray stones on the pillars. His throat seemed to be blocked and he was speechless.

Even if he didn't say it, the magicians would have noticed the abnormality here.

They gathered around and looked at the broken crystal with serious faces. The oldest magician stroked his gray beard and said thoughtfully: "This is used to test the magic talent of newborns. It has been placed in Dolei City for hundreds of years and has never encountered such a thing."

"The magic circle on it has the function of maintaining operation and protection. Let me see... Eh? It's broken from the inside?"

"Indeed, there is no trace of attack."

"Mr. Jiang Li, what did you do to it?"

The magicians also looked over.

"I..." Jiang Li said bitterly: "I just put my hand on it..."

He just wanted to secretly test his talent, he didn't do anything, it was these stones that did it themselves!

"Put your hand on it?"

"Yes." Jiang Li nodded with difficulty: "I'm just curious, whether I have... how high my magic talent is."

This is indeed a normal step to test magic talent.

The magicians turned back and pondered over the crystals. The white-bearded president of the association picked up a cracked crystal from the pillar, looked at the cracked part through the lens, and felt the active magic elements in the air and the energy hidden in the crystal.

After a long while, he said thoughtfully: "This is a testing method passed down from ancient times. Until now, no matter how powerful the magician is, he can only light up ten at most."

Other magicians responded: "If you can light up ten, you are already a rare genius. There are only a handful of such people in history, and all of them are famous and have made great achievements."

"Even I can only light up five."

"Although this testing method is old, it is very reliable. This crystal can glow due to magic power, and the magic circle distributes the excess power to other stones. Therefore, the stronger the talent, the more it can light up, and it has never been missed."

"Wait a minute..." One of the magicians reacted and widened his eyes in disbelief: "President, do you mean..."

"That's right."

The president of the association turned around and looked at Jiang Li. His old but clear eyes carefully looked at the young man in front of him behind the lens. Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the huge changes that had taken place in Duolei City in recent days, and the name of the man in front of him had already reached his ears like thunder.

"If you are the owner of that mysterious supermarket, I believe that your talent must be amazing. Although I don't know where you learned this skill, the result is already out."

He stretched out his hand, and the gray and broken crystal stone lay in his palm.

"When it sensed your magic, it made a quick judgment, but this energy was too huge, and it couldn't bear more, so it was defeated from the inside."

The president of the association looked straight into Jiang Li's eyes, and behind the lens, there was an exclamation in his eyes: "I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen a magician as talented as you. You are so young, but you are already so powerful... I can see it with my own eyes in my lifetime, it is really..."

Other magicians also looked over.

They were dressed in neat robes and gathered around the president of the association. The eyes that looked over were also filled with surprise and envy, as well as increasingly deep respect.

As magicians, they study magic day and night. No one knows better than them how important talent is. It is like an insurmountable mountain. People standing at the foot of the mountain can only look up. In the history of Lalan Continent, such people have all left a strong and colorful mark, and their past is also passed down in the mouths of wandering poets.

When the supermarket appeared in Dolei City, they had speculated and observed it. Now that they have seen the evidence of the supermarket owner's extraordinary talent, they really understand that the rumors are not exaggerated.

And such a powerful magician is standing in front of them at this moment!

Everyone's eyes are full of eagerness, as if they are watching a giant panda in a zoo.

Jiang Li, who is in the center of the line of sight: "…………"

He, he is really just an ordinary supermarket owner!

It's a scam!