Versatile Mage: I have a proficiency panel

Chapter 16 Return to Cangcheng and head to the ancient capital
The setting sun was like blood, the evening glow was diffuse, Bai Jue stepped into the ancient city gate with the glow of the setting sun. Cangcheng was the same as it was at the beginning, without much change. The children were playing with the sand, and their appearances could not be distinguished one by one.

Passing by various stalls and listening to people's shouts, Bai Jue came to a half-open house and knocked on the door. A pair of eyes glowing with green light lit up, which was particularly clear in the dim room.

"Lao Tai, I'm back to see you." Bai Jue pushed open the door and was silent for a moment when he saw the scene in the room, not knowing what to say.

The owner of those eyes had a face that was completely pale, with a claw mark on it, revealing his cheekbones and teeth. His clothes were tattered, and even though he tried his best to conceal his expression, one could still smell a hint of decay.

There is no doubt that this is not a living person. It would be more appropriate to call it a living dead. And now this living dead is being held by the fingers of a sleeping child and dares not move.

"Keep your voice down, I just put him to sleep." The living dead's lips moved slightly, and its voice echoed in Bai Jue's mind.

This child is... Bai Jue was about to ask something when he remembered that in the original novel, the living dead did adopt a child, and it should be this child who looked three or four years old.

After a little thought, Bai Jue used a smooth small wooden stick to replace the fingers of the zombie held in the child's hand, freeing up its ability to move.

"You came back just in time. I found this kid in town a few days ago. He was making a lot of noise. You should find a place to deal with him."

Away from the children, the living dead's voice became full-bodied and confident.

"Do you really want to send him away?" Bai Jue looked at the unconscious goat in the corner of the room. Judging from the bulging paws, it was obviously in the breastfeeding period. It must have been captured by the living dead specifically to solve the child's eating problem.

The vendors outside were calling out to their children. It was getting late, and it was time for them to close their stalls. It wasn't long before all of them were gone. During this time, the living dead remained silent.

It has complete memories and all the emotions of its previous life. It has lived for an unknown amount of time for the sake of a duty, so long that it almost forgot its own name. Although there are vendors coming to the town every day, it is lonely.

The arrival of Bai Jue nine years ago stirred up a few ripples in its unchanging life of waiting, and the appearance of this child two days ago made it recall the past, which was so vivid and bright.

"You are too lonely. Having this thought will probably make you feel better. Just keep the child for now." Although it is ridiculous to let a dead ghost take care of a child, the situation cannot be generalized.

"...But he is a living person. He can't always stay with a dead person like me, right? Please help him find a good place to go." Lao Tai hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head.

"Is that so? Then I respect your choice and find him a home." Seeing this, Bai Jue agreed.

"Has the thing I gave you hatched?" The living dead no longer thought about the child, but turned his attention and topic to Bai Jue.

"It's hatched." Bai Jue nodded, and the stars turned into gauze and appeared around him, very beautiful, but also very dangerous.

"You're doing well. It seems that your poison system has broken through to a high level?" The living dead narrowed his eyes and judged Bai Jue's poison level through the state of Xing. He felt an inexplicable pleasure of nurturing him in his heart.

"Can you tell me about your experiences over the past few years?"

"it is good."

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After staying in Cangcheng for half a month and arranging a place for Xiaotai, Bai Jue came to the ancient capital.

From outside the city, you can see that the ancient capital is in a state of strict security, and you can even see high city walls standing in the entire outer city area. There are ancient city walls in the ancient capital. The area inside the ancient city walls is considered the city center, and outside the ancient city walls are other urban areas such as the Wild Goose Pagoda and the Forest of Steles. The inner city walls are more often used for sightseeing...

Nowadays, in addition to the inner city wall, a larger outer city wall has been built. The diameter of this outer city wall is about five times wider than the inner city wall. People who were originally distributed in different urban areas, including suburbs, have all asked to move to this outer city wall. .

The outer city wall project is vast. Looking from the outside, it gives a feeling that there are two sections facing the sky, and you cannot see the edge of one side of the outer city wall at a glance.

The circumference of the inner city wall of the ancient capital is only about 14 kilometers, but the outer city wall that encompasses most of the urban area is countless kilometers long, completely protecting the entire city...

There are people from the Magic Association guarding the city gate, and the military mage is responsible for the investigation.

During the day, the entry and exit of living people is not very strict, but when it comes to evening, the military does not allow people to leave the city very much, because everyone knows that ordinary people will directly become the rations of the undead after walking out of the protective outer city wall... …

After passing through the heavily guarded outer city wall, the situation inside the city wall was not bad. It was no different from other cities. However, because people from different suburbs were concentrated in these urban areas, the streets seemed particularly lively and lively.

There is a newly built huge city wall, which protects the city like the long body of a giant dragon. Citizens do not need to worry about the bloody storm outside, or they have already been accustomed to such things and just go on with their lives.

Looking at the sky, it was noon and the sun was scorching, and the dead were all sleeping in the cemetery. Bai Jue called Lin Mo's friend and sponsor. Their teams usually kept in touch with each other, and he had told them in advance about coming to the ancient capital this time.

"Ajue, have you arrived at the ancient capital? Share your mobile location and don't move. We will come to find you!" Lin Mo's voice was a little excited. Zeng Yue and others could be heard asking questions nearby. The genius monster hunting team was about to reunite!
Not long after, Lin Mo brought Jian Xiang and the others to find Bai Jue. They hugged each other when they met. Although they had gatherings during every holiday, they still missed each other a little after a year or so.

Bai Jue's relationship with them did not become distant due to time and distance. Instead, they seemed to be closer.

Lin Mo found a local specialty restaurant, and Zeng Yue started talking while waiting for the food.

"Let me tell you, the captain was so happy to hear that you were going to report to the Archaeological University that he even postponed the time for training in Yanta and asked us to wait for your call..."

"Stop, I'm not interested in how you expect me to come here. I just want to know if it's true that the captain and Sister Xiang are dating? How did they go from being buddies to being a couple? I'm curious about this!" Bai Jue made a gesture to keep quiet and looked at the two of them, with gossip flashing in his eyes.

"Ah? How come I didn't know about this?"

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, and Jian Xiang was also stunned.

I only saw cold sweat on Zeng Yue's forehead...

"You're the only one spreading rumors here, right?"

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(End of this chapter)