Meng Lei nodded slightly and said with a smile, “Hurry and do it, then. Who knows, there might really be people with magic talent here!”
“Okay!”
Jonah began to check the children’s magic talent right away.
As the saying went, “When a man achieves the Dao, even his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven!”
This was exactly it!
Although Jonah hadn’t achieved great accomplishments, as the first person in Magical Beast Village’s history to enter a magic academy to study, her existence had already begun to influence this tiny village!
All those above 10 years old and below 18 years old could get their elemental affinity tested.
Of course, all the children above 16 years old had already gone out of town to serve military service. Thus, only children below 16 years old were tested.
After a series of tests, they really did discover two lucky little fellows. Both were girls, and were even a pair of twins!
Chapter 61: Going Into The Mountains Again, Hunting Magical Beasts
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
They were dressed in long, coarse sackcloth dresses, barefooted, and covered in mud like clay monkey dolls, but both girls on the left and right looked exactly the same as if they were cast from the same mold.
They were that lucky pair of twin sisters!
Hester Draper, High-Grade Fire-Elemental affinity!
Monica Draper, High-Grade Water-Elemental affinity!
“High-grade elemental affinity! It’s actually better than mine!”
Jonah was astonished at the results of the test. High-grade elemental affinity was extremely rare. It was uncommon even among the nobility, not to mention the remote and secluded Magical Beast Village.
Yet it had appeared twice at once in this pair of sisters!
One could only say that different people really had different destinies!
“It would be too much of a waste not to study magic when they have such great magic talent!”
Meng Lei looked at the twin sisters with a big smile. “Hester, Monica, from now on, the two of you can learn how to meditate from Big Sister Jonah. Improve your spiritual power first, then enroll in a magic academy next year.”
“Okay!”
The two sisters nodded hard, as though they understood him but not quite, either. Two shallow dimples appeared on each of their muddy little faces, making them look extremely adorable.
Envy filled the other children’s eyes as they looked at the twin sisters. Despite their young age, they understood what having, or lacking, magic talent meant, too!
“Those without magic talent shouldn’t lose heart, either. You guys can learn Battle Aura from Joseph and Andrew. All of you will still have the chance to become someone strong in the future!”
“Okay!”
...
Night fell, and the roars of beasts rang out occasionally in the forest.
Numerous campfires blazed on the flat ground in the village center. Golden-yellow roast meats gave off a meaty aroma that enveloped the village while villagers sat on the ground as they cheered and laughed.
“Meng Lei, thank you for subduing the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros for me. Here’s a toast to you!”
“Meng Lei, thank you for forking out money to support Joseph’s studies!”
“Haha...”
Tonight was destined to be a lively and bustling night. The men played finger-guessing games and drank, the women danced and sang, and the children cheered and laughed. Everyone’s faces brimmed with joy and smiles of happiness.
The campfire banquet lasted all the way till late night before it ended. That night, Meng Lei skipped his daily meditation and had a good sleep instead.
Early in the next morning, he got his things ready and set off.
Morning fog shrouded the forest, and only the surroundings three to four meters around a person was visible. Not only was visibility very low, but the plants in the village had also grown all over the place.
Towering ancient trees and thorny undergrowth!
Draping vines and thick, verdant shrubs!
Speeding up one’s journey was a very difficult task in such a messy and unbearable environment. One could very easily come under attacks. A poisonous snake, a poisonous scorpion, a scourge of poisonous mosquitoes—any of these could take a person’s life!
“The higher a Magical Beast’s level is, the more valuable it is.
“I have to try my best to go as deep into the forest as I can.
“There’s no need to waste any time in the forest’s outer boundary!”
There were only ordinary wild beasts in the forest’s outer boundary. Meng Lei wasn’t the least bit interested in them, so he rode on the magic carpet and headed straight toward the depths of the forest.
Magical Beast Forest was enormous, so much so that it was practically boundless. After flying for a good half a day, Meng Lei finally landed in the forest, ready to hunt some Magical Beasts!
“Earthquake!”
With the spot beneath Meng Lei’s feet as the center, a series of rhythmic tremors quietly spread outward in every direction. It was the Earth-Elemental Spell, Earthquake!
Earthquake was a very simple spell that even First-Grade Magicians could cast. Capable of making the ground shake and sway, the tremors’ scale and frequency depended wholly on the spellcaster’s spiritual power and degree of control in magic power.
In the hands of a high-level Magician, Earthquake could shake the earth, trigger an avalanche, and cause massive destruction. At the same time, it could also produce vibrations in the ground so mild that they were barely discernible.
Meng Lei was currently using Earthquake to search for Magical Beasts in the surroundings. With his current spellcasting standard, he could cover a search range within a radius of over 200 meters with Earthquake!
“There’s a Magical Beast at two o’clock!”
Meng Lei carefully crept over and parted a bunch of bushes. A lizard that was dark green in color throughout, covered head to toe in spikes, and over five-meters-long entered his sight.
“It’s the Fourth-Grade Magical Beast, Ground-Spike Lizard!”
Meng Lei frowned lightly, his interest
