CHAPTER 370: CHAPTER 232: SELECTING TALENT

"Both of you, be prepared. We still have a mountain path to travel. Using magic along the way will make it much easier," Yun Sheng said, her feet already taking the lead.

With the protection of the Wind Elf, using Wind Magic was very effortless for her, and she moved at a pace much faster than the average Martial Artist.

In contrast, Ji Mo followed at a calm and steady pace, while Lin Yao’er lagged quite far behind. Yun Sheng had to occasionally assist her with the Floating Technique. By the time the trio reached halfway up the mountain, half an hour had passed.

"As a Mage, you have good physical stamina," Yun Sheng observed Ji Mo, who appeared composed and not the least bit fatigued.

Lin Yao’er, on the other hand, unceremoniously took the Meditation Water Yun Sheng offered her and drank it down, feeling the Magic Elements depleted by magic use slowly replenishing within her body.

"I’m from the mountains. I got used to walking long distances when I was young," Ji Mo vaguely brushed it off.

Yun Sheng couldn’t help but give a mental middle finger. Pretending, always pretending; where do you find a mountain person with such an aura of transcendence and speech that rivals that of nobility?

Ever since Gu Feng mentioned the faint presence of the Light Magic Element in Ji Mo, she started to suspect that his identity was no simple matter.

Yun Sheng was meticulous in her thinking. She kept engaging Ji Mo in conversation throughout their journey, trying to coax some clues from his speech. Ji Mo, however, remained cautious – he didn’t talk much but answered all questions posed to him.

Throughout the journey, Yun Sheng couldn’t find any inconsistency, but she was certain that Ji Mo’s identity was far from ordinary.

Ji Mo had just finished speaking when his gaze turned towards the mountain village, and his expression subtly changed.

Yun Sheng also turned her head to look back.

Upon seeing the state of the mountain village, Lin Yao’er exclaimed, "Ah, why is it so poor here?"

The village that Yun Sheng and her companions had arrived at, located on a kilometer-high mountain, was called Zhou Chu Village. It was the highest-altitude village outside Yujing City and was also notoriously impoverished in the area.

Indeed, the village was very poor. The entire village consisted of just a few dozen thatched huts, and the best houses in the village were merely a few made of piled stones.

The entrance to the village was the very mountain path they had been on, with some recently-tasseling cornstalks planted alongside.

Gazing across the entire village, aside from these, there was nothing more to be seen.

"You’re probably not used to visiting such mountain villages. I also lived in a similar village when I was a child, so it’s no surprise to me," among the three, Yun Sheng’s reaction was the most normal.

With a smile that was not quite a smile, she glanced at Ji Mo. The lad had just claimed to be from a village – serves him right to be contradicted.

Ji Mo’s face turned a shade redder, but even he hadn’t expected Yun Sheng’s childhood home to be such a dilapidated mountain village.

Yun Sheng also turned her head to look back.

In such a place, perhaps even a Magic Temple was absent, right?

"Let’s go ahead and take a look," Yun Sheng didn’t clarify, leading the two toward the interior of the village.

They had only walked a few steps when they heard someone nearby call out, "Isn’t that the Divine Doctor?"

A woman emerged from one of the thatched houses up ahead.

The woman had been busy with farm work in the fields. Hearing voices from outside, she came over and saw Yun Sheng and the others.

"Eh, isn’t this the auntie from the free clinic some time ago?" Lin Yao’er recognized the woman.

It turned out that this woman was the wife of the farmer Yun Sheng had encountered during his earlier voluntary medical service.

"It’s the Divine Doctor, Divine Doctor, you’ve come for the voluntary clinic again? That’s wonderful, there are quite a few elders and children in the village who are unwell, but because the mountain roads are inconvenient and they can’t come down the mountain, just wait, I’ll have my man notify everyone in the village," the woman, delighted, wiped her hands and then called out loudly, summoning the villagers.

"Ah, auntie, we’re not here to..." Lin Yao’er was at a loss for words.

"No bother, it’s just seeing patients. Ji Mo, later on you help me to treat the patients and at the same time check if there are some children and adults in this village who can sense Magic Power," Yun Sheng said with a smile, as if used to such situations.

It turned out that she had called him here to help with the voluntary clinic.

But... why did she also want him to help check whether these villagers could sense Magic Power?

Ji Mo was secretly astonished, but when he looked at the village again, he suddenly understood something.

This village, due to its remote location and the sparse population, didn’t even have a Magic Temple stationing within.

In such a village, it was even more unlikely for anyone to check their physical constitutions or Magic Talent.

To put it more vividly, there were quite a number of such villages within the territory of Dazhou; these villages were blank spots for both the Martial Arts Halls and the Magic Temples, where all the villagers...

What a Yun Sheng, she actually intended to compete with the Magic Temples and Martial Arts Halls for people?

Ji Mo was greatly shocked inside, yet his expression remained undisturbed.

Thanks to the farmer’s promotion, the villagers of the small mountain village quickly gathered around.

In such remote villages, there was perhaps only one chance a year to go down the mountain for medical care, and to have Doctors coming to their doorstep, especially highly skilled Doctors, was naturally exciting for the villagers.

It was a mere village of three to four hundred people, but those who were sick and even those who were not all came to surround them.

Lin Yao’er had to take on the role of maintaining order on the spot.

The people of the village, being simple-hearted, all wanted to come and see the Divine Doctor as soon as they heard of their arrival.

The villagers even pushed their children forward, saying that letting the Divine Doctor touch them could cure all diseases.

Yun Sheng and Ji Mo each took care of the patients, and fortunately, the villagers had only minor ailments. In no more than two hours, they had seen all the patients.

"How is it? What is the talent of the children in the village?" Yun Sheng asked while packing up and inquiring about Ji Mo’s findings.

"There are a few children with Magic Sensing Ability, but it’s very weak, almost negligible," Ji Mo replied truthfully.

Magic Talent is often passed down from generation to generation; these children’s ancestors had all been farmers, so to find even a few with a slight Magic Talent was already quite impressive.

"My findings are slightly better than yours, three to four out of ten people have fine constitutions, with some nurturing, they could learn martial arts," Yun Sheng appeared unsurprised by the results.

Ji Mo was just about to speak and ask what Yun Sheng’s intentions were when a ruddy-faced, loud-speaking man quickly walked in from the entrance of the village.

"Divine Doctor, thank you so much, I’m really sorry, only concerned with seeing patients for everyone, I even forgot to invite you to eat," it was only later that Yun Sheng and the others found out that the farmer they had encountered during their voluntary clinic in Yujing City was actually the village chief of Zhou Chu Village.

When Yun Sheng and others had arrived, he happened to be out, and it wasn’t until around dinner time that he rushed back.