Chapter 327: The Clean and Untainted Gao De

The cultural atmosphere of this world is not like the nation where Gao De lived in his previous life, which took humility as etiquette and reserved introversion as tradition.

On the Nolan Continent, it is only natural for talented people to be a bit ostentatious; no one would criticize them for it at all.

What young genius is not high-spirited?

Only by being high-spirited can one achieve brave and vigorous progress.

Of course, those who are both untalented and arrogant are annoying in any cultural atmosphere.

In short, after his astonishing performance, Gao De's self-identification as a "genius" did not cause dissatisfaction in anyone.

The re-examination continued.

But for the four examiners, there were no more extra surprises.

The remaining mages' performances were all unremarkable, and naturally, none of them passed the assessment to join the Sea Sentinels.

Gao De even discovered that the mages who participated in the assessment after him and were thrown onto the deck by Paul had all suffered some minor flesh wounds, unlike the previous ones who were unscathed.

——It seemed that Paul was venting his earlier dissatisfaction on these mages.

Gao De silently lamented for them in his heart for a second.

"This re-examination ends here. Except for the mage Gao De who is to stay, the others have not passed the re-examination and may return first."

Seeing that all the mages had already gone into the water and fought a round with Paul, Sub-Lieutenant Xilin stepped out and announced the final result in a loud voice.

When those mages heard this, a trace of desolation flashed across their faces, but the result could not be changed.

They could only take one last reluctant look at the scene on the ship and the four examiners wearing Sea Hai Shao Bing uniforms, then disperse in twos and threes.

In the blink of an eye, the deck, which had been bustling with over thirty mages participating in the re-examination, was left with only Gao De standing there all alone.

Sub-Lieutenant Xilin stepped forward and said to Gao De: "First, congratulations on passing the assessment and joining the Sea Sentinels. We will be colleagues from now on."

Gao De faced the four examiners, bowed slightly, and said politely: "Thank you, mages."

"I won't beat around the bush with you. Although you passed the assessment, your background still needs to be investigated clearly."

Sub-Lieutenant Xilin wore a smile, but there was a bit more scrutiny in his gaze. "After all, your birthplace, the Saint Xi En Principality, has already become the Saint Xi En Province of the Holy Empire."

"The Holy Empire has long coveted our Jin Quehua Dynasty and is full of ambition. You came from Saint Xi En Province; although there are no suspicious signs at present and you have passed the naturalization interrogation, it is still possible that you are a person sent by the Holy Empire."

As Sub-Lieutenant Xilin spoke, he observed Gao De's face, as if wanting to see any subtle changes in his expression.

If it were just a normal recruitment of Gao De into the Sea Sentinels, it wouldn't actually matter.

After all, the Sea Sentinels have many members, and occasionally absorbing a few newcomers with vague backgrounds, even if their origins aren't that clean, wouldn't stir up much trouble.

The problem is that Gao De has already demonstrated his astonishing potential.

Such a seedling, once recruited, naturally needs to be cultivated with emphasis.

Under this premise, Gao De's background became the top priority.

One must first clarify Gao De's background before deciding on subsequent arrangements.

Regarding Sub-Lieutenant Xilin's "reminder," Gao De was very calm.

Because he had no relationship with the Holy Empire at all; a straight body does not fear a crooked shadow, so why fear this investigation?

"It should be so," he replied frankly.

"Then you go back and wait first. Once we have investigated clearly on our side, we will naturally notify you to report," Sub-Lieutenant Xilin asked: "No problem, right?"

"I have no objection."

It would be useless to have an objection anyway, Gao De thought while replying.

The person in overall charge of the Sea Hai Shao Bing selection is Captain Mei Liya, a veteran third-circle combat mage.

Sea Abyss White Tower.

On the second floor, outside Captain Mei Liya's room, in the quiet corridor, a crisp knocking sound suddenly rang out.

"Come in," Captain Mei Liya's clear voice came out.

The door was pushed open, and Sub-Lieutenant Xilin walked in. His steps were brisk, and he was holding a thick roll of parchment in his hand.

"Captain Mei Liya, the result of the matter regarding Gao De that I told you about earlier is out." As soon as he entered, Sub-Lieutenant Xilin stated his purpose directly, his eyes revealing a bit of seriousness.

"Oh? Is it the mage you mentioned who performed extremely amazingly in the re-examination, has excellent aptitude, but comes from Saint Xi En Province and needs to have his background investigated clearly?"

"Yes."

"What do you say?" Hearing this, Captain Mei Liya also became interested, leaning forward slightly to look at Sub-Lieutenant Xilin.

Captain Mei Liya is an old man who looks very kind.

He was injured in a battle with sea beasts in his early years, which damaged his foundation, and since then, his mage rank has been difficult to improve further.

However, because he had made many contributions and it was a work-related injury, he was later promoted to a captain-level mage.

In recent years, Captain Mei Liya has retired from the front line and is mainly responsible for the logistics of the Sea Sentinels, including recruiting newcomers.

"I have already had people investigate in detail, and even dispatched some personnel lurking in Saint Xi En Province. Combined with the information Gao De revealed during naturalization, all his experiences are summarized here."

As Sub-Lieutenant Xilin spoke, he handed over the thick roll of parchment in his hand.

Captain Mei Liya took the parchment: "Give me a brief introduction."

"This Gao De claims to be from Hogan City in the Bremen region of the Saint Xi En Principality. It's just that two years ago, new earth veins emerged around Hogan City, and the earth vein creatures that gushed out completely submerged Hogan City."

"So, a lot of past information regarding Hogan City is hard to find and cannot be retrieved."

"Such a coincidence?" Upon hearing this, Captain Mei Liya subconsciously frowned.

Such a "coincidence" is undoubtedly a stain on Gao De's resume, making it hard not to be suspicious.

"I thought so at first too, but later there were other discoveries." Sub-Lieutenant Xilin smiled slightly, signaling Captain Mei Liya to open the roll of parchment.

Captain Mei Liya opened the parchment, and a yellowed contract came into view:

"On this day, the 18th of the Flower Flame Month, Nolan Calendar 9655, in Hogan City, witnessed by Mr. Bellamy, this contract is hereby established as proof."

"Transferor: Gao De"

"Transferee: Oliver"

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"Subject of the contract:"

"The transferor agrees to transfer the aforementioned medicinal garden along with all crops, buildings, and subsidiary rights thereon to the transferee for 300 Saint Xi En gold coins. The transferee must pay the transferor in full with gold coins in a lump sum after the signing of this contract."

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"This is.?" Captain Mei Liya's gaze fell on the conspicuous "Gao De" characters after the transferor.

Above the name, there was also a bright red fingerprint.

"A transfer contract for a medicinal garden, obtained from a merchant who luckily escaped from Hogan City on the night the earth veins erupted," Sub-Lieutenant Xilin explained.

"I had our undercover agents investigate in detail, and it took quite a few days to confirm that the Gao De on this is the exact same person we are investigating."

"This Gao De is truly not simple!" Sub-Lieutenant Xilin couldn't help but exclaim: "Not only is he gifted, but his temperament and courage are also extremely extraordinary."

"Oh?" Captain Mei Liya moved his gaze away from the parchment again, looked up at Sub-Lieutenant Xilin, and waited quietly for the rest.

"According to that merchant, this medicinal garden originally belonged to a third-rank mage apprentice named Seda."

"This Seda came from Bremen City, bought this garden in Hogan City, and after some management, opened a medicinal garden."

"After that, this Seda specifically adopted homeless orphans from Hogan City as his apprentices. Calling them apprentices, they were actually free labor and test subjects for medicine. That Seda was researching a first-rank magic potion formula and needed human test subjects."

"And this Gao De was one of the apprentices Seda adopted, which matches his self-proclaimed background as a homeless orphan."

"According to the merchant, that Seda suddenly disappeared one day, most likely having died of old age, and Gao De became the leader of the medicinal garden."

"At that time. So, he used coercion and inducement to try to forcibly acquire the medicinal garden from Gao De."

"An arm cannot twist a thigh, but that Gao De was clever. He feigned compliance, signed this transfer contract with them, tricked them with a box under a secret magic lock, and then slipped away with the money, no one knows where."

"Less than a month after Gao De left, the Hogan earth veins erupted, those earth vein creatures surged out, and Hogan City instantly fell into a desperate situation. If this kid hadn't left early, he would have likely died in that beast tide. It can be considered a blessing in disguise."

"Later, when this Gao De appeared again, he was already in that Ceris Academy, with the status of a freshman."

"Based on this information, we traced it back and quickly cleared up the ins and outs. He originally used the alias Google, went to Bremen City first, and then."

"And relying on a recommendation letter, Gao De was able to enter Ceris Academy and officially start his mage path."

"He quickly showed his talent. In just one year, he stood out among the students of the same period, was the freshman number one of that year, and successfully promoted to a first-circle mage."

"The later things were even more tortuous."

"You mean, this Gao De was originally imprisoned in the mage prison by the dean of Ceris Academy due to the royal family's infighting, but it just happened to coincide with the Holy Empire's massive army at the border, a change of regime, and a general amnesty, which allowed him to escape the disaster?"

After listening to Sub-Lieutenant Xilin's narration, even though Captain Mei Liya was knowledgeable, he had never seen such a bizarre and ups-and-downs experience as Gao De's.

"Yes, this Gao De has a very tough backbone and can be said to be unyielding in the face of these nobles' oppression. If it weren't for his astonishing luck, catching such a timing of general amnesty, he would probably still be suffering in prison or would have died long ago." Speaking of this, Sub-Lieutenant Xilin's tone was full of appreciation.

The Jin Quehua Dynasty is an ancient dynasty that regards the classical doctrines of justice, honor, and responsibility as the supreme principles.

Therefore, most Jin Quehua Dynasty citizens hold an appreciative attitude toward people with excellent character.

"After the general amnesty, he left Saint Xi En City, likely heartbroken by this incident, and unwilling to stay in this place anymore. That was Nolan Calendar 9656, the 23rd of the Frost Gold Month."

"Since then, his tracks could not be found. When he appeared again, it was already a year later, Nolan Calendar 9657, the 1st of the Frost Gold Month." Sub-Lieutenant Xilin continued to narrate.

"That is, twenty days ago, Bard, a resident of Holder Town, encountered an attack by earth vein creatures in the Sword Mountain Range and was saved by him."

"According to his own words, he was a wandering mage during this period. He likely crossed the waterway after leaving Saint Xi En City, and then crossed the Green Tooth Mountain Range and the Sword Mountain Range to enter our dynasty's territory."

"This is also why no tracks of him were found during this year. After all, he was basically in the primitive mountain ranges where no one lives."

"All clues and information match up." Sub-Lieutenant Xilin spread his hands.

"This Gao De's background can be said to be as clean and untainted as it gets. He is just a mage from the bottom of a small city in a small principality who emerged through his own talent." Finally, he gave his own summary.

"This guy, not only has talent and is bold enough, but his luck is also extremely astonishing. A first-circle mage, actually able to safely cross two mountain ranges and come to our Dorn."

Captain Mei Liya, after hearing Gao De's experience that could be called "inspirational" and "legendary," couldn't help but exclaim.

Regarding the clean and untainted nature mentioned by Sub-Lieutenant Xilin, he also deeply agreed.

A local first-circle mage who was framed and imprisoned by nobles on the eve of the Holy Empire's occupation of Saint Xi En City, how could he become a secret agent for the Holy Empire?

"In the last hundred years, the situation of our Sea Sentinels has not been ideal. Those who can enter the Light Sentinels are already at the bottom among all regions." Sub-Lieutenant Xilin's words were full of worry, and then he said:

"With such a decline, the Sea Sentinels are very worried from top to bottom and hope to change it. This Gao De is indeed a talent. Such a background, such an experience, and such a performance can be said to have a bright future. If he is recruited, I think he has a very good chance of entering the Light Sentinels in the future."

"Moreover," he said with a smile: "Maybe it's not just that. It's not impossible for us to directly recruit a future big figure capable of influencing the pattern of the Jin Quehua Dynasty."

"You really dare to think." Captain Mei Liya chuckled.

Regarding Sub-Lieutenant Xilin's statement that Gao De could enter the Light Sentinels, he did feel there was a tiny possibility.

After all, Gao De's talent, temperament, and luck could already be glimpsed through his resume.

But to say that he might become a big figure influencing the pattern of the Jin Quehua Dynasty in the future, Captain Mei Liya didn't believe it at all.

It's not that he looked down on Gao De's potential, but Captain Mei Liya knew the dynasty's situation deeply.

Unlike the Holy Empire, which is based on talent, in the Jin Quehua Dynasty, background is very important.

It's not to say that having a background means having a sufficiently high status.

But without a background, it is definitely not going to work.

Jin Quehua is an ancient dynasty, but the other side of ancient is often decay, and class solidification is severe.

The older generation of noble families firmly holds the core power of the dynasty, and it is too difficult for people at the bottom to break the shackles.

"Fine, since the identity and background are confirmed to be no problem, let's recruit him into the Sea Sentinels." Captain Mei Liya made the final resolution and signed his name neatly on the document confirming the recruitment of Gao De.

"He might be the most outstanding newcomer to enter the Sea Sentinels from my hands. At that time, I might even be able to bask in some of his glory." Looking at the newly signed document, Captain Mei Liya said casually.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 328 =====