Growth 2

"Hello, Senior Sister. I'm Mafaria Verli. You can call me by the nickname I chose for myself, Lin Sheng."

Lin Sheng smiled as he casually revealed his real name.

"Mm, let's go." His senior sister's expression was cold and indifferent. She turned and left, too lazy to say another word.

Lin Sheng followed closely behind, moving swiftly through the woods.

Before long, faint green fluorescence automatically rose beneath their feet. The specks of light formed a green path, carrying the two of them deeper into the mountains at increasing speed.

Lin Sheng could clearly feel that, under the effect of the green path, they were moving much faster than he had expected.

"Some kind of spell?" He lowered his head and carefully observed the glowing green road.

Establish analysis project. Holy Shadow immediately began responding.

Project analysis in progress.

A moment later, Holy Shadow produced the results.

To Lin Sheng's surprise, the green road was actually formed from clusters of living microorganisms, rather than pure magical power or elemental energy.

They traveled in silence. Before they knew it, they had passed through several dense forests and crossed a sheer mountain cliff.

At last, they arrived at an ancient castle complex built into the mountainside.

Gray-black castles of varying sizes stood scattered along the cliff face. Mysterious white light that never seemed to fade shone from the windows of some of them.

Mages rode huge drake-like lizards in and out before the castle gates.

Other mages descended from the sky, abruptly revealing themselves after emerging from invisibility.

"Flying is allowed here, but you need to stay invisible." Lidu, the senior sister walking ahead, suddenly offered an explanation.

"Oh." Lin Sheng answered blankly.

He was not even an apprentice yet. How could he possibly know the rules for an intermediate spell like