Marla Canyon, located at the end of the Pear Fruit Corridor.
Normally, this was just a barren canyon, economically and geographically destitute. Apart from a few impoverished natives, no other humans bothered with this place.
But now, the entrance to a secret realm had changed everything.
Ever since one of the entrances to the Ganges Secret Realm was discovered here, wizards from all directions had immediately begun a series of bloody battles over it.
In the end, the Hunt Team and Combat Team of the Four Seasons Garden, with support from the White Wizard Alliance, barely managed to repel the Dark Wizards' attack and claim this territory for their own.
Immediately, a steady stream of wandering wizards and apprentices spontaneously formed a wizard market around the secret realm entrance.
The higher-ups of the Four Seasons Garden, well aware that blocking is not as effective as channeling, promptly sent personnel to build a small town centered on this wizard market, welcoming all wizard members except for Dark Wizards.
As soon as Leilin Farell walked into this small town, the first thing he noticed was the bustling atmosphere.
"Looking for party members! All are Third-rank Apprentices! We have a healer!"
"Latest secret realm maps! Only five hundred Magic Stones!"
"Ground Dragon Flower! Freshly picked from the Ganges Secret Realm! Six thousand Magic Stones! Blood sacrifice clearance sale!"
"Seeking a party! Third-rank Apprentice, can attack and defend! I know three healing Zero-level Spells..."
From the entrance of the small town, all sorts of vendors, adventure parties, and official wizards were packed together, frequently turning red in the face over the price of certain items.
Here, everyone was at least a Wizard Apprentice; not a single ordinary person could be seen.
The entire small town resembled a lively vegetable market.
Leilin Farell spent considerable effort squeezing his way to the office of the Four Seasons Garden in the center of the small town.
Compared to the noise outside, the moment he entered the town center guarded by Combat Team and Hunt Team wizards, the surrounding environment immediately grew quiet.
Leilin couldn't help but recall the two official wizards standing guard at the office entrance he'd seen earlier.
Using two official wizards as sentries certainly exerted immense pressure on the wizards or apprentices who came here.
Wizards whispered among themselves, occasionally walking past Leilin, all appearing to be in a hurry.
"Hello! Are you here to complete entry procedures? First, prove you're not a Dark Wizard, then spend five hundred Magic Stones, and you can get one chance to enter!"
Leilin approached a window, where the clerk, upon seeing him, immediately began narrating in a formulaic tone, as if selling some kind of ticket.
In fact, the higher-ups of the Four Seasons Garden were indeed selling entry qualification to the secret realm as if it were a ticket.
"I'm not an outsider wizard. I belong to the Four Seasons Garden's Potion Team and have received transfer orders to come here!"
Leilin directly handed his identity badge through the window.
"Ah... my apologies, Wizard Leilin!"
The clerk merely glanced at the mark and name on the badge and immediately stood up to bow.
"It's fine!" Leilin looked at the long queues forming at several nearby windows and asked calmly, "Have many wizards been going in recently?"
"Extremely many! Once we allowed outsider wizards to enter, the wizards and apprentices coming to register nearly overwhelmed the place... We even had to request several Hunt Team wizard lords to stay here to barely maintain order!"
The clerk had a bitter expression.
Leilin knew something about this policy as well.
Before coming here, he had wandered around the small town and gathered quite a bit of information.
Although the entrance here was controlled by the Four Seasons Garden, the number of wizard apprentices arriving daily was not small. If they monopolized the entrance for too long, it would inevitably stir up dissatisfaction among others.
The apprentices themselves might not matter much, but when numerous wandering official wizards were hidden among them, the situation became tricky.
And if you added the deliberate incitement of the Dark Wizards, it would be an absolute disaster!
Therefore, after a brief consultation, the White Wizard Alliance had made the decision to open the secret realm entrance to the public!
Each entrance controlled by a White Wizard faction had subsequently issued regulations: all wizards except Dark Wizards could gain entry qualification to the secret realm by paying five hundred Magic Stones!
Of course, apprentices under this system had to hand over half of their harvests from the secret realm to the White Wizard forces controlling the entrance. Even official wizards had to surrender ten percent of their profits!