Witch World Warlock ：Chapter 13-29

13. Chapter 13 Arrival

"The Death Prairie is indeed not something that mortals can cross!"

Leylin sat in the carriage, his body constantly bumping along with it. The small window was open, and a ray of yellow sunlight shone in, bringing a bit of life into the carriage.

More than ten days had passed since the last attack by the scavenger wolves. During these ten days, as the convoy went deeper into the grassland, it encountered more and more dangers.

Only now did Leylin realize that the scavenger wolves were only at the bottom of the grassland food chain. Above them, there were many more cunning and ferocious predators.

Along the way, Leylin saw several groups of creatures that were no smaller than the wolf packs he had seen before.

scavenger wolves , there were also flocks of giant black birds several meters tall, and even a gigantic monster more than ten meters long that looked a lot like a saber-toothed tiger, but was the size of a small mountain. The breath alone was enough to suffocate Leylin.

Fortunately, the death rate of apprentices seemed to have reached its limit, and the white-robed wizards also began to take action. Not only did they set up defensive magic arrays on each carriage, they also directly took action to disperse the beasts, thus avoiding heavy casualties in the convoy.

The most dangerous one was the confrontation with the monster that was more than ten meters long.

Fortunately, the hill-like monster seemed to be intelligent and knew that the white-robed wizards were not to be trifled with. It left after a confrontation and did not launch any attack, which made everyone in the convoy breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's time!" Leylin took out his pocket watch and checked the hands, which showed it was about three o'clock in the afternoon.

He stood up and opened the front door of the carriage. A moist breeze blew by, which seemed to have a salty smell and was very refreshing. Leylin couldn't help but take a few deep breaths before sitting next to Angre.

"Good afternoon! Lord Angre!"

“Good afternoon! Polite noble gentleman!” Angrei handed the whip and reins to Leylin without even turning his head. “That’s great. I need to take a break!”

Lei Lin smiled, took the whip, and drove the carriage skillfully.

Angre leaned aside and took a kettle from his waist. After he opened it, a strong smell of alcohol came out. He lowered his head, took a sip, and squinted his eyes in comfort.

"We will soon reach our destination. Since you have been driving the carriage for me for a month, I can answer two of your questions!"

As Leylin was admiring the scenery on both sides, he heard Angre's voice.

“Okay!” Leylin smiled. He had deliberately tried to build a good relationship with Angre, and this was also his consideration.

"So, first question, what's at the destination?"

"Some temporary tents of colleges, where you will be able to freely choose the college to join based on your own interests, and take more accurate qualification tests!"

Angre replied, looking somewhat impatient, "The wizards will explain all this when we get to our destination. Don't waste the opportunity!"

“An accurate aptitude test?” Leylin was stunned, and then he recalled that he was only identified as having the aptitude of a wizard, and was sent to the carriage by the Viscount. As for whether his aptitude was good or not, he knew nothing about it.

"The temporary tents of the academy? They look just like the school enrollment in my previous world, but I don't know what the requirements are?" Leylin thought silently.

"Okay! Second question! What do wizards look like in your mind?"

Leylin asked the second question.

"Wizards? They hold great power, pursue the truth, and follow the principle of equal exchange. Boy, don't imagine that you can get benefits from wizards for free. Otherwise, the flames of desire will surge from the abyss and punish your soul!"

Angre's face twitched, as if he had thought of something bad, and his voice suddenly became extremely low.

"Pursuing truth, equal exchange? I like it!" A smile appeared on Leylin's face.

After answering, Angre seemed to have lost interest in talking. He took two big gulps of liquor, lowered his head and closed his eyes. Ten minutes later, snoring sounds were heard.

Leylin looked at the scenery ahead with boredom. Although the grassland scenery was beautiful, after looking at it for a month, he already felt like vomiting.

"This is……"

As the carriage continued to move forward, the green in the distance became less and less, and instead, there was a vast expanse of blue and gusts of strong wind.

"We're finally here, the Coast of Death!"

Angre, who was sleeping, opened his eyes and looked at Leylin, "We have arrived at our destination!"

As the sea got closer, a market-like place appeared at the end of Leylin's sight.

There were many tall and short tents, some of which were of strange shapes, forming a large camp. Around them, there were dozens of carriages of the same style as the one Leylin was driving now.

The majority of them were apprentices who were about thirteen or fourteen years old, just like them, with curious looks on their faces. Leylin roughly counted them and knew that there were at least several hundred of them, filling the entire camp. Apprentices would walk in and out of the tents from time to time, with different expressions on their faces.

"Alright! Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the middle station of the journey, the Coast of Death! Here you will decide on your future academy and follow your teachers back to your respective schools to study wizardry!"

The carriage team stopped, and three people in white robes came out and gathered the apprentices together. The leading Crow said.

"Now, follow me into the camp and choose a college. Remember! You can check out multiple colleges, but once you sign a contract, you cannot go back on your word! Anyone who violates the contract will be hanged outside the camp gate!"

The crow's voice was cold, and the words he spoke made the apprentices feel even colder .

"Haha! Crows! You're a little late today!" A voice sounded, and a fat man in a white robe walked out of the camp and greeted them, "Don't scare the cute new bloods!"

"We had some trouble on the way!" explained the crow.

“Alright! New bloods! Follow me into the camp now!” Fatty and Crow talked for a while, then turned around and shouted to Leylin and the others.

"You can call me Jialong. I come from the beautiful Nine-Ring White Tower. Believe me, if you want to choose a college, the Nine-Ring White Tower is definitely the best choice!"

Jialong said as he led the apprentices into the camp.

As soon as he entered the camp, all kinds of sounds came into his ears, making Leylin almost think he was back to the vegetable market in his previous life. The three white-robed men seemed to have something to do and quickly left the team.

There were a lot of people bustling around, most of them were wizard apprentices like them, some gathered in a circle, some were constantly going in and out of tents.

Jialong brought Lei Lin and his group, a total of about forty people, to the center of the camp.

There is a large pure white tent here with strange patterns on the outside, which look like both decorations and words.

Leylin couldn't help but look at it carefully, "Chip! Scan!"

"Ding! Image formed!" The chip fed back information, but in the three-dimensional image, there was nothing on the white tent, as if there had never been any pattern.

“How could this be?” Leylin stared at the tent again in disbelief.

As time passed, the patterns on the tent seemed to come alive and kept twisting.

“Hee hee!” “Ha ha!” “Chi chi!”

Various sounds came into Leylin's ears. The light around him seemed to distort. Leylin looked at his hand, which seemed to be stretched a lot and looked extremely slender.

“Lei Lin! Lei Lin! What’s wrong with you?” Just then, Lei Lin was suddenly patted on the shoulder.

Lei Lin suddenly shuddered all over and came to his senses. He looked around and saw that the apprentices were still listening to what Fatty Jialong was saying. Everything seemed to have returned to normal.

“Or was that just an illusion?” Leylin was shocked. “Chip, call up my previous state!”

“Beep!” A light blue screen appeared, and the pictures just now kept appearing in front of Leylin’s eyes. “The blood flow rate of the subject’s cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels is abnormal. It is recommended to check immediately!”

"The subject is in an abnormal state! It is recommended to stay away!"

"Main state restored!" Rows of data kept appearing, letting Leylin know that what had just happened was not an illusion.

“Huh…are all wizard stuff so mysterious?” Leylin wiped the sweat off his forehead, still feeling a lingering fear from his previous experience.

"Lei Lin! You look so bad! Are you sick?" George asked from the side.

“No matter who it is, his face won’t be very good after what happened just now!” Lei Lin complained in his heart, knowing that his face must be as pale as a dead person.

"Nothing... Nothing... What was Jialong talking about?" Leylin quickly changed the subject.

"Oh! We still have to go in and fill out forms and test our qualifications! Then we have free time and can choose the college on our own!"

"Because you came late, you still have one day. Within this day, you must choose a college for further studies, otherwise you will have to wait until next year!" Jialong was still speaking loudly in front.

"Now, line up one by one and come to me to get the form, then go in for the test!"

Jialong sat behind a white table and took out a stack of forms and distributed them.

The team moved forward quickly, and soon it was Lei Lin's turn.

"Fill in your information here, then enter the tent and do what the people inside say!"

Lei Lin took the form and found that it was made of fine parchment. There was very little information on it. He only needed to fill in a few items such as name, age, and place of birth.

Picking up the quill on the table, Leylin filled in the form quickly.

The light red ink drew intricate patterns on the parchment, which looked very beautiful.

“I didn’t expect that this dude can write in mainland Chinese quite well!” After Lei Lin finished writing, he picked up the parchment and entered the white tent.

"Come here!" an old voice sounded.

The tent was very empty, with only a white-haired old woman sitting behind a black chair and a crystal ball on the table.

"Okay! Why did I suddenly think of a witch who tells fortunes?"

"Hello!" Leylin came to the witch and saluted.

"Bring the form up!" Obviously, the witch didn't buy it and her voice was as cold as ever.

"Leylin, huh? Put your hand on the crystal ball!"

14. Chapter 14 Testing

Leylin followed the witch's instructions and placed his hands on the surface of the crystal ball.

Cold! Fluctuating!

A strange touch came from the surface of the fingers.

Leylin's head ached, as if a glass rod was stirring it violently.

As the headache began, the crystal ball in front of Leylin began to emit a faint light.

"Very good! Don't let go!" The witch stared at the crystal ball.

As the pain became more and more intense, the crystal ball in Leylin's hand became brighter and brighter. "No! No!"

Leylin gritted his teeth, but the severe pain that almost split his head in half still made him loosen his grip involuntarily.

“Hmm! To this extent?” The witch nodded and took out a quill to fill in something on Leylin’s form.

"We divide the apprentices' qualifications into five levels, one is the lowest and five is the highest. You are in the third level, which means you have a medium qualification!!!"

As the witch spoke, she turned over a ring on her hand, leaving a strange symbol on the parchment that glowed with light.

"I'm done with the test here, you go to the back! Next one!!!"

Watching a freckled girl enter the tent, Leylin took the parchment, stood up to thank her, lifted the curtain, and entered the next step.

It was still the same empty ground as before, with only an old man with a white beard in the middle.

“Looking at the area of this tent, there should only be two tests. It’s really simple!” Leylin thought to himself, sat down in front of the old man, and handed him the form.

"Third-class qualification? Not bad!" The white-bearded old man touched his chin, "Alright! Now let's do the affinity test!"

The old man knocked on the table, and it cracked, and a black basin rose from the middle.

The basin was black and seemed to be made of stone, with liquid flowing inside like mercury.

"Look carefully at the center of the water surface!" The old man's voice came, and it seemed to carry a hint of guidance.

Leylin could not help but focus his attention on the middle of the mercury. As his attention became more focused, the mercury in the middle began to rotate continuously, as if a hole had opened at the bottom, forming a vortex.

"Now, tell me, what did you see?"

Leylin's eyes were a little dazed. "Shadows, black vortices! There are red spots on the outermost edge!"

"Anything else?"

"There are some green spots around!"

“Is there a lot of green?”

"Not much! Very little!"

“Hmm!” The old man snapped his fingers, and Leylin suddenly came to his senses, “What’s wrong with me!”

"Your test is complete! In terms of elemental affinity, your affinity for shadow and darkness is the highest, followed by fire, and finally a slight affinity for plants!"

As the old man spoke, he quickly filled out the form on the parchment and finally stamped his handprint.

"Here's a piece of advice for you! Wizards can use any power! But only by choosing the path that has the highest affinity with oneself can one go the furthest!"

The old man handed the form to Leylin: "Alright! Your test is over. Go out through the back door and start choosing a college!"

Leylin saluted and left the tent.

I opened the tent door at the back and a ray of sunlight shone through.

"Chip, call up my previous state!"

"…The subject was disturbed by an unknown force field and entered a hypnotic state!"

“Sure enough!” Leylin’s face was gloomy, and then he let out a sigh of helplessness: “Fortunately, the other party has no ill intentions, otherwise…”

Deep in my heart, the desire for power becomes stronger.

"Hey! Leylin!" George's voice rang in his ears, "Have you completed the test as well?"

Came George's voice.

"Yes!" Leylin nodded and raised the parchment form in his hand.

"I've done it too, hehe! I'm a genius with fourth-class qualifications!" George laughed, looking like a smug man.

"I don't know much about wizard qualifications. Can you explain it to me?" Leylin asked.

The George family is far more powerful than Viscount Farrell's family, and can obtain more secrets about wizards.

"Of course! These are common sense. No matter which college you enter, someone will tell you." George said.

"The qualifications of wizard apprentices are divided into five levels according to the probability of being promoted to formal wizards in the future! Among them, level five is the highest, with a 90% chance of becoming a formal wizard!"

"The fourth grade is a little worse, but there is still a 50% chance! I am a genius in this area! Haha... my dad will be so happy!" George started to go off topic again, obviously very happy.

“What’s next? Tell me quickly!” Leylin punched George on the shoulder and finally pulled him back.

"Oh? I mentioned the fourth-class qualification earlier. Below that is the third-class qualification, which means there is a one in ten chance of becoming a wizard. And for the second-class, there is only a one in thirty or forty chance. The first-class is the worst, with a one in a hundred or one in a thousand chance."

"In short, only those with third-class qualifications or above have the opportunity to advance to wizard level, and those with first- and second-class qualifications are basically destined to be apprentices for life!"

"I see. It seems that my qualifications are average. No academy will reject me, but they won't pay much attention to me either!" Lei Lin estimated his situation.

"What about affinity?" Leylin asked again.

"Affinity is the future path of wizards. You know, some wizards can control lightning, some can control fire, and some can control ice! These are the choices of paths."

"Although in theory, wizards can use any type of magic, but the one with the highest affinity can cast magic faster and with increased power. If a wizard with an affinity for fire insists on casting water magic, it will not only consume more mental energy, but also greatly reduce the power. It is possible that he will summon a pond of water elements, and in the end, only a water ball will appear!"

"In short, affinity determines the wizard's future path, while aptitude determines how far the wizard can go on this path!"

George concluded.

"The last sentence makes sense, but it doesn't sound like what you said!" Leylin repeated the last sentence.

"Hehe! You discovered it. This is what is written in the travel notes of a traveling wizard! I saw it in my dad's study." George scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Oh right! I just found out why the black-robed knight who was traveling with us was so cold!"

George suddenly remembered something and couldn't wait to share it.

"The power of a wizard, even an apprentice, is not something a knight can resist. Don't you find the black robes' behavior on our way strange?"

"It's indeed a bit strange!" Leylin nodded and asked speculatively, "Perhaps, they have some kind of background?"

"No! No! No!" George shook his head. "My dear brother, you guessed the opposite. These black-robed knights are actually the experiments of a wizard!"

“Experimental subjects!!!” Lei Lin’s eyes widened. In his time, using living people for experiments had always been a taboo in the scientific community. Even if there were some, they were done secretly. But here it was so open and aboveboard.

"During the experiment, these experimental subjects suffered excessive radiation and will not survive for more than a few years. This time, they are being recycled to take in apprentices like us!"

“Is that the reason?” Leylin remembered Angrei’s pale face and nodded silently.

The chip had also detected traces of radiation on them before, but the radiation on the white-robed wizard was a hundred times more concentrated than theirs, so Leylin naturally felt that it had no effect.

"Otherwise, for wizards like us, who will at least be apprentice nobles in the future, there is no knight who would not be attentive to us, hoping that we would choose them as our squires in the future. Only those who don't have many days left to live would not take us seriously!"

George said this resentfully, his face looking indignant. It seemed that as the heir to a great noble family, he was very dissatisfied with the rude behavior of the black robes before .

"I heard that those guys from the west were not only treated like masters by the knights along the way, but they also slept with several of them!" George's indignation only lasted for a moment, and then he put on a somewhat obscene look.

“Slept with several of them?” Leylin came to his senses and said, “Are there women among the knights?”

"Of course, although most female knights are muscular, some who practice special skills are still very good-looking!"

"Moreover, female knights have great physical strength and can withstand all kinds of torment. Especially when you are in-depth in 'communication', the feeling of their nimble thighs wrapped around you is indescribable!" George has completely turned into a pig brother .

Leylin recalled that although the previous dude was a playboy, he was obviously not as good as a noble like George, and he had never encountered such high-class stuff as a beautiful female knight.

The Viscount also had female knights under his command, but they were all muscle-bound freaks, and Leylin was disgusted by the sight of them.

He shook his head, not wanting to discuss this with George.

"I understand. Let's go and choose a college!"

"This! My father has already chosen it for me, it's the Nine-Ring White Tower. Our family has a connection with one of the wizard predecessors... Why don't you come too!" George made an invitation.

Lei Lin was somewhat tempted, but when he thought of the ring on his neck, he was still a little hesitant.

"The wizard didn't tell me which academy I could enter with the ring. What if there are restrictions?"

"No! I want to shop around some more!" Lei Lin declined politely.

"Okay, I'm going to go handle the formalities. You can find me at the Nine-Ring White Tower!" George waved his hand and squeezed into the crowd.

"Where should I go? Never mind, let's see which colleges there are first!"

Leylin wandered aimlessly in the camp, looking at the strange and interesting tents. Some were like a big mushroom with a small door in the middle, and some were simply the head of a horned devil. The apprentice had to enter through the devil's bloody mouth, just like a haunted house.

The names of the various houses are marked with letters in front of them.

"It's the common language of the mainland, it's okay!"

Lei Lin took a quick look and memorized the names of the schools: "Nine-ring White Pagoda", "Mesopotamian University", "Wetland Garden"...

15. Chapter 15: Apprentices

Under the name of each college, the subjects that the college excels in, famous wizards, etc. are marked for apprentices to choose from.

"These should mean that we should look for academies based on elemental affinity!"

Leylin nodded: "My elemental affinity is shadow, darkness is the highest, fire is the second, plants and the like are not an option unless I want to be an apprentice for life!"

“And…” Leylin took off the wizard ring he had been keeping close to his body from his neck.

"Chip! Scan the pattern on the ring and compare it to the pattern of the academy I passed by before!"

"Ding! Task established, scanning started, scanning completed, comparing with the database..."

"Comparison is over. Similarity: Black Bone Forest 67.3%, Mesopotamian University 54.4%, Gothic Sage's Hut 23.1%..."

"Are these three colleges the most likely?"

Leylin stroked his chin. "From the introductions of the various colleges, I remember that the University of Mesopotamia is famous for its flames, plants, and the creation of magical items, while the Gothic Sage's Lodge is less similar, and is not famous for its shadow and dark series of witchcraft."

"It seems that the only good choice is the Black Bone Forest? Their dark magic is the most famous, and their research on the soul is at the forefront of all academies."

“It’s just that Black Bone Forest! This name sounds a bit like the devil from my previous life!” Lei Lin hesitated.

"I am a person who is friendly to shadows and darkness. It seems that I can never get close to the light!" After thinking for a long time, Lei Lin decided to go and take a look first. At least, he couldn't let the name problem hinder his own development.

"The location of the Black Bone Forest Academy's enrollment point is, as far as I can remember, to the east of the camp!"

Leylin walked for more than ten minutes and came to a tent made of countless white bones. The letters on it were arranged to form the words "Black Bone Forest Welcomes You!" All of them were bright red and dripping with blood, which scared away many of the apprentices around him, leaving Leylin speechless.

"Why create such a horrific scene? Is it scary? It would be better to stay until after the contract is signed, otherwise, all the apprentices will be scared away!"

Leylin shook his head and walked into the skeleton tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, a cold, bloody smell surrounded Leylin, giving him goose bumps all over his body.

"Hehehe ... After waiting for so long, one finally comes!"

“Where? Who’s talking?” Leylin was startled.

“Sorry! You stepped on my hand!” The voice came from under Leylin’s feet, startling him.

Only then did he realize that his shoe was stepping on a dry palm. Leylin quickly jumped away: "I'm sorry, sir!"

"It's okay, but could you move your foot away for a moment? It's on my right foot!"

Only then did Leylin realize that the bottom of the tent was uneven and there were many dead bones scattered on it . He had just stepped on it carelessly.

As Leylin retreated, several withered limbs quickly gathered together, forming a skeleton figure.

Looking closer, there is still a thin layer of skin on the surface of the skull, covering the bones, and two points of green fire are flickering in the skull, which is extremely terrifying.

"Sorry, sir!" Leylin swallowed his saliva and apologized quickly.

"It's okay!" The white bones rolled up and down, making a human voice: "Let me introduce myself. I am the professor of the Shadow Department of the Black Bone Forest. You can call me 'Dorot'!"

“Respected Lord Dorot, hello!” Leylin saluted again.

“Are you here to join our Black Bone Forest Academy?” Bone Dorot got a black robe from somewhere and hid its body inside, which made Lei Lin feel much better.

"Before that, I would like to take a look at the Black Bone Forest's regulations regarding apprentices!"

“Okay!” Dorot pulled out a dusty piece of parchment from behind and handed it to Leylin.

"According to the ancient agreement, after you choose our Black Bone Forest, you can obtain basic courses, a set of elementary meditation methods, five years of residence rights, and free dormitories and meals. In addition, we agree that you can exchange knowledge with teachers by paying magic stones and other rewards..."

As Dorot continued to talk, Leylin read ten lines at a glance, constantly comparing them through the chip.

I found that what Dorot said was the same as what was written on the parchment. In terms of these basic treatments, all the colleges were similar.

The feedback from the chip made Leylin secretly shocked. The chip showed that although it still could not scan the opponent, the fluctuations in Dorot's attitude inadvertently showed that Dorot's strength was far superior to the three white robes in the carriage.

"I understand the basic situation. May I ask what I need to pay to enter the Black Bone Forest Academy?"

"Thirteen magic stones, or items of equivalent value!" said Dorot.

"I'll use this instead!" Leylin made up his mind and took out the wizard ring from his neck.

"You seem to have an interesting little gadget!" The green flame in Dorot's eyes suddenly brightened.

The bony hand took the ring, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and took out something like a magnifying glass to look at it carefully.

"Hmm...very interesting stuff. I haven't seen this kind of pattern in a long time!"

"It's a low-level magic item! It seems to be from our Black Bone Forest Academy. It has an acceleration magic array engraved on it, but it's broken. It's worth fifteen magic stones!"

"Now! New blood, are you willing to use this ring to pay for the tuition? Once you decide, we will sign an ancient contract with our Black Bone Forest!" Dorothea said in an aural voice.

"I do!" Leylin said firmly.

"Okay! Then I declare that the contract is established!" Dorot said, "Give me your form!"

After taking the form handed over by Leylin and taking a look at it, Dorot laughed, "You are friendly to the dark department. No wonder you chose our academy. In this area, we are the best in the entire South Coast!"

"Since the value you have paid is higher than the tuition, I declare that you have the right to enter the school without taking the entrance exam! Take this sign! Go to the back and have a rest. Come with me tomorrow and return to the academy!"

Dorot threw out something that looked like a piece of iron. Leylin took it and saw a "9" written on it.

"Is it over? I thought we had to sign something!" Leylin said casually.

“Hehehe … No one has ever dared to deceive a formal wizard!” The skeleton laughed, causing Leylin to feel a chill.

“Well, I’ll be leaving first, sir!” Leylin bowed, walked out of the tent, and came to the back of the Black Bone Forest Academy tent.

Behind the signs of these colleges, there are rows of upright wooden houses, with several young boys and girls coming in and out, as if they are specially for the apprentices who have enrolled.

"Hi! Hello, are you new here too?"

Crunch!

A wooden door with the number 6 written on it opened, and an apprentice with red hair and blue eyes walked out and greeted Leylin.

"Hello! My name is Lei Lin!" Lei Lin smiled.

"Haha! My name is Beru. There's no need to talk about my family background. It won't be useful when we get to another continent anyway!" Beru seemed very enthusiastic.

"Come! Let me introduce you!" Beru called out to the wooden doors , "Guys! We have new friends!"

Apprentices walked out of the wooden door in groups of three or four and gathered together. Leylin counted them and found that there were seven or eight of them.

“Good day, sir! I’m Kaliweir from the Lance Empire, with fourth-class qualifications!” A boy who looked very leadership-like introduced himself.

"You seem to be a little late!" Kaliweir said.

"We encountered some trouble while crossing the grassland!" Leylin said vaguely, obviously not wanting to say more.

“Death Prairie? It’s really dangerous!” Kaliweir looked at the apprentices behind him and said, “Let me introduce it to you!”

"Beru, we've known each other before!"

"This is Hank, third-class qualification!" A tall and strong white man touched his head embarrassedly, looking a little honest.

"This is Lan Nuo, with fourth-class qualifications!" Lan Nuo was a thin little boy, very short in stature, but with an obvious look of pride in his eyes.

…

“This is Gulicha, second-class qualification! And Nisi and Dodoriel, first-class qualifications!” Although Kaliweir tried his best to restrain himself when he said this, Leylin still heard the disdain in his voice.

With first or second class qualifications, one is basically destined to be an apprentice for life, so it’s no wonder that he doesn’t care.

"Hello... hello!" Gulicha forced a smile and greeted reluctantly. Niss and Dodoril were two little girls with a little baby fat on their faces. They lowered their heads deeply at this time.

“Who is that?” Leylin pursed his lips .

Next to their small circle, there was a boy wearing black clothes, with a pale face, standing aside, looking a little out of place and a little arrogant.

“Him! He’s Jaymon! This term’s genius student, with fifth-class qualifications! It’s only a matter of time before he becomes a formal wizard!” Kaliweir’s face was grim, and his tone was obviously a little sour.

“Hiss… With fifth-level talent, there’s a 90% chance of becoming a wizard! No wonder he’s so arrogant!” Leylin took a deep breath and couldn’t help but look at Jaymen a few more times .

"Humph!" As if noticing everyone's gaze, Jiamen snorted coldly and entered his own wooden house. This wooden house was obviously larger than the surrounding ones, and the decoration was more luxurious.

"As a fifth-level apprentice, he has the best treatment. Maybe a mentor will book him as a student now!"

Kaliweir’s expression became even uglier.

Lei Lin discovered that this batch of apprentices seemed to be divided into several small circles. Among them, the teenagers with third- and fourth-class qualifications were not as good as the best, but better than the worst. They looked down on the apprentices with lower qualifications, and felt a little inferior when facing the additional gates .

The low-level Gulicha and others naturally sympathized with each other and huddled together. There was also a genius named Jiamen who was isolated from both groups.

"Hello everyone! I'm Lei Lin, and my qualifications... are third-class!" Lei Lin said.

“Welcome!” Kaliweir smiled, while Gulicha and the two girls felt a little inferior. After a brief greeting, they returned to the cabin.

16. Chapter 16 Islands

"Don't worry about them, they have the potential to be third-class apprentices at best!"

Lan Nuo said disdainfully.

"Yes! Indeed, for wizard learning, aptitude is more important!" Lei Lin also echoed.

Although he felt a little speechless about these teenagers forming cliques right now, he naturally chose to act in accordance with his own interests.

Among the apprentices, Jaymen had the capital to be independent, but Leylin did not have such a good talent, so he could only join the group. In comparison, the circle headed by Kaliweir naturally looked more promising.

"Hahaha... Welcome! Welcome! With your joining, our group will be even stronger. One day, I will make that person regret it!"

Kaliweir gritted his teeth. After that, the few of them made an appointment to meet again in the evening and returned to the cabin.

“Beru, what did you mean by not being on the same continent?” Leylin approached Beru, who seemed the most easy-going and enthusiastic. He was somewhat concerned about what he had just said.

"Uh... well, you know this! Our continent is actually very small. In the outside world, it's called the Cori Islands!"

“Island?” Leylin opened his mouth wide. Based on his journey over the past six months, he was almost certain that this continent was at least as big as the Eurasian continent in his previous life. How could it be just an island?

"Oh! I'm sorry! Geography is my weak subject and it often makes my tutor tremble with anger!" Lei Lin explained.

In fact, the Farrell family is just a viscount family with a short history. It does not have the foundation of a great noble family, so it is normal that it does not know these things.

“Haha!” Hearing what Leylin said, Belu laughed happily. “Me too! I drove away five of my family’s noble etiquette teachers! Later, my father offered a high price of ten gold coins a month, but no one came to teach me. My father told me this before I left!”

"Let's continue what we just said. We are in the Kori Islands, which is also called the 'Desert Islands' in the outside world!"

“Desert?” Leylin was a little confused. “There are still a lot of people here, and there are many principalities. It seems that they are referring to the lack of several resources?”

"That's right! For the Corri Islands, due to the climate and environment here, or the influence of other factors, this land can no longer produce the resources needed by wizards. Apart from apprentices who have no hope of promotion and wizards who have decided to retire, there are almost no traces of other wizards on this continent!"

“I see!” Leylin nodded. Although the legend of wizards was circulated in their hometown, only the ancestor of the Farrell family had seen a wizard. This showed how rare wizards were.

"And the other side of the sea we are going to is the real continent! I heard that there are not only various wizard resource points there, but also countless hidden ruins, laboratories and other remains. In each region, there are academies and schools formed for mutual exchange of academic knowledge!"

"In that continent, wizards are not legends! Although they are still relatively rare, ordinary people may also see them! Only there can we learn to be wizards!" There was obvious yearning in Beru's eyes.

“I see! What’s the name of that continent?” Leylin asked again.

"I don't know!" Belu shook his head. "That continent is too big! It has never had a unified name, and we are going to the south of the continent, a narrow strip of land called the South Coast! The South Coast alone is several times larger than our entire Corrie Islands!"

“Hiss!!!” Leylin took a breath of cold air.

“So big???”

"The world is vast. The higher you stand, the farther you can see! This is what a bard I like said," Beru concluded.

"Thank you for your explanation! I think I need some time to digest it!" Leylin said goodbye to Belu and came to his own wooden house.

A piece of iron sheet was nailed on the yellow wooden door, with the symbol "9" written on it, and it looked a little rusty.

When I opened the door, a foul smell of decay and dust rushed in.

Leylin couldn't help but sneeze twice.

"It looks like this is just a temporary base, very simple!" There was nothing in the wooden house except a wooden bed and a chair.

Leylin found a piece of cloth, wiped the chair, and sat on it.

Creak! Creak! The yellow wooden chair made a sound of being overwhelmed, and Leylin was worried that the chair would fall apart in the next second.

"Luckily we're only staying for one night! In this condition, we should clean up first!"

Lei Lin brushed off the dust on his body and walked out of the wooden house. He had made an appointment with George and other friends. Now that his college had been booked, he should tell them so that they could contact each other by letter in the future.

Lei Lin's group of apprentices were considered late. After Lei Lin's group of apprentices had chosen their colleges, the recruitment tents of the various colleges were rarely visited and looked much quieter.

"Nine-ring White Tower, this is it!" Lei Lin walked to the apprentice living area at the back and stopped a familiar-looking girl in the same car.

"Hello, Lace, do you know where George is?" Lace is a girl with red hair. She developed very early and you can see her exquisite curves now.

“Lei…Lei Lin!” Lace blushed. On the carriage they were traveling with, Lei Lin had saved many apprentices several times, which made the girl have a good impression of Lei Lin.

"George is in room 13. I'll go call him for you!" Lace picked up her skirt and ran away quickly.

Smelling the scent of perfume in the air, Leylin's heart couldn't help but be moved.

"Lei Lin!" This reverie was soon interrupted by a surprised voice.

George had obviously taken a shower, changed his clothes, and shaved his beard, and now he looked very energetic.

"Have you chosen a college?" George patted Leylin's shoulder carelessly.

"I've chosen it. Black Bone Forest Academy!" Lei Lin replied.

“The Black Bone Forest!” George stroked his chin. “I heard from the seniors that it seems to be a school famous for shadow and necromancy spells! I hope you don’t get scared to tears by the skeletons at night!”

“Senior?” Lei Lin shook his head, and had a higher opinion of George’s ability to pick up girls .

"Hehe... those who can take part in the apprenticeship test are all children of nobles, and also a distant cousin I just happened to know!" George smiled lewdly, with an expression that showed he had earned something.

“As for skeletons, I think we can see them not only at night, but also during the day!” Leylin smiled bitterly. Not long ago, he had just completed the enrollment contract under the witness of a skeleton.

"Anyway, it's enough that you know the place. Let's keep in touch!" George changed his previous playful expression and looked sincere.

“Keep in touch!” Leylin nodded.

"By the way! Do you know where Besta went?" George asked suddenly.

“Besta?” Leylin shook his head.

After the last attack by the scavenger wolves, this usually active and beautiful girl became much quieter, but she has managed to hold on until now.

"Yeah! I heard from other companions that her qualifications were not good, she was only second class, and entered the Wetland Garden!"

"I understand! Thank you!" Leylin had no interest in this girl at all.

Although this was the woman he loved very much in his previous life, to him, she was still a child at the age of thirteen or fourteen! The previous few times were just childish pranks.

"How is it? Do you feel a little regretful that you didn't get her..." George put on a lewd expression again.

"roll……"

After an hour or two, it was completely dark, and Leylin was at the Black Bone Forest, enjoying the dinner provided by the academy with other apprentices.

The food provided this time was very rich, and since we were leaving tomorrow, they were very generous in this regard.

A variety of fruit juices and wines, fragrant roast goose, caviar, truffles, and fruit salad whetted Leylin's appetite, as he hadn't had any good food since arriving on the grassland .

The apprentices were divided into several circles to eat and drink . Leylin glanced out of the corner of his eye and found that the skeleton mentor Dorot was standing on the side, and Jayden would go up to him and talk to him from time to time.

"We are so lucky to have a fifth-class apprentice in this batch!"

Beru tore off a roast goose thigh and took a big bite.

"Since Jayden came here, Master Dorot has had secret talks with him several times, but I don't know what they are talking about?"

"During the apprenticeship period, good aptitude plays a decisive role in a wizard's practice. It is normal for Master Dorot to do this. Belu, eat your roast goose!"

Kaliweir's voice turned cold. Belu swallowed his juice and quickly lowered his head, focusing his eyes on the roast goose.

"For a wizard, aptitude is important, but it is not everything. Only the accumulation of knowledge can be the driving force for a wizard's continuous advancement!"

Another apprentice with third-class qualifications added.

Although they said so, the atmosphere in the small circle suddenly became heavy when they saw Jayden and his mentor chatting and laughing. Everyone ate the food in silence, and they all had no appetite.

"Haha... Gulicha, tell me, what happened next?"

On the other side, in a circle formed by low-level apprentices, Gulicha sat in the middle, seemingly telling an adventure story.

He was eloquent and his tone was humorous. Niss and Dodoril held their stomachs and kept giggling , like two happy larks.

In comparison, this side is quite deserted.

Everyone looked at each other, stretched their necks, and pricked up their ears to listen. Only Kaliweir still had a proud expression.

Seeing that Lan Nuo, who had fourth-class qualifications, also looked like he couldn't wait to listen, but was also shy, Lei Lin laughed inwardly.

“They are still a bunch of children after all!”

Dinner time passed and everyone said goodbye to each other and returned to their rooms.

After today's simple cleaning, Lei Lin's wooden house was barely habitable, at least there wasn't so much dust.

Lei Lin lay on the bed without taking off his clothes, staring blankly at the ceiling, as if in a daze.

"I've finally entered the academy! The practice of wizards has also opened the door to me!"

17. Chapter 17 Airship

Ding Ding!!!

The deep sound of a bronze bell rang out, awakening Leylin from his deep sleep.

He opened his eyes, and a ray of morning light came through the window, shining right on Leylin's boots.

"Is it early morning?" Lei Lin stood up, washed up quickly, and went outside.

"Good morning!"

"Good morning, Leylin!" Belu yawned with dark circles under his eyes.

"The environment here is terrible! There are fleas and mildew on the quilt. Oh my God! I can't stay here for a moment!" Complaints were heard from time to time.

These apprentices all come from aristocratic families and have excellent living conditions. They cannot bear even the slightest hardship now.

Now, everyone suffers from insomnia, and there are dark circles around their eyes.

Although Lei Lin had insomnia in the first half of the night, he still fell asleep in the second half. He was now in much better spirits than the others and even had the energy to wander around.

The entire camp seemed to be in motion, with many people dismantling tents and the ground littered with unused garbage.

Leylin walked quietly, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind: "At this time every year, batches of apprentices risk their lives to come here and embark on the path of becoming a wizard. My starting point will also begin from here!"

"Assemble! Assemble! Everyone gather according to the academy and be led by the instructors! Don't get separated!" In the center of the camp, an old man with a white beard shouted loudly.

No one knew what magic he used, but his voice echoed throughout the entire camp and was extremely harsh.

“It’s even more powerful than the tweeter in my previous life!” Leylin rubbed his battered ears and hurried back to the Black Bone Forest camp.

“Hey! Leylin, you’re back? Kaliwell was looking for you just now.” Belu greeted.

After this period of time, Lei Lin only got to know everyone's name and appearance, and his relationship with Belu was the best.

“Sorry! I wandered far away in the camp and lost track of time! Is there anything Kaliweir can do for you?”

An apologetic look appeared on Leylin’s face.

"It's okay! Instructor Doroth asked him to count the number of people. Just tell him about it later. He is very proud of himself now!" Belu shook his head.

"Okay! How are we going to leave? Take a boat?" Leylin looked at the endless blue sea in the distance, with no sign of any large ship.

"Not only is there no ship, but judging from the geographical location, this is obviously not a good water port." Lei Lin was a little confused.

"That should be right? But to reach another continent, the journey will probably take another half a year!" Belu scratched his head .

"The transportation conditions in ancient times were too backward. It would take about a year just to travel to the academy. We can't waste time like this. We must make good use of it!"

Lei Lin touched the leather bag at his waist, which contained three magic stones that he had snatched from Olin , and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Take a boat? What a naive idea!" A voice came , cold and mocking.

“Jamen?” Leylin looked at the boy in black robe who was approaching.

"This is the Sea of Death. Any fish that comes out of it can kill the knight! There are many giant beasts and even ancient creatures in the sea. They hate human ships and often stir up storms. Going out by boat from here is seeking death!"

“Can a fish kill a knight?” Leylin’s eyes widened. He was still a reserve knight, not a formal knight. If what Jayden said was true, if he fell into the sea, wouldn’t he be dead?

Leylin subconsciously checked his physical data.

"Lelin Farrell Strength: 1.9 Agility: 1.9 Constitution: 1.9 Status: Healthy"

On the Death Prairie, Leylin took some wolf meat for research and was delighted to find that there was a component in the eyeballs of scavenger wolves that was very beneficial to the practice of the Knight's Breathing Technique. He collected a lot of eyeballs of scavenger wolves on the spot.

With the contribution of the scavenger wolf , Leylin's current data has reached the limit of a reserve knight.

According to the calculation of the basic chip, all the values reached 2, which means that the average physical fitness is more than twice that of an ordinary adult. This is the threshold for a reserve knight. Only by stimulating one's own life energy can one surpass this value.

He clenched his fists, and powerful force rolled between his palms.

"If I had the Cross Sword now, I would be able to fend off a squad of militiamen! How could a knight who is even stronger than me not be able to defeat a fish in the Sea of Death?"

Leylin was a little confused. “Maybe Jaymon deliberately exaggerated what he said, but the Sea of Death is extremely dangerous and even wizards cannot run rampant. This is a fact!”

"Chip! Can you scan the nearby sea area?"

"Ding! There are too many radiation sources around the subject, the unknown force field is scattered, interference occurs, and scanning is impossible!" The chip pops up a reminder.

“Radiation source? Unknown force field?” Leylin looked at Dorot not far away and understood a little.

"In our original continent, there were very few wizards, and the various radiation fields had no effect. The chip's scanning range could even reach twenty miles. But in the camp, there were apprentices and formal wizards everywhere, and the impact was too great, and the chip's scanning function was also limited!"

"How far can we scan now?" Leylin's face was solemn.

"Ding! Accurate scanning range: within three hundred meters of the main body! Fuzzy scanning range: within one thousand meters!" The chip fed back information.

“Huh…” Leylin let out a long breath, “Not bad! This distance is enough to warn of danger! But if we go to other continents or colleges, this detection range will probably be further reduced!”

"If you want to increase the range, please upgrade the chip!" At this moment, the chip sent another message.

"Can it be upgraded?" Leylin looked ecstatic.

"upgrade!"

“Ding! Insufficient energy, please replenish energy!” A mechanical voice sounded, sending Lei Lin from heaven to hell.

"Damn! The chip has disappeared from my original body. How can I take it out and recharge it? Besides, even if I take it out, where can I find the energy meter?"

Leylin covered his head, then recovered.

"Forget it, since it can be upgraded, I can always find a way to do it in the future. Besides, the current functions are enough for me!"

“What did Jayden just say to you?” A voice sounded, pulling Leylin out of his trance.

When Leylin came to his senses, he realized that Jayden had left without him noticing, and that Kaliwell had taken his place.

"Him? He just mentioned the departure. He must be bored, right?" Beru guessed. "After all, it's hard to be alone without talking all day!"

“Yeah, that’s right!” Kaliweir nodded and looked at Leylin again: “We’re about to set off, don’t run around, if you get on the wrong boat, it will be very troublesome!”

“Boat?” Leylin looked at the sea again, but there was still no sign of a ship.

“Haha!” Kaliweir laughed loudly: “Who said that ships must come from the water?”

“Look!”

Following Kaliwell’s finger, Leylin and Belu looked up and opened their mouths wide.

On the horizon, three huge white ships were gradually floating towards us from afar.

As the ship approached, a huge shadow covered the entire camp, and the ground was plunged into darkness.

"Oh! Look!" "Oh my God!" "How beautiful!"

The people in the camp also obviously noticed the abnormality. Many of them raised their heads and made various exclamations.

“How is it? This is the wizard’s means of transportation, the airship! We are going to ride on it!” Kaliweir showed off with some pride.

"These are just what Mentor Doroth told him. What's there to brag about?" Jayden came out at some point and said indifferently.

“Damn it!” Kaliweir stamped his feet.

The three airships kept approaching, descending on the flat ground outside the camp, and landed steadily on the ground amid the cheers of the crowd.

"Hmm! It's very similar to the airships in history. There are also huge air bags on it. I just wonder if it 's filled with hydrogen?"

Leylin had experiences from his previous life, so he obviously recovered from his amazement earlier than the others, and was in a mood to think about the structure of the airship .

The pure white hull landed on the ground with a rumbling sound.

The cabin door opened, and several wizards in white robes walked out. There was a commotion in the camp, and several old men came out to negotiate.

"Alright! Everyone, take your things and follow me. Don't get separated!"

Dorotte was wearing a black cloak that hid his entire body, and began to gather apprentices.

The apprentices of Black Bone Forest were in a commotion and ran back to their cabins to pack their things.

Lei Lin brought very little with him, just a water bag, a leather bag, a cross sword hanging around his waist, and a crossbow on his back. That was all he had.

Led by the wizard, the apprentices in the camp poured out and gathered in groups of academies on the plain.

"Alright! Listen to me! Those who have reported their names, please pay attention. Nine-ring White Pagoda, Wetland Garden... You will take the airship on the right, the one with the number 332. Don't take the wrong one! Instructors, pay attention to the ship number, and apprentices, follow the instructors!"

"There is also the University of Mesopotamia, Gretel College... Your airship is the one in the middle, numbered '955'." The voice continued.

"...Black Bone Forest, Gothic Sage's Hut... Your airship is the one on the left, numbered '455', don't make a mistake!"

Next, Leylin finally heard Heigulin ’s name and couldn’t help but look at the airship on the left.

When we got closer, we realized that the airship was so huge that the airbag on it was like a huge white football, casting a large shadow on the ground.

"Apprentices of the Black Bone Forest, follow me!" There were green flames burning in Dorot's eyes, and there were two figures following behind him, who looked like servants or subordinates.

Leylin walked in the middle of the team and looked around.

With his good eyesight, he saw many familiar faces from the convoy. Some of them spotted Leylin and responded with smiles, while others were talking to their companions with excitement on their faces.

On the far right, it was George's turn to board the airship. He waved vigorously and walked into the cabin.

"From now on, the apprentices will go their separate ways!"

A little sadness suddenly emerged in Lei Lin's heart, but it was quickly suppressed.

18. Chapter 18 Friction

Soon it was the turn of the Black Bone Forest Academy , and Dorot was the first to walk into the hatch.

The apprentices hurried to catch up. Leylin put a little more force on his feet, and a solid feeling came from under his boots, just like stepping on a bluestone floor.

"It's a very strange material! It looks like wood, but much stronger. Is it some kind of alloy?"

Leylin looked at the gray-brown, textured ground and couldn't help but think quietly.

"We're here! Our Black Bone Forest cabins are located along this corridor. From number 13 to number 32, you can choose your own. Remember, my room number is 14. Come find me if you have any problems!"

After Dorothea finished speaking, he shook his black cloak and entered his room with two servants.

“Alright! Now I’ll be in charge of assigning rooms!” Kaliweir stepped forward.

"Hmph!" Jayden snorted coldly and randomly picked a room with number 18 and went in.

Kaliweir’s face turned red and white. He clenched his fists several times and then put them down again. “Okay! Jayden chose No. 18. Next, Belu will live in No. 15, and Lano will live in No. 16…”

Jayden left, and the remaining Belu and Lanor Lelin were all from the same circle as Kaliwell, so Gulicha and the others didn’t dare to object.

Leylin was assigned to room 20. He said nothing and quickly entered his cabin.

The room was very small, just a small compartment that could only fit a bed and there was almost no room to stand.

This reminded Leylin of the train bed in his previous life, which was also so narrow that he could hardly even stretch his legs straight.

"It's good to have a bed. I always slept sitting down on the Death Prairie!" Leylin comforted himself.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome aboard this airship. I am your captain - Gargamel Kephart Limpover. I wish you a pleasant journey!"

"I'm announcing some precautions. No one other than the instructor is allowed to go onto the deck, unless you want to fly down from the sky! ... The restaurant is in Hall No. 1, Hall No. 2 is the washroom, and Hall No. 3 is the lounge. Everyone is welcome!"

A deep male voice came from the room. Leylin looked and saw that it came from a brass pipe. He didn't know whether it was used as an air pipe or a megaphone.

“Take off!” Leylin felt his body lighten, and the boat swayed slightly. He quickly lay down next to a small piece of glass crystal.

The window was only the size of a football and was very thick, so the view outside was a little unclear.

As the airship rose higher, the ground became smaller and smaller. Gradually, the original campsite turned into a black spot in Leylin's eyes.

Leylin put away the cross sword and crossbow and lay down on the bed.

"I heard from Professor Dorot that the journey will last about a month. It's really long! It's been more than half a year since I left home, and I still haven't arrived at the academy!"

In a trance, Leylin closed his eyes.

“Ding… Ding Dong…”

A melodious voice sounded, waking Leylin from his sleep. Leylin got up and looked out the window. It was pitch black.

"It's already night!"

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! The restaurant is serving dinner. Today's dishes include: foie gras truffles, roasted whole chicken, white bread, squirrel meat..."

This time the voice was replaced by a very nice female voice.

Lei Lin touched his stomach, quickly stood up, straightened his clothes, and ran to the restaurant.

In the dim corridor, there was a light every few steps, emitting a dim light.

The surrounding wooden doors opened from time to time, and apprentices walked out.

Hall No. 1 was already full of apprentices, but Leylin did not see any instructors, so he wondered if there was a special restaurant.

There was a huge white stone on the top of the hall, which was emitting white light, very bright, like a little sun.

The middle of the restaurant is filled with long tables and white chairs, and it looks a bit like a university cafeteria.

"Hi! Lei Lin, over here!" Belu called out loudly from a corner, surrounded by several other Black Bone Forest apprentices.

“Here I am!” Leylin came to the food pick-up area and took a silver tray and cutlery. After thinking for a while, he took a piece of white bread, a fried chicken leg, a fruit salad, and a bottle of cider, and came to Belu’s side.

"You guys are here really early!" Leylin greeted them.

"You're too late. Did you oversleep?" Belu chuckled.

Leylin sat down and drank half of a bottle of cider in one gulp. “I overslept!”

He looked around again, "Should we go with these apprentices?"

At this time, in addition to the apprentices from the Black Bone Forest Academy , there were also apprentices from other academies in the hall. The boys and girls sat in groups according to their academies, and they were a little cold towards each other.

"That's right. We, the Gothic Sage's Hut, and several other academies are all on the same route! As for the Nine-Ring White Tower, they are not in the same direction as us, so we have to go separately!" Lan Nuo said.

“Is that so?” Leylin said with some regret. “George and his friends are on the airship on the right. It seems that they are indeed very far away from Black Bone Forest Academy. It will be troublesome to contact them in the future!”

After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms to rest.

Apart from eating and sleeping, there was almost nothing else to do every day. This boring life lasted for fifteen days.

It was another evening. After dinner, no one wanted to go back to the small cabin, so they started chatting around the dining table.

“Belu, what’s wrong with you?” Leylin asked, looking at Belu who was obviously a little depressed.

During the past ten days, Beru had become a chatterbox , talking about everything from his family tree to how a dish in the royal capital was made. He spoke like a bull in heat.

Lei Lin and the others have gone from being unable to stand it to being accustomed to it, and now they even regard this as the only bit of fun in their boring lives.

"Yeah! I also want to hear about your love history!" Lan Nuo started to make fun of him.

"That's all!" Beru rolled his eyes, "I can't think of anything else to say!"

"How boring!" Beru wailed.

"Hold on, there's only half a month left! The journey from your home to the camp is longer than this, how do you pass the time?" Leylin encouraged his friend, but he was a little confused.

"My home is in the Bourbon Kingdom, right on the edge of the Death Prairie. It took me more than half a month to walk to the camp!" Beru rolled his eyes weakly.

“No wonder!” Leylin shook his head.

"Jason, I saw this first. What do you want to do?" The silver plate fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Leylin turned around and saw Kaliweir roaring , his hair standing up, like an angry lion.

On the other side, Jason forked a golden roasted chicken leg into his plate, "Whoever gets it first gets it!"

Instead of trying to stop the fight, the people around them looked like they were enjoying the show.

During the long journey, Kaliweir and Jayden became increasingly dissatisfied with each other, especially when Jayden showed that he wanted to recruit two subordinates.

In the previous frictions, the two had maintained due restraint because of concern for the wizard, but now, the situation was obviously a little out of control.

Leylin frowned.

“You forced me to do this!” Kaliweir shouted , his muscles bulging, and he looked as if he had swelled in size.

As a nobleman, he had naturally been trained as a knight, and seemed to have stimulated his life energy to become a true knight.

"Chip! Scan!"

“Ding! Kaliweir’s Strength: 2.5, Agility: 2.7, Constitution: 3.0, Status: Mystical spell bursting out.”

"Estimated effect of the secret technique: After running, strength and agility will increase!"

“Today I will let you know that you must learn to lower your head in front of a noble lion!” Kaliweir shouted , kicked his feet, and his body turned into an afterimage, rushing towards Jaymen.

“Warning! Warning! Radiation energy source detected! Status: Unstable. It is recommended to move away immediately!” The sound of the chip rang beside Leylin’s ears.

“Radiant energy? Could it be that a wizard has taken action?” Leylin was stunned.

"Haha! Today I'll let you know who is the number one among the freshmen!" Jayden laughed and took out a green badge from his arms.

"Bilis-Doomb! Green creatures! Please obey my call and come to the mortal world!" James sang in a strange voice .

He used a very unfamiliar language, but strangely, Leylin could completely understand what he meant.

As the spell sounded, a halo appeared on the surface of the green badge, and then several brown vines stretched out from the ground, dancing wildly like snakes .

Tsk tsk!!

The vines danced, protecting Jayden, and then stretched forward, tripping Kaliwell.

Layers of vines continued to entwine, and within a moment, they had wrapped up Kaliwell’s entire body, leaving only his face.

"Magic item!" Apprentices around exclaimed.

"Anyone who can use magic items must be at least a first-class apprentice! Has he...has he been promoted to a first-class apprentice?"

Voices continued to be heard from all around, and everyone stared at Jayden with awe, which made the wrapped Kaliwell's face turn even redder.

“What do you think? As long as you swear to obey me, I will untie you!” Jaymen came in front of Kaliweir.

“Never… Never! The honor of the Golden Lion Family will never be insulted by me!” The blood vessels on Kaliweir’s face bulged, as if they were about to drip blood.

“Is that so? There’s nothing we can do!” Jayden shrugged helplessly. The vines kept tightening, and even made crackling sounds, as if they were breaking Kaliwell’s bones.

Just when several apprentices around couldn't stand it anymore and were about to persuade them.

Boom!!! The airship suddenly shook, and the lights dimmed.

Some apprentices immediately fell to the ground. "What happened? Did we encounter a strong air current?" A light flashed in Leylin's eyes.

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

The window cracked and a violent gust of air rushed in.

Along with the sound of the wind, there was also blue electric current flowing continuously.

Looking at this, Leylin’s pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip: “Thunderstorm? Where are the wizards on the airship?”

"How dare you, tiny bugs, trespass into the great Pandara's territory!!!"

A voice was heard, accompanied by violent wind and thunder.

19. Chapter 19 Arrival at the Academy

"It's an adult Storm Giant Elf!!!"

"Damn it! How could this thing appear on this route? Wasn't it cleared before?"

"Where are the wizards from various schools? We need their help!!"

Several angry voices were heard.

"Open the large-scale defensive magic formation first, otherwise those apprentices will be dead!"

Following the sound of a spell, a milky white halo emerged from the entire wall of the airship. Green flashed at several of the gaps, and vines continued to climb up, blocking the cracks tightly.

“Huff…” Leylin’s face flushed and he was breathing heavily.

When the Storm Giant Elf was speaking just now, the apprentices present felt an extremely cold pressure coming at them.

It was huge, majestic, and full of naked malice !!! It almost suffocated Leylin.

Fortunately, after this defensive formation was activated , Lei Lin felt lighter and felt much better.

Otherwise, perhaps in a few moments, all the apprentices in the hall would suffocate to death.

"Humans, you will pay the price for your reckless behavior!" the Storm Giant Elf roared.

The sound passed through the witch formation, and the milky white light trembled.

“Great Son of Nature! Please calm your anger! We have a token here!” A voice that Leylin was somewhat familiar with sounded. It was the captain of the airship.

"This is the agreement we made with His Majesty the Storm King, which gives us the power to pass!" Gargamel 's voice was full of confidence.

"A token?" The Storm Giant Elf's voice was full of doubt, and then he roared: "Pandara is free! The tribe contract does not control me! ! "

"Roar! Roar! Domi dares - Potala!" As the spell sounded again, the thunder and lightning outside suddenly became ten times more violent.

"Fuck!!! It's actually a Wanderer, I won the jackpot!!!" Gargamel 's voice sounded again, but without his usual confidence, he was more angry and frustrated.

"Everyone, take action together!!!"

Boom!!!!

Colorful lights kept flashing outside the window, entangled with the lightning.

The airship began to tremble slightly.

Lei Lin's face turned pale. Now he could only pray that the wizards would show their power and drive away the damned storm giant elf. Otherwise, he would not be able to escape at such a high altitude.

"Bang!!!"

After another loud noise, the airship returned to calm.

"Is it gone?"

"It's just a giant storm elf that has just reached adulthood. It's at most equivalent to a half-elemental wizard. There are nine of us, so it's natural for it to run away!"

The voices of wizards talking outside could be heard, which were obviously not suppressed. It should be to calm the apprentices' minds.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the apprentices present all cheered loudly.

"Oh! Praise the great wizards!"

"Damn it! I thought I was going to be smashed into a pulp!"

"Haha! Look at that coward, he actually peed his pants!" The apprentices laughed loudly at the unlucky guy, venting their fear.

Leylin glanced at them briefly.

As early as when the Storm Giant Elf was speaking, Jaymon had already loosened the vines that bound Kaliwell. Now Kaliwell had no idea where he had run off to. Although Jaymon’s face was a little pale, he had been standing in the center of the field, maintaining the posture of a winner.

"The chip didn't find that Jaymon was carrying magic items before. It seems that he got it recently, and the only channel is Dorot!!!"

“It seems that after obtaining the magic item, Jayden couldn’t wait to challenge Kaliweir’s position. If it weren’t for this accident, he might have succeeded!” Leylin thought to himself.

Because of the disturbance by the Storm Giant Elf, the conflict between Jaymen and Kaliwell came to an end in such an inconclusive way.

From then on, Kaliweir tried his best to avoid appearing in the same place with Jayden. It seemed that he was afraid of the other party 's magic items .

This battle also had a huge impact on Leylin.

“Klaywell has fully stimulated his life energy and crossed the threshold to become a formal knight. However, he is still as fragile as a lamb in front of an apprentice holding a magic item! It seems that the power of a wizard is indeed far greater than that of a knight!”

"I was originally thinking about stimulating my life energy, but now it seems that if I still haven't stimulated it after arriving at the academy, I'll just give up! I must focus all my energy on studying wizardry!" Leylin made up his mind.

As time passed, the airship finally reached another continent.

In addition to the giant storm elves encountered that time, the airship encountered many flying creatures along the way, which made Leylin realize that not only was the Sea of Death difficult to cross, but there were also dangers in the sky.

Fortunately, Gargamel 's token is still useful against most creatures and no conflict occurs.

During this period, the airship landed several times, sending batches of teachers and students off the ship, and the airship gradually became empty.

Before I knew it, more than ten days had passed.

BANG ! ! The airship landed on the ground, and the entire compartment shook violently.

"We've arrived at the Black Bone Swamp! Attention, apprentices from the Black Bone Forest Academy! Please take your belongings with you and disembark in an orderly manner!" A voice rang out, echoing back and forth in the small private room.

“Are we finally here?” Leylin quickly packed up his things and left the small cubicle where he had stayed for over a month.

“Jamen, Kaliweir, count the number of people!” Dorot held a black staff in his hand, with a huge green gem inlaid on the top of the black staff .

“As you command!” Jaymen and Kaliweir nodded and began to count the number of people.

Leylin glanced at Kaliweir. Ever since the incident in the restaurant, the young man had suddenly become much quieter. He usually stayed in his cubicle, and now he looked a little gloomy.

On the contrary, Jayden is very active. According to rumors, he has been accepted as a direct disciple by Dorothea.

Unlike ordinary mentors, the status of direct disciples is much higher, and they can even obtain a lot of advanced knowledge from the mentor for free.

A group of more than a dozen people walked out of the airship.

"Is this where the academy is located? It looks a bit desolate!"

Leylin looked around. There was desert on all sides, and a few small paths with obvious traces of people walking on them.

There is a wooden sign in the center of a three-way intersection, which has several cracks in it.

The end points of each direction are indicated in black font above.

"The Land of Shadows and Death - Black Bone Swamp!" The font was twisted and distorted, and Leylin suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

"Hehe... come with me!" Dorothea stretched his body, and his white bones made a creaking sound, as if they would fall apart in the next moment.

"Pay attention! Although our academy's apprentices clean up here regularly, there are still some humanoids, polluters, and malicious creatures wandering around. If you fall behind, we may be able to see your remains immediately!"

Dorot sneered, and the apprentices who heard him twitched their faces and followed Dorot closely, fearing that they would be left behind.

The group slowly set out on the road leading to the Darkbone Swamp.

"What is that?" Leylin was walking in the middle of the team when suddenly a black light flashed before his eyes. A creature that looked like a lizard but had a blue horn on its head ran over.

"Chip! Scan!"

"Task established, scan started!" The mechanical voice of the chip sounded.

"Unknown high-energy creature! Estimated strength: 3-4, Agility: 4-5, Constitution: greater than 5. Rating: Extremely dangerous!"

"Hiss! Any one of them is much more powerful than a scavenger wolf, and who knows if they have any strange hunting methods. If a knight encounters one, there is only one way to go, and that is death!"

Leylin hurriedly squeezed forward. In this dangerous land, it seemed that Mentor Dorot, who was made up of a pile of dark brown bones, was his only guarantee of safety.

"It seems that our young apprentice has begun to realize the danger!"

The green fire in Dorot's eyes flickered for a moment, and he spoke calmly.

The further the team went in, the less desolate the land became, and there were more bushes on the roadside.

Soon after, Leylin entered a black forest.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but after entering the forest, Lei Lin felt that the sun in the sky suddenly dimmed, and there was a layer of light white mist around him, giving him a cold feeling.

"Warning! Warning! High-energy creatures are approaching rapidly! Location: overhead!" The chip's alarm sounded.

Leylin quickly lowered his head and squatted down.

"Quack!" A harsh sound rang out.

A black crow with red eyes swooped down from a tree, passed over Leylin, and hooked its sharp claws directly into the face of a female apprentice.

boom!!!

A ball of green liquid hit the black crow directly. The crow croaked and fell to the ground. Wisps of white smoke rose up, making a corrosive sound.

The female apprentice stood there, and suddenly burst into tears out of fear.

After just a few seconds, the crow on the ground was completely destroyed, leaving behind a large corroded pit.

"The number of these red-eyed crows has increased again. It seems that I have to issue a task after returning and ask the apprentices to clean them up again!"

"What are you looking at? Go!"

Dorot's voice came from the front. The crying female apprentice wiped her eyes with her sleeve, gritted her teeth and started forward.

Lei Lin was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

After walking for about another hour, the group arrived at the center of the Black Forest.

“This is…” Leylin’s vision suddenly became empty.

What comes into view is a huge cemetery.

In the center of the Black Forest, for some unknown reason, there is a large cemetery.

The cemetery is very large and made of black and white marble, which looks very luxurious.

It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. Many tombstones had fallen to the ground and were overgrown with weeds. Some of the tombstones were covered with vines, and crows would occasionally stop on them and call, which was quite scary.

“Welcome to the city of shadows and death—the Black Bone Forest!” Dorot laughed, but Leylin felt that he was gloating.

20. 20 : Choosing a Mentor

"The Black Bone Forest Academy really has some bad taste. They actually set up the academy in a cemetery!"

Leylin shook his head, but then he felt very comfortable, as if all the pores in his body were opening up, breathing in the air here.

"Chip! What's going on?"

"Ding! Mission established! Environmental samples collected and analyzed!"

"A type of negative energy particles in the surrounding environment has increased significantly, and it resonates slightly with the subject's mental power. It is speculated that they are dark negative energy particles!" The voice of the chip came.

"I see! The increase in negative energy in the environment is obviously beneficial to dark wizards. It's just like in the novels of my previous life, where immortal sects had to occupy places with spiritual energy!"

Leylin somewhat understood the academy's choice.

"Password!"

At this time, Dorothea had led his team to the center of the cemetery complex , where there was the largest cemetery. Black marble was piled up piece by piece , like a huge black castle.

Next to the tomb door, there are two huge stone statues.

The one on the left is a giant dog with two heads and barbs on its body.

On the right is a huge lizard with wings, its sharp teeth exposed, revealing a ferocious aura.

Both statues are very lifelike, with eyes made of black gemstones, making them look lifelike.

When Dorothea came in front of the statue, the lizard on the right asked with a dry voice, and as its mouth opened and closed, stone dust kept falling.

"Alright! Jiuma Luo! Don't you know me yet?"

Dorot looked annoyed.

As soon as Dorot finished speaking, the lizard and the giant dog laughed loudly, and the sound created a huge wave of wind, which blew up the collar of the apprentice behind him.

"Dorot! Even though we know you well! But rules are rules!"

The two statues now seemed to come completely alive, and the giant dog licked its front paws and made a woman's voice.

"Or? You want to play with us?" The lizard stretched out one of its front paws and hooked its finger like a human, "Come on! I just feel a little itchy!"

"Okay! Okay! Let me think about it!" Dorothea rolled his eyes.

"Oh! Damn it! I should take the heads off those pigs who designed the defensive magic array and shove them up their asses!"

Dorot suddenly roared.

"Hurry up and tell me! What's the password?" The giant dog roared, and sparks began to fly out of its mouth.

"The secret password is - I hate stinky bones!" Dorothea said in a low voice.

The corner of Leylin's mouth twitched, and he used a lot of willpower to suppress his smile. Although Dorot had a skull- like face, Leylin was sure that he was in a very bad mood.

"Haha! The command is correct!" The lizard and the giant dog laughed loudly and made way.

"I bet! The monitor in the academy must have fainted from laughing at the crystal ball!" The giant dog laughed and returned to the original stone table, turning into its original sculpture state.

"Puchi!" An apprentice finally couldn't help it and made a sound.

"Hmph!" Green flames suddenly burst out of Dorot's eyes. "It seems I need to let the new apprentices understand what it means to respect the mentor!"

Snap! Dorot snapped his fingers.

"Ah!!! What is that? Don't come over here, don't come over here!!!" The apprentice who made the sound just now took several steps back, fell to the ground, and screamed loudly.

"Rossi! What's wrong?" An apprentice came forward.

" No ...don't come over here!" Rossi screamed , his face beginning to distort.

Looking at this scene, the apprentices around felt a chill in their hearts.

"Wizards are equal and can joke with each other, but apprentices must remain humble!"

Lei Lin suddenly understood the survival rules of the wizarding world. Only equal strength is the prerequisite for dialogue.

Jayden and Kaliweir on the side also looked thoughtful.

"Hold him up and let's go in!" Dorothea pointed at Rossi who was still screaming .

His two servants walked over and lifted Rossi up, one on each side .

“At least they are all great knights!” Seeing the two servants easily subdue Rossi, Leylin’s eyes flashed.

After opening the tomb door, a circle of downward stone steps appeared in front of everyone.

The steps were in a spiral shape, extending downwards and gradually sinking into the bottomless darkness.

Dorot knocked a brick on the ground with his staff . Boom! Boom!

Blue flames began to burn at intervals, illuminating the ground.

“Except for the color, this place looks like a medieval castle!” Leylin exclaimed as he stepped onto the stairs of the Black Bone Forest Academy .

Under the illumination of the blue flame, Leylin didn’t know how long he had been walking, but it was definitely more than twenty minutes.

"It's so huge! The area of the underground building here is much larger than the cemetery above, and it's several times larger. It's like an underground kingdom."

Leylin calculated secretly.

"Our Black Bone Forest Academy was built in 324 AD, and it has a history of more than a thousand years... and our first dean was the great wizard Merlin Falex Geovicchi..."

Dorothea walked in front, explaining a few words from time to time.

"You just came in through the main entrance of the academy! In addition to that, the academy has many other exits. As long as you become a formal wizard, you can also apply to choose an unmanned grave in the cemetery above as your own exclusive passage!"

Dorot said again.

However, the corners of Leylin’s mouth kept twitching: “We are promoted to wizards just to get a cemetery? What a bad taste!”

But with the previous experience of the unlucky guy, Lei Lin only dared to talk about it in his heart and did not dare to say it out loud.

"Our Black Bone Forest Academy is divided into several major areas, including the living area, teaching area, experimental area, garden area, trading area, mission area, etc. Someone will show you the specific locations later. Now, you must follow me to register at the academic affairs office and then choose a tutor!"

Dorotte came to a relatively large room and pointed at the words on the iron door. "This is the teaching office, but I don't think you will want to come here again in the future!"

Lei Lin looked at the things on the door that looked like words and patterns, and finally admitted that they did not match any of the words that the playboy had seen before .

"Oh! I forgot you don't know ancient Byron!" Dorot slapped his head, "It doesn't matter! This is the basic language of spells, you will learn it later!"

"Dorothea? Come in!" As an old voice sounded, the iron gate suddenly moved by itself, and a big steel hand stretched out to open the bolt, and made a gesture of inviting people in.

Leylin followed Dorot into the room and found that the room was very large. An old man with a white beard and red eyebrows was sitting behind a large black desk, writing something with a quill pen. There was a thick pile of parchment beside him.

Behind him, there were countless bookshelves more than ten meters high, filled with scattered parchments, crystal balls, etc. It looked like a library.

"You're late!" The old man put down the feather pen in his hand and forced a smile on his dry face.

"We encountered some trouble on the way. We met a wandering storm giant. The airship was damaged and we wasted time!" Dorothea explained.

The old man said: "That's unfortunate!"

He looked at the apprentice behind him, his bright eyes gleaming with wisdom, his gaze passed over all the apprentices, and finally stopped on Jayden.

"Looks like you got a good harvest!"

"Of course!" Dorot pointed his finger and said, "Jamen! Come here!"

Pulling Jiamen in front of him, "I have already reached an agreement with him! He is now my direct student! Quick! Complete the paperwork for him!"

Dorot handed the old man a heavy black bag and a stack of forms.

"Well! Fifth-level qualifications, very good!" The old man took out something like a pair of glasses, with a gold thread around it, and hung it on his nose.

"Of course! That bitch Meadow actually pushed this trouble onto me, haha! Now I want him to be mad to death!" Dorothea laughed triumphantly.

"So! Jamon! Are you willing to be Dorothea's student?" asked the old man.

"I do!" Jayden looked at Dorothea and said in a low voice.

"Okay!" The old man picked up a piece of parchment with something written on it, and handed a black package to Jayden, "This is yours! Take it!"

"Have you finished the formalities? I've already taught him meditation and other things, and I still have to go back to do experiments! I finally got an inspiration along the way, but I don't have the right materials at hand. Can you imagine the pain of that?"

Dorothea made a sound similar to a groan and pulled Jaymon out of the room quickly.

"Okay! Mr. Dorot's mission is accomplished. Next, I will tell you some precautions!" The old man knocked on the table, attracting the apprentices' attention, and then said with satisfaction.

"Since you have already paid the tuition and agreed to the contract terms, you are already apprentices of our Black Bone Forest. Now, you will choose your mentor from me!"

"There are two ways to choose a mentor. One is to choose randomly. Put your name in the crystal ball and my baby will randomly draw a teacher! This method is free."

"Excuse me? What is your treasure?" an apprentice asked timidly .

"Oh?" The old man smiled, and then a black python suddenly appeared on the table. "This is my pet! Banban! It doesn't know any of you. I think it's fair and just to let it draw! Any questions?"

"No...no more!" Looking at the giant python spitting out its tongue, the apprentice quickly shrank back.

"There is another way, which is for the apprentice to choose a mentor himself. I have a brief introduction and conditions of the mentors here for you to choose. Of course, if you choose this method, you need to pay the price of a magic stone again!"

"No matter which method you choose, once you decide on your mentor, it cannot be changed!"

The old man said, "Next, those whose names I call, come up and tell me your choice!"

21. Chapter 21: Gofate

As the old man finished speaking, the apprentices below became a little flustered.

"What should I do? What should I choose?" Beru looked bitter.

"Those who pay are naturally better than those who don't pay! This is common sense!"

“You should have some extra magic stones, right?” Leylin was a little surprised.

"But... I only have one magic stone left. My family sacrificed a thousand-man team to get two magic stones!"

Belu was obviously reluctant to part with it, and Leylin was also shocked and couldn't help but touch his pockets.

"I didn't expect that the value of the magic stone is even higher than I imagined. I really got a great bargain when I robbed Olin!"

"No, our Kori Islands are known as the wizard's desert, and there are few innate resources. Maybe on this continent, the value of resources such as magic stones is relatively abundant!"

"For this matter, you have to make your own choice!" Leylin said to Belu.

"Okay! First one, Lan Nuo!" said the old man.

"Which one do you choose?"

"I... I don't have any magic stones anymore. Can I buy them on credit first? I have fourth-class qualifications!" Lan Nuo's face turned a little red.

"Good qualifications! Unfortunately, rules are rules!" The old man shook his head.

Pointing to a crystal ball on the table, Lan Nuo's name appeared in it, along with many unfamiliar names, flashing back and forth.

The black python Banban spat out its tongue and tapped the crystal ball. The words flashed and stopped, "Lan Nuo! Mentor Gan Fulin!"

"Here! A set of apprentice clothes, an identity badge! A crystal ball, which contains a set of basic meditation methods for apprentices! And your room number and key!"

The old man threw a black package to Lan Nuo and snapped his fingers. Boom!!! Suddenly, a black ball appeared in the room, floating in the air.

"Follow this shadow servant, it will lead you to your mentor!"

The old man made a gesture to send him away. Lan Nuo followed the black ball out with a helpless look on his face.

"Next! Rossi!"

The apprentice who had just laughed at Dorothea at the entrance of the tomb came forward. Although he looked much better, cold sweat was still on his face.

"Oh! What did I see? The nightmare mark! Poor little thing! You'll have to suffer for the next month!"

"Can...can you please remove this mark?" Rossi's voice trembled a little.

"Sure! One hundred magic stones! No credit!" The old man agreed very straightforwardly!

Rossi shook his head and took out a magic stone from his arms, "I want to choose my own mentor!"

"Hmm!" The old man put away the magic stone and threw a large book that looked like a dictionary to Rossi. "The information of the mentors who are willing to accept disciples is all here. Take your time to choose!"

"Bang!" An hourglass appeared on the table, and sand kept falling down bit by bit .

"I forgot to add this just now. One magic stone only has one hourglass selection time. If you exceed it, you will have to pay more magic stones!" The old man smiled grimly.

Rossi swallowed, looked at the falling sand, and quickly flipped through the pages.

"This hourglass seems to only have about five minutes of time! Even just one glance is not enough!" Leylin's eyes narrowed.

"Time's up!" As the old man spoke, the big book closed automatically with a loud snap.

"How about it? Have you decided? Or do you want to choose again?" asked the old man.

"I've decided! I choose Teacher Vivian !" Rossi took a deep breath.

"Take your things and follow the servant!" The old man threw another black package like the previous one to Rossi and summoned another shadow servant.

Rossi bowed slightly and followed the floating servant out the door.

"Next, Kaliwell!"

…

The old man called out again. Leylin watched carefully as the apprentices went up one after another. Kaliweir was obviously very wealthy. He paid three magic stones and read through all the information before making a choice.

In the end, Beru did not pay the magic stones and chose to draw randomly, and he didn't know whether the result would be good or bad.

“Next! Leylin!” The old man called out Leylin’s name.

Leylin took a deep breath and walked forward.

“Make your own choice!” Leylin handed a magic stone to the old man.

"You know the rules!" The old man snapped his fingers, and the hourglass turned over and started counting again.

The dictionary-like tome is heavy and feels very textured to the touch.

Leylin flipped through the pages quickly, constantly browsing the information on the parchment.

"It's the language of the Corrie Island. It seems to be specially prepared for our apprentices."

"Chip! Record it and extract the information!"

"Listel's necromancy teacher specializes in mutation, neurology, and negative energy structure.

Three paid knowledge can be provided for free

Requirements: Apprentices must assist in conducting experiments once a month and may not refuse for any reason!!!"

…

"Durot's shadow teacher specializes in anatomy, energy conversion, and dead soul reincarnation.

Requirements: Apprentices must pay one magic stone per month and cooperate with the experiment! "

"Guofat pharmacy instructor specializes in pharmacy, plant cultivation, and negative energy neutralization.

Can provide a paid knowledge for free

Requirements: Apprentices must help clean the laboratory, pre-process various medicinal materials, and assist wizards in potion experiments every day (without endangering the personal safety of the apprentices!)"

"The Esteluo Curse Department Instructor is good at Curse Studies, Human Anatomy, and Spirit Studies.

Five items of paid knowledge can be provided for free, and the type can be chosen by the apprentices themselves. Apprentices can be taught anytime and anywhere!

Request: Cooperate with one experiment! Just one!!!"

The pages of the book flipped, making a rustling sound. When the last grain of sand fell, Leylin also turned the last page of the book.

"You have a good memory, which will be very useful for your future studies! What do you think? Which one do you choose?" the old man asked with a smile.

Leylin closed his eyes. "Chip! How is the data being sorted?"

"Ding! Already sorted, including information on 53 instructors, removing misleading and deceptive information!"

Gofat just now really concerned me. It seems that the wizard's experiment is very dangerous and can even endanger the life and safety of the apprentice!"

"Gofat is just a pharmacy experiment, what else do we need to talk about the other shadow and necromancy experiments?"

"No wonder the conditions are so good, paid knowledge is given for free, it turns out that the purpose is to induce apprentices to cooperate with the experiment! Although it may not necessarily cause any accidents, once something goes wrong, it will be the end!"

"Chip! Screening, matching conditions: those that meet my own conditions."

“Ding!!!” A blue light flashed, and then the light blue screen in front of Leylin changed. Most of the information of other mentors disappeared, leaving only a few lonely ones. Dorot’s information was also on it.

"Durot's shadow teacher specializes in anatomy, energy conversion, and dead soul reincarnation.

Requirements: Apprentices must pay one magic stone per month and cooperate with the experiment! "

"Guofat pharmacy instructor specializes in pharmacy, plant cultivation, and negative energy neutralization.

Can provide a paid knowledge for free

Requirements: Apprentices must help clean the laboratory, pre-process various medicinal materials, and assist wizards in potion experiments every day (without endangering the personal safety of the apprentices!)"

…

"It seems that Dorot has a good temper among the instructors in the academy, otherwise he wouldn't be asked to pick up the new students."

Leylin thought to himself, "It's a pity that I don't have enough magic stones. He also has a gate, so I'm afraid he won't pay much attention to me!"

"Most of the instructors in the dark and other categories require cooperation in experiments, but they don't guarantee your life safety. It's too bad!"

Lei Lin had no choice but to cross out the dark category.

"The only one left is the pharmacy instructor! Chips have a unique advantage in this kind of high-precision work. I can use the potions to make money and then buy dark knowledge to learn!"

The people outside just watched Leylin close his eyes, and when he opened them again, he made a decision.

"I choose Master Gofat ! "

"Pharmacy?" The old man was a little surprised. "Do you want to be a pharmacist? The initial investment in this field is very scary! Do you want to change? I think Dorotte is very suitable for you!"

“Thank you, sir!” Leylin bowed sincerely, “I am interested in potions, and I have learned a little about it before.”

“The knowledge of pharmacists in the secular world and the pharmacy in the wizarding world are completely different things!” The old man shook his head, and seeing Leylin’s determined gaze, he couldn’t help but say:

"Since you have made up your mind, let's do it!" said the old man, picked up a quill pen, and wrote on the parchment.

"Here is your package, follow the shadow apprentice to Gofate!"

The old man handed the black package to Leylin.

Leylin bowed deeply, nodded to the remaining apprentices, and walked out of the door.

The black shadow servant was floating in front, making a few circles from time to time. Its speed was not very fast, but with Leylin's physique at the peak of the reserve knight, he could easily keep up.

Apprentices passed by from time to time, and they all looked at Lei Lin as if they were used to it.

Leylin followed the shadow servant through several corridors, two halls, and a garden before stopping in an area that looked like a laboratory.

The shadow servant's entire body suddenly became translucent, and he walked directly through the door, leaving Leylin outside.

Lei Lin was speechless and did not dare to knock on the door directly, so he just waited outside quietly.

After a while, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside the door.

"Leylin? Come in!"

"Yes!" Leylin stepped back and opened the door of the laboratory and went in.

A mixture of spicy and sweet smell filled the entire laboratory, mixed with a smell similar to disinfectant, which made Leylin frown.

A huge table, which took up almost half of the entire laboratory, was filled with glass bottles, test tubes, beakers, and other tools that Leylin could not recognize, giving him the illusion of returning to his previous life.

In front of the laboratory table stood a middle-aged man with white hair. He was wearing a white robe with golden patterns embroidered on the collar. His eyes shone with golden light and looked like two golden gems.

“I’m Guo Fate. I’ve already heard the details from the shadow servant. So, Leylin, are you willing to become my disciple?” The middle-aged man put down the test tube in his hand and spoke in a serious tone.

22. Chapter 22 Meditation

"I do!" Leylin replied quickly.

"Okay! Since it is the arrangement of the academy, I will accept you as my disciple!" The middle-aged man touched his chin.

"Although the environment is average, it's enough for your enlightenment here!" Gofate glanced around the laboratory: "At least it's quiet here and you won't be disturbed!"

"What enlightenment?" Leylin was a little confused.

"The wizard's initiation!" replied Gofat .

"Now, Leylin, tell me, what is a wizard in your mind?"

“A mysterious person who can summon wind and thunder, and utilize the power of nature such as fire!” Leylin quoted the common saying of the Corri Islands.

"Hmm! That's a bit off topic!" commented Guofat .

"The so-called wizards are actually just a title we give to those who possess power during the ancient wars. Wizards learn the rules, master the rules, and gain power by using the rules. They are a group of scholars who are constantly pursuing the truth!"

Gofat explained the concept of wizards to Leylin.

“So, wizard is not a title that only belongs to humans!” Leylin understood a little.

"That's right! There are wizards in other humanoid races and even intelligent life forms, such as sea wizards, dragon wizards, etc."

Gofat said casually, "Okay! Now let's start the ceremony! Don't be afraid, it's very simple!"

"Crack!" The ground around Guofat suddenly softened and turned into a magic circle, and strange waves spread out.

The surroundings suddenly became dark, with only a little flame rising in the center of the magic circle.

“Now! Give me your hand!” Leylin stretched out his hand, and a broad palm covered his palm.

"Following the ancient rites, Lelin Farrell, I am here to lead you on the path of wizardry!"

“Repeat after me!”

“I swear! I will always follow the path of truth!” Guofat used an unfamiliar language, but Leylin understood it completely and couldn’t help but utter the same words.

"I swear! I will always follow the path of truth!" A boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old spoke in a somewhat childish voice.

"Without the teacher's permission, I swear not to reveal any of the knowledge I have learned from the teacher..."

Guo Fate continued to speak, and Leylin followed suit. The two voices merged strangely.

The flame in the center of the magic circle suddenly became brighter and burned fiercely...

"Congratulations on becoming an official wizard apprentice!"

After the ceremony, Gofat celebrated to Leylin.

Leylin looked down at his hands. After the mysterious ceremony, he seemed to feel that the world he saw was a little different, but it also seemed that nothing had changed.

"The subject's brain waves are abnormal!!!" The chip's reminder sounded.

"It seems to be a change in mental strength. Unfortunately, I have no information about this in my previous life. I can only supplement it myself later!" Lei Lin was a little helpless.

"I have given you the crystal ball that contains the meditation method, right? Take a closer look at it when you go back. You are now able to accept the knowledge in it!"

"Come to my place tomorrow morning at six!"

"Now, you can go back. Remember! Don't run around!" Guofat reminded.

"As you wish, Instructor!" Leylin saluted and walked out of the laboratory.

"Luckily I just passed by, otherwise I wouldn't know where the dormitory area is!" When following the shadow servant just now, Leylin had already let the chip start recording the map. Now it has been completed by a small part, at least the places he passed by are remembered.

The wizard's place was very dangerous, and Leylin didn't want to get affected by taking the wrong path.

Arriving at the accommodation area, Leylin took out a key from the old man's package.

The black copper key felt heavy in his hand, with the number "783" on it. The dormitory area was a bit deserted now. Lei Lin walked alone in the empty corridor and could only hear the echo of his own footsteps, which made him feel a little uneasy.

I followed the numbers to find my room, "Here it is!"

Leylin inserted the key into the lock, and a heavy metallic impact sound was heard.

As the door opened, flames automatically lit up in the dark room. "Did they actually use witchcraft principles to invent a voice-controlled system?"

Leylin put down the package and inspected the territory where he would live for several years.

The dormitory is relatively small and is divided into three compartments: a bedroom, a living room, and a washroom. Each apprentice lives alone. There is a stack of new quilts on the bed, and it looks very clean and tidy.

"Nice environment!" Lei Lin sat on the bed and took out all the things distributed by the academy.

"A set of apprentice grey robes. According to the chip test, there may be several spells solidified on it. The defense is comparable to that of ordinary leather armor. Good stuff!" Lei Lin quickly put on the grey robes and put the emblem representing the apprentice on his chest.

This appearance was exactly the same as the gray-robed apprentice that Leylin saw today.

Lei Lin then put his things away and cleaned the house.

When he was leaving, the door of the dormitory next door opened and a brown-haired apprentice walked out: "Hello! Are you the new apprentice? My name is Bill!"

“Hello! My name is Lei Lin, and I just arrived today!” Lei Lin replied. He just wanted to ask something: “Excuse me, how do I get to the restaurant?”

Hearing Leylin's voice, Bill's face showed a look of astonishment: "It's already evening, and I want to go too, shall we?"

“That’s what I want!” Lei Lin smiled and closed the door.

"The restaurant is on the third floor underground. Everything is free. Of course, you can also pay for it yourself and have them cook the dishes you want!"

Bill walked in front to lead the way, introducing things.

"I'm from the Principality of the Moor. What about you?"

"The Kori Islands!"

"Oh my god! It's so far! You must have suffered a lot on the way?" Bill was obviously a chatterbox , and Leylin extracted a lot of information from him.

Bill was a new student like him, but he arrived five days earlier than him. In the entire Black Bone Forest Academy , there were nearly a hundred instructors and more than a thousand apprentices.

"By the way! Who is your mentor?" Bill asked.

"Gofat, professor of pharmacy!" Leylin replied.

"Pharmacology? You're awesome!" Bill was obviously shocked.

"Is pharmacy difficult?" Leylin was a little worried.

“Not only is it difficult, but learning to be a pharmacist requires a lot of materials to practice. Few people with a small family background would choose this! Although becoming a pharmacist does make a lot of money!” Bill stared at Lei Lin with a regretful look.

"You must have been a random mentor, and then you were tricked by that python Banban!"

"Really?" Leylin touched his nose.

"Alright! We're at the restaurant, just help yourself to whatever you want to eat!"

The food in the academy restaurant was very sumptuous, even better than what Leylin had eaten on the airship. Those sitting here were all black-robed apprentices, and there was not a single official wizard to be seen.

After dinner and saying goodbye to Bill, Lei Lin returned to the room and sat on the bed, holding the crystal ball in his hand.

"Finally, I'm going to start my wizarding studies!"

Leylin rubbed the crystal ball, his eyes gradually became confused, and his pupils dilated.

"Data interface found, do you want to start transmission?" The chip's voice sounded.

“Begin!” Following Leylin’s command, his head suddenly began to ache violently, as if someone had stuffed a piece of lead into it.

“This is…” Leylin held his head and found that along with the pain, many images and words suddenly appeared in his mind. The first line read: “Basic Meditation Method”!

This knowledge seemed to appear suddenly, and was deeply imprinted in Leylin's brain.

It took a long time for Leylin to recover from the pain, but his head was still dizzy.

"Chip, start organizing the information on the elementary meditation method!"

"Ding! The task is established, start organizing!"

A blue screen appeared in front of Leylin's eyes and began to flash.

"Ding! The data has been reorganized, removing 21.3% of the redundant information. Do you want to start the transmission?"

“Transmit!” Leylin gave the order.

As the chip continued to transmit, Leylin also came to understand the wizard apprentice's meditation method.

The elementary meditation method, as the name suggests, is a meditation method specially designed for wizard apprentices. It is the most basic thing. After so many years of modification, it has reached an almost perfect level. The elementary meditation methods of various academies have similar contents.

Specifically, it is similar to the visualization method of the previous life, which enhances mental power by drawing will runes in the mind. The more will runes are drawn, the stronger the apprentice's mental power will be.

Wizards like to record each process with precise data.

For wizard apprentices, they divide this stage of training into three stages: first-class apprentice, second-class apprentice, and third-class apprentice.

The division of apprentice levels is based on the progress of meditation method.

Being able to meditate on eight runes at a time has reached the standard of a first-class apprentice, and meditating on all twenty-four runes is a sign of becoming a second-class apprentice. As for the third-class apprentice, it seems that other conditions are required.

The progress of meditation is closely related to the wizard's qualifications.

"In terms of meditation practice, the fifth-class talent is really at an advantage in the apprentice stage. It only takes five to six days to advance to become a first-class apprentice. No wonder Jaymen was still an ordinary person before boarding the airship, but he could use magic items after half a month."

"And for a fourth-class qualification, it takes about half a month to twenty days to reach the level of a first-class apprentice, a month for a third-class qualification, half a year for a second-class qualification, and one to several years for a first-class qualification!"

"This difficulty will increase when you are promoted to the second and third class apprentices. It is understandable that mentors prefer apprentices with higher qualifications. After all, compared to the little effort now, you can get the reward of a formal wizard in a dozen years!"

"The meditation method data has been documented in an independent file. Do you want to start parsing?" A window popped up on the chip.

"Begin analysis!"

"Analyzing! Progress: 0.11%" The chip displays the progress.

"This crystal ball seems to transmit knowledge directly to the apprentice's brain, but the method is too rough, and it doesn't care whether you remember it or not. The chip organizes the information and transmits it directly to the memory area, and can also assist in analysis!"

Lei Lin calmly compared the difference between the two.

23. Chapter 23: Inside the Academy

“Tick! Tick!!”

The hands of the floor-standing bronze clock in the room had moved more than one circle, and more than an hour had passed.

"The first rune has been parsed. Do you want to transmit it?" the chip made a sound.

"Is it finally analyzed? Start transmitting!"

During this time, Lei Lin also studied the original meditation template, but it had no effect at all.

The will rune appears in a three-dimensional way. The patterns inside are very complex and no step can be wrong.

To express this kind of rune in the form of a book not only requires the author to have excellent artistic skills, but also tests the learning ability of the recipient.

Leylin estimated that it would take a normal apprentice several days to begin to understand a rune and then sketch it in his mind, but for the chip, it would only take a few hours.

“This kind of progress is probably comparable to fifth or fourth grade qualifications!” Lei Lin estimated secretly.

As the chip was transmitting, Leylin had completely understood the structure of the first will rune. It was a pattern similar to an "a", but without the horizontal line in the middle. It was surrounded by patterns and spiral structures, and the more you looked at it, the more dizzy you became.

"To start meditation, first of all, you need to keep your heart pure and imagine a peaceful lake..."

Leylin slowly closed his eyes.

In the dim room, the young man sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

I don’t know how long it took, but there seemed to be a light spot flashing around the boy, then it sank into his body and quickly disappeared.

Leylin's eyelids rolled, and then he opened his eyes.

"I'm so tired! It seems that meditation, like the Knight's Breathing Method, also has a time limit! Chip! Check my body!"

"Ding! Subject status detection in progress!"

"The activity of the subject's brain cells has increased, and the activity of cells throughout the body has increased!"

"Ding! The main body's physical fitness increased by 0.05!"

"Huh... Meditation is indeed a wizard's training method. I can feel that the key to meditation is to act on the mental strength, and strengthening the physical fitness is just a side effect."

"Mind affects matter! Through practicing meditation, my physical fitness has actually begun to break through the limits!" Lei Lin's expression was complicated, and he was indescribably surprised.

"According to the information, it is best to take a nap after meditation for the best effect!"

Leylin took off his coat, lay down on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

“Ding Ding!!! Alarm reminder starts!” The mechanical sound of the chip sounded, pulling Leylin out of his sleep.

"It's already the alarm time I set. Time flies!" Lei Lin stretched and saw that the clock had already reached half past five.

"Hurry up and pack! We still have to go see Professor Guo Fate !" Lei Lin quickly washed up, went to the cafeteria to eat a piece of white bread as breakfast, and rushed to yesterday's laboratory.

"Hello, Master!" Leylin saluted.

He noticed that there was a female apprentice following the white-haired Gofat. The girl had a curvy figure and was very beautiful. She seemed to be another student of his mentor.

"Hmm? Have you started to try meditation?" Gofat frowned. "How do you feel?"

"My head hurts, and I feel a little dizzy!"

"This is a normal aftereffect of the memory crystal ball transmission. Remember to get more rest recently!" said Guofat .

"Come, let me introduce you! This is Brigitte, another student of mine, and this is Lei Lin, the new apprentice who came yesterday!"

"Hello!" Brigitte bent over and saluted like a lady.

"Hello!" Leylin touched his chest with his right hand, revealing a noble gentleman's demeanor.

"Biji is your senior. In addition to the students who have graduated, you also have a senior named Merlin, who is very good at pharmacy!" Gofat said to Lei Lin.

"Merlin is known as a genius that only appears once in a century in the alchemy department. He is the most promising person to inherit his teacher's legacy!" Brigitte added.

"Haha! That's right! Merlin is indeed very talented in pharmacy! You can ask him if you have any questions!" When Merlin was mentioned, a smile broke out on Gofat 's face, and it seemed that he was very satisfied with this student.

"As for Leylin, do you understand my rules?"

"I saw it in the tutor selection information!" Leylin nodded.

"Yes! You have to come here every day from now on to help clean up and organize the herbs. You can take free classes during your breaks! As for my discount, it's a paid course. You can ask for it after you have learned the basics!"

Gofat said.

"Thank you, Master!" Leylin bowed quickly. He knew nothing about the wizarding world at the moment. Even if Gofat asked him to choose, he didn't know which one was the best. He would maximize his benefits by choosing later.

"Now, I'll give you half a day off. Let Biji accompany you to walk around the academy. There are also some taboos. Biji, please tell Lei Lin about them!"

"Yes!" Lei Lin and Bi Ji nodded and left the laboratory.

"This is where the mentor lives. Apprentices are generally not allowed to enter... This is the trading area, where apprentices can trade. This is the mission area. Missions and levels are written on the stone wall. Apprentices can earn contribution points and magic stones by taking on missions !"

Brigitte speaks very nicely, is very beautiful, and has a lively personality. Being with her makes Lei Lin feel better.

The two of them strolled around the academy and chatted, with Brigitte basically acting as a tour guide for Leylin, talking about some place names and taboos.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at a garden.

"Well done, Phil!" "Okay, one more!"

The voice rang out, attracting Leylin's attention. In the middle of the garden, a group of apprentices surrounded a tall and handsome young man and kept talking about something.

The young man surrounded in the middle had brilliant platinum hair and emerald green eyes, and he looked strangely charming.

"That's Senior Filler, a genius wizard who reached the level of a second-class apprentice within half a year of entering the academy!" Brigitte murmured with her eyes wide open and an unprecedented glow on her face.

“That expression? It seems that Brigitte has a good impression of this Feller!” Leylin touched his nose.

"Brigitte! Brigitte!"

"Ah...what's the matter?" Lei Lin called out a few more times before Brigitte looked away. At this moment, her face was obviously flushed.

"Oh! I just want to ask, why are there so many plants underground!"

Leylin sniffed a red flower and found it had a strong fragrance.

"The college has transplanted large patches of sunshine moss on top of the garden area. This moss can emit sunlight-like light, so plants can grow even underground."

Brigitte explained .

“Oh!” Lei Lin nodded, wondering if he should get some sun more often in the future. After all, it’s not good for a person to always be away from the sun .

Seeing that Brigitte didn't want to leave, Lei Lin pretended to be very interested in the garden and didn't leave until Philer and the other apprentices left.

However, Brigitte only dared to secretly glance at Philer. She didn't even have the chance to say a word to him for such a long time, which made Lei Lin roll his eyes. Brigitte's personality in love was probably a rare species in the academy.

"The teaching area will announce the next day's classes every day. There are many free public classes here. As a newcomer, you can't miss these!"

After leaving the garden, Brigitte brought Lei Lin to the teaching area and pointed to a large wooden sign in front of the teaching area. There were many other gray-robed apprentices taking notes underneath.

"Free public courses? That means there are also paid courses?" Leylin asked.

"That's right! There are also paid courses here. There is a lot of advanced knowledge. The fee is one magic stone for ten class hours. Although the effect is better than the public courses, it is still far inferior to the paid knowledge taught directly by the instructor!"

Brigitte smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid the only advantage is that it's cheaper!"

Lei Lin nodded. On one side, there was a teacher teaching dozens of students, and on the other side, his own tutor was teaching individually. The effects on the two sides would definitely be different.

But for him, with the chip, his learning ability is extremely strong. Even if there are multiple people teaching him, he is confident that he can learn well.

“Using this method, we should be able to save some magic stones!” Leylin touched his chin.

He only had two magic stones left. He had taken a quick look at the mission area before. To obtain magic stones, one basically had to complete some rather troublesome missions, and the strength requirement was at least that of a first-class apprentice. However, Leylin did not meet the requirement yet.

"As for some cleaning work, most of it was done by the spell servants, and the rest was quickly snatched up. It was never my turn!"

Lei Lin was a little worried. Magic stones were the common currency among wizards and the most common way to exchange for advanced knowledge in the academy. Without magic stones, his learning progress would be delayed.

"Huh... I should finish the public courses first, and then be promoted to a first-class apprentice. Only then can I consider accepting tasks and earning magic stones!"

Leylin let out a long breath.

"Chip, how is the academy map recorded?"

"Ding! 66.7% recorded"

The chip responded, and a blue three-dimensional image was generated in front of Leylin. Layers of buildings appeared, divided into grids, like a huge underground beehive.

In some areas, the names are indicated, with Brigitte's notes written next to them.

Areas where people can move freely are marked in green, while areas with certain dangers are marked in yellow. As for places that even Brigitte cannot go to, the chip is directly marked in red, indicating extreme danger.

As for the red danger zone, Leylin planned to avoid it. Before he became a third-class apprentice, he would not even ask about it.

"The map has been recorded!" Leylin nodded and said goodbye to Biji , "Biji, thank you for accompanying me for a day. I have memorized the academy area!"

"That's good!" Brigitte played with a small white flower in her hand. "If you still have any questions, you can ask me!"

"Of course!" Leylin smiled.

After bidding farewell to Brigitte, Lei Lin had dinner, returned to his room, and began his daily meditation.

A wizard's meditation is a process of continuous persistence. Only through unremitting efforts every day can one gather spiritual strength and become a strong person who controls mysterious powers.

"The chip is only helpful for understanding meditation methods. Drawing the will runes in the mind depends entirely on one's own mental strength. It even involves some subconscious and aptitude issues. The chip is not very helpful in this regard!"

After meditating, Leylin felt that his mental strength had increased by an almost unnoticeable amount, and he fell into deep thought.

24. Chapter 24: First-Class Apprentice

"The so-called first-class apprentices are actually novices whose mental power is stronger than that of ordinary people. They can attract energy particles from the outside world and store them in their bodies to form the concept of mana. Only second-class apprentices will begin to come into contact with spell models and be able to cast a spell completely."

"But as long as the mana is formed in the body, the body can be strengthened through continuous radiation and resist external radiation pollution!"

Based on the information on the meditation method, Lei Lin made a judgment on the classification of the apprentices.

"Chip! Pull out the data I collected today and start analyzing it!"

This is what Lei Lin has been doing all along, collecting as much information about the other party as possible without alerting them, and forming a complete database.

Building a database on mental power and digitizing mental power was the topic Lei Lin had decided on yesterday. There was too much information to collect, and the process would probably take years.

"Ding! Analysis is over! Conclusion: The entire Black Bone Forest Academy is emitting trace amounts of radiation pollution. Wizards and some experimental equipment and materials are the biggest sources of pollution. It is recommended that the subject stay away from them immediately or strengthen their own resistance!"

"Sure enough! I was wondering why there wasn't a single ordinary person in the academy. It turns out that both wizards and apprentices will have an impact on the surrounding environment, and only wizards can resist this kind of influence. Ordinary people probably won't survive for a few years in this environment!"

Leylin's face was heavy as he pulled up several images of human bodies, including those of Brigitte and Gofat .

"According to the radiation detection they leaked, the official wizard is completely a mobile source of nuclear radiation pollution. One person is actually like a miniature nuclear reactor. Or? Are they using radiation to evolve?"

Leylin frowned.

"No matter what, you must become a first-class apprentice as soon as possible. The longer you delay, the greater the damage to your body will be!"

Leylin made up his mind.

For the next half month, Lei Lin reported to Professor Guo Fate every day to help clean the laboratory and deal with some unimportant experimental materials.

During this period, he also met Gofat 's talented disciple Merlin, who was also his senior. Merlin was very tall and silent, always focusing on experiments. Apart from Gofat, he rarely communicated with Brigitte and Leylin. Perhaps this was the reason why he was so successful in pharmacy.

The rest of his time he spent taking free public courses.

Black Bone Forest College , only a few such as the Origin of Wizardry, Basics of Ancient Byronic Language, Principles of Witchcraft, Basics of Alchemy, Anatomy, and Basic Principles of Spell Models.

The wizards who came to the public courses always had a cold face. They would leave directly after quickly finishing the course, and would not answer the apprentices' questions, as if everyone owed them magic stones.

"After all, it's a public course, it's good enough to have listened to it!" Lei Lin comforted himself. He had a chip that could record all the courses explained by the instructor. He could take it out and review it if he forgot it later. The other apprentices were in a miserable situation. If they didn't know, they didn't know. It would cost a price to ask the teacher and other apprentices. Lei Lin was ready to sell the knowledge of public courses to earn magic stones.

"Today's class was so difficult! The anatomical image of the desert lizard only showed for a few seconds and I couldn't even see the whole picture!" Bill complained.

“There’s nothing we can do! Anatomy involves a lot of knowledge and there are a lot of pictures. If we don’t teach it quickly, we’ll never be able to finish!” Lei Lin said. Because he and Bill were neighbors and both were new apprentices, they often went to class together and had a pretty good relationship.

As for Kaliweir and the others, since they were assigned to different mentors and lived far away from each other, they only kept in touch.

" Teacher Marlene 's anatomy is a prerequisite course for many advanced subjects, and I have to learn it!" Bill was a little distressed.

"Leylin, do you remember everything you just said?"

"It's impossible to remember everything, but the general diagram and the locations of several important organs are marked!" Leylin had a trick up his sleeve.

"That's awesome! Can you tutor me after class? I'll give you a magic stone!" Bill made up his mind.

"I'm going to major in mutation studies, so I have to master anatomy!"

"No problem!" Leylin nodded with a smile.

Apprentices are not allowed to trade some of the paid knowledge in the academy privately, but there are not so many requirements for public courses.

Lei Lin had specifically inquired about it and found out that the senior apprentices looked down upon this hard-earned money, while most of the junior apprentices did not master the skills and could not meet the teaching requirements, which was a good bargain for him.

"But you know, I'm going to meditate in the evening, an hour after dinner, for a week, how about that?"

Lei Lin asked.

"No problem!" Bill agreed. The duration of this course is about the same as the paid public course, but it is one-on-one tutoring and the price is very reasonable.

After dinner, Lei Lin came to Bill's room and tutored Bill on anatomy. An hour later, he returned to his dormitory.

Leylin tossed a magic stone in his hand and nodded: "Bill is quite a good person. He will pay the tuition fee now!"

Placing the black crystal in his hand on the bed, Leylin took out the black leather bag from his waist, opened the bag, and fell onto the bed upside down.

Four shiny black magic stones fell on the bed, bouncing slightly.

"I'm also a new apprentice. I've only been learning for half a month. No one believes in my ability except Bill and the others. I've only earned two magic stones so far!"

"Alas! This kind of tutoring is just hard-earned money and a waste of time. Senior Merlin can make ten times as much as I can by just making a potion and selling it!"

Alchemists are rare among wizards. Although becoming a alchemist requires a lot of investment, the speed at which you can make money after achieving results is also terrifying.

"Soon! I have a feeling that I can become a first-class apprentice tonight! After becoming a first-class apprentice, I can attract the energy particles in the air. Not only can I effectively resist the pollution of the academy castle, but I can also try to refine basic potions!"

Leylin's eyes lit up with excitement, but he quickly calmed down, put away the magic stone on the bed, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate for the day.

The room became quiet, with only the sound of Leylin's gentle breathing continuing to ring out.

Leylin's chest rose and fell slightly, his expression was calm, only the blood under his eyelids was still rolling.

After about an hour, a few black spots of light suddenly appeared on Leylin's forehead, like fireflies.

These light spots circled around Lei Lin for a while, and finally went into Lei Lin's seven orifices, looking a little weird.

"call……"

After the black light entered Leylin's body, his entire body began to tremble, the muscles on his face twitched, and large beads of sweat dripped down, but soon calmed down.

After a long time, Leylin opened his eyes.

"I was finally promoted to a first-class apprentice! It took me more than half a month, and this progress is slightly worse than the ordinary fourth-class qualifications."

"Originally, I could have been promoted five days ago, but I stopped to stabilize my mental strength. This time, the promotion was very easy, and it was also for this reason!"

The reason for prolonging the promotion time is to stabilize mental strength on the one hand, and to keep a low profile on the other hand.

For an ordinary third-class talent, it takes about a month to become a first-class apprentice after learning the meditation method.

Half a month was the time it took to reach the fourth level of qualification. Lei Lin did not want to undergo many more tests due to suspicion of qualification issues. If the chip was discovered in the end, it would not be worth the loss, and there would even be a risk of death!

After all, the chip now, after the changes in time and space, has been combined with his soul and cannot be separated at all.

"A first-class apprentice, according to the estimation of the basic chip, his mental power is about twice that of an ordinary adult. Moreover, his mental power is active and has a great attraction to the energy particles in the air!"

As soon as Leylin raised his hand, a layer of black light wrapped around his hand, like a layer of cotton, and it felt a little cold.

"I have the highest affinity with the Dark Element, so I chose to major in Dark Element particles. This is the strategy I had decided on before. As for the Fire Element and other energy particles, I will just keep a little bit of them as a trigger for future spellcasting!"

“Bang!!”

Leylin snapped his fingers again, and a light blue halo suddenly lit up around his body.

Along with it came a layer of water vapor, soaking Leylin’s clothes.

“It’s like taking a shower!” Leylin smiled, and then a layer of fiery red light lit up on his body.

Wrapped in the fiery red, wisps of white water vapor emerged from Lei Lin's body. The moisture was quickly evaporated, and the whole room was a little foggy.

"After becoming a wizard apprentice, I can apply simple energy particles to my daily life. How convenient!"

Leylin sighed and asked, "Chip! Did you record everything that happened just now?"

"Ding! Recorded, please name it!"

"Simple application of water and fire energy particles!"

"Ding! Renaming completed, data being stored!"

With the help of the chip, Lei Lin's use of energy particles is now definitely the most outstanding among the first-class apprentices.

Lei Lin smiled and was about to stand up when he suddenly felt dizzy.

“I just used too much mental power and overdrawn it!” Leylin suddenly thought of the reason and smiled bitterly: “The mental power of a first-class apprentice is still too weak. If you want to fully apply energy particles to your life, you need to be at least a third-class apprentice to squander it like this!”

Leylin pressed his temple, "I have already meditated, now I can only replenish my mental strength through sleep!"

After quickly tidying up the room, Leylin fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Lei Lin got up in high spirits and came to Professor Guo Fate 's laboratory.

"Huh? This fluctuation?"

The white-haired Guo Fate was stunned for a moment, then looked at Leylin who had walked in, "Leylin, you've made a breakthrough!"

“Yes!” Leylin lowered his head slightly.

"It has only been more than 20 days since you started meditating. It seems that your aptitude is among the top three, and you are just a little bit away from being considered the fourth level!"

Gofat smiled with relief.

25. Chapter 25 Elementary Pharmacy

"Teacher! I have become a first-class apprentice and have mastered some of the academy's common courses..."

Leylin said softly.

"I know you want to choose my paid knowledge!" Guo Fate interrupted Lei Lin.

"I received news that you have started to earn magic stones by teaching other apprentices public courses. It seems that your learning ability and memory ability are quite good. Now it seems that you are capable of learning advanced knowledge!"

"Thank you!" Leylin bowed deeply.

Lei Lin also knew something about the paid public courses in the academy. Although the courses taught advanced knowledge, they were only the most basic materials.

Other cutting -edge research, as well as each mentor’s private experimental processes and results, can only be traded with their respective mentors.

The information obtained here is the best, and can even be transmitted directly to the apprentice's mind through magic, so that he will never forget it.

But the fees are also the most expensive, and any subject requires more than ten magic stones. Lei Lin is currently unable to do anything about it.

The only thing we can count on is the one thing that Gofat promised at the beginning.

Guo Fate nodded, moved the instruments on the laboratory table, and found a few strange things from somewhere and placed them on top.

A large book with a yellow cover, a crystal ball, and a test tube filled with yellow liquid.

"These three things represent the three subjects I am best at: the book on the far left represents the neutralization of negative energy, the crystal ball represents plant cultivation, and the test tube represents elementary pharmacy. Make your choice!" said Guofat .

"I choose pharmacy!" The reason why Lei Lin chose Guofat as his mentor was that he wanted to develop in the direction of a pharmacist, and then make money by selling potions while studying, so it was natural for him to choose this.

Elementary Pharmacy is an advanced course of the public course Basic Pharmacy. After completing these two courses, you can theoretically make medicines.

"I knew you would choose this!" A smile showed on the face of the middle-aged man Guofat .

"The preparation of medicines is very complicated and cumbersome. Any slight mistake will result in failure. Pharmacists are trained with a huge amount of resources. Are you prepared for this?"

"Yes! Teacher, I believe in this saying: Although hard work may not necessarily lead to gains, there will definitely be no gains if you don't work hard!"

"Good! That's a correct idea. This kind of philosophy is necessary on the road to pursuing truth!" Guo Fate nodded and handed the yellow test tube to Lei Lin.

"Now, it's yours!"

"This? How do I use it?" Leylin looked at the test tube in his hand.

"Just drink it!"

Leylin opened the oak cork and poured the yellow liquid into his mouth.

A foul smell from the sewer immediately filled his mouth and lingered in Leylin's nose. Leylin's face turned red and tears came out.

After swallowing the potion with great difficulty, Leylin gasped for air.

"I swear, I've never drunk anything so stinky!!!"

Stinky!!! An unimaginable stench continuously assaulted Leylin’s brain nerves, causing him to feel like fainting.

Under the stimulation of the strong smell, Leylin looked around in a daze, and the surrounding objects seemed to be distorted.

"You...feel...why don't you..."

Leylin looked at Guo Fate . At this moment, his mentor was like a piece of noodle, twisted and distorted, his lips opening and closing, and his words were intermittent, with a lot of noise, like two pieces of metal rubbing violently, and a bit like a radio with a very bad signal.

Leylin raised his hand, and his smooth palm was now covered with wrinkles, and even dripped down, melting like wax.

In the end, Leylin’s entire body turned into a pool of liquid, and everything in front of him was completely dark...

"How does it feel?"

Guo Fate 's voice sounded, Leylin was suddenly startled. He touched his head and felt something hard, warm, and a little damp.

The surroundings returned to normal and Gofat stood there with a smile on his face.

“It’s very uncomfortable!” Large drops of cold sweat dripped down Leylin’s head.

"What I just saw, was it an illusion? It was too real!"

"This is normal. The wizard's illusion is just like reality to the apprentice. There are even cases where an apprentice experienced his entire life in the illusion and finally died of old age!"

Gofat 's voice came.

"The knowledge has been transferred into your brain. Meditate more when you return!"

At this time, Leylin realized that there seemed to be a lot more things in his mind. On the far right of the text image , a line of letters appeared: "Elementary Pharmacy"

"Okay! Your task today is to clean up Area 3. In addition, freeze all the fire ant grass..."

Guofat assigned the tasks.

Leylin nodded, picked up the tools in the corner of the lab, and headed to Area 3 to start cleaning.

"Congratulations! Lei Lin!" Taking advantage of the break, Brigitte came to Lei Lin.

"It's just luck!" Leylin said with a smile.

Brigitte came a year earlier than him and is now also a first-class apprentice.

"A second-class apprentice can cast zero-level spells! Moreover, the will runes are getting more and more difficult. I have to meditate for at least a year before I can be promoted."

Lei Lin has a chip and knows his situation best.

On the other side, Merlin, who was concentrating on the experiment, raised his head and forced a smile that was uglier than crying.

Lei Lin nodded. He knew that this senior had burned his facial muscles during an experiment and was now almost unable to express his facial expressions.

"Wizards' experiments are really dangerous!" Leylin shook his head.

Lei Lin was very quick and agile. He could usually finish the tasks assigned by Guofat in the morning. If he had nothing to do , he could attend public classes in the afternoon .

"Goodbye!" After saying goodbye to Brigitte and Merlin, Lei Lin did not go to the teaching area to reserve a seat, but came to the trading area of the academy.

The trading area is large, next to the mission area, but it is very messy. Many grey-robed apprentices set up small stalls with wooden boards erected in front of them, with the items for sale or exchange terms written on them.

From time to time, a few apprentices came up to bargain and it was quite lively.

"It seems that there are only apprentices here. The formal wizards have another place to trade!" Leylin looked at it. All the people here are in gray robes. There is not even a white or black robe wizard.

Lei Lin took a casual look. These stalls were placed directly on the ground. Some of them looked like the small vendors in his previous life, and they were also a bit dirty and messy.

The items on the stalls were very diverse, most of them were weapons such as bows and arrows, machetes, darts, as well as biological materials such as fur, livers, and eyes. Some of them were stained with blood, and the rest were miscellaneous items that Leylin could not tell what they were used for.

As for potions, any stall with this word on it would be surrounded by a group of apprentices, and the stall owner would have a sullen face and emit powerful energy fluctuations.

According to chip detection, these are basically third-class apprentices!

"Sure enough, the scarcity of potions is even greater than I imagined, not to mention the magic items. There is not even a single one!"

Leylin thought of the green badge that Jayden had used before. It was a low-level magic item , the same as his previous ring.

First-class apprentices were not yet able to use spells. It was with that badge that Jayden defeated Kaliwell.

"Now it seems that the low-level magic item was given to Jayden by Dorot!"

Lei Lin couldn't help but feel a little envious. Although he had a magic item before , it was broken and he had to hand it in as a proof of admission. With his current conditions, it would be very difficult to get another one.

While looking at the goods on the stalls, Leylin walked to the center of the trading area.

There are several wooden houses standing here, which look much more formal than the surrounding stalls. The force field fluctuations of the apprentices who occasionally come in and out are very strong.

Leylin randomly found a shop selling medicine and went in.

"What do you need?" The shop owner was a fat man in a gray robe, looking a little lazy. According to the detection of the chip, he was also a third-class apprentice and even had magical items on him.

"I need a set of equipment for refining medicine!" Lei Lin said slowly.

"Another one with a wild idea! A first-class apprentice actually wants to try potion-making! Do you think you are Merlin?" the fat man said in a stern voice.

"I'm sorry, Merlin is my senior, and we have the same instructor!" Lei Lin replied.

"I see! So you are also an apprentice of Master Gofat . It's understandable that you are exposed to potions now. It's understandable!" The fat man's face perked up a little: "So you are Merlin's apprentice. Hello, my name is Wu Si!"

The fat man introduced himself, with a cunning and shrewd look on his face: "Compared to potion making, as long as you can get Merlin's potion for me, I will buy it at a high price. Of course, if it's Professor Gofat's, it would be even better..."

“Sorry! Teacher Gofat’s potion is impossible! I’ll try Merlin’s!” Leylin rolled his eyes but didn’t refuse outright.

"Now, please introduce the instrument to me!"

"Oh! Of course! Of course!" The fat man rubbed his hands and placed several sets of glass instruments on the wooden table.

"All of these! Although they are second-hand, they are still usable. I recommend this set, which was discarded by a third-class apprentice!"

The fat man took out a set of light yellow utensils, including beakers, glass rods, culture dishes, test tubes, etc., which were quite complete.

Leylin touched it with his hand, feeling the touch.

Through the analysis of the chip, the quality of these sets of instruments are similar, but they are sufficient for his use.

“That’s it! How many magic stones?” Leylin asked.

"Two magic stones!" the fat man replied.

“Wrap it up for me!” Leylin handed the two magic stones to the fat man, who took them swiftly, wrapped the instruments in a package, and handed it to Leylin.

"Do you have any basic potion formulas?" Leylin asked again, carrying the package on his back.

"Yes! I have the formula for physical strength potion, hemostatic potion, and anthelmintic potion. Which one do you want?"

"Physical strength potion!" These were all basic potion recipes, and Leylin picked one at random.

"Give me another set of materials!"

26. Chapter 26 Begin to Try

Fatty Us took out a black wooden box from the shelf at the back and placed it on the table. He then found a piece of parchment from under the counter. It looked very old and had some torn corners.

"A recipe for a physical strength potion and a magic stone!"

"One portion of raw materials is enough to refine ten times, one magic stone!"

Leylin opened the black box. Ten blood-red fruits were neatly arranged inside. There were cracks on the surface. Next to them was a green plant root and a bottle of black powder.

He put the box away and picked up the parchment. On the light yellow paper were written some recipes and precautions in black ink. Although the handwriting was a little blurry, it was generally clear.

Leylin nodded, put the parchment in his arms, handed the last two magic stones in the leather bag on his waist to Wu Si, and then left the wooden house without looking back.

He only had four magic stones on him, and they were all used up just by purchasing some materials. The horrific consumption of alchemy was something that not everyone could afford.

After that, Lei Lin's life returned to its previous normal state.

Every day I run back and forth between five places: the dormitory, the cafeteria, the teaching building, the laboratory, and the library.

Before I knew it, more than a month had passed.

"Data collection completed!" came the chip's prompt voice.

Beside the long table in the library, Leylin closed the book in his hand.

In addition to attending classes and cooperating with his tutor's experiments, Lei Lin spent most of his time in the library, reading almost all the free books to improve his accumulation of information on chips.

“Huh… I finally understood the potion formula!” Leylin breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Gofat had taught Leylin some elementary knowledge of pharmacy, he still couldn't understand a lot of it. There were also many specialized terms and vocabulary that he had to look up in the library. If he wanted the tutor to answer his questions, he would have to pay for them. Unfortunately, Leylin had become a pauper who didn't even have a single magic stone.

Many apprentices who were short of money would consult free materials in the library, but they did not have Lei Lin's chip. It would often take them more than ten days or even a month to find what they wanted in the mountain of books.

By now, Lei Lin had basically recorded all the books that could be read in the library and established search entries. If he encountered any problems in the future, he could directly solve them through chip search.

But elementary pharmacy is indeed a high-level paid knowledge. Even if Lei Lin relied on the chip to continuously analyze it, he only understood one-third of it. But even if it was only one-third, it was of great help to him.

At least, now when we look back at the basics of pharmacy, we can feel that we have a bird's-eye view of it.

Only the formula of the basic physical strength potion has been completely analyzed, and we can start trying to make it.

"I have accumulated enough knowledge. I will start making the stamina potion tonight!"

Lei Lin put the book back on the wooden shelf and left the library.

A female apprentice with long brown hair next to her raised her head, looked at Leylin, and then focused her attention on the black book in her hand.

There are many apprentices in the library, but they are very well-behaved and quiet, which is very suitable for reading. It is one of Lei Lin’s favorite places.

"Hey! Leylin!"

After walking out of the library, an apprentice greeted him. Leylin raised his head and said, “Good day! Kaliwell!”

Kaliweir wore an apprentice’s grey robe, and his original pride had dissipated a lot: “Congratulations on becoming a first-class apprentice!”

"Thank you, and congratulations to you too!" Lei Lin responded with a smile.

In his perception, Kaliweir also became a first-class apprentice.

“Everyone in our circle has become a first-class apprentice!” Kaliweir emphasized the first few words, and seemed to automatically ignore Gulicha and the others.

“We have received several missions recently. Are you interested in joining us?” Kaliweir asked.

It seems that he has been working very hard to maintain the original small group.

“Going out on a mission right now?” Leylin frowned. “From what I know, the area around the academy is very dangerous, especially for a first-class apprentice who can’t even cast a spell…”

“We can’t help it. All advanced knowledge here is charged, and they only charge for magic stones! The magic stones we brought with us have been used up!” Kaliweir smiled bitterly.

"You want to become a pharmacist, and the resources for this are very expensive..."

“Regarding the matter of going on missions, I will consider it after I become a second-class apprentice! You guys just be careful!” Lei Lin still refused. Although the rewards after completing the mission were very tempting, he had to be alive to get them .

"Okay! I heard that you're teaching others to earn magic stones. Can you teach us too? I'll give you the same price as before!"

When Kaliweir heard that Leylin was unwilling to go, he looked a little regretful and asked again.

"Of course, I'd be happy to do so. In addition, I can give you a discount!" Lei Lin smiled. The exchange of interests has always been the code of conduct among wizards.

After the two sides agreed on the time and location for the class, Kaliweir said goodbye and left.

Looking at his back, Leylin’s eyes gleamed, “Are you still trying to win him over? Unfortunately, Kaliwell still doesn’t understand that in the wizarding world, one’s own strength is the most important thing!”

He shook his head and went to the dormitory.

Black Bone Forest Academy are for each apprentice to live alone, so confidentiality and security are not a problem.

Leylin locked the door and put up a "Do Not Disturb" sign before going to the room next to the bedroom.

This place was filled with a large black table, on which were placed the instruments that Leylin had bought last time.

"After some practice, I am quite familiar with these utensils. Today, I have completely analyzed the formula of the physical strength potion. It's time to get started!"

Leylin muttered to himself, and took the black box that originally contained the materials from the side of the room , placed it on the table and opened it.

Red fruits, green rhizomes, and a bottle of black powder appeared before my eyes.

Leylin's fingers stroked the surface of the three objects. "Chip! Detect activity and build a model!"

"Start testing, collect data, and start modeling!"

“Conduct a simulation experiment!” After seeing that the chip had completed its task, Leylin gave a new order.

"Experimental simulation in progress... Physical strength potion preparation... Estimated time: 2 hours and 21 minutes!"

"It really works!" Leylin's face was full of smiles.

Even if the materials are the same, there will be slight differences in the individual parts. When refining medicine , even the slightest difference in activity will lead to different results.

A qualified pharmacist must constantly deduce the subsequent processes through contact and make adjustments in order to obtain the complete medicinal properties.

In this regard, you only rely on talent and a lot of experience accumulated in the later stage.

As for the chip, you can first scan it and conduct a simulation experiment, and the success rate is definitely higher than that of many apprentices.

Leylin waited patiently for a long time before he heard the chip's voice: "Simulation experiment completed, success rate 23.6%"

“A success rate close to one in four?” Leylin looked ecstatic.

"Most apprentices fail in their first attempt at refining medicine, but I have a one in four chance of success as long as I follow the instructions on the chip from the beginning?"

"Begin the transmission experiment process!"

"Begin data transmission!" Images flashed before Leylin's eyes, as if he had already refined physical potions countless times. The responses to various sudden reactions and the processing of medicinal materials all appeared before his eyes one by one .

"here we go!"

Lei Lin looked solemn as he picked up a red fruit. "This is a blood fruit. It is rich in nutrients. It just needs to be detoxified..."

Lei Lin placed the blood fruit in a white bowl, picked up a pestle, and crushed the blood fruit. Red juice gushed out and a smell of alcohol continued to spread.

crushed blood fruit , Lei Lin poured the red juice into a beaker.

The black candlestick below was lit, and a light blue flame kept licking the bottom of the beaker. As time passed, the red liquid in the beaker began to bubble, and a little black powder kept churning in the foam.

Lei Lin picked up a glass rod and put it into the beaker, then began to stir it.

“Marius!” Leylin pronounced a few syllables.

A trace of mental power extended along the glass rod into the liquid that had begun to boil, and a little black gas continued to emerge. These were the toxins hidden in the blood fruit.

This is why only first-class apprentices can begin to experiment with medicine making, as some methods can only be performed using energy particles.

After all the black gas was expelled, Leylin put the brighter red liquid into a test tube.

"The first step is completed! The purity is good!"

"Next, it's the root of Luoguo..."

Lei Lin then processed the other blood fruits and Luo fruit roots. He failed several times and finally obtained eight tubes of red liquid and seven tubes of green jelly-like substances.

"Next, it's the final blending process!"

Leylin placed a tube of green jelly into the petri dish, took out a glass bottle from the black box, picked up some black powder and sprinkled it on.

The black powder reacted violently when it came into contact with the green jelly. The jelly began to expand continuously and made a humming sound.

“Ice!” Leylin uttered a spell in Byron.

White mist suddenly appeared around the petri dish and condensed into ice flakes, freezing the green jelly inside.

“Now!” Leylin poured the ice into the beaker on the side, and the flame underneath continued to burn.

“The last step!” Leylin’s eyes widened as he continued to pour the blood fruit essence liquid from the red test tube.

The mental power also turned into strands and continued to extend into the beaker.

"Pop!" There was a sudden sound from inside the beaker, the jelly and red liquid turned black instantly, and a foul smell emanated.

"Failed?" Leylin said expressionlessly.

"Chip, analyze the cause!"

"Ding! Analyzing... Conclusion: The subject's mental power is unstable and fluctuating, and the flame temperature presents a chaotic curve..."

The chip continuously replayed Leylin's actions and indicated the reasons.

27. 27 Successful Refining

Leylin swept the remnants of his failure into the trash can and took a deep breath.

“Come again!”

The same process was repeated over and over again, and finally it was time to pour the essence of the blood fruit into the beaker.

This time, Leylin focused all his attention on the beaker in his hand, and kept adjusting the temperature of the flame underneath.

The red essence and green borneol continued to merge together and turned into a light yellow.

"Green life, red blood, gather together under the interference of the great will at the bottom of the abyss ! Fulexa Kleiasan..."

Leylin sang the last few syllables.

The various colors in the beaker continued to aggregate under the control of the spell, and finally turned completely light blue, exuding an enticing sweet scent.

"Done! A standard dose of stamina potion!"

With a smile on his face, Leylin put the blue liquid into a small test tube.

"The stamina potion in this test tube the length of your index finger can satisfy all of a person's nutritional needs for seven days and keep the body energetic. It is a favorite of long-term experimenters and adventurers! A standard portion is worth five magic stones!"

Leylin shook the test tube, and the medicine inside emitted a charming glow under the light.

…

An entire night passed, and Leylin looked at the three light blue test tubes in his hand, seemingly distracted.

"Ten ingredients, three successes, three potions! The success rate is close to 30%! I remember that even Merlin, who is known as a genius in alchemy once in a century, only succeeded a month after he actually started refining, right?"

“I absolutely cannot tell anyone about this, otherwise I won’t be able to explain it!” Leylin made up his mind and destroyed all the medicines in the three test tubes.

"What a pity!" Lei Lin felt a little distressed.

"These three potions cost fifteen magic stones, but the cost is only one. The profit from reselling them in the potion industry is more than ten times the original amount!!!"

“But I can’t make a move now! Aaaaaaaah!!!” Leylin was a little mad.

"Not only can I not sell the potion, but I have to earn money to buy some materials for continuous experiments and fake failures. It will take at least half a year before I can start selling the most basic potions!"

This was the time Lei Lin had hypothesized based on Merlin. He didn't want to stand out and attract too much attention, so he had to perform worse than Merlin. Merlin had abundant materials and practiced constantly, and only succeeded in making the first tube of potion after a month. Lei Lin didn't have that many magic stones , so he could only show his talent for potion making after half a year.

He was originally a disciple of the pharmacy instructor, and only after half a year of failure did he make the potion. At most, he was an apprentice of pharmacy with some talent, which was in line with the rules.

"A large amount of potions must not be sold in the academy now, unless... I can find a black market? But it would be too dangerous to leave the academy!"

Leylin shook his head, put away the experimental items, and walked out of the room.

"This also proves that chips have a great advantage in this kind of high-precision, tedious work! Next, I will continue to accumulate experience and advance to the second-level apprentice!"

"Once you have enough strength, you can sell potions, earn magic stones, gain knowledge, and form a cycle!"

To advance to the second-class apprentice, according to the calculation of the chip, Lei Lin still needs nearly a year.

After all, the twenty-four will runes become more difficult as you go along, and there are also requirements for knowledge accumulation.

"During this time, I can continue to collect data and complete the digitization of my mental power. This will be very helpful to me in the future!"

…

Before I knew it, another half a year had passed.

On the path paved with black flagstones, a brown-haired boy was walking with his head down, as if in deep thought.

The boy looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, with brown hair and an abnormally pale face, as if he had not been exposed to the sun for a long time.

The young man was naturally Lei Lin. At this moment, he had his right hand in his sleeve, holding a test tube, as if he was making a decision.

“Half a year has passed since I first successfully refined a physical potion!” Leylin thought to himself as he watched the gray-robed apprentice passing by.

During the past six months, a lot of things happened in the academy, such as what amazing move Philer made and what potion Merlin made, which further deepened the reputation of the genius.

What is more relevant to Lei Lin is the news that Jiamen has successfully advanced to the second-class apprentice.

I still remember when Kaliweir told me the news, even though he tried his best to hide it, he couldn’t hide the shock and jealousy in his eyes.

With the top fifth grade qualifications, the promotion speed is indeed amazing.

Lei Lin didn't have any feelings towards this classmate who came from the same place as him. He just focused on his own work. To outsiders, he was just an ordinary first-class apprentice.

During the past six months, Lei Lin purchased materials for physical strength potions several times and refined them. He invested all the income from his lectures into it. In addition, in order to cover up the chip and create an illusion, he tried to refine it independently most of the time without the help of the chip. The success rate was zero, and so far he had wasted more than a dozen magic stones.

Of course, he sometimes also brought the problems and medicine residues he encountered to Mentor Guofat and asked some basic questions and techniques, which was also of great help to his own knowledge of pharmacy.

Secretly, Leylin was certain that with the help of the chip, he should have surpassed Merlin in refining physical potions, and was only slightly worse than Instructor Gofate .

Today was the day for him to take the successful product he had "accidentally" refined to his mentor for evaluation.

This time, he controlled the successful product through the chip and deliberately left a few flaws , making it look like an apprentice's shoddy work, but for a new apprentice, it was already very good.

Leylin couldn’t help but tighten his grip on the potion.

"As long as I pass this level today, I can sell a small amount of potions openly and earn magic stones! Yesterday, I heard Lan Nuo say that he has begun to feel the call for promotion. My progress cannot be delayed too much!"

Leylin walked quickly to Goft's laboratory.

"Lei Lin, do you have any questions about the physical potion?" Guo Fate clearly felt the difference in today's students.

“No, Master!” Leylin took a deep breath and said, “I succeeded once yesterday!”

"What?" Gofat paused as he held the beaker. "Although your talent in pharmacy is beyond my expectations, refining a physical potion is not that easy!"

Through the questions that Leylin had asked over the past six months, Gofat could sense the apprentice's amazing progress. But he still seemed to be a little short of successfully refining the physical potion.

Hearing this, Merlin, who was dripping a drop of red crystal into a test tube, trembled, and black gas came out of the test tube. Merlin sighed and turned his gaze over here.

And Brigitte came straight over.

"Have you brought the finished medicine?" asked Guofat.

“Here!” Leylin handed the blue potion in his sleeve to his mentor.

Guofat pulled out the oak cork, smelled the scent first, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Then he poured a drop onto his finger, and a milky white light extended from between his eyebrows, piercing straight into the blue water drop and stirring it slightly.

Guofat closed his eyes, frowned, and then quickly relaxed.

"The purification of the blood fruit was done well, but the amount was too much at the end, and there were some problems with the coordination of mental power, and the medicinal properties were lost... In short, although there are many problems, it is a success after all! Congratulations!!!"

A bright smile spread across Gofat’s face.

Hearing this, Leylin also smiled, and Brigitte cheered and gave Leylin a warm hug.

The girl's hot curves pressed tightly against Leylin's chest, causing him to feel strange emotions.

"Congratulations!" Merlin also came over.

"Compared to Senior Merlin, I still have a lot to learn!" Lei Lin let go of Brigitte and said quickly.

"You don't have to be so modest. Compared to Merlin, you have fewer materials and resources to practice with. Otherwise, I estimate that you can successfully refine your first potion within three to four months. This talent is very good in the Black Bone Forest!" Guofat praised.

"Now that I think about it, I am really lucky. First, I received Merlin, a once-in-a-century genius in pharmacy, and then I had you!" Guofat seemed to be sighing.

"Teacher, I will also work hard!" Brigitte clenched her fists and returned to the laboratory table.

"First, finish dealing with the Hericium erinaceus on hand!" Guofat's face was stern.

Then he returned the Stamina Potion to Leylin, "Your refining this time was largely due to luck. What you need to do next is to remember the feeling of successfully refining it and practice more. You can also sell this tube of potion in exchange for resources!"

Guo Fate seemed to be reminding him, “Leylin, you have to remember that different potions are challenges for pharmacists. Although you can successfully refine the physical potion now, if you switch to the hemostatic potion, you will probably return to the state of a novice. So, don’t be too ambitious. From now on, concentrate on refining the physical potion!”

“I understand!” Leylin put away the stamina potion and promised solemnly.

When the work in the laboratory was finished, Lei Lin and Biji came out together.

"To celebrate your first success, how about we go to the restaurant on the second floor for a meal together?" Brigitte ran in front, turning in circles from time to time, like a lively butterfly.

“Of course! It’s my honor to invite a beautiful lady to dinner!” Leylin bowed slightly and made a gentleman’s salute.

"Hehe!" Brigitte covered her mouth and laughed sweetly, then she lowered her voice again: "If...if he were like you..."

"What's wrong? Your senior Feller ignored you again?"

Lei Lin also knew a little about this. In the past six months, Brigitte had finally become friends with Philer through constant approach. Of course, they were just ordinary friends.

Philer had to keep experimenting and learning, going out on adventures, and was surrounded by many beautiful girls . He had no idea about Brigitte and was somewhat indifferent to her.

"No! Philer is conducting a very important experiment recently and is collecting resources. He is very busy..." Brigitte lowered her head and kicked a small stone on the side of the road.

28. Chapter 28 Sales

"No!" Lei Lin suddenly thought of something.

"You...you wouldn't give him the resources given to you by the family, right? No wonder you are still a first-class apprentice. Otherwise, with your qualifications, you should have been promoted long ago!"

Brigitte belongs to a small wizard family. Although it is small, they can still get some resources and magic stones from time to time . As the hope of the family, Brigitte naturally has a certain share every month.

Her qualifications were not bad either. She had arrived a year earlier than Lei Lin. Logically, she should have become a second-class apprentice, but now, she was still a first-class apprentice and was even about to be caught up by Lei Lin.

" No ...no!" Brigitte quickly shook her head.

Looking at Brigitte's expression, Leylin slowly shook his head: "Forget it! I can't help you with this matter, but remember to be more careful!!"

Lei Lin was hinting at something.

"Okay! Let's go to the restaurant on the second floor together! I heard that the honey cake there is good..." Brigitte smiled, obviously not wanting to talk more about this.

The restaurant on the second floor is a special restaurant. Compared to the free large restaurant on the third floor, the services here require magic stones as a fee, but the food here is more delicious and there are even some precious ingredients that can help wizards meditate.

This was also Leylin's first time here. He ordered two honey cakes, a grilled steak, two juices, and a unicorn lizard. He only spent one magic stone, which made Leylin feel very distressed.

"I heard that this kind of lizard meat has been specially processed and is very good for wizards' meditation. I want to try it today!"

Leylin cut a piece of lizard meat with a knife and put it into his mouth with a fork. A sweet meaty smell spread around his taste buds, making Leylin's eyes light up.

"Ding! Detected beneficial ingredients for the main body! Effect: Slightly increase meditation speed. Note: You need to consume it for more than ten days in a row before a significant increase will occur!"

“I…” Leylin was speechless. “It’s just a flashy thing. How can I have so many magic stones? I can only taste it!”

On the other side, Brigitte was eating honey cake and looked very happy.

After dinner, Lei Lin said goodbye to Biji and came to the trading area.

He didn't have many magic stones to begin with, and now he planned to sell the stamina potions. With Guofat's endorsement, he could now earn magic stones by making stamina potions.

Walking through the messy stalls, Leylin came to the Wusi store where he bought medicine materials for the first time.

"Lei Lin! It's you again! You've spent more than a dozen magic stones in the past six months! Are you still not giving up?" Wu Si was still as fat as before .

"Pharmacy is so beautiful and fascinating, I really can't give it up!" Lei Lin said half-jokingly.

“But today, I’m not just buying materials.” Leylin said, handing the stamina potion to Fatty Wu Si: “Take a look!”

"This is..." Wu Si opened his mouth halfway, "You succeeded?"

"Of course!" Leylin smiled.

Wu Si then checked it again and was completely sure of the authenticity of the physical strength potion. His eyes seemed to be shining.

"More than a hundred times! You succeeded in refining the stamina potion after only trying more than a hundred times!!! This talent... This talent is only slightly worse than Merlin's!"

Because most of Lei Lin's medicinal herbs were bought from Fatty, he could quickly determine Lei Lin's talent.

“No way! This is all thanks to the teachings of Instructor Guo Fate!” Lei Lin was a little shy.

"Oh! It's Gofat again! He already has Merlin, why give him a Lelin?"

The fat man covered his forehead and made a sound similar to a groan . "Why don't you consider changing your mentor? My mentor, Ulanqab, is also a very good professor of pharmacy... He will definitely like you very much!"

“Sorry! I haven’t thought about this!” Leylin quickly refused. Not to mention that Gofat was quite nice to him, even if he was not, if he rashly changed his mentor, he would offend a formal wizard. He really didn’t want to take the risk.

"That's such a pity..." The fat man shook his head. It was obvious that he also knew that there was little hope.

"Okay! I can give you the price of four magic stones for this stamina potion, how about it?" asked the fat man.

Although the price of the stamina potion is five magic stones, the profit of the store must also be considered, and four magic stones is a very fair price.

"That's fair. Let's exchange all the magic stones for materials for stamina potions!"

"Okay! If you want to sell potions in the future, I will buy them all at the price of four magic stones!" A light flashed in Wu Si's little eyes.

An apprentice whose talent in potion making is slightly inferior to Merlin's is like a magic stone mine that has not yet been mined. If he is won over now, it will mean a steady stream of profits in the future!

"Of course! Happy cooperation!"

Leylin shook hands with Wu Si, put away the four black wooden boxes, and walked out of the wooden house.

"Look! Fresh bobcat eyeballs! They're great for meditation!"

"The exquisite cross sword and military crossbow were shipped from the Deep Blue Empire!!"

"Flamingo feather! Absolutely precious experimental material, only five magic stones!!"

The cries of various apprentices continued one after another. Leylin saw an apprentice in a black robe holding up a huge five-colored feather and shouting continuously, which obviously attracted the attention of the people around him.

"Chips! Scan the feathers!"

"Ding! Comparing the database! Similarity: Tail feathers of ground birds 83%, domestic peacocks 64%, sharp-billed cranes 34%"

Lei Lin looked at the apprentice who was still shouting and was somewhat speechless. Flamingo feathers were very precious, but the feathers of the three birds detected by the chip were the kind that no apprentice would pick up even if they fell on the ground. It was obvious that the apprentice who was shouting was cheating.

This situation is very common at street stalls. Although the items at the stalls are cheaper, there are also many fakes. Lei Lin usually buys materials at the wooden house in the center.

Moreover, wizard apprentices are very shrewd, and the probability of picking up good stuff at a street stall is the same as the probability of finding wizard relics and getting rich by going out.

Leylin shook his head and left the trading area.

Three days passed. In the dormitory, Leylin looked at the sixteen light blue potions neatly arranged on the table and fell into deep thought.

His success rate in making stamina potions is now almost catching up with Guofat, approaching 40%, but if he sells them all, he will be courting death!

"Now I can only release two of them to maintain a slightly profitable situation! The rest of them still have to be hidden."

Leylin sighed, put two potions into his waist bag, and put the remaining fourteen potions into the secret compartment under the bed.

"We can't sell them in large quantities in the academy anymore. We have to go out and find a way. It would be best if there is a black market. I heard the prices there are higher!"

"The world outside is very dangerous. I have to become at least a second-class apprentice before I can give it a try!"

"Next, I can use the money I earn from the potions to buy advanced knowledge from Instructor Guo Fate and accelerate my progress to becoming a second-class apprentice!"

"After becoming a second-class apprentice, you can try to cast spells and go out to accept missions to see if you can find a way..."

Leylin thought about it and asked again: "Chip, call up my current information!"

"Ding Leilin Farrell, first-class apprentice. Strength: 2.1, Agility: 2.3, Constitution: 2.5, Mental strength: estimated to be 2.5 times that of a normal person. Status: Healthy."

"After such a long period of meditation, my physical fitness has increased the most, and my strength and agility have also increased a bit. But what about my mental strength?" Leylin frowned as he looked at the data in front of him.

"Chips, can you digitize your mental power and express it accurately?"

"Insufficient data. We are collecting and deducing mental power data!" The chip gave feedback.

"When is the best time?" Leylin asked.

"Estimated time: 155 days and 21 hours"

“About half a year? That’s about the same time it takes me to advance to the second-class apprentice level!” Leylin nodded. “I don’t plan to go out in the next six months, so it doesn’t matter!”

In the following time, Leylin entered the state of an ascetic again.

In addition to helping Teacher Guofate with experiments every day, I prepare potions, sell them for money, and then buy knowledge to learn.

In addition to refining physical strength potions, he also purchased formulas for hemostatic potions, primary detoxification potions, and began to try to prepare other potions.

Because of the chip, the success rate was quite good, but it was all concealed by Leylin.

During this time, Leylin also heard some bad news. The team that Kaliweir had taken on the mission had finally run into trouble. Not only were everyone injured, but there were also deaths. The apprentice who came on the same ship with him, Hank, who had a third-class qualification, left his life forever in the Black Bone Swamp .

Leylin had anticipated this. As a first-class apprentice with only a little magic resistance, it was only natural for him to risk his life by going out.

After this incident, Kaliweir's team seemed to finally understand and began to study in the academy with peace of mind, no longer going out to accept missions.

In the blink of an eye, Leylin had grown taller, and his face looked more mature.

"I'm fourteen years old too!" Lei Lin looked at his palms which had grown a little bigger, and suddenly felt more emotional.

the Black Bone Forest Academy . Lei Lin wore the apprentice's gray robe all year round and did not feel hot or cold.

"Teacher! I want to buy a crystal ball constructed with a spell model!"

Leylin came to Gofat.

"Hmm! Want to study zero-level spells?" Guofat picked up the white porcelain cup that was emitting white hot steam on the table and took a sip.

"My will rune is almost complete. I am only one step away from becoming a second-class apprentice. I want to make some preparations in advance!"

Leylin said in a gentle voice.

"I'm very pleased that I can advance the meditation method to this level while learning potions!" Guofat said, glancing at Brigitte in the distance.

Brigitte was just promoted to the second class two days ago, and she has not shown any outstanding talent for alchemy. Considering her qualifications, this progress is very slow.

"The price of the basic spell model construction in the academy is thirty magic stones, but I can give you a discount to twenty magic stones!"

"Although I can also give you knowledge for free, I want you to know that only hard work can bring rewards!"

Guo Fate smiled. This was the power of a mentor. He could give apprentices discounts or even teach them for free. It all depended on the mentor's mood. It was obvious that Guo Fate was very satisfied with Lei Lin.

29. Chapter 29 Zero-Level Spells

"Of course! I always remember the teacher's teachings!"

Leylin nodded quickly, untied the black leather bag around his waist, and poured out twenty magic stones.

Twenty black crystals were scattered on the table, emitting a dim luster.

"Very good! This is a crystal ball that records the structure of the basic spell model. You can take it back to study, but you must be promoted before you can actually try it out!"

Guo Fate took out a fist-sized crystal ball from a wooden shelf on the side. There seemed to be golden words rippling inside it, and handed it to Leylin.

Leylin bent over to take it and put the crystal ball away.

This crystal ball is a knowledge recording tool for wizards. It can record more information than parchment, but it is disposable. After one person looks at it, the words inside will gradually become blurred, so it is very expensive.

Late at night, in the dormitory, Lei Lin sat on the bed and put down the crystal ball in his hand.

"Wizards call the witchcraft that apprentices can use zero-level spells, which are different from the witchcraft used by formal wizards."

"Whether they are second-class apprentices or third-class apprentices, the magic they can use is only level zero magic! And if they can cast level one magic without getting hurt, this is often the sign of becoming a formal wizard!"

"The principle of the spell model is to form a mental model in the mind, and then use the changes in the nature of the mental power to attract external energy particles to make complex changes to form a spell!"

"To put it simply, mental power is the primer, and the spell model is the additive. The primers are the same, but under the effect of different additives, different energy particles are attracted, forming different spells!"

Leylin concluded and put the crystal ball away.

"Constructing a spell model is a very tedious task, and once it fails, it will damage your mental strength. It will take at least half a month to recover. This is a threshold that even a fifth-level talent cannot cross. But I have the help of a chip, which can reduce the failure rate to a minimum!"

"After I am promoted to a second-class apprentice, I need to construct spell models and purchase basic templates for various spells. This is another huge expense. If I didn't have the income from potions, an average apprentice would probably have to go through many life-and-death adventures to earn enough magic stones!"

From this, Leylin felt the bloody law of the jungle.

A first-class apprentice went through life and death, but the magic stones he earned were not as much as those he earned from selling potions casually.

"Monopoly is the most profitable!"

"None of this is my business. What I need to do now is to be promoted to a second-class apprentice!"

First-class apprentices only store a small amount of energy particles in their bodies, giving them simple spell resistance. Their use of energy particles is also very superficial, and they cannot cast spells.

The biggest difference between a second-class apprentice and a first-class apprentice is that they can cast zero-level spells.

The lethality of a level 0 spell amplified by a spell model is much higher than that of a simple energy particle.

"I have almost constructed the twenty-four will runes. I will be promoted to a second-class apprentice tonight!"

A resolute look appeared on Leylin’s face.

…

A night passed.

Inside the dormitory, Leylin opened his eyes.

"Finally I've made it to the second class! I feel like the energy particles in my body are several times more than the first class!"

"Ding! The mental power database has been sorted out. Do you want to digitize the mental power?" At this moment, feedback came from the chip.

"Huh? It seems to be two days faster than expected! What happened?"

"The main body's mental strength has increased, the chip has been affected by an unknown factor, and the calculation speed has increased!"

A light curtain appeared on the chip, with mysterious curves and numbers on it. From this, it can be seen that the chip's computing power was improved last night.

"It seems that the chip has indeed undergone a qualitative change in the process of traveling through time and space, and has connected with my soul. The increase in mental power means that the soul has been strengthened, which has also indirectly affected the chip!"

Lei Lin guessed that the soul was the most mysterious. Although Black Bone Forest claimed to be far ahead in this regard, he had only figured out a little bit of the laws and experience of spiritual activities. Moreover, only official wizards were qualified to view this information. For Lei Lin, it was too far away.

"It's a good thing that the chip can complete the data conversion in advance. Call up my current data!"

"Lelin Farrell, second-class apprentice Strength: 2.2 Agility: 2.4 Constitution: 2.7 Spirit: 4.1 Status: Healthy"

The chip projected a three-dimensional image of Leylin in front of his eyes and marked the data.

"The mental power can finally be digitized. Is it equivalent to the total mental power of nearly four people?"

Leylin looked at the image and asked, "Chip! Check why the data is growing slowly after being promoted to a second-class apprentice!"

"Mission established, testing in progress!"

"Cause discovered: resistance appears in the subject's body!" The chip's voice rang out.

"Sure enough! There are still limitations to using radiation to improve physical fitness! I wonder what methods those official wizards use to strengthen their bodies?"

Leylin stroked his chin.

There is a small area between the teaching area and the trading area, which is the college's own high-end sales area. Although the items there are very formal, they are relatively expensive, the service attitude is not good, and it is usually deserted.

Leylin came to a counter. Behind a transparent cover, sat a stern old woman with a stern face, as if Leylin owed her a lot of magic stones.

"Sorry to bother you!" Leylin bowed slightly. He felt the fluctuations of a third-class apprentice from this old woman.

"Chip! Detect!"

"What are you doing?" The old woman's voice sounded, dark and cold, giving people a feeling of cold and smooth scales, which could easily give people goose bumps.

"Ding! Name unknown Strength: 2.0 Agility: 2.1 Constitution: 3.5 Spirit: 7.6 Evaluation: Third-class apprentice, danger!!"

The information on the chip appeared in front of Leylin. This old woman was indeed a third-class apprentice, but she looked like she had been injured and her mental state was a little low. However, it would not be difficult for her to deal with Leylin.

"The chip can already detect the strength of apprentice-level creatures, but the wizard has a defensive force field, so it still won't work!"

the brightest smile on his face : "Can you show me the basic spell model?"

"Take it!" The old woman threw a large dusty book over, as if to let you buy it or not.

"I'm not angry! I'm not angry!" Leylin hypnotized himself and opened the book.

One spell model after another and the corresponding introduction come into view.

"Secondary Energy Fireball Description: Summons a fireball to attack the enemy. It is very powerful. Prerequisite courses required: Negative Energy Basics, Spell Model Construction"

"Shadow Ball Description: Use shadow energy to construct a magic ball, which is relatively hidden. Prerequisite courses required: Necrobiology, Mutation"

"Acid Splash Description: Forms an acid sphere with severe corrosive properties to attack, can slightly adjust the trajectory. Prerequisite courses required: Negative Energy Basics, Neurology"

…

"Shadow Hand Description: Can form a hand with negative energy and hide in the shadow to attack, extremely stealthy. Prerequisite courses required: Shadow Energy Research, Basics of Shaping"

"These are the most basic spell templates. Are there any advanced ones?" Leylin frowned.

"No! We only provide basic templates here. Ask your instructor to buy the rest!"

“Give me the spell templates for Acid Splash and Hand of Shadow!” Leylin took a deep breath.

"Ten magic stones each!" The old woman looked a little impatient.

After handing the twenty magic stones to the old woman, Leylin received a thick yellow parchment book on both sides, with the words "Hand of Shadow" written in Byronic script on the cover.

The counter was obviously constructed so that the salesperson inside sat higher than the people outside, so the buyer had to look up at the old woman inside from beginning to end, which made Leylin a little unhappy.

Holding the two books, Lei Lin turned around and left. He didn't want to stay here any longer.

“Lei Lin!” A voice sounded while walking on the road, causing Lei Lin to stop.

A boy in leather armor trotted over and said, "I just saw a figure in front of me that looks a bit like you. It's true. We haven't seen each other for a long time!"

Kaliweir greeted.

The leather armor on his body was a little torn and he hadn't repaired it, so it looked a little shabby.

“Are you… buying spell models? You’ve also been promoted to the second rank?” Kaliweir looked at the two spell books that Leylin was holding, somewhat surprised.

"Yes! I just got promoted! Let's buy some preparations first!" Lei Lin replied.

"Chip, detect!"

“Ding! Kaliweir’s Strength: 2.6, Agility: 2.8, Constitution: 3.1, Spirit: 4.1, Rating: Second-Class Apprentice.”

“It seems that Kaliweir is not much faster than me. This is obviously his data that he was promoted not long ago!”

Leylin made the comparison secretly.

"Since the last incident, our team has rarely gone out on missions. Recently, Lan Nuo has been promoted to a second-class apprentice and is trying to cast a spell model. Unfortunately, he still has a basic course that he failed several times..."

Kaliweir put his hands in his trouser pockets, obviously trying to make himself look more casual.

He then looked at Leylin's brand new grey robe and said, "As expected of an apprentice of pharmacy, he is really rich!"

Leylin smiled. Not only was the apprentice's grey robe immobilized with the decontamination technique, but the material was also good, with defense comparable to leather armor. It was expensive, and many apprentices did not have the money to buy another one after it was damaged.

Of course, Lei Lin was not among them, as he still had two sets in his closet.

"My success rate has improved a bit recently, and I saved up some magic stones, but once I bought the spell models, I spent them all!" Leylin had a helpless expression.

“Well! The fees at Black Bone Forest are really too high!” Kaliweir’s face was not good. His family was definitely a first-class noble family in the Corri Islands, but when he arrived here, he realized that he was actually a complete poor man.

"Speaking of which, after we are both promoted to second-class apprentices and have mastered spells, how about we take on missions together?"

Leylin asked.

“Really? That’s great!” Kaliweir had a pleasantly surprised expression. It seemed that he had been thinking about this for a long time.

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ongoing, stay tuned.