Chapter 29
The first-year course does not require apprentices to attend every time, and there is no such thing as a roll call. As long as you have no problems, you are sure to pass the year-end retirement assessment. It doesn't matter if you don't come.
That's what Adam did. He never attended the first round course.
Pharmacy knowledge allows apprentices to understand the nature of various plants and formulate highly toxic poisons. Yes, it is poison. Pharmacy knowledge does not teach treatment but only teaches killing. But there is also an interesting side. Through understanding of plants, you can make various seasonings, which are very useful for magic cooking.
The current teaching of alchemy knowledge is close to material science and metallurgy. Obviously, the core content is not taught. The metal is hardened, and it is just that you don’t know how to engrave picture talisman in it. It's nothing more than anything.
Body refinement knowledge teaches apprentices with body refinement mage qualifications to practice magic into the body. It is an elective course and is not included in the final assessment. However, the body refinement instructor is a formal mage and looks...very curious. It doesn't look like a human being. Adam guesses that the more profound content should include bloodline and DNA research.
Adam, who understood the assessment criteria, never appeared in the classroom again. Except for a thunderous breakfast every day, he spent the rest of the time in the library.
Reading is expensive, knowledge is expensive, this is Adam's most intuitive feeling. Each book needs to be paid for a varying number of energy stones, and the reading time is stipulated. Repeated reading requires repeated payments. Fortunately, Adam has computer-level memory and remembers that simply is a pediatric. He can even recite a good one by skipping words. Place.
The library is hierarchical. New apprentices can only read the content on the 1st floor, and the higher-level content can't be read even if there is money.
But there are countless books even on the first floor. One day after Adam became addicted to reading and not counting his wealth, he suddenly found that his balance was insufficient.
There are quite a few old Book Insects in the library. These senior apprentices are not as shallow as Adam’s group of people at the same time. After initially surprised by Adam’s reading speed, they discovered that Adam has terrifying Memory and comprehension ability, with the most primary level of spiritual strength qualifications, coupled with this innate talent, even if they are not sure whether Adam can become a mage, at least it is no problem to become a senior apprentice like them. So they agree that Adam is qualified to have an equal dialogue with them.
Moreover, such innate talents can easily gain the favor of formal mage and become their experimental assistants. On a low-level level, they can already be regarded as have boundless prospects.
"Adam, do you remember where the book "Primary Level Enchanted Plants and Their Properties" is placed?" Elliott · Pierce is an old Book Insect and a pharmacy tutor for the apprentices . He specializes in making potent poisons. Hearing from him, he used the poison he made to destroy all six high-level apprentices in the last tower war.
"Botany bookshelf, 3rd floor, sixth column." Adam reported the location casually, still staring blankly at the book he couldn't read, the most primary in the Fireball Technique rune group. Level changes".
"Oh, thank you." Elliott thanked him and left. They were used to asking Adam if they couldn't find the book they needed. Adam hadn't let them down, but Adam used to be a head. Reading without lifting up, did he find Adam in a daze this time?
"What are you? There are no energy stones?" Elliott asked narrowly beside Adam.
Adam put the book back on the shelf, indifferently distanced from Elliott, and then said: "Yes. Please stay away from me, Mr. Elliott."
Very poisonous Creatures are obviously not welcomed by ordinary creatures. Although everyone does not reject him, they are not willing to be too close. Adam still remembers the bad hormones that he secreted sharply in his body after meeting Elliott for the first time.
Elliott curl one's lip, Yiyan stopped and complained: "I said, my own poison has an antidote, and it won't hurt you."
Adam remain unmoved: "But that's not a pleasant experience."
"Okay, well, you shallow people, you can't appreciate the beauty of physical changes at all." Elliott mumbled After one sentence, he said: "Adam, I have a way to earn energy gems, do you want to listen?"
"Of course."
Elliott said in a bewildered voice: "I lacked an assistant in my laboratory to record the experimental data for me. The previous idiot was fired by me. Adam, your memory is absolutely competent for this job, how about it, do you want to help me?"
Adam suddenly remembered James’ invitation. Because it was not very important, it was not added to the memo. It is the next rune knowledge course...
"Don’t worry, I will never I will use you as a test product, which is not allowed by the Academy. It just helps me record the data. And the pharmacy test can be passed directly for you." Elliott saw Adam did not speak, and induced again.
It's a good idea to be an assistant in the laboratory, but the poison laboratory is obviously not a good choice. Adam thought of this and said to Elliott: "Mr. Elliott, do you know Mr. James?"
p>"Just call me Elliott, James? Of course I know that he should be your meditation class instructor?"
"Well, yes, he is in the first One day he invited me to work as an assistant in his laboratory."
Elliott was clear: "So, he hasn't given up on it yet?"
Adam asked suspiciously: " Is it difficult to find laboratory assistants?"
"Does it depend on the circumstances? Official mages never lack assistants in their laboratories. Apprentices are worse, but James’ meditation laboratory is a Exception."
"Why is he an exception?"
Elliott said: "You should have heard his knowledge of mage's armor? Doesn't it make sense?"
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"But in fact, mage's armor is not that important. Well, I can't say that, it should be said that it is not the most critical in the apprenticeship stage. Mage's armor is adjustable This adjustment can be carried out at any level. The reason why James was obsessed with studying the Meditation Method during the apprenticeship was only because of his lack of aptitude. At the beginning, he barely reached the spirit strength of a unit, without any soul inclination and elemental affinity. It's also very low. So he wants to advance to the official mage through pure spirit strength."
Elliott continued: "Before the Tower War, there were a few people who were similar to him experimenting with him, but It’s a pity that those people are dead, and the apprentices who survived didn’t agree with him very much. What can be done with the Meditation Method? Anyway, in the apprenticeship stage, our lifespan is limited."
Lifespan This matter, Adam learned from the exchanges with senior apprentices, because the energy level of ether and magic is too high, and the flesh and blood and the fragile soul need to bear a lot of burdens to carry and use them. At the price, although there is spirit strength neutralization, it also greatly reduces the lifespan of the apprentice. Generally speaking, if there is no special medicine to extend their life, the apprentice will not live for a hundred years.
Elliott concluded: "So, we all think he is wasting time. The official mage in the Academy is not very supportive of him, but because his research can slightly improve the efficiency of meditation, so there is no Cut off his project."
"That's it." Adam looking thoughtful, Elliott said it makes sense, but Adam feels that James’s research is not wrong, at least that can be passed more easily. He agrees with the weak stage.
Elliott saw Adam not speaking, and persuaded: "Adam, you do not need to study how to improve the efficiency of the Meditation Method based on your qualifications. You must know that in the apprenticeship stage, we must first ensure that we are in a limited life. Promotion, if you are interested in that kind of research, you will have a lot of time to do it after you become a formal mage."
Elliott’s advice is mostly sincere, except for hiring Adam. Adam is serious. After thanking him, he said: "I am very interested in his research direction, I need to find out more, thank you for telling me this, Elliott."
Elliott helplessly sighed, waved his hand and said, "Okay. , Whatever you want, my laboratory will always welcome you." He has reasons for helplessness. If James’ laboratory is so bleak because it has no prospects for development, then his experiment will not be recruited because it is unpopular. People, being with those terrifying poisonous plants and poisonous creatures every day is definitely not a good experience.
Adam met Kristal on the way out of the library.
Kristal is very distressed. She is purely Qi (wind) elemental affinity. Among the three Magic Talisman essays left by Mage Blake, apart from the wind blade, she is very difficult to master. In addition, the Academy’s pressure cannot keep up with the life and death on the ship, and her wisdom displayed in the desperate situation can’t be used. She had to look at the poor balance in the identity token, and wanted to find two aura magic in the library. Learn.
She also saw Adam for the first time in a few days. Because of the previous incident, she didn't know how to talk to Adam.
"Adam, you...hello." Kristal stammered.
Adam stood on the side of the road and answered calmly: "Hello."
Kristal plucked up the courage and said, "Adam, why haven’t you been to class lately? Are you really have no desire to improve?"
Because of being isolated? She did not say this sentence.
Adam looked at her strangely. I don't know why she said so suddenly. It seems that the relationship between herself and her hasn't reached this point yet, right? Human logic is really strange.
Thinking that despite thinking this way, Adam still replied: "No, it's too simple." After saying no longer paid attention to her, he moved towards James' laboratory.
Leaving Kristal alone in the wind, "Too simple? This kind of reason... is..."
After a long while, she put away her mind and moved Walking towards the library, she felt that those companions who chewed their tongues behind their backs were too ridiculous. It turned out that in Adam's mind, he and them were simply not the same kind of people.