Betty

After the first round of screening ended, more than five thousand students met the required Soul Aptitude standard. Most of them possessed Level-4 Soul Talent.

The list for the second round of screening was released almost immediately after the first round. Of those five thousand-plus students, four thousand were eliminated in one stroke, leaving only a little over one thousand.

Not a single student with Soul Talent above Level 5 was eliminated. As for those with Level-4 Soul Talent, they had to compete in background and connections for a chance to qualify to study at Antalya Warlock Academy.

Commoner students with no background whatsoever could not possibly enter Antalya Warlock Academy unless they possessed Soul Talent above Level 5. Under ordinary circumstances, Yang Feng would not have been qualified to study at Antalya Warlock Academy at all.

"Congratulations on passing the first round of screening and obtaining the qualification to study at Antalya Warlock Academy. You have three years to study all kinds of knowledge here. After three years, there will be another screening! Anyone who has not advanced to become a Level-1 Wizard Apprentice will be eliminated. Work hard!"

On the day after passing the screening, all the students were gathered in a large square at Antalya Warlock Academy. A formal Black-robed Warlock delivered the above speech with an expressionless face.

After the Black-robed Warlock finished speaking, students one year senior to Yang Feng and the others immediately walked toward them.

"Hello, I'm Betty, your senior by one year! Are you Yang Feng and Shi Xue, the nephew and niece of the Lord of Steel?" A beautiful, sexy woman with golden hair, a hot and seductive figure, a few freckles on her face, fair skin, and striking beauty walked over to Yang Feng and Shi Xue and asked with a smile.

As soon as Betty approached, she carefully examined Shi Xue's peerless beauty. A flicker of jealousy flashed through her lovely eyes and vanished, while the smile on her face remained exceedingly sweet.

Yang Feng smiled faintly. "That's right. I'm Yang Feng, and this is my younger sister, Shi Xue."

Betty smiled. "The academy arranged for me to guide you and serve as your explainer, so that you can gain a basic understanding of Antalya Warlock Academy. Please follow me!"

Yang Feng nodded and led Shi Xue after Betty as they walked into Antalya Warlock Academy.

"Our Antalya Warlock Academy is divided into the Outer Courtyard and the Inner Courtyard! The Outer Courtyard is where students like us, who have yet to become Wizard Apprentices, stay. The Inner Courtyard is where elite students who have advanced to become Wizard Apprentices study and live. Before receiving a summons, we cannot enter the Inner Courtyard lightly, or we will be punished."

As Betty led Yang Feng and Shi Xue onward, she explained the various taboos of Antalya Warlock Academy.

Antalya Warlock Academy had a strict hierarchy. Formal Warlocks and Wizard Apprentices all lived in the Inner Courtyard, where the Large Energy-Absorbing Ancient Tree stood.

The Inner Courtyard of Antalya Warlock Academy was constantly shrouded in a powerful energy force field, which separated it from the Outer Courtyard. The Inner Courtyard was filled with incomparably powerful elemental energy, and cultivating there brought far greater benefits than cultivating in the Outer Courtyard. The Inner Courtyard was the true essence of Antalya Warlock Academy.

While explaining, Betty handed Yang Feng a price list. "Studying at Antalya Warlock Academy, no branch of knowledge is free. This is the price list and schedule for the various subjects."

Continental Common Language: 20 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Ancient God Language: 100 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Dragon Language: 100 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Demon Language: 100 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Elf Language: 100 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Plane Studies: 200 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Mathematics: 20 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Geometry: 20 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Etiquette: 20 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Close-Quarters Combat: 20 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Politics: 20 Gold Coins per lesson. Basic Tactics: 20 Gold Coins per lesson...

The price list was densely packed with all manner of subjects. Learning each type of knowledge required paying enormous amounts of Gold Coins, far beyond what ordinary commoners could afford. Even nobles would get headaches upon seeing the Gold Coins required for those courses.

For a minor noble like Zhao Jiang, the accumulated income of several generations could at most pay for four lessons of Basic Demon Language. That was how expensive knowledge was in this world.

On the Durando Subcontinent, knowledge was firmly controlled by great nobles possessing Warlock bloodlines. Unless ordinary people had heaven-defying Soul Talent and were fortunate enough to obtain a Warlock's inheritance, it was basically difficult for them to ever rise above their station.

Warlock Body intermediate secret art cultivation: 10,000 Gold Coins or 90 low-grade Magic Stones. Can be cultivated up to the Level-3 Warlock Apprentice rank.

Yang Feng's gaze fell upon the final line, and his brows furrowed slightly. "The Warlock Body cultivation secret art requires so many Gold Coins. How could ordinary commoners possibly have that much money to learn this secret art?"

Betty smiled faintly. "Antalya Warlock Academy provides loan services. Every student who exchanges for the Warlock Body cultivation method can receive an interest-free loan for three years. Other knowledge may be freely taught, but if anyone is discovered privately passing on the Warlock Body cultivation method, they will automatically become slaves of Antalya Warlock Academy and be dealt with as the academy sees fit."

A trace of admiration flashed through Yang Feng's eyes as he silently thought, What an ingenious method! This way, Antalya Warlock Academy can easily collect more than ninety thousand Magic Stones in tuition alone every year. Knowledge is wealth, knowledge is power—on the Durando Subcontinent, that saying is truly displayed in all its glory.

Looking at the prices marked behind the densely packed courses, Yang Feng felt immensely fortunate. Good thing I have the wealth of Steel City behind me! Otherwise, I really couldn't afford to learn this knowledge!

Betty offered a kind reminder. "Ordinary commoner students who lack money can go to the Mission Hall to accept missions, but those missions are extremely dangerous for students like us who have yet to become Wizard Apprentices. You'd best not accept them."

Yang Feng nodded slightly. Steel City's sphere of influence was nearly equivalent to half of the Fein Deluo Principality, bringing him enormous wealth every day. Naturally, he would not accept dangerous missions. Before advancing into a formal Warlock, he had no interest in venturing outside.

Betty kindly reminded them, "Among these subjects, aside from the Warlock Body secret art, every other subject can earn one academic credit upon passing its examination, or five credits for excellent results. One hundred credits can be exchanged for a Level-0 Spell model. Of course, if you purchase one instead, a Level-0 Spell costs twenty low-grade Magic Stones. Basic Ancient God Language, Basic Demon Language, Basic Dragon Language, and Basic Elf Language are all prerequisite subjects for learning many powerful spells. Mathematics and geometry are the keys to constructing spell models. Basic Biology is a prerequisite subject for Mutation Studies and Bloodline Mutation Studies. If you want to become a formal Warlock, you should begin considering which direction to develop in now and study the corresponding prerequisite subjects."