In Classroom No. 1, Locke made two hundred pots of magic plants collected from the banks of the Heaven River float before everyone, while having the Wizard Apprentices touch the magic plants.
"Every planting and every touch is an exchange between magic plants and wizards. I believe that before you recognize the physiological structures of these magic plants and learn how to classify them, the more important thing you should do is come into contact with these magic plants and learn to love them."
Many of the Wizard Apprentices present looked confused.
For most Wizard Apprentices along the Heaven River Coast, what determined what they learned was not what they liked, but what talents they possessed and what their Formal Wizards recommended they study.
Most of the Wizard Apprentices here came from ordinary families, while some were wizards from wizarding families. Yet no one had ever told any of them to learn to like something.
After all, for the wizards along the Heaven River Coast, survival and having a useful skill seemed to be what everyone needed most.
Locke said, "You need to come into contact with these wetland magic plants and sincerely learn to like them. Only then can you go farther." The Vaporization Wizard assistant hurriedly began applauding.
The students sitting below followed suit, and the classroom was filled with thunderous applause.
Outside the classroom, some Formal Wizard instructors were loitering in the corridor, attending the class in secret. However, since public classes were officially meant for Wizard Apprentices, they did not feel comfortable entering.
Inside the classroom sat Elliott, the academy dean and Star-Ring Wizard, along with two other Second-Ring Wizard chief instructors. According to the rules, the three of them were evaluating and grading Locke's first public class. It was routine business. Whenever a Formal Wizard