Mystics of this world respected knowledge and privacy, and Lou Luo certainly assumed that An Yang had some reason or reservation when he went out to advance as a scholar, with the sole purpose of evading his notice.
However, such matters happened too often, so he did not ask.
An Yang indeed had the idea of avoiding him, for he easily attracted attention in the tower after all, but the primary reason was that he needed to go to the battlefield to acquire suitable spells—the ones Lou Luo provided were far too inferior.
Life back in the tower essentially proceeded step by step with study.
An Yang had not laid aside spellcasting and arcane magic, still spending some time every day studying books on spells and magic, but his focus remained firmly on the mystical system.
Energy meditation had been replaced by the spell control array, yet its efficiency was merely at the higher level of Tier 1 scholars, falling far short of his personal mastery. Mental meditation, on the other hand, held little meaning; his spiritual power already far exceeded the standard of a Tier 3 scholar, and he was more accustomed to using the magical system's meditative methods to improve. Still, the effects of both methods had already become negligible.
The remainder of his time was spent attending free and paid courses by various mentors, reading frantically, continuously absorbing knowledge through every available means, and gradually establishing a clear mystical system.
Meanwhile, his mission compensation had also been issued. Because he stayed on the battlefield for nearly three months, it was equivalent to completing several more missions than others, and as the later stages grew increasingly hazardous, his already generous rewards accumulated to a considerable degree. Apart from a large quantity of magic stones, these rewards included various