Full-Time Mage: Starting with the White Tiger Pendant

"I can already control two star particles!"

"What, only two?! I'm already at three."

Zhao Kunsan caught a glimpse of Mu Bai's expression and immediately jumped out to mock him like a loyal dog: "You guys bragging about two or three are embarrassing yourselves. Mu Bai has already mastered five star particles. Even if he slacks off next semester, he'll still reach seven and grasp Primary Magic."

"Holy shit, Mu Bai's that insane??"

"F-five... five, how the hell does he train? That's too awesome!"

"I heard the most impressive one in the whole school, Class Seven's Lightning God of Learning, Xu Zhaoting, only has five star particles too."

Feeling the buzz of discussion around him, Mu Bai floated a little, putting on an air of restraint, thinking Zhao Kunsan was the perfect straight man for his act.

If he went around advertising his own results after the scores came out, that would be low-class. Timing it right was the real flex.

Chapter 13: Tang Yue, the Adjudication Court?

Lu Jun returned to school. Looking at the crowd of lively, smiling students, his expression was dazed, and he couldn't react for a moment.

One second ago, he was in grueling, almost self-abusive training, with brutal close-quarters combat against demons. The next second, he was facing a peaceful, happy campus life. Spider-Man?

He fell silent. How many of these people in front of him would still be alive two and a half years from now? When he heard his classmates discussing the God of Learning, Xu Zhaoting, he shook his head and sighed. That guy had stolen the spotlight during the Magic Awakening with his rare Lightning Element.

Up until senior year, he was holding the script of a prodigy. Then things took a sharp turn. The disaster in Bo City struck, his parents and grandmother all died. After barely managing to return to a normal life in Magic City and finding a woman worth loving for a lifetime, he ran into the mastermind behind it all. To get revenge, he proactively tracked and hunted them down.

The outcome was self-evident. The trap they set for Mo Fan ended up catching Xu Zhaoting instead. He was cruelly and alive refined into a Black Beast Demon, a demon that defied human ethics.

Then, under the mastermind's twisted control, he was made to kill his own girlfriend with his own hands.

Examples like this were countless.

He wasn't strong enough yet. If he could protect himself in the future and happened to run into such situations, he wouldn't mind lending a hand.

When Lu Jun walked into the classroom, his delicate features prompted a few girls to greet him. But when they saw his sharp, intimidating aura, they felt a sense of fear.

His presence was hard to describe. It was like a fresh college graduate whose bookish air was instantly recognizable, while someone who had spent years in society had a completely different mindset and demeanor, showing a whole other side.

Lu Jun sat down in his seat. No classmates came over to shoot the breeze or show off. They all felt this guy was strange, like a few star particles were nothing worth bringing up in front of him.

Soon, Mo Fan arrived, full of swagger and smugness. He caught sight of Lu Jun, his eyes lighting up. Ignoring whatever aura Lu Jun had, he plopped down right next to him.

"Old Lu, how was your winter break?"

Mo Fan's brows were flying high, and with a little hip shift, Lu Jun knew he was about to show off.

Ever since he'd learned Mo Fan's secret of Innate Dual Elements, the two had been deliberately drawing closer, each with their own thoughts. Add in the fact that they came from similar backgrounds in their past lives, and they got along pretty well. Their relationship was decent.

Later, when Mo Fan saw that Lu Jun hadn't leaked his secret in half a year, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, fully trusted him, and treated him as a friend. He climbed the ladder, cheerfully calling him "Old Lu" over and over.

As for why he didn't call him Lu Jun, Mo Fan had once complained that a surname plus "Jun" sounded like something from that country with a decent life—girly and weak. It was the kind of thing you'd hear in a brothel when calling for a girl, which was actually exciting.

A man going around saying "so-and-so Jun" gave him goosebumps.

Lu Jun didn't care and said understatedly: "Did you master Primary Magic over the break? Your Fire Element was stuck in the first half of the semester, so Lightning Element?"

At that, Mo Fan was taken aback, feeling frustrated and stifled. He lowered his voice: "You can tell that? No fun."

He felt like this guy was a worm in his stomach, that no secret of his could be hidden from Lu Jun.

Seeing this, Lu Jun understood. Mo Fan was a true grinder. Over the break, he'd not only mastered Lightning Magic but also holed up in the library for a month, barely managing to memorize all the common knowledge of the Magic World.

"Wait." Mo Fan realized something, his expression strange. "You're not shocked? Does that mean your Water Element is also..."

Lu Jun didn't answer. He just smiled without speaking.

"Heh, my bro's really strong." Mo Fan laughed awkwardly, stroked his chin, and said: "You with Water Element defense, me with Lightning and Fire destruction, and Zhang Xiaohou with Wind Element support. We'd be an unstoppable trio."

The moment Zhang Xiaohou was mentioned, he showed up, looking simple and honest: "Bro Lu, Bro Fan, happy new semester."

Before Lu Jun could reply, the noisy classroom suddenly quieted down, becoming dead silent.

Lu Jun was puzzled. He looked around and saw Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, Mu Bai, and the other boys all staring blankly at the podium.

"Good morning, students. Your Magic Practice Class teacher, Lian, is sick at home. Starting today, I'll be teaching Magic Practice Class. My name is Tang Yue!"

A mature voice with a hint of brightness rang out.

Hearing this, Lu Jun understood. He looked at the podium, where a female teacher in a standard professional OL outfit stood. A black fitted suit jacket and short skirt outlined her curvaceous figure.

Between the white shirt buttons rose a magnificent, alluring peak, so prominent it made you wonder if the tiny buttons could really hold back that surging tide.

The new Teacher Tang Yue had a charming face and a sexy demeanor. Very standard melon seed face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and fox-like eyes.

Even Lu Jun was stunned for a moment. If Lu Mei was the typical mature woman, steady and gentle, then Tang Yue was the ripe young wife, someone who clearly knew how to handle things—a peach so ripe it was about to burst with juice.

She was clearly around twenty-four or twenty-five.

Lu Jun sized her up and couldn't tell for a moment whether she or his sister was older.

Of course, he didn't dwell too much on this woman's appearance. Knowing the original story well, he understood that Tang Yue's background wasn't simple. She was a member of the Adjudication Court, sent to investigate some anomalies in Bo City. She had disguised herself and infiltrated Bo City undercover.

But in the end, Tang Yue stayed for two years and found nothing. She left Bo City before the disaster, only providing shelter for Mo Fan during his high school years.

The Adjudication Court was a direct agency of the Magic Association, representing its will. Its members were the most combat-capable, handling all kinds of tough problems in the shadows, especially dark forces, with unquestionable supreme authority to judge.

Every member was a standout in the Intermediate Level field, with access to vast resources. It was practically the most sacred place every hardworking mage dreamed of.

As for the Adjudication Court, Lu Jun had thought about anonymously reporting Mu He and the others. But after considering the situation of the Hangzhou Adjudication Court that Tang Yue came from, he dropped the idea.

The Hangzhou Adjudication Court was basically one of the largest adjudication courts in the Nine Provinces, responsible for Bo City and other cities in Min Province and Zhe Province.

The problem was that the Hangzhou Adjudication Court had spies. Among the high-level officials, there were two known by name—one Councilor's Secretary and one Second-tier City Trial Chief—and several at the lower levels as well, buried deep and only exposed in the later stages.

Lu Jun racked his brains, scraping together memories, and discovered this phenomenon. He was left speechless.

Bo City wasn't something a few Intermediate-level or even High-level adjudicators could handle. Setting aside the demons, the strength of the mastermind behind Bo City couldn't be underestimated. They even knew exactly how many personnel you had mobilized—how were you supposed to fight?

Reporting it would only alert the enemy.

"Tang Yue is someone I can trust for now. Forget reporting it to the adjudication court. I'll have to pick the right time to approach her."

Lu Jun looked at the stunning female teacher on the podium and sighed at the trouble. The human foundation in the Magic World was rotten to the core. No matter where you fled, it was the same. Hangzhou and the Magic City had even bigger problems.

Besides, he was in Bo City. His family wasn't some great clan, so transferring schools was fraught with difficulties. If he wanted to get into a magic academy, he had to finish high school first.

"Everyone, let's head to the practice field. I'll demonstrate a Primary Magic for you."

Tang Yue said with a bright, warm smile, leading the group of students to the magic training ground.

Chapter 14: Dual Element, Primary Level Two

"Calm your heart, stay peaceful, stay focused. Even though I'm talking to you right now, my mind is completely focused on my Fire Element Nebula... well, Stardust."

On the large practice field, Tang Yue patiently explained magic while releasing a Primary Level One Fire Element spell: Fire Seed · Burn!

The whole class gathered around in a tight circle, concentrating intently—though where exactly they were looking was anyone's guess.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

At that moment, fire elements coalesced around Tang Yue. A striking crimson star-trail streaked through the air, and a scorching aura rushed toward them. In her fair, jade-like hand, a blazing flame danced, wild and violent.

Lu Jun's expression turned serious. This aura was even stronger than his elder sister's. The other students felt as if they'd been struck a heavy blow, their dirty thoughts washed away, replaced by sheer horror.

Then, she raised her arm and flung it. The ball of flame shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, tracing a brilliant red arc through the air before piercing straight into the training dummy at the far end of the field like a bullet!

"That's it?"

"Why isn't anything happening?"

"It hit, didn't it?"

The atmosphere fell silent for a second. The dummy struck by Fire Seed showed no reaction at all, a stark contrast to the imposing aura Tang Yue had just released.

Amid the students' murmurs of doubt, Teacher Tang Yue slowly turned around, facing the class of forty-eight still-immature faces. A confident, radiant smile curled at the corners of her lips.

Rumble!

Suddenly, a shocking blaze of crimson erupted from inside the dummy. It wasn't a slow ignition—it was a wild, frenzied burst, as if it wanted to consume everything flammable in one breath.

The intact human-shaped dummy was instantly swallowed by the crimson flames!

The glaring red light illuminated Tang Yue's beautiful curly hair, and her fair face was now flushed a captivating red. The smile at the corner of her lips was set against a backdrop of a fiercely burning flame.

It made this already stunning teacher describable by only one phrase—beautiful beyond compare!

Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, Mu Bai, and the others swallowed hard, captivated by the scene.

Even Lu Jun turned to look. A beautiful older sister was rare enough, but one with such strength was even rarer.

Then Tang Yue called roll to count the Fire Element students in the class. A pack of wolves howled in lament, wishing they weren't Fire Element so they couldn't get extra lessons from the beautiful teacher.

She also said, "This semester is crucial. At the end of the year, there's the Year-end Assessment. Anyone who fails will be expelled from the magic school. Additionally, second-year class placement into the Advanced Class and the usage time for the Stardust Magic Tool allocated by the school are all tied to this."

"I'll be waiting for you in the Advanced Class."

Hearing this, Zhao Kunsan sneered at Mo Fan again. "Heh, a whole semester's passed, and you still can't control a single Fire Element star. With the way you slack off, even if your Fire Element talent is outstanding, I won't have to see your annoying face after the second half of the year."

Mo Fan snorted but said nothing. His Lightning Element could already release magic. Mastering the Fire Element in one semester was nothing.

Lu Jun stroked his chin. The Year-end Assessment would be lively, but it didn't have much to do with him. For now, burying his head in cultivation was the priority.

Time flowed by, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Hot air from the southeast rolled over countless mountain ridges, sweeping across the south. The weather was unpredictable, with a typhoon looming.

Pitter-patter!

On the road from Bo City to Tianlan High School, Lu Jun walked calmly through the curtain of rain. Three brilliant blue Water Stream Ribbons swirled around him, weaving into a Water Windbreaker, its condensed, shimmering form resembling an armor robe.

The pouring rain fell, absorbed by the Water Shield around him, not a single drop touching his body.

Passersby on the street raised umbrellas, looking shabby in comparison, soaked from the neck down. They cursed and complained, but when they saw the cool youth standing alone in the rain, they were filled with envy.

"Dammit, being a mage is great. Forget superpowers—just in daily life, it's way too convenient."

At the same time, Tianlan students were also on this road. Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou opened their mouths, suddenly feeling that Fire and Wind Elements weren't so appealing. Nothing compared to the Water Element's aloof and proud passage, where heaven and earth were one color and not a single drop of water touched you.

"That old Lu really knows how to show off. What a flashy bastard. He's already caught the attention of the girls in our class and the senior girls too."

Mo Fan wished he could take his place.

On the other side, Mu Bai's circle was also stunned. Zhao Kunsan glanced at Lu Xiaofu and said, "You're a Water Element mage too. Why don't you pull off a move like that?"

One of the hangers-on, Lu Xiaofu, turned green. Not every Water Element mage could do something like that, and he hadn't even fully controlled his stars yet.

"Shh, shh! Don't talk. Look at the girls in our class."

At that moment, Mo Fan muttered to himself, sneaking a furtive glance around. The girls' loose school uniforms were half-wet, half-dry, outlining their delicate curves.

The boys all noticed this, their expressions gradually turning lecherous, drawing angry glares from the girls, who quickly covered their chests and ran off to the teaching building's restroom.

Finally, someone shouted, "Teacher Tang Yue is here!"

In an instant, everyone's gaze shifted over. How could a small girl compare to a mature woman's allure? Especially with that wet look!

Not far away, Teacher Tang Yue raised her umbrella, stepping through puddles in black high-heeled sandals. Her fair jade feet revealed her toes, crystal-clear and round like pearls, forming a striking contrast.

Her figure in the rain was graceful and hazy as she walked unhurriedly to the teaching building's entrance, still elegant and composed, barely touched by the water vapor. Her curly hair wasn't drenched like the other female students', naturally offering no special perks.

Even so, everyone's mouths hung open, nearly drooling. The sway of Tang Yue's voluptuous hips as she walked—even the icy downpour couldn't extinguish the fire it stirred. Zhang Xiaohou said in disbelief, "From home to school, with this wind and rain, how is she not soaked through?"

No one understood the Southern typhoons better than the people of Bo City. Even raincoats and umbrellas were useless—you got wet no matter what.

Then, a flash of crimson energy swept around Tang Yue. Its scorching heat vaporized all the water vapor around her, restoring her to a clean and crisp state. She even helped dry the clothes of the schoolgirls nearby.

White steam billowed at the entrance of the teaching building.

The pack of wolves howled in lament, feeling they'd missed a beautiful sight. They finally understood how Tang Yue avoided such awkward situations. To be fair, that level of Fire Element control was terrifying.

At the teaching building's entrance, the whispers among the small girls, combined with Lu Jun's spotless appearance, drew attention. Tang Yue cast her gaze over and, seeing such a Water Shield, was startled inwardly.

Could a student possess such cultivation?

Others couldn't see through it, but her eyes were sharp. Remembering her purpose for coming to Bo City, she furrowed her willow-like brows slightly.

Just then, Lu Jun looked over. Their eyes met across the distance, then shifted away.

Others might not know, but he certainly did. Tang Yue's cultivation had reached the Intermediate Level, with two elements: one Fire Element, and one Black Magic's [Shadow Element].