Asking the teacher is not as good as asking Li Yu

After learning about Li Yu's family situation, the group tacitly avoided bringing it up again; normal people do not go out of their way to pick at someone else's scars.

The break between classes was only ten minutes, so the bell for the next period rang quickly.

The person who walked in this time was a young male teacher. Li Yu had an impression of him; he was a magic instructor specially hired by the school.

"My surname is Li. You may call me Teacher Li. Now, everyone, take out the book Origins of Magic." As soon as this Teacher Li entered the classroom, he stated his name and immediately began the lesson.

Although the students in the class were somewhat startled, they hurriedly took out their magic books and began to listen attentively.

This teacher was clearly a man of action. His very first lesson was teaching everyone how to meditate efficiently, even going so far as to instruct them on how to use meditation to replace sleep.

Hearing these words, Li Yu immediately perked up. Replacing sleep with meditation? That was something he could get behind, so he listened with extra focus.

Furthermore, Li Yu soon discovered that there were many things not found in the textbooks that this teacher was explaining to the class.

He was like a ruthless lecturing robot, spending the entire period explaining various meditation techniques and methods for rapid mana storage.

He even covered topics like how to refine mana while simultaneously fighting in battle.

For the full forty minutes of the lesson, he droned on without pause. The students below didn't dare to let their minds wander for a second, and they could only frantically scribble down notes on anything they didn't understand.

"Alright, that's all for this period. If you have any questions, ask them next time. Now, get moving and head to the third floor for your next class." After saying this, Teacher Li walked straight out.

As he left the classroom, the students finally let out a sigh of relief, with some even complaining, "That was ridiculous... he lectured way too fast!!"

The pace was simply too rapid; they had only half-understood much of the material and were forced to take notes like madmen, terrified of forgetting something.

Li Yu was likely the only one in the class who felt he hadn't had enough. He hadn't even taken a single note because he had understood everything the teacher said.

Just as Li Yu was about to pull out his phone to scroll through some videos, someone poked him in the back with a pen.

Li Yu turned his head to look at Kato Megumi, who simply spread her notebook open and asked, "Li Yu, you understood everything, didn't you?"

"What's wrong? Is this the part you didn't catch?" Li Yu looked at the contents of Kato Megumi's notebook and immediately understood what she wanted.

At this moment, Kato Megumi smiled like a little fox, pressed her palms together, and said to Li Yu, "Hehe... could you please explain it to me again, Li Yu? Please, classmate!"

The other students in the class might not have understood, but Li Yu definitely did, because his talent for learning was terrifying.

Asking Li Yu was the best possible solution; it was much faster than trying to ask the teacher.

Asuna Yuuki, standing to the side, watched Kato Megumi's maneuver with a blank expression. She had only half-understood what the teacher had said during the lesson and had also taken a lot of notes.

And yet, Kato Megumi was asking Li Yu? Was this right? Or was there something special about Li Yu?

"Let me see... hmm, this is simple enough." Looking at Kato Megumi's notebook, Li Yu immediately began to explain the parts she didn't understand.

Seeing that Li Yu actually knew his stuff, Asuna Yuuki was stunned. Could this classmate's talent be related to magic?

Thinking this to herself, Asuna Yuuki pricked up her ears to listen carefully to Li Yu's explanation; after all, there were some things Kato Megumi had recorded that she hadn't quite grasped either.

Some of the other students in the class noticed the situation, and seeing Li Yu explaining the lesson to Kato Megumi, they all gathered around.

That's right, there was a ridiculously talented student in their class; Li Yu was incredibly gifted at learning anything.

Why not just ask Li Yu about the things they didn't understand? And so, as Li Yu explained the lesson to Kato Megumi, many others in the class crowded around.

Some even began to ask their own questions, all of which Li Yu answered for them.

In just the span of the break, Li Yu had resolved many of the problems the teacher had presented.

When the bell rang for the next class, everyone set off together toward the classroom on the third floor.

When they arrived, the teacher was already waiting. Once everyone was present, he said, "If you have any questions about the previous lesson, feel free to ask. I will provide the answers."

Hearing this, the students in the class began to ask about the parts they hadn't understood.

At this moment, Asuna Yuuki was with Kato Megumi and couldn't help but ask, "Is Li Yu's academic performance very good?"

The answers Li Yu had given everyone just moments ago had left a deep impression on her, so Asuna Yuuki was now very curious about his grades.

"Li Yu has a talent for learning. He understands anything after hearing or seeing it just once," Kato Megumi replied after hearing Asuna Yuuki's question.

Asuna Yuuki froze upon hearing this. A talent? And understanding something after hearing it once? Wasn't that a bit too absurd?

No wonder Kato Megumi went straight to Li Yu; wasn't that much more convenient than asking the teacher? After all, Li Yu learned it in one go!!

She perhaps now understood why Yukino Yukinoshita didn't want to fight Li Yu; it was likely because after fighting him, he had simply learned all her techniques...

Furthermore, she finally understood why Li Yu was always on his phone looking at those things—he was studying!

The magic teacher spent nearly half the period answering the questions from the previous lesson, then activated the magic circle built into the classroom floor.

A massive blue magic circle emerged from the floor of the classroom, and the teacher said, "Now, everyone, meditate within this magic circle."

Li Yu looked down at the magic circle beneath his feet, and his Eye of Keigeko activated subconsciously.

Information about the magic circle gradually flooded into Li Yu's mind; this magic circle was used for auxiliary purposes.

Moreover, as long as you had enough mana, you could draw it yourself, provided you used the right magic materials.

Mercury, cinnabar, magic stones... information about the materials needed to construct such a magic circle poured into Li Yu's mind.

This also made him understand how to build an identical magic circle.

As he organized the information in his mind, a subtle feeling emerged in Li Yu's heart: had he really just learned it?

Furthermore, this magic didn't require much mana from the user; it belonged to the category of field magic.

As long as you prepared the materials and drew the magic circle, you could release it.

The effect of the magic circle was simple and brutal: it was used to assist in meditation, allowing one to enter a state of focus quickly and increase the speed of mana meditation.

To put it in more fantasy terms, this thing was a spirit-gathering array used to assist in cultivation!