People Were Driven Mad!

Thor and his group left Kathmandu.

Upon noticing this, Mordo immediately went to report it. "Sorcerer Supreme, those people have already left."

Gu Yi was not surprised and merely replied, "I already know."

Seeing that she knew, Mordo did not say more about it and instead reported something else. "Sorcerer Supreme, there is something I would like to ask."

"What is it?" Gu Yi asked.

Mordo replied, "Luo Bai has not left his room for a long time. He has stayed in the dormitory this entire time."

"He should be studying," Gu Yi guessed.

"That should be the case. A week ago, he borrowed many books and took them back to his dormitory." Mordo spoke with a hint of concern on his face.

Gu Yi did not understand, so she asked, "You seem somewhat worried. Is there a problem, Sorcerer Mordo?"

After thinking for a moment, Mordo hesitated before speaking. "I just went to the library and checked his borrowing records."

"What books did he borrow?" Gu Yi asked curiously.

Mordo quickly answered, "The Book of the Vishanti, Time Compendium, Spatial Concepts, and books of that sort."

Gu Yi nodded and calmly replied, "They are all very profound ancient texts."

Seeing no reaction on her face, Mordo was somewhat surprised. "Sorcerer Supreme, aren't you surprised that he borrowed those books?!"

Without waiting for Gu Yi to respond, he continued voicing his concerns. "I know Luo Bai is indeed highly talented. But he has only studied for a short time. There are many books among them that even I cannot understand. I am worried he is wasting his time."

Mordo's concern was not unreasonable.

Normally, sorcerers learned step by step.

They began with basic magic, then intermediate magic, advanced magic, and only finally studied the White Magic Compendium.

The corresponding books were the Supreme Compendium, A Brief History of the Mystic Arts, Mystic Arts Compendium, and the Book of the Vishanti.

Only after a sorcerer had mastered all White Magic would they research magic related to time, space, dimensions, and the like.

Yet Luo Bai had not borrowed the two books in the middle at all. That meant he had skipped the stage of building a foundation as a sorcerer and headed straight for the final stage. Naturally, Mordo was worried.

This situation had happened before.

Some sorcerers, eager for quick success, wanted to learn more powerful magic. So they borrowed piles of books they could not understand, studied them for more than half a year, and made no progress at all, wasting their time for nothing.

Whenever Mordo encountered such a situation before, he would directly remind them and correct them in time.

But Luo Bai's situation was special, so he could not make the decision on his own. That was why he had come to seek Gu Yi's opinion.

"Sorcerer Supreme, do you need me to remind Luo Bai?" Mordo asked.

Gu Yi shook her head. "No. Let him study on his own. If he cannot understand something, he will naturally come and ask."

If he had not asked, that proved he could learn it.

Although Gu Yi was somewhat worried as well.

But when she recalled that Vishanti had specifically come after him to bless him a few days ago, Gu Yi felt that perhaps she should trust Luo Bai.

Thinking of this, Gu Yi said, "His talent is beyond what ordinary people can comprehend. Let him do what he wants. If he asks, answer him then. There is no need to deliberately interfere."

Luo Bai's talent was extraordinary, so perhaps leaving him alone was the best way to truly help him.

Mordo seemed to understand this as well and replied, "All right."

After reporting everything, Mordo left the main hall.

He had originally intended to go to the training grounds to check on the other sorcerers' progress, but out of concern, he could not stop himself from heading to the dormitories to see how Luo Bai was doing.

When he reached Luo Bai's door, he hesitated repeatedly before finally knocking.

Very soon, Luo Bai opened the door a crack.

The moment the door opened, Mordo smelled a fragrant scent—the aroma of food.

"You're eating?!" Mordo asked.

Luo Bai nodded. "Yeah. Have you eaten? Want some?!"

Mordo shook his head and asked, "Can I come in and sit for a while?!"

"Of course." Luo Bai warmly invited him in and opened the door.

The instant the door opened, Mordo was dumbfounded.

Good grief!!

How was this a dormitory?!

This was clearly... a cafeteria!!

In the center of the not-so-large room stood a round table.

On it sat a large pot simmering with red broth, surrounded by dishes.

Meat, vegetables, seafood—there was everything... and upon closer inspection, an open magic book lay on the table as well.

"What are you eating?!" Mordo asked with a bewildered expression.

Holding a bowl, Luo Bai ate as he answered, "Hot pot."

"I have heard of it... but where did you get all this? I have never seen you leave the dormitory!" Mordo asked in confusion.

Luo Bai calmly replied, "This? I retrieved it with the Ring of Raggadorr."

The Ring of Raggadorr was, simply put, Retrieval Magic.

As long as one thought of it, one could retrieve the desired items and weapons.

Mordo knew that, but he truly had not expected this.

"Is this how you use the mystic arts...?" Mordo could not help complaining.

Kamar-Taj's magic was also called mystic arts or secret arts. They were merely different names, so there was no need to care too much about it.

"I still have so many books to study. I did not have time to go out, so I figured I would save myself the trouble," Luo Bai explained.

Now that he knew magic, naturally he would use magic to solve anything that magic could solve.

Mordo desperately wanted to continue complaining, but remembering why he had come, he held himself back.

"How is your studying going?" Mordo asked.

"Not bad," Luo Bai replied.

Not bad?!

Hearing that answer, Mordo was already ranting wildly inside.

Come on, you borrowed a pile of magic books that even I cannot understand.

And you said your studies were going not bad?!

Were my decades of studying magic all for nothing?!

Though he was thoroughly unsettled inside, Mordo still tried to remain calm as he asked again, "Which book are you studying now?!"

"This one, the Book of the Vishanti." Luo Bai pointed at the magic book lying half-open on the table.

"How is it going?!" Mordo asked again.

Luo Bai shook his head. "Not bad. I am halfway through it."

Mordo: "..."

Halfway?!

It had only been a little over a week, and he was saying he was halfway through it?!

"In one week, you learned half of it?!" Unable to hold back, Mordo asked in astonishment.

At that, Luo Bai frowned slightly, his expression somewhat helpless. "Yeah. This book is pretty difficult to learn. It will probably take quite a while to finish it all. After that, I still have twelve books left to study. I do not know how long that will take. I cannot stay in the dormitory forever without going out, can I?"

Luo Bai was genuinely helpless.

After all, seeing that he still had more than ten books to study made his vision go dark.

But Mordo could not understand him. He even felt that Luo Bai was deliberately provoking him.

Come on!

The Book of the Vishanti alone was enough for sorcerers to study for most of their lives.

And Luo Bai actually wanted to finish all thirteen books he had borrowed in a short time??!

No, even Mordo had not finished learning them all himself!!!

Infuriating. Truly infuriating!!