"Ahhh"
In the dead of night, when all the new students were making the most of their time to sleep and rest, a scream suddenly rang out from the student dormitory.
A piercing scream shattered the quiet night, waking everyone from their slumber.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"The sound seems to be coming from Hu Jianxing's room."
"He's been number one for eight months in a row, why isn't he asleep yet?"
A group of nervous yet curious freshmen ran out of the dormitory and looked toward the room from which the screams had come, only to find that it was the room of their number one student, Hu Jianxing.
Shi Xiang and Meng Jie hid to the side, not daring to approach like the other students. Eight months of study had already given them some wizarding characteristics, namely, not to easily intrude on other wizards' private territories.
Entering another wizard's private territory without permission is tantamount to declaring war!
Besides, they haven't even reached the level of Low-Level Wizard Apprentice yet; they're only slightly stronger than ordinary people. If they were to encounter any extraordinary events, they would be wasting their lives.
This is an academy, and they are all students, so naturally there will be teaching assistants and those Gulu Beast teachers to handle things.
Sure enough, within a few breaths, two of the three teaching assistants Tuo Xi and Ke Long, appeared on the scene.
However, they did not enter Hu Jianxing's room without permission, and stood at the door to block the other trainees.
"This talent is truly remarkable. To have reached the level of Low-Level Wizard Apprentice in just eight months, I'm even a little envious."
With a soft laugh, several two-tailed Gulu Beast, under the command of King Yaoyao, descended in front of Hu Jianxing's room.
Faced with Hu Jianxing's screams, they saw King Yaoyao's little claws reaching towards Hu Jianxing's room, and everyone could feel the energy concentration in Hu Jianxing's room suddenly increase.
The academy originally had a certain concentration of energy in the air. When all the students first stepped into the academy, they would become intoxicated due to the sudden appearance of energy, resulting in several hours of unconsciousness.
However, the energy concentration in the academy is no match for the energy concentration in Hu Jianxing's room; it's like comparing a bottle of water with a few drops of alcohol to the alcohol concentration of a whole bottle of wine.
As the energy concentration increased, Hu Jianxing's screams stopped abruptly.
Yaoyao smiled with satisfaction, then turned to all the students and said, " Hu Jianxing has already entered the realm of wizards, becoming the first Low-Level Wizard Apprentice. You all must also work hard and not fall too far behind."
"Yes, Your King Yaoyao."
"Go back to bed early, everyone. No one is allowed to be late tomorrow morning." Seeing that the group of curious newbies still wouldn't leave, Tuo Xi resorted to force to drive them away.
The newbies dared not resist, so they could only bow and slowly return to their rooms, turning back every few steps.
The first one to be promoted to Wizard Apprentice —they couldn't wait to sneak into Hu Jianxing's room to see him.
"Holy crap, Hu Jianxing is too freakish! He's already Wizard Apprentice in just eight months! How could he be so fast?"
"Wouldn't that mean you could live for two hundred years without doing anything at all!"
Shi Xiang whispered to Meng Jie, and not only the two of them were whispering, but the other trainees were also whispering among themselves.
People who are usually quiet usually spoke a lot, but today they were unusually talkative, which shows how much of a blow Hu Jianxing had dealt them.
He was number one for eight consecutive months, and then he was the first to break through to the Wizard Apprentice, leaving them far behind.
"Don't compare yourself to him, just focus on doing your best," Liu Xinqi said secretly as she ran over.
The worst thing is to compare yourself to others. As long as you compare, you are prone to making mistakes. When it comes to matters of self-cultivation, if you are impatient for quick success and make mistakes, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"I wonder what changes will occur after becoming Wizard Apprentice." Meng Jie looked longingly in Hu Jianxing's direction, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.
As someone who has always been second best, Meng Jie is the most likely candidate to be promoted second after Hu Jianxing's promotion.
"Didn't they say that once I became an apprentice, I could use those rooms that aided in cultivation? I'll sleep half an hour less every day from now on and advance as quickly as possible."
Shi Xiang left, rambling on and on. It looks like he won't be able to sleep tonight and will be studying all night.
"What about you? You're not going to stay up all night studying too, are you?" Meng Jie asked Liu Xinqi.
"I don't know how. I need to sleep. I'll start working hard tomorrow and try to finish all my coursework by the end of the year so I can apply to go home."
"I feel like if I don't go back soon, my parents will come looking for me."
Liu Xinqi spoke with a wry smile, echoing everyone's sentiments: they had originally thought they could go home during winter and summer vacations.
As a result, the college's rule is that students can only go home after completing their coursework, and to this day, no one has been able to step out of the college gates.
This requirement was so difficult to meet that even Hu Jianxing, who had ranked first in the exam for eight consecutive months, couldn't accomplish it.
They don't have summer or winter vacations; the moment they open their eyes, it's either intense studying or intense training.
They can't tell their families anything about what's happening here yet; no wonder their families are worried!
If it weren't for the cooperation of local authorities in stabilizing their families, who knows how much more chaos they would have caused.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for most people; more than half of the dormitory rooms will have their lights on all night.
Spurred on by Hu Jianxing becoming Wizard Apprentice, they studied late into the night.
They didn't see Hu Jianxing all day the next day, and it wasn't until the third day that they saw him, pale-faced and unsteady on Hu Jianxing feet.
What's wrong with you?
Meng Jie consistently ranked second overall, was one of the few people who could talk to Hu Jianxing. Seeing that Hu Jianxing, after his promotion, didn't have the rosy complexion he had imagined, he looked as if he had been drained dry.
"After I was promoted to Low-Level Wizard Apprentice, King Yaoyao said that as a reward for my first breakthrough, he could grant me a small wish, so I said I wanted to see the Dean..." Hu Jianxing was probably still immersed in the changes in his identity over the past few days, and he was talking much more than usual.
"Then what?"
Upon hearing that Hu Jianxing had met with the most mysterious dean, a group of people immediately surrounded him, eager to know what had happened next.
"Then King Yaoyao took me to the palace on the mountainside, where I met the Dean."
"What does the dean look like?" one student asked impatiently.
"I don't know," Hu Jianxing said, sounding aggrieved.
"I only remember a figure glancing at me, and then I remember nothing else. When I woke up again, I was back in my room, and a whole day had passed." Hu Jianxing was on the verge of tears. Such a precious opportunity had been wasted; he hadn't seen anything.
"..."
A group of students surrounding Hu Jianxing exchanged glances. Hu Jianxing, who had just become Low-Level Wizard Apprentice, was unconscious for a whole day after being looked at. This was too exaggerated!
"So what are the academy's plans for you next?" Meng Jie asked.
"They said they'd send me to the next class, where a new teacher would teach me elemental knowledge." Even the usually aloof Hu Jianxing couldn't suppress his raised eyebrows at this point, because learning elemental knowledge meant he was beginning to try and master wizarding power, no longer an ordinary person.
"Keep going, we'll get through this soon."
"I'll be waiting for you."
Hu Jianxing happily moved away from his original classroom and moved to the one next door.
Everyone looked at him with envy. They had just felt a pressure from a higher level emanating from Hu Jianxing. Although this pressure was very faint and weak, Hu Jianxing was indeed no longer on the same level as them.
But the very next day, when everyone was envious of Hu Jianxing, they suddenly stopped being envious.
Because they saw that Hu Jianxing's physical training courses had suddenly increased fivefold, with the original 10-kilogram load now being increased to 50 kilograms.
Hu Jianxing's first day of training after his promotion was terrifying to everyone. The training intensity was the same as that of an assistant instructor. Could that be the kind of training that normal trainees would receive?
That's not all. Hu Jianxing, who used to get four hours of sleep a day, now gets only one hour, with the extra three hours filled with various classes.
Sleep? Only ordinary people need to sleep!
Extraordinary people don't need to sleep!
Look at the teachers in the college, which one of them is sleeping?
They saw Hu Jianxing walk past them more than once, looking dazed and confused, his eyes vacant as if he couldn't see anyone.
"This is outrageous, isn't he crazy?" Shi Xiang muttered under his breath from behind. If he were to trade neuroticism for extraordinary power, he would have to think twice.
"I'm not crazy, there's just one magical node I can't figure out."
Shi Xiang assumed that only he could hear his low voice, and that even Meng Jie, who was standing next to him, couldn't hear it.
Unexpectedly, this tiny sound was heard by Hu Jianxing, who was several meters away.
Hu Jianxing stared blankly at Shi Xiang, gesturing wildly with his hands. "I'm not crazy. I have to solve this problem today."
"You're not crazy, you're not crazy, I misspoke."
Hu Jianxing's condition terrified Shi Xiang, who repeatedly apologized. "If he's not crazy, then what is?"
But just as all the trainees were eating in the cafeteria, Hu Jianxing suddenly stood up halfway through his meal and shouted, "I've figured it out!"
Everyone was startled by his sudden shout, but no one blamed him. Instead, they looked at him with pity and concern, wondering how he had been tormented like this after becoming Low-Level Wizard Apprentice.
Hu Jianxing ignored the stares of these people; they simply couldn't understand his happiness.
The magical nodes, just calculated in his brain, were rapidly arranging themselves; he muttered incomprehensible language and gestured incessantly with his hands.
Suddenly, everyone in the cafeteria felt a breeze, a gentle wind that seemed to be blowing towards Hu Jianxing.
"Peng"
A small fireball appeared in Hu Jianxing's palm. The fireball was only the size of a fist, and its faint light resembled ten alcohol lamps placed together.
But to all the newbies, the fireball in Hu Jianxing's hand seemed even brighter than the sun in the sky.
"Witchcraft!!!"
At this moment, all the students seemed to have turned into statues, unable to take their eyes off the fireball in Hu Jianxing's hand!
After more than eight months of grueling study and training, over a thousand of them finally learned the first form of witchcraft.
Hu Jianxing isn't crazy; it's these ordinary people who haven't even been promoted to Wizard Apprentice yet who are going crazy!