" Hu Jianxing, if you don't want to be punished, stop using witchcraft now. Students are prohibited from using witchcraft in public places within the academy. Considering this is your first offense, you will not be punished this time. If it happens again, you will be severely punished."
A two-tailed Gulu Beast wearing a red armband emerged from the shadows and barked at Hu Jianxing, whose face was contorted with excitement.
"I'm sorry, teacher."
Faced with the gaze of the Gulu Beast, Hu Jianxing felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water. He immediately extinguished the fireball in his hand and sat down to eat properly.
The Two Tails Gulu Beast, wearing a red armband, scanned all the students before disappearing from the shadows.
As soon as he left, the cafeteria erupted in a cacophony of buzzing flies; they were excited, they were fervent, they yearned for the same power.
The fireball in Hu Jianxing's hand seemed to bring them endless hope. If Hu Jianxing could do it, so could they!
They are only a hair's breadth away from being extraordinary!
Sitting in the palace on the mountainside, Leo quietly watched all this, changing the book in his hand one after another.
The knowledge system of the New Earth continues the knowledge of the previous Earth, most of which is useless to Leo, with only a very small portion being useful.
"Sir, all seventeen departments, including the Computer Science Department, Natural Sciences Department, Life Sciences Department, and Microscience Department, have been established and are conducting research according to your instructions."
"The college's expansion has reached its fourth phase and is now large enough to accommodate 10,000 students."
"What we need to decide now is this year's enrollment quota and the intensity of subconsciously instilling information about wizards into the general public."
Of the three people Leo left behind, Tuo Xi was a teaching assistant for the first cohort of students, Ke Long was a teaching assistant for the second cohort.
As for Tang Fei, she became Leo's full-time secretary, responsible for conveying Leo's various orders and reporting on the progress of various secret research projects.
Leo may appear to have only one college, but in reality, he is undertaking multiple projects.
"The introduction of wizarding culture can proceed as planned. Initially, the intensity doesn't need to be too high; focusing on 5% of cultural dissemination each year is sufficient."
For ordinary people on the New Earth, directly informing them of the existence of wizards would cause unnecessary trouble.
Leo's plan was to start with culture, subtly and passively making them accept the premise of an advanced civilization.
Film and television, social media, novels, comics, games, advertising, and even space travel are all constantly influencing them.
Decades or centuries later, ordinary people will readily accept the existence of wizards, thus smoothly transferring power.
"This year's enrollment remains at one thousand people, with a requirement that at least one of the three basic attributes be no less than 24 points. If the number of applicants is insufficient, the requirement can be lowered to 23 points at our discretion."
Leo's voice was still hoarse; after nearly a year, his physical recovery had made virtually no progress.
"Yes, sir."
Tang Fei carefully noted down Leo's orders and quickly went to relay them. Every seemingly casual command from Leo turned into a tidal wave of chaos once he left the room.
Just as Leo was about to pick up his book and continue reading, Yaoyao appeared on Leo shoulder. With over a thousand students, Yaoyao hadn't seen Leo for months, spending her days playing the role of a life mentor and winning over the students.
In the foreseeable future, Yaoyao will be the best life mentor in the eyes of these wizards.
His efforts today will be repaid hundreds or thousands of times in a few hundred years.
" Leo Xi, Hu Jianxing has already learned his first spell. The energy concentration in the academy is too low, making it unsuitable for him to learn. Should we teleport him to the Wizard World?"
Leo shook his head and refused, "Although Charlotte has connected the spatial channel to our territory, and the army of Gulu Beast left in the Tower of Elements is being sent to our territory in batches, one apprentice is too few. It's only worthwhile to send one when we have at least a thousand apprentices."
"Then we can only continue to improve the academy environment and increase the concentration." Yaoyao helplessly shrugged off Leo's shoulder; as the logistics minister, this was all part of his job.
Leo glanced at him sideways, "We don't have the capability to transform an entire planet, but transforming an academy is a piece of cake. Just replace the nodes on the academy's energy control array with some high-grade materials, and the energy can be increased several times over."
"Don't tell me you're worried about wasting these materials?"
"How could this be?"
Seeing Leo's ambiguous smile, Yaoyao immediately puffed out his belly, looking righteous and awe-inspiring. He knew that Leo was eyeing his secret stash of money.
However, the academy's energy concentration is indeed insufficient, and he must make improvements, which means he will have to take things out of his personal savings.
Within a few days, the students in the academy felt that the energy concentration in the air had more than doubled.
This resulted in a noticeable improvement in their physical condition during training and studies; not only did their bodies recover faster, but their brains also became much sharper.
Three months later, in their twelfth month since enrolling, Meng Jie experienced the same thing as Hu Jianxing. After absorbing a certain amount of energy and transforming his body, he also broke through to the Low-Level Wizard Apprentice.
Having learned from Hu Jianxing's experience, he didn't ask to see any dean, but instead requested ten fruits that could cure ordinary people's ailments and prolong their lives.
By applying to teaching assistant Tang Fei, he delivered two pieces of fruit to his parents and sold the other eight pieces at a high price to other students in need, sending the proceeds to his parents as well.
This was the first time he had realized that some students in the academy were so rich that they could spend more money than an ordinary person could earn in several lifetimes just to buy a single piece of fruit.
"Kid, I have high hopes for you." King Yaoyao patted Meng Jie on the shoulder with a small wooden stick; this pragmatic spirit is worth learning from.
After studying in a class with only one student for four months, Hu Jianxing finally welcomed his first classmate.
It was initially thought that Meng Jie's breakthrough would trigger a series of advancements among the students, but unexpectedly, no third breakthrough occurred until the second batch of students enrolled.
The first batch of freshmen thought that the second batch of students would bring some changes to the academy, but the second batch of students were directly assigned to the newly expanded campus next door, and they didn't even have a chance to see their juniors.
The so-called senior students are of no use at all; they were newbies before, and they are still newbies now.
The only time the two campuses could hear each other was during their grueling morning training sessions.
At this point, the veteran trainees will show a triumphant smile, and a scream is exactly what they'll get!
It is indeed bitter if you suffer alone, but if others suffer even more while you suffer, then there is sweetness in bitterness.
Leo told Yaoyao that he would only open the spatial passage and teleport the apprentices to the original Purple Flame Academy, which is now Leo Wizard Academy, once he had gathered a thousand Low-Level Wizard Apprentice. This task was not completed until the fourth year, when the fourth batch of students enrolled.
Most of them were from the first cohort of students, slightly fewer from the second cohort, and only two from the third cohort.
When these thousand people appeared before Leo, even though Leo didn't say a word or even look at them, they felt a pressure emanating from their very souls.
"I... I... I'm a little scared."
Shi Xiang carefully spoke to Meng Jie using his mental power, explaining that Shi Xiang was promoted in his third year, while Liu Xinqi, who was standing next to them, was promoted in her second year.
Such a promotion timeline is not considered excellent within the college; it's only average.
Although Meng Jie was promoted two years earlier than Shi Xiang, standing not far from the Dean, he was just as trembling as a newbie.
Not only them, but all of these thousand Wizard Apprentice were like this.
They tried hard to make out the mysterious Dean's appearance, but they couldn't see anything clearly, as if a layer of mist shrouded the Dean, blocking all their vision.
"My lord, all one thousand students have arrived, and everything on New Earth has been settled. We are ready to teleport," Tang Fei said respectfully to Leo.
These thousand students received notice a month in advance that they would be going to the Wizard World to study. They were told directly without any concealment that they would be spending most of their time in the Wizard World. As for New Earth, no supernatural powers would be allowed to appear until all information about wizarding matters was fully exposed.
Their departure this time means being separated from their families by two different worlds, and perhaps when they return next time, it will be a permanent separation.
Moreover, there's a possibility they won't have a chance to return and will perish in the Wizard World.
The initiative is given to them to choose: they can stay at the New Earth Academy to teach new students, or they can enter the military and political spheres to take control of New Earth for Leo.
Leo did not stop them or make any demands, letting them choose for themselves, because no matter which option they chose, it would only benefit him and not harm him.
Ultimately, only a very small percentage of people chose to stay on the New Earth, opting for a short but happy life.
Most of them choose to go to the Wizard World to pursue higher levels of power and witness the most brilliant civilizations in the universe.
Leo pointed his finger, and a surge of energy instantly opened the spatial passage inside the palace.
With a width of only ten meters and a height of over twenty meters, incomprehensible energies intertwine to form an unimaginable spatial gate.
Leo stepped inside, and ten Gulu Beast followed Leo in. These Gulu Beast were there to help the apprentices adapt to life in the Wizard World.
As for the thousand Low-Level Wizard Apprentice, they couldn't wait to follow. They had studied hard for four years and finally got this precious opportunity. Meng Jie, Shi Xiang, and Liu Xinqi entered with the crowd.
Upon stepping through the portal, all I saw was pure white, and then...
And that was the end of it.
Leo stood inside the former Purple Flame Academy, with a pile of fallen apprentices behind him, and the spatial passage was still vomiting out the unconscious apprentices.
Charlotte had already led ten Elemental Wizard and two Body Refinement Wizard, along with hundreds of thousands of Gulu Beast, waiting outside.