"She's a teacher with a story to tell!" Liu Xinqi remarked.
It's unimaginable what kind of experience could bring a Level 2 teacher to tears!
"Let's not waste time. Let's go to the library before everyone else does."
Meng Jie grabbed his two slow-reacting companions and ran towards the library. They had already spotted the library while they were getting familiar with the campus.
When they entered the library, they discovered they weren't the first; someone else had already gotten there.
This person is none other than Hu Jianxing came in first place.
Hu Jianxing was already engrossed in reading it, and the book in his hands was the " History of Wizard Civilization " that Teacher Gulu Beast had just told them about.
" The History of Wizard Civilization is in the third row, fifth column. There are five copies left. You can go and get them yourselves," Hu Jianxing said without looking up.
Thank you.
The three of them immediately found the location Hu Jianxing had mentioned, and then randomly picked a spot in the library to start reading.
They were all Wizard Apprentice now, and their mental strength had undergone a preliminary transformation. Their reading speed was astonishing; reading ten lines at a glance was the easiest thing for them.
After reading the overview and key events, they were so shocked that they sat on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.
"How are you feeling?" Hu Jianxing walked over and asked with a playful smile.
"It's terrifying, but I'm also drawn to it." Meng Jie trembled slightly, not from fear, but from excitement.
"It's so exhilarating! With unparalleled power, leading countless slave armies to sweep through world after world, making countless lives submit beneath my feet, I'm thrilled." Shi Xiang seemed to be fantasizing about becoming a high-level wizard, making countless worlds grovel at his feet.
If he could reach such heights in life, he would have no regrets!
He seemed to have completely forgotten that those capable of conquering the world must be Saint- Stigmata Wizard Stigmata Wizard; ordinary wizards were merely shadows behind them.
You may not have noticed a detail.
"What details?"
"In this book, only Stigmata Wizard, that is, wizards of level four, who are also the World Lord masters mentioned by Teacher Gulu Beast, can carry out expeditions and control the world." Hu Jianxing pointed to the book in his hand.
"Is there anything strange about that?" Liu Xinqi looked at Hu Jianxing with a puzzled expression. That's exactly what the book said.
"Although I don't know our Dean's level, he is definitely not at level four. Otherwise, as Low-Level Wizard Apprentice standing next to him, we would be killed instantly by the pressure emanating from him."
"Yes."
"But our Dean isn't a Level 4 Wizard, meaning he's not Stigmata Wizard. So how can he control our New Earth and have such a large territory in the Wizard World? Don't you find that strange?"
Hu Jianxing was speechless at the extremely slow reaction speed. How could they not think of such an obvious problem? How did they even become Wizard Apprentice?
"What you're saying makes a lot of sense. Could it be that our Dean is a descendant of a very powerful, high-level wizard? So, before becoming Stigmata Wizard, he already had a planet?" Shi Xiang speculated, based on common human thinking.
"I don't think so. I'm more inclined to believe that the Dean's own strength is extraordinary, exceeding ordinary imagination. Besides, the Gulu Beast teachers once said..."
Just as the four heads were huddled together Gulu about their Dean, a Gulu Beast head wearing a red armband poked out from their shadows.
"What should be the punishment for criticizing the Dean?"
The icy voice sent chills down the spines of the four, who stiffly turned their heads to look. What they saw was a gigantic Gulu Beast, five meters tall in its true form, staring at them with angry eyes, leaving their minds blank.
This was the first time they had ever seen a giant Gulu Beast!!!
The terrifying pressure rendered the four of them unable to move, their teeth chattering as if someone had stuffed a woodpecker into their mouths.
Two ghostly tails instantly extended, binding the four people tightly.
The four's so-called Low-Level Wizard Apprentice were utterly useless; they were merely puppets manipulated by the Gulu Beast, whose life could be taken at any moment with ease.
Soon, passing students saw the four figures hanging high outside the library, with a sign below reading, "Dissent against the Dean, to be displayed for one day."
I want to die.
As the only girl among the four, this was the first time Liu Xinqi had been punished like this, and being watched by thousands of people made her feel extremely ashamed.
"I shouldn't have been so talkative and started chatting with you guys."
Hu Jianxing was even angrier because most of the students who had gathered around to watch the spectacle were there to see him make a fool of himself.
He had ranked first in his class for four consecutive years and was the most popular student in the academy. He was always a legend in other people's eyes. I never expected that he would suffer such punishment today!
This is the biggest stain on his life!
"I'm feeling really bad too, but with you here, I feel much better," Meng Jie said to Hu Jianxing with a smile.
Hu Jianxing's face darkened.
"Although it's a bit unfair to say it like that, I want to say that I think so too," Shi Xiang said.
Hu Jianxing has been transformed into a black person!
Just as the four were being hung up as punishment, on the central tower, Leo addressed the twelve teachers. "You've all seen the information on these students. They're not like the native inhabitants of the Wizard World; they're very important to me. I have only one request: don't kill them."
"Master, please rest assured. We are not as hot-tempered as we were when we were young. Now that our lifespans are nearing their end, our killing intent has diminished considerably, and we naturally know what to do."
Seeing that the teachers agreed to his request, Leo felt relieved.
The number of trainees is small now, so they are naturally more valuable. But when there are more trainees in the future, it won't matter if a few die.
The apprentices were scheduled to attend classes the next day. They had expected to have more classes in the Wizard World, but when the time came, they found that there were only two or three classes a day, which was incredibly easy. The rest of the time was entirely their own.
At first, these trainees didn't know what to do, because they were used to being instructed in their studies, and suddenly being relaxed left them completely clueless.
When they asked the teacher, the teacher simply told them it was up to them; they could do whatever they wanted.
Just when some people were feeling lost, they saw Hu Jianxing and some of the students who had always been at the top of their class all crowding into the library and starting their self-study.
Those who followed suit all began to study on their own!
"A wizard's future lies in finding their own path, a path destined to be different from everyone else's. No one can teach you how to walk it; you have to rely on yourself."
"Do not be misled by external things, nor become obsessed with excessive power; knowledge is everything."
After all the students had learned how to study on their own, they received their first instruction from the Dean.
There was no specific knowledge introduction, nor any sharing of powerful witchcraft, only two short, seemingly inspirational quotes.
They may not understand now, but they will understand the meaning of these two passages once these apprentices truly gain a deeper understanding of wizardry!
Leo only stayed in the Wizard World for a month before returning to New Earth through a spatial portal. It wasn't that he didn't want to stay in the Wizard World anymore, but someone had leaked his whereabouts, and he was receiving many applications every day. Some wizards also wanted to come to the academy to see him. All sorts of complicated matters led Leo to return to New Earth and hide away.
His body has not yet recovered, he does not have the Godslaying Set, he does not have enough shadows, and his strength is less than 50% of his peak. Apart from his own people, he does not see anyone.
He will only return to the mountains once his strength has fully recovered!
"Sir, the Academy of Sciences recently requested a meeting with you. They say their scientific understanding has reached a bottleneck and they wish to learn from you about more advanced civilizations in order to advance science."
Leo had only been back for a few days when Tang Fei relayed a request from the scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
There was already Academy of Sciences on the New Earth, but the research directions were rather scattered. After dealing with the affairs of the Academy in the first year, Leo set about reforming the Academy of Sciences, proposing research directions that he believed were valuable, and forcibly ordering them to conduct research.
Leo was not a heartless tyrant, nor a fool who made the horse run but didn't feed it.
When scientific research projects are rigorously regulated, all necessary funding, personnel allocation, and material requirements are met. As long as they achieve even the smallest results, they can obtain what ordinary people cannot obtain in a lifetime.
This also includes strength and lifespan.
Simply put, as long as you produce results, you'll get money, you'll get everything you want.
"What is their current strength?" Leo asked hoarsely.
"Half of them have entered the Low-Level Wizard Apprentice stage, and the other half are still ordinary people," Tang Fei reported somewhat guiltily.
She kept Heavenly Capital record of the scientists' progress, but the slow pace of improvement was becoming increasingly difficult for her to bear.
The guys at the Academy of Sciences consumed more than ten times the resources of the Academy's students, yet less than half of them became Wizard Apprentice.
In Tang Fei's understanding, these guys were completely wasting resources.
With the same resources, you can train twenty times more apprentices!
"Notify them to hold a video conference,"
Leo didn't care about the supplies at all. To be honest, even if you multiplied the supplies they used by ten people, the value wouldn't be more than a single energy crystal.