Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Soon, Hughes arrived at the academy's information hall.

The wizards who came to exchange ideas were all from the academy, so there was nothing to hide about their identities, and the information hall would naturally record them.

Hughes approached a crystal ball and then probed it with his spiritual power.

In an instant, a series of messages flooded into his mind.

He searched among them for the wizards who had come for this exchange, and the next moment, a neat and orderly list of names clearly appeared in his mind.

He quickly glanced through the list, and the first few names were all from the Chelka family, suggesting that these were core wizards whose surnames were personally given by Theronnil.

The rest are other surnames, which make up a very small part of the list.

"..."

However, Hughes could not find the name "Tel Chis" or "Tel Chilka" among the surnames Chilka or any other surname.

"Strange... Could it be that Tyre didn't qualify for the exchange?"

He frowned, but a nagging feeling lingered in his mind—that he would meet Tyre again.

"Or... does the Chiss family have other plans?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he had no choice but to withdraw his spiritual power, and the surface of the crystal ball gradually dimmed.

However, Hughes did not dismiss his previous speculation.

After all, if Tyre truly had something to hide, his name would naturally not appear on this public list.

With this in mind, he made up his mind to be vigilant during this period of exchange between the academies.

If Tyre really comes after him, he will find a way to make the other party disappear.

If not, then let it live on for a while.

Anyway, when the time is right, he will personally go to the Chiss family, take away the Land of Life, and—none of them will be able to escape.

However, just as Hughes was about to turn and leave, he returned to the crystal ball and searched it again.

This time, however, he wasn't continuing with the name Châteauroux.

Conditions for wizards inside the Myriad Spire to participate in the exchange program:

1. Graduate from 3 or more knowledge towers (including one tower endowed with a sphere of light).

2. The magic pool has reached the half-pool level.

3. Have participated in research in any core research area of ​​any knowledge pyramid.

"Hmm... I didn't expect that I would actually meet the third condition."

Hughes murmured to himself, while mentally calculating the time it would take to meet the other two conditions and see if he could make it in time for this exchange opportunity.

As for why he wanted to participate in the academy's exchange program, it was mainly because he wanted to take the opportunity to visit the Chelka family or the City Under the Trees and make contact with the elves there.

More precisely, he wanted to consult the natural speakers there.

After all, he had met with Green's spirit a year ago.

However, because the other party's soul was incomplete, the other party was unaware of the Grudge.

Therefore, he still needs the help of the Tree Whisperer to unravel the mystery of the Green Grudge.

Only those who can communicate with trees can help them unravel the mystery of the Grim Reaper and the whispers that seem to be spoken in ancient Elvish. (Mentioned in Chapter 289)

Of course, he couldn't just meet the Tree Whisperers whenever he wanted; in fact, he himself couldn't even be sure if the Tree Whisperers existed in the Oren plane.

But in the end, he finally has a direction now, and no matter what, he has to go and see the Chelka family.

With that thought, Hughes withdrew his mental energy and then slowly left the information hall.

……

Meanwhile, in the eastern region of Maranseur.

In that frost elf village nestled deep within the Ice Ridge Mountains, now long since deserted.

Before anyone knew it, the branches of the Tree of Life had spread throughout the entire valley, the ice-blue branches entwining the wooden houses and fruit trees in the valley, almost filling every gap.

Strangely, there was no chill in the valley, as if all the ice elements here had been absorbed by the Tree of Life.

"Hiss—"

The next moment, a strange chill suddenly emanated from the tree trunk.

"Click—click-click—"

In an instant, all the extra branches that sprouted from the tree canopy froze into ice crystals.

— Buzzing

Immediately afterwards, the canopy of the Tree of Life began to sway slightly, and each leaf inside trembled gently.

The next moment, golden particles suddenly gushed out from between the leaves, as if sprinkling a layer of golden frost on the ice-blue canopy.

Moreover, the golden particles spread to the branches that had turned into ice crystals.

"Click—swish! swish! swish!"

The next moment, the ice crystal branches shattered, and golden light burst forth from them!

In an instant, ice shards and golden light intertwined and splashed in mid-air, instantly filling the valley with gold and blue colors.

"Boom! Boom!! Boom!!!"

Golden particles suddenly erupted, and the houses and fruit trees in the valley were all reduced to dust under the violent impact.

"..."

Suddenly, a clear, cold voice rang out from the Tree of Life:

"Stop..." (Elf language)

The voice seemed to possess an invisible magic.

As soon as the words were spoken, the Tree of Life stopped shaking, and the countless golden particles seemed to be paused, instantly freezing in mid-air.

At the same time, deep within that enormous tree heart, a pair of ice-blue eyes suddenly opened.

……

After leaving the information hall, Hughes returned to the Koya Spire.

Now that the knowledge of the five spires has been taught, there are no more courses at the spires. Therefore, although he is not exactly free, he has become more flexible in how he allocates his time.

Therefore, during this period, he mostly chose to stay in the laboratory at the top of the Koya Spire, conducting research on ice elemental life forms and the secret source.

Thanks to this, his understanding of "The Secret Source of Frost Breath" also improved by leaps and bounds.

Now, he can not only summon various ice elemental life forms with the Secret Source, but he has also improved the [Frostfeather Pursuit] that Shirinville gave him into a summoning spell that consumes Secret Source.

This is precisely the common practice for most elemental wizards to summon elemental lifeforms.

As for the two old methods of summoning directly from the elemental plane and summoning by consuming soul stones.

The former is now mostly used to summon "true name" elemental lifeforms, while the latter is mostly used to quickly summon some simple elemental lifeforms.

"..."

Shortly after Hughes replaced the soul of the last Modridon wolf with the Secret Source, Clotilde suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Everyone, please stop what you're doing for a moment."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in front of the experimental table stopped what they were doing, including Hughes, who had just finished dealing with the Modricon wolf.