Full-Time Magister: The Path to Invincibility

Chapter 89 Tracking

"Ling Tianyu, you did a great job! But if you ask me, you don't need to be so polite to him. If it were me, I would have slapped him and seen what he would do then!" Mo Fan said excitedly.

"Sigh, I knew you wouldn't figure it out. Your IQ is questionable!" Ling Tianyu said cryptically, leaving Mo Fan completely baffled.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? What did you do...?" Mo Fan shouted from behind, but Ling Tianyu ignored him.

If you tell someone about a surprise beforehand, is it still a surprise?

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After leaving the teahouse, Chao He returned to an inn to change his clothes. He glanced at the time and muttered to himself, "Judging by the time, it's almost time for the fire-type spirit seeds to appear!"

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"Tianyu, let's go!" Mo Fan pretended to be an ordinary backpacker and followed behind the vicious thugs.

"Hmm!" Ling Tianyu glanced back at the inn and saw Tang Yue's charming figure strangely transform into a dark shadow, disappearing into the shadows between the tall buildings like water.

The wheat ears in the fields were withered and yellow, lying listlessly on the parched earth.

Chaohe seemed to be inspecting something, lingering beside the wasteland.

Beside this barren field, one can occasionally see some elderly farmers with furrowed brows, lamenting the inexplicable withering and death of their crops. After months of painstaking cultivation, to have them wither and die so close to harvest—how could they not be heartbroken?

Soon, Chao He asked the old farmer some questions and followed the directions to the upper reaches of the stream. As expected, the source of this stream should be the location of the spirit seed.

The journey was quiet. Since there was no shade, Tang Yue revealed her figure and walked beside Ling Tianyu and Tang Yue. The occasional fragrance wafting from her body on the breeze made the two of them a little distracted.

"Ahem, Teacher Tang Yue, since we're just killing time anyway, why don't you tell me what a spirit seed is?" Having followed Chao He all this way, Mo Fan couldn't help but feel a little bored and asked.

"Heaven and earth nurture elements, and elements are also divided into grades according to their growth environment. In some special places, due to the extremely high concentration of elements, spiritual elemental seeds may be produced, which are commonly known as spirit seeds. If these precious elemental seeds are refined and absorbed by magicians, the power of magic can be multiplied."

Tang Yue explained.

"For example, even if your basic magic reaches the third level, it won't be able to instantly kill the servant demons. However, if you master the power of the spirit seed, that power will be more than enough to deal with the servant demons."

Ling Tianyu added.

"Ling Tianyu is right, but that's precisely why the price of fire-type and other magic-type spirit seeds remains high. Fire is arguably the most popular magic type among mages, with considerable power and an awakening probability that isn't as low as lightning. However, the number of spirit seeds is limited, which drives up the price. Even the most common fire-type spirit seed costs this much—" Tang Yue said, holding up two fingers.

"Two hundred thousand?" Mo Fan fully displayed his true nature as a terrible magic student. Two hundred thousand for a fire-type spirit seed... "Then I'll try my best, no problem!"

"Who told you it's worth two hundred thousand? Spirit seeds aren't something you can just grab anywhere!"

"Then... two million? That's a bit pricey."

"Still not right!"

"Could it be 20 million? This is robbery!" Mo Fan wailed, suddenly feeling a bleak future.

His current net worth is only four figures, which is still ten thousand times less than the price of a spirit seed!

Good heavens, when will I ever save enough money?

"This is just the most basic kind. If the quality is slightly better, the price can go up!" Tang Yue explained, her lips slightly parted.

"…………" Mo Fan was speechless for a moment, then, as if remembering something, he asked, "I remember Mu Ningxue was born with some kind of special seed, wasn't she?"

"A naturally born spirit seed, a natural talent, whose magical power and cultivation speed are superior to ordinary mages!" Tang Yue explained patiently.

"Don't act all innocent while you're at a disadvantage. You're actually more favored because of your innate dual-elemental nature," Tang Yue said with a charming eye roll, sounding annoyed.

"That makes me feel much more at ease."

"Born with an extra magic system compared to others, I haven't seen anyone else with it besides you. However, there are downsides. It consumes twice the cultivation resources and time of peers, in short, it's very expensive. But if you cultivate it properly, you will be much stronger than others."

"…………" Okay, I feel offended. So what if he's just indirectly saying he's broke?

"Isn't Ling Tianyu the same? He comes from humble beginnings, I don't believe he can have a spiritual seed." Mo Fan decided to change his focus.

"Really?" Ling Tianyu had intended to enjoy the show, but he never expected Mo Fan to humiliate himself.

"Throat Sealing - Demonic Vine - Entangling!"

Ling Tianyu murmured a magical chant, summoning the ferocious demonic vines.

"Damn! Why do your vines have poisonous thorns? Are they spirit seeds?"

Tang Yue was also extremely surprised. This little guy already possessed a plant spirit seed at such a young age. His future is promising!

Ling Tianyu shrugged, saying with a touch of arrogance, "If the Curse element didn't lack the concept of spirit seeds, I'd be a dual-element spirit seed user!"

"Can you hear human speech?" Mo Fan was utterly devastated. His cultivation had broken through earlier than his, and he possessed such a monstrous spiritual seed…

Without realizing it, I've fallen so far behind Ling Tianyu!

As the three were chatting, Ling Tianyu suddenly noticed footsteps and voices behind him, and it sounded like there were quite a few people.

"Quiet! There are people behind us, let's hide quickly," Ling Tianyu whispered a reminder.

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Once the group was hidden behind the shadow of the withered tree, Tang Yue, just in case, cast a shadow curtain over the two of them.

"Cover your breath!"

Tang Yue said.

From the outside, the people behind the trees seemed to have vanished into the shadows, leaving no trace.

The three of them were standing close together, and Tang Yue's sweet fragrance easily reached the two hot-blooded young men.

Mo Fan's mind was wandering, but Ling Tianyu's focus was not on that. At this moment, he was carefully comprehending his connection with the power of Shadow Escape.

I felt as if I was being repelled by the power of shadows at all times. If it weren't for Teacher Tang Yue's protection, I would probably have been expelled immediately!

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"Pan Xiong, don't mess with us. We abandoned a multi-million dollar investment to come here, don't let us down!" a scarred man threatened.

"In my opinion, this place has most likely been infested with fire-type spirit seeds. If it were just a simple drought, it would be impossible for this place to have changed so much in such a short time. This is no longer the water town of Jiangnan; it's more like a northwestern desert!" said a bespectacled man.

"Alright, let's put in more effort and locate the spirit seed as quickly as possible!"

"Haha, this time we're really going to strike it rich!"

"Pan Xiong, I know you're a fire mage. But a single spirit seed costs over twenty million; none of us can afford it. It's best to sell it and split the profits!"

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