Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

After ending his conversation with Bro, Xia Jian returned to the Wizard Tower with a troubled mind.

Summer lay on the bed like a deflated balloon.

I originally thought Mu Shuang was just a mentally unstable madwoman, but now it seems she might be a mentally unstable devil.

After all, what kind of good person would massacre an entire city? Even a slightly normal wizard wouldn't do such a thing.

Of course, it could also just be a coincidence.

But that's how the world is; often, the most impossible things combined together become inevitable.

Furthermore, Natsumi noticed a problem from Bro's words.

The defensive barrier around Neilbella was built by Mu Shuang and Herammons together, and it was completed more than a decade ago.

Even if Mu Shuang wouldn't normally use it, she probably did use it when she killed someone in the city that time.

Since such a thing happened afterward, either the other party was extremely good at concealing their presence, or the killer was someone who had mastered the barrier formation.

"Mu Shuang, Frank, Helamons, what roles do you play in all of this?"

Xia Jian stared at the ceiling and murmured to herself, her mind constantly recalling bits and pieces of the past.

In his view, all three were suspected of murder, and the most terrifying of them was probably Mu Shuang.

If Mu Shuang is truly a ruthless killer, then the fact that I am still alive is definitely not because Mu Shuang had a change of heart; there must be a reason why Mu Shuang needs me.

Not to mention that Bro and Herammons' words reveal that Mu Shuang has been experimenting on people.

"It seems my gut feeling was right; Mu Shuang definitely has a serious problem!"

Xia Jian had occasionally harbored fantasies before, but now it seems that the wizards' performance was not exaggerated. Anyone who encounters such a powerful madman would keep their distance.

It's a pity we didn't investigate properly back then, and ended up handing ourselves over to them.

Xia Jian couldn't help but sigh: "As expected, people get arrogant when they become stronger..."

…………

The next day.

As class ended, Natsumi pulled a sheet of paper from a pile on the podium.

"get out of class dismissed, everyone. Who's Westin? Come here for a second."

As Xia Jian finished speaking, the students in class all looked at a man in the corner.

The man looked to be in his fifties, wearing a gray robe, with some gray hair, and a look of embarrassment on his face.

Xia Jian never expected that the biology article in his hand was actually written by the other party.

Normally, an apprentice in his fifties would have already exhausted his potential and have almost no chance of becoming a formal wizard.

If it were any other faction, they would either withdraw voluntarily or be sent to another faction.

After all, resources are limited, and even a large and wealthy family cannot support apprentices who cannot advance indefinitely.

This will only weaken their own power, and the resources allocated to them will only drag down the newly recruited apprentices.

It's estimated that only academic institutions like Dammons College would tolerate such elderly apprentices.

However, Xia Jian believes this is because Damons is just getting started.

As the system gradually improves, if sufficient resources are not available, these older apprentices will still inevitably face elimination.

Ultimately, the survival of the fittest is the essence of this world.

"teacher."

Westin lowered his head and approached Xia Jian.

Did you write this article?

Xia Jian took out the paper in his hand and asked Westin.

The contents of the paper were actually an article about evolution, and the main research subject was a kind of supernatural creature called a slime.

Slimes are a very special type of slime-like creature, ranging from the weakest slime that even ordinary people can't defeat, to extraordinary slime kings of the third rank and above.

However, slimes possess a unique ability: extraordinary adaptability.

Slimes evolve into different species depending on their living environment, resulting in an astonishing variety of slimes.

For example, there are lightning slimes, poison slimes, carrion slimes, and so on. If you were to subdivide them, there would be at least a hundred types.

The article aims to utilize this characteristic, hoping to apply the slime's extraordinary adaptability to humans.

Westin was not the first to try this idea, and he certainly wouldn't be the last.

However, in Xia Jian's view, this was really putting the cart before the horse.

Because all living things have adaptability, but the evolutionary cycle of most organisms is very long.

Slimes may seem like a good research subject, but if they are used to enhance the organism's own adaptability, most organisms will die due to the collapse of their genetic chains.

This results in powerful creatures having their own ways to become stronger, while weak creatures simply cannot withstand the side effects of rapid evolution.

For example, wizards can cultivate through meditation, which is actually one way for them to control their own evolution, but this is not suitable for all humans.

"Yes, teacher."

Westin replied respectfully.

"While your idea is good, simply enhancing adaptability is not enough to change biological structure. Except for a few exceptions, the final result will be self-destruction."

"If you want to achieve the desired effect, the best way is to balance the proportions between the elements. For example, arrange the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in a fixed order. I suggest you try combining slime and herbivorous frog."

Summer gave Westin a general direction for breeding.

Although it hasn't undergone much testing, theoretically speaking, the herbivorous frog is an apprentice-level creature with multiple elemental powers, except that this type of frog has stronger talents in the wood and water elements.

If this talent could be balanced, it might be possible to create a potion that grants ordinary people cultivation talent, just like the Bitao Rui potion.

Of course, the chances of failure are high.

The most important thing is that everyone has elemental talents.

Even if an elemental balancing potion can be made to prevent the collapse of ordinary non-elemental creatures, each person is a different case, and adding this factor will make the result uncontrollable.

Even a little too much or too little can lead to unpredictable consequences.

"Teacher, I've tried this method, and the success rate is extremely low, and..."

Westin looked a little embarrassed.

In fact, he didn't try it many times, because with his strength, he simply couldn't obtain a large number of these extraordinary creatures, the herbivorous frogs.

Even with various subsidies from the school, he couldn't afford this level of resource consumption.

"You failed because you couldn't balance the elemental talents of the herbivorous frog, but don't forget that the herbivorous frog has plant characteristics, and the strongest point of plants is their extraordinary growth and lifespan."

"You don't necessarily have to use slimes; perhaps certain special plants can help you too."

Looking at Westin's slightly aged face, Xia Jian couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "The school's stipend is indeed too low. I'll talk to the principal later. If you encounter any bottlenecks, you can come to the Wizard Tower to find me."

…………