Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

The Angra Ring, with a vast plain in the middle.

early morning.

At the edge of the woodland, Ian stood in front of the house, looking at the towering, spires that seemed to reach into the clouds in the center of the plain.

That place is Shadowmoon Tower Academy, the wizard tower of powerful wizards.

Last night, he inexplicably transmigrated to this world and became a low-level wizard apprentice.

The original owner of this body was the second son of a noble count in a distant kingdom.

At the age of fifteen, he was found to have the aptitude to be a wizard.

More than a year ago, my family sent me here for further studies.

The original owner of this body was a good-for-nothing playboy at home, whose mind was not yet mature.

After enrolling, he was misled by others and chose the extremely difficult field of Potions.

During this period, he spent a lot of magic stones and bought a bunch of materials, hoping to refine magic potions to earn more magic stones.

Last night, something went wrong while I was making potions in the house.

He was poisoned to death on the spot by the toxic gas rising from the crucible, which benefited Ian, who had traveled from another time.

"In all the previous attempts at refining it, such a strong toxic gas was never produced. How could it have happened last night...?"

The potion he was refining at the time was a common level zero potion: the "Awakening Potion".

Its effect is that it can maintain mental focus for two hours after drinking it.

It is one of the most popular supplementary potions for apprentices during meditation.

After a whole night, Ian had begun to adjust to the fact that he had traveled through time and was sorting out the memories in his mind.

He turned and went into the house, entering the small laboratory next to the bedroom.

His residence consisted of two wooden houses surrounded by a yard that was about one meter high.

The room is poorly furnished; we eat and study here.

He walked to the worktable and began to examine the medicinal herbs from the previous night.

A moment later, he picked up a dried herb and smelled a very faint stench of decay.

Ian frowned as he looked at the white spots scattered on the leaves.

"This isn't a moonflower, it's a bone-rotting flower!"

The white spots on the leaves are formed from the condensation of corpse energy.

Both have extremely similar leaf shapes and spots, but their effects are vastly different.

Moonlight Grass is rare, while Bone Rot Flower is everywhere around the mountains.

The main ingredient in the "Awakening Potion" formula is moonflower.

The bone-rotting flower is generally used to prepare poisons, and it is also used in small quantities in some unconventional body-refining potions.

"These medicinal herbs were all sold to me by Simon."

Ian's face darkened. It was this man who had tricked him into choosing Potions.

Over the past two years, the other party has earned no less than two hundred magic stones from him.

It almost emptied him of the magic stones he brought from his family—no! It completely emptied them!

He now has only six magic stones left.

Simon was at a higher level than him, being an intermediate wizard apprentice who had been at the academy for five years.

"This person studies dark magic; wouldn't they recognize the bone-rotting herb?"

Ian wasn't sure if the other party was careless or doing it on purpose.

However, none of that matters anymore!

……

Ian rolled up his sleeves, cleaned the workbench, and planned to refine it again according to his memory.

The original owner's talent was quite good, above average.

There is approximately a one in ten chance of breaking through to become a formal wizard.

He first used a mortar and pestle to mix moonflower flowers and water, grinding them into a paste.

Take out the menthol crystals, add water, and begin extracting the fern extract.

……

In the final stages, Ian carefully stared at the pale blue glass bottle in his hand.

After a while, a green smoke emerged from the bottle, and the color of the solution quickly faded to nothing.

"It failed!"

Ian wasn't too disappointed, after all, it was his first time refining something.

[Clarity Potion Proficiency +1]

Suddenly, a line of text floated before my eyes.

At the same time, a violent tremor ran through my mind.

A virtual panel appeared before Ian's eyes.

"This is... the game panel?!"

I was shocked and rubbed my eyes hard.

After confirming several times that it wasn't a hallucination, the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

Name: Ian Marcus

Age: 16

[Level: Low-level Wizard Apprentice (53%)]

[Talent: Moderate Light Affinity]

[Skill: Star and Moon Low-Level Meditation Method: Beginner (72/200)]

Wizard's Hand: Beginner (13/100)

Basic Potion Identification: Beginner (42/50)

Awakening Potion: Beginner (25/50)

With a slight thought, the panel disappeared.

Then, as I tried to turn my thoughts back, the light screen reappeared before my eyes.

Just now, although he failed to refine the potion, the panel showed a positive feedback.

A few insights into crafting flowed into his mind, slightly improving his proficiency with the "Awakening Potion".

After Ian processed the information, he let out a long sigh and walked out of the laboratory.

He is still in a state of emotional turmoil and is not suited to continue refining potions.

He washed his face with cold water, forcing himself to calm down.

Looking at the pale face reflected in the basin, with sunken eyes and a somewhat listless demeanor, the person appeared quite ordinary.

Stepping out of the house, the cool breeze felt pleasant on his face.

Ian looked around and could vaguely see the eaves of some houses through the gaps in the trees.

The people living inside are all low- to mid-level apprentices.

This area is located on the outskirts of the Tower Academy, about four or five miles from the nearest town.

In terms of public security, they can only rely on the patrol teams from the nearby tower, resulting in a relatively chaotic situation.

Like Ian, they were not eligible to live in the central plains region.

That is a privilege enjoyed only by formal wizards and those above wizards.

As for how he usually acquires new knowledge, Ian remembers that in addition to self-study, he could also go to the teaching area once a week to attend a free basic course.

Alternatively, you can spend extra magic stones to attend various professional courses.

"Magic stones!" Ian sighed softly.

Here, magic stones are the passport to everything.

Even with low aptitude, as long as resources are sufficient, the early cultivation speed will not be much slower than those of geniuses.

His greatest asset right now is a huge pile of low-level magic potions in his laboratory.

Ian circled his house a few times, and gradually made up his mind.

His most pressing concern right now is not acquiring the magic stone.

In two months, his two-year enrollment period will be over.

The Shadowmoon Tower stipulates that new students must break through to the intermediate wizard apprentice level within two years in order to continue their studies.

If you can't do it, you either have to pay high tuition fees or be expelled from the tower.

Most of the less qualified and poor apprentices could not afford the tuition.

Some voluntarily became frequent visitors to the laboratory, or sold their bodies, only to meet a tragic end.

They were lucky enough to enter the world of wizards and saw its endless wonders; almost no one was willing to give up this path.

Ian, on the other hand, must further enhance his strength before that happens.

The fastest way right now is to quickly improve your Star and Moon Meditation Technique.

This accelerates the tempering of mental power, allowing one to break through the upper limit.

Looking at the realm descriptions on the panel, a sense of urgency arose in my heart.

He had spent too much time on potions before, but gained nothing, and his cultivation progress lagged far behind others.

Back inside, after hastily preparing a meal, he didn't immediately begin meditating but instead continued refining potions.

……