Full-Time Magister: All-Element Mutant Star Child

"No."

Dongfang Yang declined the second department's assessment and then returned to the team.

This score is enough to get first place. There's no need to test the second department. It's always good to have something left over.

If Dongfang Yang hadn't concealed his insufficient progress in fire element cultivation, and if his fire element talent hadn't been so well-known, and if his spirit seed hadn't been so difficult to hide, he wouldn't have bothered casting any magic just now.

It has been three months since Dongfang Yang broke through to the intermediate level. During these three months, he has been cultivating fire, light, necromancy, and space elements simultaneously.

His progress in fire cultivation is not significant, after all, the most basic size of a level one fire nebula is ten times that of a level three perfect fire stardust.

The energy required to raise a fire-type cultivator's level from intermediate level one to intermediate level two is enough to power at least ten magic-type cultivators from initial level one to initial level three perfection.

In other words, after breaking through to the intermediate level, his cultivation efficiency improved. Dongfang Yang had the Soul Ring to assist his cultivation, and his family also invested resources. Otherwise, cultivating intermediate-level magic would have been too difficult.

The basic magic system doesn't require many abilities. In the past three months, Dongfang Yang has cultivated the Light, Necromancer, and Spatial magic systems to the second level of the basic level. Due to his innate talent, Dongfang Yang has mastered the third level of the basic level magic in these three systems.

Afterwards, the other students began their assessments. Dongfang Yang was taken by his homeroom teacher to meet the school leaders, and after a long chat, Dongfang Yang finally left.

……

The next day, Dongfang Yang arrived at an old street that looked like it had a unique Republican-era charm.

At the end of the old street, you can easily spot a sign that creaks gently in the alleyway breeze.

Qingtian Hunting Grounds!

The name sounds very powerful!

Upon entering, one can see that this hunting lodge is an old shop that resembles a teahouse, combining Chinese and English elements.

Dongfang Yang peered through the glass and noticed that everything in this small teahouse/café mix was very neatly arranged.

On the sofa, there was a little girl with pigtails "playing" on the computer. She looked to be at most nine or ten years old and was very cute.

An elderly man sat at the bar, drinking tea, looking quite relaxed.

After Dongfang Yang pushed open the glass door and walked in, the little girl spoke without looking up:

"Do you want to commission us? The starting price is 300,000, and the price will be adjusted according to the difficulty of the commission. We don't accept commissions from just anyone for less than 300,000."

Her voice was ethereal and beautiful, like the crisp sound of a silver bell in summer, but the tone of her voice... tsk.

Dongfang Yang responded: "I am not here to make a statement on behalf of someone else."

Dongfang Yang looked at the man sitting at the bar. Dongfang Yang knew that this man was Old Man Bao, Song Qiming, who was in charge here.

Dongfang Yang asked Old Man Bao, "Are you short-staffed here?"

"Oh?"

Old Bao paused for a moment, then asked Dongfang Yang, "Young man, do you want to join the Azure Sky Hunting Grounds?"

Dongfang Yang nodded. "I want to join your hunting lodge as a hunter."

Old Bao didn't ask Dongfang Yang how he knew about the Qingtian Hunting Grounds, nor did he ask Dongfang Yang why he wanted to join the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

Old Bao slowly spoke to Dongfang Yang: "Young man, if you want to join our hunting party, that's fine too. I happen to have a commission here. If you complete it, then you can join."

After finishing speaking, Old Man Bao took out a commission agreement from the bar drawer and handed it to Dongfang Yang.

Dongfang Yang took the agreement and looked at it. The agreement stipulated that he would entrust Qingtian Hunting to obtain a Ghost Canopy of the Throat-Sealing Horned Ghost within one month, with a reward of thirty million.

Holy crap, that's a huge order, a 30 million bounty right off the bat.

However, the Throat-Sealing Horned Demon is not so easy to find.

As a necromancer, Dongfang Yang naturally had some understanding of the undead.

The Throat-Sealing Horned Demon is a type of Eastern ghost, a spirit whose soul resides in a ghost canopy. It is humanoid with ram horns and is generally of the warrior general level.

The Throat-Sealing Horned Demon possesses extremely outstanding shadow magic, and its ability to hide in shadow is even better than that of a mid-level shadow mage. The Throat-Sealing Horned Demon is best at transforming into a shadow and quietly slitting people's throats.

The ghost cloak left behind by the dead throat-sealing ghost is a great treasure. Even if used directly, it can greatly amplify shadow magic. With a little refining, it can be crafted into a top-grade magical tool.

However, the throat-sealing horn ghost is relatively rare. The market price of the ghost cloak is generally around 20 million, but even if you really want to buy it, you may not be able to.

If you want to commission a bounty on this ghost, it's normal for the price to be a bit higher than the market price.

However, thirty million is indeed a considerable sum. According to Dongfang Yang's understanding, excluding special materials such as essence, fragments, exotic bones, exotic skin, and exotic blood, the corpse of a commander-level demon is only worth twenty to thirty million.

Seeing Dongfang Yang deep in thought as he entrusted the task, Lingling couldn't help but say, "If you decide that it's too difficult, then give up. You can go somewhere else to be a hunter."

In Lingling's opinion, Dongfang Yang was too young; at this age, he was probably still just a beginner mage.

Asking a novice mage to find a way to deal with the Throat-Sealing Horned Demon is simply impossible. You have to understand that even a mid-level mage would find it extremely difficult to deal with the Throat-Sealing Horned Demon.

Dongfang Yang replied, "That's not necessary. For me, the Throat-Sealing Horned Ghost is easy to deal with. The difficulty lies in finding the Throat-Sealing Horned Ghost. This ghost is very rare, and to complete the bounty, I'll need to spend a considerable amount of time in the Ancient Capital of Arcs."

Old Man Bao said, "As long as you're confident you can deal with the Throat-Sealing Horned Demon, that's fine. As for finding the Throat-Sealing Horned Demon, Lingling will help you."

"You can go and do the commissions with Lingling. After you complete the commissions and join us, you two will be partners."

"Our hunting lodge is different from other hunting lodges. We don't charge any public fees for commissions. Once you complete this task, the commission will be split equally between you and Lingling."

Dongfang Yang nodded, without pretending to be puzzled or surprised.

Dongfang Yang knew Lingling's strength. If Dongfang Yang pretended not to know, Old Man Bao might find out, and things could easily backfire.

Dongfang Yang looked at Lingling and said, "Then this will be troublesome. When are we going to the ancient capital?"

Aside from the Dark Dimension and the Underworld, the Throat-Sealing Horned Demon is only found in the Land of the Dead outside the Ancient Capital.

It's a pity that Dongfang Yang's necromancy is only at the initial stage; otherwise, he could have tried to directly find a contract in the underworld to summon a throat-sealing horned ghost and then kill it.

Anyway, the undead from the Necromancer's Pact won't turn against the mage after they die, so killing the summoned undead isn't a big deal.

"Let me check the flight tickets."

After Lingling finished speaking, she started working on the computer. Shanghai and the ancient capital are far apart, so taking a taxi is not a good idea. She should check the airfare first, and if there are no suitable tickets, she should take the train.

Lingling quickly spoke to Dongfang Yang: "There are suitable plane tickets available the day after tomorrow. Give me your name and ID number, and I'll buy the tickets for you."

"Dongfang Yang, ID number..." Dongfang Yang responded.