Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Tianlan Magic High School

The summer sun was like a blazing incandescent flame, baking the already sweltering classroom. A boy in the second-to-last row of Class 8 fanned himself with his books to cool down, then turned and teased a dark-skinned, somewhat roguish-looking boy: "Yo! Little Fanfan, so nervous? Didn't you sleep last night? Aren't you afraid of waking up badly today?"

Mo Fan's lips curled into a wicked smile, his voice carrying a hint of malice: "Oh, my little Chenchen! I'm very confident! Do you want to experience it?" As he spoke, he puffed out his chest and moved closer to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen, not to be outdone, added in a feminine voice, "Fanfan, you're so adorable! Why don't you come home with me? I'll take care of you for the rest of my life..."

……

Zhang Xiaohou, who was watching Mo Fan and Zhang Chen from the side, frowned slightly.

What happened between Brother Chen and Brother Fan? What did I miss? Could it be...?

Just as the little monkey was about to show a look of incomprehension but respect, Mo Fan and Zhang Chen each winked at the other.

Immediately, the two of them started gagging while holding onto the table, which also relieved the little monkey.

The reason why the two of them are like this needs to be traced back to two months ago.

That evening, Zhang Chen was walking through the bustling market, drinking beer and looking for work. He wandered around until he arrived near Mo Fan's house. Since he was already there, he figured he might as well grab a bite to eat before leaving.

Who knew that Zhang Chen saw Mo Fan looking angrily through the low window from afar, his face full of gritted teeth. It was the first time he had ever seen Mo Fan with such an expression. Out of curiosity, he went closer to take a look and happened to see Mo Jiaxing kneeling down to Mu He.

Mo Fan seemed oblivious to Zhang Chen's arrival, staring intently at Mu He's movements as if he wanted to devour him.

Zhang Chen was also affected by the atmosphere and silently watched all of this with mixed feelings.

He was an orphan in his previous life. With the help of the orphanage, he finally got into a good university and thought his future was bright. But on his way home from get off work, he was killed by a tree that came out of nowhere. He clearly remembered that there was not a single tree on that road.

This life was even more tragic. First, she opened her eyes and spent the whole winter freezing in the cold. She was only taken into a warm room when the orphanage opened the next morning.

Later, when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, the welfare home closed down for some unknown reason, and all the staff disappeared. Zhang Chen and a few other children were left at a loss. Zhang Chen was the youngest among them. The other children dropped out of school and went out to work in society. Only Zhang Chen was a good student, so the school waived his tuition and accommodation fees. He collected and sold recyclables to earn some money and had some savings. He also met a kind restaurant that provided him with two meals a day as long as he washed dishes after school. Only then did he grit his teeth and continue to study at school.

His living conditions improved somewhat when he frequently received scholarships during junior high school, but at that time the restaurant inexplicably went out of business and was shut down. Fortunately, Zhang Chen had already saved enough money to finish the remaining six months of junior high school.

There was another, more important reason: he knew that in the end, magical strength was paramount in this world, and the only place where Zhang Chen could awaken magic the fastest was high school.

Seeing that the arrogant Mu He and the seemingly shorter Mo Jiaxing were about to come out, Zhang Chen pulled Mo Fan aside to a dark corner and silently watched Mu He get into his luxury car and drive away.

After a long while, Zhang Chen handed the beer in his hand to Mo Fan, gesturing for him to have some. Mo Fan punched the wall hard, then took Zhang Chen's beer and drank it all in one gulp...

Finally, he spent the night drinking with Mo Fan at the night market. The next day, when Zhang Chen paid the bill, he found that he had spent more than a thousand yuan. He was immediately heartbroken. Looking at Mo Fan, who was still fast asleep and was quite handsome, an evil plan suddenly came to Zhang Chen's mind.

"Since I comforted you all night, it's not too much to ask you to comfort my confidante for one night, right?" Thinking this, she started looking for a nightclub that needed a handsome young man.

That night, Zhang Chen lured the still slightly drunk Mo Fan to a nightclub. Just as he was about to sneak away, Mo Fan, now completely sober, grabbed him: "Why did you bring me here?"

Zhang Chen felt a little guilty: "You seem to be feeling quite down. I'll find some kind older sisters to comfort you."

Just then, someone took a liking to Mo Fan, and the manager asked him to go over.

Mo Fan instantly understood everything and turned to leave.

Zhang Chen grabbed her, saying, "You can't leave, or I won't have the money to pay the penalty for breach of contract!"

Mo Fan laughed; he laughed out of anger.

Seeing the two of them arguing, the manager grew impatient and said, "Haven't you reached an agreement?! Give me the penalty for breach of contract, and you can leave!"

Zhang Chen apologized to the manager with a forced smile, "Could I get some extra pay if I join him?"

Anyway, Mo Fan isn't going to let me leave, so I might as well make do since I'm already here.

"Then I'll go ask that person what they think!" The manager waved for two bodyguards to watch over them, while he went to the private room to inquire.

Fearing Mo Fan might actually back down, Zhang Chen goaded him, saying, "Mo Fan, aren't you usually so smooth-talking? Why are you so scared now that we're actually there?!"

Mo Fan retorted stubbornly, "Why wouldn't I dare! It's just that we're not splitting the spoils fairly, are we?... You get four, I get six..."

……

In the end, the two split the money 50/50 and agreed to get the money by getting the "confidante" drunk and then run away.

To their surprise, as soon as they entered the private room, they were greeted by three women as steady as mountains. Zhang Chen and his companion were warmly greeted. He pulled Mo Fan aside to prevent him from escaping, but he endured it for the sake of money.

Late at night, Zhang Chen and Mo Fan used all their strength to get them drunk and preserve their innocence. After getting the money, they immediately went to a hotel to clean themselves up. They didn't see each other for two months afterward, afraid of remembering that night's experience.

After a moment's pause, Mo Fan leaned closer again, grinning mischievously, "Zhang Chen, aren't you nervous at all?"

"What's the use of being nervous? Awakening is random anyway, and each element has its own way of playing. Strictly speaking, the strength difference between the elements isn't that big." Zhang Chen wiped away non-existent sourness from the corner of his mouth.

Actually, he was still a little nervous. He didn't know what the green tree pattern on his left forearm was. He had nowhere to ask, and no one else could see the tree pattern.

"Zhang Chen," the teacher of Class 8, Xue Musheng, called out.

As soon as Zhang Chen stood up, he heard the chattering about him in the classroom.

"Ah, that's Zhang Chen, the top student! He's so handsome!"

"Not only that, we went to the same junior high school, and he was always number one in his grade..."

"What's the use of being handsome? He's just an orphan. He can't even go to school if he doesn't get first place..." Zhao Kun muttered under his breath.

He only dared to mutter in a low voice, not daring to let Zhang Chen hear him. In junior high school, someone disliked Zhang Chen and ordered people to block the school gate and beat him up. As a result, Zhang Chen, like a mad dog, even though he was bleeding and injured, kept staring at the leader and beating him. If the school officials hadn't arrived in time, the leader would have been beaten to death by Zhang Chen. Zhao Kunsan still trembles when he thinks of Zhang Chen's eyes at that time.

Zhang Chen walked up to his mentor without a care, flashed a confident smile at Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou, and gestured for them to watch his performance.

The instructor didn't mind Zhang Chen's little actions and smiled instead: "Zhang Chen, I hope you can awaken a good magic system to live up to your many years of hard work."

Zhang Chen nodded, just in time to see Mu Bai's expression below the stage, as if he had eaten shit. The moment their eyes met, Mu Bai let out a disdainful snort.

"What kind of magic could an orphan like you, with no family wealth or resources, possibly awaken!..."

Mu Bai and Zhang Chen were in the same class in junior high school. Zhang Chen always outperformed him academically, and they were unexpectedly in the same class in high school.

With his mentor's permission, Zhang Chen slowly placed his hands on the floating Awakening Sphere.

Zhang Chen held his breath, closed his eyes, and focused on his inner world.

It was the first time everyone had seen Magic Awakening, and the students all stood on tiptoe to watch Zhang Chen and the Awakening Stone.

A sliver of silvery-white moonlight swept across the Awakening Stone, but it was almost instantly replaced by a blinding emerald-green light. The students instinctively closed their eyes and shielded their eyes from the light with their hands.

"So bright! So green!..."

Some students were even blinded by the glare and lost their balance, falling to the ground, causing chaos in the class.

Meanwhile, patches of flowers, grass, and moss crawled all over the classroom, centered around Zhang Chen.

Only when the green light weakened did someone exclaim in confusion, "What kind of magic is this?"

Xue Musheng, standing beside him, exclaimed with delight, "You've actually awakened white magic! Such pure plant-based magic!"

"With him, even if that transfer student doesn't awaken magic, the class's overall evaluation won't be too low."

Perhaps the green light was too dazzling, and they subconsciously ignored the initial glimmer of moonlight.

Xue Musheng quickly composed himself, his eyes filled with approval as he patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder: "Very good talent! But don't forget to work harder. Talent doesn't determine everything. I imagine your spirit has already produced a patch of plant-type stardust. Cultivate it further to make it stronger."

Zhang Chen nodded modestly and returned to his seat.

Mo Fan grinned slyly, "It's so green! My dear Chen-gege, it's so green I can't even open my eyes!"

Zhang Chen was preoccupied with his own thoughts, but he still put on a devout prayer: "May you all be as green-haired as I am now in the future."

After saying that, he was about to turn his head away when Mo Fan suddenly became serious: "What is white magic? Is plant-based magic strong?"

Seeing that Mo Fan was unusually serious, Zhang Chen didn't hesitate to answer: "White magic is divided into plant magic, healing magic, blessing magic, and mind magic. As for how strong it is, it depends on how you cultivate it in the future."

Zhang Xiaohou looked on with envy: "Brother Chen, white magic must be very rare..."

……

The silence lasted until they were close to awakening. Zhang Chen took out a seed with his left hand and examined it. This seed had come from the tree pattern on his left arm when he awakened.

Looking at this extremely ordinary seed, Zhang Chen was puzzled for a moment.

"This looks like an ordinary seed, right? Am I supposed to grow it? What kind of seed is this? How do I plant it?"

Zhang Chen decided to find a potted plant to grow after school and try it out first.

"Next! Mo Fan!" Xue Musheng shouted.

Seeing Mo Fan's hand trembling as he placed the Awakening Stone, Zhang Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"I never imagined that Mo Fan, who was fearless and audacious, would have a moment like this."

The same old story: the awakened lightning-type people next door went to check out out of curiosity, but when they returned, all they could see was the awakening stone emitting a red light in Mo Fan's hand.

However, unlike others, Zhang Chen sat quietly in his seat. When Mo Fan opened his eyes, he saw Zhang Chen with a mischievous smile. Everyone else had left, so he could only use his eyes to signal Zhang Chen not to tell anyone.

Zhang Chen responded by mimicking the trembling of his hands when he had just awakened. Mo Fan was immediately speechless, but thankfully he wouldn't tell anyone, and he comforted himself a little.

Annual performance review one year later

Zhang Chen looked at Mo Fan, who was completely captivated by Mu Ningxue, and chuckled lightly, teasingly asking, "Regretting it now? Didn't you elope with her back then?"

Mo Fan nodded blankly, then quickly came to his senses and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Did you hit your head and become stupid?"

"Oh, oh, oh, you're already red-hot? I was just saying. Besides, with your talent, Mu Zhuoyun will eventually send Mu Ningxue and her dowry to you, begging you to marry into the Mu family." Zhang Chen's tone was slightly flippant.

Mo Fan was lost in thought after Zhang Chen said that, and a mischievous smile crept across his face.

Zhang Chen interrupted at the opportune moment: "Damn, Mo Fan, you really think that? Where's your integrity?!"

"Get lost, am I a dog? I knew it... If you ask me, I'd rather he pack up Ning Xue and her dowry and give them to me..." Mo Fan rolled his eyes at Zhang Chen.

"Yes, Brother Fan..." Zhang Xiaohou chimed in.

At this moment, Zhao Kunsan, who was standing next to him, seemed to have failed to keep his voice down.

"That's hilarious. With Mo Fan's talent, it's a miracle he wasn't expelled from the school..."

Zhang Chen only glanced at him, and he immediately shut his mouth; he didn't want to be targeted by this mad dog.

But some people just aren't afraid. Mu Bai made no attempt to hide his malice towards Zhang Chen and Mo Fan, and said in a sinister tone, "Do you really think someone's eyes are blind? I really look forward to seeing Mu Ningxue's expression when she sees you being expelled from school. She'll probably regret wanting to elope with a piece of trash like you."

Zhang Chen covered his ear with one hand and frowned at Mo Fan: "Did you hear that? Where did that fly come from? It's buzzing so annoyingly."

Mo Fan pinched his nose: "It must have just come out of a cesspool, it really stinks."

Mu Bai's lips twitched at their smug expressions: "Hmph! Birds of a feather flock together!"

"Let you be arrogant for a while longer. Today, I'll show you how to utterly destroy you!"

Soon, only the three of them remained from Class 8. Mu He gave a hint, and the bald examiner immediately understood, calmly calling out, "Next, Mu Bai."

Zhang Chen didn't care about Mu Bai's score of S in Stardust and B in Stardust, but he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Mu Bai staring at Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue with a distorted expression.

The examiner announced, "Next, Zhang Chen."

As Zhang Chen passed by Mu Bai, he remarked, "You're always second best; you're practically overflowing with sourness."

Zhang Chen confidently reached for the Star Sensing Stone, but quickly realized something was wrong.

"How is that possible! My magic energy input, which is almost at the beginner level two, is only a quarter of what it should be at C level. Are you trying to play dirty tricks?"

Although Zhang Chen could not meditate for ten hours a day like Mo Fan, he could meditate for eight hours a day, possibly because of the tree pattern on his left arm, and he did not need to practice controlling it. Those stars were like obedient children, letting Zhang Chen command them at will.

After glancing at Mu Bai and the Mu family members on the stage, Zhang Chen poured all his magical energy into the center of the Star Sensing Stone. A crisp sound rang out, just loud enough for everyone to hear. For a moment, the square was so quiet that only the faint breathing of someone could be heard. A crack appeared in the center of the Star Sensing Stone, and then it seemed to shatter uncontrollably, scattering across the ground.

The square suddenly became noisy.

"How is this possible? He actually managed to burst the Star-Sense Stone?... "

"Why is the difference so great...?"

"Zhang Chen is amazing, and he's so handsome too..."

Zhang Chen looked on with an innocent expression as Teacher Tang Yue arrived in front of him faster than anyone else, immediately spotting and picking up the black stone from the rubble.

Seeing the black stone, Zhang Chen was puzzled, but cleverly said, "How could there be this under the Star Sensing Stone? I felt the Star Sensing Stone was about to shatter as soon as I injected magic energy into it."

Zhang Chen didn't know the specific plot of the full-fledged magician. He only had a smartphone that cost a little over a hundred yuan when he was in high school. Although the full-fledged magician was very popular at the time, he didn't have time to watch it. He only watched a less than ten-minute explanation of the full-fledged magician.

He only knew that the plot of Bo City was a disaster caused by the Black Vatican for the Holy Spring, but he didn't know what kind of disaster it was.

Upon seeing Tang Yue holding the Dark Stone, the bald examiner was nearly scared to death. It was the very Star Sense Stone he had just examined after testing Mu Bai.

"How is it? What happened?" the principal asked Tang Yue politely.

Tang Yue glanced at Zhang Chen, who was still feigning innocence, and said, "It must have been this stone that reacted with his magical energy, causing the Star Sensing Stone to shatter..."

Before Tang Yue could finish speaking, Mu He winked at the person next to him and said first, "Star Sensing Stones are useful, but they're a bit delicate. Go to the storage room and get another one; we can't let it delay the students' assessment."

Mu He, as expected of a cunning old fox, immediately interrupted Tang Yue, preventing her from saying anything detrimental to them.

The school leaders immediately understood, realizing that asking further questions would inevitably cause problems, and they all nodded in agreement.

Tang Yue felt that this matter was inextricably linked to Mu He, but seeing the attitude of the school leaders, she had no choice but to give up.

When the students in the square realized that the Star-Sensing Stone had broken, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"I knew it! No matter how talented he is, it's impossible for him to pull ahead of us so much in just one year..."

What they didn't know was that Zhang Chen also had to dedicate half of his meditation time to cultivating the spatial system, which meant he cultivated each system for an hour less per day than others. However, his talent was truly remarkable, allowing him to advance in both systems simultaneously and approach the second level of the initial stage.

……

Zhang Chen quickly showed them that although the gap wasn't that large, it wasn't insignificant either, as he touched the new Star Sensing Stone.

The star-shaped stone seemed to radiate boundless vitality, casting an intense green light that was impossible to look directly at. The students of Class 8 once again experienced the feeling of being surrounded by green.

S

S

S

Final grade: "S"

"Zhang Chen, do you want to continue?"

"Of course!" Zhang Chen smiled confidently.

"Vine Growth," Zhang Chen silently chanted in his mind, trying to release the spell slowly. He didn't want anyone to know that he could cast spells with a single thought.

Despite Zhang Chen's deliberate slowing down, a large number of vines still grew on the puppet the moment he raised his hand, completely transforming it beyond recognition.

S

S

S

Results are released instantly

The crowd below the stage erupted into an even greater uproar than before.

"No, what's the difference between this and before?"

"Brother Zhang Chen..."

After Zhang Chen stepped off the stage, he whispered to Mu Bai, "That scheming, perennial runner-up."

Mu Bai's originally fair cheeks became red and swollen after Zhang Chen's teasing, and she was panting heavily as if she was about to faint at any moment.

"Next, Mo Fan."

Mo Fan confidently greeted Zhang Chen: "Greetings, Brigade Commander (Green Zhang)! Brigade Commander, you're awesome! Now, let's see what your brother Fan can do!"

Mo Fan, just like in the original story, achieved an S-rank in Stardust and released an A-rank.

Mu Bai had just recovered when he heard, "How is this possible? Is this still the Mo Fan we know?"

"The most incredible comeback in history, transforming into a top student in an instant..."

"His score is even higher than Mu Bai's..."

Upon hearing this, Mu Bai was so angry he felt like he was about to have a heart attack, and he was gasping for breath.

Just then, a sly laugh came from nowhere: "Oh dear, now you're going to be number three forever, you little third."

Mu Bai finally stopped struggling and fainted, his vision going black.

Zhao Kunsan immediately helped him to a corner, checked his breathing to make sure he was still alive, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu He frowned and walked over, checking him over to make sure he was alright before asking Zhao Kunsan, "What happened to him?"

Zhao Kunsan shook his head. His attention had been entirely on Mo Fan, but when he turned around, he found that Mu Bai had fainted.

Next came Mo Fan's performance. Zhang Chen wished there was popcorn at that moment. Mu Zhuoyun's white face gradually turned black until it was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Then came the magical duel they had set for their eighteenth birthday coming-of-age ceremony.

Zhang Chen had to admire Mo Fan's skill; wasn't he really afraid of being secretly killed?

Even though he was dead, the Mu family was the prime suspect, but this seemed to be nothing to Mu Zhuoyun, the local tyrant of Bocheng.

When Mo Fan came down, Zhang Chen gave him a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart. Seeing the thumbs up, Mo Fan, who was still a little angry, pouted.

Mo Fan approached and raised an eyebrow with self-satisfaction: "Do you think Mu Ningxue was captivated by my domineering aura?"

Zhang Chen laughed speechlessly: "You were insulting her father, don't you think? But judging from her speaking up for you behind your back, she definitely has feelings for you, though I don't know how much."

Xiao Hou: "Um...it's hard to say..."

"I really agree with the first half of what the brigade commander said! Let's go! I'm in a good mood today! Let's go out to eat!" Mo Fan was beaming with pride.

Zhang Chen said happily, "Mo Fan is having such a great time today, it wouldn't be right not to treat us!"

Zhang Xiaohou also looked at Mo Fan with anticipation.

Mo Fan, with his thick skin, said, "Fine! It's on me! You guys pay!"

……

After the annual performance review results are released

As expected, Zhang Chen, Mo Fan, and Zhang Xiaohou were assigned to the Seed Class. The practical teacher for the Seed Class was still Tang Yue. It was said that her cultivation level surpassed that of any other practical teacher in the entire school, so she taught the practical classes for the Seed Class. Zhang Chen only remembered that she seemed to be related to the Xuan Snake totem later on.

The mentor for the seed class is still Xue Musheng, after all, his class produced three S-level students.

One month later

Xue Musheng's key benefit in assigning seed classes: Starry Sky Magic Artifact

Zhang Chen was the first to use it, and the usage period was one month.

That very night, he took the Star Artifact and placed it on his left arm and the seed, thinking that they would absorb the Star Artifact like Mo Fan, that little mudfish. But Zhang Chen tried for a long time and there was no reaction at all.

I couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"What exactly are these seeds and tree patterns? It's been over a year! These seeds haven't changed at all..."

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and calmed down. In the past month, he successfully used the Star Artifact to break through to the second stage of the initial level in both the plant and space systems.