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

The next day

After the tournament was completely over

The resources accumulated from their nine-day Three-Step Tower training far exceeded the total resources of the entire system, so Dean Xiao told them to come to his office today to get a certificate for them.

On the top floor of a library that looked like a huge, thick book model, Mo Fan and Zhang Chen were overjoyed to receive the three-step tower certificate issued by Dean Xiao.

Zhang Chen asked with a smile, "Dean Xiao, may we both ask for leave?"

Dean Xiao frowned slightly: "Why did you two ask for leave?"

"Aren't we almost at the advanced level? We want to go hunting monsters in the wild to earn money to buy the Star River Pulse for advanced attacks!" Zhang Chen said excitedly, gesturing wildly.

"No!"

Zhang Chen's movements and expression suddenly froze: "Why not?"

Dean Xiao didn't offer a direct answer, but instead asked Zhang Chen, "Is it because my teaching is inadequate? Why don't you go hunt demons?"

"That's wonderful, but we're both poor! How can we buy the Star River Vein without money, how can we break through to higher levels, how can we pursue the pinnacle of magic?"

Dean Xiao smiled and said, "You should go to the Three Steps Tower quickly! This certificate is only valid for entry today."

"Okay!" Zhang Chen walked away with Mo Fan, looking dejected.

"Mo Fan and I can just go directly there, and then contact Dean Xiao once we're in the wilderness..."

Actually, when he came in, he saw the documents casually placed on Dean Xiao's desk. There were a few words on the documents that were particularly eye-catching: "The Black Vatican may be lurking around Mingzhu Academy! The target may be students with outstanding talents." But Zhang Chen felt that based on his perception of the Black Vatican, it should not be difficult to avoid and escape.

As he reached the door, Dean Xiao's words immediately dissuaded him from the idea.

"After you leave the Three-Step Tower, I'll give it to you if you skip one class..."

"Haha, I always listen to the dean. I'll be there on time for every class."

Zhang Chen turned his head and smiled somewhat guiltily in response.

"There are countless ways to make money; there's always a way. I can rent out the house first—it can still accommodate three people. Luckily, I planned to take pictures of the house in the wild beforehand and post them online… Being a city monster-hunting team should be possible, right? Catching monsters in Shanghai won't interfere with my classes, and I can make money at the same time…"

Thinking about it, Zhang Chen started operating the communicator.

……

Three-Step Pagoda

"Junior students, this is the best I can do for you. Please continue up the stairs yourselves," the friendly senior said.

"Okay, thank you."

"To be honest, this is my first time cultivating in such a blessed land," Zhang Chen said as he walked.

"Me too……"

"You are a..."

"Didn't you cultivate in the Sacred Spring?"

……

As they talked, the two of them walked to the first floor.

Zhang Chen felt the elemental power around him rushing into his body.

"The cultivation speed on the first level is more than 20 times that of normal cultivation? Then what about the second level...?"

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Mo Fan shouted from the steps leading to the second floor.

Zhang Chen and Mo Fan felt that the second layer was forty times more concentrated than the outside world, and they couldn't help but yearn for the third layer.

"Unfortunately, each step consumes one unit of magical energy, plus the mental pressure of resisting it. The second step is more than twice as powerful as the first, not to mention the third... I can try it after both of my elemental magics reach the intermediate level. With my current mental strength at the fourth level of the intermediate realm, it should be feasible."

He got really into a fight yesterday, and when he went back that night, he felt a significant increase in his mental state. He thinks he must have reached the middle level.

Zhang Chen took out the Sacred Tree from his personal space and placed it aside, then began to meditate and cultivate. The Sacred Tree could now double Zhang Chen's cultivation speed.

three days later

When Zhang Chen opened his eyes, the milky white and chaotic stardust in his spiritual world had turned into a nebula. He left a mark for Mo Fan, who was still cultivating, to indicate that he had gone to the third level, and then stepped towards the stairs leading to the third level.

"Fortunately, my mental strength has broken through to the intermediate level! I have magic energy from four different elements..." Zhang Chen sat down on the edge of the third floor, covered in sweat.

Two days later

"Commander! Pull me up!" Mo Fan said, his face flushed, as he lay on the steps.

"What should you call me?"

"Brother Chen! Brother Chen! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

……

Four days later

Mo Fan and Zhang Chen had never felt so refreshed. Zhang Chen was now at the second level of the middle stage of the three elements, and the plant element had even reached the third level of the middle stage. Now he was even more eager for the Star River Vein.

After coming out, he took out his communicator to check if anyone was available to rent a room. He accidentally clicked on the school's campus network, where the biggest headline was "Goddess Mu Joins Forces with Major Families to Provide Free Resources for Freshmen." He wasn't interested in the schemes of these families, unless they were actually providing them to Zhang Chen for free. He immediately exited and checked the room rental information.

"Oh, someone's already contacting me about renting a room so quickly? Two people? I can collect two rents… Great, I'm one step closer to my Star River Vein… Yes! I'd better contact them to come and see the room."

next morning

"Ding-dong!..."

The doorbell rang

"They're here!"

Zhang Chen quickly ran to the door and straightened his clothes.

"This is my first deal, so we need to make sure it goes well."

When Zhang Chen opened the door, he was greeted by a woman with a perfect face and figure, accompanied by a petite girl with an amazing figure.

"Girls are good, at least they're clean..."

He smiled and said, "Please come in."

But they didn't move, and just as Zhang Chen looked at them in confusion...

The petite girl exclaimed in shock, "You...you're that demon...Zhang Chen!"

"What kind of demon?" Zhang Chen asked, frowning.

"And you two are freshmen at Pearl Academy?"

"Yes, don't you know Sister Mu?" the petite girl asked.

"Her? I don't remember her." Zhang Chen said, looking at Mu Nujiao.

Mu Nujiao's hands unconsciously clenched. She didn't want to share an apartment in the first place, but Ai Tutu dragged her here. Now that she saw that her roommate was a boy, and this boy was... she grabbed Ai Tutu and tried to leave.

But Ai Tutu leaned close to Mu Nujiao's ear and whispered, "Sister Mu, don't you want to know why he's so strong?"

Even though Ai Tutu had struck a chord with Mu Nujiao, she glared at Ai Tutu and tried to forcibly pull him away.

Seeing that the customer was about to leave without even looking, Zhang Chen quickly persuaded him, "Would you like to come in and take a look? I'm often not home, it won't bother you..."

……

Finally, after Ai Tutu's persistent tugging and Zhang Chen's vivid persuasion (actually, the latter part was completely useless and it was all thanks to Ai Tutu's persistent tugging), they looked around and felt it was indeed good, so they signed the contract. But Zhang Chen had to go and help them move their luggage.

"Hey! You big devil, why are most of the decorations in your house white?"

"It looks neat and tidy to me..."

"By the way, what's the deal with this demon?"

"Don't you know? For the first two days, you were called Demon Vine, and Mo Fan was called... Later, you both became demons."

"By the way, Dean Xiao said that one of you is an orphan. Judging from how empty your house looks, it must be you."

"TuTu!"

"No way! Are you being polite?!"

"Hehehe," Ai Tutu chuckled mischievously.