Full-Time Magister: The Ruler of Wind and Rain

The Three-Step Tower is located on the main campus of Pearl Academy and is one of the most important resources that the Pearl elites (also known as the super invincible beasts) on the main campus are vying for, especially those mid-level mages who have not yet reached the maximum level of their skills, all of whom are fighting for the opportunity to enter the Three-Step Tower.

Last night, upon hearing that Wang Yu was going to enter the Three-Step Tower, Lingling quickly looked up information about it for him. The Three-Step Tower is a special magical building with a very long history, capable of gathering elemental energy from thousands of square kilometers around it.

In this magical world, elements are everywhere, but they are not evenly distributed. The simplest example is that fire element is extremely rare in the ocean, so fire mages are generally not good at naval warfare. And where elements naturally gather, they will often condense and refine elemental spirits.

In short, the Three-Step Tower's effect of condensing elements can be said to be the key to Pearl Academy's cultivation of powerful magical geniuses.

For the vast majority of students at Mingzhu Academy, the three to four thousand students on the Qing Campus have virtually no chance of entering the Three-Step Tower. On the main campus, out of nearly twenty thousand students, only less than a thousand are fortunate enough to enter the tower for three to ten days of cultivation each year.

However, considering that the students in the preparatory class were already very talented, the school still allocated some spots to those novice mages in the preparatory class, and Wang Yu was the most dazzling one among them.

Arriving at the foot of the Three-Step Pagoda, Wang Yu looked up at the small pagoda, which was not very tall. Its exterior was a silver triangular cone, towering into the sky like a silver nail rising from the ground.

"Student, please show your permission." Two students wearing name tags were on duty at the entrance.

Wang Yu took out his student card, swiped it on the machine near the entrance, and with a beep, the verification was successful. The student on duty to the right glanced at the information on the machine and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Junior, you're a freshman in the preparatory class!"

"Where? Let me see." Another student on duty also came over curiously to look at the information on the machine. "Brother, you're really amazing. You got into the Pearl Preparatory Class at 16 and even entered the Three Steps Tower. Sigh, we seniors who aren't as talented as you only got in for the first time when we were 23 or 24."

"You flatter me, seniors. You're still better than me." I said a few nice words to appease the two seniors so they wouldn't be jealous of me. It's easier to see the King of Hell than his underlings, so I didn't want to ruin my plans.

"Good junior, your future is limitless. Old Tang, you were the one who led the last one, this time I'll lead the group in." The senior who first checked Wang Yu's student card information led Wang Yu into the Three-Step Tower: "Come with me, I'll tell you what to do."

Wang Yu followed him inside, and in front of him was a long, silvery-white passage.

After walking along this road for several minutes, Wang Yu couldn't help but feel curious. He had been walking forward for ten minutes straight, and at this pace, he should have covered almost a kilometer, so why did the Three-Step Pagoda seem to have no end? Moreover, from the outside, the Three-Step Pagoda's diameter was definitely no more than fifty meters!

Seeing Wang Yu's curiosity, the tower keeper who had brought him in asked, "Do you know why this place is called the Three-Step Tower?"

Wang Yu shook his head. "I really don't know. Could this be an illusion array, and we've actually been going around in circles? Or is the space here different from the outside?"

"Junior, you said you didn't know? You guessed very accurately. The Three-Step Tower was built by a great sage who majored in earth magic and minored in space magic. There's a saying in space magic: one step is a thousand feet, two steps are ten thousand miles, and three steps are boundless. The 'three steps' in the name of the Three-Step Tower comes from this. It's because from the outside it doesn't look particularly magnificent, but the space inside is vast, and it's hard to walk to the end." The tower keeper explained to him kindly.

"Furthermore, the mysterious spatial magic array inside the Three-Step Tower has not yet been fully deciphered, so we can only use it according to the instructions left by our predecessors. The Three-Step Tower has many layers of space, and the energy condensed in each layer is different. As a beginner mage, you can only cultivate on the first layer at most. If you go up any further, I'm afraid you'll be filled with a large amount of energy and explode to death." The tower keeper, in a businesslike manner, then explained the knowledge of using the Three-Step Tower to Wang Yu.

After walking for a while, we finally saw the staircase. This staircase looked very magical because each step was completely suspended in mid-air, leading to a triangular suspended platform at a higher level.

"Junior, this is the best I can do for you. Go up the stairs, this is the first floor, you can go up by yourself."

After Wang Yu thanked him, the tower keeper slowly left, seemingly wanting to stay in the Three-Step Tower a little longer. This made sense, as the elemental concentration in the corridor was quite high, Wang Yu estimated it to be two or three times higher than outside. The senior student guarding the tower was also a mage, so naturally he wanted to enjoy this precious cultivation place.

Wang Yu, somewhat apprehensive, began to ascend the stairs. The completely suspended stairs were undeniably intimidating for the first time. However, it proved to be remarkably sturdy. Although he didn't know what kind of magical power supported them, they remained remarkably stable, refusing to budge even when kicked or pushed forcefully.

In short, after overcoming a slight fear of heights, Wang Yu began to walk up the stairs, but after only a few steps, he experienced a feeling of being suppressed. Could this be the superposition of spatial gravity?

And it wasn't just his body that was feeling it; Wang Yu also discovered that his magical energy was being constantly depleted!

Upon discovering that his magical energy was being consumed at a high rate, Wang Yu hurriedly tried to get onto the platform as quickly as possible, despite the dizzying discomfort.

When he was still a third of the way from the platform, his wind magic had already dried up! Fortunately, Wang Yu was born with dual elements, and his water magic was also at the initial stage of full mastery. He quickly stepped in and finally reached the platform.

Upon arriving at the platform, Wang Yu was immediately enveloped by a dense aura of wind and water elements, like a flock of friendly sprites fluttering around him, readily accepting his attention and even actively seeking to enter his spiritual realm. He only meditated for five minutes, and his depleted magical energy was completely replenished. He experienced firsthand just how incredible the 20x cultivation speed of the first level of the Three-Step Tower was, and a new idea began to form in his mind.

Why not try to go to a higher place?

In the information Lingling checked yesterday, there was this: the effects of the Three-Step Tower gradually weaken for each person, with the strongest effect only on the first entry. Since that's the case, Wang Yu decided to make the most of this opportunity and challenge the second level. Let's go!

Having climbed an even more difficult staircase than before, Wang Yu used both hands and feet, working at top speed, and finally reached the second level before his magical energy was exhausted. He didn't have time to explore his surroundings, but quickly sat down cross-legged to experience the feeling of cultivating at 40 times the speed!