Magic: Reincarnate from high-voltage electricity at the start, level up independently.

When Chu Ge entered the classroom, he happened to hear his classmates gathered together, discussing intensely what had happened the day before regarding the condensation of the magic core.

Someone with dark circles under their eyes said, "I didn't sleep a wink all night yesterday, and I finally managed to condense the magic core at four in the morning."

"Sigh, don't even mention it."

One student sighed dejectedly, "I still haven't succeeded. I'm always just a little bit short. It's so frustrating."

"Ha, what's the use of condensing it early?"

Someone sneered, "Yesterday, on my way home from school, I suddenly managed to condense something. I tried casting a 'Earth Ball' spell, and it shattered the window of a BMW parked on the side of the road. The driver stopped me and said I wasn't going anywhere without 30,000 yuan."

"Oh? What happened next?"

"A middle-aged man passed by, stood up and said, 'What's wrong with bullying a child? I'll pay for the glass repair.'"

"Tsk tsk, there are still more good people than bad these days."

"Bullshit, he asked me to give him my phone..."

Twenty minutes before class started, Xu Wan walked up to the podium, cleared her throat, and began to speak:

"Next class is a magic casting practice class. Students who have successfully condensed a magic core, please register here."

"Don't rush if it hasn't been formed yet, just observe and learn from it first."

As Xu Wan finished speaking, students from the audience came forward one after another to register. In the end, a total of thirty-five people successfully condensed their magic cores.

Two of them registered that they had condensed two magic cores: Xu Wan and another girl.

"Wow, class monitor, you're amazing! How did you do that? Can you teach me?" A girl immediately approached Xu Wan and asked with admiration.

The girls next to them were too shy to speak, but they couldn't hide the envy in their eyes.

Praised by her classmates, Xu Wan blushed and looked radiant. Finally, she waved her hand shyly, saying, "I'm not that amazing. I just make up for it with hard work. You can all do it too, keep it up!"

Chu Ge rested her chin on her hand, gazing quietly out the window. A cool breeze gently ruffled her hair.

She chuckled inwardly. As expected of a high school student, he couldn't wait to show off any achievements he made.

Someone like her, who is single-mindedly pursuing the Great Dao, would only report one of the four magic cores to the outside world, even if she condensed them.

Silently lying low and leveling up on her own is her guiding principle.

……

Inside the stadium where the magic casting class was held, the instructor was still Wang Jian.

First, everyone lined up for roll call, then we did a set of warm-up exercises before the magic practice lesson officially began.

"Who's willing to be the first to try?"

Wang Jian's gaze swept over the entire class, and finally only Xu Wan raised her hand high: "Teacher, I'll go!"

"Xu Wan, step forward."

Xu Wan quickly stepped out of the line and stood on the white dot marker designated by Wang Jian.

"See that human-shaped standee ten meters away?" Wang Jian pointed to the target. "Concentrate and hit it, preferably in the head."

"yes!"

Xu Wan responded loudly, her heart filled with a desire to perform, thinking that if she performed well, Wang Jian might reward her with a monster crystal core.

She stared intently at the top of the standee, slowly raised her right palm, took a deep breath, and a water sphere began to condense in her palm—

fire!

then……

It's crooked.

It's off by at least two meters.

"Teacher, can I try again?" Xu Wan asked somewhat awkwardly.

"Can."

Xu Wan possessed two magic cores, so without waiting for her mana to regenerate, she immediately condensed another water sphere and launched it out.

This time, the deviation was much smaller, and it was only half a meter away from hitting the target.

"Do you know why you missed?" Wang Jian asked, looking at her.

Xu Wan blurted out, "Because this is my first time practicing, I haven't gotten the hang of it yet. If I try a few more times, I'm sure I can hit it."

Wang Jian was speechless for a moment and remained silent.

Xu Wan was telling the truth, but he would have preferred her to say "I don't know" and then humbly ask him for advice; otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to respond to her explanation.

"Yes, you're right."

Wang Jian nodded, then abruptly changed the subject, "But practice makes perfect, which is the dumbest way."

"Finding the right method and using the right techniques is always more effective than simply burying yourself in hard work."

He looked at Xu Wan and asked again, "I'll ask you again, why was the second water bullet more accurate than the first?"

"Because of familiarity..."

"Let's try a different answer."

Wang Jian's face darkened.

Xu Wan pursed her lips, carefully recalling her actions just now, and after a long while, she spoke: "Because there will be a certain amount of recoil when releasing the water bullet."

"When I released for the second time, I deliberately lowered my center of gravity to make my body more stable, so the deviation was smaller."

"right."

Wang Jian finally showed a satisfied expression. The child had finally figured out the problem, and this was the answer he wanted.

He turned to look at the whole class and explained in a deep voice:

"Although the spell 'Orb' is the most basic spell, it still has recoil when cast, so you must pay attention to your posture during practice."

"When you first start practicing, you can take bigger steps, lower your center of gravity, and stabilize your body."

"If you still don't feel confident, then... never mind, I'll demonstrate for you."

Wang Jian straddled the target with his feet shoulder-width apart, his center of gravity steadily lowered, his right hand extended to aim at the target, and his left hand tightly gripping his right wrist.

A water sphere rapidly condenses in the palm of the hand, gathering power in an instant—

"boom--!"

Wang Jian stood still, the water balloon fast, accurate, and powerful, hitting the head of the life-sized standee.

The target shattered instantly.

"Wow, this is Louis XVI cosplay!" someone in the group said.

Wang Jian glared at the chubby boy who lacked manners and said coldly:

"There's a limit to jokes; this is teaching time."

"Next, it's your turn."

"……yes."

The chubby boy walked forward slowly with his head down. Following the technique taught by Wang Jiangang, he released the Earth Ball Technique, and the first shot hit the target accurately.

"Okay, go back now." Wang Jian nodded in satisfaction, then added a special reminder, "Be careful in the future, I'll remember that."

"Who's next?"

"Teacher, I..."

Chu Ge stood at the back of the group, focusing on circulating his magic power and refining his own magic core.

Only when she was the only one left did she slowly walk out.

Standing on the white dot, a sudden thought arose in her mind to take this opportunity to test her current strength with a full-force attack.

Chu Ge slowly raised his palm, and flames began to gather in his palm. From the size of a marble, it slowly expanded to the size of an egg, then to the size of a watermelon... and finally transformed into a giant fire lotus with a diameter of more than two meters!

Flames blazed and heat waves swept across our faces.

The scorching heat swept through the entire stadium, and the fiery lotus, like a small sun, exuded a terrifying aura.

The students around them turned pale with fright and backed away, afraid of being caught in the flames.

"No, buddy..." Xu Wan swallowed hard, her eyes wide open, her face full of disbelief.

Is this the magical power that a novice can muster?

Are you kidding me!

She simply couldn't believe that she and this monster were in the same class.

Because they were so close, a few strands of her hair were even slightly charred by the heat.

The chubby boy who had interrupted earlier quietly retreated to the back of the crowd, shielding everyone in front of him.

Wang Jian was also completely stunned. He quickly raised his hand to conjure a water curtain, protecting everyone behind him, and hurriedly shouted:

"Stop! You've gathered too much magic power; something bad will happen!"

But Chu Ge seemed not to hear, his white hair flying wildly in the heat waves stirred up by the fire lotus, showing no sign of stopping.

In her crimson pupils, there was only the fiery lotus before her, nothing else.

She spoke each word clearly and deliberately, her voice crisp and resolute:

"Buddha—Wrath—Fire—Lotus!"

"boom--!!!"

A blinding beam of light shot straight into the sky, and a terrifying energy storm instantly swept across the surrounding area.

Wherever the fire lotus passed, the ground was scorched black, and the row of human-shaped standees was directly crushed into dust.

The fiery lotus, its momentum undiminished, slammed heavily against the stadium wall, creating a huge crater and shattering all the surrounding glass before slowly dissipating into the air.

It almost caused a fire.

Wang Jian: "..."

Following the accident, the stadium was immediately closed for repairs, resulting in economic losses of over 200,000 yuan.

After learning about this, the school demanded that Chu Ge fully compensate for the losses, but Wang Jian stood up to defend him, saying, "It's a good thing that the student is outstanding. Chu Ge will definitely bring glory to his alma mater in the future."

The school leadership held a three-day meeting and finally decided to give Chu Ge a major demerit and issue a school-wide reprimand, thus bringing the matter to a close.

This incident made Chu Ge an overnight sensation, making him the first "legendary figure" in the history of Donghai Magic No. 1 Middle School.

The once low-key girl has finally become famous in such an explosive way.

However, Chu Ge was not affected by these external disturbances at all and remained focused on his cultivation.

Late at night three days later.

In Chu Ge's spiritual world, the tenth magic core slowly condensed and took shape, radiating the same dazzling light as the other nine magic cores.

"It's time to try upgrading the magic crystal."

Chu Ge recalled the advancement method recorded in the book, and immediately activated his mental power to guide the ten magic cores to slowly approach and gather together.

The magic slowly merged, and the outline of the magic crystal emerged. It seemed that the advancement was about to be successful... but suddenly the ten magic cores bounced away and quietly returned to their original positions, motionless.

"Um?"

Chu Ge frowned slightly, somewhat surprised, and immediately tried again, but the result was still failure.

"Again."

...still a failure.

Throughout the night, Chu Ge tried countless times, but he was still unable to successfully advance his magic crystal.

In order to find out the reason for the failure, Chu Ge went to the school library early the next morning and found a copy of "Magic Encyclopedia".

Turning the page, a line of text catches the eye:

The essence of magic arises from the convergence of the light of the sun, moon, and stars. Condensing a magic core and advancing a magic crystal is not a matter of a single day; it requires numerous attempts. Cultivating under sunlight, moonlight, or starlight will grant certain benefits.

"Sun, moon, stars... light enhancement."

Chu Ge pondered to herself. This was the first time she had ever heard that a mage's cultivation was like that of a plant, capable of "photosynthesis."

It seems I'll have to refer to myself as a plant when I cultivate in the future.

She continued scrolling down and finally found the real reason for the failure to advance her magic crystal:

The ten magic cores that advance magic crystals are only applicable to the "single-parent" group, that is, those who awaken a single type of magic and are mages who have only been recognized by one of the three phases of the sun, moon, and stars.

Above them are those with "dual affinity," whose advantage is the ability to awaken dual-elemental magic, but whose disadvantage is that they need to condense twenty magic cores before advancing to the magic crystal stage, making their cultivation speed far slower than that of single-elemental mages.

"Parents and..."

Chu Ge muttered to himself, already understanding in his heart, "I was born with the awakening of three types of magic, namely 'three affinities'. To advance to the next level of magic crystal, I need to condense thirty magic cores."

She continued flipping through the book, but after reading the entire book, she found no record of "three natural systems" or "three affinities".

Chu Ge's eyes flickered slightly as she guessed: The Magic Encyclopedia is known for its rigor. Since it didn't mention it, it meant that before her, there were no mages with the three affinityes in the world, which is why there was no relevant record in the book.

On his way back to the classroom from the library, Chu Ge passed by the stadium and found that the entrance was crowded with people.

She walked slowly closer.

When the students around her saw her, their eyes flickered, and they all fell silent, making way for her.

Chu Ge ignored the strange looks from others and focused his gaze on the two notice boards in front of him.

First item: Gymnasium No. 2 has been repaired and reopened today. Please take good care of the facilities.

The second rule: It is forbidden to create spells with a diameter exceeding ten centimeters within the venue, especially for fire-type students.

After reading the announcement, Chu Ge's lips curled into a faint, disdainful smile as he muttered to himself:

"Ha, it's just a little bit of hardship."