Full-Time Magister: My Little Furnace Refines All Things

As summer turned to autumn, the withered yellow leaves, unable to withstand the provocations of autumn, surrendered their last bit of stubbornness and slowly detached from the branches, drifting down to the school's training ground.

On the training ground, under the shade of trees, students were sitting cross-legged, meditating quietly.

Meditation is the first step in casting magic. It's the fundamental way to steadily increase magical energy and mental strength. Ordinary people must diligently cultivate for two months to increase their magical energy and strengthen their stardust before they can proceed to the second step—control (otherwise, they'll be instantly killed, meaning they can't control their energy and mental strength for long).

However, some members of powerful families possess expensive Stardust Magic Artifacts that can enhance their cultivation speed, allowing them to gain control of magical stars earlier than others. As the saying goes, "one step ahead leads to another step ahead."

Not to mention the even more precious mental control artifacts, which is why magic has always been a game for the wealthy throughout history.

Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Meditation became Zhang Mo's sole task during this period. After all, a towering building starts from the ground up and cannot stand without a solid foundation. And meditation is the foundation of all magic.

During his school years, Zhang Mo spent most of his time meditating, except for the classes he was required to attend.

Water meditation.

Meditation after class.

Meditate after school.

He meditated until he was completely exhausted, then slept to restart. With the small furnace providing a boost comparable to a Soul-level Stardust Magic Artifact, Zhang Mo's fire and space magic abilities both improved significantly. "I feel like if we took the school's annual magic assessment right now, I could easily get an S grade," Zhang Mo said confidently, stroking his chin.

"Now that the meditation is almost over, let's begin controlling the stars."

"But which star element should I control first? I currently possess the fire element. To prevent my rapid cultivation from arousing suspicion, perhaps I should cultivate the second element discreetly, like Mo Fan did," Zhang Mo thought to himself.

Without further ado, let's get to the space system.

He found a shady spot on the training field, sat down with his legs apart, and began to calm his mind and enter his mental world.

The spiritual world.

Zhang Mo saw the silvery-white stardust of the space system, which was visibly twice larger in diameter than when he had just awakened. Seven star particles within the stardust were full of energy and were running around randomly.

Using the methods taught in the book, Zhang Mo located one of the stars and began to use his mental power to try and establish a connection, but the star ignored him completely. Zhang Mo then resorted to a combination of gentle persuasion and forceful magic to coax it.

"Good Xingzi, good baby, come quickly into your brother's arms." Zhang Mo began to sing the song of kidnapping Xingzi, very gently.

Seeing that the star remained unmoved, Zhang Mo refused to believe it and said fiercely, "If the soft approach doesn't work, you want the hard one."

Five minutes later.

Why is it so difficult? (￣ヘ￣o＃) "As expected, releasing it isn't as simple as it seems," Zhang Mo sighed.

While deep in thought, I suddenly glanced at the small furnace floating in the spiritual world.

"Hmm, the small furnace can refine all things, so could it help me refine star particles?"

After saying that, he began to communicate with the small stove. The small stove was like a semi-automatic machine; it could only get a response by communicating with it.

After the communication was completed, the small furnace body shook gently, giving Zhang Mo his approval.

"Wow, it actually works!" Zhang Mo exclaimed with joy.

"Refine it in the small furnace."

A beam of white light from the small furnace struck a star, instantly calming the previously erratic star as it began to be slowly refined.

Watching the small furnace refine the materials, Zhang Mo conducted an experimental evaluation.

If the small furnace is left to run naturally, it can refine one star in about five days. If it is used in conjunction with Zhang Mo, it can be controlled in about three days.

With the help of the small stove, Zhang Mo's enthusiasm exploded.

The moment I open my eyes, I'm out working.

Time flies, and a month and a half has passed in the blink of an eye.

After such a long period of "persistence and hard work," Zhang Mo can now cast magic in both systems.

Early in the morning.

"Fire - Burn!!" Zhang Mo was practicing casting magic at an abandoned construction site not far from his home.

The scorching flames struck the cement wall, leaving a black mark.

"Not bad, not bad, quite powerful." Having lived in a world without magic in his previous life, and now being able to control the extraordinary, Zhang Mo felt a surge of pride.

"The sky is blue, the autumn grass smells sweet..." Zhang Mo's phone alarm rang, and he glanced at it. "Oh no, I forgot the time, I'm going to be late."

"Mind Control - Void Claw." A silvery-white star trail flashed by, and Zhang Mo used the Void Claw to grab his schoolbag, slung it over his back, and strode towards the school.

I walked quickly to the school gate. "Ding-ding-ding." The school bell rang.

"Okay, we're already late, so let's just grab a quick breakfast at the cafeteria." College student Zhang Mo volunteered.

After enjoying a delicious bowl of noodles and fried dough sticks, I felt warm inside—or rather, my whole body.

On the way to the classroom, I ran into Byd Mo Fan.

"Why are you late!" Gou Fan preemptively accused the villain.

"Hehe, you're the same." Looking at the empty seven star slots on Mo Fan's school badge, it's clear that this BYD hasn't practiced fire magic at all.

"You're a lightning element user, how many stars can you control?" Zhang Mo asked.

"Six." Dog Mofan immediately became proud. "Hehe, how about that? See how awesome I am?"

"It's an eyesore, but it's alright, just average," Zhang Mo said calmly.

Mo Fan was completely bewildered.

Seeing that he hadn't managed to put the pen away and had been tricked, Da Mofan became annoyed.

Looking at the five stars shining on Zhang Mo's chest, Mo Fan said earnestly in the tone of an old father, "Little Mo, it's no good to be overly ambitious. You have to be down-to-earth. Simply put, don't let me spin a pen that isn't your own."

"Hmm? You're not convinced, are you? I'll show you!" Zhang Mo then abandoned his shielding and made no attempt to hide it, revealing the seven stars on his school badge.

"Holy crap!!?" Mo Fan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "You can release it now??" he exclaimed.

He thought he was seeing things and kept rubbing his eyes, but finally he was sure he wasn't mistaken.

"That's easy, I already have three stars lit up. My talent is off the charts, you know!" Zhang Mo said arrogantly, unleashing a burst of fire energy from a single hand.

Mo Fan finally believed it and was greatly shocked. He had wanted to put on a show in front of this scoundrel Mozi, but he ended up being the one who was put on a show.

"Hehe, now you know how powerful I am." Zhang Mo chuckled. He casually changed the communication with the stars to six, and the stars on his school badge also lit up to six.

Enter the classroom.

"You two, why are you only arriving now?" Zhang Jianguo, the homeroom teacher next door who was also their demon class teacher, scolded.

Seeing Zhang Mo glance at the six bright stars on his school badge, Zhang Jianguo paused, then said in a very gentle tone, "Ahem, Zhang Mo, is something wrong? Come on in."

"Mo Fan, I'm not trying to be mean... but look at Xu Zhaoting in our class, blah blah blah..." Zhang Jianguo turned to Mo Fan and lectured him.

"Okay, case closed, it's Tingchui."

"I have to say, Mo Fan is really good at showing off, and he's also really good at enduring. He's a character." Zhang Mo gave him a thumbs up in admiration.

"Alright, everyone, please turn to page 66 of your textbooks. Yesterday we learned about the distribution of the giant-eyed rat. Today we're going to learn what to do if you encounter a one-eyed wolf in the wild...blah blah blah." Zhang Jianguo spoke with great enthusiasm, completely overwhelming everyone.

Aside from the students in the front row, the students in the back were practically falling asleep.

Even more extreme, some students asked their deskmates to cover for them and started meditating by blocking the camera angle. I thought to myself, wow, they have potential.

Zhang Mo sat on the far left of the classroom, near the window.

The sun shone brightly outside the window, and several ginkgo trees stood beside the teaching building. He rested his head on his hand, gazing at the shadows cast by the ginkgo trees, his thoughts drifting back to his first encounter with Xinxia…