Wizard Immortal

Chapter 69 Progress

More than a month later.

"Adir, you're here too?"

Ahead of Adir, a grey-robed apprentice greeted him with a smile upon seeing him.

"Gray, has the lecture started yet?"

Behind him, Adir looked at the apprentices gradually gathering around him and responded with a smile.

"It's almost time," Gray said, glancing at Adir in front of him.

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared ahead, looking hurried.

That was also an apprentice wearing a gray robe, but unlike the other apprentices present, his robe was embroidered with three unusually distinct lines, which aroused awe in the surrounding apprentices.

This means that the other party has reached the third-level apprentice level, and is only one step away from becoming a formal wizard.

"Alright, I still have some experiments to do, so I won't waste any more time."

Ahead, a third-class apprentice dressed in a gray robe spoke: "This lesson will cover the fundamental properties of energy particles..."

He didn't waste any time with small talk and immediately began his explanation.

As the lecture officially began, the apprentices present were startled, their expressions becoming serious and attentive as they began to listen attentively.

The few hours passed quickly.

When the lecture ended, the third-class apprentice who had been lecturing left in a hurry, without giving the other apprentices any time to ask questions.

"Ugh."

As the other party left, Adir clearly heard a sigh of disappointment coming from many of the apprentices present.

Normally, after a lecture, if the speaker is good-tempered and patient, they might stay for a while to answer questions from the apprentices.

However, if the other party leaves directly, then this benefit will naturally be lost, leaving the apprentices below feeling extremely disappointed.

"The course on the properties of energy is really too difficult. Even the basic stuff is so complicated."

Beside Adir, Gray sighed with a slight headache, then looked at Adir and asked, "Adir, how are you? How much did you understand?"

"It's alright, but they spoke too fast, and I didn't hear many parts clearly."

Adir also showed a helpless expression, looking at the other party and replying: "Go back and get your books to review more. The lectures for advanced apprentices involve too much and too complicated knowledge, and are inherently very difficult. Without prior preparation, you won't understand much at all."

"That's all we can do," Gray sighed, and said nothing more.

After the class ended, the many apprentices gathered around quickly dispersed, each leaving in a hurry, seemingly with something to do.

"Did you take notes of the lecture just now?"

After everyone around him left, Adir asked the chip in his mind.

"Beep! Successfully recorded."

Hearing this, Adir was finally relieved.

Unlike other apprentices who could only listen attentively to lectures, Adir possessed a memory chip that allowed him to directly record the content of lectures. Even if he didn't understand something during a lecture, he could review it later.

"The free classes this morning have ended. I remember there's another free class on basic botany this afternoon, which you can attend."

Adir thought about his recent class schedule as he walked.

As apprentices who pay tuition to study, not all courses at the academy are free.

The basic and foundational knowledge is mostly taught by third-class apprentices, and most of it is free. Even if some of it requires a fee, it only costs ordinary gold coins or other items, which most apprentices can afford.

The advanced knowledge, on the other hand, is taught by formal wizards. This part of the knowledge is the key, and it not only requires a fee, but only accepts magic stones, which is a huge burden for these apprentices.

As an apprentice of Instructor Edith, one of the benefits Adir enjoys is that he can attend Instructor Edith's classes for free when she begins, without having to pay extra magic stones, which saves him a lot of money compared to other ordinary apprentices.

There was still some time before the afternoon class, so after standing there for a moment and thinking, Adir went to a library in the academy.

The huge library is constructed entirely of stone, and the atmosphere inside is somewhat dark and the air is a bit damp.

Every now and then, gray-robed apprentices would come and go, and they all seemed to be like Adir.

Upon entering the library, one finds layers of stone walls. Within these walls are recesses, each about half a meter long and wide, containing books inscribed with words in Old Hess, describing their titles and contents.

Without much hesitation, Adir went straight to a corner of the library and found an old man sitting there.

"It's you again."

Sensing someone approaching, the old man in black robes who had been sitting quietly in front turned around, looking somewhat surprised when he saw Adir: "What book do you wish to borrow this time?"

After Adir read out the books he wanted to borrow, the old man nodded, then got up and left, returning with all the books he needed: "Five hundred gold coins in total."

Hearing this, even though he was used to it, Adir's lips still twitched.

In the academy, although magic stones are the hard currency, gold coins can also be used. After all, magic stones are too precious, and some basic things cannot be paid for with magic stones.

However, because the entire academy is populated by wizards, prices here are inflated to a high level, with gold coins being the minimum currency and no room for lower-value currencies to survive.

A single gold coin can sustain a person for several months outside, but here it might be left lying on the ground and no one would even pick it up.

With a blank expression, Adir calmly paid the money, took the few books he wanted, and left without lingering.

After leaving the library, he arrived at the garden outside a tall tower.

This is Professor Edith's private garden, which not only contains a large number of flowers, but also grows many precious materials, making it extremely troublesome to maintain.

To properly maintain this garden, one needs not only meticulous care but also a thorough understanding of the characteristics and knowledge of a wide range of plants.

This wasn't a problem for Adir, who had a memory chip. The chip in his mind could directly monitor the plant's growth, saving him a lot of time.

The reason I'm taking care of this garden is my duty as an apprentice under my mentor Edith.

As an apprentice under a formal wizard, in addition to certain benefits, one also has the obligation to serve one's mentor.

The task of tending the garden is already quite good; although it's tedious and time-consuming, at least my safety is guaranteed. Many formal wizards directly require their apprentices to cooperate in certain dangerous experiments, so this is already very mild compared to that.

After silently surveying the vast garden before him for a while, Adir, having some time left, sat down on a chair and began to meditate.

As he closed his eyes, he quickly entered a meditative state, much faster than before.

Compared to a little over a month ago, after such a long period of training, Adir is now able to meditate on five mental runes.

This progress is terrifying compared to others. Among the apprentices who entered the academy at the same time as him, not to mention meditating on mental runes, very few can even enter a meditative state.

In his mind, under a meditative state, spiritual runes began to condense, radiating a subtle glow in the dark, deep space.

After the fifth spiritual rune was formed, Adir began to meditate on the sixth spiritual rune.

This process was very difficult for Adir. The difficulty of the meditation runes increased as he progressed, and by the sixth rune, the difficulty had increased exponentially, causing Adir to fail dozens of times.

However, this meditation process seemed to go exceptionally smoothly. As the meditation gradually came to an end, the sixth mental rune was meditated out.

"This is the sixth one. At this rate, I might be able to advance to the first-class apprentice level in another month."

After finishing his meditation and standing still, Adir did some quick calculations and was surprised by his own speed.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three or four years for an ordinary apprentice to learn from scratch to become a first-class apprentice.

Even for apprentices who have their own mentors and can directly conduct spiritual transmission, it would take at least a year to enter a meditative state and advance to the first-class apprentice level through meditation runes.

It has only been a little over a month since Adir went from being an ordinary person to entering the academy. If he can really be promoted to a first-class apprentice in a month, that speed will be extremely terrifying.

To be promoted to a first-class apprentice in less than three months is beyond genius; it's downright astonishing.

The reason he could achieve this speed was mainly due to Adir's extremely powerful mental strength.

The primary purpose of basic meditation is to cultivate the mind and reach the mental strength standard required for advancement to the first rank. Adir's initial mental strength might already meet the standard of a first-rank apprentice, so during meditation he only needs to memorize the complex mental runes, making his progress naturally much faster than others.

"It seems we have to slow things down a bit; we can't go too far."

Thinking about this, Adir frowned.

Under normal circumstances, standing out is naturally a good thing, as it will bring attention and some support from others. However, if it goes beyond a certain range, the outcome may not be good.

Although Adir's aptitude was excellent, it was only a fourth-class aptitude. It seemed impossible for him to be promoted to a first-class apprentice in less than three months. If he really did it, it would definitely cause a sensation.

Although the final result may not be bad, Adir only needs to play it safe and steady now, and there is no need to take that risk.

(End of this chapter)