My health recovery is incredibly fast.

"The broader and more common the characteristics of the elements you envision, the better."

"Because the scholars of the Tower have developed a vast number of spells. The broader and more common the elemental trait, the more spells are associated with it."

"Rare elemental traits can actually limit the number of spells you can cast."

Makes sense.

Xia Zuo realized that he had been misled by the idea that "rarity equals strength".

However, that's still true.

This did not prevent him from using the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation method to tame and accommodate all the obedient elements after developing the elemental toxins.

The fact that highly toxic elemental crystals only occupy 0.5 slots is just one reason.

Secondly, the taming time for the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation method is extremely short, only about 3 minutes.

If the basic meditation method is used, the taming time is in units of 15 days.

This might not matter much to other apprentice mages; at most, it would just take away some of their lifespan.

But Xia Zuo is different.

Time is experience! Experience is free attribute points!

Immersing yourself in deep meditation for 15 days or more, just to tame a wild element, is not worthwhile and will result in losing a lot of experience points.

Beatrice saw that her student was still deep in thought and assumed that the other person had not yet understood why the status of rare traits was not as good as before.

She rummaged in her robe pocket and pulled out a parchment scroll about the thickness of a finger, bound with a blue ribbon.

“Look at this spell scroll.”

"It records the [communication spell], which is the spell you often see where a letter flies through the air and lands precisely in the recipient's hand."

"Long ago, communication was a spell unique to the [Connection] trait."

"Now, basically anyone with any wind attribute can use this spell. This is all thanks to the Tower Mage."

Beatrice then took out another spell scroll.

"Look at this again, [Hand of the Wind]. In the past, this was a spell unique to certain wind-type traits. Now it has become a spell applicable to all wind-type traits. It can help you write in the air, hold a teacup, and do chores."

Xia Zuo snapped out of his daze and looked at his mentor. "Professor, I understand."

"Okay. These two spell scrolls can directly implant spells into your mind. I'll teach you how to use them in class later. Let's get back to the lesson."

Beatrice pointed to the leather pouch in the other person's hand:

"There are hooks on the side of the leather bag. You can hang it on your belt and fasten it in a convenient place."

After the other party hung up the leather bag, Beatrice raised her hand and made a thumbs-up gesture.

"Point the air nozzle forward and flick the valve with your thumb. Note that you only need to flick it once, do not keep it on."

Xia Zuo turned slightly to the side and flipped the valve on the air nozzle towards the open space.

"Bah."

A pale red cloud of gas shot out from the nozzle and hovered a meter or two in front of the two people. The irregularly shaped cloud-like gas drifted slowly toward the ceiling.

"Alright, now's the time. Use Spark on the air mass."

Following his mentor's instructions, Xia Zuo squinted and fantasized for a few seconds.

"Snapped."

"Boom!" Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

A spark appeared in the center of the gas cloud, successfully igniting the flammable gas and bursting into a small flame, a brief wave of heat hitting Xia Zuo's face. The flame in the air dissipated in less than half a second.

"very good."

Beatrice smiled and encouraged, "Try a few more times. Once you're more proficient, use Wind Blast to control the flammable cloud, and then ignite it with Spark Spell as it drifts forward. It's a bit difficult because the target of Spark Spell is moving. But I believe you can do it."

About five minutes later.

Xia Zuo turned the air valve with his left hand.

After the air mass appears, immediately raise both hands.

"Wind Bullet".

The pale red gas cloud transformed into droplet shapes and drifted rapidly forward.

"spark."

"boom!"

The flammable wind bomb, which was floating, burst into flames and drifted forward a short distance before dissipating.

Xia Zuo looked excited as he gradually found the feeling of casting the legendary fireball spell.

"Next, we will learn another magic-level spell, [Firelight Spell]."

"This is a spell that can unleash a burst of intense light, which you can use to frighten wild beasts or malicious thugs. The Fireball spell can also emit light continuously, illuminating a small area."

Beatrice raised her right hand, and a bright ball of light appeared above her palm.

Xia Zuo calmed his longing for the fireball spell, focused his mind, and continued to learn new tricks from his mentor.

Chapter 11 Training Wind Walk

Time flew by amidst the daily grind of rigorous training.

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

..

[Level] LV.17→LV.18

[Experience] 1700/4000

[Health Points] 48/48 (Slight Poisoning)

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

6 points/hour

[Resistance]

【Four-elemental resistance】6.3%

[Perception] 5+1→6

[Willpower] 8+1→9

[Spirit] 15+2→17

【Spirit Gauge】1.5/68

[Free Attribute Points] 15+5→20

..

The tutorials on wind and fire magic have been completed, and more than ten practical magic tricks have been learned.

To learn more magic tricks, you'll need to redeem them using points.

The Language of Elemental Patterns, a dry linguistics course, is divided into apprentice and formal levels.

The apprenticeship course concluded last week.

During the mage servant phase, Xia Zuo conceived 16 elemental traits. The corresponding elemental patterns have already been engraved in his spiritual ocean.

Building upon this foundation, Xia Zuo also learned 32 other common elemental patterns. Once he becomes a fully-fledged mage, he will continue learning the remaining 52.

The compulsory teaching for the monk apprentices has basically come to an end.

Normally, Xia Zuo should be like Mars now, packing his bags and heading to the city's resident mages' quarters outside the academy to work as their assistant.

This is the ultimate goal for all Dharma Master apprentices. Every student of Innate Affinity does just that.

In Starry Night Province and Night South Province, the two provinces closest to the kingdom's capital, each city has a resident mage and at least one resident mage assistant.

The provinces of Rosac and Sbreil are far from the kingdom's capital, and each city has only a resident mage.

Once the students become Dharma Master apprentices, they will be assigned to serve as Dharma Master assistants in these two provinces.

Xia Zuo thought he would be assigned to the Rosac province.

But Beatrice told him to stay at the academy and continue his studies until he became an expert-level poison alchemist.

As of yesterday, Friday, Xia Zuo had successfully removed the toxins more than 90 times, and still needed nearly 60 more to apply for the expert-level test.

Today is Saturday.

After sharing breakfast with Anruer, Xia Zuo walked alone into the spiral staircase.

He chose to go to the tower on a rest day morning, not to concoct poisons in the Grand Alchemy Chamber, but for his innate spell—Tivanas Windwalk.

Beatrice didn't let him try the spell yet.

Xia Zuo obediently left it aside. He was always very good at delaying gratification.

After last night's class, Beatrice announced that she would take him to try the Wind Walk spell the next day. This news kept Xia Zuo awake for an hour before he could fall asleep.

Walking through the softly carpeted corridor, Xia Zuo gently pushed open the door and entered his mentor's study.

"Good morning, professor."

"Yes, you've arrived. You haven't tried Tivanas Windwalking on your own these past few months. That's commendable."

Beatrice took a brooch from the drawer:

"This is a gift I prepared to celebrate your successful completion of your first meditation. Last night, I improved its quality. Although it's a little late to give it to you now, I thought you would need it."

Xia Zuo accepted the brooch from his mentor with both hands.

This brooch is made of a bronze-like material and is engraved with a swirling airflow pattern. The style is simple and ancient, but the airflow pattern is exquisitely carved, with a faint blue light flowing within the engraving.

"Professor, what is this?"

"Cyclone Brooch. A creation of the Tower Scholars' enchanting discipline. This discipline produces useful magical items and materials. You'll encounter them later."