My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Xiao Moben was still a little unaccustomed to the titles used within the university.

It took him two days to adjust to his new identity after he got on the bus, and he changed his way of addressing Mars from "Sir," "Your Excellency," and "Mr." to "Senior."

Xiao Moben lay hunched over the table, a heavy, closed book in front of him. His square face, tanned black by the fire, looked somewhat dejected.

"I'm not good at reading; I can't remember the words at all."

Little Moben had broad shoulders and a thick back; years of pushing and pulling the blower for his father had given him a well-developed physique. Unfortunately, when it comes to the brain, more muscles don't necessarily mean more use...

He would rather spend the whole day fiddling around the furnace than sit at a table reading.

Those characters, trailing tails like shooting stars and connected end to end with circular strokes, are like hypnotic musical notes that lull one to sleep.

In the few days since he boarded the bus, he hasn't even finished reading a single book, let alone memorizing the difficult facts contained within.

"Little Moben, don't be discouraged."

Mars sat down next to the other person and said, "You will be entering the Department of Cursed Alchemy. There are very few courses that involve reading books; most of them are practical courses."

"But can I do a good job with the practical courses?"

Looking at his rough and swollen fingers, Xiao Moben became increasingly frustrated and dejected.

"Little Moben!"

Mars wanted to put his arm around the other person's shoulder, but found that he was still a little short of reaching the shoulder, so he patted the other person's back instead.

"Don't look so sad. As I see it, you'll be studying the Department of Giant Creation in the Department of Wondrous Alchemy. Your mentor is Bolton, who, like you, isn't good at reading, but has a strong control over furnace temperatures."

Xiao Moben sat up straight and clenched his fists on the table.

He seemed particularly sensitive to the words "furnace temperature," as if they brought him confidence, and his expression gradually became more confident.

Mars slapped the other man hard on the back. "Trust me, the professors are right about who they are. Once you finish reading this book, the rest of the courses will be a breeze."

Xiao Moben nodded in response, his lips pressed tightly together, becoming a silent blanket, and opened the book again.

Xia Zuo glanced at the other person's reading progress; they were only on page 13.

For a book on alchemical linguistics that has more than 2000 pages, the first main text is on page 35; the preceding pages are the table of contents and essential introductory texts.

Fundamentals of Poison Alchemy: The separation of toxins is written in two languages.

Use common language for unimportant content, that is, the language you use when speaking or writing in everyday life.

When it comes to alchemical matters that cannot be wrong, it switches to alchemical language consisting of formulas, tenses, operations, quantifiers, and numbers.

Xia Zuo spent more than half a month in the library of the testing station forcibly memorizing alchemical linguistics. If it weren't for his cheat-like abilities, he wouldn't have been much better than the others.

Alchemy has 17 standard operations, which are represented by unfilled geometric shapes in the alchemical language.

For example, a circle represents mixing, a triangle represents heating, and a square represents settling.

The alchemy formula is similar to the chemistry formula I learned in my previous life. The left side is the raw material, the right side is the product, the top of the "" or "" in the middle is the operation, and the bottom is the duration or number of times.

Raw materials are named using numbers. However, these are not numbers like "123," but rather uppercase characters that are less likely to be confused.

Ordinary products, like raw materials, are designated using special character combinations. Intermediate products are designated using filled geometric shapes.

The most difficult part is tense.

For example, a weak recovery potion has more than a dozen steps in its production process.

Some processes are sequential, while others are performed simultaneously, and the same applies to groups of processes.

Therefore, very precise tense syntax is needed to tell the creator when to do what.

Xia Zuo's hair fell out in clumps when he tried to memorize 15 tense grammar rules.

By the time he had memorized the entire book and entered it into his knowledge base, his cheeks had become so thin that they were sunken into his skin, revealing his jawbone.

This profound and dizzying alchemical linguistics offers 30 points of experience and 0.5 points of spirit!

In terms of time commitment, difficulty, and rewards, it is entirely comparable to ten relatively ordinary classic books.

Best of luck to little Moben Riley.

Xia Zuo silently offered his blessings and continued reciting the textbook on poison alchemy.

Information entered into the knowledge base will not be forgotten and can be retrieved at any time.

Nevertheless, Xia Zuo would still frequently open his alchemical linguistics manual, pretending to be looking for key points.

The professors in the university must have a very high level of perception, so you must develop the habit of disguising yourself in advance.

Until you are able to handle the professor's questioning, you must avoid revealing anything unusual about yourself.

Two months later, in the early morning.

After getting up, Xia Zuo quickly washed up, sat down at the table, and ate bread slices while reading.

Mars and Little Moben did the same, and the three of them took turns using the restroom in a very tacit manner.

The voices of guards could be heard from outside the car window.

Xia Zuo didn't stand up and look around; he just listened for a while.

It looks like a carriage is being inspected in front of the city gate.

He was already used to it and continued to bury himself in his book.

About 20 minutes later, the rattling sound of chains being dragged could be heard outside the window.

Mars seemed to sense something, raised his head, walked to the window to look at the scene outside, then turned back and called out to the hardworking freshmen:

"We've arrived! We've just entered the university gates."

Xia Zuo looked over blankly, his mind still swirling with a few difficult points of knowledge, until the other person dragged him to the window and he came back to his senses.

The carriage passed through the archway in the low wall and onto a square stone-paved area, where several flower beds and stone pavilions were situated on the lush grass.

Xia Zuo leaned against the window frame and looked ahead. In the distance were a wide square and a majestic gray castle.

More than twenty horse-drawn carriages stopped in the square.

The new students followed their respective leaders off the train, climbed twenty steps, and entered the castle hall filled with stone pillars.

Sunlight streamed through the stained-glass skylight, casting colorful beams of light onto the smooth marble floor, illuminating the hall.

The surrounding freshmen inexplicably became noisy, pointing towards the pillar of light, as if something dazzling and colorful was attracting them.

Xia Zuo scanned the noisy environment and threw his detection spell at the mops and rags that were mopping the floor. Without exception, they all returned unknown objects.

The group of new students stopped in the center of the hall.

A tall, bearded man stood before the crowd. He appeared to be about 30 years old and was wearing a black short robe.

He calmly scanned the leaders of each team, and every senior student he noticed nodded and greeted him.

Chapter 4 Castle Manager

“I am Dimkar, the orderkeeper of Starry Night Castle.”

Dim crossed his arms, the sleeves outlining his strong arms, his face, covered in thick hair, was expressionless.

His voice was exceptionally loud, and his words echoed in the empty hall, reaching everyone's ears precisely.

"The upperclassmen called me that guy, the bearded one, the busybody."

Mars lowered his head and gave an embarrassed smile.

Dim, seemingly oblivious to the expression on the upperclassman's face, continued in a calm tone:

“My elemental servants are scattered throughout the castle. Anyone who breaks the rules will be met with my presence.”

He took out a handbook, held it high above his head, and slowly paced back and forth in front of the new students, solemnly admonishing them in a heavy tone:

"These are the castle rules I wrote."

"It's right on your bedside table."

Before I became a mage, I was just a rough man who wielded swords.

"The castle manual contains no fancy embellishments, only the simplest and most common rules."

"Every freshman must memorize this before leaving the dormitory tomorrow morning!"

The freshmen were intimidated by Dim's serious expression and nodded in unison.

"Now you will be assigned tutors who will arrange your courses."

Dim returned to the front of the group, resumed his crossed arms posture, and recited the names of the new students present from memory:

"Little Murburn, Bridge, your mentor is Professor Bolton, the professor of colossal creation in the field of magical alchemy."

“Griffin, Griffin, Lucas, your mentor is Professor Barry, a professor of the Department of Curious Objects.”

“Fan, your mentor is Professor Bethel, who is also a professor of the Concrete Elements discipline.”

Dim stretched out his right arm, pushing the wall in the direction his palm was pointing to open to both sides, revealing a corridor illuminated by alchemical lamps.

He looked at the tall, thin student on the far left of the line and said:

“Paul, take the people whose names I just called in inside. My elemental servants have already taken their luggage to the dormitory.”

Paul's fingers are long, and they are even more noticeable when he raises his arms.

He said loudly, "Little Moben, Bridge, come with me."

Little Moben nodded slightly to Mars and Shazo, then left from the back of the group.

After Paul led the new students of the Department of Curious Alchemy into the corridor, the two walls closed back to their original state.

Groups of new students followed senior students into corridors in different directions.

Xia Zuo pretended to be curious and looked around, taking the opportunity to use his detection spell to detect everyone who left the hall.

There's no time to check them all right now, so I'll just write them down and retrieve them from my knowledge base when I need them later.

Of the four alchemy departments, the potion alchemy department has the largest number of students, exceeding 60.

It has two branches.

The professor of supplements and medicines was Mrs. Morton, who seemed to be a member of Mars' family, and became Clément Müller's tutor.