My health recovery is incredibly fast.

The message from the cheat system came to my mind:

"Successfully took the unknown potion, increased vitality attribute by 2 points, and gained 150 experience points."

"【Level】LV12"

"【Experience】350+150→500/1600"

"[Free Attribute Points] 5"

"【Vitality】14+2→16"

"[Health] 45+2+3→50"

"[Base Health Regeneration Speed]"

"012 o'clock/minute (7 o'clock/hour)"

150 experience points!

It's equivalent to memorizing three or four books and drinking dozens of homemade poisons!

The experience rewards are extremely generous, and they even give you potions that directly grant attribute points. Could you give me two more?

Xia Zuo suppressed his excitement, put the potion bottle back, and closed the wooden box. "Professor, what's the use of this potion? I don't feel anything at all."

"The toxicity has been eliminated, of course you won't feel anything. Do you want to writhe in pain on the ground? The price of this one vial is enough to buy shops on two streets."

"As for what this potion is for... just think of it as something that can clear away the toxins accumulated in your body. You'll find out when you become a skilled poison alchemist and are ready to advance to the expert level."

Kulov continued without looking up:

“Look through the three picture books. I’ll write down the important points for you as a teaching assistant so you don’t make any mistakes. Go home a little later tonight, I’ll talk to Tim. We need to discuss the teaching arrangements for these three new students.”

"Yes, Professor."

Xia Zuo looked down at the picture book, the sound of writing filling his ears.

I never expected that I would be teaching freshmen after only one year at the university.

Hehe, I wonder if there's any salary involved?

He didn't spend too much time indulging in fantasies. After briefly anticipating the added benefits of being a teaching assistant, he settled down to read the freshman handbook.

The process for recruiting students at Starry Night Academy is as follows: application, background check, affinity test, spiritual ocean test, and enrollment.

These two tests are conducted after the background check. Anyone with an unclear background, a tainted resume, or character flaws will not be eligible for the tests.

Therefore, each new class consists of the best of their age group. This is also true for the three new students in the Poison Alchemy program this year.

The two boys, one named Hodge, came from Ye Nan Province, and the other named Bisang, came from Spurre Province. Both were 19 years old, one year older than Xia Zuo.

According to the biography recorded in the booklet, Hodge's father was the owner of several mines, and his acquired affinity was for earth-based resistance.

If someone's family owns a mine and is extremely wealthy, their supply of books will certainly be substantial, and their intellectual resources will naturally be abundant.

He performed exceptionally well in the mental ocean test. Three minutes after placing his palm over the mouth of the glass bottle, he showed almost no pain and entered a calm state within just over ten seconds.

He probably has 12 or 13 points in his mental attribute?

If it weren't for the fact that Hodge's affinity isn't earth-type resistance, he might have been snatched away by the elemental representation discipline.

He's far inferior to Sanger. He was born into an ordinary family, and his spiritual ocean is only just passable.

Based on her learning and exam experience this semester, Bisangge is a cannon fodder type of student.

This is a blunt and somewhat harsh statement, but it is indeed true.

For such students, the greatest gain is to spend two years in academia shaping them, and then return to their original living environment to find a better job.

His next generation will have a better environment to grow up in, more books to support them, and will be more likely to stay in academia to pursue further studies.

This is probably the deeper intention behind the academy's massive investment of resources in recruiting students with natural affinity, in order to subtly increase the output rate of students with natural affinity throughout the entire kingdom.

The perspective of an institution of higher learning is different from that of an individual; one must always look at things from a long-term perspective. Just like hundreds of years ago, when natural forests were cut down to plant alchemical trees to drive away wild beasts.

These are all speculations made by Xia Zuo based on his experiences in his previous life. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental.

Chapter 35 Charm Flow Route

After flipping through the boys' picture album, Xia Zuo opened the girls' album.

She is the only girl among the three.

The current male-to-female ratio at the academy is approximately 4:6, with fewer boys than girls. Girls are concentrated in the field of potion-making and alchemy.

In the Poison Alchemy Zone, the situation is reversed; there are more boys than girls.

This girl is quite rare; she's a freshman who passed the mental ocean test by relying on her willpower.

Her name is Yolanda, a native of Starry Night City, and she is 20 years old.

My parents used to be mercenaries who wandered the world together. Now they run a tavern in Starry Night City, attracting customers with their former reputation and also using their connections to sell information.

Both of them had practiced breathing techniques and possessed considerable skill. They were well-versed in the various stages of meditation that involved using breathing techniques, and had high hopes for Yolanda since childhood, focusing on cultivating her reading habits.

Normally, Yolanda should have joined the academy last year.

However, at the time, she was serving as a soldier stationed on Mittel Island in the eastern sea of ​​the kingdom. From completing her discharge procedures to arriving in the capital to enroll in school, it would take several more months, and she might miss the first enrollment.

I might as well enroll again this year.

She has a lot of advantages.

Some of the exam content and textbooks used in regular classes this semester have already leaked out to the upper and middle classes of the kingdom.

Given her parents' abilities, obtaining this information wouldn't be difficult.

Perhaps Yolanda has already begun self-studying general alchemy textbooks...

Xia Zuo closed the picture album.

"Finished reading?" Kulov glanced at the student deep in thought. "I've almost finished writing mine too."

Two of the three pens stopped writing, while the remaining pen continued to write.

“I’ve finished reading it, Professor. Yolanda and Hodge have a better chance of staying at the academy,” Xia Zuo nodded.

Kulov tidied the papers on the table and sealed them in a binder:

“I must remind you, don’t discriminate. Yolanda and Hodge have clear advantages. They are slightly inferior to Sanger, but perhaps it’s just that, like you and me, they lack a good family environment, which is why they haven’t been able to show their strengths.”

“Yes, Professor.” Xia Zuo’s expression was solemn.

"Let's take it one step at a time."

Kulov took out a notebook and flipped through the entries:

"The students in your year are taking make-up exams tomorrow. Would you be interested in helping me grade their papers?"

Based on the experience of the previous life.

Teaching assistants mainly perform auxiliary tasks, including grading assignments and tests, and assisting with teaching.

The next level up from a teaching assistant is a lecturer. They can then teach independently.

The next level of professional title has different requirements, and it is not yet known how it is divided within Xingye Academy.

Xia Zuo pondered for a moment, "Of course I'm interested. It's what I should do."

"Yes. The makeup exam for Poison Alchemy is scheduled for the next three days."

"Isolation of Toxins, Encyclopedia of Toxic Agents, and Guide to the Identification of Common Toxic Substances—one of these three basic textbooks will be tested each day. You can come and grade the papers for the next three days. Just finish grading before the entire make-up exam period ends; no need to stay up all night."

"Yes, Professor."

Kulov scribbled a few lines in his notebook:

"The second thing is that you'll lead the three new students in after they arrive. Dim said you did a great job the first time you wore the drug-making robe and could help him with some of the work. He'll bring you the locker key before the new students arrive. The shower room also needs to be renovated in advance, but he'll do that himself."

Xia Zuo nodded.

Kulov scribbled a few more words in his notebook: "The third thing. Expand the poison alchemy zone."

He pointed to a wall where several shelves were located:

"Clear those shelves over there and put the bottles and jars on the empty shelves next to them. Once Dim has finished modifying the space behind the wall and opened up the wall, we'll rearrange the basic alchemy room."

Seemingly anticipating the large scale of the project and the potential for significant delays, Kulov frowned slightly and said:

"It's quite troublesome, isn't it? It's because we can't use elemental minions. You can handle this."

"Yes, Professor." Xia Zuo silently noted it down in his mind.

“The fourth thing,” Kulov scribbled in his notebook:

"The general alchemy course exam you passed last semester was actually just the first round of selection."

"Each alchemy advancement test only offers two opportunities. If you fail both times, you cannot advance, are destined to be unable to become a mage apprentice, and will be sent out of the academy. In the short term, personnel turnover within the academy will be quite frequent."

Kulov looked at the student who was silently pondering and continued:

"According to the head of the college's estimate, last year and this year were the two years with the highest number of students enrolled by the university."

"Starting next year, the number of new students will decline rapidly. Over the next 3 to 15 years, the average number of new students per year will be around 30."

"Once the results of this make-up exam are released, the number of students who can stay at the university each year can be estimated."

"Currently, the head of the academy estimates that the number of permanent students in the academy will be around 50 to 60. Half of them will be new students, and the other half will be students who have survived several alchemy branch advancement tests."

Kulov picked up a sheet of paper covered in writing from the side and read it aloud as he spoke:

"The head of the academy plans to establish a new teaching system modeled after the alchemy academies of the Eastern Continent."

“药剂和油剂炼金学的人数比较多，它们分别会有4名和3名助教。奇物炼金学的三个细分学课，各有1到2名助教。我们毒物炼金学也是只有1到2名助教。”

Kurov then explained the teaching assistant's duties. It sounded similar to what Xia Zuo had done in his previous life.

He put the paper covered in writing back in its place:

"You will serve as the temporary teaching assistant this year."

"This time next year, one of this year's three freshmen will take on the role. Of course, the prerequisite is that they pass the general education exams."

"If no one passes the first semester's exams, then you will continue as the temporary teaching assistant. You are my first student in the true sense. Your alchemical talent and temperament are very much to my liking."