My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Anru hugged her boyfriend's neck from behind and rubbed her face against his cheek.

Xia Zuo patted the back of her hand, "How was your day? Are the new students easy to get along with?"

"Hmm, everything's fine. It's just that there are just too many people. I'm a little overwhelmed."

Anru sat down beside her, took the menu, made a few strokes, and rang a bell to summon her elemental servants.

She rested her chin on her hand at the dining table, her beautiful eyes scanning the tables and chairs, muttering a string of words to herself:

"110 plus 212, that's 322. There are now 322 students with acquired affinity in the academy. Nearly 70 of them are freshmen in Oil Alchemy alone. When I took them into the Oil Alchemy area today, oh my god, the whole place was filled with a buzzing discussion. Luckily, Professor Zhuolang had arranged classrooms in advance..."

Elemental servants brought the food, placed it in front of the two, and then floated back to the kitchen.

Anru took a sip of cream of mushroom soup, muttering to herself:

"This semester is going to be very busy. In the mornings, freshmen take general education classes, and I learn introductory oil preparation from my advisor. In the afternoons, I have to teach the freshmen the simplest specialized courses. In the evenings, I have to make oil preparations. Professor Zhuo Lang is also working non-stop all day. These busy days will continue for several months."

Xia Zuo listened to her rambling and cut off a piece of beef, then brought it to her mouth.

Anru chewed on a piece of meat, a satisfied smile playing on her lips, and asked sweetly, "And you? How's it going over there?"

Xia Zuo then stuffed another piece of beef into the other person's mouth, causing her cheeks to puff out symmetrically.

"There are few students studying poison alchemy, but there are no elemental servants to help with teaching. I also have to teach the new students this afternoon, and I also have to prevent them from having accidents when they are making and testing poisons."

He reached out and lightly pinched the other person's puffed-up cheek, chuckling:

"Keep up the good work for the next few months. Once I get my first month's paycheck, I'll give it to you to keep safe. When you've saved enough, you can use it to buy skincare products."

“Mmm~” Anru’er squinted her eyes and nodded with a smile.

...

The next day.

The afternoon classes were about to begin, and Xia Zuo arrived at the poison alchemy area 10 minutes early.

This is about to be his first class as a teaching assistant. The instructor will be watching from the soft sofa.

This lesson absolutely cannot go wrong.

I need to prepare everything I need for the class, and then confirm some details with my tutor. After each class, I also need to squeeze out some time to summarize my teaching experience.

It was 1 p.m. Yolanda and the other two entered the Basic Alchemy Chamber.

After greeting their advisor, the three of them looked at the teaching assistant with slightly excited expressions.

Xia Zuo realized that the head of the department had manipulated his exam scores because the freshmen had an alchemy linguistics class in the morning.

He leaned against the table and asked:

"You should have all read some of the book 'The Isolation of Toxins' before entering university, right?"

This question was actually directed at Bisanger. Yolanda and Hodge had probably already begun studying the basics of poison alchemy on their own.

Seeing that the three had given a positive response, Xia Zuo picked up the tray on the table, walked to the basic alchemy table, and put on his mask.

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He also chose white palatine toxin, just like in the first lesson his mentor taught him.

The process of refining this toxin is the simplest, making it ideal for apprentice poison alchemists to learn the various operations involved in refining poisons.

About five minutes later, three perfect-grade compound toxins appeared on the desk.

Xia Zuo instructed the new students to identify the poisons themselves by referring to the instructions in the book.

He wore a mask before concocting the poison. Following this correct example, the three freshmen's first reaction was to pick up a mask from the shelf and put it on.

The freshmen were engrossed in fiddling with the compound toxin, while Xia Zuo stood by with his hands behind his back, occasionally correcting their mistakes and then demonstrating the correct way.

Kulov leaned back in the soft sofa, stroked his beard, and watched for a while, seemingly quite satisfied with the teaching assistant's performance. He then picked up the book in his hand and began to meditate.

4:40 PM.

After Xia Zuo finished grading the freshmen's evaluation reports, he explained a few points that needed to be corrected, and then announced the end of get out of class.

As he tidied up the basic alchemy room, he checked the information about the cheat system in his mind.

The three new students were given 5, 5, and 3 experience points respectively. It wasn't much, but it was easy.

The cleanup after class is quite a hassle.

I wonder when Yolanda and the others will voluntarily help clean the alchemy table, sweep the alchemy room floor, and wash the measuring cups and glass rods...

...

One month later.

After dinner, Xia Zuo and Anru'er each headed to the alchemy district.

This year's freshmen are generally progressing very quickly in self-studying alchemical linguistics. They completed the basic course about a month earlier than the previous year's students.

Tonight, in the Poison Alchemy Zone, three freshmen will try drinking Black Eye Poison.

They had to first make their own poison on the basic alchemy table, and then drink it before 8 p.m.

The process of making Black Eye Poison is not complicated; the difficulty lies only in the step of evaporating the moisture. Anyone can succeed with a few tries.

Before class, Kulov approached the teaching assistant and stipulated that each new student would only have three opportunities to practice drugs.

Those who fail to produce Black Eye Poison of acceptable quality within three attempts will be transferred to the Department of Alchemy.

Xia Zuo placed three empty trays on the desk and sat down to wait for Yulanda and the other two.

To be honest, he was somewhat disappointed over the past month.

The news that Black Eye Poison is the first trial in poison alchemy has already spread throughout the academy.

The fact that the person who spread the message was not punished by Dim indicates that the message was true.

Nowadays, any freshman knows that only those who have passed the test of Black Eye Poison can be considered students of poison alchemy.

Kulov did not deny this.

This resulted in 14 days passing without a single freshman thinking to help clean the basic alchemy lab. All three of them simply packed up and left as soon as get out of class ended.

Is the difference between people really that big?

Anyway, Xia Zuo started helping his mentor clean the basic alchemy room after the first evening class.

As one of the first students admitted to the Acquired Affinity program, he had no idea about all these intricacies when he enrolled. Mars had been given a gag order by his mentor and had never brought it up with him.

6 pm.

The three new students arrived at the basic alchemy room at the perfect time.

Xia Zuo put down his book and looked at the three of them, his gaze lingering on Yulanda and Hodge. He felt something was off. The two of them were too calm.

"Detection Techniques"

[Character Name] Yolanda

[Identity] Servant of a mage at Starry Night Academy

(Irrelevant data omitted)

[Willpower] 7+3 (Unknown potion in effect, Willpower +3)

Hodge's situation is the same as Yolanda's; his Willpower attribute is temporarily increased by 3 points.

"..." Xia Zuo looked at his mentor speechlessly.

The other person sat on the soft sofa, expressionless, and raised their chin, indicating that class would proceed as usual.

The Castle Rules don't prohibit bringing potions into the academy. Kurov also didn't stipulate that you can't take potions or buffs before class.

However, isn't it a bit too extravagant to spend money on special potions just to pass the Black Eye Venom trial?

"Tonight, I will teach you how to make Black Eye Poison."

Xia Zuo took three sheets of paper from his desk:

"These are the recipes for three portions of Black Eye Poison. In a moment, you'll try to concoct them according to the recipes. It will use two basic toxins, cumin and gingerol..."

As Xia Zuo explained, he took two glass bottles and placed them on his tray before moving to the alchemy table used for teaching.

Pull the blower's rope loop and pour in one-fifth of clean water, operating each step as slowly as possible so that the new students can see more clearly.

Chapter 39 Innate Affinity

About half an hour later.

Xia Zuo placed three vials of perfect-quality Black Eye Poison on the table.

"Is there anything you don't understand?" he asked, seeing the freshman shake his head.

"Then let's go and concoct the poison. Each person has three chances to concoct it. We'll conduct a test before get out of class ends tonight."

The three freshmen walked solemnly to the desk, carefully read the poison formula, and then took their trays to retrieve the poison vials.

Kulov did not enter a meditative state.

He kept a close eye on the new students' movements, especially when they were fiddling with the blower, he would go over and guide them together with Xia Zuo.

Because they were not yet familiar with the alchemy table, they hadn't mastered the fire intensity in the furnace. While drying the water, the three of them were somewhat flustered, but fortunately, they didn't make any major mistakes.

7:30pm.

Three freshmen sat in chairs.

Biggs, positioned on the far left, was the first to drink the homemade black-eyed poison.

“Black spot…” Biggs suddenly hugged his shoulders, his face pale and trembling, as if there was something extremely terrifying in front of him.

He needs to change his major. His visual hallucinations are the same as Mason's.

Xia Zuo couldn't imagine what the specific scene would look like. He only knew that people who saw black dots couldn't control their fear even after trying many times, and it only intensified their fear.

One minute later, Biggs snapped out of his fear and lowered his head in dejection.

Xia Zuo looked at Hodge.

Under the watchful eyes of his tutor and teaching assistant, the short-haired boy took a deep breath, uncorked the bottle, and drank.