Kale looked at her not knowing how to properly reply to her question "I want to become Plant Mage because… I like plants,"
Instructor Fina got startled by his reply, she rested her chin on her hands as she deeply looked at him, there was a touch of nostalgia in her eyes like she remembered something from the past.
"Until a few years ago, there wasn't even one Wood Mage in fifty who would want to advance their class into Plant Mage, because one capable Plant Mage is enough to take care of the whole greenery coupled with technological advancement hundreds of new plants species could be created at once with the help of just one Plant Mage.
So not many wished to struggle in that field, according to the masses, the Plant Mage didn't have much combat power either… Or so they thought until one girl from the Academy advanced to a Plant Mage and simply became invincible in her age group.
Tier 2 Wood Mage should be able to easily overpower a Tier 2 Plant Mage but she proved it wrong, with time she continued to become stronger even going as far as to fuse and make new spells for her class at such a young age.
Her innate talent was so high that people began to guess if she had the blessing of God Of Wisdom or she is just too lucky, under the curtain of innate talent no one saw her hard work, even when she chose Pharmacist as he side profession and had sustainable achievements it was all pushed down in the name of the blessing. Sigh… The tallest tree catches the deadliest winds.
At that time, many students protested against her and demanded that she should hand over the newly created spells to the Academy for the sake of the future of the whole kingdom. They believed that if they got the same spells then they would be able to rival her battle power. They expected her to resist but unexpectedly she handed them over as a contribution but even after learning the spells they failed to achieve the same results as her.
Many started to finally see through and admire her efforts but then she fell, she got caught up in an accident and that brightest star turned into a shooting star. The nickname Evergreen Tyrant represented her dominance in Evergreen Fox Paradise, she could move unhindered in this forest but now she can't even stand up and walk properly," Fina said in a reminiscing tone but then she realized that she was lost in the moment and spoke too much.
'Evergreen Tyrant…' Kale burned the name in his memory, he didn't feel emotional at all, from the first half of the story he could already guess the latter half because such cases weren't unusual in Kazeer.
According to him, Evergreen Tyrant did a foolish mistake but was lucky to have survived.
In his last life even after becoming a Martial Venerable, he still didn't reveal much information about himself to the masses.
Kale's second rule of life.
Fame and beauty are the poison that can kill the mightiest heroes, it's good to enjoy them but lethal to get addicted.
It was foolish for Evergreen Tyrant to reveal too much of her skills knowing that the Academy was the chessboard for deciding the next ruler.
As for the 'accident', Kale played dumb and didn't even bother to stick his nose into politics. In heart, he was neither righteous nor demonic. He was a human, a selfish human who loved his life and gave priority to his comfort.
For instance, he wanted to repay Riyan not because it was a good thing to do but because he would feel bad about not doing it.
The reason he burned her name in his memory was that from Instructor Fina's story she was a successful Plant Mage which meant he could head to her for advice to get information regarding the class advancement to Plant Mage.
"Forget it, you don't need to ponder about these things. You have completed the test before others and met the condition to win the hidden event ‹Leading Rookie› so the Academy is rewarding you with 10 Mortal-Rank Origin Crystals," Fina changed the topic and said as she took out a box from the drawer below the table and placed it on the top.
She opened the lid, Kale saw several neatly arranged half-transparent glass-like crystals lying inside the box.
His lips curled into a smile, with this much origin crystals he could easily reach Level 10 if starts to grind continuously for little more than a day. Of course, the same couldn't be said for others, they had just started cultivating and have low control over energy. Aside from that, the most important point was because of Kale cultivating ‹Snake King Body Toning Art› and unlocking most of the aura points in his body which increased his energy absorption and assimilation speed by few times.
Instructor Fina was satisfied with his smile and spoke "I have heard about you defeating a Vanishing Lizard, with your contribution it's inevitable that you come in top 10 and can skip the next test.
In a way, you have already completed the first year of the academy. According to the academy rules, you won't receive any new test until you cross Level 10, but of course, if you don't reach Level 10 in a year then you would be expelled directly,"
Kale looked at her in doubt, he wasn't sure if it was really that easy to clear the test and become free for a year, there wasn't much information on Academy outside in the city so he didn't know how it worked inside.
Instructor Fina saw his doubt and explained "The Academy did it so that the students could go outside and learn from practical life, and don't think it's same for everyone, your combat capabilities and talent is higher than your peers that's why you don't understand the situation.
You skipped the second test but many would fail there, there would be many who won't be able to breakthrough past Level 10 because of low combat experience and not understanding the essence of cultivation. Aside from them, there would also be students who will recklessly charge in the forest and lose their lives,"
Kale wasn't moved in the slightest but just for the sake of giving face, he tried his best to make a solemn face.
Instructor Fina saw that he understood and continued "Here's a free advice for you, stay low and don't stand out too much, if you show your spell mastery level outside then you will become the target of jealousy of many people."
Kale nodded "Instructor, there is something I wanted to ask about,"
"Speak freely," She immediately said, it was the first time he was asking about something, it was a chance for her to show her teaching skills.
"I have touched a topic on the internet that talks about ‹Magic Star Constellation› and I'm very interested in that but the information about it was too little," Kae said.
Instructor Fina was slightly surprised by his question but seeing that it was the first time he asked something, she explained without much thinking "Things like ‹Magic Star Constellation› is something a professional mage should worry about but I will explain, a ‹Magic Star Constellation› appears when you master more than one spell of the same element to Ethereal level.
It has great importance to a mage because it allows them to master new spells of the same type faster, the older and bigger a ‹Magic Star Constellation› is, the more effective it would be.
For example, let's imagine if you have a ‹Wood Star Constellation› then it would become easy for you to learn new spells, the spells can be cast faster and will consume less mana. In the future, if you want to become a Plant Mage you would need to make a ‹Wood Star Constellation› and ‹Earth Star Constellation› then fuse them… Connect them to be more precise, once you succeed, the new ‹Magic Star Constellation› would become your ‹Life Star Constellation›.
But you don't need to worry about these for now. Now that you have become Tier 1 Rookie Wood Mage, you need to learn two more spells then master all five of them to Grand Master mastery level, once you do that you will become a Tier 1 Professionally Wood Mage.
As for becoming Tier 1 Expert Wood Mage, theoretically, anyone who has mastered five spells to a minimum of Grand Master Level and at least two of them reaching Ethereal level to make a ‹Magic Star Constellation› can meet the minimum requirement and become the Tier 1 Expert Wood Mage.
But don't think such a thing is normally possible, mastering a spell to the Ethereal level requires deep insight and a broader vision of the world so you should at least master around 7 to a normal of 10 spells to understand the essence of wood spells before putting efforts in increasing your spell mastery to Ethereal level," She explained then she saw the slightly shocked face of Kale and was deeply satisfied.
He was genuinely shocked!
If her words were correct then as long as he mastered two more wood spells to Grand Master level wouldn't he directly jump to Tier 1 Expert Wood Mage from Tier 1 Rookie Wood Mage? What about the Tier 1 Professional Wood Mage? It was mercilessly dumped just like that!
'If her words are right, then I'm free for, at most one whole year in which I can go around and gain experience, this much is more than enough for me make reach Expert attainment in both Wood and Earth Mage, maybe I can even combine them. Trying to reach above A-Grade foundation will also take some time, one year is enough…,' He thought.
Kale nodded with a thoughtful look then he opened his bag and took out the two white lotus he got from the foxes' nest yesterday "I got these two during water fox nest subjugation mission, I haven't checked their details so I'm not sure what to do with them,"
He had bought books from Plantation Store but didn't have time to check them, and plants start to wither after they are taken out from the ground. He could submit them for contribution but he wasn't willing to do that without knowing about them, thus he asked Instructor Fina, as a Tier 3 Wood Mage she was bound to know about them.
Instructor Fina observed the lotus for a second then showed a slightly surprised look "What a rare sight, Jade White Lotus mostly grows in the swamp and at lake shores, where sunlight cannot reach. The condition to grow them is very high, moreover, they are rare even amongst Elemental Mortal-Rank so they worth quite a fortune.
Jade White Lotus is capable of purifying the user's bone marrow and can even result in bloodline advancement for beasts, it is effective until Rare-Grade beasts. It also has a good use for humans, it can be used to make Marrow Cleansing potion that is very beneficial for someone trying to break through the barrier of Level 20,"
After saying that much she stopped and looked at Kale, she seemed to be thinking about something. She then smiled and said, "What would you prefer, a big amount of contribution points or exchanging them for high-end resources which have equal or high worth?"
'If I can go out and explore myself then CP doesn't worth that much anymore, I can easily earn CP by hunting foxes. After I became Level 10, I will reach the minimum requirements to enter dungeons so directly exchanging for resources sounds better, since she gave this option then there should be some benefit behind it,' Kale thought, he said in a calm and relaxed tone "I prefer to exchange it for resources,"
Instructor Fina lightly laughed "Good boy, you can go to Sky & Mountain Plantation Center in Imperial City and exchange it there for something that you can use right now, that way you will also have the opportunity to see her in person… The Evergreen Tyrant," She said with a smirk.