An hour later, Athir ended his meditation, packed up some things left in the garden, and walked away.
In the academy, Atier felt as if he had returned to the time when he had studied hard.
The academy arranges several third-class apprentices to give free lectures every day, and every few days there are formal wizard-level instructors to give lectures. Although there is a fee for the lectures, it is extremely rare for apprentices like them.
As for those free courses, Atier would go to listen to the lectures whenever he had time. Even if he didn't understand something for the time being, he would let the chip record it so that he could review it in his spare time, without any waste.
Athir used the rest time at night to practice meditation.
Meditation practice itself has the function of training the mind and can also speed up mental recovery. As long as you can get used to the boredom of several hours in a row, there is no problem using it to replace sleep.
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Several months later.
In the early morning, the sun gradually spreads to the earth.
In the laboratory of Edith's mentor, Athir was standing beside Edith, helping her complete some small experiments.
His movements were extremely precise, his technique so skillful and precise that in some ways it was almost comparable to Edith's.
After a while, the experiment was over, and Athir skillfully cleaned up the residue, his face remaining calm.
Watching his movements and thinking about his performance over the past six months, Edith felt a little emotional.
The other party is very talented. Not only is his learning ability strong, but his hands-on ability is also very strong. He rarely makes mistakes and does not look like a fourteen-year-old boy at all.
She also saw Athir's efforts over such a long period of time, and couldn't help but admire Athir as an apprentice.
In this world, there are many talented people, but those who are talented and can work so hard will be loved no matter where they are.
"Huh."
Suddenly, an expression of surprise appeared on her face, and her eyes were fixed on Athir.
In Athir's body, she felt a little spiritual fluctuation emanating from him, which undoubtedly reached the level of a first-class apprentice.
"Athir, have you been promoted to a first-class apprentice?"
Looking at her apprentice, she couldn't help but ask.
In front of her, Athir was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and looked at Edith in front of him with a respectful expression: "Yes, I was just promoted yesterday."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his whole body lighten, as if an inexplicable force enveloped his whole body and grabbed him forward tightly.
Feeling the changes around him, Atier endured the discomfort and did not choose to struggle free.
In an instant, he came in front of Teacher Edith and watched her hand gently touch his forehead.
A strange mental wave enveloped Athir's whole body, and then quickly disappeared.
In front of him, Teacher Edith took back her hand and said with some relief, "Very good, there are no mental impurities. It seems that you have been promoted honestly through your own meditation."
"Teacher, what's wrong?"
Looking at the other person in this state, Athir asked in confusion: "What is spiritual impurity?"
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At this moment, Instructor Edith seemed to be in a good mood. When she heard Athir's doubts, she answered directly: "You should know that there is a rule in our academy that prohibits ordinary apprentices who have not yet been promoted to first-class apprentices from increasing their mental strength by absorbing magic stones and other methods."
Hearing this, Athir nodded.
"This is actually to avoid some hidden dangers."
In front of her, seeing Athir nod, Edith continued: "The condition required for promotion to a first-class apprentice is actually mental strength."
"Some apprentices, because of their inherent lack of mental strength and slow progress, will try to increase their mental strength through potions, magic stones, etc., so that they can reach the standard for promotion to first-class apprentices."
"Is there anything wrong with this?" Hearing this, Athir asked with some confusion.
"Of course." Edith smiled. "Through potions and magic stones, although mental strength can be increased rapidly, for ordinary apprentices who are not even first-class apprentices, it will leave many mental impurities."
"These spiritual impurities will affect the apprentice's control over his mind, and will also affect the natural growth of his spiritual power in the subsequent process, causing the growth of his spiritual power to become increasingly slow."
She paused here, then continued, "That is to say, it will be extremely difficult for these apprentices to make progress in the future, and it will be almost impossible for them to be promoted to official wizards."
"For those apprentices who are unable to make further progress under normal circumstances, this is of course nothing, but for you, Athir, this is very important."
Seeing these words in front of him, Atier felt a little scared and a little relieved.
As for the rule of the academy, Athir had not paid attention to it before because no one reminded him. Now that he thought about it, if he violated it carelessly, the consequences would definitely not be what Athir wanted.
"From now on, unless it is necessary, it is best not to touch those things that are prohibited by the academy."
In his heart, this thought flashed through his mind, in addition to the fear.
Across from her, looking at Athir's current appearance, Edith also smiled: "Of course, you don't have to worry about it now."
"The spirit of a first-class apprentice is much stronger and more resilient than that of an ordinary apprentice. As long as you don't use too many potions in a short period of time, there won't be any problems."
Edith looked at Athir quietly with a smile on her face: "But, at this point, those things are not important for the time being."
"Athir, congratulations. From today on, you will become a formal wizard apprentice."
Under her gaze, Athir also smiled: "Thank you."
They chatted here for a while, and after a while, Athir left the laboratory.
"It took nearly half a year to be promoted to a first-class apprentice. Although this speed is a bit out of line, judging from the instructor's attitude, it should be within the acceptable range. I don't think he will be treated as a monster for research."
On the way, Athir recalled how his mentor Edith had treated him, and finally felt relieved.
After walking across the familiar road, he did not go anywhere else, but went straight back to his dormitory.
After returning to his residence, Athir closed the door and sat on his bed, muttering to himself: "Now that the first-class apprentice has been promoted, it is time to enter the next stage."
Thinking of this, he closed his eyes and entered a state of meditation.
As runes were quickly constructed in his mind, Athir's perception of his surroundings became more and more acute, as if he could vaguely sense the various powers contained in the surrounding space.
All around, under Athir's spiritual induction, the dark world around him began to change. Energy particles carrying various lights began to appear little by little, quietly floating in the surrounding space.
These are the elemental energies that fill the world, and are the basis for wizards to cast various powerful spells.
After becoming a first-class apprentice, the next step in advanced learning is to continue meditating on spiritual runes and try to sense the energy particles in the surrounding world.
After all the thirty-six spiritual runes recorded in the basic meditation method have been condensed, you can try to attract the energy particles of the surrounding world and transform them into your own magic power.
At this moment, under Athir's perception, countless energy particles were floating quietly around him, revealing their characteristics under the perception of the spirit.
And in Athir's mental perception, facing Athir's existence, these energy particles behaved differently.
Some energy particles are difficult to attract with the mind, while some energy particles are easily attracted to Athir, showing different degrees of affinity.
This is the affinity of each wizard, which mainly determines which kind of energy particles the wizard can more easily attract.
Normally, as a normal wizard apprentice, most energy particles can be pulled, but the difficulty varies.
Because wizards are different, the difficulty of pulling energy particles with different properties is different. Some energy particles are easier to pull, while some energy particles are more difficult to pull.
This also determines the different elemental affinities of wizards, and even affects the wizard's future direction to a certain extent.
If one is friendly to fire energy particles, then it will be easier to cast fire magic in the future, and the power will even be much stronger.
However, compared to the wizard's wizard qualifications, elemental affinity is also very important, but it will not affect the wizard's progress.
Even if the affinity is with water energy particles, it will not affect the performance of witchcraft with fire energy properties, it will just be relatively more difficult.
In the room, as meditation ended, Athir opened his eyes.
"The most compatible ones are the energy particles of the light and plant systems. Except for a few that repel me, most of the energy particles of other systems seem to be able to be attracted normally."
Standing up quietly, thinking of the feeling he had when meditating before, Athir said to himself: "Is the plant and light due to the elven bloodline?"
At this moment, he thought of the elven blood in his body.
(End of this chapter)