The Spirit World

Chapter 528: Discussing Destiny Again
Chang Yufeng does not know how to use magic, but this is not uncommon in a top institution that teaches magic, because among the geniuses who come to the Dragon Conference from all over the country, there are miscellaneous people who do not know magic. This is just for the cheating students. The situation of the entire cheating student group in Fulan is not good.

How bad is it? For example, they don't have a fixed seat in class, they can only stand silently by the wall behind them. Of course, their learning qualifications are not deprived, and standing in class is also considered a mercy. This example may not seem appropriate, but in fact, this example can let you see the most obvious gap, because magic is not something that can be done by reading books and shouting spells. Similar courses including pharmacology, structural science, elemental analysis, alchemy and other subjects cannot be understood by listening, no matter how wonderful the instructors say.

Imagine that you are standing in the back, watching the regular students tinkering with their magic wands in class, and you don't have any of the equipment they use (the students using magic wands can only bring their own), so you can only stare blankly. Even if you want to learn, it is almost impossible. The instructors cannot take care of all the students using magic wands. When the instructor you admire passes by you, and you think that he is humorous, respected, and friendly when teaching and will give you some help, in fact, he won't even look at you. This double psychological gap is enough to let the students using magic wands know that even if they come to Fulan to study through recommendation, that's their ceiling. Most of the children who are highly expected by the village to return home in glory will not go back, largely because they have not learned any real knowledge, even if becoming a high-level magician is already powerful enough in the village.

The theoretical lessons learned in the classroom are too useless, so those who are not talented enough need to devote all their efforts, even their lifespan, to become a high-level magician.

The suicide rate among students who use cheats is extremely high.

This comes not only from the above-mentioned pressure, but also from the pressure of money. The recommended students use the money of the recommending family to study in Fran. It is definitely not enough to just become a high-level magician. Many students sign a contract similar to a selling indenture, and must serve their family for a certain number of years. The term is generally fifteen years. Children who are not afraid of wearing shoes when they go barefoot just sign it. Those who have some family background but are not too wealthy, study for twelve years and serve for fifteen years, including the six years of birth, and they will be thirty years old when they graduate. Most of their lives are related to this family, and it is basically difficult for them to do something big.

Is there a possibility of breach of contract? Of course, choosing a better cemetery may be more suitable for people who have such ideas.

Back to Chang Yufeng and Erica's experience as cheating students, they did not sign a contract because their recommendation letters were written by Rajel at Longxugong's request, which meant that they did not need to serve the Carolingian family for fifteen years, but as soon as they graduated, they would need to pay for the high living expenses in Fran themselves.

Compared to the period after the Great Purge, their behavior became more cautious. This was not entirely due to the fact that their recommendation letter came from Longxu Gong, but also because they had lost contact with their parents Rajel.

Although she had financial aid, she still had to spend the money her parents left her. No matter how she counted the remaining gold coins, they were not many. She was worried that Shikash, the man pursuing Erica, would do something strange and cause Erica to drop out of school, or that the Carolingian family's reputation would be in jeopardy. No, as long as there was some bad news about Chang Yufeng and Erica, they would be greatly affected and even forced to drop out of school.

Studying in Flanders as a cheating student is by no means something to be praised, even though Flanders Royal Academy is a super prestigious school. In a word, you have to live your life the same way.

Because of their special status as cheating students, they have suffered a lot. Erica wanted to practice magic in class and was secretly reported to the Academic Affairs Office by an unknown person. Erica had no idea where the matter came from, but was cheated by others. They were also not allowed to use equipment from other colleges. Little Erica and Chang Yufeng didn't know about it, and Lilia was willing to help them, so she gave them one use of the equipment. They thought they were the same as regular students, so they used it once and were also reported by an unknown person. Lilia was also criticized.

The status of cheaters can be seen from this.

From then on, they read the regulations carefully and just took notes, doing nothing else. The tutors would not interact with them either, it was dispensable and it didn't matter.

In fact, Erica and Lillia are very different in the research direction just mentioned. The research on water element is more common. Erica definitely hopes to learn deeper magic. Then what she can learn must be the powerful magic that others have already researched. This kind of magic only requires standing on the shoulders of predecessors and does not require innovation. Talent is extremely important. The better the talent, the more you can learn. As for really researching your own magic, it depends on your ability and you can take it one step at a time.

However, healing magic itself is relatively scarce, and its effects are not obvious. Although the study of [immortality] has been an extremely popular research direction since ancient times, the huge side effects of healing are daunting for most people. If the side effects can be reduced, the effectiveness of healing can be increased, and even the effect of bringing the dead back to life can be achieved, that would be the pinnacle of healing magic research.

What about Chang Yufeng? Chang Yufeng doesn't know magic, but it doesn't matter. He also takes notes seriously because he also needs to know the principles of each magic.

The principle of releasing magic is similar to the [Dragon Words] of the dragon clan, and it is [Word Spirit] for humans. The only difference is that the human race's cultivation is not like the Chinese race, who use spiritual power to refine the body and condense and mobilize spiritual power in the dantian. Instead, they store the spiritual power in themselves, exhale [Word Spirit], and mobilize the powerful power of the Word Spirit itself for their own use.

There are innumerable types of magic known at present. It is simple to classify them based on elements, including the four basic elements of water, fire, wind and thunder, and side subjects such as light, darkness, earth, original spiritual power, etc. Of course, Fran does not only teach magic, but also many other miscellaneous items, including ferocious beasts, plants, weather, machinery, literature, history and other subjects.

The research direction that advanced students need to learn is to create their own magic, or to study other projects that are not recorded in the library and draw conclusions.

Erica studies the water element, Lilia studies the healing aspect, and Chang Yufeng has also thought of his own direction. He doesn't know magic, so he can only choose miscellaneous research. He feels that he has strong hands-on ability and is more suitable for dealing with equipment, so he originally wanted to study equipment. However, with the arrival of Pylos, he put his sights on the history direction.

What he is more concerned about is what kind of memory is missing in his mind. He is also willing to do research on pharmacology, such as studying the brain.

If you want to learn well, you have to be in a hurry, so almost no students of Fran chat on the road, and it's not that exaggerated. However, Chang Yufeng really doesn't chat with others. He can't find anyone to chat with, or he doesn't chat with others. He is tall and in a low mood. Most people can't stand his dull eyes. It seems like he is glaring at others, or like a jinx, and he is not liked.

He and Erica stood together, the two tall guys were very conspicuous and had to be seen. This was the main reason why Shikash noticed Erica. The identity of a cheating student made Shikash unscrupulous. Chang Yufeng now stood by Erica's side all the time to prevent Shikash from suddenly appearing to make things difficult for her.

No matter how rational Erica is, she can't stand up to a scoundrel. Even though Erica repeatedly rejected Shikash's request to be his girlfriend, and even severely criticized and reported Shikash, it was fruitless. Erica learned her lesson and avoided Shikash. Fortunately, Shikash was not in the same class. He would only stop Erica during breaks and when they met in the dormitory. Otherwise, any woman would be disgusted by such a man and vomit on the spot.

Shikash also made it clear that Erica was an outlier like himself.

"You are such a tall woman, you are really a monster. But fortunately, I am also a monster. Monsters match monsters. It's a perfect match."

"How can a woman like you find a boyfriend? You don't have to worry if I become your boyfriend! My dear Ms. Erica, I will treat you like a little snake." "You women are all men's playthings. No man would want a tall monster like you. Let me, a monster, spoil you well."

Such words made Erica feel sick. It seemed that in his eyes, Erica's height was actually a false "shortness". The taller Erica was, the happier he was, because then Erica would be a complete monster. How could a woman be that tall? Coupled with her humble status as a cheating student, Erica was simply worthless in his eyes. Because a girl, and a cheating student, was really a failure among failures, a slut among sluts.

The more trashy and erotic it is, the more it conforms to his own weirdness, which gives him inexplicable satisfaction.

After all, Erica and Chang Yufeng dared not speak out because it was useless to report it. If they reported it, Erica would be the one being talked to by the dean instead.

The dean looked up at Erica in embarrassment. Erica had a bewildered look on her face. When she found out what happened, she was so angry that she was fuming. She kept her composure, and although she felt wronged, she still endured it.

There were so many intrigues like this that they could not count them all. Not to mention that Chang Yufeng and Erica were reported twice without their knowledge because of the equipment, and they almost implicated Lilia. Although there was no demerit, there were many such things. They almost spent the entire intermediate department in depression. Fortunately, the two siblings depended on each other and could talk to each other, otherwise they would collapse in an instant.

Shikash is like a stubborn and venomous tongue. He has the support of his parents who chase the tigers and suppress the dean of studies - this route of reporting is almost impossible. He also has tricks to spread rumors and damage the reputation of Chang Yufeng and Erica. Although everyone with a discerning eye knows that the two siblings are in big trouble, the only ones who can help Chang Yufeng and Erica are themselves. So they have to cry when they need to, and endure it even if they can't. It doesn't matter. Being helpless is synonymous with humility.

Erica cried. During that time, Chang Yufeng did nothing but stay around Erica to make her feel better. Chang Yufeng seemed to have a natural tough quality. He would endure whatever he could (although no one provokes him and no one cares about him). Now Erica doesn't cry anymore. According to her, there are so many bad people in the world and she has seen a lot of them. It is useless for her to protect herself from getting hurt. It is more reliable to let those bad guys not hurt others, which is almost impossible. It doesn't matter for so long. Anyway, she won't deliberately hurt others, which is enough.

Chang Yufeng smiled and said to her, this kind of thing can only be understood when you encounter it, those who have not suffered will not understand it. He hopes Erica understands that this world does not revolve around anything, and don't believe in those words of reincarnation to comfort yourself. The retribution of bad people is nothing more than the summary of their bad deeds accumulated over time, not retribution. Staying away from them is the most correct decision.

If there is thunder, whoever is hit will be the one who is struck. There is no such thing as divine punishment or not. Self-consolation only makes you a laughing stock who deceives yourself and others.

Of course, a hurt person hopes that the person who hurt him will be punished, but if he could really go back to the past, he would rather not be hurt. It would be better not to say that there will always be people who will hurt others, because it is not important. What is important is that we can no longer go back to the past.

Erica will leave Fran when she finishes her studies or when she really can't stand Shikash anymore. It doesn't matter what career or future she has anyway. She has hands and feet and she won't starve to death. Most of the time she will just be displaced. So what?

Wenti County’s hometown has been lost. She no longer has a hometown. Apart from this brother who depends on her for everything, she has nothing.

When Chang Yufeng gets married and starts a family, what will happen to her? A wife who has no in-laws to rely on will have a nightmare if she meets the wrong person.

They had thought about this question when they were chatting. Chang Yufeng shook his head and said that he could start a career but it was almost impossible to start a family. The reality was that the cost of living in Fran was too high, and they could not stay in Fran for a long time. It was also almost impossible to compete with so many descendants of dignitaries for a "business". It was also almost impossible to join a guild to hunt monsters and earn gold coins, because Chang Yufeng did not know magic.

They would leave Fran anyway. The arrival of Pylos might be a variable, but it was almost impossible to become a high-ranking official overnight. Because no matter which question you go back to, being helpless and without connections is a reality that you have to face since you are born.

If their parents were investigated by the Tiger Chasing Faction, they would either go straight to jail or die suddenly in an alley, or they might even commit suicide at home - such things are not uncommon, even in a capital city like Fulan, and it is probably the norm in other cities as well.

The situation in the spirit world is becoming more and more unstable. They feel that their childhood in Wenti County is simply a paradise. The war mobilization is becoming more and more intense. Although Fran's students will never go to the battlefield, after they have made meritorious contributions, they can take the initiative to join the Tiger Chasing Faction. The change of identity will be completely different. Many people are trying this way out.

Although it is common for new recruits to die on the battlefield.

Chang Yufeng and Erica don’t know where their future lies, but they have to keep living.

Starting from the life in the senior department, with the arrival of Pylos seven years ago, something has been quietly changing.

[Some people say this is fate, but I think it is just a normal phenomenon of how a person reacts to his or her personality and the people and things he or she encounters.

Of course, if you say it's fate,

I won’t deny you either. 】

(End of this chapter)