Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 103, Section 051: What Needs to Be Resolved

Time flew by amidst the intense magic training and intensive magic courses, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

Elemental Castle, Rosie's Dormitory.

You begin to forge your soul, proceeding with extreme caution, as if walking on thin ice.

Ten days have passed, and thanks to your meticulous work, you have successfully completed a Soul Forging.

[Soul Hammer progress +0.06%.]

Soul Hammer progress: 16.36%.

Luo Xi glanced at the data panel on the system panel and couldn't help but smile slightly.

It's important to know that the Soul Forging stage of the Wizarding realm is the most difficult, since each forging requires a large amount of mental energy. Once the mental energy is depleted, you have to stop. If you accidentally damage your soul during the forging process, not only will the entire forging be wasted, but it will also take a long time to recover your soul afterwards.

The most common scenario is that someone has enough strength at the Wizard stage but lacks sufficient progress in Soul Hammering to advance to the next stage. There are also many who are stuck at the Wizard stage for hundreds or thousands of years due to insufficient progress in Soul Hammering, or even whose lifespan eventually runs out.

Only those with naturally keen senses and absolute geniuses, as well as pure-blooded wizard families with unlimited cultivation resources, could achieve a progress rate of over ten percent in just six months like Luo Xi.

After passing the Soul Hammering progress bar, Rosie glanced at his current mental strength status.

Mental power: 56.8.

Luo Xi sighed, somewhat helplessly: "It's increased again."

The exponential increase in meditation efficiency after advancing to the level of a wizard is a real problem. In the past six months, Rosie has not used the system to meditate even once, only maintaining her daily cultivation. Even so, in just six months, her mental coefficient has increased by about 4.

Many of his fellow apprentices who trained for several years still hadn't reached that level of spiritual power.

His rapid increase in mental strength has made his Demon Concealment completely insufficient. Even though he has done his best to seal it, he has consistently maintained a position in the top five in recent tests, and recently even squeezed into the top three. If this continues, he will probably be forced to become number one.

"Do we really have to completely stop meditating?"

"No, that definitely won't work."

Luo Xi shook his head. This was only a temporary solution. Besides, the purpose of hiding one's strength was to avoid trouble that might affect cultivation. If one had to stop cultivating in order to hide one's strength, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

"Looks like I'll have to find an opportunity to reveal my advancement to wizard."

He can't keep hiding like this forever. He can't get any of the cultivation resources that a wizard should normally obtain on his path of cultivation. It's okay now that he's just advanced and doesn't rely on resources much, but as his strength increases in the future, it would be a huge loss if he couldn't get many resources.

Resources are only one aspect; the more important issue is the lack of knowledge!

If he continues to conceal his strength and does not register at the castle, he will have no way to acquire wizard-level knowledge through normal channels. Without the support of knowledge, his subsequent cultivation will be like a rootless duckweed, which will be difficult to sustain.

It's impossible to keep getting tutoring from other wizards, right? Not to mention that the magic stones required would be astronomical, wouldn't this arouse suspicion as knowledge continues to advance?

From any perspective, revealing one's advancement to wizard status is now inevitable.

"But how should we disclose this?"

Luo Xi pondered seriously. This was a problem that required careful consideration. He needed to make others feel it was perfectly reasonable, while also providing a plausible explanation for his sudden leap in strength. Otherwise, he might really have to meet his various body parts on the experimental table.

"Rosie, are you ready? It's almost time, we need to get going." Just then, Nicole's voice came from outside the meditation room.

Let's talk about it later!

Luo Xi suppressed these chaotic thoughts, closed the system panel, got up, and pushed open the door to leave.

Outside the door, Nicole was smoothing out the wrinkles and dust from Rosie's cloak. Seeing Rosie come out, she quickly took the cloak and came over: "The cloak is all fixed, put it on quickly."

Rosie put on the cloak, and Nicole carefully helped him adjust the collar and cuffs, and finally pinned the badge on him, making it look very solemn.

With the magic training courses temporarily concluded, the South Coast Alliance announced that it would gather all apprentices to hold a magic competition to assess their training results over the past six months.

The competition will be held in the circular arena of the Elemental Castle, which is the largest and best-equipped magic arena on the entire southern coast. It was built with the help of the former Level 3 Magic Domain Fantasy Tree Sea, and most of the large-scale collective events on the southern coast are held here.

The higher authorities attach great importance to this competition. Not only will various families send people to visit, but even several gray-robed staff-wielding figures and white-robed judges will be present.

This is a matter of great importance. Even Anthony, the sage and wizard lord of Elemental Castle who rarely makes an appearance, made a special trip out a week ago to hold a meeting, emphasizing that all apprentices should show their spirit and not disgrace Elemental Castle.

After all, all the major wizarding families are watching closely. Every move they make could affect the allocation of funds and resources to the major wizarding families next year. As the wizarding organization that receives the most funding and resources in the alliance every year, there are quite a few that hope to bring them down and replace them.

"Check my makeup for me, is there anything wrong?" After checking Rosie, Nicole checked herself again.

Luo Xi said nonchalantly, "It's already very beautiful, why bother with such details?"

Nicole rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm the face of our Elemental Castle apprentices. My mentor specifically told me to dress up nicely, so I can't lose to those little sluts from the Witch's Castle."

Although Nicole's abilities are not great, her looks are undeniable. She has been honorably selected for the castle's honor guard and will serve as a greeter for guests from various wizarding organizations and families.

Nicole checked it carefully several more times until Rosie reminded her that she was going to be late. Only then did Nicole finally let go of her obsession and pull Rosie out the door.

Upon arriving at the castle's main hall, Nicole greeted Rosie and then followed the guard of honor toward the gate. Rosie looked around and then headed toward a nearby garden, intending to find a place to sit and read.

Although the castle rules prohibit apprentices from staying in their dormitories and require everyone to come out to greet guests, there is no rule against reading while greeting guests, is there?

"Rosie, come up here quickly!"

However, things didn't go as planned. Before Rosie could even sit down, Allen's voice came from one of the towers above. Rosie looked up and saw many familiar faces: Aina, Horn, Jeffrey, and others. Led by their mentor Flavius, they had gathered on the tower, apparently organized by class.

With no other option, Luo Xi had to walk up.

After enduring more than half a year of hellish, grueling training, the apprentices present were clearly looking forward to this long-awaited event. They crowded around the windows, chattering about all sorts of topics.

"Are you saying other wizarding organizations are coming?"

"I don't know, I only care about when the witches from the witch's castle will arrive."

How will they make their entrance?

"I just want to know if the witches in the witch's castle have big breasts."

"You idiot."

Rosie looked around but couldn't find a place to sit. Just as she was about to summon ice elements to make a chair or sofa, her mentor Flavi stopped her: "Put on some decorum. What will our guests think if they see us lying here like this?"

Yes, that makes sense.

That being said, just waiting around wasting time wasn't a solution. Unlike Allen and the others, Rosie, who preferred quiet, wasn't easily excited by anything, so she simply leaned against the windowsill and took out a magic book from her spatial ring to read.

Time passed slowly, and Rosie's thoughts quickly settled into the magic book, seemingly unaffected by the noisy world outside.

"Complete a thorough reading session, generate a critical hit, and add 6 days to the time limit."

Shortly after the system notification sound

"Whoosh!"

"They're here!"

Suddenly, a burst of enthusiastic noise arose from the crowd. Luo Xi subconsciously turned his head to look outside, and then saw a very surreal scene.

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(End of this chapter)