Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Several more days passed, and the apprentices' journey was finally coming to an end. During this time, Hughes's study of the "Gap Anchoring Meditation Method" was also nearing completion, and his mastery of Esso was among the best of his cohort.

After the previous danger, Mor grew closer to Rice and the others, and eventually decided to join the Shadow Weavers. He also planned for Rasius to join as well, but Rasius made a clear refusal, and in the end, nothing came of it.

However, Hughes found it strange that Moore seemed to be deliberately getting close to him.

Holt had approached Hughes several times, and after some discussion, the two decided that they would both become third-class wizard apprentices before searching for the markers, and then they would take on a long-term mission to the Forsaken Lands together.

Finally, news of their arrival at the academy reached the ears of every apprentice, and under the guidance of the wizard apprentices, they orderly disembarked from the airship.

The airship stopped atop a snow-capped mountain and came to the foot of the mountain.

Looking around, the entire academy is nestled in the snow-capped mountains, right next to a mountain range that forms a natural, thousand-mile-long ice wall. This mountain range is called the Ice Ridge Mountain Range by the academy.

Most of the buildings in Yongshuang are built in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only the east side being a man-made passage.

The apprentices stood in batches inside a teleportation array. Teleportation arrays are extremely rare in the Oren plane, and are said to be common only in the center of the continent.

One group of apprentices after another stood inside the teleportation array. A strong white light flashed, and at the same time, a faint white light also appeared on the side of the Everfrost Spire. In the blink of an eye, all the apprentices standing on it disappeared.

When it was Hughes' turn, a flash of white light appeared, and Hughes felt his body affected by some kind of energy, his head was dizzy, but when he opened his eyes, a scene of a snow-covered city appeared before him.

The surrounding buildings were covered in snow, and the architectural style was not much different from that in Corrilla; they were all typical medieval cities, except for the addition of many spires.

Looking into the distance, Hughes could still vaguely see several wizard towers, which appeared to be much taller than those Corella had seen.

As they followed the group to their destination, they saw many tall frostbone beasts carrying goods all around. Along the way, the wizard apprentices explained the basic information about the academy to Hughes and his companions.

The Everfrost Spire is located in the Elokan region east of Maransel. Its founders established the academy near the Ice Ridge Mountains and cleared the surrounding Frostskin Dwarves and Frostbone Beasts. It is a branch of the Academy of the Vulture Spire in the center of the continent, and is closest to the two higher wizarding academies, the Spirit Pivot Workshop and the Nature Speakers.

Arriving at a house, the apprentices received the freshman benefits distributed by the academy.

Two black wizard robes with cleansing spells, a crystal ball containing low-level meditation techniques, and five magic stones per month for a year, along with a freshman handbook introducing the academy's rules and various areas.

The next step is to apply to the college tutor to become his apprentice.

The following day, the apprentices read the information about the mentors who were preparing to recruit students and the recruitment requirements in the booklet. Then they dripped a drop of blood directly onto the rune of the corresponding mentor and waited for the mentor to notify them.

There are many benefits to following a mentor. Not only can you learn the mentor's knowledge for free, but some may even receive intermediate meditation techniques.

However, wizards adhere to the principle of equivalent exchange. While receiving these benefits, they also have to complete certain tasks. Some mentors simply need a test subject.

Arriving at the academy dormitory was similar to being on the airship, but places like the alchemy room could only be rented from the academy or applied for after becoming a third-class wizard apprentice.

Now that Hughes has finished studying the "Gap Anchoring Meditation Method," all he needs to do now is meditate according to it.

However, he decided to wait until he had met his mentor before meditating to avoid being seen through.

His older sister had just contacted him by letter, but she was out on a mission. She recommended a few good mentors to Hughes and sent him ten magic stones.

Although it was only ten magic stones, Nora said she would prepare a big gift for her when she returned.

In his memory, he had a good relationship with his older sister, but they had rarely been in contact since she entered the academy two years ago.

Nora is not only a fourth-class aptitude, but also has a fourth-class affinity for dark elements. She follows a first-class official wizard of the dark element.

Hughes flipped through the booklet and decided to become a potion master, since he wouldn't lack magic stones in the early stages if he mastered the skill.

After all, not only in battle, but also in meditation, wizards need potions to assist them. Moreover, most apprentices need at least one potion called "Burst" to increase their chances of becoming full wizards.

Moreover, in the memories of Earth, Hughes was a researcher of potions, and he had a natural interest in researching potions.

Of course, Hughes' spatial talent is also well-suited to becoming a runemaster, since almost every wizard has a spatial artifact like a spatial bag.

Large vehicles like airships are even rarer, with only one or two in each of the higher wizarding academies.

The airships of Everfrost Spire were actually borrowed from the Ten Thousand Shuttle Spire, and the alchemy rooms and other equipment on them were top-notch. Logus only accepted the mission for the purpose of the experiment.

As for the spatial array, it was drawn by people sent by the Myriad Peaks Tower, and it is only used when a large number of people are entering and leaving, such as when receiving new blood.

However, according to Nora, the only official wizard in Everfrost Spire who is skilled in spatial magic is not a good person, and spatial magic is not his major.

After spending the entire morning looking at the information, Hughes finally selected a few mentors based on the information provided by Nora and his own notes:

Serafina Canningt (Plant, Ice)

Level 1 Wizard, Intermediate Potions Master

Benefits: Intermediate Potions, Materials Processing...

Requirements: Help complete the academy's alchemy task...

Number of recruits: 0/1

Oleksandr (Ice, Dark)

Level 1 Wizard, Intermediate Runemaster

Benefits: Basic rune literature, one year of free materials

Requirements: Clean up waste materials, assist in experiments…

Number of recruits: 1/2

Veredia Sadir (Dark)

Level 1 Wizard, Intermediate Potions Master

Benefits: Intermediate Potions Mastery, a bottle of psychic potion…

Requirements: Assist in experiments and complete college assignments.

Number of recruits: 2/3

After hesitating for a while, Hughes decided to choose Seraphine, since the benefits Seraphine offered were more suitable for Hughes' future path. He squeezed a drop of blood from his thumb onto the rune.

A few minutes later, a snow spirit delivered the admission results. Snow spirits are elemental spirits made of snowflakes and can transform into various forms. This one turned into a small, snow-white dove.

Hughes received the letter, which showed that he had been accepted and was required to report to her private botanical garden before 6 p.m. The letter included detailed directions. Hughes wrote the results to Nora and began packing his belongings. He now had 26 magic stones left.

This was quite a fortune in the early stages, but Hughes sighed when he thought about the huge investment required to learn potion-making.