Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Shanghai Golden Resources Apartment

As soon as Mo Fan returned, he took Ye Xinxia out to play, while Zhang Chen stayed at home frantically catching up on information about Mingzhu Academy and other knowledge he found online.

"The best cultivation resource at Pearl Academy is the Three-Step Tower... The welcome ceremony, the beast fighting?... If the Summoning Department can't defeat a hundred people, the resources will be distributed to other departments?... So resources can be contested... Then can Mo Fan and I compete for all the resources of all departments? It seems the commentary said Mo Fan defeated all the departments?"

"Pearl Academy has departments that offer special bonus points for admissions? Summoning, Space, Curses?... "

"The Star River Vein costs a whopping 100 million! After paying off my house purchase, I only have 30 million in total! ... I could also enter Tree Spirit mode and use the abundant magic energy and feedback from the Sacred Tree to break through to a higher level, but I only absorbed feedback once recently, and it will probably take a long time to accumulate it again... The road to making money is long and arduous."

……

After they both reached the intermediate level, their earning efficiency more than doubled.

Two days later

Mingzhu Academy Special Admissions Office

Mo Fan and Zhang Chen faced five mentors

One of the instructors asked, "There are no problems with the questions and answers, but the key is to see how well you practice your magic and how strong you are. Please cast a spell."

"Come forth, Shadow Wolf Beast!"

"Excellent! This Ghost Wolf Beast has excellent bloodline and its cultivation has reached the advanced stage. It seems this beast fighting competition will be quite a spectacle." One of the instructors nodded with satisfaction.

"Mind Control Barrier"

"That's not bad either. It's quite impressive that you've managed to cultivate the Space Department to the third level of the initial stage with such smooth spellcasting. There hasn't been a newcomer in the Space Department for many years."

"Are you two boarding students, or...?"

"We both own houses near the college."

"Oh, remember to come to class when school starts, especially that kid from the Space Science department. Don't think you can skip class just because you're the only one from your department!"

"good!"

……

After emerging, Zhang Chen said, somewhat bewildered, "Wait, am I the only one with a spatial ability? I clearly saw it mentioned in the Pearl Strategy Guide..."

"Isn't this great? One-on-one tutoring!" Mo Fan laughed.

"I was thinking of taking time off to go monster hunting! Do you know how much a Star River Vein costs? One hundred million!"

What is the Star River Vein?

"Couldn't you just search online?! For things that can help mages break through to higher levels!...

"Holy crap, does that mean the two of us would need four...four hundred million!"

"Yeah, that's why we're both really short on money! There's a welcome competition for new students, where your summoning department has to beat everyone else in the department. If you don't win enough to get a hundred of your department's resources for the semester, then that goes to other departments..."

"Holy crap, is this even allowed?... Can we rob them too?... "

"It should be possible... How about this, I'll beat up everyone else in your department, and then the two of us will ask the principal if we can take all the department's resources!" Zhang Chen vividly described the situation to Mo Fan.

"Great! That's how it should be!"

……

A week later

Mingzhu Academy Space Department Classroom

Looking at the huge classroom where he was all alone, Zhang Chen couldn't help but feel a self-deprecating smile.

"Now that's great, if I skip class, it's like the whole department is empty..."

"But it seems like I'll have all the space system's resources to myself... Hehehe... That doesn't seem so bad."

"Da da..."

A heavy, powerful footstep approached from afar. Zhang Chen knew immediately from the sound that this person was no ordinary individual, having at least killed many demons.

The moment this person appeared at the door, Zhang Chen stood up and said, "Greetings, Dean Xiao!"

"Dean Xiao is teaching me? That's outrageous!"

Dean Xiao nodded and said gently, "Your space science tutor is still abroad on a business trip, so I will teach you space science for the time being. You can ask me if you have any questions."

"This is so awesome! There's so much I don't know!"

"Dean Xiao, I've seen information online about the Space Department allowing one to create their own personal space. How is this done...?"

"That's simple, just set the star trails..."

"Dean Xiao, the strength of spatial skills is related to one's mental power level. How can one improve their mental power level?"

"The most common thing is that mental strength increases with breakthroughs in cultivation levels. There are also those who are fighting against powerful enemies... on the verge of life and death..."

"Dean Xiao, shall we test our mental strength?"

"We have specialized testing equipment for this. Come to my office in a bit and I'll test it for you."

"That's wonderful!"

"Dean Xiao, the plant species in the botany department..."

……

Dean Xiao was happy to answer Zhang Chen's questions. He was pleased to see Zhang Chen asking so many questions, while Zhang Chen took this opportunity to ask about everything he didn't understand.

The afternoon passed in this question-and-answer session.

Thinking about tomorrow's beast-fighting competition, Zhang Chen wanted to test Dean Xiao's attitude and asked, "Dean Xiao, aren't the rules of tomorrow's beast-fighting competition a bit too unfriendly to summoning classes?"

"They fought against a hundred people, but they could only protect their own resources. That's just too unfair."

Dean Xiao did not reprimand Zhang Chen for questioning the rules, but smiled gently and said, "There is actually another rule: if the students of the Summoning Department can defeat two hundred people, then all the resources of the department will belong to the Summoning Department. I am glad that you asked this question."

"Since that's the case, and it's essentially all about competition, could a few people team up to defeat the entire department's number of people, and then give them all the department's resources?"

Dean Xiao smiled but did not answer.

But Zhang Chen could sense that Dean Xiao was encouraging the competition; this time it seemed secure, and things should go well.

Afterwards, Zhang Chen followed Dean Xiao to the office to have his mental strength tested. Dean Xiao praised Zhang Chen with a look of satisfaction.

In Dean Xiao's view, Zhang Chen's mental strength was only one opportunity away from entering the middle realm, and his talent was already the best Dean Xiao had ever seen.

next day

The most anticipated event in years at Mingzhu Academy's Qing Campus has finally arrived. The academy is adorned with colorful ribbons depicting summoned beasts, and large posters of several students who excelled in previous beast-fighting tournaments adorn the entrance to the student community. This undoubtedly fuels the students' imaginations, as they dream of defeating a summoned beast, making a splash, and attracting the attention of countless beautiful girls and handsome boys.

Mo Fan and Zhang Chen arrived at the entrance of Qingdou Hall and queued up together.

"You'll be the last one up! Watch me do it!" Zhang Chen said excitedly.

"OK! Don't mess up later, I've told you about all the summoned beasts in our department."

"That is..."

Mo Fan couldn't contain his excitement at the thought of what he was going to do next.

"Taking on the entire department, just thinking about it is awesome! If I succeed, wouldn't a lot of beautiful female students come looking for me...hehehe..."

The Qingdou Hall is built to be incredibly grand and imposing, and it contains a dueling arena that is much larger than a football field.

The arena is surrounded by tiered seating, with rows and rows of seats that could easily accommodate 10,000 people. Only a wealthy institution like Pearl Academy could afford to build such a super arena.

Zhang Chen, being a space-elemental user, could sit anywhere. However, wanting to be the first to go on stage, he found a spot in the first row near the entrance. Surrounded by the lively atmosphere, his heart calmed down.

The path of cultivation is inherently one of competition and struggle...