Above the mage

Chapter 127 Cultivation Room

Gaode also selected "Symbolic Literature".

Regardless of whether the course is easy or difficult, or whether he will be interested, since his assigned tutor is the head of the Rune Department, wouldn't it be reasonable for him not to choose "Rune Literature"?

The right attitude is the first thing to do.

Gao De understands this basic social etiquette.

He can only choose the first stage of the "Rune Literature" course at present. He can get 1 credit upon completion, and the course fee is 10 gold coins.

The "Symbolic Literature" course is divided into seven stages, and completing all of them will earn you 28 credits.

In contrast, the other two of the three founding families, Potions and Alchemy, only have five stages in their courses, which would only earn 15 credits if completed.

The difference in these courses alone shows that "Symbolic Literature" indeed has an extremely high entry barrier.

Finally, Gaode also took two elective courses under the "Potion Studies" major: "General Knowledge of Herbs" and "Cultivation of Magical Plants".

This is where his interests lie.

The former allows him to hunt ley line creatures in the wild without missing valuable magical plants or magical potion materials from them, while the latter is where the "bloodline" lies.

What Chinese person doesn't like "farming"?

Moreover, as long as one has the idea of ​​making money by concocting potions, a herb garden is a must.

Correspondingly, if you want to run a herb garden, "Plant Cultivation" is a required course.

Both courses are worth 2 credits and cost 20 gold coins each.

"Are you sure you want to choose so many courses?" The old man looked surprised after hearing Gaode's choices.

Gaode selected a total of 8 courses, including one that is widely recognized as the most obscure and difficult to learn: "Symbolic Literature".

If he can complete all the courses and pass the assessments, he will be able to earn a total of 13 credits in his first year.

Even looking at all the students in the history of Seres, there are very few students who have taken so many courses in their first year, which is enough to make them the "King of Papers".

Gao De nodded slightly. "I'm sure."

In fact, he wanted to take even more courses.

However, he hasn't yet figured out the difficulty level of these courses, so he's choosing courses conservatively for now.

If the subsequent courses go smoothly, Gaode will also add other courses.

The old man didn't offer any further advice; he just wanted to do his job well.

As for students being "too ambitious," selecting a bunch of courses, and ultimately neglecting one thing for another, spending a lot of time and money but failing to pass the course assessment, that's none of their business.

Everyone must take responsibility for their own choices.

"The course 'Understanding General Spells' is full for this term. You will need to wait until the next term to enroll," the old man said methodically as he glanced at the course schedule.

"Wait?!" But the next moment, as if he had discovered something, he suddenly looked up at Gao De and couldn't help but ask, "You have the highest authority?!"

After thinking for a moment and confirming that the so-called highest treatment should be equivalent to the highest authority, Gao De nodded.

The old man opened his mouth, then finally said, "You have the highest authority; according to the college regulations, you have priority in course selection."

"Therefore, you don't need to wait for the next course to learn 'General Spells'; you can start learning directly in this course."

"A total of eight courses: the first stage of 'Mage Basics,' the first stage of 'Spell Application and Combat,' the 'Basic Culture Course,' and the first stage of 'Rune Literature,'" the old man confirmed.

"You will need to pay a total of 120 gold coins for the course," the old man said.

Gaode had already calculated the fees he needed to pay before he arrived, but when the time actually came, he found himself still feeling very distressed.

Gao De took out his money bag, reluctantly counted out 120 Sean gold coins, and pushed them to the old man.

The old man chuckled as he collected the "tuition fee" Gao De had paid. After a few operations on the alchemy machine, he returned Gao De's ID badge to him, saying, "I've registered you."

"Thank you," Gao De said politely, while inwardly feeling a pang of regret—his savings had fallen below the 100 gold coin mark.

More accurately, it should be said that it plummeted to 92 gold and 17 silver.

After selecting his courses and leaving the committee building, Gaode checked the time; it was already past 3 p.m.

This is clearly not the right time to report.

Therefore, he decided to go and report to his mentor again tomorrow.

His next destination was the cultivation building, which he had been curious about for a long time.

Coincidentally, Gaode replenished 10 sets of basic magic potions on the 22nd of the harvest month.

It is now the 22nd of the Dark Moon, and the 10 sets of basic magic potions have just been used up.

If the training rooms in the training building are effective enough, as long as they are not too much worse than basic magic potions, Gao De is prepared to switch to the training rooms.

After all, the daily cost of 2 gold coins for potions is really a bit too much for him now that he still needs to "pay for courses".

The cultivation building is also a separate building.

Moreover, because it is a place for cultivation, this area is very quiet.

The training building is not far from the committee, and it is located on the only way between the first district and the committee.

So Gaode quickly arrived at the location of the cultivation building.

The exterior of the cultivation building is extremely classical and simple.

The real value of this building lies in the magic node array embedded in its foundation.

In front of the cultivation building stands a human statue.

It is a statue of Ronan Hogg, the first headmaster of Cyrus Academy.

He was a fifth-ring archmage, said to be infinitely close to a sixth-ring mage, but unfortunately he failed to advance.

Around 3 PM is the time for many students to attend class.

Even so, there were still quite a few students coming and going from the training building.

After all, apart from the "dormitory", the training building should be the place that students visit most often in the academy.

The students coming and going didn't pay much attention to Gaode.

Everyone is busy with their own things.

Gao De walked towards the cultivation building, where a magic circle enveloped the entrance.

The student's identification badge serves as the access key.

After swiping his ID badge, Gaode entered one of the most important buildings in the Cyrus Academy.

The first floor of the cultivation building is also a large hall.

The lobby was rather quiet, with only a reception desk.

Gao De walked to the counter and looked at the young lady in charge of reception.

"Hello, would you like to use the basic training room or rent a high-level training room?"

The woman, with her hair up, glanced at Gaode Maps and, after confirming that Gaode was a new face, smiled and said, "You can see the specific prices and requirements here."

She pointed to the sign hanging in front of the counter.

Gao De's gaze swept over.

"Basic training room, magic concentration 10, can be used for free by all formal students."

"Tier 1 Training Room, Magic Concentration 46, Rental Fee: 10 Silver/Two Hours, Rental Requirements: 10 or more Academic Credits."

"Second-tier training room, magic concentration 215, rental fee: 2 gold/two hours, rental requirements: credits equal to or greater than 50."

"Tier 3 training room, magic concentration 1000, rental fee: 10 gold/two hours, not open to students."

The level of a training room is determined by the concentration of magic power, and the classification criteria strictly follow the classification criteria of spiritual lands.

An area with a magic concentration greater than 10 can be called a basic spiritual land, which is sufficient to allow mage apprentices to quickly improve their progress in guiding spell cultivation.

A magic concentration of 46 or higher constitutes a Tier 1 spiritual land, sufficient for a 1st-level mage to cultivate.

A magic concentration of 215 or higher constitutes a second-tier spirit land.

If the magic concentration is equal to or greater than 1000, it is a third-tier spirit land.

And so on, one-to-one correspondence.

The magic concentration in the academy's training rooms is precisely at the critical point of each level of spiritual ground.

"Give me a basic training room," Gao De said.

The receptionist with her hair up flipped through the booklet in her hand and then said, "Cultivation room number 37 on the second floor. Once inside, simply swipe your identity badge to activate the magic node array."

"Thank you." Gao De nodded and went up the stairs to the second floor.

The cultivation building has a total of six floors. The first, second, and third floors are basic cultivation rooms, the fourth floor is the first-level cultivation room, the fifth floor is the second-level cultivation room, and the sixth floor is the third-level cultivation room.

The second floor is a long, narrow corridor with basic training rooms on both sides, the doors of which are tightly closed. It is estimated that there are a total of sixty or seventy rooms.

Following the address, Gaode found the basic training room number 37 that had been assigned to him, with the main door wide open.

The training room was very small, only three or four square meters in size.

However, the practice of a mage is not like that of a martial arts practitioner, who needs a space to practice martial arts techniques. They only need to sit cross-legged and meditate to practice guided methods.

This area is more than enough.

For a mage, the most important aspect of the practice environment is the concentration of magical energy, not its comfort.

Gao De entered training room number 37, closed the door, and then, as instructed by the female receptionist, swiped his identity badge on the magic circle at the entrance.

The next moment, the concentration of magic power in the training room began to rise slowly.

At the entrance, there is a crudely made alchemical object called a "magic detector" that resembles a "display screen," showing the concentration of magic in the training room.

Gao De waited for almost a minute and saw that the magic concentration displayed on the magic detector had risen from 2 to 12, and finally stopped changing and stabilized.

The magic node array can regulate the magic concentration of each node within the array area, but some minor fluctuations are inevitable.

Therefore, the magic concentration in the training room indicated on the sign at the reception desk is not an exact value, but rather a very conservative lower limit.

Seres Academy guarantees that the magic concentration in the training room will never be lower than the value indicated on the label.

Gao De sat down cross-legged and began to practice the Apprentice Guidance Method, starting his practice for the day.

Once he entered a meditative state, he "saw" an abundance of stardust, representing magic, floating around him, emitting tiny points of starlight, almost gathering into a clump.

As the guiding method was activated, the stardust that was about to clump together was guided into Gao De's body like a long dragon, and then slowly refined and transformed into his own magical power.

While the efficiency of cultivation is not as good as taking basic magic potions, it is far superior to "cultivating without any magic potions".

Gao De immediately became immersed in this feeling, focusing intently on his cultivation, unable to extricate himself.

Time passed slowly.

(End of this chapter)