Full-Time Magister: Can My Magic Cultivate Itself?

Not long after, a crisp and rhythmic sound came from outside the corridor.

"Da, da, da..."

That was the sound of high heels clicking on the polished marble floor, neither fast nor slow.

Yet, as if possessing some invisible magic, the classroom, which was originally as noisy as a vegetable market, became completely silent as if a mute button had been pressed.

Everyone instinctively straightened their backs, their eyes all turning towards the classroom door.

As the heavy solid wood door was slowly pushed open, a female teacher dressed in a well-tailored business suit walked in.

She wore a pair of black stilettos, exuding a capable and efficient aura. Her sharp eyes, behind her glasses, quickly scanned the entire class, as if she could see through the thoughts of every student.

After standing on the podium, she cleared her throat, her voice crisp and resonant:

"My surname is Li. For the next three years, or rather, for a period of time before you are divided into classes, I will be your homeroom teacher for Class 6 of Grade 11."

You can call me Teacher Li, or you can call me Sister Li in private.

Teacher Li paused slightly, looking at the expectant yet nervous young faces below, a confident smile playing on her lips, and continued:

"Without further ado, let's get straight to the point—the Awakening Ceremony. Since there are many students in our class from well-off families who are preparing to use the Guide Stone for awakening, for the sake of efficiency, let the students who are not using the Guide Stone and will undergo random awakening come forward first."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ms. Li raised her slender finger and gently tapped the podium.

"Buzz—"

With a very faint hum of energy, a seemingly ordinary silver bracelet on Teacher Li's wrist suddenly lit up with a dazzling silver light.

The light intertwined in the air, actually tearing open a tiny spatial rift!

Immediately afterwards, a thick register and a transparent, round crystal ball the size of a watermelon appeared out of thin air in everyone's sight, as if by magic.

"Hiss—it's a spatial storage magic tool!"

Students in the front row who knew their stuff immediately gasped and exclaimed in hushed tones, their eyes filled with undisguised fervor and envy.

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow, secretly clicking his tongue in amazement:

"As expected of Shanghai, a high school homeroom teacher can casually pull out magical artifacts of this level. In Bo City, this kind of treatment is probably only reserved for someone of Zhan Kong's level."

"Quiet." Teacher Li tapped the table and opened the register. "The awakening officially begins. First one, Wang Wen."

The girl whose name was called took a deep breath and quickly walked to the podium.

Under Teacher Li's guidance, she placed her hand on the transparent awakening stone.

A moment later, a soft blue halo appeared inside the Awakening Stone, like clear lake water rippling.

"Water system." Teacher Li nodded and wrote it down.

Wang Wen opened her eyes, glanced at the blue light, and did not cry and wail like the ordinary students in Bo City who had awakened their water or light abilities, feeling hopeless about life or even wanting to run to the roof to jump off.

She simply bowed to the teacher calmly and then walked back to her seat with composed steps.

Lin Chen silently observed all of this, sighing inwardly:

"As expected of the strength of Shanghai. Here, even those with weaker water-based magic can easily build up powerful defensive mages thanks to the vast resources of their families and the city."

"If it were ordinary people in Bocheng without any background, they would probably be crying and lining up on the rooftop to awaken their water element skills."

Time passed second by second, and all 13 students who had not used the guiding stones had successively awakened.

Some were happy while others were sad, but overall they maintained a very high level of professionalism.

Then, the main event began.

"Next up are the students using the guiding stones, starting with the elemental types."

Teacher Li glanced at the list, then looked up and precisely landed on the seat in the back row by the window.

"Lin Chen, come up here!"

Hearing his name called, Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat.

He took a deep breath, clearing his mind of all the jumbled thoughts, stood up, and walked step by step to the Awakening Stone on the podium under the curious or scrutinizing gazes of the whole class.

"You are a fire-type guiding stone, right?" Teacher Li confirmed again.

Lin Chen nodded solemnly.

The silver light on Teacher Li's wrist flickered again, and several pebbles emitting a faint reddish glow appeared in her hand.

She carefully placed the fire-type guiding stones in a ring around the transparent awakening stone.

Suddenly, the air around the podium seemed to become somewhat dry.

"Alright, Lin Chen, let's begin." Teacher Li's voice became gentle and guiding.

"Place your hands flat on the Awakening Stone, close your eyes, and empty your mind. Carefully feel the pulling force; do not resist it, it will guide you into your own spiritual world!"

Lin Chen did as instructed, and when his warm palm touched the cool and clear surface of the Awakening Stone, he immediately closed his eyes.

At first, all I saw was an endless, suffocating darkness.

But just a second later, Lin Chen felt a strange suction force coming from between his eyebrows, as if an invisible hand had suddenly pulled his consciousness into a mysterious dimension.

"boom!"

In Lin Chen's mental world, the original stillness was instantly shattered.

In the vast, boundless, pitch-black void, an extremely hot and domineering crimson light suddenly burst forth!

That was a dazzling expanse of stardust!

It's like a miniature nebula burning fiercely, radiating a heart-pounding heat and vitality.

Inside that reddish stardust, seven stars, as pure as diamonds yet as dazzling as miniature suns, were merrily swimming and twinkling.

"Is this... fire-type stardust?" Lin Chen stared blankly at the magnificent scene, his heart filled with turbulent waves.

This was the first time in his two lifetimes that he had so truly and directly touched the essence of magic.

The shock and wonder that came from the depths of his soul made every cell in his body tremble slightly.

Meanwhile, in the real world, the classroom of Class 6, Grade 11, had completely erupted in chaos.

The moment Lin Chen opened his eyes, the originally transparent Awakening Stone seemed to be injected with magma, bursting out with an extremely dazzling crimson light!

The red light was so intense that it even made the faces of several students in the front row appear red.

Moreover, the classroom, which was originally slightly cool from the air conditioning, was experiencing a rapid and visible increase in temperature, with a heat wave sweeping outwards from the podium.

"Such a powerful fire-type attack!"

"My God, this radiance, this talent is absolutely top-notch!"

Amidst the gasps of the crowd, Teacher Li's eyes were practically overflowing with admiration.

With a bright smile, she looked at the boy who had transferred from Bo City, her voice filled with undisguised surprise:

"Lin Chen, your fire-type talent is outstanding!"

"The light is so concentrated, the temperature so high. I must meditate diligently when I get back, and I must not waste this extraordinary talent!"

"Thank you, teacher."

Lin Chen nodded politely, and under Teacher Li's expectant gaze and the undisguised envy and jealousy of the whole class, he walked back to his seat with his head held high.

After sitting down, listening to the deliberately suppressed gasps of amazement from his classmates, Lin Chen appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already bubbling wildly inside, and he couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth turn up in a crazy smile.

"Fire! The most powerful fire element in the early game! Hahaha, this is it!" Lin Chen thought to himself with a sense of satisfaction.

"Even if I only end up as a mid-level mage, with my fire elemental skills, going back to Bo City or some small, unknown county and becoming a domineering county magistrate would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"

"I'll buy a big villa, have women on both sides, and sleep in until I naturally wake up every day. That's the kind of idyllic life a time traveler should have!"

Just as Lin Chen was lost in his blissful fantasy of "luxury and debauchery"—

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, from the depths of Lin Chen's mind, a voice that was extremely human and full of disappointment rang out without warning!

"I'm so incredibly unlucky to have such an unambitious owner who's obsessed with lewd nonsense!"

"If I follow him, I'll definitely die in the mouth of demons within three years. What should I do?!"

"Who?! Who's talking?!" Lin Chen was startled by the sudden sound. Luckily, he remembered that he was in the classroom, otherwise he would have jumped up from his chair.

Before he could react, a ripple suddenly appeared in the air in front of his retina, and several lines of translucent text burning with crimson flames abruptly jumped out like a holographic projection:

[Warning: Your fire-elemental stardust has sensed your extremely corrupt thoughts!]

Your fire element believes you are short-sighted, unambitious, and full of useless ideas, and feels deep despair and hopelessness about your future!

[To avoid dying young like you and becoming demonic excrement, it resolved to strive relentlessly!]

[Your fire element has entered automatic training mode, and you've begun frantically controlling the stars, engaging in self-reinforcement... (Current control progress: 1%...)]

Lin Chen stared intently at the few lines of flickering flame text in front of him, his eyes wide as saucers, his mouth slightly agape, his entire body frozen in his seat as if struck by lightning.

Several seconds passed before he let out a distorted gasp of surprise in his mind:

"Holy crap?! I've... awakened a cheat system?! And this cheat system even thinks I'm too lazy?!"