Full-Time Magister: Time Stop Talent, Many Children, Many Blessings

A raging fire was burning at the entrance of the cave.

Lu Heqiu ignored the one-eyed demon wolves.

Instead, they walked towards the cave entrance.

With the smoke obscuring their view, ordinary monks couldn't see what was happening inside at all.

But Lu Heqiu was different. His spiritual power could barely penetrate the thick smoke produced by the burning. Although he couldn't see clearly, he could still barely sense whether there were any living creatures inside.

Lu Heqiu extended his mental energy forward, but the situation inside was completely different from what he had imagined.

Seven one-eyed demon wolves have already been eliminated outside.

Even if there are still some inside, at most there would be one Bone-Spiked Wolf and two or three One-Eyed Demon Wolves.

But as soon as his mental energy penetrated in, the heartbeat that came back from inside was completely different from what Lu Heqiu had imagined.

A strong, powerful heartbeat—clearly the heartbeat of that monstrous, bony wolf!

But the remaining twenty-odd life energies are...

"Mu Nujiao, can your plant-based abilities sense the life within?"

Lu Heqiu turned around and glanced at Mu Nujiao. Mu Nujiao was slightly taken aback, then shook her head violently, her tone even somewhat dejected.

"Do you think everyone is a pervert like you?"

"How could an ordinary mid-level mage possibly accomplish so much using their own magic system?"

"You...can sense the life force inside?"

Lu Heqiu hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"The senses are unclear; I can only detect the heartbeat closest to the cave entrance and the atmosphere inside. It's a rather unconventional way of dealing with danger."

"...I want to go inside and take a look!"

As soon as Lu Heqiu finished speaking, Mu Nujiao immediately cast an objectioning glance at him.

"No!"

"The demons inside are at the warrior general level!"

"Even you could encounter danger. Besides, none of us have light magic; going in would be far too dangerous!"

As Mu Nujiao spoke, she took several steps toward Lu Heqiu, as if she would forcibly drag him away if he insisted, leaving him no room for rebuttal.

Lu Heqiu stared at the cave entrance for a moment, but still didn't step inside. Mu Nujiao's words made sense, but he was also unsure what kind of demons were inside.

If they were other demons, it would be fine, but if they were all one-eyed demon wolves...

Then Lu Heqiu will have to stop time and run away!

"Let's wait a little longer!"

The vines at the cave entrance had been burning for a long time. Perhaps due to the air pressure, most of the thick smoke from the flames drifted into the cave, with only a very small amount actually reaching the outside.

The flames scorched the cave entrance even blacker, and even the rocks began to heat up, so hot that Lu Heqiu dared not touch them.

Nearly half an hour passed.

The raging fire had just been extinguished when Lu Heqiu used his phantom claws to push aside the dead branches, revealing the cave entrance to the two of them again. The Bone Spike Wolf, which had been showing half its head, had somehow retreated back inside.

When the mental energy probed the past, half of the Bone Spike Wolf's head was burned off. Even more terrifying was the bloodstains on its mouth, which looked like it was on the verge of death.

"Burned by flames?"

Mu Nujiao tentatively asked, "How could flames possibly cause such serious damage to it?"

Lu Heqiu, with his powerful mental strength, clearly saw things more clearly.

Most of the Bone-Spiked Wolf's injuries came from its body and tail; the flames only bought it time and did not cause it much damage.

Inside the cave...

Something is attacking it!

The aura inside wasn't that of the one-eyed demon wolf!

It was the aura of another creature, a creature capable of harming or even killing the Bone-Spiked Ferocious Wolf!

"Take a look inside to see if it's really a cave demon slave!"

Mu Nujiao suddenly remembered something and quickly spoke to Lu Heqiu. Lu Heqiu probed deeper with his spiritual power and indeed saw the corpses of several cave demon slaves. The corpses had been torn to pieces by the bone-spiked wolves.

However, judging from the Bone-Spiked Wolf's wary movements, there are even more cave demon slaves inside the cave!

Yes, there is.

"It seems the original inhabitants here were cave demon slaves, not the one-eyed wolf clan!"

Lu Heqiu gave an affirmative answer, nodding repeatedly in agreement that Mu Nujiao had learned the course well.

"good!"

"The smoke must have startled the cave demons in the burrow, making them feel threatened. They came to the surface, but they didn't see us, so they assumed it was the Bone-Spiked Wolves' doing and attacked them fiercely!"

"We...we're going to snag a bargain!"

Mu Nujiao is not a naive girl like Ai Tutu. She can reconstruct the facts in the wild with great accuracy just by confirming one point. This is something that only students who have studied the course very well can do.

Lu Heqiu had guessed the general idea when Mu Nujiao asked him.

The mines are interconnected. The demon wolf clan usually lives on the edge, and the cave demon slaves don't have the strength to fight them. After all, the mines are so big, they don't care about such a small piece of territory.

But today, the smoke filled the entire mine, which naturally made the cave demon slaves feel a sense of crisis. They could no longer ignore the pack of demon wolves, so they rushed up in a swarm.

The Bone-Spiked Wolf was wronged, as it was also among those being attacked. However, the Cave Demon Slave wouldn't listen to its explanation and just kept attacking it relentlessly, trying to kill the demon wolf completely!

"You are indeed very smart."

The two stood outside waiting for the two races to settle their score before they went to pick up the scraps. Lu Heqiu casually praised Mu Nujiao.

Mu Nujiao pouted, but she was secretly quite pleased.

Because this was a compliment to her personally, and not any other kind of praise, it was exactly the kind of encouragement she needed. A slight smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

Lu Heqiu glanced at the panel unintentionally, and the panel changed again.

[Currently available characters: Ai Tutu (40% success rate for re-invitation), Mu Nujiao (45% success rate for half-hearted acceptance)]

Perhaps because Mu Nujiao felt involved in the battle, and Lu Heqiu praised her, the success rate increased exponentially, bringing her one step closer to Lu Heqiu's goal.

Given Mu Nujiao's personality, it's almost impossible for her to reach 100%. Lu Heqiu didn't intend to maximize the success rate before trying, but rather to start testing the waters when the time was right.

If it doesn't work, stop immediately, try to win over Ai Tutu again to get the rewards, and then try to win over Mu Nujiao.

after all...

They really put a lot of effort into winning over Mu Nujiao.

If this continues, Lu Heqiu will soon be attending Mingzhu Academy!

Currently, Lu Heqiu's progress is not significantly ahead of his peers. He cannot put all his eggs in one basket and must occasionally switch baskets.

"It looks like they're about to decide a winner!"

"It seems so..."