Full-Time Magister: The Ruler of Wind and Rain

The final results of the year-end assessments were in, and as expected, Wang Yu topped the list, followed by Mo Fan in second place, Mu Bai in third, and Xu Zhaoting, who was previously considered a strong contender for the top spot, in fourth. The legendary stories of the top two students quickly spread throughout the school. Now, Wang Yu was hailed by his classmates as the joint number one genius in Bo City's history, on par with Mu Ningxue of the Mu family, while Mo Fan, besides being a legendary figure who could transform into a genius in an instant, was also Bo City's most reckless student!

The top 100 students in this exam will be assigned to the elite class, where they will attend classes in a large classroom and practice magic casting in the training ground. The other students will continue their life from their first year of high school, spending their days meditating and controlling their sleep schedule.

But to the surprise of the students in the top class, Wang Yu was not in the top class at all.

Yes, Wang Yu was currently on his way to Xiamen Island. He was heading to Shanghai to take the entrance exam for the preparatory class at Mingzhu Academy. It would be faster to take the high-speed train from Bocheng to Shanghai via Xiamen Island first.

In fact, before the year-end assessment, Wang Yu had specifically discussed his future career development as a mage with Principal Zhu of Tianlan Magic High School. Wang Yu had hoped to use this opportunity to inquire about the allocation of Stardust Magic Artifacts and whether he would be favored. Unexpectedly, Principal Zhu pointed him to an unexpected path: enrolling in the preparatory classes of major magic academies across the country. Mu Ningxue, with her exceptional talent, had even had admissions professors from the Imperial Capital Magic Academy actively seeking her out for recruitment.

Wang Yu's talent, as demonstrated in the test, was still slightly inferior to Mu Ningxue's. Although he had a preliminary grasp of the wind element, without the support of a spirit seed, his wind element was relatively less outstanding. Perhaps out of a desire to continue recruiting talent, Mu Zhuoyun helped him contact the admissions professors at the Imperial Capital Academy, but with Mu Ningxue's brilliance preceding him, Wang Yu did not catch their eye. Meanwhile, Yang Zuohe of the Magic Association helped him find information about the preparatory class admissions at the Pearl Magic Academy, which was the reason for Wang Yu's journey.

Meanwhile, various powerful figures in Bo City—the Mu family, the Zhou family, the Magic Association, and the Hunter's Alliance—went all out and sponsored Wang Yu with 200,000. Considering that the Magic Academy also provides scholarships for mages from impoverished backgrounds, Wang Yu shouldn't have to worry about making a living in the short term. Wang Yu completely understood their desire to befriend a genius mage; each family contributing tens of thousands of yuan could earn them a good reputation—it was a real windfall. However, having accepted his relatively poor background in this world for so long, Wang Yu still felt a little unreal when he saw the 200,000 in his account.

Having some spare cash, Wang Yu immediately bought a computer and a mobile phone upon arriving in Shanghai. This world also had the internet, though not as advanced as the scientific world, but the information was still quite comprehensive. In the days leading up to his exams at Mingzhu Academy's preparatory class, Wang Yu quickly digested the general outline of this world through information. The more he spent online, the more he realized how ignorant and outdated he had been back in Bo City. Most of the books in Bo City's library were more than a decade out of date; he could only thank the internet.

Wang Yu inadvertently discovered a ranking of innate talents, where his and Mo Fan's "innate dual-elemental" ability was ranked fourth, two places higher than Mu Ningxue's innate elemental attribute physique. However, Mo Fan's actual ability was to awaken two elements each time he awakened, which made Wang Yu somewhat expectant. If he also awakened two magic elements after reaching the intermediate level, which magic element would be best? Cool and useful spatial, shadow, or chaos magic? Functionally versatile healing, blessing, or sound magic? Or perhaps powerful curse, undead, or poison magic? Or, if all else fails, lightning or fire magic from the elemental system would also work. After all, Wang Yu's two initial-level elements, wind and water, didn't have much offensive capability before reaching the super-level, so having a destructive magic would be convenient…

Before he knew it, his thoughts had wandered off. Wang Yu quickly snapped back to reality and continued reviewing the exam content for the Pearl Academy's preparatory class. According to what he read online, the exam would mainly assess candidates' age, testing their Stardust, Release, and even wilderness training. Given Wang Yu's age of 16, he figured the exam would only cover Stardust and Release... right?

Two days later, Wang Yu, standing in line in front of the arena at the Pearl Academy's Qing Campus, felt speechless. He couldn't understand why Pearl Academy had suddenly changed its preparatory class admission method this year; admission now required a magic duel. Students were required to randomly form five-person teams (those who were stubborn could skip this step), divided into three age groups. Each team had two members in Group A (15 years and under), two to three in Group B (16 years and under), and at most one in Group C (17 years and under). Teams drew lots to determine who would be admitted in the magic duel. The winning team would have all its members admitted, while the remaining fifteen spots would be determined by a comprehensive evaluation of the candidates' Stardust, casting ability, and the examiners' scores during the duel.

Based on Wang Yu's age, he received a small badge for Group B, number 161, and also a magical artifact, a protective ring. The staff said it was a replica of the Ring of Venice, capable of automatically triggering a magical shield and defending against one instance of low-level magic. Of course, such a powerful magical artifact wouldn't be given away for free; it needed to be returned to Pearl Academy after the competition.

All the candidates eligible to take the preparatory course exam were highly motivated, and they had all arrived by 8:00 AM. At the command of the senior professor in charge of organizing the exam, the staff began using a lottery system displayed on the large screen. Soon, over a hundred teams were assigned on the screen. The oldest member of each team was automatically designated as the team leader and was first called to the open space in the arena to wait. Then, each team member found their team based on the information on the screen and the nameplate they held.

Wang Yu quickly found his team. The team leader was a tall girl from Group C named Wu Shulan, who was rather quiet. There was also a boy from Group B, and a boy and a girl from Group A named Jie Ze, Fu Liming, and Cheng Hui. After a brief self-introduction, the group looked at the big screen, found their opponents, and waited for their numbers to be called.

Wang Yu noticed that the team leader lacked organizational skills, so in order to ensure the smooth running of the competition, he gathered everyone together to discuss their respective magical abilities.

"Come on, everyone, let's gather around. We're all beginner mages, so let's introduce ourselves first, including our magical abilities and magical tools, so we can coordinate better on the field." Wang Yu acted like a true captain. "I'll go first. My name is Wang Yu, I'm a wind mage, and I can skillfully cast Windrail-Swiftness and Windrail-Flash. I don't have any magical tools, but I can control my wind domain to a basic extent."

Hearing the words "no magical tools," the others were somewhat surprised. After all, most of those who passed the initial screening and came to this examination hall were scions of powerful families. They didn't expect that someone who came to take the exam wouldn't even have magical tools. Hearing the word "domain" made them even more shocked. Even high-level mages don't usually have this. It's truly enviable that a beginner like you has it.