Full-Time Magister: The Ruler of Wind and Rain

For a month before school started, Wang Yu lived at the Qingtian Hunting Grounds with Xiao Ding and Lingling, taking on missions whenever they came and sharing the loot. However, the first mission never yielded a strange bone again, making Wang Yu feel like he was some kind of unlucky person. Xiao Ding comforted him, saying, "Many hunters might not even hunt a monster with a strange bone in a year. You encountered one on your first try, how can that be called bad luck?"

In short, including his previous savings, Wang Yu currently has 1.9 million yuan, which is enough to buy magic tools for beginner mages. However, Wang Yu doesn't want to waste his precious savings on this. Anyway, with the super deluxe protective bracelet given by Old Man Bao, how can magic tools worth one or two million yuan compare to this?

There are other items on the market that can aid in cultivation, such as Star Liquid, which costs around five million per bottle. It's used to help beginner-level mages with maxed-out cultivation break through to the intermediate level. However, this stuff isn't used much, as the barrier between the beginner and intermediate levels isn't that strong, and most mages choose to break through on their own. Besides, Wang Yu is born with dual elemental abilities; if he were to use this stuff, breaking through to the intermediate level in both elements would cost ten million, which is ridiculously expensive.

Wang Yu had also considered the Stardust Magic Artifact, but he had discovered early on that he possessed extraordinary talent and didn't lack the cultivation time controlled by meditation. The Stardust Magic Artifact, which was extremely useful to other mages, might only be a bonus for him. But even this bonus was quite expensive, costing at least five million. Speaking of which, was there some obsession among mages with five million? This was the second thing Wang Yu thought of worth five million today.

If we disregard those two, the only thing left to enhance one's abilities is the magical artifact that aids in control. However, that thing is extremely expensive. Wang Yu looked it up online and, to his dismay, he had never seen one for less than 20 million. It was still in the realm that Wang Yu dared not even dream of.

As for spirit seeds, forget about it. While elemental spirit seeds can amplify magic skills many times over, they are extremely expensive. Even the most common light-type spirit seed can cost tens of millions, and the most expensive lightning-type spirit seed could probably fetch hundreds of millions at auction. Secondly, spirit seeds are exclusive to intermediate-level and above mages. Unless you're one of those naturally gifted individuals with spirit seeds, a normal mage must reach the intermediate level before they can absorb and refine those special elemental seeds born from the world to amplify their magic skills. Forcing a beginner mage to absorb them will only cause a shock and collapse of their mental world.

After going through all the options, Wang Yu realized that he had a large sum of money in his hands, but he couldn't buy anything. He could only spend 100,000 to buy two copies of "Star's Mark," or what is called an intermediate-level magic calligraphy practice book, to motivate his wind and water magic skills and see if any lucky viewers could break through to the intermediate level soon.

In short, the first day of school arrived, and Wang Yu, whose cultivation had made no progress in a month (for sure), returned to his long-lost Mingzhu Academy. In the classroom, he encountered his long-lost teammates from the championship team: Wu Shulan, Xie Ze, and Cheng Hui. The group occupied a corner and talked about their experiences during the holiday.

"I've been practicing ground wave-collapse all holiday and I'm quite proficient now." After the championship journey, Wu Shulan, who was originally a bit taciturn, gradually became more talkative in front of the group. "Before I went home last time, I contacted Director Du of the main campus of Mingzhu Academy. He asked me to borrow a few books from the library. The techniques in them are very effective."

"I still haven't caught up with you," Xie Ze said, holding a water ball in his hand. "I still haven't mastered the Water Control-Circulation. I always feel like the star trails are just one step away from connecting, but they always break."

"That's enough. You awakened a year later than Sister Shulan. If you catch up with her, where will she put her face?" Cheng Hui pretended to scatter Xie Ze's water balloon, which startled him and made him quickly dodge.

After a brief playful tussle, Cheng Hui turned to Wang Yu, deliberately adopting the expression of a slacker looking at a top student, and asked, "Wang Yu, did you advance to the intermediate-level mage level this holiday?"

"Get lost, speak properly." Wang Yu said, as if shooing away a flying insect. "I'm only at the initial level three. How easy is it to reach the intermediate level? I've only been awakened for a year. Don't think of me as some kind of monster."

"But Gege, I just consider you the world's number one genius~"

Faced with Cheng Hui's deliberately sweet verbal tic, the group burst into laughter. Other classmates seemed eager to join in the conversation, but just then, an elegantly dressed and unassuming female teacher walked into the classroom.

"Class, quiet down!" The teacher's voice wasn't loud, but it was extremely effective, instantly calming the noisy classroom. "Welcome to the Pearl Magic Academy Preparatory Class, everyone. I am your homeroom teacher for the next three years, Yu Xiujia. This is my contact information." With that, she picked up a piece of chalk and quickly wrote her phone number on the blackboard behind her.

"Dear students, you are among the most talented of countless magic students. Out of millions, only a few hundred exceptionally gifted students, those who cultivate with extraordinary speed, are able to reach our interview session. And you are the twenty most outstanding among those few hundred. Each of you is one in a million. Therefore, I will not manage you like high school students; that would be a pure waste of talent!"

The students in the preparatory class were flattered by Teacher Yu's praise of being "one in a million," and they all listened attentively to what Teacher Yu would say next, eager to see what profound insights he had to offer.

"In the future, our class will only offer two courses: one is Basic Magic Practice, and the other is Intermediate Advancement Methods. Neither of these courses will have attendance requirements. In other words, from now on, you are completely free to skip any classes. I will not comment on this; it is entirely up to you. However, I must remind everyone: the places in the preparatory class are limited and precious. If a student has not advanced to an intermediate mage by the age of nineteen, Pearl Academy will expel them unconditionally."

"What I just said was only for those students who just want to wallow in self-pity and have a good time. But for those students who want to learn more, your student cards will be extremely useful. They can be used to open the door to any classroom in the Green Campus and the Main Campus, and you can choose any course you want to take according to the academy's schedule. If you want to participate in assessments, you can also register with the professors. It can also be used to open the door to the Magic Artifact Management Office. Each of you students can apply to use Stardust Magic Artifacts for six months each year. I believe you all understand its value."

"And for everyone in the Pearl Academy preparatory class, the most crucial point is that each of you will have the qualification to enter the Three-Step Tower for cultivation for one day each year. I won't explain further; you can ask the seniors at the main campus what the Three-Step Tower is. I can only remind you to cherish this once-a-year opportunity."

The Three-Step Tower! Hearing these three words, Wang Yu immediately perked up. Those unfamiliar with the name wouldn't understand its significance, but how could Wang Yu not know? Pearl Academy had stood the test of time in the country for many years, dominating the top (second only to the Imperial Capital Academy), largely thanks to the Three-Step Tower! According to the regulations he had previously researched, only the top-performing academies on the main campus could obtain the qualification to enter the Three-Step Tower for seven days of cultivation each year. And he, still in the preparatory class, was already able to go for one day a year—that was already quite remarkable! After all, in the Three-Step Tower, one day of cultivation truly equaled two or three months of cultivation!