Full-Time Magister: The Ruler of Wind and Rain

After spending a week skimming through the basic theoretical knowledge, Wang Yu planned to buy a batch of relatively inexpensive materials to test his forging knowledge and learn through practice. Old Man Bao praised this and provided him with a 99% discount coupon for Zhao's Magical Materials Shop.

The magic materials market in Shanghai is huge, and Zhao's Magic Materials Shop is one of the most comprehensive. Wang Yu first took Lingling and swept up several hundred kilograms of common metals such as copper, iron, lead, and tin, as well as magic stones of various elements from Zhao's Shop. Afterwards, they went to various stalls in the materials market and started collecting junk together online.

"Boss, how much is this giant-eyed gorilla's leg bone?"

"Five thousand."

"Would you sell it for five hundred? It's all cracked."

"……Sell!"

"Where's that broken fang from the one-eyed wolf?"

"Twenty thousand."

"Two thousand. There's no magic left on it; it's too ugly to even use as a decoration."

"...Take it away! Take it away!"

Wang Yu fully utilized his talent for bargaining, sweeping up a large pile of unwanted scrap materials at extremely low prices.

Judging from Lingling's expression, it seemed like she wanted to complain about Wang Yu wasting money.

Back in the basement of the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

This place was originally a storage room, but Wang Yu has cleared it out and transformed it into his temporary forging practice room.

Enough talk, let's start smelting bastards!

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A month passed quickly, but Wang Yu still hadn't forged any magical tools.

It's not that he lacks the potential to become a weapon refiner, but forging is a profound and complex skill that cannot be mastered overnight.

Just like a blacksmith, if you have a lot of strength but no skill, you might painstakingly forge a fist-thick shovel and a finger-thick embroidery needle. Skills must be accumulated through experience and time, and Wang Yu is still far from being a true weapon refiner in this regard.

Even setting aside the techniques, the theoretical knowledge alone fills an entire bookshelf. Presumably, even the most studious person would feel somewhat dizzy standing in front of such a "treasure trove of knowledge."

"No wonder Old Man Bao didn't intend for me to learn weapon crafting on my own. The process of learning this is too long, and it's impossible without enough time." Wang Yu helplessly took out "The Relationship Between Flame Temperature and Material Melting Point," and while he had plenty of fire magic energy, he took a magic stone to do a melting experiment, and then continued to read the book thoughtfully.

Practice, reading, practice, reading. This kind of life is quite boring. Fortunately, on the one hand, Wang Yu is very patient with loneliness; on the other hand, the cute little girl Lingling will occasionally take on some hunter commissions, most of which are simple commissions such as hunting monsters, collecting materials, and escorting caravans near Shanghai. Wang Yu entrusts all decision-making to Lingling, his external brain, and only needs to execute when necessary, using his spare brainpower to learn forging knowledge.

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Two or three months passed in the blink of an eye. Looking at the simple fire elemental amulet on his hand, Wang Yu felt a sense of relief. This kind of magical product, which uses the simplest magic energy circuit to extract the inner energy of magic stones to construct a simple shield, is simple to make and has low cost and selling price. However, the success of this simple work at least proves that Wang Yu's hard work in forging and the materials he used have not been wasted.

At this time, Mingzhu Academy had already started classes, but after Wang Yu gave a brief demonstration of a beginner-level three wind magic spell, his homeroom teacher, Yu Xiujia, readily agreed that Wang Yu would not have to attend classes. After all, Wang Yu (even if only considering the strength he had revealed) was still the strongest student in the preparatory class.

But Wang Yu not going to the preparatory class doesn't mean he doesn't go to school: the Mingzhu Qing campus also allows these preparatory students to come and go freely. Wang Yu goes to listen to lectures on fire and formation techniques whenever he has free time. To be honest, he has gained a lot. The difference in efficiency between reading without a teacher and reading with a teacher is simply amazing.

Ling Yufeng, the head of the Wind Department, was not very happy. "I have such a good prospective preparatory student. Why do I always run to your Fire Department and Array Department and never come to the Wind Department?"

Ling Yufeng should be glad that Mingzhu Academy doesn't have a forging department, otherwise Wang Yu wouldn't just be running over there all the time, but would be spending all his time there.

Of course, during this time, Wang Yu also cultivated his fire and earth magic to the second level of the initial stage. He was quite proficient in casting fire magic because he burned magic stones to refine copper every day, but he was still relatively unfamiliar with earth magic. As for wind and water magic, it seems that it is not so easy to break through to the intermediate stage of magic magic quickly, and his cultivation level has not changed recently.

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In the basement of the Qingtian Hunting Grounds, Wang Yu sat in front of his self-made furnace and took a deep breath.

"Fire!"

He gave a low shout, and a ball of crimson flame rose from his palm.

Although it was only the initial stage of Fire-Burning Bones, after repeated training and increasingly precise control, the fireball did not scatter and fly away, but instead condensed into a ball and drilled into the bottom of the furnace.

"The wind is blowing!"

A gentle breeze suddenly arose and swept into the furnace.

The fire, fueled by the wind, soared straight into the sky—no, straight to the ceiling—and the temperature instantly skyrocketed.

The originally dark red flames, catalyzed by the wind, gradually turned bright red, eventually settling on a golden orange color, with the temperature reaching around 1,000 degrees Celsius.

Wang Yu waved his hand gently, and a breeze swept a piece of the giant-eyed ape leg bone into the furnace.

With a hiss, the strange bone rapidly decomposed under the high temperature. Some of the impurities turned into black smoke and drifted away with the flames, while the rest shattered into small particles and sank to the bottom, leaving only the refined and softened bone.

To be honest, melting these strange bones is not as simple as melting metals. If the furnace contained metal ore, it should have already melted into droplets by now.

Wang Yu's eyes were fixed on the changes in the furnace. His mental energy was like a large net, completely enveloping the softened bones and slowly moving them out of the furnace and into a pre-prepared mold.

The bone sap flowed into the mold and gradually cooled. Wang Yu pointed his finger, and a stream of clear water appeared out of thin air, precisely pouring it onto the mold for quenching.

Sizzle—!

White mist rose.

Wang Yu watched intently as the white mist dissipated, revealing the scene behind it.

A crooked, pitted bone dagger lay quietly in the mold.

"It failed."

Wang Yu picked up the bone dagger and gently broke it.

Click.

broken.

The internal structure was completely destroyed, and the magical energy circuits were not connected at all.

Wang Yu picked up the notebook next to him and wrote: "Other bone materials cannot be completely melted like metal materials, otherwise their internal shape will be completely lost, and the magic energy circuit cannot be opened."

Wang Yu let out a long sigh and casually tossed the broken dagger into the scrap heap.

The notebook in front of him was already on its fifth page. The forging industry was so difficult, it was beyond Wang Yu's imagination.

But the feeling of controlling matter and creating objects fascinated him. He could find the reason for every failure. He could feel progress every time he tried again.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this persistence and this madness that he has been able to go further and further down the path of magic?