Full-Time Magister: Dark Throne

Chapter 59 Wilderness Training, Tripartite Meeting

After witnessing He An's incredible fighting prowess in his battle against Mu Ningxue, Xiamen Academy decisively banned him, refusing to fight him no matter what Mingzhu Academy said.

Professor Qiu Yuhua and Teacher Gu Han were quite helpless about this, and could only let He An wander around the Xiamen University campus at his own pace.

The inter-academy exchange competition lasted for two days, and He An chose to stay in his assigned accommodation to cultivate during those two days.

The Shadow element has already reached the peak of the mid-level, with perfect cultivation, and can now charge towards the high-level star river. He An has been working on this for the past two days.

He turned his gaze to the dark purple nebula located in the mental space. The huge nebula had now expanded to its limit and could not grow any further.

He An could vaguely sense the invisible barrier surrounding the nebula, which bound it, preventing him from cultivating diligently.

Meditation will prevent the growth of demonic energy.

"Phew~"

He An let out a long sigh of relief and took out a gem-like object, as clear and bright as a diamond, from a rectangular metal container beside him.

This is the Star River Vein that he bought through the old man. Star River Veins are too easy to fake. If it's just that the quality is poor and it causes him to be just one step away from the high level when advancing, that's not so bad.

Even more terrifying is that there have been frequent news reports of mages who went bankrupt to buy a Star River Vein, only to discover that the Star River Vein was actually a disguised gem containing magical energy. When the mage tried to seek redress, the seller had already fled abroad and was happily counting his money. Due to the complex relationships between magic associations in various countries, it is extremely difficult to recover even a portion of the money.

In order to avoid falling into such a huge trap, He An had no choice but to entrust Old Man Bao, who had the most connections, to help him make the purchase.

He An gazed at the Star River Vein in his hand. It was the size of a goose egg, more crystal clear than a diamond, and adorned with tiny points of light like a galaxy. Although it was priced higher than the market price, it was brimming with energy.

This is something that countless mid-level mages dream of. When mages reach a bottleneck and want to break through the nebula barrier, they need this important resource that can help them transform nebulae into galaxies.

Beneath its beautiful exterior lies immense energy that mages can perfectly absorb, simultaneously generating extremely powerful energy pulses to help them easily break through nebula barriers and advance to higher levels.

While it cannot guarantee a mage's breakthrough 100% and still requires the mage's own efforts, such an effect is enough to drive mages crazy.

The powerful effects of the Star River Pulse are indeed tempting, but the starting price of 100 million is certainly prohibitive for most people.

If He An hadn't spent most of his time hunting demons outside the An Realm over the years, and hadn't killed mostly valuable warrior-level demons, even he wouldn't have been able to come up with this huge sum of over 100 million to buy them.

This made He An realize just how vast the gap was between aristocratic families and ordinary people in this world.

An ordinary mage might not be able to afford even one copy of this important resource even after a lifetime of hard work. However, powerful families typically provide each of their children with one copy. In the original story, Zhao Manyan, the ruthless young master of the Zhao family, used three copies when breaking through to a higher level!

Following Bao Laotou's instructions, He An placed the dazzling Star River Vein in his palm, clenched his fist slightly, and enveloped the Star River Vein.

Feeling the cool touch transmitted from the Star River Pulse, He An immersed his mind in his spiritual space.

The immense energy within the Star River Vein crashed against the invisible barrier surrounding the Shadow Nebula like a surging tide.

According to Old Man Bao, the invisible barrier should have already been broken by the erosion of energy, and the nebula should have turned into a galaxy.

At the very least, some small cracks should appear on the ramparts.

But at this moment, the Shadow Nebula reacted like a eunuch encountering a stunning beauty. No matter how beautiful or alluring the beauty was, it remained standing still, unmoved, as if it had no such ability at all.

The immense energy surged enthusiastically against the barrier, only to be repelled mercilessly. He An scratched his head in frustration, and could only try to channel the remaining energy toward the still-starving poison nebula.

Fortunately, the remaining energy obediently followed He An's guidance and went into the poison nebula; otherwise, the entire 100 million would have been wasted.

He An opened his eyes, loosened his palm, and quietly watched the remaining ice crystals and sand from the Star River Vein slide off his palm.

It seems that I cannot use conventional breakthrough methods to break through to a higher level with my mutated Shadow type.

What he needs is perhaps a dark energy that is even more vast and refined than the Star River Vein.

The next activity after the exchange competition was outdoor training.

Training is very important for every mage, especially those who spend years cultivating in academies. How could one become a truly powerful mage by simply staying in such an ivory tower environment and cultivating silently?

Every powerful magic user must have been through countless battles, fighting their way out of hordes of demons!

The main theme of this world is ultimately the battle between humans and demons. The students that universities spend a lot of resources to cultivate are not for them to enjoy high positions, but to fight against the demons that roam the wild with great strength. Therefore, the most crucial part of the exchange program between universities every year is the wilderness training.

This time, students from Mingzhu Academy, the Imperial Capital Academy, and Xiamen Academy were assigned to the same place for training, so their pre-training meeting was held together.

The specific rules for the training were explained by Dean Chu of Xiamen University.

"Your destination for this training exercise is Yunling City, near the Nanling branch," Dean Chu said with a smile.

Before the people from Mingzhu and the Imperial Capital Academy could speak, a man with an extraordinary air and a slender figure stepped forward and said hesitantly, "Yunling City? Dean Chu, isn't that—"

He was the person who spoke with Dean Chu in his office that day, and also the team leader of the exchange students from Xiamen University: Dai Guanchen.

"Dean Chu, wasn't a blue alert issued just two days ago?" a quiet, unassuming young man with a buzz cut asked anxiously.

"Blue alert? Isn't that an alert level that's only activated when a large-scale battle is about to occur?"

Fu Yunshu's face was grim. The blue alert meant that this training was very dangerous. In the past, there had been deaths, but most of them were due to accidents. It was rare to see a training exercise pushing trainees into a fire pit like this.

"Guo Fan, you are an outstanding student of our Xiamen Academy. Be careful. The three deans, including Dean Chu, made this judgment together. There must be a reason for it," Shen Yi, also a student of Xiamen Academy, scolded.

"This blue alert zone has been cleared by the local military mages, with only a few scattered warriors remaining." Dean Chu maintained his smiling demeanor.

"What if there's still a large group of general-level demons hiding and attacking us? The military's reconnaissance and calculations aren't always accurate, are they?" a man with gray, spiky hair asked.

He is Liao Xinghe, the captain of the Imperial Capital Academy. He did not participate in the battle the day before yesterday because he looked down on other academies. He did not expect that such a monstrous talent as He An would appear. He has been inquiring about He An's residence these days, wanting to fight him.

Because of his repeated visits, He An also learned some information about him from the tiresome teacher, Gu Han.

He is the older brother of Liao Mingxuan from the Imperial Capital Academy, who was petrified by Lu Nian in the original work. He possesses a lightning-type spirit seed with 3 times the power and a demon at the level of a warrior general.