Full-Time Magician: Demon Mage

Chapter 4 Encounter in the Library

The next morning, after arriving at the classroom, Wang Teng clearly sensed something different.

There were too few people in the classroom. He usually arrived right on time, and by this time, everyone should have been there.

"Wang Teng, I didn't expect you to arrive so early!"

Zhang Jianguo, who was already sitting on the podium, saw Wang Teng and his eyes lit up. He immediately greeted him.

"Good morning, teacher!" Wang Teng replied politely.

"Hmm~ Good morning, are you wondering why I'm like this today?"

Zhang Jianguo got up, walked down from the podium, and sat down in the empty seat in front of Wang Teng, wanting to have a chat with him.

"Mm." Wang Teng nodded.

"I've seen this kind of thing many times."

"They probably went to meditate at night, or maybe they were just randomly trying to control the stars."

"Their curiosity will be very high at the beginning. Even if you tell them that they can only try it at this stage and can only control it after they have stabilized, they will be able to do so."

"They would never listen. Seeing the stars wandering in the stardust, they would be so tempted to tame them."

"But if their mental strength isn't enough, they'll definitely suffer a great loss, so it's normal that so many people can't get up today!"

As Zhang Jianguo spoke, his face became even more certain, after all, he had felt the same way back then, unable to suppress his curiosity.

"And you? How are you?"

Seeing Zhang Jianguo's curious gaze, Wang Teng shook his head slightly.

"I spent the whole day meditating yesterday. I meditated for more than an hour and then I got so sleepy that I just fell asleep."

"Haha, you!"

Zhang Jianguo laughed heartily. From just a few words of conversation, he could roughly deduce that Wang Teng's personality type was introverted.

Having met many people, he naturally developed some unique insights into judging character, which are based on experience.

"The things taught at Tianlan Magic High School are very different, or rather, after awakening, more emphasis is placed on cultivation, while before awakening, more emphasis is placed on theory."

"It will take you quite a while to become a full-fledged mage, especially given the scarcity of resources."

"Among the students I've taught in the past, there were quite a few who couldn't even cast a spell in a whole year."

"Many students have even dropped out of school because of this, sigh..."

Zhang Jianguo sighed helplessly. He was in the same boat, lacking resources and only able to rely on time to persevere.

Reaching the maximum level of the initial stage is already quite good. After that, you just need to keep looking for opportunities to hunt demons or do other things to accumulate funds.

Finally, buy some resources to break through to the intermediate mage level. At this stage, you've basically reached the limit for ordinary mages.

After all, awakening a new element requires money, and purchasing resources for breakthroughs costs even more. For ordinary mages with limited funds, it takes a long time to save up enough.

As for the higher-level ones, the Star River Vein is an insurmountable chasm; even those with money can hardly buy it, let alone those without money.

Instead of spending that money, you should get a spirit seed. That way, even at the mid-level, your combat power will surpass most people.

"Especially since you're using a rare type of magic like mind magic, I'm not entirely sure how to cultivate it quickly; you'll have to rely on yourself."

"You usually spend more time on cultivation. Now, classes are just to reinforce and deepen some knowledge. Whether you have them or not is not too important to you."

"After all, most of the basics that should be covered in middle school have already been taught."

"We don't have more advanced knowledge in our small city; you have to go to a magic academy in a big city to get it."

"The classes are just to fill your spare time. After all, without the support of the Stardust Magic Artifact, you won't be able to cultivate for long."

"Aside from the occasional practical class, the entire focus in the first year was on cultivation."

"I've said so much today so you can manage your time well. And here's something that's not exactly a secret: all the classes will be reorganized in a year."

"There will be elite classes, and some resources will be released for them; regular classes won't have those."

"Resources are allocated starting from the best and decreasing in stages; this is an opportunity you can seize."

Zhang Jianguo said all this in the hope that this rare spiritual system would not perish because of this, since it is very difficult to awaken.

As one of only two rare magic users in his class, he was capable of receiving the necessary attention and reminders.

If that still doesn't work, then there's nothing he can do.

Wang Teng looked at him, a strange glint in his eyes. To be honest, he was quite moved by Zhang Jianguo's words.

After all, it's something that will happen a year from now, and saying it so early is important information, and information has value.

Unfortunately, he doesn't intend to stand out too much for the time being; getting into Pearl Academy is his primary goal right now.

What if he stands out too much here and the Mu family comes knocking on his door? And then there's the Black Vatican in the shadows—these are all troublesome for him.

Unfortunately, Bocheng doesn't mean much to him, so Zhang Jianguo might be disappointed.

"I understand, teacher. I will be careful."

Wang Teng replied seriously that since the homeroom teacher had said so, he would start skipping classes.

"Okay, I'm glad you understand."

Zhang Jianguo got up, smiled, and left. He had given the reminder, and this was also a way of repaying the favor he had received through the bonus.

Wang Teng sat in his seat and waited for about half an hour before a few people finally arrived in the classroom, still less than half the usual number.

He thought about it and realized that sitting here was a bit dull. He might as well go to the library and broaden his knowledge.

So he got up and left, walked out of the teaching building, went downstairs, and headed towards the school's large library.

"There are quite a lot of people here..."

As Wang Teng walked along, he noticed many people coming and going, some of whom were eating breakfast as they walked.

……

What are you doing here?

A soft voice asked from behind, and Wang Teng, who was leaning against the bookshelf, turned around and saw an unexpected person.

"Are you Mo Fan from Class 8?"

"You know me?"

Mo Fan was overjoyed. He hadn't expected to run into someone who knew him, especially someone from another class. It seemed his reputation had spread far and wide.

"Well, they're from the next class after all. Fire magic is a relatively powerful magic type, and there are relatively few people who have awakened it."

"You're also very skilled at awakening mind magic, which is even rarer than lightning magic. I remember your name is Wang Teng, right?"

Mo Fan had a happy look on his face. After all, he had not had a good time recently, and it was magic that gave him confidence.

Being praised for his magic skills, and being a rare mentalist classmate, made him feel very satisfied.

"Um."

Wang Teng didn't engage in much conversation, and his gaze immediately returned to the "Analysis of Demons and Monsters" in his hands.

This book offers a relatively in-depth and detailed explanation of demons, complementing another book, also titled "On the Analysis of the Human Body."

When Mo Fan saw that the other party's attention had shifted, he knew that the other party did not want to talk anymore.

"This guy..."

He glanced at the book cover and saw the title, and a thought began to run through his mind.

He had also flipped through the book; it was full of descriptions of demons' flesh, structure, internal organs, bones, the composition of demonic power, and strange bones.

The content was quite graphic and used a lot of academic terminology, which gave him a headache.

It wasn't essential common sense, so after flipping through a few pages, he got tired of reading that kind of book. What he needed to improve was more basic and comprehensive knowledge.

(End of this chapter)