Full-Time Mage: Starting with Gengar, selected for the National Tournament

Chapter 37 Eating and Taking

Time flies.

Another half year has passed, and the main campus assessment is approaching.

At the school-wide assembly.

Dean Xiao, who was usually gentle and kind, changed his style and became extremely tough in attitude and tone.

"I remember not long ago, someone compared the main campus's assessment to a demon looming over our entire Qing campus..."

"This metaphor is excellent; I really like it because it's not an exaggeration at all..."

"You only have three years left at the Qing Campus. During these three years, you will still enjoy the resources and various benefits provided by the school."

"However, if you still cannot break through to the intermediate-level mage after three years, then after leaving Pearl Academy, please do not consider yourselves students of Pearl Academy anymore!"

The cold words fell.

The students' expressions varied, all listening with trepidation, as if walking on thin ice.

These remarks ultimately made many people uncomfortable.

No breakthrough in three years.

Are they even going to strip students of their prestigious academic status?

Isn't this a bit too unreasonable?

"I'm very pleased to see everyone's growth, but the Green Campus is just the starting point of your training. The main campus, the next stop, is where the real journey of magic begins... Remember, no one will pity the weak!"

"Now, those who have not reached the intermediate level of magician may leave. The battlefield for the main campus assessment does not belong to you."

Dean Xiao's gaze swept over the silent crowd below, as if he were a completely different person, showing no mercy.

They no longer paint a rosy picture of the future.

They ruthlessly drove away the weak.

This was unacceptable to many students.

The older students, their faces showing resentment and humiliation, strode away.

The freshmen looked around, somewhat bewildered, and eventually, they all left one after another.

"No matter the world, survival of the fittest is an eternal law of nature."

Chu Ming watched the departing figures and shook his head inwardly.

……

Dean Xiao looked at the remaining students below the stage, coughed twice, and changed his tone.

He seemed to have transformed back into that gentle old dean, speaking eloquently.

"We received news a few days ago that the shadow monsters tamed by the military had escaped due to management problems..."

"Therefore, you now need to capture the Shadow Beast alive and hand it over to the military."

"This is everyone's ranking in the entrance exam for the main campus!"

Upon hearing this, the more than one thousand people present began to discuss it animatedly.

No one could have predicted that this assessment would turn out to be a military mission.

"A special reminder: while Shadow Beasts won't actively harm people, their temperament will drastically change when attacked or persecuted..."

"For this mission, if completed individually, the individual will receive all rewards. If completed as a team, limited to 5 members, all will receive the same reward: an opportunity to enter the Three-Step Tower for training!"

Upon hearing Dean Xiao announce five places for the Three Steps Tower.

Instantly, more than a thousand trainees shouted excitedly.

"Holy crap, it's a three-step tower!!"

"This mission reward is pretty awesome, isn't it? I can enter the Three-Step Tower now?!"

"The dean is awesome! I'll definitely strive to be number one!"

Everyone blushed and were extremely excited.

You should know that even the senior students on the main campus are fighting tooth and nail for a spot in the Three Steps Tower!

This time, the dean actually gave their Qing Campus the opportunity to enter the Three Steps Tower?!

Who wouldn't be excited or thrilled?

Except for Chu Ming.

"The reward is entry into the Three-Step Tower?" Chu Ming stroked his chin, pondering, "This thing is only most effective the first time; the amplification rate will probably drop even more drastically the second time I enter cultivation..."

the other side.

I heard that I could form a team for the assessment.

Ai Tutu's eyes gleamed, and she quickly spotted Chu Ming standing at the edge of the crowd.

"Sister Mu, I saw him! Shall we go find him and team up?"

"You want to know his secret? Be his teammate, work together, and we'll find out!"

Mu Nujiao nodded and walked up to Chu Ming with Ai Tutu.

"Chu Ming, wanna team up?"

"Um?"

I saw that it was Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu.

Chu Ming's eyes lit up.

The three-step tower itself is considered useless, but others are flocking to it.

He could sell the spot and exchange it for other resources!

"Team up? Sure!" Chu Ming smiled. "If you two do me a favor, I'll agree to team up."

"What? Our girl group is so sincerely inviting you in, who makes demands when forming a team?" Ai Tutu pouted.

Chu Ming said confidently, "Because I have a shadow-type summon, finding a shadow-type demon is not difficult for me."

Mu Nujiao took a deep breath, thinking of the strange shadow summoning beast.

"Tell me your requirements first."

Chu Ming smiled and continued, "It's simple, just exchange my Three-Step Tower slot for a spirit seed resource!"

"What did you say?!"

"Are you selling spots at the Three Steps Tower?"

Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu both stared wide-eyed.

This is a spot in the Three Steps Tower.

Even for scions of aristocratic families, it is an extremely precious cultivation resource.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

This guy doesn't want it?

unless……

She looked into Chu Ming's eyes, as if she had thought of something.

"I've already been there once. Going again would greatly reduce the effectiveness of my cultivation," Chu Ming said with a smile. "How about we team up again?"

Mu Nujiao pondered for half a minute.

Out of curiosity about Chu Ming and recognition of his strength.

Ultimately, they agreed to his request.

The opportunity to cultivate in the Three-Step Pagoda is indeed precious.

However, the only people who can buy them are students from Mingzhu School.

Most of the students are mid-level mages.

After entering the Three-Step Tower, some students with outstanding aptitude are able to maintain their footing on the second level and cultivate under the 40-fold amplification.

This is equivalent to using a high-quality Stardust Magic Artifact continuously for seven days.

Its value is estimated to be in the tens of millions.

But a single spirit seed costs over twenty million.

However, after teaming up with Chu Ming, they were able to turn enemies into friends.

If we can complete the task.

Both he and Ai Tutu were able to enter the Three-Step Tower for cultivation.

However, since Chu Ming completed the task in his personal capacity, the five three-step tower spots for the team were no longer available.

"What specific attribute do you want? Fire attribute?"

"Anything is fine, shadow magic, poison magic, fire magic, water magic... elemental magic, dark magic magic are all acceptable, as long as you have them," Chu Ming replied.

"no problem."

Mu Nujiao looked much better.

Generally speaking, spirit seeds are valuable but not readily available.

Not to mention certain rare legal systems.

However, if the legal system is not restricted.

With the connections and channels of the Mu family, one of the four major families in Shanghai, buying an elemental spirit seed wouldn't be difficult at all.

"As Dean Xiao just mentioned, the Shadow Beast is a type of monster tamed by the military. If that's the case, then surely no one is more familiar with the Shadow Beast's habits than the military."

"Ai, why don't you give Ai Jiangtu a call and ask if he can provide any clues?"

Once the team was confirmed, Chu Ming immediately got into the zone.

"Oh well."

Ai Tutu paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Mu, in team mode, there are 5 spots available after completing the mission. You two can each take one spot, and please exchange my spot for a spirit seed."

"There are still two spots left, which can be sold to some scions of prominent families."

"You're a local, and from a prominent family. Go and make contact with them; you might even get a blood transfusion."

"I don't ask for much. Just remember to give me 500 million after it's done."

After thinking it over, Chu Ming decided to maximize his profits.

Mu Nujiao couldn't help but roll her eyes.

This guy.

This is a case of eating and taking something for free!

Ai Tutu was even more curious.

The mission hasn't even started yet, and they're already pre-ordering rewards?

This isn't a mage battle, so what makes him so confident he can take first place?!

(End of this chapter)