Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

"Oh, taking care of students is not a big deal. I just want you to trust Jia Xiu more." Dean Nico said with a smile.

After seeing Margaret off, Dean Nico sighed and opened the cabinet, which contained a row of broken prophecy crystal balls.

Looking at these crystal balls, a feeling of frustration came over me. I had studied prophecies for 160 years, but I had failed several times because of an 18-year-old kid.

But it doesn't matter if he stumbles. The prediction is unclear. Maybe he will be the variable of the future...

……

Fulun Territory, Ximu Town, Lord's Mansion.

The Baron flipped through the latest issue of Spellcaster Weekly. Relying on the technical support of the Spellcaster Association, this is the only newspaper that can be published simultaneously in multiple countries and regions.

"The Adventurer's Guild has revised its commission collection rules and strongly condemns those who change their race or faith to avoid commissions."

The Baron smiled and said, there are really all kinds of people.

"The Spellcaster Association sued the Saint De Luo Academy, accusing them of defying divine authority by sending individuals to register as lords of various stars, suns, and moons. The Saint De Luo Academy refused to acknowledge the claim. After two days of dispute, the two sides reached a private settlement. The specific content of the negotiations is unknown, but the next day, the Spellcaster Association amended its rules, making it impossible for individuals to register for celestial body ownership."

Oops.

The Baron touched his chin. Are there so many interesting things this week?

"The Larven entrance exam is underway. After the second round, many candidates were interviewed and stated that a candidate from the Iris Kingdom's Fulunling Creekwood Town, the son of a baron, had behaved extremely badly and caused them great distress."

WTF?

The baron's eyes widened. Why did he get involved?

Which of his children went to Calvin?

"According to reliable sources, the candidate's name is Hayes..."

"Our reporter Jack Love reports for you."

The baron's hand holding the newspaper trembled, and he suddenly felt that the world was so strange.

He is just a baron from a small place. Who wants to harm his family?

Chapter 46 Jia Xiu Begins Battle Preparations

Sitting near the window in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, Jia Zheng was tinkering with his new gadget.

A copper pot.

It is truly handmade, hammered out by Ram himself one by one.

The evenly distributed and dense marks left by hammering on the pot give it a textured look.

Jia Xiu lit his modified flame arrow in the cavity at the bottom of the pot. It couldn't shoot and had little power, but it could burn continuously.

Alcohol block flat replacement.

Add water, onions, carrots, and celery, the three ingredients to remove fishy smell, into the pot. Actually, you should have added onions, ginger, and cooking wine, but unfortunately, there was none.

He had already learned that the final round of exams in San Dero was not an elimination test, so he had basically passed the exam at this point, so he decided to make something to eat by himself.

After visiting several restaurants in Larven, Jia Xiu came to realize that if one wanted to eat well in Larven without spending a fortune, the only way was to cook it yourself.

Then at the market, Jia Xiu was pleasantly surprised to find that there were people selling chives, so he decided to make his own chive sauce and eat it with mutton hot pot.

Ram and Mia went to buy vegetables and meat. Mia was responsible for counting and Ram was responsible for carrying. They built up their tacit understanding before entering the laboratory.

As for why it needs to be carried, it’s because Ram eats so much.

Mia also contributed the colorful mushrooms she grew herself, which looked like the kind that would make you lie down after eating them.

However, Mia insisted that the mushrooms were not poisonous and named them Mia's delicious mushrooms.

At this moment, Jia Xiu was testing the copper pot here, and Bubu was holding the horn of a white magic sheep and sucking the magic power.

At this time, a hunched old lady walked in, looked around the hall, and finally her eyes fixed on Jia Xiu.

Jia Xiu immediately noticed the sharp gaze.

I feel a little nervous. Could it be that my impersonation as Hays was exposed and the parents of the candidates came to visit me? Didn’t the college announce that the scores for the last batch will be calculated without the 5% deduction?

The old lady trudged over to Jia Xiu and said in a low voice, "Jia Xiu, it's me, the mentor."

Jia Xiu was full of questions, but Bubu recognized him first.

"Marg..."

"Shh..." Margaret interrupted immediately.

"Teacher?" Jia Xiu also asked in a low voice, "How did you become like this?"

"Transfiguration, avoid suspicion. Your final round of exams was set up. I came to give you a heads up, and then I'll leave."

Jia Xiu was shocked, not because he was being set up, but because Margaret actually took her exam more seriously than he did, and used transformation magic to remind him.

Margaret spoke quickly, "Your groupings have been announced. Your teammates are Ram and Mia. Not a single reliable one. It seems the golem can't tell the three of you apart and has to put you together. What bad luck."

"Isn't this good..." Jia Xiu was interrupted before he could finish saying "good".

"Last time, one of them was doing his taxes, and the other was robbing. Do you think this is something a human could come up with?"

"Well, actually..."

"Don't be too attentive to them during the exam. Just do your best and I'll take care of you. Let their instructors worry about the other two."

"Originally I wanted to..."

At this moment, the hotel door was pushed open again and heavy footsteps were heard.

Margaret heard the footsteps getting closer and closer, so she turned around and looked.

Mia and Ram?

No matter how you say it, so-and-so appears.

Before she could react, Ram spoke up: "Boss, we are back from shopping. Who is this grandma?"

"Boss?" He called out to Jia Xiu.

boss!

At this moment, everything that happened during the past few days of the exam connected in her mind.

Why are there three such outrageous candidates in one class?

Essentially, there is one!

Margaret's pupils trembled and she pointed her trembling fingers at Jia Xiu, not because she was immersed in the role of an elderly person, but because she was excited. There was no technicality involved, only emotion.

"It was you who came up with those two incredible ideas!"

Jia Xiu nodded awkwardly.

In fact, he wanted to admit it just now, but Margaret didn't give him the chance.

"You still want to take them through the final round."

Jia Xiu nodded again.

It's not that he insisted on taking it, it's just that he was given too much.

Margaret paused for a moment and realized something else.

"So, I'm the one who has to worry about their mentor!"

"Don't get excited. If you keep talking, what will happen if your true form is revealed? Your transformation spell will be in vain. Now that things have come to this, let's eat first."

……

The water in the copper pot was bubbling and boiling, and freshly cut lamb slices, Mia delicious mushrooms, potato slices, and cabbage leaves were swirling in the soup.

Ram struggled to scoop up the food with a spoon and fork. He was very puzzled as to how Jia Xiu could easily pick up the food with two thin wooden sticks.

"You mean, Mia is a math genius, and Ram is lucky and has good craftsmanship."

As Margaret spoke, she dipped the lamb slices into the chive sauce and put them into her mouth. She had no idea chives were edible, but it tasted surprisingly good.

"Yes, Ram is to blame for this. The two of them plus me, these papers must be published one after another. If the lab has achievements, won't you also make progress?"

Jia Xiu really wanted to boil two pieces of tofu, and after the exam, he would see where he could get some brine or gypsum.

"We'll talk about that later. First, let's talk about that Guderian you'll be competing against in the exam..."

Margaret explained the whole story in a few minutes.

"Are you saying that there's a mentally ill person who failed the exam and I'm furious?"

"Yes."

"Then why did he ask me to come? It's just about getting first place. If you can get first place, you can control the score. The price is negotiable. Why would you do all this?"

Jia Xiu has never understood those who are desperate because of their poor academic performance. It’s okay as long as they have enough.

If this kind of value is not formed under the pressure of parents, it would be too abstract.

Margaret had become somewhat accustomed to Jia Xiu's shameless appearance.

"The key right now isn't Thomas, but Guderian. He's a teacher who really enjoys actual combat. He spent many years in an adventuring group when he was younger. His profession is an arcane archer, using a bow and arrow, supplemented by magic. He can fire explosive arrows, acid arrows, entangled arrows, homing arrows, and other arrows with various effects."

"Very powerful?"

"That's pretty impressive. The spells he brought this time are all pretty high-level. Only two are three-level, and the rest are four-level."

Margaret took out the spell table prepared by Guderian.

Jia Xiu took it and checked it. Sure enough, the number of rings was high and he didn't know any of them.

"Hiss—can I use summons in this exam? For example, my summon is Bubu."

"Don't even think about taking advantage of loopholes at this time!"

"So what do you suggest?"

"There's no hope of winning in a head-on fight. In the academy's hundred-year history, there have only been two cases of candidates defeating their instructors. Those two times led to the emergence of six legends."

"Maybe we are the third time."

Margaret rolled her eyes and didn't say directly that winning a fight doesn't depend on just one person being strong, but requires all three to be strong.

"My advice is to hide for ten minutes and use various disruptive spells to disrupt your accuracy. It's not shameful, and hiding well in a battle with your mentor is a skill. Besides, Guderian isn't in good health, probably from injuries sustained in his youth. He's often sick and lacks energy, so disruptive spells are very effective."