Chapter 96 True and False Diem
Three months later.
Today is Sunday.
The sun sets and night falls.
Xia Zuo and Anruer walked out of the hotel, looking at each other and smiling with contented joy.
They strolled through the market area, entered Starry Night Academy, and said goodbye in the castle hall.
Xia Zuo watched An Ru'er, who looked back from time to time, enter the corridor of the girls' dormitory. The other party will make element bottles in the dormitory from tomorrow, and it will take at least two months for them to come out.
Xia Zuo once asked Beatrice how long it would take to make the element bottle.
Beatrice said: The first time you make an elemental bottle, the longer it lasts, the better the effect will be.
One of the raw materials for making elemental bottles is the maker's own spiritual ocean.
Beatrice's original words were this: It is best to drain the spiritual ocean completely before walking out of the dormitory.
drain thoroughly
Xia Zuo's understanding of these four words is to weaken the existing mental attribute value to 1 point, or even 0 points. In this case, more than 14 points of mental attribute value will be stored in the element bottle.
Before practicing meditation, the mental attribute value of a normal mage servant will not exceed 15 points.
Make elemental bottles to drain the spiritual ocean, and then re-expand the spiritual ocean through reading books and alchemy operations
It is equivalent to breaking through the restriction that the mental attribute value cannot exceed 15 points in disguise.
Elemental figuration is really a strange alchemy.
Xia Zuo stared at Anruer's retreating back, silently praying in his heart that she could stay in the dormitory for a few more days. She didn't come back to her senses until the door of the girls' dormitory closed.
He took out his pocket watch and checked the time, then walked towards the opposite wall.
After a while, Xia Zuo walked into his dormitory, locked the door, and drew the curtains.
He came to the mirror, took off his starry night robe, and carefully inspected the many props on his body.
There is a silver pendant around the neck, silver wristbands on both wrists, and two ankle cuffs of the same color on the ankles.
These five props form something called a [temporary anti-detection barrier], which can isolate detection spells and block the light of spells in the form of gas clouds.
Beatrice brought this one a month ago, and she asked Xia Zuo to wear it all the time and get used to it as soon as possible.
The Primary Life Alchemy Stone is placed in a leather case, which is hung under the right armpit.
There is an alchemy bag tied to the left waist. The storage space is 2 cubic meters. It contains regular functional potions, wound potions, supplements, and other things used during the journey. It is very convenient to take items. Put your right hand under the robe. Just dig it out.
There are two brooches on the left chest of the shirt, one of which is the old friend's cyclone brooch, and the other is temporarily taken from Beatrice, called the fire pattern brooch, which can increase the power of the fire system by 20 points.
Xia Zuo looked at himself in the mirror calmly and called up the character template in his mind.
【Level】LV24+2→LV.26
【Experience】1600/7200
[HP] 210/210 (slightly poisoned)
[[Basic blood return speed]
45 points/hour
【Resistance】
[[Four series resistance] 9.5%
【Strength】4
【Agility】4
【Endurance】5
【Vitality】58
【Perception】10
【Will】12
【Charm】7
【Spirit】22.6
[[Spirit Slot] 6.5/88
[Free Attribute Points] 20+5+5→30
[Elemental Traits] Float x1, Shape x1, Burn x1
[Mage Guild Points] 12380 points
(Data changes come from body size growth, [spell training], reading books, refining poisons, etc.)
In the past three months, intense spell training has been carried out every night.
Beatrice made the training more exciting and arranged many additional humanoid silver sands that could launch projectiles or chase targets.
Xia Zuo fully understood the importance of vitality.
As long as the [real-time blood recovery speed] is positive, he will not be interrupted from casting spells due to being attacked.
All attacks that cannot turn [real-time blood recovery speed] into a negative number will not cause pain, but will instead become an exciting fighting pleasure.
The pleasure of combat comes from the heart, and the casting speed will unconsciously become faster, and it will push the caster to try more difficult spell casting actions.
Without resorting to [Spellcasting Instinct], Xia Zuo was able to smoothly use all the tricks he learned while walking quickly at a constant pace.
It is also handy to cast fireballs predictably on moving targets.
If you use [Spellcasting Instinct]...
Xia Zuo tried it while his mentor was not in the training room.
When using [Casting Instinct] to cast a fireball, there are almost no restrictions such as forward swing, backward swing, and cooling time. Raising your hand is a fireball. As long as you are energetic, fireballs are continuously fired in a row and fly out suddenly. A long chain of fireballs is no problem.
This is somewhat eye-catching.
Xia Zuo planned to use it only in times of crisis, and he had to ensure that it would not be leaked.
The night is already dark.
He took a shower, put on his pajamas, lay on the bed, drank the diluted concentration potion, and entered a deep state of meditation.
…
Early next morning.
Xia Zuo had breakfast alone for the first time in several years since entering the school.
The feeling of emptiness beside him made him uncomfortable and he felt a little depressed. He finished the milk, eggs and bread in a few mouthfuls, and then went to visit his mentor.
A few days ago, a permission order to investigate the fourth category of mages arrived at the school. Beatrice notified Xia Zuo immediately and agreed to officially set off in seven days.
I am leaving school today.
In Beatrice's study.
Xia Zuo received the secret message ring from his mentor, skillfully put it on his left thumb, and aligned the only raised vertical line on the ring with his fingernail.
"Professor, then I'm going."
Beatrice stood in front of the desk with her arms folded, her hips leaning on the edge of the desk, "Check if all the props are brought."
Xia Zuo's hands touched his body from top to bottom, then he reached into his alchemy pocket and took it out for a while, then nodded and said, "I've got everything."
"Yes." Beatrice tapped her chin, a smile on her pretty face, "Go ahead and follow the ring's guidance to find Dim. I'm waiting for your good news."
Xia Zuo bowed to salute, turned and left the study.
At this time, students from the academy were in class.
The castle halls and squares were deserted.
Xia Zuo took out the black cloak that covered his figure from his pocket.
Put on the cloak, put on the hood, and walk quickly, the hem of the cloak was blown up by the wind.
He walked all the way to the edge of the school wall, turned into a gas cloud and floated through the doorway, heading towards the gate of Starry Night City.
…
In Xia Zuo's impression, the castle manager Dim was elusive.
Under normal circumstances, he would not appear in the students' sight.
But once someone makes a mistake, he will pop out of a corner and use a deep voice to detail the rules that the student violated and the punishment measures.
It gives the impression that Dim has always been in the castle, always paying attention to the students, and has never left the confines of the school.
On the bank of a stream outside the city, when Xia Zuo saw the dusty Dim, a strange thought emerged in his heart.
The tall man in front of him had a full beard and muscular arms.
The dark brown leather armor is inlaid with matte metal pieces, and there is a simple long sword on his back. Two potion belts hung on both sides of the shoulders, with potion bottles of different colors attached to them.
A carriage pulled up next to Dim. The metal carriage is like a hard iron can. The surface of the carriage has gouges left by sharp objects, as well as dents caused by blunt objects or impacts.
Two buckets full of clean water were leaning against the wheel. There was still turf and dirt stuck to the wheels.
When Xia Zuo arrived, Dim was combing the packhorse's mane with a brush, holding a few fresh carrots in his other hand to feed, and whispering in the packhorse's ear.
The breeze stopped next to the carriage, and Xia Zuo appeared in a swirling invisible airflow, and greeted him with all his body:
"Good morning, Mr. Dim."
Dim inserted the brush into the buckle of his belt, patted the packhorse's neck, scratched his beard, looked at the student in front of him and said:
"Hey, the anti-detection barrier set up by the head of the hospital is really powerful. I didn't even notice your arrival."
He stepped forward and stretched out his right hand, took the other person's hand and shook it vigorously, "You don't have to be so polite outside the school. Just call me Dim. I'm actually very easy-going."
Xia Zuo was almost shaken to pieces by the opponent's huge force. With his current strength in front of Dim, he was as helpless as a small boat facing the stormy waves.
"Okay, okay, Dim." Xia Zuo shook his numb right hand.
Dim patted the opponent's shoulder and said, "Xia Zuo, you are a great guy. You'd better practice more. Sometimes, spells are not omnipotent."
"You get in the car first and sit in the driver's seat." Dim waved his hand, then walked to the wheel and picked up the bucket of water and put it into the car.
Xia Zuo lifted up the hem of his cloak and stepped onto the extra spacious driver's seat. The chair was large enough to seat three adults.
When Dim got on the driver's seat, the whole car shook visibly.
He picked up the reins, shook it slightly, and let out a "croak", and the pack horse started to clatter.
Dim controlled the carriage to the road, put the reins on the pole in front of the driver's seat, and let the packhorse drag the carriage to walk on its own.
He himself took off the long sword from his back, hung it on the wall panel at his side, moved his buttocks leisurely, and lay down comfortably on the driver's seat.
Xia Zuo asked in surprise: "Dim, are we going to Sbrier Province in a carriage? I mean, will it be a little slow?"
He originally thought he was using magic to get on his way, so he cast the wind movement technique and Dim used a similar spell.
"Yeah, we don't have to worry, we'll go in my carriage."
Dim patted his belly, took out two carrots from his pocket, handed one to Xia Zuo, and said at the same time:
"This horse has been following me for many years and has accompanied me to all places in the kingdom. It knows the road to Sbreer Province and can go on and on day and night. It is what it loves to do most. That’s it. We can reach the pass of Sbrier Province in a month at most.”
Xia Zuo felt more and more weird. He frowned and took a bite of a fresh carrot. The sweet juice flowed between his teeth. The carrot was crisp and fragrant. He couldn't help but take a few more bites and asked:
"Why do I feel that you have been wandering outside for a long time? Or is it my imagination..."
"Huh? Didn't the head of the college tell you about it?" Dim bit down half of a carrot and chewed it, "I'm not in the school most of the time. I only show up every year when freshmen report. "
Xia Zuo was stunned and asked in a surprised tone, "Who is that person in the academy?"
"Ha ha!"
Dim laughed heartily, and his laughter startled the birds in the woods.
"It was the masterpiece of Professor Bethel. The professors felt that my image, my figure, and my sullen temperament were particularly suitable for intimidating students. The head of the school asked Professor Bethel of Elemental Representation to make it. A special elemental servant. Whenever a student makes a mistake, that elemental servant will appear."
"So that's it." Xia Zuo shook his head with emotion, bit into half of a carrot, and then asked, "Then what are you doing?"
"Walking around, looking everywhere. Wherever there are problems related to mages, I will be there. Professor Bethel will help me maintain the elemental servants I left in the school."
Dim finished one carrot and took out another.
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