Chapter 103 051: Things that need to be solved

Time flies by in the intense magic training and tight magic courses. In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed quickly.

Elemental Castle, Roshi's dormitory.

[You begin to temper your soul, treading carefully as if on thin ice. ]

[Ten days have passed. With your meticulous operation, you have successfully completed a soul tempering.]

[Soul tempering progress +0.06%. 】

Current progress of soul tempering: 16.36%.

Glancing at the data bar on the system panel, Luo Xi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth a little.

You know, the soul tempering in the wizard stage is the most difficult. After all, each tempering consumes a lot of mental energy, and you have to stop when the mental energy is consumed. If you accidentally hurt your soul during the tempering, not only will the whole tempering be wasted, but it will also take a lot of time to recover the soul afterwards.

The most common situation is that one has enough strength at the wizard stage but the progress of soul tempering is insufficient to advance to the next stage. There are also many people who are trapped in the wizard stage for hundreds or thousands of years or even until their lifespan is exhausted due to the progress of soul tempering.

Only those absolute geniuses with natural keen perception and those pure-blooded wizards from families with unlimited supply of cultivation resources could improve their progress by more than ten percent in half a year like Luo Xi did.

Crossing the soul tempering progress bar, Luo Xi took another look at his mental strength status.

Mental power: 56.8.

Luo Xi sighed, somewhat helplessly: Another increase.

The exponential increase in meditation efficiency after being promoted to a wizard is really a big problem. In the past six months, Luo Xi has not used the systematic meditation again and has only maintained daily practice. Despite this, the mental coefficient has increased by about 4 in just half a year.

Many apprentices of the same period as him have practiced for several years but their mental power has not reached this number. The rapid growth of his mental power has caused his demon concealment to be completely insufficient. Even though he has tried his best to seal it, he has still maintained a top five ranking in a series of recent tests. Recently, he has even squeezed into the top three. If he continues like this, he will probably be forced to become the first.

"Do I really have to stop meditating completely?"

“No, that’s definitely not possible.”

Luo Xi shook his head. This was only a temporary solution and not a permanent one. Besides, the purpose of hiding one's strength was not to get into trouble and affect one's cultivation. If one stopped cultivation just to hide one's strength, this would obviously be putting the cart before the horse.

"It seems that I have to find an opportunity to disclose my advancement to a wizard."

It's not possible to keep hiding like this, as he can't get any of the training resources that a wizard should normally get on his path of training. It's okay now because he has just been promoted and doesn't rely too much on resources, but as his strength grows in the future, it would be a great loss if he can't get many resources.

Resources are just one aspect, what’s more important is the lack of knowledge!

If he keeps his strength hidden and doesn't go to the castle to register, he won't be able to obtain wizard-level knowledge through normal channels, and his training without knowledge as support will be like a rootless duckweed and will be unsustainable.

It's impossible to always ask other wizards for extra lessons, right? Not to mention the astronomical amount of magic stones spent, and as the knowledge level continues to advance, won't this arouse suspicion from others? No matter from which aspect, it is imperative to disclose the fact that he has been promoted to a wizard.

"But how should it be disclosed?"

Luo Xi thought about it seriously. This was an issue that required careful consideration. He had to make others feel that it was natural, and he had to reasonably explain the sudden jump in his strength. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would really have to meet various parts of his body on the experimental table. "Luo Xi, are you ready? The time is almost up. We have to set off." At this moment, Nicole's voice came from outside the meditation room.

Let's talk about it later! Luo Xi suppressed these messy thoughts, closed the system panel, stood up and pushed the door out.

Outside the door, Nicole was tidying up the wrinkles and dust on Luo Xi's cloak. When she saw Luo Xi coming out, she hurried over with the cloak: "The cloak is ready, put it on quickly."

Luo Xi put on the cloak, and Nicole carefully helped him to adjust the collar and cuffs, and finally put the badge on him, looking very solemn.

As the magic training course came to a temporary end, the South Coast Alliance announced that it would gather all apprentices to hold a magic competition to assess the apprentices' training results over the past six months.

The venue of the competition is set in the circular arena of the Elemental Castle, which is the largest and most fully-equipped magic venue in the entire southern coast. It was built with the support of the former Level 3 Witch Domain Fantasy Tree Sea. Most of the collective grand events on the southern coast are held here.

The higher-ups attach great importance to this competition. Not only will all the major families send people to watch, but there will also be several gray-robed staff bearers and even white-robed judges present.

This matter is of great importance, so Anthony, the wizard master and sage who rarely shows up in the Elemental Castle, made a special appearance and held a special meeting a week ago, emphasizing that all apprentices should be in good spirits and not lose face for the Elemental Castle.

After all, all the major wizarding families are watching, and every move may affect the allocation of funds and resources to the major wizarding families next year. As the wizarding organization that occupies the most financial resources in the alliance every year, there are many people who hope to bring them down and replace them.

"Help me check if there's anything wrong with my makeup." After checking Luo Xi, Nicole checked herself again.

Luo Xi said nonchalantly: "It's already very beautiful, why are you so careful?"

Nicole rolled her eyes at him and said, "I am the image spokesperson for our apprentices in the Elemental Castle. My instructor specifically told me to dress up nicely and not lose to those little bitches in the Witch Castle."

Although Nicole's strength is not that great, her appearance is indeed impeccable. She was honored to be selected into the castle's guard of honor and will serve as the welcoming team to welcome guests from major wizarding organizations and families.

She checked carefully several times, until Luo Xi reminded her that they were going to be late, Nicole finally gave up her obsession and pulled Luo Xi out the door.

Arriving at the castle's hall, Nicole greeted Luo Xi and followed the guard of honor toward the gate. Luo Xi looked around and walked toward a garden nearby, ready to find a place to sit down and read.

Although the castle has rules that apprentices are not allowed to stay in the dormitory and everyone must go out to greet guests, there is no rule that prohibits reading while greeting guests, right?

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"Rosie, come up quickly!"

However, things went against his wishes. Before Luo Xi sat down, Alan's voice came from a tower above. Luo Xi looked up and saw many familiar faces, Ina, Horn, Jeffrey, etc., gathered in the tower under the leadership of their tutor Flavius. It seemed that everyone was gathered according to class.

There was no choice but for Luo Xi to go up.

After more than half a year of hellish training, the apprentices present had obviously been looking forward to this long-awaited event. They crowded around the windows and discussed various topics.

"Did you say other wizarding organizations are coming?"

"I don't know. I just care about when the witches from the Witch Castle will come."

“How will they appear?”

"I just want to know if the witches in the witch castle have big breasts."

"You idiot."

Luo Xi looked around and didn't find a place to sit. Just when he wanted to summon ice elements to make a chair or a sofa, he was stopped by his mentor Flavius: "Put on some spirit. What will happen if guests come and see us lying here in a mess?"

Yeah, that’s true.

Having said that, just waiting and wasting time is not a good idea. Luo Xi, who is a quiet person, is not as excited as Alan and the others when they join in the fun, so she simply leaned against the windowsill and took out a magic book from the space ring to read.

Time passed by little by little, and Luo Xi's mind soon settled into the magic book. The noisy world outside seemed to have no effect on him at all.

"Complete a careful reading, generate a critical hit, time point +6 days."

Shortly after the system notification sounded, “Wow!”

“Here it comes!”

Suddenly there was a burst of enthusiastic noise from the crowd. Luo Xi subconsciously tilted his head to look outside, and then saw a very fantastic scene. 　It will be on the shelves tonight or tomorrow, brothers, remember to support it! ! ! You must support it! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)