Ever since Gu Shi successfully defeated Joyce in that practical class, he would challenge Gu Shi in every class whenever he had the chance, but he was never successful.
Gu Shi always agreed to Joyce's challenge at first, but he got annoyed with it later on and would only fight him when he was in a good mood or had learned new magic that he wanted to test.
Because Gu Shi successfully defeated Joyce and demonstrated his strength, the other third-grade students were also very curious about him, and occasionally someone would come to challenge him.
Because he wanted to defeat Gu Shi very much, Joyce practiced hard every day. With his continuous efforts, he successfully broke through to the intermediate level of the fourth stage.
However, Gu Shi's magic power was huge and lasted for a long time, which was far beyond Joyce's reach. So even if he advanced, he still couldn't beat Gu Shi.
But Joyce was not discouraged at all, instead he became more and more courageous.
Seeing Joyce's pursuit of progress, Ilsa was very happy and gave Gu Shi a lot of special training in private, so Gu Shi's fighting skills improved a lot during this period.
In addition, Gu Shi noticed that the eye-catching man he had seen in tutor Ilsa's office that day would appear in their class from time to time.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Gu Shi always feels that the man’s gaze is often cast on him, as if he is observing him.
Could it be that I had exposed myself somewhere? No, that was impossible. If I had been exposed, that man wouldn't have chosen a time like class to show up and observe him in person. He should have been hiding in the shadows and watching silently.
Because he had no idea what the man's purpose was, Gu Shi suppressed his doubts in his heart and went to class normally as if he had not seen him.
"Brother, you seem to have scared that child." Ilsa avoided Field's sight while watching over him and said with a smile, "You won't be liked by students like this. Be careful not to be mistaken for a bad person."
"Hmph." Field said nothing, just snorted and looked away. "Are these students going to the Warcraft Forest later?"
Ilsa deliberately asked, "Yeah, probably in two months. Why, Senior Brother, are you interested? I can't take care of so many students by myself by then, would you like to help me out?"
Field replied: "Save me a spot and I'll go with you."
"Okay, that's a deal." Ilsa was very happy to get free labor, although she, as a senior, would definitely not pay attention to students other than Gu Shi.
Time passed day by day.
Halfway through the second month after school started, Gu Shi received a contact from Blair.
Blair wrote to Gu Shi to say that the acquisition of the remaining magic crystals had been completed, and he was going to come to Congleton to hand the things over to Gu Shi, and they agreed on the time and place for the meeting.
The day Blair agreed upon happened to be Gu Shi's day off. After he replied that it was no problem, the two met on time.
Blair decided to meet in a bookstore. As soon as Gu Shi entered, he saw him standing by the bookshelf flipping through books.
Blair also noticed Gu Shi. He put down the book in his hand and greeted him, "Long time no see, boss."
Gu Shi nodded, "Long time no see, Blair."
For some reason, Gu Shi always felt that there was a disgusting aura about Blair today, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Are you wearing any perfume?"
"No." Blair showed a puzzled look. He raised his hand and sniffed but found nothing unusual. "Is there something about me that smells?"
Seeing his expression, Gu Shi didn't ask any more questions. "No, it's nothing. Let's get down to business."
"Here are all the magic crystals." Blair handed the space ring filled with magic crystals to Gu Shi.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Gu Shi was in a good mood as he looked at the space full of magic crystals. Because of the smell on Blair, he had originally planned to leave immediately after taking the things, but now he changed his mind.
"It's a rare occasion for you to come to Congleton. I'll treat you to a meal to celebrate the successful completion of our transaction."
Blair was naturally very observant. He could sense Gu Shi's rejection of him today, so he rejected his proposal. "No, I have something else to do later, so I need to leave as soon as possible."
Then he brought up another topic. "Also, I don't plan to continue working as a businessman anymore, so unfortunately, the discount I promised you is no longer valid."
Gu Shi was a little surprised. "Oh, have you decided to change your career? What are you planning to do next?"
Blair didn't reveal any information, but said mysteriously: "I have found a faster way to achieve my goal. Next, I will leave the town of Melia and go somewhere else."
"Really? Then I wish you good luck." Gu Shi didn't delve into it. Anyway, it was uncertain whether the two would meet again in the future, so why should he be curious about Blair's secret?
After exchanging a few polite words, the two of them parted ways.
With so many magic crystals in hand, the natural thing to do is to upgrade the Staff of Life.
Gu Shi chose to return to the base.
The dormitory building where he lived was originally empty with few people coming and going, but it became much more lively since the second batch of students came.
Gu Shi lowered his head and quickly slipped into his room. Because of the previous teaching videos, he was quite famous in the school. Sometimes when he walked in the base, he would be pulled by others to ask for advice on magic. It was better to keep a low profile.
After returning to his room smoothly, Gu Shi took out his staff and started upgrading it. When about half of the magic crystals disappeared, the staff of life was successfully upgraded to the sixth level.
The strange thing is that when absorbing the magic crystals this time, a faint black mist would always emerge when some of the magic crystals disappeared.
When the black fog appeared, Gu Shi felt uncomfortable all over his body. Although he didn't know what the black fog was, he was sure that it was definitely not a good thing.
When the black mist tried to approach Gu Shi, the staff of life in his hand emitted a ray of light, and the black mist immediately disappeared without a trace when illuminated by the light.
Seeing that the Staff of Life could eliminate the black fog, Gu Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
After absorbing the remaining magic crystals, he took out his two magic wands. Now all of Gu Shi’s wands were level six, so he didn’t have to worry about replacing or upgrading the wands for a long time.
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