Chapter 70 You are all the ceiling of the poor magician
After Shen Jiang returned to the room, he focused all his attention on practicing magic and soon forgot about Su Qing.
Instead of waiting anxiously in the corner for fate to strike, Shen Jiang's response was rough and simple.
She wanted to become as strong as possible during this time. Strong enough that even if fate, with its utmost malice, dragged her into the abyss, she would still have the strength to climb out. Even in her dreams, Shen Jiang never gave up on the thought of living a good life with her grandmother.
Shen Jiang was actually thankful for the lack of patients today, as she could use this time to fully practice drawing magic circles. Perhaps due to the scarcity of magicians in this world, the magical aura in this world was much richer than in the other world. After a few attempts, Shen Jiang had completely mastered Ye Wushu's magic circle.
My cousin and his colleagues got off work on time and went home. Shen Jiang specifically told them not to clean up. She transformed the magic circle and used it to clean up the medicinal waste in the yard. Soon, under Shen Jiang's control, the waste leaves scattered in the corners were put into the trash can one by one.
If anyone could have witnessed this scene, filmed it, and posted it online, it would have definitely caused a sensation. Unfortunately, it was dark at night, and no one noticed the astonishing phenomenon that defied scientific common sense happening in the courtyard.
Shen Jiang cleaned up the yard bit by bit with her magic, sweating all over. But she became addicted and began to study another type of wood magic. She wanted to improve her magical prowess as quickly as possible, and the best way to do that was through constant practice. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. If you want to be able to use your magic at the critical moment, cramming at the last minute is too late. In a life-or-death situation, opportunities are fleeting.
Just before going to bed, Shen Jiang vaguely remembered one thing, that is, she forgot to make the potion for Priest... Thinking of the vampire who had worked hard to pick herbs for half a month, and was cursing and full of anticipation outside the Golden Dragon Valley, Shen Jiang was suppressed by a slight sense of guilt for a second, and then fell asleep without any burden.
Her current habit is to go to bed at nine o'clock and get up at three fifty. The seven hours of sufficient sleep support her high-intensity work life and must be strictly followed.
Another world.
Shen Jiang appeared on Godwin's Dragon Mountain. Glancing at the black grass, which was increasingly scented with plants, a look of surprise crossed her face. Great! When she returned in two weeks, the herbs here should be growing again.
Shen Jiang didn't waste any time. She used the magic teleportation scroll Priest left her and arrived at the teleportation array of Duogang City in one step.
Just as Godwin sensed the presence of believers, he came out and found that there was no one on the mountain. Only the faint woody fragrance lingering in the air reminded him that it was not an illusion.
The corners of Godwin's lips, which were originally raised, gradually pursed into a straight line.
"Lord Shen Jiang!" Catherine was the first to greet him. "Beadori and the others are waiting for you in the carriage."
Recently, for unknown reasons, the First Empire has once again launched a crackdown on black witches. Not only the Empire, but also numerous private forces are searching for a black witch with black hair, black eyes, and strange attire. Rumor has it that she is the true culprit behind the tragedy at the Colosseum.
In addition, all those who were related to witches would be summoned by the Knights and interrogated. Even natural witches officially recognized as good witches would not be spared from the Knights' interrogation and whereabouts.
Beatrice was very good at getting information, so she immediately reached a serious consensus with her family: "To avoid the attention of the Knights, we can no longer address the Witch directly. From today on, everyone must respectfully address the Witch as Lady Shen Jiang."
In order to avoid the spotlight, Beatrice reluctantly gave up her habit of welcoming the Witch Lady, and waited obediently in the carriage with Ellis. In order to avoid being recognized by the previous knights, the brother and sister rarely entered the city of Duogang recently.
The carriage was soon filled with all the passengers for this journey, and as soon as Priest got on, it began to drive out of the city.
Priest handed over the plant roots he had recently collected to the owner of the contract. This was the condition that Shen Jiang agreed to help him dedicate the treasure to the Black Dragon. Although Priest really couldn't see the use of these things, he still picked them honestly for half a month.
Priest: "You owed me a dozen bottles of potion last time. How many did you bring this time?"
Shen Jiang said seriously, "Let's talk about this later. I need to check everyone's magic learning results first."
"Lady Shen Jiang," Beatrice said nervously. She glanced outside before continuing her report with a serious expression. "We've all been practicing magic very diligently lately, and we're already seeing initial results. You can check on everyone's progress at any time."
Shen Jiang saw her pretending to be mature and had to work hard to hold back her laughter. Then she realized that, except for Priest, everyone else had a suppressed look of eagerness on their faces. It seemed that they had all made considerable progress during this period.
"Okay, then show me the results of your practice during this period." Shen Jiang said with a smile.
Beatrice took the brunt of the criticism: "Let me give you an example."
As she spoke, she turned her palm upward, and a small ball of water appeared out of thin air, imbued with the magical power of the water element. Beatrice carefully controlled the ball in her hand and sent it towards the ground outside the window. A puddle of water quickly appeared on the flat ground.
Shen Jiang clapped his hands. "Wow, Beatrice is amazing."
Beatrice blushed at her praise and felt a little embarrassed.
“Puff.”
Only Priest laughed out loud, earning a vicious glare from Shen Jiang.
Shen Jiang: "You kid can't stand seeing others excel?"
Unexpectedly, Priest raised an eyebrow and retorted, "Excellent? Come on, most magicians only need a month to advance from magic apprentice to experienced magician, but she's still stuck at the most basic water polo technique. In the magic academy, magic apprentices like her who progress slowly can only be assigned to the weaker classes and rely on knocking on a lot of magic stones to advance."
Beatrice frowned. "You're talking nonsense."
In the past, the witch always praised her for doing a good job. She was not such a bad fool.
Shen Jiang asked curiously, "Magic Academy? It's a place that teaches people magic, right? Tell me about it."
Seeing her positive attitude, Priest crossed his arms and said, "Then let me tell you about the magic academy. Most people like you who have awakened their magical talents will enter the local magic academy and begin to learn magic from experienced high-level magicians or mages. The magic book that Baihu gave you last time is actually just a very basic introductory magic book. Even if someone like you learns everything, at best you can only be an ordinary magician. You can never become a high-level magician. Only by going to the magic academy can you have the opportunity to make further breakthroughs."
In fact, he had been deliberately trying to understand these things during this period. After all, the fact that his contracted master was a light magician was a disaster for Priest. After hearing that the black witch could only become an ordinary magician at best by learning magic on her own, Priest felt completely relaxed.
Shen Jiang: "Is there any way to enter the magic academy?"
Priest: "Any magic apprentice who passes the magic academy's admissions requirements can go, but the magic academy won't accept older adult magicians like you. So unfortunately, this is the ceiling of your life."
He made a gesture with his palm to his chest.
"But if this orc girl wants to go, maybe there's still a chance."
Beatrice looked up blankly. "I'm not going."
Priest smirked, "Really? This academy brings together the best mages in the empire. Graduates who pass the assessment have the opportunity to join the Magicians' Guild. The rewards and benefits there are so generous you can't even imagine."
Beatrice frowned and said, "I will never betray everyone. Lord Shen Jiang also needs me, so I won't go."
Shen Jiang rubbed his chin, digesting Priest's words.
Priest's gloating attitude was indeed annoying, but he also provided them with very important information.
Unlike the others in the car, who became depressed because of the vampire's words, Shen Jiang thought of another layer: "Beadori, you have to go."
"No, Lord Shen Jiang, I..."
Shen Jiang interrupted the anxious orc girl. "Beadolis, pursuing personal progress and growth isn't a betrayal. You have the right to make yourself better. And the stronger you become, the more you'll be able to help me in the future. If you're willing, once you've learned something, you can share your learning experience with everyone. It's called the good students helping the poor ones."
Priest looked up in surprise. He never expected that the black witch could come up with such an outrageous idea.
She let the orc girl go to the magic academy to study and then share the knowledge she learned with everyone. She is really cunning!
Seeing that Beatrice was still hesitant, Catherine said, "Beadori, why are you still hesitating? We all need you to lead us forward."
Beatrice finally made a difficult decision: "Okay."
After saying this, she felt relieved.
What's good about it! Priest was almost fainted with anger.
He said that this was not a matter of letting Beatrice steal the skills and then teach this group of people. His original intention was to see their disappointed expressions!
When the carriage was halfway there, Shen Jiang saw someone slaughtering a cow not far away.
"Alas! How could a cow I've raised for ten years suddenly become ill? If I had known you'd become so skinny, I should have sold you right away." A middle-aged man stood by, watching the butchers slaughtering the cow, and couldn't help but mutter to himself. His expression of regret and sighing was quite comical.
When Shen Jiang heard this, her eyes lit up instantly. She immediately said, "Priest, go buy the cow's gallbladder back."
Priest was still feeling depressed, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard that. His gaze swept across the scene not far away, and he thought to himself that the black witch was trying to make some horrible dark potion that required the gall of a sick cow.
Beatrice noticed his hesitation and soon became dissatisfied. She volunteered, "Is it just ox gall? I'll go get it."
Shen Jiang was worried about letting a child like her go, so she hurried to catch up. After getting off the car, she sighed softly: "I was looking for an opportunity to reward you with some potions, but it's a pity that I saved the potions now."
Before he finished speaking, Priest had disappeared from the car.
Beatrice stared in amazement at the cloaked figure that rushed in front of her like lightning.
"Why are you taking so long? Forget it, I'll buy it." Priest said this in the wind.
The middle-aged man was the owner of the cow. When he heard that the man in fine clothes wanted to buy the bile of the sick cow, he frowned and said, "Just the bile is not enough. I promised the restaurant in the city that I would give them all the offal."
Priest said disdainfully, "I'll pay you double what the restaurants in town pay you."
The middle-aged man's eyes rolled as he retorted, "They want the whole cow, not just the offal. If you want it, you'll have to buy the whole cow and compensate the restaurant for its losses."
Priest sneered, "What a black-hearted human being! He's even got himself into business."
As he spoke, his sharp nails instantly grew and attacked the opponent's vital points directly.
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