Classification and transformation of substances
The Northern Desert is located in the far north of Parnaqui. It borders the Free Federation to the west and the Holy Roman Empire to the south. To the east is the Principality of Lindrel, a vassal state of the Holy Roman Empire, and to the north is the entrance to the underworld.
Although it is called a "desert", it is actually a "snowy area".
This place is covered with thick permafrost all year round. Even the sunlight cannot penetrate the endless blizzards all year round. Almost no life can survive here, and even the undead are afraid of the temperature here.
The "evil demon", the existence that has caused panic in Parnaki for ten thousand years, lives here, or is "imprisoned" here.
People built high barriers, used magic and walls to keep the wind, snow and evil spirits out of the border, and built several city-states to create buffer zones and no-man's land.
The city-state closest to the Northern Desert and also the most central one is named "Eternal Night City".
A city born for war is destined not to be a place of peace.
Here, people have to face evil spirits. They have tortured Parnaki for thousands of years. They are powerful, terrifying, and invisible. They are recognized as the most dangerous existence in Parnaki.
Everyone knows that even a great magician cannot guarantee absolute safety when facing evil spirits. For those who come here, even death is a luxury.
Therefore, apart from the heroes who came here voluntarily and wanted to protect their country, most of the "heroes" praised in the ballads were originally exiled criminals who had to take up arms and fight for themselves in order to survive, until they were silently assimilated by the evil spirits and eventually killed by their "companions".
People become united in the war, but also wary of each other. In the endless snowstorm and eternal night, only alcohol and fire can bring people a moment of peace.
These people who live in darkness are called "Night Watchmen"
Before returning to Earth, Ye Ziyu lived in the City of Eternal Night for a hundred years.
Even Rui Hang couldn't fully understand Ye Ziyu's choice - a wealthy life, a noble status... these were indeed insignificant in the face of lofty ideals.
But the prerequisite is that Ye Ziyu sincerely wants to "drive out all the evil spirits without leaving a single one behind."
Since arriving in the Beiyuan Desert, he maintained the attitude of "I won't move unless the enemy moves" and lived in the Eternal Night City day after day.
Unlike other cities in Parnaki, there are no entertainment facilities here. Even though countries are willing to transport supplies here, in such an extreme environment, even the most delicious food will become bland due to hypothermia and crazy loss of energy.
The monotonous world of black and white has caused people who have lived here for a long time to have more or less mental problems.
Ye Ziyu's choice is like self-exile.
But no matter how the students or Rui Hang tried to insinuate, Ye Ziyou was never willing to speak out his true thoughts. They could only watch as Ye Ziyou became more and more silent and quiet day by day.
These symptoms did not change until we returned to Earth.
Even though the long-term "lying down" life made Ye Ziyu seem to have lost interest in everything, at least he was no longer listless like an ascetic monk. He would play with them like he used to, do things that were against his age, meaningless but happy, and be a carefree silly boy.
Although they didn't know what caused his change in mentality, everyone in Class 9 breathed a sigh of relief and tacitly ignored the reasons for his change and the secrets of his past, and continued to play with him as if nothing had happened.
They have already become each other's most important and inseparable family. As long as they can see Ye Ziyu happy, nothing else matters.
...
Under the stimulation of the heavy-duty appearance of the principal and the two deans, the entire playground was silent. Even the sound of wind blowing through the grass became extremely clear. No one noticed that the snowflakes that were originally falling freely had now disappeared.
They looked stupidly at the gigantic black dragon in front of them and the heroic young man in silver-black armor. For a moment, they lost their ability to speak and think, and even forgot to breathe.
After a long period of silence, a loud "Oh shit" came like thunder out of the blue, completely igniting the entire playground.
"Dragon! It's a dragon!"
"Am I dazzled?"
"The principal is so young and handsome!"
"Am I really living in reality? Is this the year 2024? Am I traveling through time?"
"Can someone wake me up? I'm not in 'WONDERLAND' right now, am I? I'm not actually going to school at all!"
"We agreed to learn magic together, why is this guy so arrogant right away?"
"Ahem, silence."
Ye Ziyu did not use a microphone, but directly used magic to spread the sound throughout the playground.
Unfortunately, the shock brought by the giant dragon meant that the students who had just come to their senses had no time to pay attention to these small details, and Ye Ziyu's words failed to successfully stop the students' whispers.
Ye Ziyu raised his hand and patted the black dragon's neck.
The black dragon rubbed his palm obediently, raised its head and let out a long roar, then spewed out a fire dragon several dozen meters long into the sky.
Students: “…”
"Do you want to continue chatting?" Ye Ziyu looked at them with a smile.
The students quickly shook their heads like rattles.
"Very good." Ye Ziyou put his hands behind his back and said slowly, "I won't give a long speech, it's a waste of time. I believe that before you came to school, you have heard a lot of rumors, such as the person who teaches magic in school is a 'time traveler'."
——Since the existence of magic power has been made public, there is naturally no need for the time traveler to hide it.
Facing those pairs of sparkling eyes, Ye Ziyou nodded slightly: "First of all, I want to make it clear that there are indeed "travelers" in the school. I and your two deans have lived in another world for a long time."
There was an uproar on the playground, but then the students quickly shut their mouths, fearing that they would disturb Ye Ziyu's speech again.
This discipline made Ye Ziyou, who was used to military life, very satisfied. The smile in his eyes became more intense. He continued, "However, it is not only the time travelers who have unique talents in practicing magic or cultivating immortals. There are many teachers in the school who have only been in contact with magic for a few short months, but they have relied on their own efforts to gain strength that is not inferior to that of the time travelers."
At this point, Ye Ziyou glanced at Jiang Bowen in the teacher camp and said, "Teacher Jiang, come here."
Jiang Bowen had never expected that he would have a role in this opening ceremony. After a moment of hesitation, he faced everyone's curious gazes and walked to Ye Ziyu's side with gritted teeth: "Principal Ye."
"This is the vice president of the School of Magic and a professor of alchemy and philosophy."
How did I become a professor? Didn't I agree to be a lecturer for a certain period of time?
Jiang Bowen complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute Ye Ziyou in public. He could only accept his "promotion" silently. He took the microphone handed to him by Ye Ziyou and said awkwardly: "Hello everyone, I am Jiang Bowen, you can call me Teacher Jiang."
"Hello, Teacher Jiang——"
The playground erupted in enthusiastic cheers, especially from the students majoring in alchemy and philosophy in the magic academy. They had all dealt with Jiang Bowen before, and had a good impression of this young but distinguished counselor and teacher. They had never expected that he was secretly the vice-president. When the students thought that this was their counselor and teacher, they immediately became proud of him, and they wanted to cheer him up with their trumpets and brag to the people around them: this is their teacher.
"Teacher Jiang is not a time traveler, but I can guarantee that his strength is not inferior to those teachers who were once time travelers." Ye Ziyou turned his head to look at Jiang Bowen: "Teacher Jiang, do you mind telling me how long you have been learning magic?"
"Of course I don't mind." Jiang Bowen said, "Four months in total."
"So, would you mind showing the students your magic?"
"Using magic in front of the principal would make me look like an amateur." Jiang Bowen understood what Ye Ziyou meant, and relaxed a little. He walked forward a few steps, facing everyone's gaze, and said, "In that case, I will use the magic I learned in my professional course to show you."
As he spoke, Jiang Bowen took out the necklace hanging around his neck, and under Ye Ziyu's encouraging gaze, he took a deep breath, took off the "crystal" hanging from the bottom of the chain, and threw it on the ground.
The students were still unfamiliar with the chanting in the common language of Parnaqui.
With the appearance of the magic circle, the "crystal" quickly merged into the ground, and the solid concrete ground suddenly began to wriggle. In the surprised eyes of the students, it turned into a three-meter-high stone giant. The giant's forehead was inlaid with the "crystal" thrown by Jiang Bowen.
In fact, this is not a crystal, but a "magic crystal" condensed by Jiang Bowen through meditation. It can be used as a medium for casting spells, which is very convenient.
The magic that Jiang Bowen used to change the form of inorganic matter was not complicated in Alchemy. The real difficulty was how to flexibly manipulate the stone giant so that it could operate independently. But there was no need to fight now. While the students didn't know the rules and regulations behind magic, Jiang Bowen worked hard and almost exhausted his magic to condense such a huge stone giant. Although he knew that Ye Ziyou and the other three travelers were much stronger than him, Jiang Bowen didn't want to lose face in front of 10,000 people and as the vice president.
Although the stone giant is not as shocking as the black dragon, nor as elegant as Xiao Shichuan and Gao Shu when they appeared on the stage, its three-meter height and magnificent size, as well as the excitement brought by the on-site magic, have completely ignited the students' excitement.
——It only took four months to create such a handsome stone giant! The impact of this picture is not at all like those fantasy movies!
If they could also have the speed of Jiang Bowen's cultivation, wouldn't the scenes in superhero movies such as flying into the sky and hiding in the ground, and causing mountains to collapse and the earth to split apart with a wave of the hand also happen to them?
This is so exciting!
Ye Ziyu patted Jiang Bowen lightly without leaving a trace, infused pure magic power into Jiang Bowen's almost overdrawn body, and signaled Jiang Bowen that he could go down and rest first.
Jiang Bowen breathed a sigh of relief, then held his head high and chest out amid the students' excited applause, and returned to his original seat in a reserved manner.
"You all have seen it. If Teacher Jiang can do it, you can do it too."
Ye Ziyu painted big promises for all students without any burden.
—— Jiang Bowen was able to practice magic to this level in four months, relying not only on his talent in magic. As one of the students selected to participate in the training camp in South Island, Jiang Bowen is a leader among the 750 chosen ones. He has won numerous awards before participating in the training camp and is a veritable "genius". The guidance of Lin Lang, Su Mu and Lin Yuan, the high concentration of magic environment in South Island and "Tower of Babel", and the actual combat experience in "Tower of Babel" are not the main points. The reason why Jiang Bowen has a lot of time to practice is that he has initially mastered the Parnaki common language in a very short time, as well as a large number of magic spells, rituals and other contents.
These things that are so basic that they cannot be more basic are the top priority.
Nowadays, the vast majority of students who come to school to study are only receiving preliminary education, which lasts for a year. Only the outstanding ones can stay in school to continue their studies.
During this year, language learning alone takes up half of the time - mastering a foreign language in half a year is already an outrageous speed.
But Ye Ziyu couldn't possibly tell these things to students now.
For a moment, everyone's enthusiasm for learning magic reached its peak, and this was exactly what Ye Ziyu wanted to see.
If you always hold the idea that "time travelers are strong because they are time travelers", no matter how talented you are, it is easy to encounter barriers in your practice.
The reason why the school opened so quickly and enrolled so many students is to cast a wide net to catch more fish and to screen out a group of elites across the country first - whether their "elite" comes from talent or hard work.
"In the next year, you will be exposed to and learn magic here. You must remember that magic is a double-edged sword. At all times, you must remember the law and school motto, do not abuse magic, do not harm others, and be a person who contributes to the country and society." Ye Ziyou said: "Now, please invite the student representatives to come on stage and lead you to take the oath together."
After he finished speaking, Zhou Moran, who was wearing a school uniform and looked soft and fluffy, not even as tall as Ye Ziyu's waist, walked around the rostrum that had become a ruin and came to Ye Ziyu's side with a tense face.
"Isn't this a little kid?"
"Are you in first grade?"
"Such a young child also comes to school?"
"Didn't they say that elementary, middle and high schools would all offer magic classes in the future?"
——This time, the magic academy will recruit students who are over 18 years old and have at least graduated from high school. For students from elementary school to high school, magic classes will be directly included in the compulsory subjects for the whole country, and temporarily the three grades will be taught uniformly.
"This is my student." Ye Ziyou answered everyone's questions directly: "She will study with you this year."
Zhou Moran is temporarily unable to attend a regular elementary school because of the evil spirit in his body. After thinking about it, Zhou Xun decided to enroll Zhou Moran in Penglai College.
With Gao Shu and Xiao Shichuan in charge, the evil demon in Zhou Moran's body did not dare to cause trouble.
In fact, it was because Zhou Moran was selected to attend Penglai College that Ye Ziyu took the initiative to reveal his identity and become the principal of the school.
Regarding Zhou Moran becoming Ye Ziyu's disciple, it was also Ye Ziyu's unilateral request.
Originally, Zhou Xun was going to teach Zhou Moran personally, but after Ye Ziyu learned that there was an evil demon parasitic in Zhou Moran's body, he insisted on teaching Zhou Moran personally, and he was excited like he had not been in a hundred years.
Although the students of Class 9 felt very strange about Ye Ziyu's excitement, considering his previous behavior, they really didn't want to miss this opportunity to cheer him up again, so they agreed to his request without much thought.
The reason why Ye Ziyu appeared riding a dragon this time was not only to play around with Gao Shu and Xiao Shichuan, but also to support Zhou Moran.
After all, Zhou Moran is still young, and she might be bullied - she may not even realize that she is being bullied. For this reason, Ye Ziyu must first shock everyone and let them know how powerful the person standing behind Zhou Moran is.
As expected, after hearing that Zhou Moran was Ye Ziyou's student, the students' eyes suddenly changed. Originally, they thought that the girl who was the student representative was cute but too immature, and it was not formal enough for her to lead the students to take the oath. But now, in their eyes, Zhou Moran has become a "rising star" with a radiant glow.
The teacher is so powerful, and I became his student at such an early age. Who knows, there must be great power hidden in that small body, and I can beat an adult with one punch.
Don’t mess with me!
"Don't be afraid." Ye Ziyu put away the magic of amplifying the voice and gave Zhou Moran a gentle look.
"Every time Old Ye looks at Old Zhou's sister, I feel like Old Ye is the dearest brother." Gao Shu couldn't help but complain.
Xiao Shichuan agreed: "That's right, I thought Lao Ye was a lolita lover at first, his eyes were so affectionate."
Ye Ziyou: "...Have you forgotten that I can hear it too?"
"Who told you to behave so abnormally?" Xiao Shichuan asked, "Hey, why are you so concerned about Momo?"
Ye Ziyu didn't say anything. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Moran's back.
The girl stood straight, and her childish voice floated over the playground through the microphone.
"I solemnly swear here that in my future study, life and work, I will study diligently, seek truth and innovation, cherish the motherland and be loyal to the people..."
...
Ye Ziyu has a secret, a secret that he has never told anyone and which he has buried deep in his heart.
Although he has lived in Parnaqui for hundreds of years as a half-elf, he is not actually a pure "half-elf".
The blood flowing in his body comes from humans and elves, but not only that.
He is the child of an elf and a human who are parasitized by an evil demon. He is an "evil demon" who has a body as soon as he is born.
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