Viper Academy is alive and well in the mountains.

There is a narrow path in the dense forest. If you walk straight along the path, you can see the college gate.

This seemingly ordinary mountain road is actually full of dangers. If you make a mistake, you will die without a burial place.

Even if you are an official wizard, you cannot enter the academy without permission.

"call……"

The wind howled overhead.

A dark golden gargoyle fell from the sky and landed in front of the two people: "Pinocchio, we meet again."

"Lord Naner." Doreen (a middle-aged woman) bowed to the gargoyle with a respectful attitude:

"Please open the gate of the academy."

“Hehe…” The gargoyle rolled its fist-sized eyeballs and looked at Lin En behind him: “Are you Kito’s new disciple?”

"Yes." Lynn replied.

The 'gatekeeper' of the academy is a second-level golden gargoyle, and it is said that he is strong enough to fight against a third-ring wizard near the academy.

It can be said that he is one of the most powerful beings in Viper Academy.

Moreover, unlike the others, this person is the strongest person that ordinary apprentices in the academy can most easily come into contact with. If you are lucky, you can even get some good things from him. If you are unlucky...

It swallowed more apprentices! "Hehe..." The gargoyle laughed:

"Do you know where Kitto's first few disciples went?"

“I don’t know.” Lin En’s eyes moved slightly: “Senior, can you…”

"Magic crystals." The gargoyle rubbed his fingers, which were as thick as his arms, with a greedy smile on his face: "Two magic crystals, and I will help you solve your troubles."

One magic crystal can be exchanged for one hundred magic stones. This is the market price, but in reality it can often be exchanged for more.

Two pieces,

That means at least two hundred magic stones!

Lynn's face darkened.

Doreen's originally nervous expression relaxed slightly. She knew that Lynn couldn't come up with the money.

"It doesn't matter if there is no magic stone." The gargoyle laughed:

"If you sign a contract with me and help me do a few experiments, I can also help you regain your freedom."

It licked the corner of its mouth:

"The transformation of your body's blood is perfect. It would be great if it could be reproduced."

Lynn laughed dryly.

"Sorry." He shook his head.

"I don't intend to continue experimenting with my body."

"Lord Naner." Doreen stepped forward and interrupted the conversation at the right time: "Please open the gate of the academy."

The gargoyle stared at Lin En with his eyes, and the smile on his face turned cold and murderous.

However, considering the consequences of arbitrarily killing the academy's formal apprentices, it snorted coldly and spread its wings and flew into the sky.

“Buzz…”

The gate of the academy trembled slightly, revealing a narrow gap, and the two of them hurriedly passed through the gap and entered.

There is light at the end of the tunnel!

The gate just now turned out to be a magical device involving space transformation, which moved people directly into the interior of the academy.

"Um!"

Doreen groaned, staggered forward a few steps, and looked at her leg joints in surprise.

But at some point, some rust appeared on the surface of its legs and spread upwards.

"It's Nan'er. It's still as bad-humored as ever."

Lin En took a step forward and knocked on the wooden legs with his staff:

"This is a kind of witchcraft similar to petrification. It will cause your puppet body to rust and decay quickly."

"Fortunately, your body is made of a special wood that has a certain resistance to witchcraft, otherwise it would have fallen apart."

"Humph!" Doreen snorted coldly: "The mentor will help me get rid of it."

"That's better." Lin En smiled faintly: "If you can't get rid of it, you won't live long. Replacing wood is not cheap."

Doreen didn't answer, but just stared at him fiercely.

"Don't look at me."

Lynn shrugged:

"I am a formal apprentice of the academy. The gatekeeper will have some concerns after all. You are just a puppet."

"Do you still need to see the instructor?"

"Go!" Doreen gritted her teeth: "Go now!"

* * * As an official wizard, Kitto has a separate courtyard in the academy, and the meeting place is in his study.

As a wizard, the importance of the study is irreplaceable.

The densely packed books on the bookshelf are also a symbol of a wizard's knowledge reserves.

"Come."

Kitto indicated:

"Let me see how your cultivation is progressing."

Lin En followed the instructions, stepped forward to the crystal ball the size of a human head, and placed his palms on it.

“Hmm…”

Kito's eyes flickered:

"Your mental strength has improved so quickly. You already have some characteristics of a high-level wizard apprentice."

"Yes." Lin En nodded, looking excited:

"I don't know why, but ever since I accepted the blood test from that wizard, my mental power has been increasing. Even when I'm not practicing, it's slowly increasing. Plus the Silence Potion I made..."

"This is a good thing." Kito rested his chin on his hand, thinking, "If the blood transformation is successful, both the body and the mental strength will improve rapidly for a period of time."

"Your bloodline transformation is perfect, so it's normal for it to surge. In this case... I can't keep up with the progress."

His voice was so weak that no one knew what he said except himself.

"How about this!"

Kitto raised his head and clapped his hands together, as if he had made some important decision: "You will be training in my wizard tower in the near future. I will provide you with all the materials you need for training."

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"Within two months, I will make you a senior wizard apprentice!"

“This…” Lin En rubbed his hands together: “Isn’t this bad?”

With the mental strength he has shown now, becoming a high-level wizard apprentice in a short period of time would probably be a strain on a wizard's resources, and he would have to use a lot of good things.

"What's wrong with that?" Gito smiled. "There's a price to pay for what I'm doing. You'll sign a contract later. All the resources you've consumed during this period will be considered borrowed. You can pay them back after you become a formal wizard. Of course... there will be interest."

"rest assured!"

"The interest rate is not high. I am optimistic about your potential and believe that you will become a formal wizard one day. Compared with becoming a formal wizard, what are these things?"

The two smiled at each other, both very satisfied.

…………

Wizard tower.

Lin En sat cross-legged on the second floor, and he could feel the energy from the star realm entering his body through the wizard tower with every breath he took.

It's like being in a jar of elixir.

“It’s…wonderful!”

Lin En narrowed his eyes slightly, with a satisfied look on his face: "The location of Viper Academy must be near the astral rift, and the effect of the wizard tower can be maximized."

"Although Kito is only a first-level wizard, the effect of this wizard tower is probably no worse than that of the original wizard tower."

"and……"

"He really drove the wizard tower with all his strength to help me practice."

Looking down at the bottles of potions and some rare magic potions in front of him, Lynn's smile became brighter.

"nice one!"

“It’s all good stuff!”

"Even wizards would have a hard time gathering these things. I guess Kito got them from other wizards in exchange. This mentor has really taken great pains to help me practice. I am really touched!"

With these things, Lin En estimated that he could raise his mental strength to the peak level of a high-level wizard apprentice within two months.

“Da…da…”

Footsteps were heard.

Doreen went up to the second floor carrying a wooden tray, on which were placed several magical foods that could help with cultivation.

"This is what the instructor prepared for you."

Lin En did not respond, but looked at the other's legs that were gradually corroded by rust, smiled faintly and said: "It seems that the mentor does not intend to save you."

"..." Doreen lowered her eyebrows and said, "Teacher is quite busy recently. When he finishes his work in a while, he will help me remove the curse."

"Really?" Lynn shrugged.

"Then I guess we'll have to wait half a year. Can your body hold up that long?"

?

Doreen clenched her hands slightly.

"Give."

Lynn handed over his staff.

"What do you mean?" Doreen looked up, puzzled.

"The material used for my staff is good. After you refine it, it can resist the curse to a certain extent." Lin En shrugged.

"You don't want it?"

"Of course." Doreen snatched the staff and sneered:

"But if you think that doing this will make me betray my mentor, you are wrong. I will never betray my mentor."

"No." Lynn shook her head slightly, "I just want you to understand that compared to your loyalty to mentor Kitto, I am obviously more humane, right?"

"in addition……"

He pointed to the booklet beside him and said:

"This is the witchcraft method that my teacher asked me to see. Please take it down and remember not to peek!"

"snort!"

Doreen snorted coldly, picked up the booklet and went downstairs.

It lowered its head and glanced at the booklet, its eyes flashing, and after making sure that there was no one around, it gently turned a page.

Then his breathing stagnated.

(End of this chapter)