The World of Demons (5): Separation

All Xia Ruize could do was to understand and memorize all the lessons in the morning, then organize and summarize the key points, and help Ye Se sort them out during the lunch break.

After all, the lunch break was too short, and Ye Se’s efficiency in recalling things by flipping through books was too low.

Noticing that students were gradually gathering around him during his presentation, Xia Ruize simply raised his voice a little, trying to help as much as possible. He was amazed by the learning attitude of these indigenous students.

Perhaps it was because life was so hard and difficult that they cherished this learning opportunity that could change their destiny so much.

In the afternoon assessment, more than ten students were eliminated, and the blue-robed teacher punished more than thirty students with magic.

There were fewer and fewer students left in the classroom, and those who remained studied even harder.

After the afternoon class ended, the students immediately gathered around Xia Ruize’s desk, with cautious expressions on their pale faces, and asked shyly:

“Xia, thank you very much for your summary at noon. I did several questions based on your summary. I have a few questions that I didn’t understand this afternoon. I wonder if I can ask you?”

The other students around him quickly echoed in a low voice:

“Me too!”

“I would also like to ask Xia if he could give a summary of the afternoon class.”

“We have to line up here. We can’t tire out Student Xia or take up too much of his time!”

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People who love to learn are worthy of respect everywhere. With his strong mental strength, Xia Ruize could easily solve learning tasks. Helping others would not only not waste too much of his time, but also allow him to review the key points. Xia Ruize did not refuse, but sorted out the key points of the afternoon class and quickly explained them to the students around him.

Cheng Huaiqian and Gao Hexuan helped other students answer some questions, and gradually more than 30 students surrounded the three of them. The gray-robed teacher looked at the situation and did not forcibly stop them. Instead, he took the clay jars from Xia Ruize and the other two, turned around and left to prepare dinner.

With the help of the unburned candles in the classroom, more than 30 students took an extra half-hour class before returning to the dormitory with satisfaction. Although the long table in the dormitory was already piled with thick new theory books waiting for them, after listening to classmate Xia’s summary of the key points, they inexplicably felt more confident about the assessment the next day.

Xia Ruize and the other two truly experienced what it meant to study hard to the point of dying. The students in the surrounding dormitories almost all gave up sleep and studied day and night, so much so that when they met during the day, most of the students looked shaky and ready to faint at any time.

The blue-robed teachers seemed to be completely oblivious to the students’ near-collapse and continued to exert academic pressure on them, causing more and more students to fail the assessments, be punished or even be expelled.

Poor blond little Ye Se, even with the guidance of three genius roommates, he finally couldn’t hold on on the fourth day of the course. He failed two assessments in a row and could only bid farewell to his roommates who were considered good people in his eyes with tears in his eyes.

“Thank you very much! If it weren’t for your help, I would have been expelled much earlier. Don’t worry, I will memorize the knowledge I learned this time after I go home. Maybe I can become a magic apprentice smoothly next year. Then I will definitely come to find you!”

Realizing that his final test results were not satisfactory, Ye Se hurriedly said goodbye to his roommate.

Gao Hexuan turned his head to look at his teammates and found that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had no intention of helping. He could only sigh and comfort them:

“If you really want us to feel at ease, just take the box under my bed. We gave it to you. We will feel at ease if you take it with you.”

Ye Se was immediately even more moved. He quickly lowered his head to wipe away the tears that were flowing uncontrollably. When he heard the gray-robed teacher calling his name, he quickly stood up and left.

Having lived together for many days, Ye Se knew that the rattan box under his roommate’s bed was full of food. He had mentioned giving him some food many times before, but he had refused. But this time, remembering that he was about to leave the college and thinking about his hungry brothers and sisters at home, Ye Se did not have the courage to refuse his roommate’s kindness.

There were fewer and fewer students in the classroom, and the remaining students seemed to be more relaxed, because those who have stayed until now were either “old students” who came to the college a few years ago and learned some of the content, or those who could withstand the high-intensity learning pressure.

Finally, the five-day theoretical course ended, and only 56 students were left in the classroom.

Seeing that the number of students was less than one-third of the original number, the teacher in blue robe explained with difficulty:

“The Divine Selection can only roughly detect whether you have the minimum spiritual talent required to become a magic apprentice. Your learning status in the last five days can distinguish your true spiritual talent.

Students with strong mental strength will find it easy to learn, while students with weak mental strength will find it very difficult. “

At this point, the blue-robed teacher couldn’t help but glance at Xia Ruize and the other two. The fact that they were able to complete their learning tasks with ease despite having passed the divine selection for the first time was enough to prove that they had strong mental power talents and were true mental power geniuses.

Giving the students some time to think, the blue-robed teacher continued:

“However, to become a powerful magician, in addition to spiritual power, you also need affinity with magic elements. After these days of study, I believe you have already mastered sufficient theoretical knowledge. Starting from tomorrow, we will have practical classes. The first lesson of the practical class is about elements entering the body.

I hope you can perform well. The five students with the best performance every day will receive potion rewards from the academy.”

After giving the course notice, the teacher in blue robe left. However, the expressions on the faces of the students in the classroom did not look relieved when they heard that they did not have to continue memorizing.

On the way back to the dormitory, the gray-robed teacher took the initiative to remind the remaining three people, Xia Ruize an the others, under his command:

“You must do well in the practical class starting tomorrow. You must! If you can get potion rewards in the academy, your strength will improve faster…” After a few seconds of silence, he added in a low voice, “It can save your life at the critical moment.”

After saying this, the man in a gray robe took a few quick steps and walked away, as if he had not said anything just now.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged a tacit look. As expected, there was a life-threatening danger waiting for them ahead.

How could the missions in the Silver Pages area be so easy that they could be passed by just attending classes and memorizing books every day? It seemed that it was because the real drama had not yet begun.

Ye Se was eliminated early, which meant that his talent was not up to the requirements. Forcing him to pass the test may not be good for him, but may also accelerate his death.

However, when they thought that the real challenge was about to be revealed, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian felt a little excited.

Soon, a new day arrived. Under the gloomy sky, the remaining 56 students, led by their respective teachers, stood on the dirt playground of the academy, kept a certain distance from each other, and then sat on the ground in a comfortable way.

Four blue-robed teachers appeared at the same time, stood around the students, and chanted a spell together.

They would jointly open a magic circle, the effect of which was to gather the scattered magic elements in the air, allowing students to more easily feel the presence of magic elements.

On the first day of the practical class, the students were challenged to absorb the magic elements in the air into their bodies, retain them, and condense them into magic power.

After the initial theoretical study, the students had already mastered the corresponding spells. The unknown part about the element entering the body was which series of magic elements the students could attract and whether they could keep the magic elements in the body.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who were sitting cross-legged, exchanged glances and each concentrated on trying to recite the spell.

In the Lord God’s shop, magicians had a bloodline that could only be purchased with money. Now they could use the opportunity of the mission world to learn on their own, and they couldn’t miss it.

As the four-hundred-word spell that he had memorized long ago was recited word by word, Xia Ruize, with his eyes closed, seemed to see emerald green and fiery red light spots approaching his body, and the light spots were becoming more and more dense.

After the spell was recited for the first time, a spot of light tried to enter Xia Ruize’s body.

Xia Ruize followed the blue-robed teacher’s instructions and continued to chant the spell over and over again without stopping.

The blue-robed teacher who maintained the magic circle and the gray-robed teacher who was responsible for maintaining order were both nervously paying attention to the fifty or so students in the middle open space, secretly cheering them on in their hearts, hoping that they could hold on a little longer.

Although the teachers had seen the process of the first elemental entry into the body countless times, they still felt nervous every time because this process would be a process that distinguished the talents of students more clearly than the divine screening.

According to experience, the longer you could persist when trying to absorb elements into your body for the first time, the higher your affinity for the magic elements was. With the same training time, you could accumulate more magic power.

Being able to withstand heavy academic pressure showed that the student had good mental talent. If they could persist long enough when the elements enter their body, it meant that they had a good affinity for magical elements. When these two conditions were met at the same time, they could hope to become a true magician.

However, this was destined to be wishful thinking.

The reality was that after the element entered the body, the first student who couldn’t hold on could only recite the spell three times before he felt dizzy and fell to the side.

The instructor who had been keeping an eye on the trainees quickly stepped forward to help and support the trainee, preventing him from actually fainting on the ground.

Fortunately, the student himself quickly came to his senses instinctively and subconsciously supported the ground with one hand to prevent his head from making close contact with the ground.

As soon as the trainee opened his eyes, he saw the concerned face of the instructor and asked curiously:

“What magical element did you see, and how many magical elements did you attract in the end?”

“Red! What I saw was red!” The student was extremely excited. He also knew that seeing red magic elements meant that he was a fire magician. After being excited, he added, “In the end, there is probably this much left…”

As he spoke, the student stretched out the little finger of his right hand, and then used his thumb to press on the first knuckle of the little finger, indicating that he only had a magic element the size of a knuckle of the little finger left.

After he finished speaking, the student’s excitement had dissipated, because he noticed that the other people around him had not yet woken up, which meant that his affinity for magical elements was only average, and his future might not be long.