Chapter 29

The first year's classes did not require the apprentices to attend every single class. There was no roll call at all. As long as you had no problems and had the confidence to pass the end of the year examination, it was fine if you did not show up.

Adam did this. Other than the first round of classes, he did not attend any more classes.

Potion knowledge was to let the apprentices understand the nature of various plants and concoct highly toxic poisons. Yes, poisons. Potion knowledge was not about healing, only killing. However, there was also an interesting side. Through the understanding of plants, one could concoct various spices, which were very useful for magic cooking.

Alchemy knowledge was close to material science and metallurgy at the current stage. It was obvious that the core content was not taught. No matter how hard a metal was, if one did not know how to carve runes on it, it was just an ordinary thing.

Body refining knowledge was to teach apprentices who had the potential to become a body refining mage how to refine magic into their body. It was an elective course and did not count towards the final examination. However, the body refining instructor was an official mage. His appearance … was very strange. He did not look like a human at all. Adam guessed that the more advanced content should include the study of blood and DNA.

After understanding the examination criteria, Adam did not appear in the classroom anymore. Every day, except for breakfast, he spent the rest of his time in the library.

Reading books was expensive. Knowledge was expensive. This was Adam's most intuitive feeling. Every book required a different amount of energy stones to be read, and there was a fixed reading time. Repeated reading would require repeated payment. Fortunately, Adam had the memory of a computer, and having a photographic memory was child's play. He could even skip words and memorize parts of the book.

The library was divided into levels. New apprentices could only read the contents on the first level. Even if they had the money, they could not read the contents on the higher levels.

However, even the books on the first level were innumerable. One day, after Adam became addicted to reading and did not care about his wealth, he suddenly realized that his balance was not enough.

There were a few old bookworms in the library. These senior apprentices were not as shallow as Adam's peers. At first, after being surprised by Adam's reading speed, they realized that Adam had a terrifying memory and comprehension ability. With the most basic spiritual power aptitude, even if they were not sure whether Adam could become a mage or not, he could at least become a senior apprentice like them. Therefore, they agreed that Adam had the right to talk to them as equals.

Moreover, such a talent could easily gain the favor of official mages and become their experimental assistants. On a low-level level, it was already considered a promising future.

"Adam, do you remember where I put the book 'Elementary Magical Plants and Their Properties'?" Eliot Pierce was an old bookworm, and he was also the potion instructor of the apprentices. He specialized in making strong poisons. According to him, in the last battle of the tower, he had used his own poisons to kill six advanced apprentices.

"Botany bookshelf, third level, sixth column." Adam casually reported the location and continued to look at the book in his hand that he couldn't afford to read, "The Most Elementary Modification of the Fireball Rune Group".

"Oh, thank you." Eliot thanked him and was about to leave. They were already used to asking Adam if they couldn't find the books they needed. Adam had never disappointed them before. However, Adam used to read without lifting his head. This time, he found that Adam was in a daze.

"What are you doing? No energy stones? "Eliot moved closer to Adam and asked mischievously.

Adam put the book back on the shelf and coldly distanced himself from Eliot, then said, "That's right. Please stay away from me, Mr. Eliot. "

Poisonous creatures were obviously not welcomed by ordinary creatures. Although they didn't reject him, they didn't want to get too close to him. Adam still remembered the bad hormones that were rapidly secreted in his body when he first met Eliot.

Eliot pursed his lips and stopped. He complained, "I told you, I have an antidote for my own poison. It won't hurt you."

Adam was unmoved, "But it wasn't a pleasant experience."

"Alright, alright, you bunch of shallow people. You can't appreciate the beauty of physical changes." Eliot muttered and said, "Adam, I have a way for you to earn energy stones. Do you want to hear it?"

"Of course."

Eliot said with a bewitching voice, "I'm lacking an assistant in my lab to help me record experimental data. I fired the idiot from before. With your memory, Adam, you're definitely qualified for this job. How about it, do you want to help me?"

Adam suddenly remembered James' invitation. Because it wasn't very important, it wasn't added to the memo. It was about to be the next rune knowledge class …

"Don't worry, I definitely won't use you as a test subject. That's not allowed by the academy. You're just helping me record data. Also, you can pass the alchemy exam directly. "Eliot saw that Adam didn't say anything, so he tempted him again.

Being an assistant in a lab wasn't bad, but a poison lab was obviously not a good choice. Adam thought of this and said to Eliot, "Mr. Eliot, do you know Mr. James?"

"Just call me Eliot. James? Of course, I know him. He should be the meditation instructor for your batch, right? "

"Yes, that's right. He invited me to be an assistant in his lab on the first day."

Eliot understood. "So it's like that. He still hasn't given up?"

Adam asked doubtfully, "Is it hard to find an assistant?"

"Well, it depends on the situation. Official Mages' labs never lack assistants, and apprentices' labs are a little lacking. However, James' meditation lab is an exception."

"Why is he an exception?"

Eliot said, "You should have heard of his understanding of the Mage Armor, right? You think it's very reasonable, don't you? "

"Yes."

"But actually, the Mage Armor isn't that important. Well, you can't say that. It's not the most important thing in the apprentice stage. The Mage Armor can be adjusted. This adjustment can be done at any level. The reason why James was obsessed with studying meditation techniques in the apprentice stage was because he didn't have enough aptitude. At that time, he barely reached one unit of spiritual power. He didn't have any soul inclination, and his elemental affinity was very low. So he wanted to use pure spiritual power to become an official Mage. "

Eliot continued, "Before the War of the Spire, there were a few people who were similar to him who experimented with meditation techniques with him. But unfortunately, those people all died. The surviving apprentices didn't really agree with his idea. So what if meditation techniques are exquisite? No matter what, in the apprentice stage, our lifespan is limited. "

Adam learned about lifespan from the senior apprentices. Because the energy level of Ether and magic was too high, flesh and blood and fragile souls had to bear and use them and had to bear a great price. Although there was spiritual power to neutralize it, it also greatly reduced the apprentice's lifespan. Generally speaking, if there were no special medicine to extend their lifespan, the apprentices wouldn't live more than a hundred years.

Eliot concluded, "So, we all think he's wasting his time. The official Mages in the academy also don't support him very much. It's only because his research can slightly increase the efficiency of meditation that they didn't cut off his project."

"I see." Adam was thoughtful. Eliot's words made sense, but Adam felt that James' research was not wrong. At least, he agreed with the theory that meditation could make it easier to pass through the weak stage.

Eliot saw that Adam didn't speak, so he advised, "Adam, with your talent, you don't need to research how to increase the efficiency of meditation techniques. You have to know that in the apprentice stage, we first need to ensure that we can advance in our limited lifespan. If you're interested in that kind of research, you have a lot of time to do it after you become an official Mage."

Eliot's advice, other than wanting to hire Adam, was mostly sincere. Adam thanked him seriously and said, "I'm very interested in the direction of his research. I need to learn more about it. Thank you for telling me this, Eliot."

Eliot sighed helplessly. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, as you wish. My lab will always welcome you." He had a reason to be helpless. If James' lab was so bleak because there was no future for it, then his lab was so unpopular that he couldn't recruit people. Every day, he had to spend time with those terrifying poisonous plants and creatures. It was definitely not a good experience.

Adam met Corestal on the way out of the library.

Corestal was very distressed. She had a pure affinity with the wind element. Of the three sets of magic runes that Mage Black left behind, apart from the wind blade, she had a hard time controlling them. Furthermore, no matter how great the pressure of the academy was, it couldn't compare to the life and death of the ship. She couldn't use her wisdom in desperate situations. She could only look at the pitiful amount of money left in her identity token and try to find two types of wind magic in the library to learn.

This was also the first time she saw Adam in a few days. Because of what happened before, she didn't know how to talk to Adam.

"Adam, h-hello." Corestal stuttered.

Adam stood on the side of the road and calmly replied, "Hello."

Corestal mustered up her courage and said, "Adam, why haven't you been going to class recently? Have you really given up on yourself? "

Because of being isolated? She didn't say this out loud.

Adam looked at her strangely. He didn't know why she would suddenly say this. Based on their relationship, it didn't seem to have reached such a stage. Human logic was such a strange thing.

Even though he thought this, Adam still replied, "No, it's too simple." After saying this, he ignored her and walked straight in the direction of James' lab.

Corestal was left alone in the wind. "Too simple? This reason … it's simply … "

After a long while, she collected her thoughts and walked towards the library. At this time, she felt that her companions who were gossiping behind their backs were too laughable. It turned out that in Adam's heart, he was not the same type of person as them.