Chapter 703
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Noland, Hearthstone Tavern.
After Josiah returned to the Hearthstone Tavern, a pile of bills was piled up on Josiah's desk, waiting for Josiah to check.
"Hiri, do you want to hear a joke?"
Josiah flipped through the bills that Madam Marina had recently organized and spoke to Hiri, who was practicing painting in another corner of the study.
After the man in purple returned to Noland, he once again began to instruct Hiri. Recently, Hiri had been learning … oil painting.
Hiri was currently in the study, facing a huge canvas and gesturing.
As time passed, a post-modern abstract painting appeared on the canvas.
Hiri had recently gotten used to using the drawing tools on the Weave, and had almost forgotten how to adjust the colors of the paint.
No … If Josiah remembered correctly, Hiri had never learned oil painting.
"What joke?"
Hiri raised her head and looked at Josiah, her cheeks already stained with various colors of paint.
"I don't have the money to pay the prize money for the Holy Spirit Competition."
The moment Josiah said this, Hiri used too much force when she touched the canvas, and the entire painting was destroyed in an instant.
"This isn't a joke, it's a ghost story!"
Hiri didn't want to care about the failed painting anymore, and immediately ran to Josiah's desk, slapping her paint-covered hands on Josiah's desk.
"That's why I'm preparing to start saving now." Josiah said.
"Starting now? Three hundred thousand gold coins … "
Hiri immediately used her fingers to count for a long time, and finally gave up on calculating this huge sum of money that she wouldn't be able to exchange for even if she sold a hundred of her.
"Why don't we secretly change the prize money to thirty thousand? No … let's just make it three thousand gold coins. "Hiri thought of a brilliant solution.
"En … I've already started saving up."
Josiah took out a pocket watch from the drawer of his desk. The second hand had just finished one round and was about to start the second round.
"300,000 gold coins! How long would that take? "
Hiri had been by Josiah's side for a long time, and her concept of money had also increased. In the future, she wouldn't have to worry about eating meat for every meal.
Her usual expenses were all earned by working for Josiah.
In conclusion, Hiri was very easy to raise.
"En … At our current speed, we should be able to accumulate enough in four hours."
Josiah put down the stopwatch in his hand. While Hiri was complaining, the stopwatch had already run a full lap.
"Four hours …"
"Warcraft's sales have increased tenfold, and it's still going up."
Josh's ultimate goal in organizing the Holy Spirit Tournament was to promote the Magic Net game. Judging from the increase in sales of Warcraft, it wouldn't be long before the entire Norland Continent would have magical beasts.
"Hiri, let's have a little celebration."
"Celebration … dinner?"
Hiri looked at the paint on her hands and subconsciously wiped it on her body before realising that it wouldn't be clean.
"I'm going to take a shower!"
Ciri tossed her coat that was stained with paint to Josh and ran straight into the bathroom.
"It's been so long, but this is the first time I've seen the Cinderella from before …"
Josiah smelled the lingering scent on Hiri's coat, it was the same scent she had when he first met her.
Even though she was now an apprentice of the purple cloaked figure, her poverty hadn't changed.
… …
At the Philosopher's Lecture Studio.
"Josiah!"
The yellow cloaked figure was the main speaker today, the topic was' The Practicality of Thunder Magic '.
The yellow cloaked figure was checking his script when he saw Josiah walk in. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and walked to Josiah.
From the yellow-robed man's expression, it could be seen that he was already prepared to fight Josh.
"Ever since you posted about the Holy Ghost tournament on the spellcaster forums! The entire Noland's Advanced Magic Academy is in a mess! "
"A mess? Did they all skip class to … play games? "Josiah asked softly.
"Three hundred thousand gold coins! Those kids have never seen so much money in their lives! Half of my Inscription class didn't even show up this morning. "
The yellow cloaked figure had never seen such a large number of students skipping classes.
A year ago, when he was preparing to personally teach magic apprentices, they had to arrive a few hours early to find a seat.
The yellow cloaked figure could tolerate his chief apprentice being addicted to the Weave, but the influence of the Holy Ghost's Invitation that Josiah had posted had spread to all of Noland.
"I'm sorry for causing such a huge impact."
The yellow cloaked figure was about to use his fist to argue with Josiah, but Josiah's sincere apology made his anger dissipate by half.
He had never liked this chaos demon.
The biggest reason the yellow cloaked figure hated Josiah was … Every time he had a disagreement with Josiah, he could always refute him with words that the yellow cloaked figure thought to be illogical.
What angered the yellow cloaked figure the most was that these illogical arguments eventually came true!
"The Weave will indeed cause some negative effects."
As someone who had been through this on Earth, Josiah could not confidently tell the yellow cloaked figure that even if he didn't study, he could still make a name for himself by playing games.
A truly capable professional gamer was different from someone who used games as an excuse to escape reality.
"But I promise you … The Holy Ghost's wave will soon fade. Your students will understand that it's more practical to learn alchemy than to earn money by playing the Holy Ghost." Josiah said.
The yellow cloaked figure was not used to Josiah's sincerity.
The current Josiah was so normal that he was a little scared …
"How long will it take for the wave to fade?"
The yellow cloaked figure's face was still cold, but the anger in his heart had faded a lot.
He could not force Josiah to ban the sale of the Holy Ghost. His apprentice Sophia had clearly told him that the Iron Nation's Empress Yekana had already regarded the Holy Ghost as a new battlefield.
"That depends on your management of your apprentices."
"Management … Josiah, help me seal this boundary." The yellow cloaked figure suddenly thought of a way to punish those little guys.
"Seal?"
"Once my apprentices step into my academy, they won't be able to log into the Holy Ghost. No! They won't be able to log into the Weave! A boundary that can stop the connection to the Weave. "The yellow cloaked figure said.
"That's not difficult. I just need to stop the World Tree from covering certain areas."
"I won't be able to log into the Weave this way … I don't need to cover the entire academy. There are some specific areas in the academy. No, no, no … I just need those little guys to be unable to log into the Weave. I also need a specific time."
When the yellow cloaked figure heard that Josiah could implement his idea, his thoughts quickly spread.
Josh listened to his murmur, and he felt like it wouldn't be long before the anti-addiction system of this world was online.
"Umm … yellow cloaked figure, before we discuss this, can you make your academy one of the venues for the Holy Ghost competition?"
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