In order to become a wizard, one needed a wealth of knowledge. There was a saying, "Knowledge is power." In this world, any official wizard was a scholar with a wealth of knowledge. Any powerful wizard was a great scholar who knew a lot of knowledge. Even the bloodline wizards, who were called boorish by the orthodox wizards, were no exception.
At this time, Lin Xiao was learning all kinds of basic knowledge, such as basic biology, basic anatomy, basic potions, basic physics, basic neurology, basic pharmaceutics, the principles of all things, the principles of spell models, and so on. He had to master dozens of basic subjects.
If one wanted to learn all kinds of advanced knowledge, one had to go to the major guilds or the Wizard Empire's official academy to learn advanced knowledge. Although the wizard family he was born in had advanced knowledge, it was not complete. It was even difficult to cultivate an official wizard.
In this world, all advanced knowledge had been monopolized by the empire or the advanced guilds. If one wanted to become an advanced wizard, one had to join a guild or the official academy.
In order to get the focus of the family's training, Lin Xiao began to show his excellent talent early.
After he had a general understanding of the speed of advancement of a normal wizard, he began to show a speed that far exceeded that of a normal wizard.
After only two years of meditation, he could already clearly meditate 12 runes. He could clearly sense the energy particles everywhere in the void and successfully became a level 1 wizard apprentice.
After that, he continued to meditate and absorb the strongest energy particles in the void to decide which path to take next. He chose the wind energy particles.
The wizard's training method was to meditate with a strong power of the will. Then, with a strong power of the will, he could capture the energy particles in the void and absorb them into his body. He could then use these energy particles to strengthen his body.
When the power of the will was strong enough and there were enough runes for meditation, he could combine these runes into different spell models in his sea of consciousness. From there, he could cast the corresponding spell.
This spell was not an ordinary spell. The Wizard World's spells were far more difficult to cast than the spells of other worlds. The corresponding power was far greater than the spells of other worlds.
In other worlds, a level 0 spell was really a spell. Here, however, a level 0 spell had a strong killing power.
Only five years after becoming a level 1 wizard apprentice, the thirteen year old Lin Xiao successfully mastered a level 0 spell. His constitution was also strengthened to a certain extent, and he successfully became a level 2 wizard apprentice.
At this time, his performance finally attracted the attention of his grandfather. After a series of tests, he was qualified to study in the official academy of the Wizard Empire.
Half a year later, the fourteen-year-old Lin Xiao left his family and went to the official academy, Morning Star Tower, to study.
The Morning Star Tower was located at the border of the Sorcerer Empire. Its main responsibility was to guard the border between the Sorcerer Empire and the other races in the north.
After Lin Xiao entered the academy, he kept a low profile as usual. He worked hard to learn all kinds of advanced knowledge that his family couldn't learn. In any case, his family would pay for his tuition and various expenses, so he could continue learning until he graduated.
He was prepared to work hard until he became an official wizard. After that, he would serve the empire for a period of time. He had even thought about what he would do after graduation.
They would either stay in school and become teachers, or they would become clerks and be stationed in various places. They would develop slowly until they had enough strength to protect themselves in this world.
However, one day after entering the academy, Lin Xiao, who was reading in the library, suddenly received a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue. The family he was born in had been exterminated by a foreign race that had come south to plunder. The entire castle and the surrounding family's land had all been killed.
He immediately asked for leave and went home. What he saw was the castle in ruins and the family's land that had been turned into a land of death. Even in broad daylight, there were countless ghosts roaming around under the cover of the death aura.
Lin Xiao stayed in the ruins of the castle for several days. Anger, sadness, and hatred filled his heart.
Gods also had feelings. After all, his mother had given birth to him and raised him for so many years. When he heard the news of her death, he was extremely angry. He had silently made a decision in his heart that he must avenge her.
After paying his respects, he returned to the school and continued to study.
If he wanted to take revenge, he needed to be powerful. He had to be at least a rank 2 wizard or above to be safe. Now, he wasn't even a rank 1 wizard.
It was just that he didn't have his family to pay for his tuition and living expenses. Most importantly, he had to take some time to earn the money for various materials.
In the past, he didn't feel much when he had his family's support. Now that his family's support had been cut off, he knew how expensive it was to study in a wizard school.
There were two types of currency in this world. One was the common gold coin, silver coin, and copper coin. They were all based on a hundred copper coin for one silver coin, and a hundred silver coins for one gold coin.
Wizards, on the other hand, used Magic Stones and Magic Coins. Magic Stones were the essence extracted from Magic Stones. They could be used to directly restore magic power and were very valuable.
Magic Coins were mostly made from the leftovers of Magic Stones and rare metals. Generally, one thousand gold coins were exchanged for one magic coin, and ten magic coins were exchanged for one magic stone.
Most of the time, magic coins were used to study in the school. Occasionally, gold coins could be used to buy some daily necessities. If one wanted to buy spell models, high-level knowledge, or some high-level potions, magic stones would be used directly.
Lin Xiao sat on his bed in the dormitory and counted his belongings. He now had twelve magic stones, twenty-one magic coins, and more than a hundred gold coins left from before.
To be honest, the purchasing power of twelve magic stones and twenty-one magic coins was quite high, but it wouldn't last much longer. Especially now that he wanted to advance to a level 3 apprentice, he needed to buy a bottle of Awakening Potion to stimulate his spiritual force. This would cost him more than half of the magic stones.
After advancing, he would need to learn all kinds of new spells and advanced knowledge. This amount of magic stones was definitely not enough.
"Once I advance, I'll have to start earning money!"
Lin Xiao put the magic stones into a small pouch and went out to the school's trading area. Occasionally, there would be apprentices passing by. Most of them looked at him strangely, either with sympathy or schadenfreude.
Most of the apprentices studying in the Morning Star Tower were born in big and small wizard families in the border provinces of the empire. How could they not know about the Leng family's destruction? In their eyes, Lin Xiao had lost the support of his family and his future was worrying.
After all, Lin Xiao's performance in the past year had been quite good. He was just like a genius in the eyes of ordinary people.
However, a genius also needed resources. Now that he had lost the support of his family, many people hoped to see the fall of a genius.
The school had a place that specialized in selling all kinds of potions. There were all kinds of potions developed by the academy's teachers, as well as some produced by rank 3 apprentices who specialized in potions.
The potions produced by the teachers were excellent and stable, while the potions produced by the apprentices were cheap. The choice depended on whether one's wallet was full or not.
Lin Xiao came to a shop that he usually visited. It was opened by a potion instructor in the school. Inside the shop was a beautiful female apprentice with blonde hair who wore a black robe that couldn't hide her exquisite figure. She was a rank 3 apprentice and was an apprentice of the instructor who opened the shop.
In the school, one had to advance to a rank 3 apprentice to be accepted as a disciple by an instructor. Before that, one could only attend public classes or spend money to get special treatment. There was no way to formally become a disciple of an instructor.
However, there were many apprentices who were too outstanding and were fancied by instructors early on. Although they couldn't be formally accepted as disciples, their treatment was no different from that of a disciple.
Lin Xiao's aptitude was considered above average among the apprentices in the school. In addition, his original family background was not bad. Originally, there were instructors who were interested in him. From time to time, he would be called to sit in on the classes when the instructors were teaching their disciples.
However, after returning this time, he didn't receive such treatment. There were several times when he knew that the instructors had classes, but they didn't call him like before.
Just like how cultivators paid attention to wealth, companions, methods, and location, wizards also paid attention to these. Aptitude determined whether or not one could embark on this path. The specific upper limit of one's growth depended on other factors, among which wealth played an extremely important role.
After all, even a pig could become a celestial pig after being placed in the heavenly paradise for a long time.
The blonde female apprentice looked at Lin Xiao who entered the shop and revealed a trace of pity.
"I heard about your family. It's very shocking!"
"Thank you!"
Lin Xiao was keenly aware of a trace of alienation in her eyes. In the past, when he came often, she was quite enthusiastic.
However, he didn't take it to heart. He only pointed to one of the cabinets in the shop and said:
"I need a bottle of Awakening Potion!"
The blonde female apprentice looked at him in astonishment and asked with some surprise:
"You want to advance to a rank 3 apprentice?"
"Yes."
The pity in her eyes deepened and she said:
"There are three types of stable Awakening Potions. They are Graphite Potion, Morning Potion, and Ghost Potion. Which one do you want?"
"Morning Potion."
The blonde female apprentice took out a small jade bottle with a slip of paper and placed it on the table. A cold air slowly spread on the table and she said:
"Actually, the best Awakening Potion is the Graphite Potion. Its effect is 17% stronger than the Morning Potion. Are you sure you don't want the Graphite Potion?"
Lin Xiao shook his head.
"Alright then!"
The blonde female apprentice didn't say anything. She pushed the potion over and said:
"Eight magic stones."
Lin Xiao took out eight magic stones that were slightly bigger than a thumb and handed them over. He took the potion and left.
He didn't dare to use the Graphite Potion. He had seen the formula before. It required an 18 year old pregnant woman, a small amount of Soul Devouring Worms, and a large amount of unknown ingredients.
The production process was even more unacceptable to him. He had to let the pregnant woman die in extreme fear and then preserve the corpse. He had to inject a mucus called graphite into the fetus in the womb. Finally, the fetus would completely dissolve into liquid in the womb. The dissolved liquid would be extracted and mixed to form the Graphite Potion. One set of ingredients could make five bottles of Graphite Potion at once.
Although the Graphite Potion had the best effect, he couldn't help but feel disgusted when he thought of the formula and production process. How would he dare to drink this potion?
After returning to the dormitory, he hung a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door and locked it. He then took out the Morning Potion and placed it on the table.
The ingredients for this potion were relatively normal. The main ingredients were only the dew accumulated on a high grade potion and a liquid extracted from the feces or urine of a high grade magical creature. Although it was still disgusting, it wasn't inhumane.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Leylin adjusted his state of mind. His mind gradually became more active. When his state of mind reached its peak, he took out the potion and drank it.
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