Chapter 59 Welcome the New Student
In the days that followed, the teacher and the student, who were separated by a wall, would do their own thing the rest of the time, completely immersed in their own interests, except for a few chats before get out of class in the evening.
Xia Zuo would have meals with Anruer every morning, noon and evening, and exchange ideas on alchemy. Dim's surveillance guards are everywhere in the school. It is impossible to be intimate. At most, you can hug each other before meeting and leaving.
Day after day, it seemed as if such peaceful days would last forever.
About three weeks later it was early Sunday morning.
The weather is good today, sunny and warm.
It's perfect for leaning together with your loved one, sitting at the dining table on the edge of the restaurant terrace, and looking out at the sparkling lake.
Xia Zuo turned his back to the door of the restaurant and faced the lake. Next to him was Anruer, who was reading a book with her head down.
There was some noise coming from behind.
He turned his head, stuck his head out from behind the chair, and looked at the scene at the other end of the restaurant.
It was a group of students gathered around a large square table, discussing loudly about remapping.
It seems that the results of the make-up exam have been announced.
Judging from the results of correcting the Toxic Alchemy test paper, out of more than 100 students, only about 2 to 3 were able to pass all the make-up exams in one go. The rest have to take part in retraining.
In fact, rebuilding is not a bad idea either.
Points from the Fighters Guild can be redeemed according to the length of study, and you can enjoy sumptuous meals in the academy for free.
But sometimes, people's hearts are hard to predict.
Remember, the candidates who passed the first exam? There are 6 people in total.
There was only one student in Poison Alchemy, and he passed the exam with perfect marks.
Alchemy of Strange Objects, the two branches with the smallest number of students among the three branches - Science of Strange Objects and Elemental Representation, have 3 students and 1 student respectively.
They are Green Finn, Gray Finn, Lucas and Finn.
All four also passed the exam.
In the subject with the largest number of students—pharmaceutical alchemy, only Anruer passed the exam.
She is Xia Zuo's companion.
So, is there any reason to suspect that students in subjects with small numbers of students receive special preferential treatment?
Does this kind of preferential treatment involve leaking test questions?
Otherwise, how to explain that Anruer passed the exam? She is the only person in the pharmacy and alchemy field who passed the first exam.
Xia Zuo raised his eyebrows as he listened, but he didn't expect that the matter would come to his head.
He silently used the detection technique on the leaders and compared the other party's template data with the time when he first entered school.
My mental attributes didn't increase much, only 11 points. I didn't study hard and didn't focus on my studies.
Many times, you don't need to take responsibility for gossip, because the damage caused is not small, so you have to think of countermeasures first.
While Xia Zuo was holding his forehead and thinking, a tall and majestic figure appeared in the restaurant.
Castle manager Dim walked in from the stone door with a gloomy face, took long and steady strides, and walked to the large square table in a few steps.
The noisy students tightened their necks like chickens, not daring to look into each other's eyes under their thick hair.
Dim said a few names in a deep voice and asked them to come with him.
Those who danced the most happily seemed to be controlled by some kind of force. They swung their arms and legs stiffly and followed the castle manager out of the restaurant.
Xia Zuo withdrew his gaze and looked through the "Castle Code" in his mind.
[Article 1, the authority of the head of the hospital cannot be questioned. 】
[Article 2: Do not spread rumors. 】
It turns out that the "Castle Code" stipulates that rumors cannot be spread. I haven't read this booklet for a long time, and I have forgotten all these contents.
I have to read it carefully to deepen my impression, so as not to be taken away by Dim and locked up in a small dark room.
There was no more movement from behind, and the group of students dispersed.
After Xia Zuo reviewed the "Castle Code" in his mind, he opened the classics at hand and started reading.
…
It’s noon three days later.
Poison Alchemy Zone.
There are still 4 days until the new students arrive at the school.
Xia Zuo walked out of the advanced alchemy room with the glass bottle and saw his mentor standing in front of a stone wall. The shelves there had been emptied in advance and moved to other places.
A faint roar came from behind the wall, as if something was dragging a heavy object deeper into the wall.
A letter floated from the door and fell into Kulov's hands.
He glanced at the contents of the letter and reached out to pull the mechanism lever beside him.
The stone wall moved, and three new basic alchemy platforms appeared in front of them.
"In a few days, the three freshmen will arrive."
Kulov looked at his students:
"When the time comes, you will teach at the basic alchemy platform next to my desk. There will be one for each of the three new basic alchemy platforms, and you will be responsible for allocating them."
"Yes, Professor." Xia Zuo stood aside with his hands down.
Kulov pulled out a manual from his desk, "This is their curriculum."
Xia Zuo picked it up and checked it. It was similar to his last semester.
There are general courses on alchemy in the morning, and branch courses on alchemy in the afternoon and evening.
The only change is that the number of Alchemical Linguistics courses has been reduced to two per week, and this part of the class time has been allocated to other general courses.
Xia Zuo chatted with his instructor about his future schedule and then left.
…
Four days later.
2pm.
Freshmen arrive at the school in half an hour.
Xia Zuo and Anruer returned to the dormitory early to change into clean clothes, and then went to the castle hall.
Dim, the castle administrator, stood in front of a row of nine lower-level students.
He looked at each student with brown eyes, crossed his arms, and his muscles were highlighted under the black sleeves:
"Your performance in the past semester has been very good. I am very satisfied. The high-level students in the school are all about to become mage apprentices, and the middle-level students are also in the critical stage of studying alchemy."
Dim stretched out his finger and crossed it in front of the nine students:
"You are the seniors and sisters that this freshmen will come into contact with the most. Behave well and take the lead. If necessary, you can use my name to teach them a lesson."
Xia Zuo and others nodded together.
The lower-level classmates around him are Anruer, Keli, Finn, Lucas, the Finn brothers and a pair of twin sisters.
Nine of them passed the final exam or make-up exam last semester.
Xia Zuo released his detection skills one by one, and while waiting for the new life, he compared their templates in his mind.
Except for himself, the mental attributes of the remaining eight people all reached 15 points. In my impression, Anru'er reached this value a few months ago, but has stayed still until now.
15 points of spirit seems to be a threshold that will not be easily broken.
There is one person worth paying attention to.
Fein of the Elemental Embodiment Discipline.
His final exam score was 24888 points, which was only 112 points away from the perfect score. He is definitely a strong man with explosive academic ability.
When Finn first entered school, his mental attribute was 13 points. It is the highest among freshmen in the same class. It can be inferred that his initial mental attributes when he was born were at least 8 points.
Maybe Finn will understand the elemental qualities on his own.
Xia Zuo secretly took a look at the other person's short chocolate-colored hair and round-rimmed glasses, and recorded his plain face.
He chatted with Anruer and looked at the main entrance of the castle hall.
A group of elemental servants floated under the five-meter-high door, clung to the door panel and slowly opened the door. Sunlight passed through the huge door opening, and more than a dozen three-section carriages appeared in the field of vision, driving to the square outside the castle and stopping.
The people responsible for picking up the new students this time were members of the Warrior Guild. They had already gotten off the bus outside the school wall in advance.
The freshmen, who were extremely new to the school, got off the carriage and walked into the castle hall in a chaotic manner. They looked around and shouted at the huge light ball suspended in the air.
Dim waved to them with a sullen face, indicating that the freshmen should stand in front of him. When there were not enough manpower, he had no choice but to maintain order himself.
Fortunately, his physique and appearance are very oppressive.
With a height of over two meters, arms thicker than thighs, and a big, furry black face, he successfully suppressed the restless crowd.
"I am Dim Kal, the order manager of Starry Night Castle."
Dim stared at the new student expressionlessly, and his loud voice was like a gong:
"My elemental servants are spread throughout the castle. If anyone doesn't behave, I will appear behind him."
He took out a manual, raised it high above his head, paced back and forth slowly in front of the new students, and solemnly warned in a heavy tone:
“This is the Castle Code that I wrote.
“It’s on your bedside table.
"Before I became a mage, I was just a rough man playing with swords.
“So there are no gorgeous modifiers in the Castle Manual, only the simplest and most popular regulations.
"Every new student must memorize this before they walk out of the dorms tomorrow morning!"
Diem started the class exactly the same way he did last semester.
Xia Zuo looked at the other person's back and felt a sense of déjà vu for a moment. Only at this moment did he realize how fast time passed.
Dim stood back in front of everyone. In front of him was the quiet freshman, and behind him were nine lower-level students.
"Now start assigning your instructor, who will arrange your courses."
Dim resumed his arms-crossing posture.
Although the number of freshmen has doubled, I can still read out everyone’s names from memory:
"Eileen, your mentor is Bethel, the professor of elemental embodiment. Follow Fenn to find him."
Another student of elemental representation.
The entry barrier to entry into this discipline is extremely high.
The only subject members that Xia Zuo knew were senior Mars, classmate Fein, and the freshman Irene in front of him.
He unleashed his scrying spell on Erin.
【Spirit】14 points
Flow batch
This peaceful girl with long pale blond hair is actually only 1 point short of spiritual value to meet the minimum requirements for practicing meditation.
Xia Zuo had already foreseen the rise of a top student.
"Olivia, Kyle, your tutor is Barry, the professor of Kit Kat Objects. Lucas next to me is your teaching assistant. Follow him to find your tutor."
Dim read out a dozen names. The new students who were selected followed Green Finn and Gray Finn into the stone door next to the wall.
In the final exams and make-up exams last semester, all students in the Giant Creation subject were wiped out, and no one passed the exam.
Dim skipped the new students in this subject and planned to take them to find a tutor later.
He turned to look at Xia Zuo behind him, then faced the freshmen and said:
"Hodge, Bisanger, Yolanda, your mentor is Kulov, the professor of poison alchemy. Xia Zuo next to me is your assistant. Follow him to find your mentor."
"Three of you, follow me." Xia Zuo looked at his juniors and juniors with a smile, and threw out the detection skills one by one.
He stretched out his arm and led the three of them towards the purple stone door on the wall. As he walked, he introduced:
"I am Xia Zuo from Rosac, and I am honored to be your assistant. You can just call me Xia Zuo or senior."
"Good afternoon, Senior Xia Zuo." Yolanda and the other three introduced their names after a brief greeting.
Xia Zuo led them into the doorway and walked past the light groups suspended in the air:
"These are elemental servants arranged by the castle manager Dim. Specifically, they are called surveillance guards. They are only used to monitor the area."
The four of them came to the shower room.
This place has been renovated by Dim. Separate the men's shower room and the women's shower room. There is a man on the left and a woman on the right. There is a surveillance guard at the door of each of the two shower rooms.
Xia Zuo went in to check when no one was around. Neither of the two surveillance guards could see what was going on in the shower room.
He took out three keys from his pocket and handed them to the three freshmen:
"Here's your wardrobe key.
“You must remember that every time you enter or leave the poison alchemy area, you must shower here for 5 minutes and change clothes.
"The poison alchemy area is completely independent from other areas of the castle. There is only one passage in and out. Dim has deployed twice as many surveillance guards as in other alchemy areas.
"Do you know why this is?"
Dim has said these words before. Xia Zuo changed the word order and the original class copied it.
"Is it because there are many poisonous things in the poison alchemy area?"
Yolanda raised her right forearm, looked directly at the assistant teacher and answered. She had been stationed on the island of Mitland for two years and had some habits that she still hadn't completely shaken off.
Her beige hair is only a little longer than the boy's, and it will take some time to grow to her shoulders. When he spoke, he stood upright and was full of energy. He was tougher than Hodge and Bisanger next to him.
Yolanda's face bore the marks of weather and sun. The skin is rough and the tip of the nose is peeling off.
But, it's okay. The food at the school is very nourishing. In a few months, she will be as pretty as other girls.
"The answer is correct." Xia Zuo nodded, then smiled:
"Don't be so formal, just relax. In school, you only need to raise your hands to speak during class."
"Yes, Senior Xia Zuo." Yolanda may have realized that her tone was still too serious. After speaking, she smiled at the three people beside her.
Xia Zuo took out his wardrobe key and said, "Go change clothes. Then gather here."
About five or six minutes later.
Xia Zuo put on his special leather robe and stood in front of the three freshmen, helping each other adjust the collar, cuffs and trouser legs one by one.
He led the freshmen through the mist corridor that purified poisons and came to the poison alchemy area.
The toxin cabinets lined up on both sides of the aisle shocked everyone who came here for the first time. The three freshmen immediately felt that the previous steps of showering, changing clothes and purifying were very necessary.
"Senior, why isn't there that... surveillance guard here?" Hotch, who had short broken hair, asked after thinking about the noun mentioned by the assistant teacher.
Xia Zuo stopped and looked at the curious freshmen, blinked his right eye and said, "You will have to wait until you practice meditation to know the reason."
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