Chapter 117: Cultivation and Mining

"Very good, everyone is here, no one is late." Seeing that all six new students had arrived, the strong man finally spoke again.

"Let me introduce myself, I am your enrollment instructor, Sha Hu."

"Next, if there are no accidents, I will be with you for a not-so-short period of time," Sha Hu said, chuckling, "Let's take roll call first, so I can recognize everyone."

"Lu Ke. Kaplan. Luo Yasi. Kandisi. Gao De. Jielika."

Instructor Sha Hu called the roll one by one.

Among them, Lu Ke and Kaplan were Jielika's nominal "brothers."

When Gao De boarded the airship, he had scanned them from afar and remembered their appearances, but didn't know their names.

Now he finally knew.

As for the origins of Luo Yasi and Kandisi, Gao De did not know.

And when the name "Gao De" was called, Jielika turned her head and looked at Gao De deeply again.

Gao De felt a little guilty.

Who doesn't wear a mask when going out? He persuaded himself.

After calling the roll and recognizing everyone, Instructor Sha Hu continued to speak on his own:

"You should all know by now that the first thing every new student does when coming to the Sairisi Magic Academy is to complete the enrollment task before they can formally become a student of the academy."

"This is a mandatory task; you cannot refuse, and there is no room for choice."

"And the enrollment task for all new students is the same."

"Use the tools equipped for you by the academy, go down to the mine cave at the bottom of Kuli Cliff, dig enough 3000 kilograms of water-gold ore, and hand it over to the Alchemy Department, and the task is considered complete."

"Water-gold ore is the raw material used by the Alchemy Department to manufacture test-magic puppets."

"As targets for academy magic users to test spell effects, the consumption of test-magic puppets has always been very large, and the amount of water-gold ore required every year is hundreds of tons."

"It's just that digging water-gold ore is hard work, but test-magic puppets are necessary consumables."

"So the academy set digging water-gold ore as the enrollment task for new students, which can both hone new students and solve the academy's demand for water-gold ore."

"I know that you few who can join the academy at this time did not come through the normal assessment enrollment channels; you all walked through the back door, and your identity backgrounds are all very extraordinary."

Sha Hu's words were so direct that several people present felt restless... This is too direct, Instructor!

"But at the Sairisi Magic Academy, at least in this enrollment task, your identity backgrounds are useless." Instructor Sand Tiger grinned and showed his teeth when he said this.

Being able to see this group of "pampered" young masters and ladies complaining was also one of his pleasures.

"The Sairisi Magic Academy is the cultivation holy land pursued by all young magic users in the entire Shengxi Encheng realm."

"The four words 'cultivation holy land,' there is a holy land, and even more so the two words 'cultivation'."

"If you don't suffer, how can it be considered cultivation?"

"The enrollment task is a task, and it is also your first lesson of enrollment; what it teaches is this principle for you!"

"Many of you are used to being pampered at home, having whatever you want, and always feel that everything is a matter of course."

"Only after experiencing sweating and bleeding for certain things can you know that there is nothing in this world that is a matter of course."

Sha Hu's voice grew louder and louder, speaking with spit flying: "Even everything you possess now was exchanged by your ancestors with sweat and blood. What you need to do is to preserve it, carry it forward, not lie on it and suck blood!"

Gao De found it interesting to listen on the side, and also felt that the Sairisi Magic Academy could have its name today, more or less, because there were some things in it. In Gao De's view, none of these words were said about him, so he could naturally evaluate from the perspective of a bystander.

Because everything he currently has, he earned through his own efforts! Instructor Sha Hu continued.

"The mine cave is at the bottom of Kuli Cliff; what you need to do is enter the mine cave at the bottom of the cliff, dig water-gold ore, and then transport it to the top of the cliff."

"Every day at six o'clock in the evening, personnel from the Alchemy Department will come to weigh and recycle the water-gold ore you dug that day."

"The task content is very simple, but you must follow the rules."

"First, you must not use the strength of others; whether it is mining or transporting ore, you must do it yourself."

"If anyone is found to have asked for help during this process, the number of ores dug that day will be voided."

"Second, you must not use the strength of external objects; spell scrolls and alchemy creations cannot be used. What you can use is only your own hands; of course, it can also be the spells you have mastered yourself."

"Third, you are not allowed to snatch the labor results of others. Once discovered, not only will the water-gold ore obtained that day be voided, but you will also be deducted five hundred kilograms of water-gold ore as punishment."

"Finally," Sha Hu's gaze swept over the slender but slightly "weak" figures of the only two girls among the six, revealing a gloating smile, "Men and women are equal; the amount of water-gold ore required to complete the task is 3000 kilograms."

"Why is there no preferential treatment?"

Instructor Sha Hu chuckled, his face full of stubble and scars looking a bit distorted, "Because the enemy will not treat you preferentially because you are a lady!"

"In addition, the enrollment task has no time limit requirement. Whenever you collect 3000 kilograms of water-gold ore, you complete the task and formally enroll."

"An extra reminder: although you new students have magic user rank point settlement in the first academic year, you still won't be able to collect 10 credits."

"So if you delay too long on the enrollment task, it will affect your subsequent study of courses."

"Academy course credits, if you don't spend a certain amount of time and energy, it is impossible to obtain."

Hearing these harsh conditions, and witnessing the rugged cliff path with his own eyes, as well as the "mining" journey that hadn't started yet but made his head ache just hearing the name.

The five new students other than Gao De, including Jielika, could not help but frown, somewhat unable to accept it.

Gao De's acceptance was considered good.

Isn't this just equivalent to the "enrollment military training" of the previous life?

Although it must be much harder than "military training."

But the essence is to hone their temperament and exercise their perseverance and spirit of enduring hardship.

The world is different, but the routines are the same.

"Instructor Sand Tiger!" Just at this moment, Kandisi, the other girl among the six new students besides Jielika, suddenly raised her hand.

"What's the matter?"

"Must we dig enough 3000 kilograms of water-gold ore? Is there no other room for maneuver?"

Kandisi frowned deeply; she was the one among the six who could least accept this enrollment task.

"It's not that there isn't." Instructor Sha Hu said blandly.

"What is it?!" Kandisi was overjoyed.

It might not be that she didn't realize that this room for maneuver was definitely not simple, but more so for her, who had been pampered since childhood, everything else was easier than mining.

"See the other tool besides the pickaxe in your back basket?" Instructor Sha Hu asked.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====