Chapter 127

Gao De also selected "Runology."

Regardless of whether this course is easy to learn or whether he will be interested in it, since the mentor assigned to him is the head of the Rune Department, wouldn't it be inappropriate for him not to select "Runology"?

The attitude must be set right first.

Gao De still understands this bit of social etiquette.

He can only select the first stage of the "Runology" course for now; completing it earns 1 credit, and the course fee is 10 gold coins.

And the "Runology" course is set with seven stages in total; completing them all earns 28 credits.

By comparison, the other two of the three royal families: "Potion Studies" and "Alchemy," only have five stages set for their courses, and completing them all only earns 15 credits.

Just from this course difference, one can see that the entry threshold for "Runology" is indeed extremely high.

Finally, Gao De also selected two branch courses under "Potion Studies": "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials" and "Magic Plant Cultivation."

This is where his own interest lies.

The former can allow him not to miss valuable magic plants or potion materials on earth-vein creatures when hunting them in the wild, while the latter is where his "bloodline" lies.

How could someone from the Huaxia family not like "farming"!

What's more, as long as one has the idea of earning money by preparing potions, a herb garden is a must.

Correspondingly, to operate a herb garden, "Magic Plant Cultivation" is a required course.

Both courses earn 2 credits, and the course fees are both 20 gold coins.

"Are you sure you want to select so many courses?" Hearing Gao De's choices, the old man looked surprised.

Gao De selected a total of 8 courses, and among them is "Runology," recognized as the most obscure and difficult to learn.

If he can complete them all and pass the assessments, he could earn a full 13 credits in the first academic year.

Even looking at all the students in Sairisi Academy's history, students who select so many courses in their first year are few and far between, enough to be called an "overachiever."

Gao De nodded slightly, "I am sure."

In fact, he wanted to select even more courses to learn.

It's just that he hasn't figured out the learning difficulty of these courses yet, so he is selecting courses conservatively first.

If the courses are completed smoothly later, Gao De will select additional courses.

The old man didn't try to persuade him otherwise; he just needed to do his own job well.

As for the student being "overambitious," selecting a bunch of courses, and eventually failing to attend to one thing while losing another, spending a lot of time and money but failing to pass the course assessments, that is none of his business.

Everyone must be responsible for their own choices.

"The current number of students for the 'Introduction to General Spells' course is full; you need to wait until the next term of the course starts to select it..." The old man looked down at the course schedule and said methodically.

"Wait?!" But the next moment, it was as if he had discovered something; he raised his head abruptly to look at Gao De and couldn't help but ask: "You have the highest authority?!"

Gao De thought for a moment, confirmed that the so-called highest treatment should be equivalent to the highest authority, and nodded.

The old man opened his mouth and finally said: "You have the highest authority; according to academy regulations, you enjoy priority in course selection..."

"So, you don't need to wait until the next term of 'Introduction to General Spells' starts; you can directly enter this term's course to learn."

"'Magic User Basics' first stage course, 'Spell Application and Combat' first stage course, 'Basic Cultural Studies,' 'Runology' first stage course... a total of eight courses," the old man confirmed finally.

"The total course fee you need to pay is 120 gold coins," the old man said.

Gao De had already calculated the fees he needed to pay when he came, but when it really came to this moment, he found that he still felt very pained.

Gao De took out his money bag, counted out 120 Saint Xi En gold coins from the bag quite reluctantly, and pushed them to the old man.

The old man smiled and collected the "tuition" Gao De handed over. After some operations on the alchemical machine, he returned Gao De's identity badge to him, "Registered for you."

"Thank you." Gao De said politely while feeling the pain in his heart—his savings had fallen below the 100 gold coin mark.

More accurately, it had plummeted to 92 gold and 17 silver.

After selecting courses and leaving the Committee's small building, Gao De checked the time; it was already past three in the afternoon.

At this time, it was obviously not a suitable time to report.

Therefore, he decided to go find his mentor to report tomorrow.

And his next destination now is the cultivation building he had been curious about for a long time.

It is a coincidence that Gao De replenished 10 sets of basic magic potions on the 22nd of the Harvest Month.

Now it happens to be the 22nd of the Dark Night Month, and the 10 sets of basic magic potions have just been used up.

If the effect of the cultivation building's cultivation room is okay, as long as it is not much worse than the basic magic potions, Gao De is prepared to switch to the cultivation room.

After all, the expenditure of 2 gold coins a day on potions is really a bit unaffordable for him now that he still needs to "pay for courses."

The cultivation building is also an independent building.

And because it is a place for cultivation, this area is very quiet.

The cultivation building is not far from the Committee and happens to be on the only way from the First District to the Committee.

So Gao De quickly arrived at the cultivation building.

The appearance of the cultivation building is extremely classical and simple.

What is truly valuable about this building is the magic node array set up under the foundation.

In front of the cultivation building stands a statue. It is the statue of Luo Nan Hoge, the first dean of Sairisi Academy.

He was a 5th-circle grand magic user, said to be infinitely close to a 6th-circle magic user, but unfortunately, he failed the promotion.

It is past three in the afternoon, which is the class time for many students.

But even so, there are still quite a few students entering and leaving the cultivation building.

After all, besides the "dormitory," the cultivation building should be the place students visit most often in the academy.

None of the students entering and leaving paid much attention to Gao De.

Everyone is busy with their own affairs.

Gao De walked toward the cultivation building; there is a magic array covering the entrance.

The student's identity badge is the access key.

After Gao De swiped his identity badge, he entered one of the most important buildings of Sairisi Academy.

The first floor of the cultivation building is also a hall.

The hall is slightly deserted and has a reception counter.

Gao De walked to the counter and looked at the young lady responsible for reception.

"Hello, do you want to use a basic cultivation room or rent a high-rank cultivation room?"

This lady had her hair coiled up, scrutinized Gao De, and after confirming that Gao De was a new face, said with a smile: "You can see the specific prices and requirements here."

She pointed to the sign hanging in front of the counter.

Gao De's gaze swept over it.

"Basic cultivation room, magic concentration 10, all formal students can use it for free."

"1st-rank cultivation room, magic concentration 46, rental fee: 10 silver/two hours, rental requirement: credits greater than or equal to 10 points."

"2nd-rank cultivation room, magic concentration 215, rental fee: 2 gold/two hours, rental requirement: credits greater than or equal to 50 points."

"3rd-rank cultivation room, magic concentration 1000, rental fee: 10 gold/two hours, not open to students."

The rank of the cultivation room is determined according to the value of magic concentration, and the division standard strictly follows the division standard of spiritual lands.

If the magic concentration in an area is greater than 10, it can be called a basic spiritual land, sufficient to provide magic apprentices with rapid improvement in their guidance method cultivation progress.

If the magic concentration is greater than or equal to 46, it is a 1st-rank spiritual land, sufficient for 1st-circle magic users to cultivate.

If the magic concentration is greater than or equal to 215, it is a 2nd-rank spiritual land.

If the magic concentration is greater than or equal to 1000, it is a 3rd-rank spiritual land.

And so on, corresponding one by one.

And the magic concentration of the academy's cultivation rooms happens to be right at the threshold of each rank of spiritual land.

"Give me a basic cultivation room," Gao De said.

The receptionist with coiled hair flipped through the booklet in her hand and then said: "Room 37 on the second floor; after entering, swipe your identity badge to activate the magic node array."

"Thank you." Gao De nodded and climbed up to the second floor along the stairs.

The cultivation building has a total of six floors; the first, second, and third floors are all basic cultivation rooms, the fourth floor is where the 1st-rank cultivation rooms are located, the fifth floor is the 2nd-rank cultivation rooms, and the sixth floor is the 3rd-rank cultivation rooms.

The second floor is a long, narrow corridor with basic cultivation rooms with closed doors on both sides, estimated to be sixty or seventy in total.

Gao De followed the door numbers and found the No. 37 basic cultivation room assigned to him, with the main door wide open.

The cultivation room is very small, only three or four square meters in size.

However, magic user cultivation is not like martial arts cultivation, which requires space to practice martial skills; they only need to sit cross-legged and meditate on the guidance method.

This area is absolutely more than enough.

For magic users, what is important in the cultivation environment is magic concentration, not comfort.

Gao De walked into the No. 37 cultivation room, closed the door, and then, as the receptionist said, swiped his identity badge on the magic array at the door.

The next moment, the magic concentration in the cultivation room began to rise slowly.

And at the door, there is also a rough alchemical item resembling a "display screen," a "magic detector," showing the magic concentration in the cultivation room.

Gao De waited for nearly a minute, seeing that the magic concentration shown on the magic detector had risen from 2 at the beginning to 12, and finally stopped changing and stabilized.

The magic node array can regulate the magic concentration of every node in the array area, but some small fluctuation errors are inevitable.

Therefore, the magic concentration of the cultivation room marked on the sign at the reception counter is not an exact value, but an extremely conservative lower limit value.

Sairisi Academy guarantees that the magic concentration of the cultivation room will certainly not be lower than the corresponding marked value.

Gao De sat cross-legged and began to operate the apprentice guidance method, starting today's cultivation.

As soon as he entered the meditative state, he "saw" extremely abundant stardust representing magic floating around him, emitting little starlight, almost about to gather into a cluster.

With the operation of the guidance method, this stardust that was about to gather into a cluster was like a long dragon, guided into Gao De's body, and then slowly refined and transformed into his own mana.

Although the cultivation efficiency is not as good as taking basic magic potions, it is far better than "naked cultivation."

Gao De immediately immersed himself in this feeling, focusing on cultivation, unable to extricate himself.

Time passed slowly.

(End of chapter)