Chapter 191

Gao De carefully checked his body, wanting to find the parts of himself that were different.

After advancing to a first-circle mage, he already possessed the ability of precise perception.

In this situation, if there were even the slightest change in his body, he should have been able to detect it.

But the fact was that, except for the three changes brought about by ring ascension—increased life vitality, magic power liquefaction, and improved mental power—there was nothing different from before.

The more Gao De checked, the more confused he became.

Reasonably speaking, advancing to a first-circle mage with a count of "44" spells, the specialty awakened would certainly not be weak.

Gao De never doubted this point either.

But now, being unable to figure out the function of his specialty was truly making him exceptionally depressed.

It was like having a treasure chest placed in front of you; you know there are treasures worth thousands of gold inside, but you don't have the key to open it.

"Forget it, I'll definitely discover the function of 【Adaptability】 slowly later on."

Gao De finally ended his check.

Let's just look forward to it for now.

In any case, the advancement was successful.

Gao De stood up with satisfaction and left the cultivation room.

He first went to the registration counter to complete the registration for the third-rank cultivation room usage.

"Succeeded?" At the registration counter, the same female mage who was working and studying couldn't help but ask when she saw Gao De coming to check out.

Mage levels are not easy to pry into, so it was difficult to see whether Gao De's advancement was successful or not.

Under normal circumstances, it was not good to ask too many such questions.

After all, if someone failed, they would already be in a bad mood, and being asked like this might cause them to vent their anger on you.

But the female mage saw the joy between Gao De's brows, so she could roughly determine that Gao De must have succeeded, which was why she asked out of curiosity.

"Lucky enough to succeed," Gao De said modestly.

"Congratulations!" The female mage immediately congratulated him upon hearing this.

"A total of two hours and a quarter of an hour used." Soon, she finished the registration work for Gao De.

Taking a little over two hours, it seems the time spent losing consciousness while awakening the specialty was probably just over an hour... Gao De thought to himself.

Under the slightly envious gaze of the female mage, Gao De walked out of the cultivation building.

The sunlight outside the building poured down and landed on him.

Finally became a first-circle mage!

In nearly two years, he had finally reached this step.

How could he not be happy? After the joy, Gao De remembered the important matters.

After a successful advancement, there were still many things to do.

First, he had to register his advancement time to a first-circle mage at the academy.

Then he had to go to the second floor of the library to choose and exchange for a first-circle mage's cultivation method using credits.

In addition, he had to become proficient in the power of a first-circle mage as soon as possible, as well as learn and master the corresponding first-circle spells.

Furthermore, he had to inform his mentor, He Xi, of this happy event.

Finally, if possible, find an opportunity to go out and hunt earth-vein creatures, trying to collect as much origin as possible.

With the power of a first-circle mage, hunting zero-circle earth-vein creatures would be much simpler.

Calculating this, Gao De realized there were still many things he had to do.

Committee.

Commissioner Rachel looked at the young man in front of her and nodded with satisfaction: "Advancing to a first-circle mage at fourteen; even in Sairisi Academy, a first-circle mage of this age is rare."

A 14-year-old first-circle mage, even looking at the history of Sairisi Academy, could be ranked in the top 1%.

"If the specialty you awakened is decent, perhaps the Royal Mage Corps will also come looking for you," Commissioner Rachel added.

Of course, she wouldn't ask what specialty Gao De had awakened.

This is the privacy of every mage and must be kept absolutely confidential.

Even the academy would not infringe upon the privacy of its students.

However, whether the awakened specialty is strong or not would soon be apparent.

Just like Jielika's specialty; although Jielika had never actively revealed what the specific effect was, everyone knew it was to increase spellcasting distance.

What they didn't know was just how much the spellcasting distance was increased.

"Alright, I've registered it for you." While speaking, Commissioner Rachel finished the registration for Gao De.

"I've also added the credits to your account directly: 3 points for a third-rank mage apprentice, 5 points for an early-stage first-circle mage, and an extra 9 points for advancing to a first-circle mage at 14, for a total of 17 points," she added.

"Thank you, Mage Rachel," Gao De thanked her, feeling satisfied.

Just like that, without having taken a single course, he had already gained 17 credits.

The credit requirement for the second academic year had been completed ahead of schedule. After Gao De left, Commissioner Rachel organized the news of Gao De's successful ring ascension and had the staff announce it: 【Academy student Gao De (age 14) of the 9655th class successfully ascended rings on the 20th of the Fog-Frost Month, 9656】.

After every student successfully ascends rings, the academy will register and announce it.

This is somewhat like the honor roll in the schools of Gao De's previous life, commending students who have achieved excellent results, and at the same time, it is also to encourage other students.

A brief announcement directly caused a sensation in Sairisi Academy.

After the end of the first academic year, Gao De, along with Jielika and Yilan, were rated as the three great geniuses by busybodies.

It was just that Gao De's ranking was last among the three due to his mage level as a second-rank mage apprentice.

There were even many people who thought that calling a second-rank mage apprentice a genius was somewhat undeserved, even if his learning ability was superior to others.

But now, just two months later, Gao De, the second-rank mage apprentice, had transformed into a first-circle mage? The first reaction of many students when seeing this announcement was to doubt whether they had misread it.

Gao De used the most brutal and powerful way to prove that he was not only a well-deserved genius but also shouldn't be ranked last, and should also be the leader among the three great geniuses.

"He also advanced to a first-circle mage at 14?"

Yilan, who was still learning spells with his mentor, received the news a bit later.

His eyebrows lifted slightly, and a hint of frustration he hadn't even noticed himself appeared in his words.

But soon, he regained his confidence and muttered to himself: "So what? I succeeded in ring ascension on my own; he took the Spirit-Ascension Water. If it weren't for that, he might not have succeeded."

"Besides, I didn't enjoy the academy's resources when I was a mage apprentice."

"Both advanced to a first-circle mage at 14, but there is a difference in the gold content."

After a year of study, Yilan's mentality was much better than before he entered the academy.

After thinking this through, Yilan stopped thinking about Gao De and continued to focus on his own studies.

Jielika received the news much faster than Yilan.

Her impression of Gao De at the beginning was just that of a young repair craftsman.

Although she was very grateful to Gao De for helping her repair the "Lake Heart," that was all.

After all, the two were not people in the same circle.

Later, when Gao De came to her and asked her to help bring him to Saint Xi En City, Jielika's impression of Gao De only added that he was motivated.

It wasn't until she met Gao De, who was also a student in the academy, and watched him break the enrollment task record and take first place in freshman credits, that she truly regarded Gao De as a companion in the same circle as her, one with whom she could talk "equally."

She even took out a little money that was small to her to invest in Gao De.

And today, when seeing the news of Gao De's successful ring ascension, Jielika was stunned for a while before she couldn't help but excitedly wave her fist: I made a profit!

She had invested in him before Gao De became a first-circle mage.

There is a big difference between providing help in snowy weather and adding flowers to brocade.

Some are happy, some are worried.

Geli Haer, who had actively looked for trouble at the beginning and had never appeared in front of Gao De again, also saw the announcement.

Of course, he didn't realize his mistake, which was why he didn't look for trouble with Gao De again.

It was just that Geli understood that even if he were the chief student of the alchemy department, he couldn't do anything to Gao De in the academy.

If he risked violating the rules, he couldn't give Gao De a lesson.

But the problem was it wasn't worth it.

He, the dignified chief student of the alchemy department and a descendant of the Haer family, playing self-destruction with a "country bumpkin."

If that's not brain-damaged, what is? So even if he felt a bit unhappy, Geli Haer held it in, simply out of sight, out of mind, forcing himself to forget this person.

As a result, unexpectedly, the attendance rate of the name Gao De was exceptionally high.

Over the past year, he heard this name from others from time to time, and along with it, Gao De's glorious deeds.

But no matter what, Geli Haer still looked down on Gao De in his heart.

What's the use of having strong learning ability?

At most, he would stay in the academy after graduation and become a teaching mentor.

Until today, when he saw this announcement.

Even Geli Haer, who had always looked down on Gao De, finally began to take it to heart.

He was not deceiving himself.

Advancing to a first-circle mage at fourteen, no matter what, was worthy of the title of "mage genius."

"If you don't kill the snake, you will suffer from it," Geli Haer clenched his fists and muttered to himself: "I was still too impulsive."

"Knowing that there was no way to crush him in the academy, I shouldn't have looked for trouble with him. Not only did I fail to vent my anger, but I also made an enemy for nothing," he reflected.

"I must learn from this lesson. In the future, either don't make a move, or make a move only when I have sufficient certainty."

Of course, in his view, he was also excusable this time—who could have thought that a "country bumpkin" who got lucky and entered the academy with a recommendation letter would be a mage genius? With this ability, just pass the assessment and enter the academy, why waste a recommendation letter?!

(End of chapter)