Chapter 19: Vido Lei En

The most special point of the Essence-to-Qi refining system is that it regards "Essence," "Qi," and "Spirit" as a unified whole.

The rapid improvement of Jie Ming's spiritual sense (Spirit) greatly affected the growth of his "Essence" (physical fitness) and "Qi" (True Essence) in his body.

At the same time, the overall improvement of his cultivation base could in turn nourish his spiritual sea and soul strength, thereby promoting the progress of his wizard meditation.

Just like this, one foot stepping on the other, the two systems secretly promoted each other, forming a fast-improvement mode that was almost an infinite loop.

If it weren't for Jie Ming finding several methods to suppress his cultivation base to stabilize his foundation from the Great Dao Library, he would probably be beyond the first level of Qi Condensation by now.

Even so, at the current peak level of the first level of Qi Condensation, he already felt that he couldn't suppress his power.

The True Essence in his body was like a flood about to burst its banks, which could break through the shackles and break through to the second level of Qi Condensation at any time.

But if he broke through in the dormitory rashly, the powerful fluctuations that erupted instantly in his body would likely be discovered by the ubiquitous monitoring rune arrays of the academy, or even be noticed by a passing wizard, which would be a huge trouble!

He could only choose to break through in a safe, isolated environment—for example, a laboratory with a good isolation array.

However... Jie Ming was now halfway through his startup and had collapsed midway, with pockets cleaner than his face.

This was also an important reason why he was in such a hurry to find missions to earn credits. Jie Ming had never thought that in a world without spiritual energy, he would still worry about not being able to suppress a breakthrough.

Damn credits!

He looked at the deep night outside the window and felt the surging True Essence in his body. He knew that there was not much time left for him.

He must earn enough credits to rent a laboratory before breaking through.

Sighing, Jie Ming left the dormitory and ran towards the mission hall of a nearby teaching building.

The mission of cleaning the distillation tower was settled per instance. There were ten days left before the next mission started, and he needed to find a new mission to fill the credit gap.

In front of the mission board, there were always quite a few apprentices gathered.

They stared at the mission items constantly refreshing on the board, their eyes filled with longing.

Jie Ming was now one of them.

After all, he really needed credits, immediately, right now!

Just as he was scanning the mission list, a slightly hurried voice came from beside him.

"Move aside, look carefully before choosing! Don't block!"

A thin, tall young apprentice with shrewd light flashing in his eyes squeezed over, his fingers sliding rapidly on the mission board, his eyes faster than the refresh speed of the Magic Net terminal.

Jie Ming recognized the other party. This apprentice's name was Vido Lei En, and he was the last of the three apprentices in this year's alchemy class.

Vido Lei En didn't look at Jie Ming at all. He stared closely at the mission items, muttering rapidly: "Cleaning mission... high repeatability, stable credits... sorting... time-consuming and laborious... This one! 'Configure basic stabilizing potion,' looks complex, but the process is fixed, the academy provides the materials, just pass the finished product test... This one has high credits!"

Before the words fell, Vido Lei En's fingertip pointed, and the mission item "Configure basic stabilizing potion" instantly disappeared from the mission board; he had already snatched it.

Jie Ming saw all this in his eyes.

Vido Lei En was obviously a descendant of a wizard. Although he hadn't practiced before enrollment, the cultivation of various related knowledge definitely hadn't been left behind, so he had more choices when picking missions compared to ordinary apprentices.

After snatching the mission, Vido Lei En smiled with satisfaction, and only then did he notice Jie Ming beside him.

His gaze swept over the alchemy crucible badge on Jie Ming's chest, then looked at his empty mission slot, with a trace of imperceptible superiority in his eyes.

"Hey, Jie Ming, still looking?" Vido Lei En's tone was casual, but with a trace of unconcealable showing off, "You have to be fast when choosing missions; good missions don't wait for people. As long as your ability is strong enough, there are many missions to choose from!"

His words were "pointers" on the surface, but in reality, he was showing off his own vision and ability, while also belittling those apprentices who could only take ordinary missions.

Jie Ming showed no fluctuations on his face. He just nodded calmly: "Thanks for the reminder, I'm still pondering, wanting to find one that suits me."

Vido Lei En shrugged, noncommittal.

He didn't say anything more and turned to walk towards the other side of the workshop, probably to the material warehouse to collect the materials needed for configuring the potion.

Although everyone was an alchemy apprentice, there hadn't been much contact during this time. After all, the other party's social circle was completely different from Jie Ming's.

Amy was quite familiar with Vido Lei En due to her superior interpersonal skills, so before this, most of Jie Ming's impressions of him were obtained from Amy.

Jie Ming watched Vido Lei En's back, and his assessment of this person became clearer in his heart.

Smart, calculating, efficient, and at the same time carrying a kind of obvious utilitarianism and superiority. He didn't hide his pursuit of profit at all, and even took pride in it.

He would "kindly" remind you in public, but that kind of reminder was often accompanied by the display and showing off of his own advantages.

He wouldn't be your enemy, provided you didn't block him from making money or obtaining benefits, but he would never be the kind of person who would sincerely help you.

It could be said that Vido Lei En was a typical high-efficiency egoist cultivated under the rational rules of the Wizarding World.

"Totally worthy of being a typical wizard." Jie Ming thought, "Not a bad thing for me."

People with this kind of personality have obvious advantages and disadvantages. The most important thing is that most of them are smart and won't develop hostility simply because of reasons like "jealousy" or "not liking the look of someone."

If you can provide benefits, they can even become your help.

Of course, don't count on this guy to help when you encounter danger.

"However... my current state really doesn't qualify me to look down on him."

Recalling his miserable credit balance, he shook his head, Jie Ming stopped thinking about Vido Lei En and turned to continue studying the mission board carefully.

Fortunately, Jie Ming was lucky, and not long after, he found a relatively suitable mission.

"Sort common ores in Warehouse No. 5, weight: 10 tons, credits: 2." Jie Ming's eyes lit up after seeing this mission.

The credits for this kind of mission were not high, the workload was large, and the environment was harsh, so few people snatched it.

The benefit was that it was purely physical labor, didn't require much knowledge, and the mission party itself would even provide an ore guide, and he could gain extra knowledge.

Besides that, the most important thing was... this mission, like the distillation tower, was settled per instance, not monthly, which was very suitable for the current Jie Ming.

He clicked on the mission and confirmed. ===== CHAPTER 20 =====