Chapter 71

"'Grace'?" Luo En felt strange and curious about this word.

"It is an invisible but real feedback. When a wizard imparts their knowledge to a talented junior, helps them grow, or allows their private secret methods to be perfected and spread, this wizard can obtain 'Grace'."

Lady Ailan's voice became deeper, as if telling a mysterious ancient legend:

"It can nourish a wizard's spirit, increase magic power, and most importantly—it can resolve spiritual pollution."

Luo En looked up suddenly, remembering the spiritual pollution brought by "The Whisper of the Star Eater" and Lady Ailan's previous warning.

"Spiritual pollution... can it really be eliminated?"

"Under conventional means, even if you take higher-level potions..." Lady Ailan nodded slowly:

"Spiritual pollution can only be suppressed for a short time, but can never be completely eliminated."

"It will follow every wizard like a shadow. The more powerful the wizard, the more severe the pollution they often bear. As time passes, that pollution will erode the mind like poison, distort the soul, and eventually lead to distortion."

Her eyes became a bit dim, as if she had seen such a scene with her own eyes:

"Many powerful wizards eventually die from their own power—mental breakdown, or complete distortion into unrecognizable monsters."

"But 'Grace' can change all this." Speaking of this, her tone suddenly became firm again:

"When a young person makes a breakthrough under the guidance of a mentor, the pure energy produced by this growth will feed back to the mentor in the form of 'Grace', which can be used to dissolve the spiritual pollution accumulated over the years."

Luo En felt that the conjectures that had been hovering in his brain were all connected at this moment, and he blurted out:

"So this is why the mentors in the school, even if they are busy with experiments and cultivation all day, still take time to teach apprentices?"

"Exactly." Lady Ailan nodded, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of her mouth:

"On the surface, it is indeed selfless teaching, but in reality, it is just a means of self-protection. Teaching apprentices is both a responsibility and a necessary path to extend one's own life."

Luo En was silent for a moment, having a deeper understanding in his heart.

Everything finally made sense: why those high-and-mighty wizards would be willing to spend time guiding them, these insignificant apprentices, while only charging symbolic magic stone fragments;

Why the Black Fog Jungle had such a perfect teaching system and mentor system, and encouraged competition among apprentices;

Why Lady Ailan would be so "generous" to impart various potion-making knowledge and the precious "The Whisper of the Star Eater" to him...

"This rule... who established it?" Luo En couldn't help but ask: "What is the source of 'Grace'?"

Lady Ailan sighed long, her gaze looking through the window into the distance:

"This question, I guess even my mentor wouldn't know completely. There are too many secrets in the world of wizards, some even beyond our understanding."

She paused, as if weighing her words:

"There are rumors that this is related to those high-level existences that transcend the entire multiverse system—the great ones referred to as 'Demon Gods' in ancient books."

"They wander between countless world groups, rewriting rules and maintaining balance. 'Grace' might be a way they encourage the spread of knowledge."

"Demon God..." Luo En repeated this word softly, as if the ancient term itself carried some kind of power.

"In any case." Lady Ailan withdrew her gaze and looked at Luo En again:

"'Grace' is one of the few truly fair exchanges in the wizarding world. You gain knowledge and growth, and the teacher gains purification of pollution and life extension. This connection often lasts for a long time, even a lifetime."

"Then, am I your..."

"Of course you are my student. Even if you have graduated, this connection will not be easily broken. In the future, when you make a breakthrough in potion-making, I will also feel a hint of 'Grace'."

Lady Ailan smiled rarely: "Of course, in the future, you may also have your own students and personally experience this subtle connection."

A warm current surged in Luo En's heart, and he understood how precious this teacher-student relationship was in this cruel extraordinary world.

"I will strive to achieve greater success in potion-making." He said solemnly: "Not only for myself, but also to repay your teaching."

Lady Ailan paused for a moment, and suddenly mentioned another topic:

"By the way, do you intend to apply for the potion master certification within the school? There happens to be one this month. If you don't sign up, the next one will be next year. With your current level, the chance of passing the assessment should not be small."

"Potion master certification? Can you tell me more about it?"

Luo En asked curiously. In fact, he had checked relevant information, but he was not deep enough about the specific details.

Through Lady Ailan's detailed explanation, he learned that there was a rating system within the wizards:

A professional potion master needs to be able to independently complete the refining of common advanced potions;

A senior potion master is required to master certain formula improvement capabilities;

A potion professor must be able to create new potion formulas...

Luo En nodded and wrote down this information, and at the same time, his consciousness panel suddenly flashed with new unlocked content:

【Career Advancement Information Unlocked: Potion Master (Two-star)】

【Job Change Conditions:

1. Basic Potion-making reaches Mastery

2. Potion Refining reaches Proficient √

3. Herb Identification reaches Proficient √

4. Independently complete the refining of more than three types of advanced potions

5. Successfully improve at least one existing potion formula】

Lady Ailan didn't seem to notice Luo En's brief distraction and continued to explain:

"It is said that there are higher ancient alchemists and creators above this, who can create 'fantasies' that do not exist in the world, but those are already legendary existences."

Following her words, more information appeared on the panel, but this time it appeared incomplete:

【Career Advancement Information Partially Unlocked: Potion Professor (Two-and-a-half-star)】

【Job Change Conditions:

1. Job before taking the position - Potion Master (Two-star)

2. Potion Refining reaches Mastery

3. Successfully create at least one brand-new potion formula

4.???

5.???】

【Unknown Career: Ancient Alchemist (Three-star)???】

【Unknown Career: Creator (Four-star)???】

【Hint: More relevant information is needed to fully unlock】

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