A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 250 Preparing for Promotion

"Good news, everyone! We have a transfer student!"

Since the end-of-year exams, everyone has returned to their daily routines, and the heavy workload every day is almost suffocating them.

This was especially true after Jiang Shuzhou, adhering to the concept of combining industry and academia, assigned these students a large number of alchemy practice assignments.

The only pleasure in this oppressive life is this gossip.

Gossip abounds, such as Professor Navis's shadow moving behind him, and Professor Jess using machines to grade assignments and write lesson plans.

"Cough cough."

Jiang Shuzhou walked into the classroom.

"Where's Professor Booker? Did the professor eat it?"

"I thought Professor Navis wasn't coming to class."

"Mr. Booker has been teaching for over a month now."

When Jiang Shuzhou entered the classroom, the students below looked as if they had seen a ghost. After all, because he had a good ox or horse, Jiang Shuzhou always sent Booker to give lectures and rarely went himself.

It's obvious they came here for something.

"Classmates, we have a new student in our class this time. Everyone must get along well, don't cause me any trouble, and don't hold him back, otherwise I think you'll have a hard time graduating."

As Jiang Shuzhou spoke, he glared at Ye Chen.

"Come in."

After he finished speaking, a young girl who looked to be about eighteen years old walked in.

"This is... Mo Qingling?"

"Yes, Professor."

The girl responded.

What kind of name is this? Why do all your names seem so outrageous, while mine feels so old-fashioned?

Jiang Shuzhou was speechless. As expected of someone carefully chosen, his name was indeed extraordinary. He just hoped nothing would go wrong.

"She's a freshman from another dimension, just like Ye Chen, from the same place. Ask her for details yourselves. If you need anything, ask Jess. Alright, let Professor Booker give you a lesson."

After saying that, Jiang Shuzhou prepared to leave.

"Oh, right, the guy who said I ate Booker's stuff, deduct three points for that!"

Now, everyone fell silent.

So the professor could actually hear me?

However, with the arrival of new students, Class 3 of the first year soon became lively again.

Booker came to class and pretended not to see the whispers below.

How many kilograms of nutrient solution a day? That's about right. When it was first created, there were no large classrooms like this. It was all one-on-one teaching. Apprentices had to work like slaves for their teachers for many years before they could graduate.

If you don't listen carefully when you have such a good opportunity, then you'll have to learn on your own in the future. There are two different levels of difficulty when there is someone to explain and when there is no one to explain.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Booker, whose demeanor was very strong, began to read from the textbook.

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Jiang Shuzhou returned to the laboratory and was researching things related to the extraordinary plague.

However, the more Jiang Shuzhou studied, the deeper his brows furrowed.

These extraordinary plagues are too easy to defend against. They are nothing more than enhanced viruses and bacteria. Apart from being able to infect and harm extraordinary individuals, they have no outstanding features and are extremely easy to defend against.

This is not what Jiang Shuzhou wanted.

Furthermore, the extraordinary plague itself cannot be controlled, let alone the host after it parasitizes it.

"It seems my abilities are limiting me."

After much deliberation, Jiang Shuzhou came to a conclusion.

If Jiang Shuzhou were to use runes to simulate what he wanted to do, it would probably require nearly several thousand runes to achieve even a slight similarity.

However, this would be too complicated, consume a lot of energy, and even cause many problems, such as being prone to collapse, having a significantly reduced infectivity, and being much less effective in low-energy worlds.

Ultimately, Jiang Shuzhou's strength was no longer keeping up with his ideas, and he needed to improve his strength.

Perhaps only rules that high-level mages can master can support his ideas.

The laws are the origin of the world, the laws governing everything, while rules are the manifestation of the laws, and runes are things created to simply utilize the rules.

Now, ordinary runes can no longer meet Jiang Shuzhou's needs, so there may only be one way left.

it's time.

It's time to consider a promotion.

The main reason Jiang Shuzhou hadn't been promoted before was because he wanted to take more time to reflect. After all, his advancement was too fast; in just two years, he had reached a position that others could only achieve in decades.

But now, he feels he can no longer dwell on it.

Having ideas but being unable to put them into practice is too painful. Besides, isn't it always good to let things settle down?

Let's wait until we reach a higher level to reflect on things; for now, let's enjoy ourselves first.

Although Jiang Shuzhou kept talking about settling down, he never stayed in one state for too long.

He worked too hard.

Promotion to a higher rank is different from regular promotion.

Compared to previous promotions, high-level mages are required to achieve a sublimation of their souls.

The materialization of the soul is a requirement for advancement to a high-level mage.

This is the exact opposite of what a warrior would do.

High-level mages' bodies are generally consumables; they can be replaced whenever they want. If they don't like the look of their bodies, they can customize them themselves. Although most mages feel that the original bodies are better, it's not uncommon for them to replace them.

The warriors would shatter a portion of their souls and integrate it into their bodies, thus imbuing every move with the power of rules.

The advantage is that it has strong combat ability, so good that it can even catch up with mages. The disadvantage is that once it is attacked and its body is injured, its strength will drop significantly, and it cannot change bodies at will like a mage.

The further you go, the smaller the differences become between the various professions.

The reason why mages are powerful is not because they are born strong, but because of the knowledge they possess and their beliefs.

Mages have always been in contact with the derivatives of the rules, namely runes, which helps them to better control the rules. Even legendary spells use runes, which says it all.

So the person who invented runes back then was a genius.

The conditions for the materialization of the soul are threefold.

First, a powerful soul. The soul is the cornerstone of life. Only a powerful soul is qualified to materialize without dissipating.

Secondly, abundant mental energy and its intensity directly affect the effectiveness and speed of soul materialization. Without abundant mental energy, the speed of soul materialization will be extremely slow, leading to failure.

Third, a firm will. Without a firm will, the form of the soul cannot be maintained, and materialization is out of the question.

These three points are the foundation of a monk's practice, and also the material requirements.

There are no shortcuts to these three things; they can only be achieved through talent and hard work.

In addition to these, there are two other things that need to be prepared: one is the Soul Condensation Secret Technique, and the other is the Soul Soothing Formation.

There's no need to elaborate on the Soul Condensation Technique; Jiang Shuzhou had already mastered it, and it was something he absolutely needed to learn.

The Soul-Soothing Array, as the name suggests, is designed to protect the soul.

In the past, the soul began to materialize, and if it failed, it would disappear directly, equivalent to death.

The death rate only decreased after the invention of the soul-soothing magic circle.

Although Jiang Shuzhou can be resurrected using the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood, it's a life at stake, so it's best to avoid using it if possible.