4: Chapter 4 The Model of Witchcraft

Ross took the Sunflower seeds and set off in the direction of the Magic Plant Garden.

The Magic Plant Garden was a place specially reclaimed by the Elius Wizard Academy for cultivating magic plants.

This place mainly supplied the needs of various wizard lords for planting magic plants, and it was a venue where the academy continuously invested magic stones to cultivate magic plants.

Due to the massive investment of resources, the magic plants here grew much faster, and their growth cycles were greatly shortened.

As a member of the academy, as long as you had magic stones, you could spend them to rent a plot of magic farmland.

Aside from complying with the academy's relevant codes and restrictions, you could plant any magic plants you wanted to grow.

As long as you had the ability to keep them alive, the academy did not care about a wizard's preferences.

The Elius Wizard Academy would also allocate a piece of land to Official Wizards as their herb garden, which was a unique welfare exclusive to Official Wizards.

Official Wizards could choose a piece of land belonging exclusively to themselves for modification and planning.

Wizard Apprentices did not have such good treatment.

If Wizard Apprentices had the need to cultivate magic plants, they could only pay to choose cultivation in the ordinary magic farmland of the Magic Plant Garden.

The Magic Plant Garden was a huge arched building constructed from blocks of crystal material.

Ross walked into the Magic Plant Garden and could see quite a few Wizard Apprentices working in the fields.

Ross's arrival did not cause any ripples.

After all, in the Wizard World, although it was much more civilized, the strong still reigned supreme.

Ross was just a lowest-level apprentice, and had not even stepped into the threshold of a level-3 wizard.

Fortunately, Ross didn't care; coming here today was just to broaden his horizons.

Not far from the entrance of the botanical garden, there was a huge task board.

Various tasks were posted on it.

Most of these task lists came from the commission of Official Wizards.

Including tasks such as fertilizing magic farmland, expelling pests from magic plants, and tending to magic plants.

This was also one of the ways for ordinary Wizard Apprentices to obtain magic stones.

Ross searched through these tasks and found a commission that interested him.

[sun-gathering flower Maintenance]:

A magic plant from another world, possessing the characteristics of condensing sunlight and releasing attacks.

After being improved by wizards, it possessed the ability to condense sunlight and produce solar essence.

However, its roots and stems were fragile and vulnerable to pest infestations. During the period of condensing essence, an apprentice was needed to conduct short-term maintenance.

The task cycle was one week, and the reward was 10 magic stones.

Client: Evelyn.

According to the address of this commission, Ross went to the residence of Evelyn.

Evelyn looked at this young trainee with a puzzled expression:

"Young apprentice, although tending to the sun-gathering flower does not require high strength, at least you must be careful and reliable."

"Your level hasn't even stepped into the threshold of a Wizard Apprentice."

Ross quickly replied:

"Lord Evelyn, I am confident that I will advance to a level-3 Wizard Apprentice within the next week."

"Oh?" Evelyn was somewhat surprised.

Even trainees with relatively good talents and the most compatible Meditation Method...

Still needed a relatively long time to step into the extraordinary realm.

If it were one week, it was definitely among the batch with the best talent.

This made Evelyn somewhat tempted.

"If you can advance to a level-3 Wizard Apprentice within a week, then entrusting this task to you is naturally fine."

"But if I cannot see any hope of you successfully advancing, although I cannot punish you for anything."

"However, if you fail to reach it... Hehe, bear the consequences at your own risk."

Ross nodded and said:

"Please rest assured, Lord Evelyn, I will come to report a week later."

Evelyn nodded and said:

"Very good, wizards just need confidence, I appreciate your confidence."

"I also hope you truly have such strength."

After speaking, Evelyn motioned that Ross could leave.

After Ross left, Evelyn muttered to herself:

"In the Wizard World, there are always so many confident little fellows."

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

After returning to his residence, Ross fell into deep contemplation; accepting this task from Evelyn was not a whim.

As a trainee without a background, currently, besides the 3 hours of meditation every day and normal class attendance...

He actually had quite a lot of spare time at present.

Although the Wizard World believed that knowledge was power.

But obviously, that was the inevitable path of the wizardly path pursued after becoming an Official Wizard.

The most urgent matter at present was to advance as a Wizard Apprentice.

And wanting to go further to advance to an Official Wizard, besides talent, the most crucial thing was the acquisition of resources.

Judging from the results of the entrance test, his own talent belonged to the higher category.

But currently, the academy would not blindly give extra magic stone investments based on the level of talent out of nowhere.

Everything required trainees to fight for it, or use magic stones to purchase it.

Based on the process of attending classes in the academy today, Ross found that starting from the cultivation of magic plants was somewhat easier.

Directly engaging in magic pharmacy had too high a cost, and alchemy and runes were also quite costly.

It was not a field that Ross's current financial resources could invest in.

As for compound courses like summoning systems, curseology, divination, etc.

Without the strength of an Official Wizard to support learning and casting, it would only broaden one's knowledge.

After much deliberation, cultivating and raising magic plants was a relatively safe way to obtain magic stones.

Moreover, the uses of magic plants were also very numerous. Not only were they essential materials for magic pharmacy.

They could also be used as one of the materials for runology or enchanting spellcraft.

Therefore, learning this type of knowledge was also necessary for Ross.

Ross did not want to be a pure wizard warrior; the kind who put all their abilities into attack power might have greater destructive power in terms of strength.

But it was obviously unsuitable for Ross at present.

Ross exchanged for the free spell provided by the academy at the academy's knowledge library, which was also his first Spell Model.

[Hand of Magic]: Level-0 trick.

Origin: One of the basic Spell Models summarized by wizards based on the abilities of spellcasters from various planes they had been in contact with since the exploration era stages.

Effect: Summons an arm capable of delicate operations and attacks.

Consumption: Mana value consumption increases as the precision level increases, or magic power consumption increases according to the attack intensity and force of the arm wielded by the wizard themselves, theoretically having no upper limit.

Remarks: Almost the most practical Spell Model, and one of the must-choose models for beginners.

This was also a free Spell Model given by the academy to newly enrolled freshmen.

Afterward, other Spell Models required magic stones or points to exchange.

Over the next week, Ross spent his time in meditation, attending magic plant classes and magic general knowledge courses, and practicing [Hand of Magic].

During these days, Ross obtained quite a few resources through card drawing and even effortlessly obtained a Spell Model for free.

[Resource Card * 3]: Elius "Water Magic Stone" * 5

[Resource Card * 2]: Elius "Apprentice-level Water Lily Magic Plant" seeds * 3

[Skill Card * 1]: Elius Academy general skill "Purification Spell":

... Level-0 spell. By constructing the corresponding Spell Model and consuming a certain amount of mana, it performs purification treatment on the target, including but not limited to cleaning, clearing, dust removal, disinfection, watering, and other effects (Water Element Spell).

Ross did not wait until the last day to report to Evelyn; on the fifth day, he had already officially stepped into a level-3 Wizard Apprentice.

Even on that day, he tried to construct the Spell Model of the Purification Spell.

Judging from the current situation, it had been successfully constructed, but Ross had not yet tried to cast it.