44: Chapter 44 A makeshift team

"One, two, one! One, two, one! Halt!"

Ye Qing and Zhou Rin led the five people forward. The few people who had been on guard duty earlier had returned to their training state. They recognized a few of them as Parn's subordinates.

Watching the men train with such discipline, Ye Qing couldn't help but speak up.

"Who taught him this? Why are they training like this?"

"Probably Brother Mo? Yang Hao probably wouldn't do something like this."

"Hmm, but training like this, their bodies probably won't be able to take it, right?"

"Without enough nourishment, you could literally train someone to death."

Watching the men start to shoulder logs, Zhou Rin spoke up.

However, just as his voice fell, a loud thud was heard.

*Thud!*

Turning their heads, they saw Parn slamming a long-haired bison, nearly three meters tall, onto the ground. On the bison's head and neck were fist prints the size of clay pots.

"Hiss, is that a magical beast? Parn is still a beast himself."

Ye Qing clicked his tongue slightly; those pot-sized fists would really hurt if they hit a person.

Then, they saw Parn pry open the bison's skull to take out a crystal core and continue skinning it. Clearly, their guess was correct—this was a magical beast.

After watching for a moment, Ye Qing led the group toward the cliff by the lake. There, Yang Hao's hands were forming seals, and in an instant, a Wind Blade shot out, leaving a dent on the lake's surface over twenty meters away.

"Hiss, is that the Wind Blade Technique? From that far? And it was cast by a person?"

The five people following Ye Qing saw this scene and then looked back at the ten natives training and the magical bison being half-skinned, and they couldn't help but start looking forward to it.

Although the conditions here were poor and they were deep in the mountains and forests, everything they saw made this place feel like a hermit's retreat, appearing extraordinary in every way.

And they were about to join this place to study and become true mages!

As the group approached, they saw Yang Hao constantly casting spells and Mo Bai constantly writing and deducing on the cliff wall.

The five looked at the scene with anticipation, then curiously looked at the content carved on the cliff.

They were incredibly expectant.

That's a mage... wait, what?

"Huh?"

"Eh?"

"Wait?"

"What?"

The moment the five of them saw clearly, everyone was stunned.

"Aren't these mathematical formulas?"

"What the hell is this? To increase realism and the difficulty of spellcasting, did this game forcibly link math problems to casting?"

"From now on, do we have to solve a math problem every time we cast a spell? Or every time we learn one?"

"Basic spells are at the level of college advanced mathematics, intermediate spells are at specialized research difficulty, and advanced spells are at the difficulty of self-building models?"

"Then a Forbidden Curse would require solving an international mathematical problem?!!"

At this moment, everyone lost it; they were all dazed.

It felt like they had been blindsided by advanced mathematics.

Mo Bai, who had been studying a human body model, couldn't help but look back upon hearing this.

"Yeah, pretty much. So, how are your math grades?"

*Crack!*

The group felt like they'd been struck by a bolt from the blue.

"You're kidding, right?"

"Well, Mom doesn't have to worry about me neglecting my studies for games anymore."

"This game is truly something else."

As the group lamented, Mo Bai was cheerful.

"But isn't this exactly your advantage? You have high education and strong learning abilities."

"This is a scarce ability. After you put in the effort to learn, it converts directly into real strength."

"Then you can go out and crush others, elegant and powerful. Shouldn't it be the others who are wailing?"

"What are you wailing for?"

As his voice fell, the five were slightly stunned. The next moment, their eyes brightened instantly, and Mo Bai was finally satisfied.

If he didn't paint a pretty picture, how would these people work hard?

Although their guilds likely signed training contracts with them and promised high, stable salaries, one can never have too many 'pies in the sky.'

"Alright, Yang Hao, you take the five of them and perform Spell Structure data collection for one spell each, and carry out formula deductions."

"Hmm, do this every day from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM."

"Then starting from 4:00 PM, you and they will learn Meditation with me. From 4:00 PM until night is Meditation time."

"As for the trivial matter of casting, don't even ask. Once you understand the principles, it will come naturally. What difficulty could there be?"

When Mo Bai said that last sentence, he was looking at the five newcomers.

The five newcomers had faces full of youth and clear eyes. Looking at their age and demeanor, they were likely recent college graduates or just starting college. Anyone who had worked for a couple of years wouldn't have swallowed that 'pie' so greedily.

"You can also ask Yang Hao. Ask him if I've ever taught him how to cast."

"I only taught him the principles and how to research and improve spells."

The five were invigorated upon hearing this and immediately gathered around Yang Hao, making the shy Yang Hao a bit nervous and clumsy at first.

However, once the topic turned to specific content, he gradually entered the zone and began lecturing by the cliff wall.

Seeing this, Mo Bai finally felt a bit more at ease.

His ragtag crew was slowly starting to take shape.

He would soon have plenty of time to do more things.

Just as he was about to return his attention to the human model in front of him, his peripheral vision caught Ye Qing and Zhou Rin still standing there.

They had just given the magical beast skin and crystal core to Mo Bai and were now watching the excitement from the side.

"Uh, why are you two still standing here?"

"Huh?"

"If you don't use the element models in your bodies, can you beat those brothers from Sheep Horn Village?"

Mo Bai pointed to the ten people training over there and asked.

The two immediately had an ominous feeling.

The next moment, they heard Mo Bai say:

"If you can endure the hardship of studying, stay and learn magic with Yang Hao."

"If you can't, then go over there and train on your own."

"If you don't make up your attribute points, no matter how many magic models I give you, your upper limit will be restricted."

"Don't say I didn't help you when you fall behind later."

The two, who hadn't realized anything yet, were slightly stunned by the last sentence.

"Do you really think there's no price for rapidly increasing your growth with experience points?"

The two stood there dumbfounded for a moment before snapping out of it. They took a deep breath and ran toward Parn.

Recalling that the trained natives could each take on several of them, they had been confused before, but with Mo Bai's hint, everything became clear.

Seeing them leave, Mo Bai silently withdrew his gaze. At that moment, Parn walked over with an earth element crystal core and a massive beast skin.

It was a cowhide that had been skinned perfectly, without even a single knife mark or hole. It could be used to make at least thirty or forty magic scrolls.

While directing Parn to put the items away, Mo Bai then said:

"To the northwest, there are some earth element fluctuations near that hilltop. I suspect it's also an earth element magical beast. You can go look for it..."

"Also, is there any news about that iron mine I asked you about earlier?"