145: Old Mr. Joyce

After the reunion party.

Another two days passed, and it was the first day of June in the 24th year of the wizard's path.

This was the monthly lecture time for Formal Wizards.

Green Anglet had already prepared his notebook and was waiting in a small room on the first floor of the Wizard Tower, which was the entrance to the underground first floor.

"Good morning, Green."

"Good morning to you too, Ally."

In the past two days, the two had resumed their normal classmate relationship, busy with their studies every day, occasionally discussing how to solve various difficult problems.

Both had a solid foundation of knowledge, and they quickly grasped these profound subjects.

With Ally consulting alongside him, Green Anglet felt his learning speed had increased by more than 30%... Six more people gradually entered the entrance room.

They were all very old Wizard Apprentices, and Green Anglet had met them all at the mid-month committee meeting, getting to know their faces.

According to the arrangements of the Academy Management Committee, after Green Anglet made an appearance at the high-level meeting in the first month, he no longer needed to participate in the management of the academy's trivial matters.

Green Anglet only needed to dedicate himself fully to becoming a Formal Wizard.

After a while.

Vice Dean Bruce Kline also arrived.

He opened the passage to the next level.

Everyone followed his footsteps to the underground first floor of the Wizard Tower, which was where the Sub-Elemental Pool was located.

"Clap clap..."

Brucekrin attracted everyone's attention with applause.

"Fellow Wizards, colleagues, please check the water level of the Sub-Elemental Pool."

Green Anglet looked at the dazzling Sub-Elemental Pool, and the surging elemental particle fluctuations made his soul tremble three times.

However, the entire pool was only a little over 1 meter high, which was very unreasonable.

Green Anglet had many doubts in his heart; this water level did not match the accumulation of a Wizard Tower over a hundred years.

It looked more like the level of something newly established for one or two decades... However, Green Anglet did not ask directly, but listened carefully.

Waiting for others to ask the question first.

"What's going on? Why has the Elemental Pool's water level dropped again?"

"Yes, didn't we just invest 300,000 magic stones to fill the gap?"

"Is that still not enough? This is already the most magic stones the Academy can raise each month."

"Oh dear, could it be that Lord Joyce's condition has worsened again?"

"What should we do?"

...Several older Wizards sighed repeatedly.

What was sad, however, was not the extremely low water level of the Sub-Elemental Pool, but the continuous decrease of the Sub-Elemental Pool's water level!

Green Anglet gradually understood that the Academy's Sub-Elemental Pool had long had problems.

But in the Plant Heart Wizard Academy, only one person could cause problems with the Sub-Elemental Pool!

It seemed that Lord Joyce really had a problem.

"Cough cough..."

A coughing sound came from the Sub-Elemental Pool.

An old man holding a staff also revealed his figure.

"Good day, Lord Joyce!"

"Good day, Lord Joyce!"

"Good day, Lord Joyce!"

Green Anglet also followed the crowd in greeting... "Cough cough..."

"No need for formalities. What good is there for this old bag of bones?"

"Two new faces have appeared again. It seems they are the fresh blood of the Academy."

Green Anglet and Ally quickly stepped forward to pay their respects:

"Good day, Lord Joyce. This student is Green Anglet, recommended for promotion to a registered disciple for three great merits as a Battle Wizard."

"Good day, Lord Joyce. This student is Ally Elizabeth, recommended for promotion to a registered disciple as a 5-star Apothecary Apprentice."

"Good, good, very good."

"Two more promising young talents!"

The old man with the staff had a face covered in wrinkles, like an ordinary eighty or ninety-year-old man, exuding a deep sense of twilight, but within his frail body lay immense power.

Green Anglet's combat spirit was frantically warning him:

"Danger, extreme danger!"

"Extremely high concentration of radiation source detected, extremely high energy coefficient, please move away immediately."

"Head-on confrontation, survival probability infinitely approaches 0."

..."Hehe..."

"Alright, two good young people. I am old, the future of the Heart of Plants faction rests on you. You must work hard."

"Yes, students understand." X2

"Alright, I won't ramble on and waste everyone's time."

The old man with the staff began lecturing directly. This month's lecture was about advanced knowledge related to elemental studies.

Fortunately, Green Anglet had previewed for a few days and roughly knew the superficial aspects.

At first, he could keep up with Lord Joyce's lecture pace. The profound perspective on death, the simple yet deep explanations, the wild and imaginative ideas, and the readily available typical examples all highlighted the old man's deep teaching experience and extensive knowledge background.

Green Anglet listened spellbound, unconsciously jotting down wonderful ideas and fresh inspirations in his notebook.

But gradually, in the latter half, as the difficulty of the knowledge increased, Green Anglet's level of comprehension went from sudden realization,

to partial understanding;

then to half-understanding;

and finally, he was completely lost in the fog... In the middle, the old man with the staff also asked Green Anglet a question.

Unfortunately, Green Anglet thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer, so he honestly said he didn't know... But the staff teacher didn't blame him.

Instead, he encouraged Green Anglet to study hard, to take his time with what he didn't understand, and that there would be a Q&A session later.

But in the second stage, when students asked questions to the teacher, Green Anglet did not ask any questions. Most of his questions had been resolved by the teacher's lecture. After all, Green Anglet had studied for a short time and at a shallow level.

Ally also did not ask any questions; they just quietly watched the other old apprentices eagerly ask their questions.

The old man with the staff was also patient with everyone's questions, always pinpointing the root of the problem and then guiding everyone to think together about how to solve such problems.

The staff teacher would occasionally tell a joke or two, and his humorous and engaging teaching style made people relax and fully immerse themselves in academic research.

Green Anglet was no exception.

Thus, the study continued until evening, and today's course, which lasted a full 8 hours, finally ended... Before the end of the course.

The old man with the staff first informed everyone about next month's lecture content, which would be their study direction for the month.

He also assigned some post-class thought questions, including content from the previous month as review guidance and this month's learning tasks as preview direction.

Finally.

He kept Green Anglet and Ally, the two newcomers, for a good discussion, mainly the old routine—the teacher encouraged the students to study hard and also taught them how to plan their upcoming courses more scientifically.

Green Anglet even shamelessly asked the staff teacher for a copy of the course study outline, saying he would use it as a reference. The teacher readily provided it.

This made Green Anglet very happy.

"99% reference is also a reference! I have my study outline, personally written by the teacher, confidence +10!"