The wooden box is about the size of a palm, purple in color, with straight wood texture and delicate hand feel. It is bare on all sides without any decoration or magic patterns, just like an ordinary jewelry box.
Zheng Qing originally thought that what he saw after opening the box would be a pocket watch.
But what appeared in his sight was an hourglass.
The hourglass lay quietly on the red velvet cloth, with ocher wooden bases at both ends. The bases were connected by three slender black pillars. The pillars were engraved with densely packed incantations, as thin as mosquito feet, and two water droplets.
A shaped transparent glass ball is sandwiched in the center of three thin columns. One glass cover is empty, and the other is filled with uniformly-sized translucent sand.
"It contains the Sands of Time."
The professor's voice rang in the young wizard's ears: "The Sands of Time are actually the fossils of Sand Time insect eggs. You saw the Sand Time insect eggs in the Empty Land, right...use their fossils to carry the Sand Time."
The force couldn't be more suitable... The number of these Sands of Time has been carefully calculated by the relevant departments. No one is too much, no one is too little... Have you seen the incantations engraved on the edges of the upper and lower bases? When you turn the hourglass upside down every time, and recite
When you activate the spell on the base on the blank side, you can go back three and a half hours of standard time."
Zheng Qing resisted the urge to turn over the hourglass in his hand.
At this time, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Yu holding an identical time converter in his hand, and curiosity suddenly arose in his heart: "Professor, what will happen if we two turn this hourglass at the same time?"
"Theoretically, there will be two 'time knots'."
Lao Yao chewed his pipe again and blew out two intertwined smoke rings calmly: "Because of the mutual independence of timelines, you and her will enter different time knots, and finally return to the same timeline... But just
As I often emphasize in class, magic is a very delicate skill, and any slight change may have completely different consequences. You should have seen it many times in your freshman spells class when two people cast it at the same time.
With the binding spell, the probability that the flying vines will become entangled in a knot is very high."
Zheng Qing understood. This was Lao Yao's tactful reminder that he had better not do that.
"Professor, do we need to practice now?" The witch's sweet voice sounded again. She raised the hourglass in her hand and asked cautiously: "What if I only miss one-seventh of the hour when I turn the hourglass?"
Sand, and then turning it over again, does that mean that time will only go back half an hour?"
Fur——
Lao Yao took a heavy drag on his pipe, exhaled a large cloud of rich smoke, and knitted his eyebrows.
"Absolutely don't do that."
His expression was serious and his tone was stern: "You lack the subtle control capabilities of high-level wizards, and you have no way to accurately measure how much sand of time you have leaked... And the left and right sides of the hourglass have exactly the same ability to convert time... This means that you
It is easy to fall into the labyrinth of time. In short, it is easy for you to fall into confusion in the process of repeatedly reversing time. I do not expect you to have much profound understanding in the process of using this high-level alchemical product. I only ask that you calm down.
Be safe and don't cause any accidents..."
As he spoke, he took out two rolls of parchment from the drawer, pulled off the ribbons on them, and unfolded them in front of the two young wizards.
"...These are the application materials you just signed this afternoon. You still have an impression."
The professor knitted his eyebrows and rattled the parchment: "The user needs to remain invisible throughout the time travel process; they can only move within the reporting range and follow the reporting route; anyone who deviates from the reporting range
If any activity is discovered, the student status will be canceled and transferred to the Denhag Criminal Court. The starting sentence is usually more than ten years... These terms were explained to you at the time. The time change was less than three and a half hours, and it was also 'departed'
It’s within the reporting scope... Do you still have any questions?”
The two frightened young men shook their heads together and held the hourglass in their hands cautiously, fearing that the sand on one side would accidentally leak to the other side.
This look feels a bit overkill.
"It doesn't matter if you don't recite the incantation."
Lao Yao noticed their cautious appearance, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes. He took the funnel in Zheng Qing's hand and turned it over as a sign: "Did you see? If you don't recite the incantation, the sands of time will not leak downward...
This matter... let’s not talk about it to you, you don’t take it seriously; if you talk about it a little bit, you will all be as scared as quails!”
At this point, he paused and blew out two clouds of spark-laden smoke from his nostrils before speaking again: "As for the exercises Jiang Yu just mentioned, I personally don't think they are necessary. Just like I did before
As I said, these two time converters are fool-proof operations. You can get started directly with your level... Of course, for safety reasons, I will be there to take care of you when you use it for the first time tomorrow... It will be me in the first period tomorrow.
For the Charms class, don’t bring the wrong textbook!”
Zheng Qing immediately carefully put the hourglass back into the wooden box, and then started his new class schedule.
After a brief browse, he found that compared with when he submitted it, Lao Yao had revised five courses in total - Thursday afternoon was a new course called 'Clone Transformation'. Considering his mastery of transformation, Zheng
Qing felt that this course shouldn't be difficult; on Friday morning, 'Spiritual Talisman and Treasure Talisman' was replaced by 'Making and Maintaining Talisman Soldiers'. Old Yao had already mentioned it before, so Zheng Qing was not too surprised.
What surprised him was that in the three classes on Saturday afternoon and evening, Lao Yao eliminated several courses in the Talisman category that Zheng Qing had taken and replaced them with 'Introduction to Dimensionism', 'Principle of Convergence' and 'Albus
Lots of guesswork'.
Just by looking at the names of these courses, you can tell what they are related to.
"Does the school still offer such courses?" Zheng Qing couldn't help but look up at the professor behind the desk, not hiding the surprise in his tone.
He originally thought that knowledge related to forbidden curses would be strictly blocked by relevant departments.
"Not only are students selecting courses, but courses are also selecting students." The dean of Jiuyou College looked meaningfully at the young public-sponsored students: "Sometimes, it is not easy to select a student who meets the requirements very well for a course.
So you must cherish this last half year of studying and living in school..."
Then he moved his eyes to the witch next to him and changed the topic: "You have received the new class schedule. From Monday to Thursday, there are five classes every day, from 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning, and one class for others. You need
Take two classes;
From 2pm to 5pm, it’s the same, one section for others and two for you;
From six to nine in the evening, when others have a rest, you still need to have another class. This class does not require the use of an hourglass.
Because Friday afternoon is a practical class, in order to avoid injuries that affect the time transition, you only have one practical class on Friday afternoon, and you can also take more rest in the evening.
There are five classes a day on Saturday, the same as Monday to Thursday.
Jiang Yu has to take two more classes on Sunday because you have six fewer credits than Zheng Qing.
Calculating this, you need to use the time converter eleven times a week, and each conversion takes three and a half hours, totaling thirty-eight hours and thirty minutes, which meets the requirements of the application materials... This is the basic situation. Is there anything else that needs to be added?
Of?"
He raised his eyelids and glanced at the faces of the two young wizards. The two young wizards sighed together and shook their heads in unison.
It’s already so bad, what more needs to be added!
This chapter has been completed!