The weather is still bad, the cold wind is raging, and the snowflakes are blowing in the face, making people feel as cruel as ice blades.
At dawn, Colin arrived at Lillian's residence.
Mentor Altbould is also here.
Today is the day for senior Lillian to set off, and they are here to see Lillian off.
This time, Lilian chose a distant and difficult mission in order to collect the remaining school contribution points needed to redeem the meditation method.
Once and for all, plus the time required for the task, I'm afraid it will take at least three months.
It can be considered a long time.
The three of them are already very familiar with each other, so there are no formalities.
They just chatted for a few words, drank a cup of tea, and prepared to leave after Lillian packed her luggage.
After closing all the doors, the three of them came to the main door.
Standing outside the black fence gate, without the protection of the fence, the wind and snow are howling, making people feel as if they are in a vast fog, isolated from the world.
With the storage ring, Lilian's dress was not much different from usual, wearing a gray robe, but she brought some witchcraft tools with her.
Without those big and small bags, the sad atmosphere of farewell is missing.
"Have a nice trip," Altbold said first, with a kind face.
Colin always felt that after that night, his mentor seemed to become more and more peaceful, like a lazy and uncontested old tree in the sun.
Although most of the mutations in his body have now been resolved and he can move around freely, Atbold is still the same as before, staying in his residence almost all the time.
In fact, Colin also knew the reason.
'The road ahead is over.'
This is the news I learned from my mentor when I went to see him last time.
Although the hidden injuries caused by the mutation on Master Atbold's body have been resolved, they have ultimately caused indelible changes.
According to the instructor, there should be no possibility of going any further.
Fortunately, the average lifespan of second-level wizards is five hundred years, and Atbald has the blood of elves, so his lifespan will only be longer. If you can accept it, you can be considered contented with it now.
Not good, but not bad either.
Although there are many thoughts in my heart, in reality only a moment has passed.
After Atbold said his farewell words, Colin also said to Lillian:
"Have a safe journey, senior sister, and wish you success in your mission."
"Um."
Lilian looked at her grandfather and nodded slightly, then turned to look at Colin, thought for a while, smiled, and said slowly:
"I hope that by the next time we meet again, we will all have exchanged for the second-level meditation method."
Colin was slightly startled.
But after Lilian finished speaking, without waiting for his answer, she turned around and walked into the snow.
The weather was bad today and public carriages were suspended, so she could only walk to the teleportation array.
This trip is a long one. She first needs to teleport to another wizard city - Graham, and then continue from Graham City to the mission destination.
Colin watched Lillian's petite figure exuding the brilliance of defensive witchcraft gradually disappearing into the vast wind and snow, with a somewhat complicated mood.
The road to spiritual practice is rugged and bumpy, but who can be relaxed?
Lilian, the once powerful senior sister, only realized that her situation was not much different from her own situation until she reached the same level.
Of course, I am still the same as during my apprenticeship, I am just making progress with difficulty...
Feeling the wind and snow coming from everywhere, Colin laughed to himself in his heart, and then felt a little regretful.
It's a pity that neither the True Knowledge Society nor the school of thought is allowed to redeem knowledge for others, nor is it allowed to transfer points.
I silently wish my senior sister a smooth trip in my heart.
Colin gathered his thoughts, said goodbye to his mentor, and went to the Zhenzhihui Laboratory without stopping.
As long as you walk upward, one day, the sun will rush to fall on you, and the mud and shadows will dissipate.
There were no surprises when I came to Zhenzhihui.
Even though it was just seven o'clock when he arrived here this time, the crystal outside Shelley's laboratory was still lit.
This hard work is the best among the people he knows.
Although he doesn't know many people...
After closing the heavy door of the laboratory and conducting a simple inspection of the room as usual, Colin took out the zero-level witchcraft he bought yesterday and studied it carefully.
There are four zero-level witchcrafts in total, all of which are low-level attack witchcrafts at the zero level.
Water Arrow, Secondary Acid Splash, Air Bomb, Thorns.
If there are no accidents, according to past experience, these witchcraft can reach the zero level after breaking the limit three times at most.
As for the limit breaking point consumed, it is not certain, but it only costs a few hundred magic stones to break the sky.
The buyout price of high-level zero-level attack witchcraft in bookstores is generally between 10,000 and 20,000 magic stones.
This is much more profitable than selling potions and witchcraft tools!
If you are selling potions and witchcraft tools, you have to deal with raw materials and sales. In addition, if you are selling low-end potions and witchcraft tools in volume, you will have to spend a lot of time making them.
If you take the high-quality route, you have to be prepared to spend a long time in the early stage with only investment and no income.
Maybe if you take the high-quality route, you can indeed earn more magic stones in the later stage than selling zero-level witchcraft.
But with this skill, why doesn't he sell first-level witchcraft?
You know, the more banned something is, the more profitable it is.
Like potions and witchcraft tools, the Supreme Council's restrictions are not great.
This also means that there are more wizards to do it, which means more competition and less power.
Why go to these more crowded tracks?
With gold paper in hand, you can directly break through the limitations of witchcraft. Selling knowledge is the fastest way to earn magic stones, and it can also enrich yourself, killing two birds with one stone.
After pondering for a moment, Colin first picked up water archery and started learning.
At noon, Colin waved his hand gently, and a transparent water arrow took shape in his hand in an instant, and then shot out quickly, eventually hitting a target not far away and shattering into water droplets on the ground.
The zero-level witchcraft water archery is not only beginner-friendly, it can even be used instantly, reaching the threshold of mastery!
Colin smiled slightly, did not practice any more, but took out his lunch and started eating as usual.
Breaking the limits of witchcraft and earning magic stones is a long-term solution, don't rush it.
He plans to allocate three to five hours a day, or at most half a day, to practice these zero-level witchcraft.
The rest of the time was spent practicing the two disguise witchcrafts.
Anyway, at his current speed of practicing low-level zero-level witchcraft, it won't take long to break through to the upper-level zero level.
After a while, Shelley came over on time.
After exchanging knowledge for a while, Colin suddenly asked curiously:
"Sir Shelley, every time I come here, I see you in the laboratory. I'm a little curious about how early you come here every morning?"
"I don't need to come over." Shelley shook his head and said calmly: "I usually live here and never leave the laboratory."
"Just live here...not go home?"
Colin was slightly startled. He thought that he was diligent enough by sleeping only for more than three hours a day, but he didn't expect that Shelley was the real king of scrolls, and he didn't even go home?!
"Actually, I don't have a home in Neustadt." Shelley shook his head again and continued, "It is much more cost-effective to rent a laboratory than rent a house outside."
"...That's true." Colin agreed while taking a mouthful of rice.
The best first-level laboratory of the True Knowledge Society, the cost of renting it for a month is only 150 magic stones.
Compared to his current monthly rent of 2,000 magic stones, it is much cheaper.
Just wanting him to be like Shelley is obviously not possible. Not to mention how to arrange Renee and the others, just take life as an example——
The Shinchikai's laboratory has no living conditions at all. There is no kitchen, bed, or even toilet!
The entire castle of the True Knowledge Society does not have these facilities.
Colin knew that this was probably to save space. After all, the only people who could come to the True Knowledge Society to use the laboratory were at least first-level wizards.
There is absolutely no problem for a first-level wizard to go several days without eating, drinking or going to the toilet.
Shelley's body foundation enhancement looks a bit like bloodline transformation, but also somewhat like elemental transformation.
If the elements change, it will be no problem if you don't eat, drink or go to the toilet for a month or two.
So although life here is a little more difficult, there is no problem.
As for the bathing problem, if you don't pursue the enjoyment of bathing, a cleansing technique can solve it.
Colin subconsciously looked at Shelley.
The witch in front of her was wearing a black witch robe, her chin-length snowy hair was flowing down like precious silk, and her exposed skin was equally fair, exuding a healthy luster, like a warm and beautiful jade, making it easy for people to wear it without having to use it.
I know it must be very smooth.
I don’t know what material Shelley used to strengthen the foundation of his body. Just looking at his appearance, it is comparable to him as a first-class knight now.
There are many wizards who use the blood of elves to strengthen themselves, but they may not have such good looks.
Perhaps the only person around him, senior Lilian, who has the blood of a high elf, can rival him in terms of appearance.
Of course, it's Lillian-senpai's girl form.
Lolita usually looks more like a doll and is not easy to compare on the same stage.
Let’s get back to the topic, but for Colin, the daily training of a first-order knight requires him to ensure food intake.
A large amount of food intake, even if he can absorb most of it now, will still produce a lot of excrement...
Therefore, the kitchen and toilet are urgent needs for him, and there is really no way to live directly in the laboratory like Shelley.
However, Colin is not too envious. Whether it is elemental transformation or other transformations, there are more or less shortcomings.
Although some of them do eat very rarely, it does not mean that they do not need to replenish energy, but it is not in the form of food.
This energy supplement is usually more expensive than the food he needs most of the time.
…
The day after Lillian left, the snowstorm showed no signs of stopping.
The entire city of Neustadt was shrouded in heavy snow.
Even when Renee goes out to buy groceries, she has to go back quickly when the wind and snow are less severe.
But Colin still went to the True Knowledge Society every day unshakably.
The wizard level column has reached its limit. Without the need for meditation, he spends almost 80% of his time practicing witchcraft, leaving only 20% for practicing the Knight's Breathing Technique.
And of this 80%, more than half of the time was spent on the two first-level high-level disguise witchcraft. The remaining time was divided into two, half was devoted to studying the limit-breaking zero-level witchcraft, and the other half was reviewing
The witchcraft that you have mastered in the past.
The routine of life is like a machine.
This long snowstorm lasted for a whole week.
In the previous life, it would have been considered a natural disaster, but the wizards in Neustadt City have long been used to it.
Nothing big happened.
Except for a dozen new wandering wizard apprentices who froze to death and no one cared.
Well, actually some people still care...
One day on the way to the True Knowledge Society for experiments, Colin clearly saw several members wearing the badges of the Tin Sage School carefully carrying away the corpses of these wizards.
It should be recycled and used as materials.
He did not step forward to ask in detail, but the wizards from the school laughed and talked about it, and their voices reached his ears.
They said that the school was lucky. These wandering wizards happened to die in the area under the jurisdiction of the Xisheng School, and they needed to give a portion to the Ishtar School.
Although the Ishtar School may not be able to appreciate the corpses of several apprentices, this is the rule.
However, the rest of the group could only count the remaining corpses of wandering wizards after handing them in, which made them a little unhappy.
Colin didn't make any further comments or stay too long. He just walked quickly to the Zhenzhihui Laboratory.
I continued to practice my witchcraft according to the plan, without any impatience or slackness, as usual.
On December 15, the snowstorm finally stopped.
In the early morning, the sky is dim.
Colin had just woken up from his sleep, and before he got out of bed, he saw a ball of white snow-like balls suddenly shot into his bedroom.
Whoosh!
He subconsciously cast the steel temperature-resistant force field and retreated at the same time.
At the same time, the white ball disintegrated like gravel, falling out of two crystals and falling on the bed, followed by a familiar voice.
"Colin, the rewards from the Supreme Council have been distributed. I hope you are not shocked. This is to keep your identity confidential."
Listening to Noyce's words, Colin relaxed his tense body a little, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, feeling a little confused about whether to laugh or cry.
After all, anyone who has just woken up and sees a strange white ball coming towards him will inevitably be startled.
But as his tense body gradually relaxed, uncontrollable expectations began to emerge in Colin's mind.
This is a reward from the Supreme Council!
Although he was a little impatient, he still retained some vigilance. After checking the crystal to confirm that there was no problem, he slowly picked it up and started to look at it.
Just a moment later, Colin opened his eyes with some unbearable joy!
When Noyce asked him what reward he wanted, he had not yet come into contact with the True Knowledge Society at that time, and he mentioned second-level witchcraft or at least a meditation method that could reach the second level.
I thought the Supreme Council would only give him one of them.
Unexpectedly, the Supreme Council directly gave him a set of three second-level witchcraft and a complete meditation method that can reach the third level!
Really rich and powerful.
It's a pity...I forgot to get some magic stone rewards.
Colin raised the corners of his mouth, thinking a little greedily.
After calming down, he began to carefully examine the witchcraft and meditation methods in his hands.