The villain young master just wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 136

The first Monday of November.

Professor Sylph finally returned from outside. She briefly mentioned the progress of the incident in class and then severely criticized the students’ enthusiasm for labyrinth adventures.

She also announced that golems would be deployed in the secret passages to increase the intensity of night patrols.

Anyone caught wandering the secret passages at night would have a large number of academic credits deducted.

If caught after curfew, they would even be confined!

Additionally, Professor Lily would no longer send “guide pixies” to pick people up.

Those who got lost in the secret passages would bear full responsibility!

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“So, as long as you don’t go into the secret passages at night, or if you do but aren’t caught by a golem, and you make sure not to get lost, it’s completely fine?”

Dark felt he was correctly understanding Professor Sylph’s meaning.

The academy not directly sealing off the secret passage entrances was, in fact, a statement.

They didn’t oppose students adventuring anywhere; they were just intentionally reducing the number of people entering the secret passages.

For most people, this actually had little impact.

After all, most people hadn’t discovered anything in the secret passages, so if they didn’t go, they just didn’t go.

After so many days, the initial enthusiasm had pretty much worn off.

Only a small number of students with strong objectives would probably play hide-and-seek with the golems in the secret passages.

In any case, Witt and Robert had been looking glum from beginning to end.

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As Professor Sylph assigned double the usual amount of homework, the Summoning class concluded.

The first-year students finally welcomed the long-awaited Arcane Arts class!

They temporarily set aside their complaints about the doubled homework, brought their large bags of materials, and waited early in the Arcane Theory classroom.

Professor Cazel entered the classroom just on time, humorously addressing the students below: “It seems everyone has plenty of academic credits, bringing more materials than the next person?”

Putting aside other things, there truly were a lot.

After all, one set of materials for [Magic Missile Charm] was only about 100 academic credits. It was normal to bring two extra sets to prevent failure.

Most students weren’t that overly ambitious—their academic credits wouldn’t allow them to be overly ambitious either.

In short, starting with [Magic Missile Charm], then, after mastering the method of imprinting charms, attempting to learn more difficult and expensive ones like [Push Charm] and [Barrier Charm], was a relatively rational choice.

And to ensure at least one card-making task could be completed in class, bringing two to three sets of materials was a safer approach.

For example, Diana and Rose combined their efforts, bringing five sets of [Magic Missile Charm] materials and three sets of [Push Charm] materials, costing a total of 1100 academic credits.

For them, this was also a significant expenditure.

Additionally, academic credit magnates like Emma prepared three sets of [Magic Missile Charm] materials, two sets of [Push Charm] materials, and one set of [Barrier Charm] materials by herself.

Of course, there were also academic credit nouveau riches like Witt, who bought a full two sets of [Blink Charm] materials.

However, Robert, next to him, was relatively poor, having only bought two sets of [Magic Missile Charm] materials and one set of [Push Charm] materials.

Regardless, Witt seemed determined to create a [Blink Charm].

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Professor Cazel merely glanced around and understood the intentions of each student.

His teaching experience was very rich; he almost immediately foresaw the outcome for some students.

But sometimes, paying a price to buy a lesson was a privilege of youth.

Unlike older people, who were gradually losing even this privilege.

A trace of melancholy flashed across Professor Cazel’s face, then he regained his smile and loudly declared: “Alright, as you all might expect, in this class, we will learn the orthodox method of crafting Magic Cards—Charm Cards!”

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“Professor, hurry up!”

“My materials are already thirsty for action!”

“Shoot him, Magic Missile!”

Well, someone was already fantasizing about using their [Magic Missile Card].

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As a teacher, naturally, one most wished to see students display their most enthusiastic side in their class.

Professor Cazel said no more extraneous words and directly fast-forwarded to the card-printing segment.

While meticulously explaining how to imprint charms onto blank arcane cards, he simultaneously wrote on the blackboard.

Below the podium, there was a “shua shua” sound.

Students, at times like these, needed no urging whatsoever.

About half an hour later, the entire blackboard was covered with densely packed notes.

But this was still not enough.

There were simply too many details to pay attention to when imprinting charms.

One or two classes were nowhere near enough to cover everything.

Students needed to practice themselves, then ask questions based on their problems, and the professor would answer them one by one during class time.

For experiments of this type, if a professor didn’t guide them, just reading books would leave them completely bewildered.

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But in any case, it was finally time to start hands-on production.

Almost all students began with [Magic Missile Charm].

Because it was the most basic and simplest charm card, an essential card for beginners to master the fundamentals.

In this regard, even Dark was no exception.

He was very clear about the importance of mastering the basics.

Even the tallest building needed a foundation first.

In the entire classroom, only Witt was tackling [Blink Charm]; perhaps this was the courage of a hero!

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The creation of Charm Cards was actually quite similar to the procedure for creating Potion Cards.

One of the core elements of both was the refining of “ink.”

The “ink” for Potion Cards was the corresponding potion, while for Charm Cards, different inks had to be prepared according to each different charm.

Dark’s experience in this area was far superior to other students. He took five minutes to prepare the corresponding ink, which was a liquid with properties similar to “cola.”

In the Arcane Arts class, it was called “Expansion Water.”

“Expansion Water” was primarily made from expansion grass.

When magic power was injected into it, the “Expansion Water” would rapidly expand and then spray out of the container, feeling like a cola eruption.

Junior Arcanists, during the creation process, would occasionally inject too much magic power, triggering this mechanism and causing the “Expansion Water” to spray out of the cup and get all over their faces.

“BOOM!”

Diana’s Expansion Water sprayed out.

She was completely drenched.

Dark subtly pursed his lips, not laughing aloud.

Rose quickly took out a prepared towel to help wipe her clean.

Students in the row ahead turned to laugh because of this, only for their own Expansion Water to spray out too!

As cup after cup of Expansion Water shot into the air, the classroom gradually filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

One person failing would be laughed at.

Two people failing would be laughed at by more people.

Ten, twenty people failing, and no one laughed anymore.

Dark opened his copied notes for the “Magic Missile Charm” and began imprinting the charm.

Professor Cazel unknowingly came up behind him.

Besides ink preparation, the most crucial aspect of imprinting charms was ensuring that the amount and fluctuation frequency of magic power required for each stroke when writing arcane language with a magic pen were precise and stable enough.

This was incredibly difficult for junior arcanists whose magic power had only recently awakened.

The more advanced the charm card, the higher the requirements in this regard.

Over eighty percent of failures for junior arcanists during their initial learning of charm card creation were due to this.

It was Dark’s first time transcribing a charm according to the standard method. To become proficient quickly, he specially prepared a large number of 10-credit arcane cards and made about five or six attempts before starting to write on the already processed arcane card.

The writing formats for charms varied.

The [Magic Missile Charm] used a standard nine-square grid, requiring only nine characters to form a charm.

But the writing of these nine characters was by no means simple.

Dark concentrated fully, spending a whole ten minutes to completely transcribe this charm of only nine characters!

Only after he successfully completed it did Professor Cazel nod slightly and turn to observe the other students.

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The junior arcanists still underestimated the creation of [Magic Missile Charm], always thinking that “copying” was something anyone could do.

But unexpectedly, they failed faster than each other.

According to some people’s failure rate, let alone three sets of materials, even thirty sets wouldn’t be enough to waste!

Fortunately, most people learned their lesson after the first failure and first practiced transcribing [Magic Missile Charm] on blank paper.

Although practicing on paper wasn’t as effective as practicing on a blank arcane card, it could at least increase proficiency a bit.

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The final step in the creation of a Charm Card, the refining process, required the use of Formation No. 5, known as the “Demeter Refining Array.”

Demeter was one of the original developers of the arcane language, having compiled the 63 arcane characters that formed its foundation.

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After successfully drawing the No. 5 Refining Array, Dark placed the core material of the [Magic Missile Charm] inside, completing the entire refining process.

After waiting for about two more minutes, the Charm Card was finally successfully refined.

Dark then used the same steps to create a second [Magic Missile Charm]. This time, the refining speed was noticeably faster, and his proficiency further increased.

Then.

Dark paid no attention to the progress of other students and directly began the refining of [Push Charm].

[Push Charm] was indeed a level more difficult than [Magic Missile Charm]. Although he was careful enough, he still failed once.

Of course, he wasn’t discouraged and directly continued with the refining of the second card.

Midway through the refining, the dismissal bell rang.

But Dark was not affected and continued.

Most students in the classroom were also doing the same.

This was quite incredible for junior arcanists who usually rushed out the moment the bell rang.

But the arcane card refining experiment possessed a charm that could truly captivate people.

Time continued to pass.

Professor Cazel also did not leave the classroom.

Under his careful guidance, students gradually completed the creation of [Magic Missile Charm].

These students, while gaining a great sense of accomplishment, also broke into smiles.

Some left the classroom, while others remained to observe.

In the Knight and Noble Houses, the three most eye-catching points.

Dark, Emma, and Witt, sat at three different points in the classroom, all still fully concentrated.

Emma’s progress was not much slower than Dark’s.

She had three sets of [Magic Missile Charm] materials, failed one, and succeeded with two.

Now, she had also begun researching the refining of [Push Charm].

As for Witt Gold, he was still working on the first set of [Blink Charm] refining.

He looked under a lot of pressure, his brow furrowed tightly, every step requiring long thought before proceeding, and if he really couldn’t figure it out, he’d just guess, making his progress exceptionally slow.

The current set of [Blink Charm] materials was worth a full 1000 academic credits!

Even though he placed second in the grade during the masquerade ball event, he could only afford three sets of [Blink Charm] materials.

This resulted in maximum pressure during the creation process.

The tension even infected Robert next to him.

Robert stared intently, his toes curled tightly.

As for Robert himself, he had already successfully wasted two sets of [Magic Missile Charm] materials and one set of [Push Charm] materials.

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Twenty-eighth minute after the dismissal bell rang.

Dark finally completed the refining of the second [Push Charm].

This time, he learned from the failure of the first one and didn’t make the same mistake again, succeeding as expected.

“So, that’s two [Magic Missile Charms] and one [Push Charm]. I’ll continue the experiments this afternoon.”

“Hmm, Witt seems to be refining a [Blink Charm]? Maybe I can observe and gain some experience?”

Dark packed his materials while turning to look at Witt on the other side of the classroom.

But his luck didn’t seem to be good.

Just as he thought about observing, Witt’s refining process went awry.

He didn’t know if it was an excessive magic power input or something else, but the arcane card, still in the refining process, suddenly exploded!

“BOOM!”

Witt sharply jumped backward, showing extremely quick reflexes.

Although he stumbled and fell due to a chair behind him, he managed to avoid the explosion.

But Robert next to him wasn’t so lucky.

The black smoke from the exploding arcane card almost directly hit his face.

He sat there blankly, completely turned into a black charcoal.

Professor Cazel quickly took a large stride, instantly summoning a water elemental that, with a splash and a swirl, enveloped Robert in a water bubble.

“It’s not a serious injury, just his hair got a bit singed.”

Professor Cazel let out a slight breath, then, with the water elemental carrying Robert, walked out of the classroom.

“I’ll take him to the infirmary. Don’t forget to tidy up the classroom when you leave.”

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This experimental accident happened quickly and was resolved even faster.

By the time the students came back to their senses, Professor Cazel had already taken Robert away.

Witt, who had fallen to the ground, looked stunned.

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“It’s just an experimental accident.”

Emma merely glanced and continued her own experiment.

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“It’s just an experimental accident.”

Dark thought silently.

“He should be able to learn enough from this failure, right?”

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“It’s just an experimental accident.”

Diana pouted.

“I can’t even cause an experimental accident.”

“Dark, Dark, save me!”

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Dark was forced to switch to teaching mode.

While Diana and Rose greatly benefited, he also gained a new perspective on the creation of [Magic Missile Charm]: so these points could also go wrong?

Thus accumulating more knowledge.

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