Chapter 233: A 10% Increase in Energy Particle Concentration

Chapter 233: A 10% Increase in Energy Particle Concentration

2024-10-14

The Morning Star Assessment is a new evaluation system introduced by the Starlight Academy thirty years ago.

Any Apprentice Wizard under thirty years old can register for the assessment. Those who pass become Morning Star Students.

Not only do they receive a monthly stipend, but they also become disciples of a Wizard Mentor.

True disciples!

Ever since the implementation of this assessment system, Morning Star Students have become synonymous with prodigies.

In the past thirty years, over three-quarters of the students who advanced to Third-Class Apprentice Wizards were Morning Star Students.

This fact further attests to the prestige of being a Morning Star Student.

Upon hearing Koy's words, Hailin said without hesitation, "Grandfather, I plan to accumulate more resources before applying for the Morning Star Assessment. With my current strength, the chances of passing are slim."

"Very well, you're only sixteen, so you still have plenty of time." Koy nodded with a smile.

Xie Man also became a Second-Class Apprentice Wizard at around sixteen.

And it's said that Xie Man is now working on constructing a talent crystal model. If everything goes as planned, becoming a full-fledged Wizard is almost a certainty.

My grandson's talent is no less than Xie Man's, and with the support of the royal family, his resources are even more abundant. His future achievements might surpass Xie Man's!

"During this time, you can also consider which mentor you want to choose. I can put in a good word for you in advance," Koy said with a warm smile.

The selection of Morning Star Students and their mentors is a two-way process.

After each assessment, Wizards can extend an offer to the Morning Star Students they deem suitable.

If a student is chosen by multiple Wizards, they can select one as their mentor.

If a student isn't chosen by any Wizard, the Academy Council will assign a mentor to them.

However, the latter scenario is rare.

Wizards need disciples to assist with experiments and handle various tasks. It's better to choose a more talented Morning Star Student than a regular student.

Thus, it's uncommon for Wizards to reject Morning Star Students.

Of course, Morning Star Students also benefit from their mentors' guidance.

It's a win-win situation.

Hailin hesitated a moment before asking, "Grandfather, can I be apprenticed to Uncle Su Nan?"

Koy was taken aback, hesitated, and then shook his head. "Su Nan has been very busy these past years. He hasn't taken on any new disciples since Xie Man and the others. I can ask for you, but don't get your hopes up too high."

Hailin's face lit up, and he quickly said, "Thank you, Grandfather!"

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Longlin, Starlight Wizard Tower.

Tajana strode confidently down the corridor. The Apprentice Wizards she encountered along the way mostly stopped to greet her enthusiastically.

Tajana nodded in acknowledgment, her expression as cool as ever.

The Apprentices didn't seem to mind, as if they were used to it.

Once Tajana was out of earshot, one of the Apprentices whispered to a companion, "Was that girl the only Dark Elf student in the Academy?"

"Who else could it be?"

"Why are you all so eager to please her? She's just a Dark Elf Apprentice Wizard, right? Just because she's rare?"

"Are you uninformed? Tajana isn't just a student personally recommended by Lord Su Nan; she's also Lady Rose's disciple. With those two identities, who would dare underestimate her?"

"Ah, why would Lady Rose take a Dark Elf as a disciple?"

"Don't underestimate her just because she's a Dark Elf. Tajana is said to have even greater talent than Senior Xie Man and Senior Cole. She just started a bit later, but she's already a Third-Class Apprentice Wizard and is reportedly constructing the final Star Ring."

"Really? A Dark Elf practicing human meditation techniques can be that powerful?"

"Of course. How else would she be personally recommended by Lord Su Nan? She's no ordinary Dark Elf."

Tajana was oblivious to the whispers in the corridor. She walked briskly until she reached the door at the end of the hallway, where she stopped and knocked lightly.

"Come in."

A familiar, melodious voice came from behind the door.

Tajana pushed the door open and entered.

The room was sparsely furnished, containing only a desk, a chair, and two bookshelves.

Artur seemed to be signing documents. Upon hearing the door open, he looked up and smiled when he saw Tajana.

"You're here, Jana."

'Jana' was Artur's nickname for Tajana, a term he used to make the name simpler and more affectionate.

In the entire Starlight Academy, only Artur and her teacher, Lady Rose, called her by this name.

A faint smile appeared on Tiana's face as she walked to the desk and placed the documents in front of Attila.

"These are the records of the twelve mage apprentices who have been apprehended for crimes over the past year. They are all in custody. How should we deal with them?"

"Same as before. Send them to the restricted area of Base 2. Let them work off their debts in the workshops. The first small secondary magic stone vein is almost ready, and Lord Starfall asked me to prepare a batch of clay golems in advance. We'll have them refine the clay for the golems."

As he spoke, Attila took the documents and wrote his approval on them.

Seeing her friend's efficient demeanor, Tiana couldn't help but marvel.

The role of being an assistant to the Star Alliance's controller truly refined a person.

Over the years, though Attila's personality still retained its gentleness, it had also gained a sense of efficiency and authority.

Putting down the quill, Attila sighed. "I don't understand why, but in recent years, more and more mage apprentices have been emerging from every corner. Not only has the number of criminals increased, but the Star Alliance has also been recruiting more mage apprentices."

Tiana seemed to recall something and said, "I heard the flower fairies in the plantation say that the growth of magic plants has improved in recent years. Could these two things be related?"

Attila pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "I'm not sure. Forget it; that's not something we should worry about. Let's just do our jobs."

"By the way, didn't you mention something about enhancing your magic pet with dragon blood a while ago?"

Attila flicked his wrist, and a small bottle containing a third of a vial of blood appeared in his palm. He shook it at her.

"This is the blood of Lord Hidden Dragon, which I obtained from Lord Amy a while ago. I'm giving it to you."

He tossed the small bottle to Tiana.

The dark elf girl instinctively caught it, her face lighting up with surprise.

Her magic pet was a Storm Dragon Beast, which was currently at a critical stage of breaking through to the fourth circle of legendary status. She had been planning to exchange for a vial of dragon blood to enhance its bloodline concentration and increase the chances of a successful breakthrough.

The Star Alliance's exchange list offered various types of dragon blood, all supposedly refined from the blood of lesser dragons by Lord Su Nan.

Among all the dragon blood, the most precious was the blood of Lord Hidden Dragon.

As Lord Su Nan's magic pet, Lord Hidden Dragon's combat prowess was so formidable that even the deans of the academy admitted their inferiority.

It was rumored that Deputy Dean Fakado had recently fought Lord Hidden Dragon and was defeated without any doubt.

Her teacher, Rose, had once said that Lord Hidden Dragon's true strength had reached the level of a first-rank liquid wizard.

In the entire Star Alliance, no wizard could match it except Lord Su Nan.

Thus, the blood of Lord Hidden Dragon was incredibly precious, and the price for exchanging it was so high that it was almost shocking.

Tiana hadn't expected Attila to actually find a vial of Lord Hidden Dragon's blood!

"Thank you!"

The dark elf girl wasn't one for pretense and accepted it without any fuss, silently noting the favor Attila had done for her.

With the dragon blood in hand, Tiana, eager to enhance her magic pet, chatted a few more sentences and then left.

Attila tidied up the documents and also left the room, teleporting to the eleventh floor.

Upon arriving at the study, he didn't see Lord Starfall, so he asked the water sprite in charge of cleaning and learned that Lord Starfall had gone to the control room of the Eye of the Star.

Attila was also involved in the advancement of the Eye of the Star project and had a deeper understanding of the network than others.

To better serve its purpose, the core of the entire monitoring network—the Star Core—was specially placed at the center of the world.

This location was also the center of the entire monitoring network, maximizing its coverage over the entire continent, including the underground world and the Rainbow Sea.

Given its importance, Lord Starfall had stationed a small golem army, as well as over ten puppet masters and secret puppets, ensuring impenetrable defense.

Additionally, though the core of the monitoring network wasn't in the Wizard Tower, the tower still had a replica core that could monitor the entire network in real-time.

As Attila approached the control room, a voice came from inside before he could knock.

"Come in."

Attila pushed the door open and walked in, bowing slightly to the figure standing beside the giant eye-shaped crystal ball.

"Lord Starfall."

Rize looked away from the crystal ball and turned to Attila, speaking calmly.

"What is it?"

"Lord, here are the important documents from the past two months. They require your review."

As the assistant to the controller, Attila had the authority to directly decide on matters of relatively lower importance, but for the more significant ones, Rize still needed to review them personally.

"Place it on the table; I'll look at it later."

Attila followed the order and placed the documents on the table, only to find Lize's attention back on the crystal orb.

She didn't want to disturb her, so she bowed and prepared to leave.

But just as she reached the door, Lize's voice sounded from behind.

"Call Carolina and the Red Widow."

"Yes, my lady."

Attila didn't ask any more questions, bowed in acknowledgment, and left the control room.

It didn't take long for Carolina and the Red Widow to arrive at the control room.

"My lady, what do you need from us?"

Carolina and the Red Widow bowed, their demeanor respectful.

Over the years, Lize's capable and efficient leadership had won them over, extinguishing any thoughts of challenging her.

More importantly, they had learned by chance that Su Nan had made a pact with Lize to help her regain her physical form.

This meant that in the future, Lize would recover her wizard's powers.

Upon learning this, their ambitions for power and influence vanished.

They knew very well that they could never compete with a wizard, especially one who possessed knowledge even deeper than the heads of the Starlight Academy.

After that, they put aside all their schemes and focused on carrying out Lize's orders.

"Bring all the detailed reports of the Star Alliance's resource points from the last three years."

"Additionally, send out new exploration teams to search for resource points across the continent."

Carolina and the Red Widow were taken aback.

The first order was fine, but the second one left them puzzled.

Carolina hesitated and said, "My lady, just twenty years ago, we expended enormous resources to conduct a large-scale exploration of the entire continent, mapping out all the resource points. Is it too soon to do it again?"

In just twenty years, how many new resource points could the Starlight Continent possibly have?

Each resource point that met the Star Alliance's standards, whether naturally formed or created by the Alliance, took centuries to mature.

Especially metal veins, which could take anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand years to form.

In just twenty years, there wouldn't be a significant change in the number of resource points.

Initiating another large-scale exploration now would only waste resources.

"No problem," Lize said calmly. "Do as I said."

Seeing that Lize had made up her mind, Carolina and the Red Widow, though puzzled, followed her orders.

Once they left, Lize turned her gaze back to the crystal orb, a sharp glint in her eyes.

The Star Eye network had two main functions.

One was to detect energy particle fluctuations.

The other was to establish one-way communication with targets holding the medium within its range, allowing for long-distance communication.

These functions were derived from the Star Core, an improvement on the inherent abilities of the Star Core itself.

The ability to detect energy particle fluctuations not only recorded and locked onto these fluctuations but also measured the concentration of energy particles on the Starlight Continent.

From Lize's observations over the past thirty years, the energy particle concentration across the Starlight Continent had changed, but overall, it was increasing.

The increase was only about 10%, but it was a significant signal.

She had ordered Carolina and the Red Widow to conduct the resource exploration to verify this.

If the energy particle concentration on the Starlight Continent had indeed increased, then there should be a noticeable rise in resources.

Even a 10% increase, when applied to the entire Starlight Continent, would be a massive change.

The continent would likely see the emergence of many new resource points, and existing ones would see increased yields.

If this were confirmed, it would mean that the dimensional barrier of the Starlight Continent was healing at an accelerating rate.

In as little as two to three hundred years, or as much as four to five hundred years, the barrier would be fully repaired.

When that happened, the Starlight Continent, freed from the dimensional lock, would face drastic changes.

Whether it was the invasion of foreign creatures or the connection with other dimensions, the impact on the Starlight Continent would be enormous.

To better handle such a situation, preparations needed to be made in advance.

"I must inform Su Nan of this news."

After a moment's thought, Lize turned and left the control room.

(End of Chapter)

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