Chapter 5

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Bai Ze suppressed the hostility in his heart and nodded in agreement.

Teacher Fang Yu picked up her textbook and said as she walked, “The next class is self-study. All of you can head to the field to train on your own.”

Upon hearing this, the students stood up from their seats unanimously and walked out of the classroom.

Most of the self-study lessons were arranged between various theoretical lessons so that students have time to digest and absorb the knowledge for their own use.

“Don’t be discouraged. I have a few beginner’s level magic books at home. You can still learn magic even if you can’t go to the Manuscript Library.”

Seeing Bai Ze’s thoughtful look, Jiang Qingyue immediately comforted him.

“It’s fine. Let’s go to the field to train together.”

Bai Ze took off his coat and said with a smile.

The two of them left the classroom side by side, and it didn’t take long for all the students to gather at the field not far from the classroom.

In the past, the class monitor was the one who organized the self-study sessions. During the three years of high school, everyone had already chosen a suitable sparring partner.

By now, most of the students had already found partners, and they began to cast spells and practice.

Looking at the glowing magic spells, Bai Ze was about to find a place to meditate, but before taking a few steps, he was stopped by the class monitor, Liang Rou.

“What is it?”

Bai Ze turned back to look at Liang Rou, his tone cold and emotionless.

Liang Rou gave a scornful snort, then pretended to be concerned and said, “Bai Ze, everyone else in the class already has a sparring partner. You can’t be an exception.”

“How about this? I’ll get Zhang Xian to spar with you.”

Liang Rou’s lips curled into a sneer, and her expression contained a hint of unfathomable meaning.

As soon as she said this, the people who were practicing stopped their actions at once and turned to look at Bai Ze as if they were watching a show.

Everyone knew the class monitor’s intention.

Although Zhang Xian was only a student with average abilities in the class, he had already condensed two magic rings. However, Bai Ze was just an orphan. His family background was not well-off, and he had no way to learn magic at all.

He only knew a basic meditation skill. If these two people were to fight, wouldn’t it be a case of outright bullying?

At this time, Zhang Xian immediately walked out of the crowd. He shook his wrists and looked at Bai Ze with a smirk.

“Come on, Bai Ze. I’ll practice with you today.”

Bai Ze narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the two people’s malicious gazes.

Just as he was about to make a move, Jiang Qingyue stood up from the side.

“Liang Rou, what kind of ill intentions do you have? The training between the two of them is not fair at all!”

“Zhang Xian, you’ve already condensed two magic rings and become a junior Mage. How can you have the nerve to fight Bai Ze, who’s still a magic apprentice!”

Jiang Qingyue didn’t show them any courtesy and immediately exposed their scheme.

Zhang Xian’s expression changed slightly when he realized that his good plan had been disrupted.

With his plan exposed in front of everyone, he felt somewhat humiliated and immediately shouted, “Bai Ze, what’s so great standing behind a woman? Come out and fight if you have the ability!”

Standing at the side, Liang Rou saw that the situation had developed beyond her expectations. She immediately took a step forward and said indifferently, “Since Qingyue feels that it’s unfair to compete in magic power, then Zhang Xian and Bai Ze will compete in meditation. After all, everyone knows how to meditate, so there’s no problem!”

After Liang Rou finished speaking, she immediately looked at the people behind her. Most of the students didn’t want to cause trouble, so they all agreed.

Even though Jiang Qingyue wasn’t afraid of Liang Rou’s family, the truth was that meditation was indeed the fairest way.

In today’s world, meditation was a skill that all students knew.

After all, meditation was a stepping stone to the field of magic. Only after learning to meditate could one attract the magic particles in the air.

Conducting magic particles into the body was the most mainstream way to improve spiritual power.

When one was meditating, other people could see with their naked eyes that the magic particles were converging into the mage’s body like a trickle of water.

It was easy to judge the strength of a mage’s meditation skill based on the number of magic particles.

However, meditation was usually carried out alone.

If two people meditated in the same place, the magic particles in the air would be insufficient, and they would be grabbing each other’s magic particles.

If such a phenomenon occurred, then it meant that one could compete for the particles.

The one who absorbed the most magic particles would be declared the winner.

Everyone agreed that in this situation, competing in meditation was the best choice.

They could easily determine the outcome of the competition without any danger.

Even so, Jiang Qingyue was still a little worried.

She was Bai Ze’s childhood friend, so she naturally knew that Bai Ze practiced the worst level of F-class meditation skill. His efficiency in absorbing magic would definitely be inferior to Zhang Xian.

However, at this moment, Bai Ze gave her a look, hinting to her not to worry.

Jiang Qingyue still felt that it was inappropriate, but she decided to trust Bai Ze in the end.

[System message: your basic meditation skill is facing a challenge, and you are eager to try it out. The automatic cultivation progress has been increased by 100%.]

It was because of the system’s sudden prompt that Bai Ze thought he could accept the competition.

However, he didn’t want to reveal his trump card so readily. At the very least, he wanted to gain some benefits.

Thinking of this, Bai Ze raised his head and looked at Zhang Xian, who was eager to try, and said calmly, “I can agree to your challenge, but what benefits do I get if I win?”

Seeing Bai Ze’s confident look, Zhang Xian suddenly burst into laughter.

“Bai Ze, are you crazy? I’m practicing a D-class breathing technique, and to nurture this technique, my family spent tens of thousands of bucks to buy a soul-storing lamp. Now, my meditation skill has been upgraded to the Fluent level, which you’ll never be able to reach in your life, understand?”

“And I’ve already obtained the right to go to the Manuscript Library last week, and I have the ability to condense three magic rings. If you can beat me, I’ll give up the right to go to the Manuscript Library.”

Zhang Xian’s face was full of arrogance, and his eyes were full of disdain as he looked at Bai Ze. He paused for a moment before continuing.

“But I’ll say this upfront. If you lose, you’ll have to kneel down and apologize to the class monitor and me. Do you have the guts?”

Zhang Xian’s words made many students look at him with a hint of envy and surprise.

If this guy could successfully condense the third magic ring, he would probably soar to the sky and become the school’s top student.

On the other side, Bai Ze’s expression did not waver at all in the face of Zhang Xian’s hostile words. Instead, he immediately nodded in agreement.

“Very good, let’s start the competition now!”

Seeing that Bai Ze had agreed, Liang Rou immediately urged them on.

Under everyone’s gaze, Zhang Xian immediately sat cross-legged on the smooth marble, then closed his eyes and began meditating.

In just a few breaths, magic particles that sparkled like tiny stars began appearing around him.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding people immediately sighed.

“As expected from a D-class skill, the magic particles absorbed are quite a lot.”

“Tsk, tsk. How can Bai Ze win when the D-class breathing technique is combined with the Fluent level?”