Chapter 132: Signs of Evolution
On the way back to her dormitory after leaving the Magic Tower, Jia Na couldn't help but touch the thorn bracelet on her wrist.
As Gawen-Tuer said, the apprentice stage is the most valuable time; the Witchcraft learned just from the usual "Basic Spells" class is enough for lower-grade apprentices to study for a very long time.
If they exchange for and learn a large number of additional Witchcraft, this study time will be further prolonged.
Moreover, for low-level apprentices currently in the apprentice stage, the most crucial thing is to try their best to raise their apprentice level to third level before graduating in their third year.
After all, White Coral Academy has limited resources, and by the third year, the academy will only allocate resources to apprentices with high Wizard levels or strong overall capabilities.
For example, by giving rewards through various academy trials, or by imposing apprentice level restrictions on high-reward tasks, such as rounding up Shadow Creature.
Precisely because of this, Gawen-Tuer, who had climbed up step by step from a low-level apprentice, couldn't help but use her own experience to advise Jia Na, whom she favored and liked.
Although Jia Na also knew that the other party meant well, she knew her own situation best. "System, open the character panel."
Looking straight ahead, Jia Na's expression was thoughtful as she looked at the skill experience points on the character entry, which had decreased significantly due to frantically adding points when she advanced to Second-level Wizard Apprentice.
"If I just max out these seven Witchcraft to their current level limit, the current experience is still enough. It's just that once this experience is used up, I'll have to rely on daily tasks to accumulate experience again."
Closing the character panel, Jia Na returned to her dormitory, took off her wizard robe, and placed all the magic scrolls from the thorn bracelet onto the experimental table.
She then arranged them from left to right according to their difficulty level, placing the easier-to-learn Plant-based Witchcraft on the far left, followed by mind control Witchcraft, and finally several relatively difficult-to-learn general Witchcraft.
"Let's start with the simplest ones—if all goes well, these Witchcraft should be mostly mastered before Monday."
Once a Witchcraft is mastered, Jia Na can add points to it up to the current level limit.
It is precisely this "cheat" method that allows Jia Na, in the apprentice stage, to greatly save on the time cost of practicing Witchcraft.
Not only did it not delay her meditation practice, but it also allowed her more time for elective courses, spending time in the library, and working to earn money.
Of course, the relatively generous income brought by the Nightingale Opera Troupe also prevented Jia Na from being perpetually stuck in the mire of academy tasks like other commoner apprentices, which can also be considered a form of time cost saving.
The moonlight was hazy, the darkness deep.
Jia Na, who had only eaten a sandwich she packed from the cafeteria during the day, suddenly felt hungry at night.
Opening the refrigerator, she found that the things she had bought before were almost all eaten. "Never mind, eating too late makes it easy to gain weight."
Sitting back at the experimental table, Jia Na looked at the two Plant-based Witchcraft she had easily mastered, namely Plant Vision and Spore Parasitism, and couldn't help but rub her slightly sore neck.
"Compared to Mental Perception, although Plant Vision has certain limitations, if used well, its detection range is completely incomparable to Mental Perception."
As a Plant-based exclusive Witchcraft, Plant Vision, its advantage is that it doesn't consume much magic power, and at the same time, it can continuously extend its range according to the density of surrounding plant Growth.
However, its disadvantages are also extremely obvious.
Besides being limited to apprentices with the Plant Affinity talent, this Witchcraft can only be used in environments where plants grow. Unlike Mental Perception, which can be used for detection in any environment as long as one's mental power is strong enough.
Another Witchcraft, also a relatively well-known existence among Plant-based Witchcraft—Spore Parasitism.
By controlling plant-based magic particles, it simulates toxic and highly adhesive plant spores, which attach to the enemy's body, applying negative toxic status effects.
It can be considered an extremely insidious and difficult-to-detect Witchcraft among apprentice Witchcraft—
She let out a slight breath, looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, and Jia Na, who had studied for almost an entire afternoon, stretched lazily, preparing to turn off the lights and go to bed for her daily, unchanging late-night meditation.
Just as Jia Na had walked to the side of her bed, a familiar system task notification sound suddenly rang out in Jia Na's mind.
【Today's Task: Comprehend Purification Laws;
Task Reward: 100 talent experience points, 500 skill experience points, one random reward.】
Looking at the system content that suddenly triggered on the task panel, Jia Na raised an eyebrow, feeling slightly strange.
"Could it be that this time is very suitable for comprehending 'Purification Laws'?"
According to Jia Na's long-term observation, she had already realized that the "task system" had certain trigger characteristics.
The tasks it released were often based on Jia Na's objective actual situation, and it generally didn't release tasks aimlessly.
Precisely because of this, Jia Na, who had originally planned to meditate, suddenly changed her mind upon seeing the task information on the panel before her.
"By my will, I command you, summon—Celestial Sparrow."
Accompanied by a flash of milky white light, the Celestial Sparrow, looking bewildered, appeared in the dormitory.
"Master, you called for me."
Gently flapping its wings, as usual, the Celestial Sparrow naturally flew onto Jia Na's shoulder.
"Afu, have you gotten heavier again?"
Although its appearance was still the same, Jia Na could clearly feel that the weight of the Celestial Sparrow on her shoulder was significantly heavier than the last time.
"Afu isn't quite sure—. It's just that for the past few days, Afu has been feeling very sleepy—"
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Very sleepy?
Hearing the Celestial Sparrow's description, Jia Na's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"Which day did this situation start for you?"
"Afu doesn't quite remember. I only know that ever since Master called for Afu last time, I've been getting sleepier and sleepier."
Is it because of me?
Seeing the Celestial Sparrow's groggy appearance, Jia Na's heart vaguely formed some guesses.
"Could it be—triggered by that 'Purification Laws Comprehension Knowledge' reward?"
The last time Jia Na summoned the Celestial Sparrow was precisely when she was comprehending the 【Purification Laws Comprehension Knowledge *1】 reward.
To maximize the effect of the reward, Jia Na, while absorbing the 【Purification Laws Comprehension Knowledge】,
also summoned the Celestial Sparrow, attempting to comprehend this reward together with the Celestial Sparrow through mental communication.
However, at that time, because the Celestial Sparrow's 'brain capacity' was too small to complete the comprehension, the Celestial Sparrow only lasted for a few seconds before directly fainting.
"Purification Laws, weight gain, drowsiness—"
Looking at the Celestial Sparrow's twitching little head, combined with the knowledge Jia Na had previously mastered in her 'Basic Biology' class, the conjecture she had been unsure about in her mind suddenly took shape.
"Could this be a sign of evolution?"
Her mental power spread rapidly. As Jia Na continuously used her mental power to sense the Celestial Sparrow's magic power, a subtle sense of joy quickly sprouted from the bottom of Jia Na's heart—