Chapter 236: Extraordinary Comprehension
Regarding Andy's flattery, Jia Na also nodded cooperatively, and then quickly scanned the apprentices in the class.
“It seems that last year's Metamorphosis course really dampened everyone's enthusiasm. The number of apprentices who signed up this year is clearly less than half of last year's.”
After a full year of study last year, besides Jia Na, only one third-year apprentice named Leien successfully performed Local Deformation with the help of Telepathy Potion.
Besides that, no one else successfully transformed.
And this huge gap also greatly frustrated those apprentices who had high enthusiasm for Metamorphosis at the very beginning.
By the second half of the semester, the classroom, which was originally quite full, ended up with less than half the number of people still persisting.
Jia Na took a quick look just now and found that most of the people taking this class were still the same group of apprentices who were persistent in Metamorphosis last year.
Of course, there were also some apprentices who had just entered their second year, like Andy, who were yearning for this popular course, Metamorphosis.
“Good morning, apprentices.”
“Good morning, McGonagall Professor.”
As soon as the class time arrived, Lilith-Meg, wearing a dark purple wizard robe and with her hair styled in an exquisite bun, walked unhurriedly to the podium with elegant steps.
“It seems that many people have ultimately chosen to give up this course.”
Looking at the slightly empty classroom, Lilith-Meg, who had already anticipated this situation, only sighed with a slight sense of regret.
“But, there are still people who continue to persist.”
When saying this, Lilith-Meg was looking at Jia Na. Seeing this, Jia Na also returned a humble and proper smile.
“Alright, let's get back to the main topic. This year's course arrangement is a bit different from previous years. In addition to the distinction between Beginner Transformation and Intermediate Metamorphosis, we also have an additional textbook this year—”
As she spoke, a not-so-thick, brown hardcover book appeared on the podium in front of Lilith-Meg.
“As you can see, this textbook was compiled by me personally. If any of you think that the content of this textbook needs to be adjusted or revised, you can inform me immediately, and I can pay you corresponding compensation. Alright, everyone, open your books.”
Upon hearing this, Jia Na also opened the textbook to the first page along with Lilith-Meg.
“The preface on the first page contains some of my insights from the time I first came into contact with the 'Metamorphosis field' until now. If you are interested, you can open it and take a look after class.”
As Jia Na had already completed her preview before the start of the semester, she had long finished reading the content of the preface.
As a unique master in the field of Metamorphosis, many of Lilith-Meg's insights and views were very different from the ideas and perspectives expounded in some of the books related to Metamorphosis that Jia Na usually read in the library.
Most people believe that to learn Metamorphosis well, the first and foremost thing is to see how strong a Wizard Apprentice's soul perception ability is.
For those apprentices with naturally weak soul perception ability, they might not even be able to get started with Metamorphosis.
However, Lilith-Meg is different. She believes that every Wizard Apprentice can master Deformation Art, and the key to mastery lies in the Wizard Apprentice's use of Mental Power.
These two viewpoints are not contradictory in themselves; they just focus on different directions.
One is more objectively materialistic, and the other is more subjectively idealistic. From Jia Na's perspective, she actually leans more towards Lilith-Meg's idea regarding the importance of Mental Power for mastering Metamorphosis.
After all, although Jia Na's Perception attribute is not low, it is not particularly high either.
But her mastery of Metamorphosis can be described as 'doing it with ease', and she has never felt any obstruction.
Jia Na believes that the appearance of this situation should be inseparable from her Comprehension attribute, which has already exceeded 10 points.
Jia Na currently has three attributes that have broken through 10 points: Mental Power, Comprehension, and Charm.
Furthermore, Jia Na's Comprehension attribute even surpassed the extraordinary critical value of '10 points' earlier than her Charm.
Therefore, whether it is Witchcraft or Metamorphosis, Jia Na finds it particularly easy to learn any course in the field of Mysticism.
Just like the first time she learned how to make black feathers like a Raven grow on her hand in the Metamorphosis class, Jia Na simply followed Lilith-Meg's instructions and imagined herself as a 'Raven that accidentally transformed into a human and was anxious to change back to its original form', and she easily achieved Local Deformation.
The content in the preface on the first page, in addition to explaining Lilith-Meg's philosophy on Metamorphosis, also discussed many of her insights into the field of Metamorphosis at different stages of her life.
The overall content is narrated from a first-person perspective, written in a very easy-to-understand manner, and is very suitable for Wizard Apprentices like Jia Na who have not been exposed to Metamorphosis for long.
“Everyone, turn your textbooks to Chapter Five—”
Rustle. As everyone turned their books to Chapter Five, the chapter title successfully attracted everyone's attention:
Intermediate Metamorphosis and the Theory of Elemental Symbiosis.
This Metamorphosis textbook compiled by Lilith-Meg consists of six major chapters: Chapter One 【Five Laws of Gamp's Metamorphosis】, Chapter Two 【The Power of the Mind】, Chapter Three 【Explanation of Local Deformation】, Chapter Four 【Does Metamorphosis Have Limitations】, Chapter Five 【Intermediate Metamorphosis and the Theory of Elemental Symbiosis】, and Chapter Six 【What is Complete Transformation】.
Based on the chapter titles, Jia Na should have finished learning the content of the first four chapters in the entire year last year. The main content for this year will focus on Chapters Five and Six.
In other words, after completing this year's course study, Jia Na can be considered officially graduated from Lilith-Meg.
As for the more profound content of Metamorphosis later, Jia Na guessed that it is probably like the Advanced Courses, belonging to the scope of contract confidentiality.
If Jia Na wants to continue her advanced studies and research, she still has to go to Dordogne-White Tower.
“There should be quite a few apprentices taking this class today who are new to Metamorphosis, and for this group of people, I recommend you learn it next year.”
“My focus for this year's lecture will mainly be on Intermediate Metamorphosis and Complete Transformation. These two parts of the content are strongly related to the first four chapters. If you haven't learned the content of the first four chapters, sitting here will only be a waste of your own time—”