"System, open the character panel."
Silently reciting the command in her heart, an illusory interface similar to a game panel appeared before Jia Na's eyes.
【Name: Jia Na-Luo Lan
Profession: First-Level Wizard Apprentice
Profession Level: Level 8
Wizard Talent: Soul Projection (B-grade - Upgrade Progress 75%), Plant Affinity (B-grade - Upgrade Progress 5%)
Wizard Skills: Contract Summoning (Level 19 - Cannot Upgrade Temporarily), Soul Lash (Level 19 - Cannot Upgrade Temporarily), Vine Entanglement (Level 19 - Cannot Upgrade Temporarily), Acid Spray (Level 19 - Cannot Upgrade Temporarily)
Wizard Tricks: Light Feather Spell (Level 10 - Max Level), Flash Spell (Level 10 - Max Level), Cleaning Spell (Level 10 - Max Level)
Physique: 5.5
Mental Power: 17
Strength: 5.3
Agility: 5.8
Perception: 6.7
Charm: 9.6 (+0.1)
Comprehension: 10.5
Luck: 7.5】
"System, view the daily quest panel."
【Today's Quest: Complete any quest commission from White Coral Academy (Completed)
Quest Reward: 100 Talent Experience Points, 500 Skill Experience Points, One Random Reward (Charm +0.1)
Reward Balance: 100 Talent Experience Points, 8500 Skill Experience Points】
Looking at the words "Charm +0.1" in the quest reward, Jia Na's expression couldn't help but turn a little strange.
"The random quest reward has increased Charm for three consecutive times. Before, Charm was only rewarded a little after a long time."
Although a little strange in her heart, Jia Na quickly turned her gaze to the talent experience and skill experience columns.
"Add all the talent experience to the Soul Projection talent, and keep the skill experience."
After issuing the command, the talent experience in the reward balance column all turned into the value "0", and the upgrade progress for the Wizard Talent - B-grade Soul Projection entry on the character panel increased from 75% to 76%.
"Soon, the B-grade Soul Projection talent can be officially upgraded to A-grade. I wonder what new abilities an A-grade Wizard Talent will give me..."
...
After being reborn, Jia Na was found to have rare dual talents upon entering White Coral Academy: the mysterious Summoning talent, B-grade Soul Projection; and the elemental plant talent, B-grade Plant Affinity.
In the Wizard World, apprentice talents are divided into five grades: S-grade, A-grade, B-grade, C-grade, and D-grade.
D-grade is the dividing line between mortals and the extraordinary. To become a Wizard, in addition to having talent above D-grade, having Mental Power greater than or equal to 5 points before the age of 15 is another passing line.
The Mental Power of ordinary people is around 1 point throughout their lives, and for Wizards who can naturally communicate with the world's will and drive magic power, 5 points of Mental Power is still the lowest standard. Only after subsequent meditation, raising Mental Power to 10 points, can one be officially classified as a First-Level Wizard Apprentice.
And as Jia Na, who possessed dual B-grade talents and 8 points of Mental Power at the age of 14, her Wizard Talent was already considered exceptionally outstanding among the same batch of apprentices in the entire Turin.
Although not comparable to the darlings of the world's will with A-grade, dual A-grade, or even S-grade talent. However, for White Coral Academy, a small Wizard Gathering Place, Jia Na's talent was enough to receive preferential resource allocation compared to others.
Things like an independent dormitory, or a monthly subsidy of ten jin sule in the first year, gave Jia Na a small advantage in rapidly improving her strength during the early stages of her apprenticeship.
In less than three months, Jia Na's Mental Power broke through to 10 points, making her one of the first witches among her fellow apprentices to break through to First-Level Wizard Apprentice.
...
Looking at the Mental Power column in the quest panel, after meditating day and night as usual, plus the random rewards from the daily quest system, her Mental Power had already quickly reached the level of a Second-level Wizard Apprentice - 17 points.
Afterward, she only needed to gradually absorb source energy through meditation to increase her Wizard level. When the Wizard tree in her soul branched out its second branch, Jia Na could attempt to break through and officially advance to Second-level Wizard Apprentice.
"The rewards for the current daily quests are mainly Wizard Talent experience and skill experience. To quickly increase Wizard profession experience, besides exchanging for more advanced meditation methods, one can only spend academic credits to go to the Magic Tower within White Coral Academy for source energy infusion... but the price is prohibitive."
Besides providing free basic courses for first-year apprentices and a free cafeteria, all other resources at White Coral Academy need to be exchanged with academic credits. Of course, one can also spend some jin sule, but the purchasing power is slightly lower than that of academic credits.
"It's getting late, I should head back soon."
Closing the quest panel before her eyes, Jia Na no longer delayed and continued to cast Light Feather Spell, walking quickly towards the southeast of Turin.
...
White Coral Academy, located on the southeast side of the City of Turin, is a Wizard Gathering Place alongside Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower.
Unlike Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower, which are Black Wizard Gathering Place leaning towards dark attribute particles, White Coral Academy is more like a comprehensive institution between White Wizard and Black Wizard.
Due to the special location of Turin, surrounded by forests on all sides and shrouded in mist year-round, there are countless swamp venomous insect-type magic beasts in the forest, making it a natural three-level Wizard Gathering Place where dark attribute elements are more active. Therefore, it is very suitable for Black Wizard Gathering Place like Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower, which primarily cultivate shadow, undead, mist, and poison.
And the location where White Coral Academy is situated is higher in terrain, belonging to a gap in the dense mist within the Mist Forest. Therefore, compared to the other two Wizard Gathering Place, White Coral Academy receives more abundant sunlight. This, in turn, causes some sun-loving jungle plants near White Coral Academy to grow more lushly.
"Apprentice, show your proof—"
The mist thinned, and the jungle grew denser.
As Jia Na passed through the mist illusion array outside the academy, a man-faced willow about five meters tall suddenly appeared before her. Seeing this, Jia Na, who was already used to it, did not panic but politely bowed and took out a small section of a withered branch carved with Jia Na's name from within her wizard robe.
"Okay, go in."
"Thank you, Tree Spirit Sir."
Layers of branches quickly withdrew, and in an instant, a tree path wide enough for only one person appeared before Jia Na. Seeing this, Jia Na, who had put the mist branch back into her wizard robe, continued to cast Light Feather Spell and quickly walked into the tree path, heading towards the depths of the barrier.
"Creak, creak—"
The figure disappeared, and the branches regrouped.
The moment Jia Na entered the tree path, the narrow entrance that had allowed one person to pass was immediately covered by countless branches. Mist enveloped the area, insects and birds chirped lowly, and accompanied by the creaking sound of rustling branches, the barrier entrance of White Coral Academy returned to peace.
"Caw—caw—"
The passage wiggled, and after walking for about thirty seconds, Jia Na finally emerged from the vine-covered tree wall.
Perhaps the thorns twisted too much, innocently waking up a few Ravens that were sleeping on the tree wall. They flapped their wings, cawed angrily as they circled, and flew away resentfully.
"Compared to the damp and cold within the City of Turin, the climate inside the academy is indeed warmer and more comfortable."
Smelling the dry and warm air within the barrier, for a White Wizard with Plant Affinity talent, a warm and sunny day was Jia Na's favorite weather.