WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Under the constant bombardment of the Chain Fireball Technique, Anthony and Paphit were in a dire situation.

Paphit tried to counterattack.

But his attacks couldn’t break through Li Wei’s barrage of Fireballs.

CRACK!

The Magic Barrier shattered. The battle was over.

Li Wei stood in the center of the classroom, his clothes already dried by the flames.

Anthony and Paphit stood dejectedly in a corner, covered in dust and grime.

The two of them couldn’t believe they had still lost to Li Wei under these circumstances.

Anthony shot Li Wei a look, then stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Paphit looked like he wanted to say something, but no words came out.

He hurriedly followed after Anthony.

Li Wei called out, "Wait a minute."

Anthony stopped and turned back to look at Li Wei.

His expression was ugly. "What, you want to humiliate me further?"

Li Wei pointed at the trashed classroom.

"This place is a wreck. You’re going to have to pay for the damages, right?"

Anthony’s expression shifted several times.

His face flushed red, as if he were even more furious about this than being humiliated by Li Wei.

It was as if Li Wei had no respect for him whatsoever.

He said resentfully, "I’ll pay for it!"

"Let’s go!"

He couldn’t stand to stay there a second longer.

Li Wei took out the money pouch and counted its contents, finding exactly five hundred gold coins.

A pleased smile spread across his face.

He had snatched the pouch right as the battle began.

He wanted to prevent the Gold Coins from being destroyed in the fight.

Gold Coins weren’t like Magic Badges; they couldn’t withstand powerful magical bombardments.

Even Li Wei’s flames could melt Gold Coins.

The coins weren’t pure gold, and melted ones were worthless.

’What a great guy. He knew I was broke, and he still came all this way just to give me money.’

Li Wei glanced at the wrecked classroom and quickly took his leave.

He had no intention of sticking around to pay for the damages.

After all, Anthony had said he would pay.

After Li Wei left, a student from the Red Level Class returned to check on the situation and found the classroom in a horrifying state.

The student reported all three of them: Anthony, Paphit, and Li Wei.

Li Wei had just bought some materials from the Zui Wan Commerce Association and returned to his manor when Law Enforcers from the Disciplinary Committee arrived at his door.

Kuro found Li Wei. "Lord Li Wei, there are Law Enforcers at the door looking for you."

Li Wei knew exactly what this was about.

He nodded and said, "Mm, I know."

Li Wei went to meet the Law Enforcers.

One of the Law Enforcers said, "You’ve been reported for destroying Elemental Tower public property. Please come with us to the Disciplinary Committee to be investigated."

Li Wei didn’t resist and followed them to the Disciplinary Committee.

The Disciplinary Committee had its own separate hall within the Elemental Tower.

It was an independent department.

It was responsible for maintaining order in the Elemental Tower and the Floating City.

And for punishing Mages who broke the rules.

When Li Wei arrived at the Disciplinary Committee, Anthony and Paphit were already there.

A Judge stood on a high platform, looking down at the three of them. He demanded, "Why were you fighting in a classroom? Are you not aware that this is against the rules?"

Li Wei said, "I’m the victim. I was attacked by the two of them."

Anthony glanced at Li Wei and said flatly, "I will compensate for the damaged classroom."

The Judge stared at Anthony, his expression grim.

"You have flagrantly violated the laws of the Elemental Tower!"

Just as he finished speaking, someone walked in and whispered a few words in the Judge’s ear.

The Judge glanced at Anthony, then banged his gavel once.

"Seeing as this is your first offense, you will not be punished this time. However, you must repair the destroyed classroom."

Upon hearing this, Anthony turned and left without another word.

Seeing this, the nearby Law Enforcers looked ready to act.

But when they saw the Judge didn’t react, they retracted the steps they had just started to take.

It was obvious that Anthony had someone powerful backing him.

Even the Judge didn’t dare to do anything to him.

Seeing how things were, Li Wei asked, "Can I go back now?"

The Judge looked at him and said, "Go on."

Li Wei was the victim.

Even if the Judge was resentful, he wouldn’t take it out on Li Wei.

The Judge was clear on this point, at least.

Otherwise, he never would have been able to secure the position of Judge.

Walking out of the Law Enforcement Hall, Li Wei was lost in thought.

’Anthony must have a big shot in the Elemental Tower backing him. Otherwise, this matter wouldn’t have been suppressed so easily.’

Destroying a classroom could be considered a major or a minor offense.

On the minor end, it was simply damaging public property, which only required compensation.

On the major end, it was a blatant attack on a student of the Elemental Tower, which could be classified as an act of terrorism.

It was a serious incident that undermined the unity within the Elemental Tower.

The punishment could be severe, with no upper limit.

But Anthony had backing, so even the Disciplinary Committee didn’t dare touch him.

This made Li Wei keenly aware of how deeply entrenched the factions within the Elemental Tower were.

Fortunately, at least the Judge was relatively fair.

Although he didn’t punish Anthony, he didn’t punish Li Wei either.

Otherwise, someone would have had to take the blame.

Now, a major issue had been turned into a minor one, and the minor one into nothing at all.

After Li Wei returned to the manor, Zog Valen came to find him immediately, concerned about what had happened.

Valen: "Are you all right? What did the Disciplinary Committee want with you?"

Li Wei: "I’m fine. I just had a small conflict with some people that alerted the Disciplinary Committee. It’s all sorted out now."

Valen: "That’s good. If anything really happens, you have to tell me. You’re Torresta’s disciple, so I can’t just stand by and do nothing."

Li Wei: "Thank you. I’ll be sure to let you know if I need help."

The two chatted for a bit before Valen returned to his workshop to continue his research.

Li Wei went back to his room.

’This matter should be over for now.’

’Anthony lost to me, so he’ll definitely do everything he can to break through to Tier Three. Once he does, he’ll probably come looking for trouble again.’

’But, at least I should have some peace and quiet for a while.’

’Next, I need to figure out how to concoct the Energy Secret Medicine.’

With the five hundred gold coins from Anthony, Li Wei was much better off financially.

He purchased five sets of the supplementary ingredients needed to concoct the Energy Secret Medicine.

The total cost was two hundred and fifty Gold Coins.

He spent another two hundred Gold Coins on a second-hand set of Alchemy Tools previously used by a Basic Level alchemist.

A brand-new, complete set of Alchemy Tools would have cost six or seven hundred Gold Coins.

Li Wei couldn’t afford that, so he had to hunt for some used Alchemy Tools.

At least they were good enough for concocting the Energy Secret Medicine.

Afterward, Li Wei began practicing how to concoct the Energy Secret Medicine in his dreams.

After failing more than a dozen times, he successfully concocted an Energy Secret Medicine.

Then he continued to practice, improving his success rate.

Until he could succeed one hundred percent of the time.

[Alchemy (Tier Three)] 1452/10000

Through constant practice, his Alchemy skill improved rapidly.

The next day, Li Wei began to concoct the Energy Secret Medicine for real.

’First step, use a Dissociation Potion to extract the essence.’

Li Wei precisely manipulated the Alchemy Tools, using the perfect amount of Dissociation Potion to flawlessly extract the essence from the supplementary ingredients.

Only after processing the supplementary ingredients did he begin to handle the main ingredient.

A stalk of Dragon’s Blood Grass.

He carefully used the Elemental Melting Furnace to extract the essence of the Dragon’s Blood Grass.

This was far more complex and difficult to handle than refining Mithril.

When refining Mithril, Li Wei just had to blast it with intense fire.

Once the impurities were burned away, what remained was Mithril.

But when extracting the essence from Dragon’s Blood Grass, the slightest mistake would burn the grass to ash.

Among his first dozen or so failures, most of them ended with the Dragon’s Blood Grass being burned to cinders.

After extracting the essence of the Dragon’s Blood Grass, he used a Harmony Potion to fuse the essences of the several ingredients.

He shook the Alchemy Bottle with a specific technique and heated it at varying temperatures to induce a reaction between the substances.

Finally, he obtained a bottle of pale purple Energy Secret Medicine.