Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 511: See the truth at noon tomorrow (new book content)

This is a two-story wooden cabin, but the main structure is made of brick and stone. The roof has a chimney, with sloping tiles. A path paved with cobblestones stretches from the doorway to the gate of the fence. The small yard at the entrance is full of green grass, and there is even a tree of an unknown species on the side, laden with golden-yellow fruits.

Li Qing reached out and placed his hand on a plaque by the fence gate. The light ball conjured in his mind flickered slightly, and then Li Qing felt as though the silent house in front of him had come alive, giving rise to a sense of connection as if by blood.

His expression was somewhat peculiar, as if he had given birth to a child.

With a slight shift in thought, the originally dim house instantly lit up. Gentle light poured out of the windows, finally allowing his tense heart to relax slightly.

The fence gate opened automatically, and the door of the house also swung open slowly, welcoming its new master.

Li Qing walked into the house, where he saw a sofa set surrounding a fireplace. Deer heads were hung on either side of the fireplace, and next to it was an open kitchen, with an open study on the other side.

A soft chandelier emitted orange-yellow light, illuminating the entire house, allowing everything to be seen clearly.

Upstairs are two bedrooms. Li Qing reached out and pressed on the bed, finding the touch smooth and supple.

After going downstairs, Li Qing opened a door on the side of the study, revealing stairs leading straight down.

It was a basement.

After a round confirming there was nothing unusual, he returned to the basement entrance.

Step by step, he walked down, the wall lamps along the way lighting up one by one, like automatic sensor lights, intriguing Li Qing.

Upon entering the basement, he saw tables filled with a variety of glass apparatus for alchemy purposes. On the other side was a magic altar.

According to the book's description, it was supposed to be used for summoning otherworldly creatures. After glancing at the magic runes on the altar, Li Qing retreated. If he hadn't misunderstood, there seemed to be summoning runes for Evil Gods mixed in.

Enough already; this Gray Magic Academy really knows no bounds. Clearly, both in "Magic Origin" and "Mage Promotion Path," which were studied before enrollment, it explicitly stated that mages who learned Summoning Technique are prohibited from summoning Evil Gods.

In the future, if one would like to expand, it can be done by continuously broadening with magic. If one had the leisure, this two-story cabin could even be transformed into a palace internally.

But all these were too distant from Li Qing; the journey of learning and practicing magic is quite arduous. For high-level magic involving space, he could only look on longingly for now.

Li Qing returned to the hall and sat on the sofa for a brief rest, then went to check the kitchen.

Ugh, there's nothing at all; even the cupboard has ice element magic runes engraved for freezing ingredients.

Turning to the study, only a few books were on the shelf.

"Magic Origin," "Magic Rune Introduction," "Formation of Magic Power," "Magic Theory," "Mage Promotion Path," "Basic Meditation Technique."

All are books listed in the admission letter.

According to information provided by the emblem, Gray Magic Academy has its own library, richly endowed, and even boasts that books written by God can be found there.

Teaching area, library, magic research laboratory, and experimental class area.

The entire Gray Magic Academy is divided into these four areas.

So, it's time to go back.

Li Qing glanced at the closed door of the cabin, stepped forward, and grasped the doorknob. As the tattoo of the emblem on his wrist emerged, radiating magical fluctuations, the doorknob glowed with several unknown magic runes. After circling the doorknob, they stopped, and he pushed the door open.

What lay before him was no longer the lawn outside the safe house, but his less than thirty square meters studio apartment, just as if he had returned from outside and opened the door to enter.

"I see."

Li Qing suddenly understood, the safe house directly searched through the passage he came from, then linked with the door to find an open channel.

Then comes the question, if it automatically anchors and searches like this, why does it determine the main door instead of a drawer, wardrobe, or the like?

Could it be selecting the most suitable opening method according to his height indication?

Very likely.

With questions in mind, Li Qing entered the rented room and flopped onto the bed, a kind of unprecedented sense of security filling his heart.

It was too oppressive in Gray Magic Academy's environment, difficult to find an active atmosphere.

The scene was vastly different from what he had imagined, filled with coldness and evil.

Indeed, all that 'Harry Potter' stuff on TV is deceptive; though magic possibly originated from God, perhaps it wasn't from a proper God...

Or rather, up to now, what Gray Magic Academy has shown is not proper magic.

Just by looking at the summoning runes etched on that magic altar in the safe house basement, it's evidently inclined toward Hell or the Abyss.

Li Qing snapped back to reality and glanced at the computer screen, which was still on. He couldn't help but be stunned.

The time was now the first day of the new year, zero minutes past midnight.

That is to say, he had spent at least over four hours at Gray Magic Academy, yet during this period, reality was momentarily paused?!

No, that's not right; the concept was reversed.

It should be that in this mysterious locale of Gray Magic Academy, time nearly stood still, from going in to coming out, not even a second had passed in the real world.

It does not belong to this world.

So there's another question, is there magic in this world?

Li Qing indulged in wild thoughts, finally letting out a sigh. In the end, he still knew too little and needed to continue observing in the future.

Moreover, those guys who entered Gray Magic Academy with him, every single one of them didn't seem to be good people.

Especially that Anna...

Li Qing squinted his eyes. It had been a long time since he felt an existence threatening his life. If they were outside Gray Magic Academy, the opponent would probably be quite dangerous and aggressive.

He rubbed a fireball, beginning his routine meditation.

After four hours, Li Qing, energized, opened his eyes. Since the light ball he visualized took shape, emitting a faint milky-white glow, it seemed to bring a hint of brightness to the once silent, dark spiritual world.

There was no longer that feeling of mental exhaustion when visualizing and condensing lines; instead, after each meditation, both his mental and physical states were filled with vigor.

The next stage, as long as the glow emitted by the light ball begins to scatter across the spiritual world like starlight, he could start to give birth to a trace of magic power.

It quite had the look of "Fake to True."