Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 552: See the truth at noon tomorrow (new book content)

"It's very simple. When I attend to a patient, I analyze why they are in such a state, what causes it, whether it has a genetic basis, early family environment issues, or significant life events. And also their behavior and conduct."

She showed a mysterious smile: "Actually, in psychology, we believe strongly in the causation of good and evil. No one is born evil, and no one is born purely good."

"So, what kind of person do you think I am?" Li Qing asked with interest.

"You?" Chen Chencheng looked him up and down before finally saying, "You're a good person! Also, I've already mentioned your earlier question, but no one is perfect. From a societal good-and-evil standpoint, you're a good person."

Facing his teasing tone, Li Qing's eye twitched slightly, and he calmly suggested, "How about adding each other on WeChat?"

Hearing this, Chen Chencheng smiled and didn't refuse, "Sure!"

After exchanging WeChat contacts and chatting casually for a while, as they were about to leave, Chen Chencheng suddenly said, "I remember a movie has just been released that's pretty good, want to check it out?"

Li Qing instinctively shook his head, "I have things to do when I get back, besides, there's been too much flu from the seasonal change, better not gather. See you."

Leaving Chen Chencheng dumbfounded.

Quickly returning home, Li Qing confirmed that the system's recognition progress had jumped to 5% before he let out a long sigh and continued to spread out the parchment to study the "Magic Theory" book.

Although Zhuang Xu seemed full of malice, the magic book he authored was really full of substance, and some of the tricks for using magic power were eye-opening for him. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

It turned out magic power could be used this way.

Saving him a significant amount of time.

Once again donning the hood, he entered the safe house at Gray Magic Academy to continue his studies. When Li Qing saw the introduction of the next chapter in the book, he paused for a moment.

"If a mage's body is too weak, it will greatly affect their stage progression; therefore, come learn to trade with devils. They will transform your body, making it incredibly strong, and also bring immense magic..."

Li Qing read it repeatedly, confirmed it inside and out several times, and finally concluded, this was definitely a complete scam tactic.

The entire chapter was filled with the temptation of power. If it weren't for Li Qing being accustomed to the flood of brainless articles from internet novels and marketing accounts, he might have been misled.

He became more certain that Gray Magic Academy was definitely not a legitimate magic academy, but an entity that lures people into the abyss.

Damn it...

Li Qing cursed silently, temporarily set aside the "Magic Theory" book, aimlessly wandered around the safe house for a while, then climbed to the second floor, lay on the bed to meditate for two hours, continued extracting and increasing magic power before going downstairs to his rented reality apartment and ordered four servings of fried rice.

Feeling full, Li Qing, with a bulging belly, returned to the safe house to take up the study of demon summoning in "Magic Theory."

No choice, the addiction was too great.

Demon summoning still required stating an array, then injecting magic power to perform the summoning, but if skilled enough, one could directly connect with magic nodes and bring forth devils from Alternate Space.

But he wasn't yet capable of dealing with what the demons brought.

Temporarily unable to touch this summoning magic.

Time flowed like water, continually passing as Li Qing indulged in magic study. On the day before the Lunar New Year break, the recognition progress of the Magic Simulation System module in the bottom right corner finally reached 100%.

Then, there was no reaction at all.

Grinning, Li Qing placed the latest motherboard on himself and proceeded to identify it.

CPU, memory, motherboard—the core components essential for building a computer.

Evaluating the progress, it should be finished after the new year.

As for magic practice, his Mage's Hand spell could now be released in three seconds and maintained for two hours. With increasingly proficient use, Li Qing felt the roughness of this magic more and more.

It should be more refined and efficient.

However, Li Qing was reluctant to attempt corrective optimization research. Although it was much like deriving a mathematical formula and optimizing bloated code layers and bug fixes, he only had one life.

Magic Theory emphasized multiple times that attempting to create or modify a magic without sufficient accumulated magical knowledge would likely result in your head bursting like a watermelon.

So currently, he only practiced magic, meditated, studied other books, and asked his questions during the monthly magic classes.

"Master Rosen, I would like to ask, when I cast the Mage's Hand spell, I can feel that the twelve magic nodes seem to be doing nothing in my view. They are..."

In a class in early February, Li Qing raised his doubts.

Rosenberg, somewhat surprised, said, "Unexpectedly, your magic talent is quite impressive. It seems the human ability to switch to mage at thirty is indeed unparalleled."

Li Qing chuckled twice without speaking, waiting for Rosenberg's clarification.

Despite Rosenberg showing malice towards all the students, he explained, "The original purpose of Mage's Hand was to facilitate mages in picking up objects. Once magic is optimized enough for practical use, it hasn't been deeply explored further."

"Why?" Li Qing couldn't help asking.

"Why?" Rosenberg laughed, twirling his whiskers, "After all, it's just a Level 0 Trick; high-level mages overlook it, while those who need to learn it, apprentices, lack ability. Plus, creating or optimizing magic isn't easy. Maybe one day you'll advance to Legend, accumulate enough experience and knowledge; perhaps you can try optimizing a magic or creating your own."

Pausing, he slowly said, "It seems your progress is good; for a mage to accumulate experience, I suggest you go to the library and look for the 'Complete Level 0 Tricks' magic book."

"Thank you for the guidance, Master!"

Rosenberg was quite satisfied with Li Qing's respectful words, nodding slightly, then surveyed the crowd, clapping his hands, "Alright everyone, we have an apprentice exam after two more classes. I hope you will make ample preparations."

The sudden announcement made everyone, who was about to leave, stop in their tracks. Someone asked, "Master Rosen, what is the content of the apprentice exam?"