Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 646: We’ll see the real outcome tomorrow morning (new book content)

"It's quite simple, when I see a patient, I'll analyze why they're in this state, what caused it, whether there is a genetic basis, is it due to the early family environment or some major life events. Also, their behavior and demeanor."

She displayed a mysterious smile: "Actually, we in psychology very much believe that good and evil have causes. No one is born evil, and no one is born kind."

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

"You?" Chen Chencheng sized him up and then finally said, "You're a good person! Moreover, I've just answered your question. But no one is perfect. From the perspective of society's moral boundary, you are a good person."

With a joking tone from the other side, Li Qing's eye twitched slightly, and he finally said calmly, "How about adding each other on WeChat?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Chencheng smiled and didn't refuse: "Sure!"

After exchanging WeChat, they chatted casually for a while, and just as they were about to leave, Chen Chencheng suddenly said: "I remember there's a newly released movie that's pretty good, want to go take a look?"

Li Qing instinctively shook his head: "I have things to do at home, besides, there's been a lot of flu going around with the changing seasons, better avoid gatherings. I'm off."

He left behind a bewildered Chen Chencheng.

Upon quickly returning home, Li Qing confirmed that the system recognition progress jumped to five percent, then he sighed in relief, continuing to spread out the parchment to study the "Magic Theory" book.

Although Zhuang Xu's demeanor seemed full of malice, the magic book he authored was indeed full of practical information. Some small techniques on using magic power were quite refreshing to him.

It turned out magic power could also be used this way.

It saved him a great deal of time.

As he donned his hood again and entered the safe house of the Gray Magic Academy to continue studying, Li Qing couldn't help but pause when he saw the introductory content of the next chapter in the book.

"If a mage's body is too frail, it will greatly affect the mage's stage advancement, so, come to learn the trade with the devils, they will transform your bodies, making them extremely powerful, and also bring strong magic..."

Li Qing read it several times, inside and out, before concluding, this was completely a pyramid scheme.

This chapter was completely imbued with the temptation of power. Had Li Qing not been seasoned by countless web novels and bombarded by brainless articles from various marketing accounts, he might really have been led astray.

He was even more convinced that Gray Magic Academy was by no means a proper Magic Academy, but existed to lure people into the abyss.

Damn it...

Li Qing cursed silently, temporarily throwing "Magic Theory" aside, and after wandering idly in the safe house for a while, he went to the second floor, lay on the bed for two hours in meditation, continued refining and increasing magic power, then went downstairs to his real-world rented apartment and ordered four servings of fried rice.

Having eaten to his fill, Li Qing patted his belly and returned to the safe house to pick up his study of the magic called 'Demon Summoning' from the "Magic Theory".

Can't help it, the addiction is too great.

Demon Summoning still required inscribing arrays, then injecting magic power to perform the summoning, but if proficient, one could directly communicate with magic nodes to summon devils from Alternate Space.

But consuming everything the devils brought wasn't something he could handle right now.

For the time being, he couldn't touch this summoning magic.

Time slipped away like flowing water, always passing during Li Qing's obsession with magic studies, and on the eve of the Chinese New Year holiday, his magic simulation system module's recognition progress finally reached one hundred percent.

Then, there was no response.

Li Qing grinned, continuing to place a new motherboard on himself for recognition.

Cpu, memory, motherboard, the core components of building a computer, how could he be without them.

Calculating the progress, it seemed that it would be completed after the New Year.

As for magic practice, his Mage's Hand magic now released within three seconds and could sustain for two hours; with increasing proficiency, Li Qing could feel the coarseness of the Mage's Hand magic.

It should be more refined, more efficient.

Yet Li Qing didn't dare attempt speculative correction and optimization studies, although this approach is much like mathematical formula derivation and code optimization, bulky layers, and bug fixes, he only had one life.

Magic Theory had already emphasized many times that attempting to create or modify a magic without sufficient accumulation of magical knowledge would most likely end with one's head popping like a watermelon.

So, for now, he could only practice magic, engage in meditation training, study other books, and pose his questions during each month's magic theory lecture.

"Master Rosen, I want to ask about when I am casting the Mage's Hand spell. I can sense the twelve magic nodes connecting to it seem to be doing nothing, which are..."

In a lecture in early February, Li Qing raised his question.

Rosenberg seemed somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect your magic talent is quite impressive. It seems that a human's talent to transition into a mage at thirty is truly unparalleled."

Li Qing chuckled without saying anything, eagerly awaiting Rosenberg's explanation.

Although Rosenberg showed much malice towards the students, he still explained: "The Mage's Hand was originally created for mages to conveniently grasp objects, and after optimizing the magic until it was usable and had a reasonable function, further detailed research was never conducted."

"Why?" Li Qing couldn't help but ask.

"Why?" Rosenberg laughed, fiddling with his catfish whiskers: "This is, after all, just a Level 0 trick. High-ranking mages don't pay attention to it, and the apprentices who need to learn it aren't capable. Besides, creating or optimizing magic isn't so simple. Maybe one day you'll advance to Legend, accumulate enough experience and knowledge, and perhaps attempt to optimize a magic or even create one of your own."

He paused and then slowly said, "Looks like your progress is good, then if a mage wanted to gain some accumulation, I think you should go to the library and find the book 'Complete Level 0 Tricks'."

"Thank you, mentor, for the advice!"

Regarding Li Qing's respectful remarks, Rosenberg was quite satisfied. He nodded slightly, looked up at everyone, and clapped: "Alright, everyone, two more lectures and we will have an apprentice examination, so be well prepared."

The sudden announcement halted the steps of those intending to leave, and someone asked: "Master Rosen, may I ask what the content of the apprentice examination is?"