Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 746: See the Truth Tomorrow (New Book Content)

Facing the teasing tone, Li Qing's eyelid twitched slightly, and finally, he calmly said, "How about adding WeChat?"

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

After exchanging WeChat and chatting casually for a while, just as they were about to leave, Chen Chencheng suddenly said, "I remember there's a new movie that just came out. Want to go see it?"

Li Qing instinctively shook his head, "I have things to do at home, plus with the seasonal flu going around, it's best to avoid gatherings. I'm off."

Leaving Chen Chencheng with a puzzled look on his face.

Once back home, Li Qing confirmed that the system recognition progress had jumped to five percent, exhaled a long breath, and continued to spread out the parchment to study the Magic Theory book.

Although Zhuang Xu seemed full of malice, this magic book he wrote was genuinely full of insights, with some tips on using magic power that felt refreshing to him.

So magic power could be used like this.

It saved him a great deal of time.

Putting on his hood again and entering the safe house at Gray Magic Academy to continue studying, when Li Qing saw the introduction to the next chapter in the book, he couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

"If a mage's body is too weak, it will greatly affect the mage's progress in ranks, so come learn to trade with devils. They will transform your bodies, making you incredibly powerful while bringing powerful magic..." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Li Qing read it over and over again, inside and out after several confirmations, concluding that this was completely a marketing scam.

The entire section was filled with the temptation of power. If it weren't for Li Qing's experience with online novels and the inundation of mindless articles from click-bait accounts, he might have been led astray.

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

His granny...

Li Qing cursed inwardly, temporarily tossed the Magic Theory book aside, wandered around the safe house aimlessly, then went upstairs, lay on the bed, and meditated for two hours. After refining and increasing his magic power, he went downstairs, returned to his rented room, and ordered four servings of fried rice.

Stuffed and full, Li Qing returned to the safe house with his belly protruding, picked up the Magic Theory book, and began studying the demon summoning magic.

There was no way around it; the addiction was too strong.

Demon summoning still required inscribing an array, followed by the injection of magic power to summon a devil. However, if proficient, one could directly communicate with magic nodes to summon a devil from the Alternate Space.

But to fully exploit what the devil brings isn't something he could handle right now.

He couldn't touch this summoning magic for the time being.

Time flowed like water, always passing in the process of Li Qing's obsession with magic research. On the last day before the Spring Festival holiday, the recognition progress of the magic simulation system module in the lower right corner finally reached one hundred percent.

Then, nothing happened.

Li Qing grinned, continuing to place a piece of the latest motherboard on his body, then conducted recognition.

CPU, memory, motherboard – how could they lack the most basic core components of a computer?

He calculated the progress, estimating it should be complete by the year's end.

As for magic practice, he could now cast the Mage's Hand spell in less than three seconds and maintain it for two hours. Through increasingly proficient use, Li Qing could feel how crude this Mage's Hand spell was.

It could be more refined and efficient.

But Li Qing didn't dare attempt tentative corrective optimization research, even though this approach was very similar to mathematical formula derivation, code optimization layer, and bug fixing, because he only had one life.

Magic Theory has already emphasized many times that attempting to create or modify a spell without accumulating enough magical knowledge would most likely end with one's head bursting like a watermelon.

So for now, he could only practice magic, meditate, study other books, and bring up his questions in each month's magic lecture.

"Master Rosen, may I ask, when casting the Mage's Hand spell, I feel that the twelve magic nodes connecting to the Mage's Hand all seem to be wasted effort. They are..."

During an early February lecture, Li Qing raised his query.

Rosenberg, somewhat surprised, said, "I didn't expect your magical talent is quite impressive. It seems that the talent for humans to transform into mages at thirty is truly unparalleled."

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

Despite Rosenberg's malice towards a group of students, he still explained, "The original purpose of creating the Mage's Hand was for mages to conveniently take things. After optimizing the magic to be usable and somewhat practical, it was never further researched."

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

"Why?" Rosenberg laughed, fiddling with his catfish-like mustache, "After all, it's just a Level 0 trick. Advanced mages don't fancy it, and apprentices who need to learn this spell lack the ability. Furthermore, creating and optimizing a magic spell is not so easy. Perhaps, one day, when you advance to a Legend, accumulating enough experience and knowledge, you might try optimizing a spell or even creating a magic spell that is uniquely yours."

Pausing, he slowly said, "Looks like your progress isn't bad. For a mage to make some accumulation, I think you should look for this magic book, Complete Level 0 Tricks, in the library."

"Thank you for the reminder, Master!"

For Li Qing's respectful words, Rosenberg was quite satisfied. He nodded slightly, looked up at the group, and clapped his hands, saying, "Alright everyone, after two more lectures, we will have an apprentice exam. Hope you are all well prepared."

The sudden announcement caused everyone to pause their departure, with someone asking, "Master Rosen, may I know what the apprentice exam contents are?"

"That's a secret!"

Rosenberg's hazy features revealed a subtle, mysterious smile, "But I can remind you, each world's rules are different. If you can't analyze them, then you can only use magic, so make sure you're well-prepared."

The smile on his face couldn't help but make Li Qing's heart tremble. What exactly was this full malice up to?

Those words at the end were even more thought-provoking, making Li Qing secretly shiver, fearing this exam could be deadly.

Subconsciously touching the motherboard kept next to his chest, he then quickly left the classroom, activated the school badge, and followed its guidance towards the library.