For a young and beautiful lecturer, this name seems a bit rustic and boring, but after all, the name was given by the elders, so Teacher Zhang could only hold her nose and endure it.
As an outstanding student of the Class of 2000 at First University, Zhang Huaigu had already obtained the certificate of registered wizard in his junior year. Before he graduated, the school's Rune Research Institute handed him an olive branch that all graduates dream of - staying in school.
further study.
For graduates of First University, staying at school means a stable and familiar working environment, it means being able to always be at the forefront of the latest research in the wizarding world, and it means being able to learn more advanced and secret magical knowledge.
But at the same time, staying in school also means being poor.
Without extraordinary talent, it is difficult for a registered wizard who has graduated less than ten years ago to have a laboratory of his own at First University.
Without a laboratory, you will not receive projects recognized by the school.
Without projects, there are no project funds.
It would be impossible to continue conducting magic experiments.
Wizards' knowledge is expensive, which is a very popular concept in the wizarding world.
But for Zhang Huaigu, who was a top student in both middle school and university, this feeling is not strong. In her mind, Yun Xiangyi’s latest wizard robe or Shangyuan Bookstore’s new Bologna book are already
Very expensive luxury goods.
As for experimental equipment and supplies, aren’t they all free to use?
It wasn't until she graduated from college and started preparing materials for wizards' advanced rituals, and saw the friendship price list quoted by the research institute, that Ms. Zhang Huaigu deeply realized how expensive wizards' knowledge was.
A dozen stable-state talismans that can successfully infuse spirits are worth ten jade coins!
One hundred grams of dry-ground frog liver roasted in a secret method, priced at thirty jade coins!
A small bottle of ten milliliters of ambergris extract is priced at one hundred jade coins! You know, this also involves extracts of ambergris from sub-dragon species such as Jiao Chi.
For the outstanding graduates of First University, they can actually make these magic consumables.
But for wizards preparing for advanced rituals, these magic consumables must be purchased.
Not to mention the tens of thousands of materials required for the entire ritual. If the wizard prepared them all by themselves, it would take decades of precious time. The expiration date of many of the consumables alone would cut off the wizard's ability to prepare by himself.
Take the stable-state talisman that successfully imbues spirit as an example.
According to the certification standards of the Wizards Alliance, spirit-imbuing talismans with a validity period of more than one year can be circulated normally in the market; spirit-imbuing talismans with a validity period of more than three years and less than five years are already high-quality goods and are in short supply in the market; and those with a validity period of five years are
The above spirit-imbuing talismans are strategic commodities, and merchants without corresponding licenses and qualifications are not authorized to sell them. The products of masters who are capable of making such talismans are recycled by the Wizards Alliance at a high price.
Even Zhang Huaigu, who is highly accomplished in the field of talismans, cannot ensure that every talisman he has is successfully imbued with spirit, let alone each talisman being valid for more than one year.
In the wizard's advancement ceremony, thousands of talismans are used.
For most wizards, the only hope is to buy.
Zhang Huaigu is no exception.
In order to see the broader wizarding world, she must advance.
In order to advance the ritual, she must purchase these materials.
So she needs money.
For a rookie in the research institute, being able to serve as an assistant to those big names in the magic world is already the limit. Many wizards with high magic skills are struggling with funding for experiments, not to mention funding a young wizard to advance, which is so nutritious.
career.
So, with the help of the teacher and the recommendation of the Rune Research Institute, Zhang Huaigu, who had just left the teaching building, re-entered the classroom as a glorious rune lecturer.
However, this time she stood on the podium.
And the level is only lecturer.
In the teacher ranking system of First University, lecturers are only one level higher than teaching assistants and are the lowest level among teachers.
Above lecturers, there are also associate professors, full professors, tenured professors, senior professors and many other levels.
But for Zhang Huaigu, who has just graduated, the salary income from a lecturer is already very generous.
This is because her mentor at the institute is the deputy director of the institute, so she has such an opportunity.
Every time he thinks of this, lecturer Zhang Huaigu always looks unwilling.
It's all because I only focused on studying talismans when I was in college and had too few other skills. The teams on field duty didn't dare to ask me to be a burden.
But the income of field service is so high!
Sima Yangyun's proud smiling face appeared in front of Lecturer Zhang's eyes again. The girl only went out on field duty twice and got the wealth needed for the advancement ceremony.
I can do that too!
Lecturer Zhang rubbed his frown and tried to cheer up.
Every time she teaches a group of qualified students, she will receive a corresponding bonus. Last night, she calculated it again. As long as all the freshmen in the three classes she is currently teaching are qualified, she will be liberated!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but scan the classroom again.
The freshmen in the audience were writing furiously, drawing the talismans in their minds.
Lecturer Zhang looked at those little wrinkled faces and couldn't help but smile.
Familiar atmosphere, familiar feeling.
It seems like just yesterday, I was like this. I silently said nearly a hundred talismans under the teacher's gaze, which made the old man very happy. From that time on, I could no longer live without these two words.
In the back row of the classroom, a new student also expressed this sentiment.
Maybe I can't live without these two words in my life.
Familiar runes, familiar scent of ink.
It seems that I have been exposed to these complicated pictures every day since I was eight or nine years old.
Opening the test paper, Zheng Qing squinted his eyes and showed a smile on his face.
There is only one question on the paper:
Please meditate on the talisman you understand (note: no spiritual infusion is required).
Infusion is the last step of every talisman, which is to infuse mana into the written talisman.
There are two difficulties with talismans: one is outlining the runes, and the other is filling them with spirits.
Due to differences in the texture of the talisman paper and the level of mana control, everyone has a certain chance of failing in filling the soul. If the talisman fails, the talisman paper will be shattered at the least, and the talisman will be out of control in the worst case, usually manifesting as an explosion.
There was no need to infuse spirits, and the pressure in Zheng Qing's heart was much relieved.
As for the talismans that he knew about? In a daze, Zheng Qing seemed to see the old talisman.
The talisman he has practiced every day since he was eight years old.
Zheng Qing remembered very clearly that the entire talisman book had 324 pages, with four talismans on each page, and a total of 1,296 talismans.
Do we have to write everything down silently?
Zheng Qing took out his silver pocket watch and estimated the time.
According to the rhythm of previous exercises, it will take about three and a half hours.
Maybe, there is enough time.
He bit his lip and dipped the brush in his hand into the inkstone with thick ink.