Chapter 91. Tis Are Different Now
Inside the Points Exchange Hall of Cuilan Academy.
Fulan leaned back in a chair, holding a book titled “Fire and Creatures” in her hands. On the table beside her were seven or eight other freshly exchanged printed volus.
“Just as expected of sothing the Elental School doesn’t even bother collecting… this is way too watered down, isn’t it?!”
After flipping through it once, Fulan could not help but complain.
She knew that books placed here for apprentices to exchange with points were certainly not as valuable as the knowledge taught directly within the schools themselves, but she had not expected this book to be this bad.
The entire book was quite thick, over two hundred pages long, yet the content she considered aningful did not exceed twenty pages.
The content was also extrely mismatched with the title. It was supposedly about fire and creatures, but most of it was essentially a bestiary of animals that only had so loose connection with fire.
Even the descriptions of those creatures mostly consisted of trivial anecdotes—stories with barely any narrative value, such as where the creature walked from one place to another, what it ate, and similar mundane details.
The only aningful section appeared in the final chapter, which was also the only part related to spells.
It described a type of fla that could induce fear or friendliness in living beings. However, when Fulan tried to examine what the spell actually looked like…
She discovered that the book only proposed a theoretical principle. The actual spell structure was completely absent. It was essentially just a vague idea with no real content.
“I hope the next one contains a bit more magical knowledge.”
That was all she could do. When encountering books that did not live up to their titles, there was nothing she could do about it. The points had already been spent, and exchanges could not be refunded.
Moreover, when selecting books, one could only see the title. There was no option to preview even the first few pages. Finding such terrible books was therefore a perfectly normal occurrence.
The reason Fulan had co to the Points Exchange Hall to exchange for these books was because she wanted to obtain enough knowledge to et the conditions for advancent.
After several days of producing Spell Rings for business, the spells she possessed now covered most of the magical systems across the various schools.
What she lacked was the theoretical knowledge needed to satisfy the advancent requirents, so that several new titles could be added behind the profession “Mage” on her panel.
For example, the knowledge related to the Elental School that she had been searching for.
She already possessed many Elental School spells on her panel, and nearly half of them had even reached the Mastery level.
Among them, Wind Blade—the first spell she had ever learned—was already close to reaching the Extraordinary level.
Because of this, she wondered whether she could first find knowledge related to the Elental School and obtain the specialization in elental spells.
However, as a great school with a long history, the Elental School had produced an unparalleled number of books.
Only when she flipped through the catalog earlier did she realize that nearly half of the books listed in the exchange catalog belonged to the Elental School. From that alone, one could already guess the average quality of those books.
Fulan had already exchanged nearly ten books, yet she still had no sensation that she was about to condense the Mage profession of the Elental School.
“Slowly, I suppose.”
Although she had not succeeded after using so many books, she could still sense that she was getting closer and closer to her goal.
If she went through another ten books, she might finally obtain the specialization in elental spells.
As for that specialization from the Elental School, she was determined to acquire it. After all, Wind Blade—the spell she was most proficient in right now—belonged to the Elental School.
She just did not know why such a spell had been allowed to circulate on the market, enabling her to obtain it so early.
“Why aren’t they here yet?”
Fulan frowned slightly. She had arranged to et soone here to exchange money for points.
The current academic year had not ended yet. Although she had selected a large number of courses and had confidence in earning points through her own abilities, the courses had not yet concluded.
No matter what she did, she could not obtain points until the courses ended.
Thus, she had returned to her old profession—trading points.
But things were different now. In the past, she had needed to sell points in order to obtain starting funds.
Now, however, the gold coins in her possession were enough to purchase over a hundred points without making her blink.
A hurried set of footsteps suddenly echoed from the entrance of the Points Exchange Hall. Fulan turned her head toward the sound—and realized it was soone she knew.
Milank rushed in, panting heavily. When he first arrived at the agreed eting spot, he did not recognize Fulan.
“Hello, are you the one who wants to purchase poin—”
He suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Because he realized the person before him looked very familiar. It was the sa Fulan who had sold him points the last ti.
Only this ti, their roles in the transaction had reversed.
“Senior Apprentice Fulan,” Fulan greeted him first.
“Senior Apprentice… Milank.”
Milank’s face was full of astonishnt, but he quickly composed himself and awkwardly added,
“I only have four points. They’re leftover from the previous academic year.”
Seeing Milank again, the feeling Fulan had was not surprise, but curiosity.
She was very curious why Milank wanted to sell his points. From what she understood, apprentices who purchased points were usually striving to beco formal Mages.
They were in the rapid stage of their growth and needed additional knowledge.
So why, after more than half a year, was Milank selling his points instead?
Did he no longer intend to beco a formal Mage?
“Why are you selling your official points?”
“I… plan to return to my father and take a clerical position under the local lord.”
Milank had given up.
During the previous academic year, before participating in the assessnt, he had been full of ambition. He had believed he would surely beco the next formal Mage.
But after a single assessnt, he abandoned that idea.
Although he had tried his best to avoid conflicts with others during the test, allowing him to remain completely unhard, he had achieved almost nothing in terms of results.
Because the mont he stood within that unfamiliar environnt, he realized that the spells he used to cast so smoothly had beco sluggish—even difficult to release.
From that mont onward, he understood that becoming a formal Mage was impossible for him.
He could not adapt to the testing environnt, and failing to achieve results in the assessnt ant he would never beco a formal Mage.
He had actually made this decision a long ti ago, but only a few days ago did he rember that he still had a few unused points.
Since those points were essentially money, he arranged to sell them.
“Give the first four books at the top of the second page of the catalog.”
Milank was sowhat surprised by the request, but after confirming it once, he said nothing more and instead brought up another matter.
“Then… the current market price is twenty-four silver coins per point.”
He scratched his head. The situation felt a little strange. Now he was selling four points back at nearly double the price compared to before.
The price was reasonable, though.
After the previous Weapon Forging course, a large number of points had been spent selecting courses. And now that the new academic year had just begun, everyone’s classes had only recently started, so naturally no one had earned new points yet.
The price was a little high, Milank thought.
Even the fifty silver coins he had spent previously had been a significant sum for him. He had only decided to purchase those points after careful calculation.
Yet Fulan did not even blink.
She casually took out her purse. Amid the clinking sound of tal, she pulled out a single gold coin.
“No need for change. Carrying loose silver coins is a hassle.”
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