WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Under the constant bombardnt of the Chain Fireball Technique, Anthony and Paphit were in a dire situation.
Paphit tried to counterattack.
But his attacks couldn’t break through Li Wei’s barrage of Fireballs.
CRACK!
The Magic Barrier shattered. The battle was over.
Li Wei stood in the center of the classroom, his clothes already dried by the flas.
Anthony and Paphit stood dejectedly in a corner, covered in dust and gri.
The two of them couldn’t believe they had still lost to Li Wei under these circumstances.
Anthony shot Li Wei a look, then stord out, slamming the door behind him.
Paphit looked like he wanted to say sothing, but no words ca out.
He hurriedly followed after Anthony.
Li Wei called out, "Wait a minute."
Anthony stopped and turned back to look at Li Wei.
His expression was ugly. "What, you want to humiliate further?"
Li Wei pointed at the trashed classroom.
"This place is a wreck. You’re going to have to pay for the damages, right?"
Anthony’s expression shifted several tis.
His face flushed red, as if he were even more furious about this than being humiliated by Li Wei.
It was as if Li Wei had no respect for him whatsoever.
He said resentfully, "I’ll pay for it!"
"Let’s go!"
He couldn’t stand to stay there a second longer.
Li Wei took out the money pouch and counted its contents, finding exactly five hundred gold coins.
A pleased smile spread across his face.
He had snatched the pouch right as the battle began.
He wanted to prevent the Gold Coins from being destroyed in the fight.
Gold Coins weren’t like Magic Badges; they couldn’t withstand powerful magical bombardnts.
Even Li Wei’s flas could lt Gold Coins.
The coins weren’t pure gold, and lted ones were worthless.
’What a great guy. He knew I was broke, and he still ca all this way just to give money.’
Li Wei glanced at the wrecked classroom and quickly took his leave.
He had no intention of sticking around to pay for the damages.
After all, Anthony had said he would pay.
After Li Wei left, a student from the Red Level Class returned to check on the situation and found the classroom in a horrifying state.
The student reported all three of them: Anthony, Paphit, and Li Wei.
Li Wei had just bought so materials from the Zui Wan Comrce Association and returned to his manor when Law Enforcers from the Disciplinary Committee arrived at his door.
Kuro found Li Wei. "Lord Li Wei, there are Law Enforcers at the door looking for you."
Li Wei knew exactly what this was about.
He nodded and said, "Mm, I know."
Li Wei went to et the Law Enforcers.
One of the Law Enforcers said, "You’ve been reported for destroying Elental Tower public property. Please co with us to the Disciplinary Committee to be investigated."
Li Wei didn’t resist and followed them to the Disciplinary Committee.
The Disciplinary Committee had its own separate hall within the Elental Tower.
It was an independent departnt.
It was responsible for maintaining order in the Elental Tower and the Floating City.
And for punishing Mages who broke the rules.
When Li Wei arrived at the Disciplinary Committee, Anthony and Paphit were already there.
A Judge stood on a high platform, looking down at the three of them. He demanded, "Why were you fighting in a classroom? Are you not aware that this is against the rules?"
Li Wei said, "I’m the victim. I was attacked by the two of them."
Anthony glanced at Li Wei and said flatly, "I will compensate for the damaged classroom."
The Judge stared at Anthony, his expression grim.
"You have flagrantly violated the laws of the Elental Tower!"
Just as he finished speaking, soone walked in and whispered a few words in the Judge’s ear.
The Judge glanced at Anthony, then banged his gavel once.
"Seeing as this is your first offense, you will not be punished this ti. However, you must repair the destroyed classroom."
Upon hearing this, Anthony turned and left without another word.
Seeing this, the nearby Law Enforcers looked ready to act.
But when they saw the Judge didn’t react, they retracted the steps they had just started to take.
It was obvious that Anthony had soone powerful backing him.
Even the Judge didn’t dare to do anything to him.
Seeing how things were, Li Wei asked, "Can I go back now?"
The Judge looked at him and said, "Go on."
Li Wei was the victim.
Even if the Judge was resentful, he wouldn’t take it out on Li Wei.
The Judge was clear on this point, at least.
Otherwise, he never would have been able to secure the position of Judge.
Walking out of the Law Enforcent Hall, Li Wei was lost in thought.
’Anthony must have a big shot in the Elental Tower backing him. Otherwise, this matter wouldn’t have been suppressed so easily.’
Destroying a classroom could be considered a major or a minor offense.
On the minor end, it was simply damaging public property, which only required compensation.
On the major end, it was a blatant attack on a student of the Elental Tower, which could be classified as an act of terrorism.
It was a serious incident that undermined the unity within the Elental Tower.
The punishnt could be severe, with no upper limit.
But Anthony had backing, so even the Disciplinary Committee didn’t dare touch him.
This made Li Wei keenly aware of how deeply entrenched the factions within the Elental Tower were.
Fortunately, at least the Judge was relatively fair.
Although he didn’t punish Anthony, he didn’t punish Li Wei either.
Otherwise, soone would have had to take the bla.
Now, a major issue had been turned into a minor one, and the minor one into nothing at all.
After Li Wei returned to the manor, Zog Valen ca to find him imdiately, concerned about what had happened.
Valen: "Are you all right? What did the Disciplinary Committee want with you?"
Li Wei: "I’m fine. I just had a small conflict with so people that alerted the Disciplinary Committee. It’s all sorted out now."
Valen: "That’s good. If anything really happens, you have to tell . You’re Torresta’s disciple, so I can’t just stand by and do nothing."
Li Wei: "Thank you. I’ll be sure to let you know if I need help."
The two chatted for a bit before Valen returned to his workshop to continue his research.
Li Wei went back to his room.
’This matter should be over for now.’
’Anthony lost to , so he’ll definitely do everything he can to break through to Tier Three. Once he does, he’ll probably co looking for trouble again.’
’But, at least I should have so peace and quiet for a while.’
’Next, I need to figure out how to concoct the Energy Secret dicine.’
With the five hundred gold coins from Anthony, Li Wei was much better off financially.
He purchased five sets of the supplentary ingredients needed to concoct the Energy Secret dicine.
The total cost was two hundred and fifty Gold Coins.
He spent another two hundred Gold Coins on a second-hand set of Alchemy Tools previously used by a Basic Level alchemist.
A brand-new, complete set of Alchemy Tools would have cost six or seven hundred Gold Coins.
Li Wei couldn’t afford that, so he had to hunt for so used Alchemy Tools.
At least they were good enough for concocting the Energy Secret dicine.
Afterward, Li Wei began practicing how to concoct the Energy Secret dicine in his dreams.
After failing more than a dozen tis, he successfully concocted an Energy Secret dicine.
Then he continued to practice, improving his success rate.
Until he could succeed one hundred percent of the ti.
[Alchemy (Tier Three)] 1452/10000
Through constant practice, his Alchemy skill improved rapidly.
The next day, Li Wei began to concoct the Energy Secret dicine for real.
’First step, use a Dissociation Potion to extract the essence.’
Li Wei precisely manipulated the Alchemy Tools, using the perfect amount of Dissociation Potion to flawlessly extract the essence from the supplentary ingredients.
Only after processing the supplentary ingredients did he begin to handle the main ingredient.
A stalk of Dragon’s Blood Grass.
He carefully used the Elental lting Furnace to extract the essence of the Dragon’s Blood Grass.
This was far more complex and difficult to handle than refining Mithril.
When refining Mithril, Li Wei just had to blast it with intense fire.
Once the impurities were burned away, what remained was Mithril.
But when extracting the essence from Dragon’s Blood Grass, the slightest mistake would burn the grass to ash.
Among his first dozen or so failures, most of them ended with the Dragon’s Blood Grass being burned to cinders.
After extracting the essence of the Dragon’s Blood Grass, he used a Harmony Potion to fuse the essences of the several ingredients.
He shook the Alchemy Bottle with a specific technique and heated it at varying temperatures to induce a reaction between the substances.
Finally, he obtained a bottle of pale purple Energy Secret dicine.
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