Chapter 51

Du Mingna told Old John about the extra textbooks he had, as well as Oak and Batan.

He then had Old John arrange the schedule based on the textbooks, as well as the time of the teachers and students, and he was responsible for final approval.

In terms of cultivation, the system only gave Du Mingna thirteen days to become a first-order mage, and now, there were only eleven days left.

Du Mingna only left himself seven days.

He had to reserve some time.

And to improve his rating as much as possible.

Even if the system didn't clearly state how the ratings were, by doing his best, the rewards from the system would improve.

When Du Mingna practiced cultivation, he couldn't do without Higgs' tattered notes.

His daily schedule was packed to the brim.

Teaching was one of the relaxation times.

Teaching children to read was not difficult, allowing him to slightly relax his tense nerves.

The textbooks provided by the system guided him to feel the elements, which was equivalent to allowing him to communicate with the elements while relaxing, indirectly helping him in cultivation.

Eating was also considered relaxation.

Necessary sleep time was even more relaxing.

At other times, he repeatedly guided the elements into his body, controlled the flow of elements along his established meridians, and then, based on the free diffusion of the elements, compared the meridian routes of the small copper man, determining how the elements would circulate between the meridians in his body.

When he became mentally exhausted from cultivation, he would meditate to recover, then study Higgs' tattered notes, using Higgs' research to speculate why the route of energy flow after drinking the physique potion given by the system was different from the route of the elements he introduced into his body.

Fortunately, the latter seemed not to affect his becoming a mage.

After studying hard for more than three days, Du Mingna realized that as long as he allowed the elements to form a complete circulation within his body, he could become a first-order mage.

The latter involved some advanced elements, possibly related to the sensations produced by soaking in the blood of magical beasts.

He could include them in the research topics of his research department and study them together.

His research tower was almost built.

This morning happened to be the time when he used the random team summoning order to summon the construction team to leave.

The main body of the research tower had been completed.

The land around the research tower for planting various research plants had not been fully prepared.

However, this part did not need to trouble Du Mingna.

Wasn't there a ninth-order mage specializing in earth magic? Just ask Oak for help.

If worse comes to worst, there were Batan and the villagers, who could definitely help him get things done quickly.

If the construction team could timely build the main body of the tower, it meant that his research tower would definitely take shape within a month, and even the facilities such as tables and chairs inside the tower could be arranged.

Hmm...

it would cost money.

But is there any possibility of not spending money? Besides, money is meant to be spent.

Du Mingna had a good attitude towards this.

If he built a good research tower and produced various rare items, there would be plenty of opportunities for him to make money in the future.

It's not just him who would profit.

Everyone around him would have the opportunity to make a fortune.

These were all just early investments.

When the construction team summoned by Du Mingna left, the villagers were reluctant to see them off with a farewell party.

The villagers were well aware that with the current conditions in their village, including the conditions of Du Mingna's school, they could not keep such a team for long.

They had figured out when they followed to secretly learn construction techniques that everyone in this team was a cultivator! They were just not sure how many were mages and how many were knights.

They didn't expect to keep them, but they hoped to leave a good impression on them and express their sincere gratitude in the most sincere way of the villagers.

When they found out that the villagers wanted to learn, they taught the villagers knowledge as much as possible without delaying work! Tate learned the mortise and tenon structure from them!Other villagers also learned some ways to handle wood more or less, as well as techniques for making doors and windows...

When placed outside, these are all secrets that are not passed on.

But the gentlemen in this team taught like this! On weekdays, they seemed to be rushing to work, not eating or drinking much, not even sleeping, only occasionally drinking a bottle of potion.

But they all finished their work and left, so the villagers had to throw them a farewell party, right? The villagers initially discussed this matter with Dumina.

Later, Dumina discussed with the system.

The main issue was that the team members summoned by the summoning order had limited working hours.

But Dumina had seen with his own eyes that they came from afar, only starting to count their working hours when they officially started working within the construction site area.

Dumina had to clarify with the system, if they completed the seven days of work in full and were ready to leave, but were detained by the villagers, could they stay for a meal? The system's response was noticeably hesitant, finally stating that their maximum stay time was only six hours.

With the system's permission, Dumina dared to let the villagers prepare a celebration banquet, even giving the students half a day off so they could enjoy together.

Ges, Hausman, Daniel, and others, after receiving Dumina's approval, went to set traps on the mountain a day early.

That day, they went up the mountain early in the morning, hunted many fresh prey, collected some local specialties from the mountain, and intended to hold the farewell party properly.

Batan learned about this and also joined in, helping to hunt down several demon beasts, further enhancing the scale of the banquet.

At the banquet, the usually serious twenty-person construction team rarely showed a hint of a smile, but their smiles seemed somewhat stiff, like people who were not used to showing emotions for a long time, now had to respond sincerely due to others' enthusiasm.

The villagers were as warm as they could be.

Large pieces of meat, big bowls of soup, bread, and plenty of cooked vegetables, as well as root vegetables cooked on charcoal.

Anyway, as long as the village could provide it, they provided it as much as possible.

Oak also rarely put down his bushes after teaching and joined everyone in drinking and having fun.

The village's wine was brewed from their own grains, looking somewhat cloudy, not very strong, but had a unique taste when drunk.

After all the commotion, even those like Batan who ate a lot and got hungry quickly had already eaten three meals, and Dumina's construction team finally left.

The villagers watched them leave until they couldn't see their backs anymore, reluctantly preparing to disperse.

Those who still had work to do at home should start now.

The regular students at the school had to finish their two-hour lessons quickly! Only the non-regular students could have the whole day off.

At that moment, Dumina heard a system prompt in his ear.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, your friendship level with the 'Lorenzo Construction Team' has increased to 30 points.

When the host uses a recruitment order to recruit the construction team, there will be a greater chance of summoning that team." Dumina raised an eyebrow.

There was also this kind of thing.

Even though they were both first-tier teams, their overall strength would not be the same.

The system had previously mentioned that the team size was random, with 10-20 people being possible.

The system also did not mention the individual strength of the team members.

The overall strength of the Lorenzo Construction Team was clearly stronger, all of them were first-tier, including three earth magic users, three wood magic users, one fire magic user, and thirteen knights.

Their strength in the first tier was relatively high, with nearly advanced second-tier individuals among them.

Although in this world, the first to third tiers are collectively referred to as low-tier, the fourth to sixth tiers are collectively referred to as mid-tier, and the seventh to ninth tiers are collectively referred to as high-tier, with each three tiers forming a major level, and only crossing major levels is relatively difficult, with the most obvious strength improvement after crossing.

However, in most cases, the second tier should be stronger than the first tier.

Lorenzo's architectural team can be considered at a very high level.

How could the villagers' spontaneous actions bring him such great gains? Du Mingna remembered the strange bird that had brought him a plaque before.

He shouldn't have done anything impolite at that time, right? If he had fed the bird back then, would it have increased his friendship with the strange bird? But what's done is done.

Du Mingna doesn't intend to dwell on it.

He will continue to focus on his cultivation.

After relaxing for so long today, it's a good time to introduce elements into his body again! He will leave the teaching to Ok and Batan.

Nothing much happened in the next few days.

Well, not entirely nothing.

In the morning, Du Mingna noticed something strange in the atmosphere during Ok's lecture on basic magic to the students.

First, the strange atmosphere was between Ok, Dora, and Arthur.

Gradually, this strange atmosphere spread to all the students and even the entire village.

Du Mingna also faintly sensed that there were several strange atmospheres in the village.

He wanted to ask, but no one volunteered to tell him.

Whenever he tried to approach someone, they would find an excuse to avoid him.

Some excuses were reasonable, while others were so clumsy that they claimed to hear someone calling them from all directions and had to rush over.

Since everyone was like this, Du Mingna didn't force it.

Everyone knew he had been busy lately.

Before starting his intensive practice, he had told everyone that he needed to focus on something in the next few days, so he might not be able to handle as much.

If anyone had study problems after class, they could ask the other two teachers or Old John for help.

Du Mingna didn't know if the villagers were deliberately keeping things from him or if they knew he was busy and didn't want to bother him.

All he had to do was continue studying the meridians to ensure he could complete the main tasks in time.

Anyway, there was no urgent matter.

Otherwise, Old John, Ok, and the others wouldn't be able to sit still and cooperate with the villagers to keep the strange atmosphere spreading in the village.

According to a strict 7*24-hour calculation, Du Mingna's seven days had passed.

But if a day ended at dawn, Du Mingna could still be considered within the "night of that day" category.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Du Mingna trembled all over.

He tried to maintain his posture, but his body would occasionally tremble and seem to jump rhythmically.

If an uninformed person saw this, they might think Du Mingna had suddenly fallen ill and needed urgent help.

But an informed person, like Old John, who had been informed by Du Mingna earlier that night, would know that Du Mingna was at a critical point in his cultivation.

Success or failure would be determined tonight.

After several days of intensive practice, Du Mingna had memorized the route of the flow of magic in his meridians.

Today, he was trying to introduce elements into his body and then control the elements to complete a full cycle.

Du Mingna had noticed a pulsating sensation in his meridians during the flow of elements.

When this pulsating sensation became strong enough, the corresponding limbs would bounce.

He didn't know how much stimulation his body would experience after the elements completed a full cycle and the acupoints pulsed.

He was most worried that Old John, who lived in the same house, would be concerned if he found out, and might do something that could affect him, so he had to inform Old John in advance.

Fortunately, he had given the heads up, or else Old John would have found a way to interrupt his practice.

Now, Old John was standing by his bed, anxiously watching him sitting cross-legged and occasionally experiencing strong acupoint pulsations that lifted him a finger's height off the bed.

There's actually a cultivation method like this?! Old John said his horizons had been broadened and he was worried about his young master.

He was ordered to guard Du Mingna, and he couldn't let Du Mingna get into trouble! Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.

Du Mingna's body gradually returned to normal, only occasionally a certain part of his body would twitch.

When his physical condition finally stabilized completely, he suddenly released the sitting posture and fell onto the bed, lying flat.

But after lying flat for a few seconds, he sat up again, changed to a side-lying position, and then changed to a baby sleeping position...

After changing sleeping positions several times, Du Mingna sat up, exhaling a breath.

A first-level mage! He raised his eyes, met the curious gaze of Old John, and prepared to talk to Old John about his cultivation experience.