This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

"However, I still have a long way to go before becoming a Second-level Wizard. Before that, I can gradually begin transforming Greybone Academy into the way I like," Lucien said while examining the Crystal Ball that recorded the ’Starry Sky’ Meditation Method, planning in his mind.

One should take on as much as their energy permits, and now that he had mastered the Helen brand, in a sense, Lucien already had the credentials to speak on equal terms with a Second-level Wizard. Now turning back to push some changes in Greybone Academy, he naturally faced much less resistance.

Of course, in Lucien’s plans, altering the centuries-old regime of Greybone Academy was naturally not something that could be achieved in one attempt.

Thus, under his planning, the change in Greybone Academy was to be a stepwise process; the first thing he now focused on was ensuring the life safety of the lower-tier Wizard Apprentices and improving the academy’s situation for these weaker apprentices.

Lucien even had the perfect pretext for pushing this reform ready: due to the previous events of the academy’s siege and the Mystic Realm’s Blood Duel, the number of Wizard Apprentices in Greybone Academy had drastically decreased, urgently needing replenishment.

Lucien was confident about using this incident as an excuse to allocate a batch of Magic Stones and other resources from the academy’s treasury, to provide some support to those weaker Wizard Apprentices.

From this perspective, the substantial casualties among the Wizard Apprentices in these two events might not be entirely bad for Greybone Academy.

Moreover, some of the Wizard Apprentices who had survived the Blood Duel Mystic Realm might also become promoters of his reform?

Ideas continuously emerged in Lucien’s mind.

Eventually, he simply put away the Crystal Ball, took out his notebook, noted down these active thoughts, and gradually began to refine them...

...

Donn was a newly advanced Second-level Wizard Apprentice at Greybone Academy.

Although it had been nearly two weeks since he had left the Blood Duel Mystic Realm, he still occasionally thought about some of the things he had encountered inside.

Sometimes, in his dreams, he would even wake up in shock from dreaming about being chased by a Wizard Apprentice of the forest school.

It was his most unforgettable encounter; had it not been for the patrol team in the safe zone arriving just in time, he might have quietly lain within the Mystic Realm, becoming either the nutrients for nearby plants or a wild beast’s lunch.

However, what perhaps scared him more than the nightmares was his shockingly depleted savings due to his preparations for the Blood Duel.

Before entering the Blood Duel Mystic Realm, he too was a frenzied Wizard Apprentice. To make a gamble within the Mystic Realm, he had spent all his savings on various items, hoping to kill an enemy or two to change his fate, but in the end, these preparations were futile.

Although he was lucky to have returned with his life, he now had to face the harsh reality.

"Each month, you need to contribute ten Magic Stones to Mentor Xiyani or participate in an experiment that does not threaten life safety," Donn’s face turned pale, as the day to make monthly contributions to his mentor approached, and now he couldn’t even produce three Magic Stones, let alone owing several more as external debts.

But when Donn thought about participating in Mentor Xiyani’s experiments, his body couldn’t help but tremble.

You see, although Mentor Xiyani’s experiments were not life-threatening, the process of cooperating in these experiments was excruciatingly painful.

After all, Xiyani was one of the few Formal Wizards and Pharmacists in Greybone Academy, with a keen interest in concocting various poisons.

Thus, his ’cooperation experiments’ with his apprentices were essentially—testing poisons.

The bizarre toxins, some targeting flesh, some spiritual power, and even those that directly corroded the body or some special spores that parasitized and sapped the life from their hosts...

Although Xiyani would carefully control the dosage, the experiments were primarily meant to test effects, and some treatment and cleansing afterward would be conducted, the process of feeling the slow encroachment of minute amounts of poison in his body was a torment Donn had experienced multiple times and never wanted to go through again.

Thinking of this, Donn involuntarily headed towards the academy’s notice board, hoping to see if there were some tasks waiting to be completed, hoping to muster enough Magic Stones for his contribution to Mentor Xiyani within two or three days.

However, as he approached the notice board, he was surprised to find that it was crowded with Wizard Apprentices.

"Could it be... they’re all here to check for tasks?" Donn’s heart skipped a beat, feeling a bit of panic. But perhaps due to the presence of so many potential "competitors," he hastened his steps.

"Excuse me... excuse me, thank you..." Donn struggled to squeeze through one Wizard Apprentice after another, finally managing to see the notice board.

But just as he scanned for tasks he might complete shortly, he was suddenly drawn to a striking notice.

"Greybone Academy Educational Reform Plan... Incentive compensation with Magic Stones for surviving Wizard Apprentices... Graded system, scholarships..."