This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

Of course, since it’s "borrowing," there are naturally limitations and restrictions involved.

The limitations mainly depend on two factors, the first being that Lucien can’t be too far from Edison when employing Physical Refining Wizard abilities, otherwise, he won’t be able to "borrow" the special power within him.

Of course, if Lucien had Edison’s blood or some muscle tissue as a link and medium, then this distance restriction could be relatively relaxed.

The second factor lies in the amount of time Lucien can exercise his power. This limitation depends on Edison’s strength and the intensity of Lucien’s combat during the power manifestation. If Lucien gets injured frequently or uses some Body Refining Witchcraft during that time, the duration of the power manifestation will decrease accordingly.

However, what made Lucien feel somewhat helpless was that the duration of the manifestation didn’t depend on Edison’s combat ability, but rather on his realm as a Physical Refining Wizard.

Just like now, Edison had only just broken through the realm of a Second-level Wizard Apprentice, a far cry from Lucien’s level as a Formal Wizard. Based on the power that Edison could muster at the moment, Lucien estimated that he could transform into a Physical Refining Wizard for no more than ten minutes.

Such a short span of time was definitely not enough to eradicate that Hell Blood Serpent.

If he were to force it out, it was very likely that at the crucial moment of expulsion his body would suddenly become fragile. At the very least, he would suffer severe injuries from the Hell Blood Serpent, making it even more difficult to clear it out later. In the worst-case scenario, he might even be killed by a counterattack from the Hell Blood Serpent.

Therefore, wanting to use Edison’s power to expel the Hell Blood Serpent in his body, it seemed that waiting for a while longer was necessary, at the very least until Edison reached the realm of a Third-level Wizard Apprentice.

But was there a special method that could help Edison improve his strength more quickly?

Soon, Lucien thought of the [Earthfire Body Refining Technique·Modified] he had just acquired.

Carly, who had been silently observing everything, shuddered subconsciously at the sight of that familiar smile on Lucien’s lips. However, she quickly relaxed.

After all, the person currently facing Lucien’s smile wasn’t her.

"Mentor Lucien must have some new ideas," Carly murmured to herself while slightly lowering her head, and stealthily she adjusted her nonexistent glasses with her hand.

Less than two seconds after Carly had this thought, Lucien spoke in a soft voice, "I’ve also been pondering Body Refining Witchcraft lately and have made some improvements and modifications on its basis..."

"I knew it!" Carly’s face lit up with a smile of realization, but soon, her smile froze, and what appeared on her face instead was a look of astonishment.

At the same time, Lucien could feel that his spiritual origin had just been struck mightily, and the quality of his spiritual power had taken a small leap upward.

And this boost of energy came from Carly beside him. At this moment, she was looking down, not even realizing that her mouth had opened silently.

"So... so incredible." It took Carly a while to regain her composure, she shrank her neck slightly and looked at Mentor Lucien with a hint of admiration in her eyes.

Carly knew very well from the inheritance memories of Fairy Bloodline that the training systems of different Wizards are markedly different.

Although fundamentally all training systems, including the Fairy Bloodline system, are based on spiritual power and meditation, there are fundamental differences in their specific applications.

If the Elemental Wizard training system and the Bloodline training system have many similarities, and Lucien being able to simulate some Bloodline Secret Arts with a witchcraft model was still within Carly’s understanding, she was truly bewildered now.

After all, Elemental Wizards and Physical Refining Wizards are polar opposites!

One uses spiritual power to construct witchcraft models and launches powerful spells against enemies, while the other fosters a fusion between spiritual power and the body, overpowering everything with a physique strong enough to rival or even surpass a Witch Tool!

These two schools use spiritual power in fundamentally different, and possibly even conflicting, ways.

Yet, regardless of this, Mentor Lucien claimed to have some insight into the training system of Physical Refining Wizards and could even modify and improve the techniques in the Body Refining manual?!

You should know that being able to refine that technique indicates that Mentor Lucien’s skill in Body Refinement is at least not inferior to the Physical Refining Wizard who wrote the [Earthfire Body Refining Technique]!

And yet, Lucien said himself he had only studied Body Refining Witchcraft when he had some free time...

"This is just too crazy..." Carly’s right hand involuntarily covered her flat chest, feeling her heart thumping as if it might leap out of her ribcage at any moment.

Compared to Carly by his side, at this moment, Edison was still somewhat confused.

After all, his experience was quite limited, so he wasn’t very clear about some of the implications in what Lucien had said; he simply thought the matter was as light-hearted as Lucien’s tone of voice.

"I understand now, Lord Lucien," Edison said with a slight bow, showing his respect to Lucien.

"Call him mentor," Carly reminded Edison in a low voice, seeing his dull response at that moment.

"It’s all the same..." Edison mumbled under his breath, but quickly cut himself off mid-sentence under Carly’s stern gaze.

Lucien smiled as he watched Carly inadvertently display her elder sister demeanor and Edison, who showed a side different from his burly appearance, suddenly feeling a faint warmth.

"Alright, Carly, Edison, don’t worry too much about the titles; it’s just a code. Let me first tell you about the teaching plan for Edison in the coming days. Hmm, Carly, I need you to prepare some potions for me, and Edison... I hope you can brace yourself because the training methods for Physical Refining Wizards require some external stimulation."

"Stimulation from external forces?" Carly muttered to herself, but then she straightened her back and looked at Lucien with a hint of confidence in her eyes. "No problem, Mentor Lucien, I’ll handle the potions!"

"Good," Lucien said with a nod of approval, then turned to Edison, "As for you... I need you to help me craft a pot, um, the kind that’s big enough, at least big enough to fit you fully inside."

Edison nodded, while Carly by his side looked at Lucien bewilderedly. She slightly opened her mouth, then looked down at her own small arms and legs with an odd expression.

"Go prepare your potions," Lucien told Carly, somewhat annoyed, as he flicked her forehead with his finger.

...

Black Marsh Duchy, the territory of Earl Gene.

This was a relatively wealthy earldom within the Black Marsh Duchy. Here, many children from farming families could attend the free school run by the Gene noble family, where they could learn some basic literacy, knowledge, and culture. On rest days the generous Earl Gene also did not mind if the farmers in his territory came to listen in.

However, the atmosphere in the free school was somewhat different today; many children of the right age were lined up in a long queue, looking nervous, while their parents or elders watched them with eyes full of expectation, also waiting anxiously.

Today was the day for these children to test their witchcraft aptitude. It was also a day that could be called a life-changing opportunity for their families.

After all, if a child from the family awakened their witchcraft talent, according to the rules of old Lord Gene, the family’s status in the territory would be raised by two levels, and they would even receive a generous "congratulatory gift." With this gift, the family could live a good life.

If the chosen child managed to catch the eye of the wizard lords, that would be even more extraordinary. It was said that, more than a decade ago, a child from a farmer’s family had become an impressive wizard and, after leaving Gene Town, became a national vassal of the neighboring Ron Duchy!

Although these residents might never leave the Gene territory in their lifetimes, they understood that a national vassal was a very prestigious noble title, even more impressive than old Lord Gene. And if their children could demonstrate their witchcraft talent, they might have the opportunity to realize the dream of leaping across social classes.

Sigh—

After what felt like an eternity of waiting, as the ordinary people momentarily lost focus, they suddenly noticed at the front of the line a stern-looking young man cloaked in black, and beside him stood a girl dressed as a noble.

"I will oversee the talent test for the Gene territory," announced the Third-level Wizard Apprentice from Greybone Academy. His voice was not loud, but using witchcraft, he made sure that every person present could hear him clearly.

In front of the school, a floating ship was quietly moored.

"Kolo, really, you might as well not follow that lord anymore. Look, this month two apprentices in his care have already died by accidents..." On the floating ship, two Wizard Apprentices who were quite close were whispering to each other.

However, one of the apprentices had a somewhat unnatural expression on his face. While he was replying to his friend, his right hand remained hidden inside his Wizard Robe, and he seemed quite uneasy.

This was his first time doing this kind of thing. Although it somewhat went against the academy’s rules, his mentor was after all a high-ranking official in Greybone Academy, and he presumed it shouldn’t be a big issue even if discovered...

Kolo said to himself quietly, while the image of the pile of Magic Stones on Wizard Morgan’s experimental table flashed through his mind.

Shiny, weighty Magic Stones, and a full five hundred of them!