A New Understanding

This was a big class, and there were at least two to three hundred apprentices sitting in the lecture hall.

Dave listened to Andre's rambling helplessly as he sensed the envious and jealous expressions on the apprentices' faces.

"You don't know what it means to be an official apprentice… You didn't have to worry about being abandoned by the academy if you didn't advance within the time limit. Even if you didn't pass the assessment, you didn't have to worry about being expelled!

"Dave, you're the first apprentice in our batch! Do you understand what this means?"

".."

Although Andre was inexplicably passionate, Dave was not interested in what he had to say.

So what if he was stronger than his peers?

Dave's thoughts had already drifted to a higher and further place after he saw the other world in the laboratory and the books.

In other words, his vision had changed.

Compared to the level-2 students in the laboratory and the wider world in Lin En's book, what was the meaning of being the so-called "first" in this small classroom?

Finally, Teacher Novell in charge of the study of curses walked into the classroom and interrupted Andre's endless nonsense.

" Today, we're going to talk about the basics-how to use different items to trigger a simple spell…."

Teacher Novell came in and began his lecture. Andre did not dare to be negligent and quickly returned to his seat.

Even though curses wasn't a major subject for most people, everyone had their own basic courses, so they still had to attend such a major class.

In fact, it was the same for all subjects other than the elemental subject.

Apart from their main subjects, the apprentices also had to attend the other subjects. However, the frequency was much lower, and there was no need to take exams.

Although Dave did not have much knowledge about curses, he was very attentive.

Curses were a different kind of spellcasting system from spells.

Spell relied on the Mage's own mental power to construct a mental model to create various effects.

However, curses were different. They did not rely on a mage's own mental power but on various materials.

It was much more complicated to learn than the spells that every Mage knew.

Dave wasn't completely uninterested, but his major was Potionology, so he didn't spend much time on Curses.

If he really wanted to learn it, he would have to have some free time in the future.

After class, Dave packed up his things and ran away before Andre could find him.

He did not plan to go to the laboratory today.

According to the requirements, he only needed to go to the laboratory twice a week. As for which day he went to the laboratory, he could freely assign it.

After buying enough food for the day, Dave returned to his residence.

He was not in a hurry to start refining the spirit water like before. He took out the book from yesterday," Lin En's Potionology ", and began to study it seriously.

Dave had thought it through.

He could continue to earn magic stones by refining spirit water, but he could not keep being bewitched by the benefits in front of him.

Compared to being obsessed with refining half-finished potions, there was no doubt that improving himself and refining real potions was the direction he should take.

He could refine some spirit water to earn some magic stones, but right now, it was undoubtedly more important to study this new potion book.

Three days passed in a row.

Dave repeated the process every day. He would go back to his room to read books after class and then meditate until late at night.

On the evening of the third day, Dave closed the book in his hand. He closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he finally opened them.

Although there was fatigue in his eyes, there was more excitement.

He had finally finished reading the entire book of Lin En's Potionology!

Dave finished the rest of the notes that he had already written on a hundred pages. Looking at the thick stack of paper in his hand, he was satisfied.

It wasn't easy to record these notes.

Writing sentences and chapters in the Heon language also consumed a lot of mental energy.

It was the result of Dave's hard work in Potionology.

And these notes were a systematic summary of all the Potionology knowledge he had learned so far.

Different from the Potionology books in these worlds, these notes that were summarized from the learning thoughts cultivated by the compulsory education and complete courses were much easier to absorb and understand.

It was not an exaggeration to say that the difficulty of learning Potionology would be reduced by 30% to 40% when given to any acolyte!

While taking down the notes, Dave also reread the contents of the book, Lin En's Potionology.

His Potionology knowledge has been greatly improved.

If he were to use data to record his current improvement, it would mean that his Level 2 (25/1000) Potionology had been upgraded to Level 2 (85/1000)!

Don't underestimate these 60 points of proficiency.

Dave had studied Potionology for a whole year, attended classes for a whole year, and read two-thirds of the book, but he had only reached 22 points of proficiency.

And now, in just three to four days, he had already gained several times more experience points!

Of course, this was also directly related to the fact that it was countless times easier for him to read books and absorb the knowledge after his Potionology level increased.

Now, Dave had a new understanding of potion making.

After recovering a little, Dave took out a set of materials to make spirit water. He lit up the animal oil torch and sat on the ground, eager to start making spirit water.

The previous steps were not much different.

However, when it came to the last step, he changed his method.

This time, he tried the new refining method.

Originally, he didn't use too much of his mana in the condensation segment.

If the condensation speed was too fast, it could easily cause boiling or other unexpected situations, which were very difficult to control.

Even though he had enough experience in refining spirit water, he never dared to use too much heat.

Therefore, the condensation process would usually take a very long time.

Inevitably, a portion of the material's original characteristics would still be lost.

However, things were different now.

This time, Dave chose to double the firepower.

This was already close to the limit of this animal oil torch.

If it was before, with such fierce firepower, there was a high chance that there would be an irreversible explosion.

Sure enough, as the flames erupted violently, the solution in the beaker began to boil violently.

Dave, on the other hand, put on his gloves and began to input manar at a constant frequency.

The solution that had just started boiling suddenly became obedient.

As he continued to adjust the mana input, there were no more accidents throughout the process.

In a few minutes less than usual, a tube of spirit water was successfully refined.

"This is..."

Dave's eyes widened as he looked at the crystal-clear Spirit Water in his hand.

This was the first time he had seen such a high-quality spirit water!