I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 24 Spicy Maru
This day was the alchemy workshop's basic theory class.

Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, illuminating Professor Clark's ever-serious face on the podium.

He was explaining the energy conduction properties of a certain basic ore, his voice as dry as polishing stone.

Jemin sat in the back, mechanically taking notes in his notebook while skillfully using the internal circulation method to suppress the fluctuations of true energy.

With the breakthrough in his strength, his internal circulation technique became more and more complete, and he concealed it even better than when he was at the first level of Qi Refining.

Thanks to that wisp of purple aura from the east, his Qi Refining Level 2 cultivation was stabilized overnight. However, the next stage of cultivation requires more accumulation and more points to rent the laboratory.

After all, with the refinement of his soul by the Eastern Purple Qi, his aptitude improved once again. In addition, the increase in mental power after the breakthrough in Qi Refining also promoted the efficiency of meditation.

Even though Jemin hasn't inscribed the Fourth Truth Rune yet, the speed at which his meditation method absorbs elemental power and converts it into true essence is terrifying, and he has to be careful to suppress it at all times.

He calculated that even if he temporarily refrained from inscribing the Fourth Truth Rune in order to conceal his talent, at this rate, he would likely face another "crisis" of breakthrough in just over a month.

In order to avoid repeating the same crisis, he must complete several more missions beforehand to accumulate enough points for the next safe breakthrough.

Just as his thoughts were drifting, Professor Clark left the classroom decisively when it was time, as usual, and a suppressed whisper of excitement came from the side.

"Hey! Jemin, did you hear? Big news!"

It was Amy. She looked unusually energetic today, with the expression of someone who had discovered a shocking secret, and she crept closer.

Jemin politely turned his head to the side, revealing a slightly tired smile that fit the persona of a "hardworking but slow-progressing level six talent apprentice": "What news? You seem so excited."

"You'd never guess!" Amy whispered, but her excitement was palpable. "A truly amazing apprentice has emerged from the workshop! He's developed a new material that has stunned even the fully-fledged wizards!"

"Oh?" Jemin's heart stirred slightly.

He was quite interested in this new material that could attract the attention of wizards. After all, the material system of the wizarding world was completely new knowledge to him, and he might find more inspiration from it to integrate with the cultivation system.

“No, it’s not just ‘oh’!” Amy waved her hand dramatically. “It’s big! big! big! news!” She mouthed, her eyes sparkling with gossip.

"I heard that as soon as the materials were submitted for testing, the old wizard in charge of the testing was so shocked that he almost fell over! The evaluation results shocked all the wizards in the testing center! Just think about it, these are all formal wizards, what kind of strange things haven't they seen? How could they be scared by something from an apprentice!"

Jemin listened with great interest.

Indeed, the apprentice's achievements, which could astound even a formal wizard, must be extraordinary.

Thinking back to his precious gold material that had seemingly vanished without a trace, he couldn't help but sigh.

It's true that comparisons are odious. Even though you've got some advantages, you still can't compare to those naturally gifted geniuses?
I seem to have forgotten to check the status of my application materials yesterday, but they're probably still under review, so there's no need to worry too much...

He feigned surprise, "That's incredible! What kind of material is it made of?"

"It's an exaggeration!" Amy said mysteriously. "I heard about it after asking around for a long time! It seems to be a kind of insulating material! But it's extremely powerful! From what I heard from the people in charge of testing, it seems... it seems to have terrifyingly high resistance to elemental corrosion and curses! In some tests, even their instruments couldn't determine the upper limit, and they directly reported 'out of range'!"

Jemin was still smiling, his face showing just the right amount of admiration and curiosity.

He imagined how genius that unknown apprentice must be to have been able to research something so amazing.

To be able to stir up trouble in the wizarding world, that's what makes a true genius...

Huh? Wait a minute?

His smile froze for a moment.

Insulation materials?

Its resistance to elemental erosion and curses is frighteningly high?
This description... it sounds familiar. He shook his head:

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! There are countless materials in the world... and although refined gold involves some concepts, it's only a basic material, it couldn't possibly be that powerful... probably..."

According to the knowledge provided by the Great Dao Library, refined gold is only the most basic spiritual material. Based on refined gold, related concepts can be continuously refined to obtain even more advanced materials.

So theoretically there shouldn't be any problems... right?

Amy, oblivious to Jemin's subtle change, continued excitedly, "And the most amazing thing is, I heard that as soon as this material was put up for sale on the workshop's internal magic network, it was snapped up by those formal wizards in a flash! Now many wizards are privately inquiring about who this apprentice is, wanting to buy it! The price has already skyrocketed! I heard... one unit costs one hundred contribution points!"

"One hundred contribution points! My God!" Amy exclaimed at the staggering price. "I couldn't even afford a fraction of that with a month's worth of points! I wonder which genius made a fortune in silence! And I heard the submitter's information was kept confidential; it seems the academy takes this material very seriously!"

In Jemin's mind, his apprentice number in the submission record on the workshop task terminal uncontrollably surfaced.

Amy continued her description: "And I heard that the apprentice submitted a material with a very casual name, something like... 'White Iron-Based Insulation Material'? Hahaha, what a common name, who would have thought of that? So you see, you can't judge a book by its cover, and the same goes for materials!"

Jemin's face froze completely.

Upon hearing the name of the material that haunted his dreams yet utterly vehemently cursed, it felt as if a planet had exploded in Jeming's mind!
seemingly……

like……

perhaps……

Maybe……

possible……

That wizard apprentice… really… refers to himself?!

As Amy continued to vividly describe the "amazing" deeds of the "mysterious apprentice," Jemin felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

Keep quiet? Make a fortune?

What the hell?!

I just wanted to get some low-level materials to earn some points, how did I suddenly become the center of attention?!
Now things are much better. There's no need to keep quiet anymore. Because of this material, we've made a big splash that has alarmed the entire academy and even other academies!

Amy continued talking, completely unaware that an apprentice was experiencing an inner tsunami.

"Amy, I suddenly remembered something urgent!" He made up a lame excuse, ignoring Amy's confused look, and rushed out of the classroom like a gust of wind.

He ran to the mission hall, found the magic network terminal in the corner, and took out his badge with trembling hands.

Log in!

His eyes immediately fell on the "Points Balance" section of his personal information page.

On the screen, a dazzling and dizzying number, like the cruelest judgment, was presented to Jemin:
Points balance: 500
Five...five hundred?!

Jemin felt dizzy, his legs went weak, and he almost lost his balance.

Normally, he would be very happy to see such a large balance.

But now, leaning against the cold wall, looking at the alarming points number on the terminal and the "sold out" status in the material sales record next to it, Jieming felt dizzy and saw stars.

"Maru spicy!"

(End of this chapter)