Phoenix Warrior of Full-Time Magister

Yunhua then made various attempts, all of which ended in failure; she was unable to materialize what was not originally on her body.

Although the existence of that phone was like a bug that kept haunting Yunhua's mind, she eventually had to give up trying.

And so, Yunhua began to practice controlling the illusion in this illusion. During this time, he discovered another characteristic of this illusion: controlling it did not consume mental energy.

The so-called control means using one's mental will to control these stars, making them quiet down and obediently stay in a specific position, forming a star trail.

Each time I fail to control the situation, I feel increasingly exhausted. There's a limit to how long I can practice continuously each day; exceeding that limit puts me in a state of mental breakdown, with tinnitus, blurred vision, and a chaotic mind. At that point, I can no longer meditate or try to control the situation.

Although Yunhua's current skill level means that there is no longer any possibility of failure in controlling basic magic, the necessary consumption is still required.

Every mage has limited mental energy. Each attempt to control a star is a drain on their mental energy. Generally speaking, with the mental energy level of a beginner mage, it seems that most people can only practice controlling it for 1 hour.

Although the phone is unusable now and the exact time cannot be determined, Yunhua is certain that the time he has been in control of has definitely exceeded one hour.

After practicing for an unknown amount of time, Yunhua suddenly felt a buzzing in her ears, her head slumped, and her eyes involuntarily closed. When she opened them again, she found herself in a warm room.

The familiar layout of the room convinced Yunhua that this was indeed the Jinyuan Apartment where he lived.

He actually came back like that. Yunhua checked his body and confirmed that there was no change.

He picked up his phone, which he had put down earlier, and checked the video recording. In the video, Yunhua stopped moving shortly after entering the spiritual world, appearing outwardly as if he had entered a meditative state, no different from usual.

Yunhua watched the entire recording and found that it was only a little over half an hour long. However, based on Yunhua's own judgment and the time required for each control, he should have stayed in that illusion for about four hours, which is exactly the maximum amount of time a beginner mage can meditate in a day.

Yunhua tried to connect to the star track and release magic to refine it; this time it took—two seconds.

It seems that the enhancements gained through training in the illusion will be retained. If that's the case, then we can save a lot of time in the future.

This single function was enough for Yunhua to decide to keep the Feather of Crossing Dust.

Yunhua stood up, intending to take a shower and then rest, but before she could stand properly, her legs went weak and she collapsed back down.

"Have you overexerted your mental energy?"

Yunhua could feel that he was in a state of mental collapse, so it seemed that entering that illusion space had taken a toll on him.

But this actually made Yunhua feel much more relaxed. Fear comes from mystery, and the more you know, the calmer you become.

In this state of mental breakdown, Yunhua fell asleep fully clothed without even taking off her clothes.

……

The next day, when Yunhua arrived at Dr. Mei's dormitory, she was taken for a full-body checkup.

Dr. Mei was surrounded by poison magic energy. With a flick of one of her arms, she extended a finger and touched Yunhua's forehead.

The speed was so fast that Yunhua felt that even if she tried her best to dodge, she would probably not be able to avoid this seemingly slow speed. This made Yunhua somewhat horrified, but also felt that it was reasonable.

"Relax, don't resist. I'm here to check your internal condition," Dr. Mei coldly ordered.

Yun Hua's heart skipped a beat, and he naturally dared not be negligent. He quickly relaxed his mind, and in an instant, he felt a surge of demonic energy enter his body from his forehead. It began to rapidly scan every part of his body, leaving no inch unchecked.

After the magic energy circled around, Dr. Mei nodded: "I have a basic understanding of your body. Your physical condition is not bad, but did you over-cultivate last night? Your mental energy showed signs of depletion."

Yunhua was taken aback. "You can also understand spiritual power through physical condition?"

"What's so surprising about that? The human body and the human spirit are closely related. Before the Awakening Stone was discovered, the type of magic a mage would awaken was determined by the amount of magical elements in their body. Those with a high fire element content would awaken fire magic, and those with a high light element content would awaken light magic."

"Some scholars in Egypt believe that the spirit is the most important part of a person, and the body is just a vessel. It's ridiculous. If that's the case, why do the dead there mostly exist as mummies, with almost no ghosts or phantoms?"

Yunhua wasn't interested in the differing academic viewpoints among scholars; he was more concerned with something else: "Doctor, isn't there any specialized equipment for examining the body? Do you have to come and examine me personally every time?"

"We certainly have the equipment, but a machine is still a machine; it can't be like a human. There are many details that machines can't detect. This also makes it easier for me to make timely adjustments based on your situation."

"From now on, you'll spend every morning here learning poison magic, and every afternoon you'll practice the Hundred Beast Evil Body for two hours. The rest of your time is up to you. Any questions?"

Yunhua shook his head, and then, led by Dr. Mei, arrived at a room in the villa.

Yunhua then realized that Dr. Mei's house really had everything: a laboratory, a storage room, a magic practice room, and even a classroom!

Dr. Mei: "After all, I am a teacher in the poison class at Mingzhu Academy. Although the poison class has not had any students for several years, we still need to have some."

"Won't it disturb you to have the classroom at your place?"

"Anyway, there aren't many students, and I basically let them roam free."

"Before I start the lesson, I want you to have a basic understanding of the Hundred Beast Evil Body that we are about to learn."

"The principle behind the Hundred Beast Evil Body is that it absorbs the blood of demons to gain the corresponding abilities of itself."

"In the initial stage, use [Poison Extraction - Refinement] to strengthen your bones and lay a good foundation for the future; in the intermediate stage, use [Poison Cave] to store a kind of demon blood in your body as a foundation and continuously cultivate it; in the advanced stage, use [Poison Transformation] to absorb the blood of other demons."

"It's like planting a tree. The first stage is to cultivate soil suitable for the growth of trees. The second stage is to plant the seed of demon blood and let it grow. When the tree grows to a certain extent, the third stage is to graft other kinds of demon blood onto the tree, so that the tree has the characteristics of other demons."

"This is the Evil Body of a Hundred Beasts."