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Chapter 359 - 246: Mu You’s Magic Talent_2

Chapter 359: Chapter 246: Mu You’s Magic Talent_2

Mu You received a free school timetable, which he thought was just a piece of paper. But when he opened it, it turned out to be a thick book!

After browsing through it, Mu You quickly realized that this wasn’t a typical weekly schedule. Instead, it compiled all the spell lessons taught throughout the year for all seven grades, like a reference book, which is why it was so bulky.

Mu You translated the introduction on the first few pages, which mentioned the precise charging standards for spells.

Students need to pay upfront for each class, at a fixed price of 20 years. This fee was halved for the academy’s official students.

In other words, the cost of learning a low-level spell worth 100 years of life was only 20 years here, and even less for formal students, only requiring 10 years.

However, the issue is that many spells cannot be mastered in a single session.

Each lesson at the Magic Academy is set for two hours.

How much progress you can make in one session depends on the talent for the respective magic type. For example, if you could only comprehend 20% in one class, you’d need to attend the same class five times. The cumulative cost brings you back to market price, making it more efficient to buy a Spell Scroll and learn instantly instead of wasting time in class.

Therefore, although the academy teaches thousands of spells, not everyone can learn all the classes. The specific spells a student can learn depend on their magic talent. If one’s talent lies in Fire Magic, they should specialize in learning that. If a student has Thunder Talent, their focus should be there. This way, effort yields more effective results.

This is why a wizard trained by the academy will always specialize in a specific category, while any other magic remains auxiliary. It’s unlike a wandering wizard who studies a variety of spells but isn’t proficient in any.

Mu You was quite curious about his magic talent.

Fortunately, the Magic Academy had a device specifically for testing magic talents, and it was conveniently located within this teaching building.

[You see, there are twelve cylindrical pedestals lined up on the left side of the hall, each bearing a Magic Crystal Ball.]

[This device is used to test magic talents, split into Thunder, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Enhance, Life, Soul, Holy Light, Curse, Space-time, and Summoning – twelve categories in total. Input your magic power into each ball, and you will get a number representing your talent in that category based on the brightness of the Crystal Ball. However, each test costs ten years of lifespan.]

Each test takes ten years — twelve balls total to a whopping 120 years!

In other words, new students have to spend 120 years on talent testing before they learn anything...

Mu You moved by the thought; not everyone could afford such an education.

At least he could skip the cost.

Vivian previously mentioned that Mu You’s talent in Earth Series was ordinary, so he first took control of his character to stand in front of the Earth Magic Crystal Ball.

[You placed your hand on the Earth Magic Crystal Ball. Do you wish to spend ten years of your lifespan and test your Earth Magic talent?]

"Yes."

[Lifespan -10.]

[You channeled your magic into the Crystal Ball, and it emits a faint glow.]

[Test Successful. Your Earth Magic talent is: 3.

On average, learning an Earth Series low-level magic spell requires 28.6 hours, intermediate-level spells require an average of 142.9 hours, and high-level spells require an average of 714.3 hours.]

"3?"

Mu You paused. What level does this score represent?

He promptly rewound time and clicked on the ’Magic Talent’ description.

[The magic talents are measured on a scale of 1-10. The higher the number, the better the talent, and the shorter the total time required to learn magic.

Special cases:

1. Cross-category magic, any type of magical power can understand it, and the learning time is calculated based on the highest talent among all categories.

2. Mixed-category magic spells are counted based on the lowest talent score among the merged categories.]

The talent is graded from one to ten, and his is only three. It is indeed mediocre.

Learning a low-level spell requires 28.6 hours, which equals 15 class sessions. Converted into lifespan, it’s 300 years, far exceeding the price of a spell scroll. Hence, learning Earth Magic is definitely not cost-effective for him.

Luckily, Vivian had already told him about this, so Mu You wasn’t too surprised. He shook his head and proceeded to the next test.

[Your Fire Magic talent is: 2.

On average, learning a Fire Magic low-level spell requires 66.7 hours, intermediate-level spells require an average of 333.3 hours, and high-level spells require an average of 1667 hours.]

"emmm..."

Mu You fell silent. It’s even lower.

Backtrack, next one.

[Your Water Magic talent is: 1.

On average, learning a Water Magic low-level spell requires 200 hours, intermediate-level spells require 1000 hours, and high-level spells require 5000 hours.]

"..."

Mu You was speechless. Another category of magic he can’t learn...

Backtracking again, next!

[Your Life Magic talent is: 4.

On average, learning a Life Magic low-level spell requires 20 hours, intermediate-level spells require 100 hours, and high-level spells require 500 hours.]

The Life series was something Mu You was more interested in, as it was one of the categories he could convert Black Magic into.

Life Magic talent was much better than the previous three, but even at 20 hours, given 10 classes, converted into lifespan, a low-level spell still costs 200 years. So that’s still a loss!

If this pattern continues, the talent should be at least five points to potentially break even.

"At the very least, please let it be five..."

Mu You silently prayed as he rewound time again and continued testing.