Chapter 69: Talent Test
After looking at Yang Chen's passcard, although he still had doubts in his heart, Gilbert still took Yang Chen to the vice president's office.
Because the dean of the Magic Academy has been in a state of indifference for a long time, the affairs of the academy are generally handled by the two vice presidents.
The Academy of Magic is divided into two parts, the first part is naturally responsible for normal teaching work, and cultivating talented ordinary people into real magicians!
The true mage here is, of course, a true mage who has stepped into the transcendent and can cast spells without the help of external forces.
But as mentioned before, although it is easier for a mage to advance to the Transcendent than a warrior, it is also very difficult.
It takes more than ten years for most magic apprentices to have a chance to break through to transcendence at the age of thirty, and some are even gray-haired as magic apprentices.
In order to prevent the waste of resources, any student who can enter the magic academy has a great chance of stepping into the transcendental.
So, the real graduation requirement at the Academy of Magic is to be extraordinary!
And after students step into the transcendental, they can choose to leave the school or enter the mage tower to do research.
Unlike the teaching department, the Mage Tower is a place dedicated to the study of magic, where many mages of the extraordinary level work together on magical topics or other things related to magic, and is the true core of the School of Magic.
And the person in charge of managing the magic research of the hundreds of mage towers in the Academy of Magic is naturally another vice president, Tris Stanford!
From a functional point of view, Dean Bori Wattel is in charge of the basic department of the college, focusing on teaching.
Dean Tris Stanford is in charge of the research department of the Mage Tower, the core of the School of Magic.
The former provides Nonan with mage transportation, and the latter is a research topic, both of which are very important institutions!
To outsiders, there is no such thing as one or the other, and both are equally important, but for a student like Gilbert, it is clear that the latter is more desirable.
Generally speaking, breaking through transcendence means graduating, but geniuses like Gilbert who become full-fledged magicians before the age of twenty are encouraged to stay.
Therefore, it was not surprising that Yang Chen had seen that some people were dissatisfied with why the academy gave the qualification to enter the Mage Tower to a person who had not set foot in the transcendent in the eyes of the other party.
Yang Chen followed Gilbert all the way around and finally came to an office building.
The building wasn't very high, but it was a little quiet, not at all like a place for the vice president of a college.
Seeing that Yang Chen was carefully observing this building, Gilbert didn't care, he was just responsible for leading the way......
The two followed closely one after the other, and soon came to a corner on the second floor, with a few words written on the door number, the office of the vice president......
Yang Chen took a closer look and found that there was a dean's office on the opposite door......
Gilbert stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door.
A neutral voice came from inside, "Come in!"
Gilbert pushed the door in, followed by Yang Chen.
As soon as he entered, Yang Chen felt that this room was a little cramped, only the size of half a classroom, and then put a bookshelf in the back, and the desk in front of it was even more crowded.
"Eh, Gilbert, why are you here?" an old man with glasses was surprised to see that it was Gilbert, put down the pen in his hand, got up slightly and pointed to the chair opposite.
"Sit down first...... Is there something wrong with coming to me?" said with a smile as he took off his glasses and wiped them slightly.
Gilbert didn't sit down, just shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Yang Chendao.
"Dean Bori, I'm fine, it's just ...... This one is looking for you!"
Gilbert originally wanted to call Yang Chen's name, but it seemed that it was still unclear what it was.
So he turned around and asked, "What is your name?"
"Yang Chen!"
"Oh, Yang Chen, Yang Chen has something to do with you......" Gilbert introduced.
"Oh, are you Yang Chen?" Dean Boli was very curious, and even put on his glasses again, and said, "Then I have to take a good look......
Yang Chen glanced at Gilbert and found that he spread his hands helplessly.
Yang Chen didn't speak.
"Then you're looking for me...... Is there something wrong?" Dean Boli asked with a smile, Chris asked him to help with the pass a few days ago, so he naturally knew the general details of Yang Chen and understood that he was an alchemy master......
After a pause, Dean Bori added, "If it's communication alchemy, then I can't do it...... Not as good as you...... Haha"
"......" Yang Chen didn't know what to say when he heard this, could it be that he told Dean Boli that my alchemy was not very good?
But Gilbert next to him was a little surprised, exchanging alchemy with the vice president?
And the vice president actually said that he couldn't do it himself......
Thinking of this, Gilbert couldn't help but glance Yang Chen up and down, although Vice Dean Boli did not focus his research on alchemy, but for a person like Dean Boli who has been trapped in the sky for more than ten years, he will naturally be distracted to study some other things, although Dean Bori's alchemy is not superb, but it can definitely be regarded as proficient!
But this character actually admitted that his alchemy skills were not as good as Yang Chen?
Gilbert couldn't help but be secretly curious about Yang Chen's identity...... I thought it was a spy who accidentally infiltrated the academy, but now it's still an alchemy genius?
"I'm honest, I have something I want to ask the dean!"
"Oh?" Dean Boli couldn't help but be a little curious, and made a joke in passing, "Come on, I want to see what else you can do to defeat an alchemy genius like you!"
"It's not ......" Yang Chen was a little shy, "I just want you to learn magic ......"
"Learning...... Magic?"
Dean Bori and Gilbert looked at each other with some confusion......
In Dean Bori's opinion, since Yang Chen was a master-level alchemist, how could he not know magic? Could it be that he wanted to learn the secret methods of this faction with him?
Gilbert couldn't help but think of other things, he fought with Yang Chen just now, and it seemed that he hadn't seen the other party use magic...... Looks like a swordsman...... What kind of magic does a warrior learn? Could it be that he dislikes himself for having too much time?
And Dean Boli also mentioned just now that Yang Chen is an alchemist...... Alchemists don't know magic? shouldn't they......
Seeing the confused expressions of the two, Yang Chen took the initiative to explain, "I am refining potions in other ways, and it has nothing to do with magic...... Now, I think I've reached a bottleneck, and I need to learn the magic from you systematically, and I hope you can give me some guidance!"
As he spoke, he bowed to Dean Bori.
"That's not necessary, our magic academy was originally meant to train magicians...... "As he spoke, Dean Boli had already used a wind beam technique to pull Yang Chen up.
Although he was curious about how Yang Chen used to refine gold, he didn't delve into it. In his opinion, this world is still very mysterious, coupled with the fact that the imperial capital has been actively exploring other worlds in the past hundred years, and all kinds of secret methods and secret techniques are endless, and it is normal to have anything that helps with alchemy.
On the other hand, Gilbert still wanted to take a look, but was signaled by Dean Bori that it was time to go to class.
"I still have class, so I'll go first......" Gilbert had no choice but to leave the dean's office in a huff.
After Gilbert left, Dean Boli asked Yang Chen to sit down first.
"Do you know anything about magic?"
"Hmm...... Recently, I read some books about magic. ”
Yang Chen nodded lightly.
"In that case, then you have to understand that cultivating magic is different from fighting spirit, and you value talent more than hard work......"
Seeing Yang Chen frowning, Dean Boli smiled.
"Don't be unconvinced, talent is really more important than hard work if you want to become a mage......" There was a bit of gloom in his words.
"There is a master in the wizarding world who once said that a magician is made up of ninety-nine percent sweat and one percent talent...... And among them, that one percent of talent is more important!"
Hearing this, Yang Chen couldn't help but be a little puzzled and felt a little familiar.
"Let's take me as an example, I've been practicing magic for most of my life, and I'm still stuck in the half-step sky!, and Lord Dean, at my age, is already at the peak of Haoyue......" Dean Boli couldn't help but laugh at himself.
Yang Chen didn't speak.
After a while, Dean Bori eased his emotions and said again,
"In general, a good alchemist is also a good magician...... But it's rare for an alchemist like you to be a non-mage......"
Listening to Dean Bori's words, Yang Chen could only smile.
"But since you choose to practice magic, let's just talk about magic...... As I said just now, magicians are a very talented profession, just like Gilbert, although he has not yet reached twenty, he is already a mage and is now a superb, and he has entered the mage tower as a researcher!"
Hearing this, Yang Chen was not very surprised, he had already known that Gilbert was a mage extraordinary when he fought against him before, as for the second half of the sentence, researcher, I'm sorry, Yang Chen really didn't understand what it was......
However, at this time, he suddenly remembered that he had seen a young man who looked like Gilbert refining swords in the Swordsman Guild before, and he had subconsciously used his hand knife to stun him when he fought against Gilbert just now......
Could it be that Gilbert is a warrior in addition to practicing spells?
Thinking of this, Yang Chen asked.
"Dean...... I think I've seen Gilbert in the Swordsmen's Guild before......"
"Hmm...... Gilbert's surname is Will......"
"Will?" Yang Chen was stunned, what does this have to do with Gilbert's sword practice?
Seeing that Yang Chen's face was full of doubts, Boli was also a little confused, but soon, he reacted and smiled at Yang Chen.
"Huh? hahaha...... I almost forgot that you had only been in Cecil City for a short time... It's normal not to know about the Will family...... Gilbert is a bit special on his side, but even practicing swords doesn't prevent him from practicing magic......"