Black Amber fell silent.

She waited for a long time before she said:

"Anyway, I've never heard of the Demon King being sealed in the Academy. But even if I am a professor, I can't know all the secrets of the academy. I will start with this and conduct an investigation, including consulting with Mr. Principal. ”

After a brief silence, Black Amber brought the topic back to the topic:

"Kid, you've provided crucial information, and I'll reward you."

"Yes, yes, reward!" The wind chime-like split soul jumped up.

"Wait a minute," Black Amber asked, sensing that something was wrong, to be on the safe side, "are you now representing Russell, or are you representing Russell's contract spirit, the Wind Chimes themselves?" ”

"Myself." The wind chime-like distraction stopped jumping, but because it had just left the ground, it was suspended in the air.

Black Amber was speechless for a moment and explained:

"I said that to Russell. I mean, Russell will be rewarded. ”

Wind chimes pumped their fists in protest:

"What do you mean, you didn't give me a reward? It was I who was in danger and risked my life to eavesdrop on the cultists' conversations! Do you know how thrilling and dangerous the scene was? If I were to be discovered, I would be dead! ”

"Uh......" Professor Black Amber tilted his head, trying to say you're dead, but he didn't.

"Well, Wind Chimes, what reward do you want?"

Wind Chime thought hard for a while before replying:

"I want to frighten people and draw strength from their fears. Oh yes, at Russell's suggestion, I'm now trying to make horror shorts. But the response was not as good as I expected. This is a ghost movie with real female ghosts, isn't it scary enough......"

Black Amber patted patiently on the desk, listened to the wind chimes and complained, and then said slowly:

"So, wind chimes you mean...... Need help with your horror film? ”

……

Russell himself came to Professor Black Amber's private office.

"Russell, you should know what I called you here today, right?"

"Of course I do." Russell nodded vigorously, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looking indifferent and confident.

"Are you here to discuss with me the plan for the school to assist me and Wind Chime in filming horror movies in the future?"

"Uh, uh, uh, no......," Professor Black Amber was a little surprised, "Actually, I mean to say that I helped you get the knowledge scroll of the second year in advance, and you can be promoted to the second year and learn 'herbology'." ”

"Of course, the matter of filming horror movies can also be discussed, but let's talk about it later." Professor Black Amber added out of rigor.

As he spoke, the black cat patted the bell around his neck.

With the clatter of bells, the desk drawer opened on its own, and an emerald green, shimmering scroll floated in the air towards Russell.

- Of course, in the spiritual perspective opened by Russell's mind, this scene is not so magical. It's just a ghost with a crooked neck opening the drawer and handing the scroll to Russell.

"Thank you."

Taking over the scroll that emitted a faint emerald glow, Russell did not rush to absorb the power of the scroll, but instead took out 30 Academy Gold Coins from his dimensional pocket and handed them to Professor Black Amber.

"This is the cost of tuition and textbooks for the second year."

As a result, Russell had only about 2 college gold coins left in his hands and became impoverished again.

Black Amber, in the spirit of getting closer to Russell, the son of prophecy, laughed and teased:

"You seem to be poor again now? Distressed? Child. ”

Such an ordinary child, who worked hard to make up tuition fees and textbook fees, was empty overnight, and I guess I feel quite emotional in my heart......

"Don't feel distressed, I earned it." Russell's face was indifferent.

"Why?" Black Amber wondered.

Russell briefly sorted out the logic:

"According to my simple knowledge of economics and what I have learned in the past few months, the actual market price of the second-year knowledge scroll is definitely not only 30 college gold coins, but between 30 and 60 college gold coins.

"The academy is willing to sell us the second-year scroll at a cheap price, mainly because if you want to be promoted to the second-year, it is not enough to have teaching fees and textbook fees, you also need other conditions. For example, make up at least 30 bonus credits.

"In order to make up enough credits, it is not enough for students to rely on classroom performance, they must help the college with tasks and day jobs.

"In other words, part of the price of the second-grade scroll was actually paid when I was doing tasks and making up credits. If I don't end up making it to the second grade, or if I accumulate more bonus credits than I need to advance to the grade, those credits go to waste.

"But now that I've made the cut, I haven't lost anything, I've even made a profit.

"In a sense, students who never made it to the second year, but who accumulated bonus credits, or who had accumulated more bonus credits than needed to advance to the grade, unknowingly and absolutely compliantly, paid part of the cost of this scroll on my behalf. Of course, most of these hidden benefits were earned by the academy, but from a dialectical point of view, I am not completely unenjoyed.

"It's like, when I see an elevator advertisement in a hotel elevator, I think that those people who impulsively spend because of the advertisement actually pay for me part of the hotel accommodation fee......

"Stop, stop." Black amber stopped Russell's indiscriminate divergence.

Even after being in contact with Russell for so long, she still couldn't fully get used to Russell's brain circuits.

Russell unhurriedly spread out the "Herbology" scroll and read it carefully.

He seemed to go back to more than 5 months ago, when he saw the spiritism scroll in his first psychic class. But now the teenager is much better than half a year ago.

As Russell reads, on top of the scroll, mysterious and obscure symbols and words are freed from the shackles of the scroll and float in the air, pouring into Russell's eyes one after another, implanting in his soul and heart.

Russell closed his eyes, a slight sweat on his forehead, and his body and mind seemed to be immersed in a storm, trying to accept the knowledge and magic that were tumbling in his head.

The level of power and knowledge contained in the second-year scrolls is much more powerful than the first-year scrolls.

If it weren't for the half-step second-grade spiritual level, this wave of spirituality would have washed him away!

The real world.

The scroll that was originally emerald green had all been lost because of the knowledge on it, and it became empty. The color also changed to a monotonous pure white, and became waste paper.

Russell sat on a wooden chair, half-squinted, and rested for almost half an hour before he basically digested the knowledge and power contained in the scroll and reopened his eyes.

Now he is probably equivalent to just reading dozens of books, and his mind is full of messy pharmacological knowledge. It takes a long time to practice this knowledge and apply it proficiently.

Much of the knowledge in the second-grade scroll is based on the first-grade psychic knowledge, and if Russell had not been proficient in first-grade spiritism, he would have learned a lot of basic occult knowledge and the principles of witchcraft. Such a vast and majestic new knowledge is estimated to bring him a lot of mental problems.

As it sees, the knowledge in the scrolls of each grade is based on the previous grade, which means that you cannot skip a grade and absorb the scrolls of knowledge at a higher level...... Russell had a better understanding of the Academy's specialty, the Scroll of Knowledge.

In addition to the supernatural knowledge itself, the magic contained in the scroll also made Russell's spiritual level from the half-step second-year level to the early second-year level!

Russell is now a second-year powerhouse, and he can be called an elite transcendent in the primary school.

He rubbed his aching temples and roughly sorted out the knowledge contained in the herbalism scroll.

Slightly different from Russell's initial speculation, the pharmacological knowledge of herbalism is not limited to "herbs" in the general sense, but a set of pharmacological operating logics based on the principles of witchcraft.

Minerals, plants, animals, and even man-made objects can be used in medicine.

The core logic is "form complements form", emphasizing the symbolic meaning of medicinal herbs at the conceptual level rather than their chemical qualities.

For example, carrots are used in night vision potions, which may be related to the effectiveness of carrots in treating night blindness, and the fact that carrot slices resemble eye shapes. Russell also suspects that it has something to do with the game's Minecraft setting.

Similarly, the juice of bloodroot is red, so it can be used to treat blood diseases; Saxifrage can crush the surrounding rocks during growth, so it can improve kidney stones; The seeds of comfrey resemble poisonous snakes and can be used both to cure snake venom and to concoct poisons.

In addition to treating conventional diseases, Russell also knew how to concoct a variety of secret medicines, which required the use of different occult materials and ordinary materials, and the cost of materials was not low. In the process of blending, you also need to inject your own spiritual energy in order for these transcendent elixirs to truly take effect.

Typical potions, including Invisibility Potion, Night Vision Potion, Flying Potion, Poison Potion, Healing Potion, and more.

In addition, this knowledge of pharmacology can be used not only to concoct secret medicines, but also to perform evil arts.

For example, Professor Black Amber mentioned earlier about the "Turning Evil Method", which discards the dregs after drinking the potion, can transfer diseases, bad luck, toxins, and curses to enemies who step on the dregs.

For example, using human bones, toads, pufferfish, and poisonous plants can create a poison that converts the user into a voodoo zombie that obeys you. Similar to the means of Haitian wizards. Russell suspects that this is a precursor to the ability of the Necronomicon and Life system to manipulate dead bodies.

For example, a trick that can make one person fall in love with another. It is necessary to have the recipient take the powder made from another person's fingernails and eyelashes to make the recipient fall in love with this person.

It's all evil!

Of course, all Russell now has is the basic knowledge of performing such sorcery, and it will take a long time to practice these spells if he wants to be truly proficient.

In addition, Russell's vision has also been enhanced, in addition to seeing ghosts and certain spirits that are not normally visible, when concentrating on observing a person, he can also observe the general physiological state of the human body, know if the target is sick and where the lesion is.

This seems to represent that there is a correlation and a unique internal logic between the entire Necromancy and Life Department major.

Because of the improvement of the spiritual level, Russell's original spiritism has also been strengthened, and he can also have a second contract spirit.

Seeing that Russell had basically finished digesting the knowledge, Professor Black Amber spoke:

"Russell, you should be aware that the knowledge of herbology contains a large number of seemingly evil elements, and these techniques are denounced as evil and taboo in many cultures."

(End of chapter)