Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 685: See the real - tomorrow (new book content)

Upon hearing this, Chen Chencheng smiled and didn't refuse, "Sure!"

After exchanging WeChat contacts and chatting casually for a bit, just as they were about to leave, Chen Chencheng suddenly said, "I remember there's a new movie that's just been released and is supposed to be good. Want to check it out?"

Li Qing instinctively shook his head, "I have things to do when I get back, and besides, with flu season coinciding with the seasonal change, we should avoid gatherings. I'm off."

Leaving behind a somewhat bewildered Chen Chencheng.

Once he quickly returned home, Li Qing confirmed that the system recognition progress had jumped to five percent, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and continue to spread out parchment to study the book "Magic Theory."

Although Zhuang Xu seemed full of malice, the magic book he authored was really full of substantial content. Some small techniques for using magic power were an eye-opener for him.

So, magic power could be used like this.

It saved him a significant amount of time.

When he donned his hood again and entered the safe house at Gray Magic Academy to continue studying, Li Qing couldn't help but pause when he saw the introduction of the next chapter in the book.

"If a mage's body is too weak, it will greatly affect the mage's phase advancement. So, learn to trade with devils, and they will transform your bodies, making your physique extraordinarily strong while providing powerful magic..."

Li Qing read through it several times, inside out, and confirmed it several times before concluding that this was a complete sales pitch.

The entire section was filled with the lure of power. If he hadn't been exposed to the world of online novels and bombarded with nonsensical literature from various marketing numbers, he might have been led astray.

He was even more certain that Gray Magic Academy was definitely not a proper magic academy but an existence that lured people into the abyss of corruption.

Damn it... 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Li Qing silently cursed and temporarily tossed the book "Magic Theory" aside. After wandering around aimlessly in the safe house for a while, he went upstairs to lie on the bed and meditated for two hours, continuing to refine and increase his magic power. Then, he went downstairs to his real-world rental apartment and ordered four servings of fried rice.

Feeling full, Li Qing returned to the safe house, picking up the section on demon summoning from "Magic Theory" to study further.

He just couldn't help it—he was addicted.

Summoning a devil still required drawing an array, followed by injecting magic power for demon summoning. However, if he became proficient, he could directly communicate with the magic nodes to summon a devil from the Alternate Space.

But trying to consume everything brought by the devil was not something he could handle right now.

He couldn't touch this summoning magic temporarily.

Time flowed like water, and it always passed during Li Qing's immersion in magic research. On the day before the Chinese New Year holiday, the recognition progress of the magic simulation system module at the bottom right finally reached one hundred percent.

Then, there was no reaction at all.

Li Qing grinned, continuing to place a piece of the latest motherboard on himself for identification.

CPU, memory, motherboard—how could he be missing the most basic core components of a computer?

After estimating the progress, it seemed that things should be complete after the New Year.

As for magic practice, his current Mage's Hand spell could now be released in three seconds and maintained for two hours. With increasingly skilled usage, Li Qing could feel how crude the Mage's Hand spell was.

It could be more refined and efficient.

But Li Qing didn't dare to attempt any corrective optimization research. Although this method was reminiscent of mathematical formula derivation and code optimization bloated layers with bug fixes, he only had one life.

"Magic Theory" had emphasized many times that if you attempt to create or modify magic without accumulating enough magical knowledge, your head would likely explode like a watermelon.

So, for now, he could only practice magic, meditate for cultivation, read other books, and in each month's magical lectures, raise his doubts.

"Master Rosen, may I ask, when I'm using the Mage's Hand spell, I can sense the twelve magic nodes connected to it, which seem to be doing nothing separately from my point of view, and they are..."

At the magical lecture in early February, Li Qing raised his question.

Rosenberg was somewhat surprised and said, "I didn't expect your magic talent to be so good. It seems that the human talent for turning into a mage at thirty is truly extraordinary."

Li Qing chuckled and said nothing, eagerly awaiting Rosenberg's explanation.

Despite Rosenberg's full malice toward the students, he explained, "Originally, the Mage's Hand was created for the convenience of mages in picking up objects. Once the magic was optimized for use and had some practical significance, it was no longer studied further."

"Why?" Li Qing couldn't help but ask.

"Why?" Rosenberg chuckled, fiddling with his catfish whiskers, "Because it's only a Level 0 Trick, sophisticated mages aren't interested, and the apprentices who need to learn this magic don't have the capability. Moreover, creating or optimizing magic isn't easy. If one day you can advance to Legend, with enough experience and knowledge, maybe you can try optimizing or creating your own magic."

He paused and slowly said, "It looks like your progress is good, so if a mage wants to accumulate, I think you should look for the magic book 'Complete Level 0 Tricks' in the library."

"Thank you for the reminder, master!"

Rosenberg was quite satisfied with Li Qing's respectful words. He nodded slightly, looked up at everyone, and clapped his hands, "Alright, everyone, after two more magical lectures, we'll have an apprentice exam. I hope you all prepare well."

The sudden announcement made everyone's steps freeze, as they were about to leave. Someone asked, "Master Rosen, can you tell us what the apprentice exam will cover?"

"That's a secret!"

Rosenberg's vague features displayed a mysterious smile, "But I can remind you, the rules of every world are different. If you can't unravel them, you'll only be able to use magic, so prepare well."

The smile on his face made Li Qing's heart tremble slightly. What was all this malice about?

The significant words at the end made Li Qing secretly tense, fearing that this exam might be deadly.

He instinctively touched the motherboard he kept close to his chest, quickly left the classroom, activated his badge, and followed its guidance to the library.

Rosenberg had given him very good advice. Since he had already completed the basic Magic Theory knowledge, he had to continuously study magic. The more he used it, the more qualified he would be to decipher its essence.