Soar to new heights

  Sneaking back into the academy, Xia Ming quickly entered his own residence. This evening had been too eventful, and he still needed to digest it all.

  He took out the Moon Shadow Dusk ring, and under the night sky, the crystal ball emitted a soft glow. Xiaoming closed his eyes and could feel the magic pouring in, even his thoughts unconsciously concentrated, entering a subtle state, his mind clear and his spiritual energy focused, his magic also slowly increasing.

  "This effect is too obvious..."

  Xia Ming was overjoyed, the effect of Moon Shadow Dusk completely exceeded Xia Ming's expectations. He easily entered a meditative state and felt his strength increasing more clearly.

  "With this Moon Shadow Dusk, I'm afraid I can reach level 6 in a short period of time!" Xiaoming muttered to himself. He had only recently entered the fifth level and still needed some time to advance to the sixth level, but with the Moon Shadow Dusk, his promotion time would be greatly shortened.

  Temporarily coming out of meditation, Xiaoming didn't rush to cultivate, but instead picked up the Moon Shadow Dusk crystal ball and examined it carefully. This crystal ball emitted a mysterious aura that Xiaoming couldn't decipher no matter how hard he tried. According to Saladin, increasing meditation speed at night was not the only purpose of the Moon Shadow Dusk, but what its true use was, even Saladin didn't know...

  "No matter what, the Moon Shadow must be kept carefully hidden. If other magicians were to find out that I possess such a treasure, they would likely immediately harbor murderous intentions!"

  Recalling the tragic end of Saladin, Xiaoming deeply understood the principle of not revealing one's wealth and carefully observed for a while. After the moon shadow and dusk were fruitless, he finally took out the moon shadow and dusk to ponder.

  Meditation speed soared, magical elements were exceptionally compatible, with Xia Ming's previous spiritual power, he could already feel the extremely active magical elements around him, and now there was a qualitative leap.

  Innumerable magical elements surged in, directly rushing into Xiaoming's body, and his spiritual power also began to grow. Xiaoming felt the various benefits brought by Yueying Muguang.

  His strength has been thoroughly consolidated at the fifth level of magic, with a very solid foundation and spiritual power that is even more refined. The most feared thing in cultivation is an unstable foundation, but with the help of Moon Shadow Dusk, Xiaoming's magical foundation became even more solid, and with such a deep foundation, he will definitely go further in the future.

  Xia Ming excitedly clenched his fist, strength, what he was most eager to pursue now was strength!

  Having witnessed Saladin's strength, even a strong man like Saladin couldn't provoke the magician from that shadowy land. It can be seen that there are still many things on the continent that he doesn't know about, and many wonderful things he has never seen before. Xiaoming had an even greater desire for power.

  With Moonshadow Dusk, he has the confidence to defeat any magician of the same level!

  This feeling of gaining strength made Xia Ming want to shout loudly, but he endured it. Now is the middle of the night, if he really shouted, he would probably become a school celebrity by tomorrow.

  One night of cultivation.

  The second was early in the morning. Xiaoming opened his eyes, and the harvest of a whole night was enormous. At this time, he didn't have half a bit of sleepiness, but instead felt refreshed and invigorated.

  Glancing at the time, Xiaoming's mouth curled up into a faint smile: "Time to go to class."

  ……

  The Azure Cloud Tower still stands tall, with wizards coming and going, all carrying books and in a hurry.

  Xia Ming walked into the third floor and only heard a burst of noise. He looked around and found that in the corner, several girls were whispering to each other.

  Originally, the private conversations between girls were not something Xia Ming wanted to listen to, but what they said happened to be topics that interested Xia Ming.

  One of the girls wearing a flame-patterned long robe with several freckles on her face said, "Have you guys heard? Arthur-senpai has returned from his journey!"

  "Arthur-senpai is back?!" Another round-faced girl's face was filled with surprise. "When did Arthur-senpai come back?"

  "Look at you yesterday, with that lovesick face, little girl, wanting to see Arthur-senpai, aren't you!" The freckled girl teased.

  The round-faced girl was not shy at all, but rather boldly puffed out her chest: "I just like Arthur-senpai, I'm not like some people who don't dare to admit it with their mouth, but are actually thinking about it to death!"

  "You dead girl, who are you talking about? Watch me tear your mouth apart!"

  Two girls started playing and chattering, their joyful voices filled the air.

  Listening to the conversation between the two girls, the protagonist's name is what Xiaoming is interested in, Arthur, the first place winner of the previous Magic Warrior Conference, a third-year student of the Warrior Department of Cangyan Academy, who has always been known as a genius, and is said to have already been a level 6 warrior at the previous conference.

  Xia Ming came to Cang Yan Academy mainly for the task given by Bluebeard, to get the top three in the Magic Warrior Conference, and he was extremely concerned about his future opponents. Without a doubt, this Arthur is one of his greatest opponents.

  Next to them were other girls chatting and gossiping, but the center of their conversation was almost all about Arthur.

  Xia Ming rubbed his nose, looks like a formidable opponent! Xia Ming didn't worry, instead he felt a surge of excitement. The stronger the opponent, the more it would drive him to improve!

  Xia Ming casually found a seat and waited for Freya to start class. Freya was indeed knowledgeable about magic, and it was more comfortable to look at her than at Anthony's old face, Xia Ming thought maliciously.

  Taking a glance around, Xiaoming found that Solomon was also there. Now Solomon was much more honest and obedient, hiding alone in the corner with a magic book in his hands, staring at it intently. When he noticed Xiaoming's gaze, Solomon dodged his eyes and continued reading.

  Xia Ming couldn't help but smile, since the last battle, Solomon seemed to have completely lost his temper, whenever he saw him, he would hide, Xia Ming didn't mind, in his heart, Solomon wasn't even considered his opponent.

  Solomon's talent is pretty good, but at best it's a greenhouse flower. He was born well and has hardly any actual combat experience, so overall bullying him isn't even interesting.

  "Where is Professor Freya...?" someone whispered, and indeed, today she was a bit late.

  Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the distance, and Xiaoming even heard shouts of abuse.

  "What's going on?"

  Xia Ming furrowed his brow, as the rules of Cang Yan Academy were extremely strict and such disturbances rarely occurred.

  "Xia Mingxue, hurry and take a look, it's not good, those guys from the Warrior Academy are causing trouble!"

  A girl ran up quickly, looking a bit flustered, and rushed towards Xiaoming. Xiaoming was extremely talented and already had a small reputation in the Qingyun Tower, so the girl recognized him.

  Xia Ming didn't recognize the girl and asked: "What's going on?"

  "I don't know, a group of people from the Warrior Academy came and blocked the entrance to the Qingyun Tower. It seems they've had some conflict with our Magic Academy!" The girl's face was still panicked as she looked at Xiaoming with pleading eyes, having heard that he was a 5th-level magician and had come specifically to ask for his help.

  "Come on, take me there!"