Monster Hunting High School

Zhang Lecturer's name is Zhang Huigu.

For a young and beautiful lecturer, this name seems a bit rustic and boring, but after all, the name was given by the elders, so Teacher Zhang could only hold her nose and endure it.

As an outstanding student of the Class of 2000 at First University, Zhang Huaigu had already obtained the certificate of registered wizard in his junior year. Before he graduated, the school's Rune Research Institute handed him an olive branch that all graduates dream of - staying in school. Further study.

For graduates of First University, staying at school means a stable and familiar working environment, it means being able to always be at the forefront of the latest research in the wizarding world, and it means being able to learn more advanced and secret magical knowledge.

But at the same time, staying in school also means poverty.

Without extraordinary talent, it would be difficult for a registered wizard who had graduated less than ten years ago to have a laboratory of his own at First University.

Without a laboratory, you will not receive projects recognized by the school.

Without projects, there is no project funding.

It would be impossible to continue conducting magic experiments.

It is a very popular concept in the wizarding world that wizards' knowledge is expensive.

But for Zhang Huaigu, who was a top student in both middle school and university, this feeling was not strong. In her mind, Yun Xiangyi's latest wizard robe or Shangyuan Shushi's new Bologna Dharma book are already very expensive luxuries.

As for experimental equipment and supplies, aren’t they all free to use?

It wasn't until she graduated from college and started preparing materials for wizards' advanced rituals, and saw the friendship price list reported by the research institute, that Ms. Zhang Huaigu realized how expensive wizards' knowledge was.

A dozen stable-state talismans that successfully imbue spirits are worth ten jade coins!

One hundred grams of dry-ground frog liver roasted in a secret method is priced at thirty jade coins!

A small bottle of ten milliliters of ambergris extract is priced at one hundred jade coins! You know, this also involves the salivary grass extract of dragon species such as Jiao Chi.

For the outstanding graduates of First University, they can actually make these magic consumables.

But for wizards who are preparing for advanced rituals, these magic consumables must be purchased.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of materials required for the entire ritual. If the wizard prepared them all by himself, it would take decades of precious time. The expiration date of many of the consumables alone would cut off the wizard from preparing them on his own.

Take the stable-state talisman that successfully imbues spirit as an example.

According to the certification standards of the Wizards Alliance, spirit-imbuing talismans with a validity period of more than one year can be circulated normally in the market; spirit-imbuing talismans with a validity period of more than three years and less than five years are already high-quality goods and are in short supply in the market; and those with a validity period of five years The above spirit-imbuing talismans are strategic commodities, and merchants without corresponding licenses and qualifications have no right to sell them. The products of masters who are capable of making such talismans are recycled by the Wizards Alliance at a high price.

Even Zhang Huaigu, who is highly accomplished in the field of talismans, cannot ensure that every talisman he has is successfully imbued with spirit, let alone each talisman being valid for more than one year.

In the wizard's advancement ceremony, thousands of talismans are used.

For most wizards, the only hope is to buy.

Zhang Huaigu is no exception.

In order to see the wider wizarding world, she must advance.

In order to advance into the ritual, she must purchase these materials.

So she needs money.

For a rookie in the research institute, being able to work for those big players in the magic world is already the limit. Many powerful wizards are struggling with funding for experiments, not to mention such a nutritious career as funding a young wizard to advance.

So, with the help of the teacher and the recommendation of the Rune Research Institute, Zhang Huaigu, who had just left the teaching building, re-entered the classroom as a glorious rune lecturer.

Only, this time she was standing on the podium.

And the level is only lecturer.

In the teaching rank system of First University, lecturers are only one level higher than teaching assistants and are the lowest level among teachers.

Above lecturers, there are also associate professors, full professors, tenured professors, senior professors and many other levels.

But for Zhang Huaigu, who has just graduated, the salary income of a lecturer is already very generous.

This is because her mentor at the institute is the deputy director of the institute, so she has such an opportunity.

Every time he thinks of this, Lecturer Zhang Huaigu always looks unwilling.

It's all because I only focused on studying talismans when I was in college and had too few other skills. The teams on field duty didn't dare to ask me to be a burden.

But the income of field service is so high!

Sima Yangyun's proud smiling face appeared in front of Lecturer Zhang's eyes again. The girl only had two field trips to get the wealth needed for the advancement ceremony.

I can do it too!

Lecturer Zhang rubbed his frown and tried to cheer up.

Every time he teaches a group of qualified students, he will receive a corresponding bonus. She did the calculation again last night. As long as all the freshmen in the three classes she is currently leading are qualified, she will be liberated!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but scan the classroom again.

The freshmen in the audience were writing furiously, drawing the talismans in their minds.

Lecturer Zhang looked at those wrinkled little faces and couldn't help but smile.

Familiar atmosphere, familiar feeling.

It seems like just yesterday, I was like this, silently chanting nearly a hundred talismans under the teacher's gaze, which made the old-fashioned old man extremely happy. From that time on, I could no longer live without these two words.

In the back row of the classroom, a new student also expressed this emotion.

Maybe I can't live without the word "Fu Lu" in this life.

Familiar runes, familiar ink fragrance.

It seems that I have been exposed to these complicated pictures every day since I was eight or nine years old.

Opening the test paper, Zheng Qing squinted his eyes with a smile on his face.

There is only one question on the paper:

Please meditate on the talisman you understand (note: no spiritual infusion is required).

Infusion is the last step of every talisman, which is to infuse mana into the written talisman.

There are two difficulties with talismans: one is outlining the runes, and the other is imbuing the spirit.

Due to the differences in the texture of the talisman and the level of mana control, everyone has a certain chance of failing in spiritual filling. If the soul imbuing fails, the talisman paper will be shattered at least, or the talisman will be out of control, usually manifesting as an explosion.

There was no need to pour spirit, and the pressure in Zheng Qing's heart was much relieved.

As for the talismans that I know about? In a daze, Zheng Qing seemed to see the old talisman.

The talisman he had practiced every day since he was eight years old.

Zheng Qing remembered it very clearly. The entire talisman book had 324 pages, with four talismans on each page, and a total of 1,296 talismans.

Do we have to write everything down silently?

Zheng Qing took out his silver pocket watch and estimated the time.

According to the rhythm of previous exercises, it will take about three and a half hours.

Maybe, there's enough time.

He bit his lip and dipped the brush in his hand into the inkstone.