A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 221 Returning to School

"Hello, I'm here to borrow a book."

Jiang Shuzhou arrived at the college library, while Booker dragged a stack of books that was two meters high, floating slowly.

Since Booker came along, Jiang Shuzhou has stopped doing this kind of manual labor.

After all, if someone is doing it for you, who would cast such a spell themselves?

"Master, can you hurry up? I can hardly breathe."

At that moment, Booker wished he were just an ordinary book, so he wouldn't have to go through all this trouble and be suppressed by his own kind.

"It's no big deal, just a few books. Besides, do you even need to breathe? You can't even catch your breath? Are you trying to slack off?"

Booker was speechless.

"Hello, Professor Navis, your borrowing procedures have been completed. Please return 'Higher Rune Theory,' 'The Self-Cultivation of an Alchemist,' 'The Secrets of Time,' and 'A Guide to Exploring the New World' within one week. If needed…"

The intelligent life form in charge of managing the library began a long speech, the content of which was nothing more than some borrowing requirements. Jiang Shuzhou had already heard it countless times, so he simply ignored it and turned to leave.

"Navis?"

It's Jess's voice.

"What's wrong, Jess? What's the matter that's so urgent?"

After not seeing each other for many days, Jiang Shuzhou felt very warm towards Jess. After all, he was used to fighting and killing, and it was rare to see such a clear-headed, stupid, and easy-to-trick young man.

"It's Class 3 of Grade 1; they've run into trouble in their trial again!"

What do you mean by "again"? Have they had any problems?

Jiang Shuzhou never cared about these things. As the old saying goes, these students aren't studying for Jiang Shuzhou's benefit. Let them do whatever they want. As long as Jiang Shuzhou can handle things himself, that's enough.

In any case, he taught us everything he knew, even how to treat abyssal pus, something that most alchemists wouldn't know. He was quite responsible.

This is the kind of knowledge they shouldn't have in their possession right now.

"Wasn't the problem with Ye Chen going on stage?"

Jess looked helpless; just as he had expected, Jiang Shuzhou didn't care about any of this.

"So what happened this time?"

Jiang Shuzhou then continued.

"I wonder if it's because of Ye Chen again this time?"

You're right.

Jess looked utterly dejected; he really wanted to kick Ye Chen out.

"That's so perverted? Did he sleep with that monster's daughter?"

In Jiang Shuzhou's memory, this fellow villager was purely promiscuous. He had nothing to do most day, so he either boasted or flirted with students from other classes.

Fortunately, everyone in Class 3 of the first year knew what kind of person he was, so they ignored him, which prevented him from being held back. Otherwise, Jiang Shuzhou would have deducted twenty credits from him and impeached him severely.

"No, that's not it. He just stole someone's eggs."

Jess covered his face. After Jiang Shuzhou said that, he actually felt that Ye Chen's matter was not a big deal.

"You're making me think you're stealing someone, just because you stole an egg."

Jiang Shuzhou looked disappointed when he didn't see the exciting scene he had imagined.

"The key point is what happened next: because he stole the eggs, a beast tide broke out!"

"How many died?"

"?"

Jess was speechless. Did things only become serious if someone died?

"Five people were seriously injured and were carried back, while the remaining seven sustained minor injuries."

Where is Ye Chen?

"He fled into the depths of the unmonitored forest and his whereabouts are unknown."

This is such a big deal, no one died.

"What does the academy mean?"

"The academy's intention is for us to resolve this through negotiation, but Ye Chen cannot be expelled."

"And then there are the students..."

Jess's meaning was quite clear: he wanted Jiang Shuzhou to help. After all, if he did help, he would simply amputate the leg and create a prosthetic. Putting aside whether they could accept it, the maintenance costs alone might be too much for these students.

"I will take action."

Jiang Shuzhou said it casually.

To be honest, although Ye Chen was a bit underhanded, it wasn't a big problem. After all, everyone has their own way of playing. Ye Chen was a pure lone wolf, and he only needed to be responsible for his own safety.

But then again, this guy has made Jiang Shuzhou's workload much heavier, so Jiang Shuzhou definitely won't give him a good time.

They cause trouble for others, but they run away very quickly.

"By the way, when are we going to find Ye Chen?"

"Jace asked."

"What a load of crap! Let him fend for himself. He can always be resurrected if he dies. Besides, he's already out of the trial area; he's failed this time!"

Jiang Shuzhou wouldn't bother with this troublesome fellow. If he's dead, so be it. If he's got the guts, he can come back on his own. He's already stirred up a beast tide and doesn't care about the lives of others, so naturally Jiang Shuzhou won't care about his life or death either.

"Take me to see my classmates."

The caring older brother Jiang Shuzhou is preparing to visit these unlucky guys and ask them if they need some cool features added to their bodies.

For example, it could spray acid, or grow more tentacles.

Jess didn't say much and left with Jiang Shuzhou.

Soon, they arrived at the college's hospital.

It was an ordinary hospital, without sterility or any surgical equipment.

Several mages were preparing to use spells to heal the students.

It can only be said that the equipment here is not as complete as that in Jiang Shuzhou's laboratory.

After all, it has everything there.

However, it's not a big problem. Jiang Shuzhou studies flesh and blood, and he always insists on keeping it clean. He relies entirely on his immune system and is not afraid of infection at all.

Infected organisms cannot leave his laboratory alive.

Aside from extraordinary viruses, healing spells can generally handle all infections.

Within the Alliance of Saints, due to the presence of the Plague Lady, there are many extraordinary viruses and bacteria, all spread by the Plague Lady's followers.

When they arrived at the Mage Alliance, although there were alchemists who would study these things, basically no one would release them, since they didn't need faith and had no reason to harm ordinary people.

These are all intended for use as weapons of war, just waiting to be used one day to catch someone off guard. They're so well hidden that they'd be impossible to expose.

"My legs!"

"My hand, my hand!"

Another chorus of wails erupted.

"It's just a broken leg and a broken arm, what kind of behavior is this, crying and making a scene?"

Jiang Shuzhou scolded, he was really annoyed by the noise.

"It's no big deal. Out with the old, in with the new. Don't worry, your teacher will get you all a brand new one!"

As he spoke, Jiang Shuzhou prepared to get started.

"By the way, students, do you have any special requests?"

When the students heard that it was Jiang Shuzhou, they stopped crying and making a fuss and immediately quieted down.

"Teacher, I want to dye my hair green."

A student with a completely shaved head said this.

"This isn't enough! If the teacher intervenes, I'll definitely give you something better. How about you get snake hair instead?"

"Snake hair?"

"The hair is shaped like a moving snake, and by the way, it's green."