A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 169 Autumn Counterattack

School days always fly by.

Time flies, and a week has passed. Jiang Shuzhou has spent the entire week in the library.

He and Jess have reached an agreement that he will teach for one week in a row, and Jiang Shuzhou will teach for one week in a row.

It's time for Jiang Shuzhou to start his class.

At this point, Class 3 of Grade 1 returned to its noisy and chaotic state.

Jiang Shuzhou was still looking out the back window.

This is the homeroom teacher's fixed refresh point; those who don't queue up for it are in trouble.

Ye Chen had obviously experienced this before, and he immediately saw Jiang Shuzhou. Then he pretended to be nonchalant and started reading his textbook seriously.

As for the others? They continued their playful bickering.

"It seems Jess was too gentle and didn't put any pressure on them."

Then Jiang Shuzhou knocked on the back window and entered the classroom directly through the back door.

"What's all the noise about? Don't you realize it's time for class?!"

"Do you even realize that our teaching progress is still far behind schedule!"

"All music and combat practice classes for the next few days are canceled and replaced with potion classes!"

This is so that Jiang Shuzhou can get off work earlier, since Jiang Shuzhou and Jess have a daily teaching requirement of one hour.

Compared to Jess, Jiang Shuzhou plans to compress the class time to two or three days, so that he can have ten days of rest after two or three days of classes, which is much better than having a week of classes in a row.

This also allows Jiang Shuzhou to stay focused and enables students to learn a large amount of knowledge at once.

As for whether it can be absorbed?

Doesn't that leave five days for self-study?

It can also give the brain a break.

"Alright, open 'Spells and Alchemy,' and let's begin..."

Jess had already informed Jiang Shuzhou of the teaching progress, which was, to put it mildly, dismal. They had only covered the second chapter, while "Spells and Alchemy" had nearly twenty chapters.

Moreover, the later chapters become increasingly difficult. Even the simplest first chapter takes a week to learn, so it would probably take several years to complete all twenty chapters.

Jiang Shuzhou quickly got into the flow and began to speak fluently and at length.

Unlike Jess, who strictly followed the book's content, Jiang Shuzhou was more imaginative and unrestrained. He spoke wherever his thoughts led him, however he pleased.

"Okay, everyone, put your pens down for a moment. What we're about to talk about has nothing to do with the book. We're going to talk about how to treat the abyssal pus..."

Teaching a bunch of kids who aren't even alchemists how to deal with abyssal pus is no less challenging than teaching college students how to build an atomic bomb.

That was both dangerous and useless.

However, Jiang Shuzhou thought it was normal. After all, he had come into contact with the Abyss Pus after studying alchemy for only a year, and now he plays with it every day. For him, it was the most basic thing.

"Professor, what should we do if the abyssal pus is contaminated?"

"Drink a purification potion before treating it, or if you have strong willpower, you can simply ignore it."

"So how do we obtain the Abyssal Pus?"

"Of course, we're going to kill demons."

"It's very simple, all you need is a gun."

"Are there demons there?"

Hey, you've asked the right question.

Mahablay is still causing trouble, and Jiang Shuzhou is even the commander there. If anyone wants to go, he just needs to give a shout.

As for whether he can come back alive?

"Teacher, I have a way. It's a bit dangerous, and the pay isn't much, but it lets you see the wondrous creatures of the abyss. Who would want to go?"

No one spoke up then.

They really didn't expect this teacher to be so unconventional, daring to do anything.

"You'll lose two points for asking a disruptive question. If you asked but don't dare to actually do it, then why did you ask me?"

Shaking his head, Jiang Shuzhou was too lazy to pay attention to these troublemakers.

There's a saying that goes, "If nothing unexpected happens, the professor you meet at school will be the most important person you'll ever meet in your life."

That's definitely true, since 80% of these people can't become alchemists.

Even Jiang Shuzhou's group consists of elites; their learning abilities, resources, and affability have all been carefully selected.

You might even catch a glimpse of Jiang Shuzhou in a corner, but it's a different story for students in other classes.

80% of them are unable to become mages within three years, and thus they are eliminated.

I don't know what I'll be doing in three years, but I'll probably be fighting in a dimensional war.

At Jiang Shuzhou's current pace, it's not impossible for him to advance to a higher level in three years. At that time, he will be qualified to sit at the table, fight in interdimensional wars, and expand his territory.

Soon, the bell rang, and get out of class was over.

Jiang Shuzhou also put down his textbook, planning to talk about succubus summoning runes in the next class to boost the students' enthusiasm for learning.

This was the first spell he ever saw back then.

"Navis, over here."

Jiang Shuzhou heard someone calling him.

Turning my head, I saw it was Jess.

Jess waved to Jiang Shuzhou from outside the door, signaling him to come over.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you studying at the library? What are you doing here?"

"Didn't I tell you? You can rest assured about my teaching. No matter what, these people won't die."

Jess was speechless. What do you mean by "can't die"?

"You didn't teach me anything taboo, did you?"

"That's not true."

Really not?

Jess stared at Jiang Shuzhou, trying to figure something out, but Jiang Shuzhou was wearing a hood, so he couldn't see his face at all.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

"Autumn will arrive in a few days, and the orcs will soon be making a large-scale southward invasion to plunder the northern border."

"I received a notice that the students in Class 3 of the first year were to go to the North, where we would serve as commanders, and they would become officers to prepare for war in advance."

Huh, is there going to be a battle?

This school in Melver is truly exceptional; its educational resources are incredibly abundant.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"How could war possibly be a good thing?"

Jess couldn't understand Jiang Shuzhou's way of thinking at all.

"The border is protected by the mage tower, what are you afraid of? It's just child's play."

Jiang Shuzhou, however, had a different opinion.

"What about the students' safety?"

"The school made it clear that they were to kill enemies, and not too few, otherwise they would be expelled."

Is there a reward?

"have."

"Based on the ranking of points earned, the first place can get a lot of auxiliary potions, and points can also be exchanged for some other items."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuzhou's eyes lit up.

Do we have these points?

"No, but we do offer rewards based on student rankings."

It's a pity, otherwise Jiang Shuzhou would have brought out his flesh and blood army to rack up points, which would have brought smiles to those beastmen's faces.

"Okay, I'll talk to them in a bit. You go ahead with your work."

"If you are really concerned about the students' safety, you can make some 'little things' to give them. After all, caring for students is something that teachers should do."

Jiang Shuzhou's meaning is quite clear: he was assisting in cheating.

There was nothing they could do; the rules had loopholes. They only listed a bunch of standard equipment that couldn't be given out, but forgot that Jiang Shuzhou and Jess were alchemists.

They don't need to buy them; they can easily customize them themselves.

After Jiang Shuzhou's suggestion, Jess realized something, said goodbye, and quickly left.

It's obvious they went to order custom equipment.

If Jess is so generous, Jiang Shuzhou certainly can't be any less so.

He planned to let the students use the pile of magical items in his storeroom to see their actual effects.