Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 29 Shi Liang's Regret

"Wait a minute, you said you have strong innate mental power?"

Li Yu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"How powerful?"

"According to our instructor, it's probably about the same as a magician who has just entered the advanced level."

Li Yu didn't know how many times he had been silent today. The mental power of a high-level magician...

Sure enough, people’s physiques cannot be generalized!
However, he soon discovered another suspicious point.
"Your mental power is so strong, why didn't you become a magician?"

In fact, most people in this world have the qualifications to become magicians. What limits the number of magicians are magic resources such as awakening stones. The selection of magic high school students through the high school entrance examination is also a helpless move due to the scarcity of magic resources.

But Li Yu was certain that Shi Liang, who had innate mental strength, was not among those eliminated by the high school entrance examination. For someone who could become a top student in a prestigious school, how bad could his grades be?

The awakening of magic is highly correlated with the strength of mental power. The stronger the mental power, the stronger the ability to sense magical elements and the higher the success rate of awakening. With Shi Liang's terrifying mental strength, magic awakening is almost a foregone conclusion.

Why can't I become a magician?
But as soon as Li Yu asked, he felt a little regretful. This kind of privacy didn't seem to be something that a stranger like him who just met Shi Liang by chance could inquire about.

"Magic insulation."

Contrary to Li Yu's expectations, Shi Liang's reaction was extremely calm, so calm that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was as calm as water.

"A magic-resistant physique is also called a magic-forbidden physique. Anyone with this physique will never be able to awaken magic."

"The cause of this condition is unclear, and there is currently no cure."

Li Yu was a little confused and couldn't help muttering to himself,

"There is actually such a physique in the world?"

"You're quite amazing!"

He somewhat admired Shi Liang's performance. In this world where magic was respected, an ordinary person would probably go crazy if he possessed a strong spiritual talent but encountered such a physique that blocked his future in magic.

"well enough."

"There are so many ordinary people in the world, aren't they living well?"

"Besides, I am quite wealthy, so I can live a comfortable life."

Have considerable family wealth?

Li Yu took another look at Shi Liang's clothes. They looked quite exquisite, but without any brand characteristics. He looked sloppy due to not sleeping for a long time, and he looked dusty. If he hadn't led the way, he would probably have been stopped by the waiter and sent away with just two dollars.

It is a difficult matter, so Li Yu wisely did not pursue it any further.

Finally, Li Yu realized his original intention and asked curiously:

"Can I ask why you're pestering those magicians?"

What is surprising is that Shi Liang, who had just been able to remain calm despite his magic-insulated physique, suddenly turned into a frost-bitten eggplant and was in a low mood. If he were to be put in a cartoon, he would have to have a bleak background of rain.

After a long silence, Shi Liang slowly spoke.
"It's no big deal. I just want to hire them to help me do an experiment."

"Experiments? What experiments? Why did you choose them specifically?"

Li Yu himself didn't realize that when he was curious about something, he would unconsciously abandon basic courtesy in interpersonal communication and get to the bottom of it regardless of the consequences, just like now.

"An experiment that requires the cooperation of a magician."

"As for why I chose them, it was mainly because they were the ones who accepted my reward in the first place, so of course I had to look for them."

"Ah?" Li Yu seemed a little embarrassed, blinking unconsciously.

"You mean they took on your bounty?"

If this is true, then isn't it inappropriate for him to just pull the person in front of him away?
"They did take over my bounty mission, but they only did it for a while and then they were ready to give up."

Shi Liang's words pulled Li Yu out of the embarrassment of meddling in other people's affairs.
"I hope today that they will change their minds."

"Changing your mind?"

Li Yu felt that it was the right decision for him to meddle in other people's business today. He actually encountered such an interesting thing. It was a coincidence! "Why did those hunters give up their mission?"

Bounty missions are not something that can be accepted casually. Once you give up or the mission fails, not getting the bounty and having hunter points deducted are small matters. The serious thing is that the failed mission experience will leave a stain on the hunter's resume. A mission success rate that is too low will directly affect the hunter's reputation and evaluation.

What kind of mission would force the hunter to choose to have another stain rather than continue?
"They said my requirements were too high, the mission was too difficult, and the risk was too high. They simply couldn't do it, so they asked me to find someone else."

"Then have you ever thought about changing people?"

Li Yu was also puzzled. The bounty could be abandoned, but the reward money was still there. Why would Shi Liang, as the person who issued the task, hang himself on a tree?
"Substitution?"

"To put it lightly."

Li Yu's question seemed to have aroused Shi Liang's deep desire to complain.

"There aren't many magicians in Bo City. They are the few that meet my requirements."

"The preliminary preparations for the experiment took me more than half a year, and now, not even a short time has passed, and all my efforts have gone down the drain without even a sound result."

"Does it meet the requirements?"

"You have high demands?"

"It's not high, but it's relatively high among the magicians in Bo City."

"any request?"

"Under 22 years old, beginner magician of level 3 or above."

Li Yu: I see.

This is not a high requirement...

Not tall at all!
A magician under the age of 22 and above the beginner level three sounds like nothing, and can't even meet the enrollment threshold of many well-known schools.

But that’s just because the requirements of famous universities are too high, not that the level is too low.

There can be huge differences between magicians, and there are also huge differences between different magic schools.

Taking Tianlan Magic High School as an example, students undergo magic awakening upon admission. They study for three years, and when they graduate from high school, they are considered qualified if they can master the first-level elementary magic, and are eligible to pass the magic college entrance examination and enter the magic school.

Even so, there are still many people who are unable to successfully cast magic as they approach graduation.

Those who can master elementary level 2 magic are absolutely excellent students.

As for the entry-level third-level magician, he is a top-notch talent rarely seen in recent years, the kind that can make Principal Zhu dance with joy.

Normally, for an entry-level third-level wizard, as long as the magic department is not a "useless department" like the light department which has no function other than lighting a light bulb in the early stage, it is enough to make a good living in Bo City.

In fact, the graduation standard for students in most of the lesser-known magic schools in the country is only the third level of beginner level.

As for the so-called advancement to the intermediate level...

That is the consideration of students from prestigious schools.

There are not many such people in the whole city of Bo. Most of those who meet the requirements go to magic schools or choose to work hard in prosperous big cities. They basically will not stay in a small place like Bo.

"Have you not tried posting the bounty in a big city? For example, Magic City, the most economically developed metropolis in the country, is not far from Bo City. There are so many geniuses there, it should be easier to recruit people who meet the requirements."

“Are you hiring in a big city?”

Shi Liang lowered his eyelids slightly, his expression was gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He shook his head and changed the subject.
"not very convenient."

not very convenient?

Li Yu didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words.

Before leaving, Shi Liang left his contact information to Li Yu, saying that he could contact him if he encountered any difficulties in the future.

Li Yu also tried to ask Shi Liang about his research topic, but the latter did not answer. He seemed to be discouraged and ready to find another way out. After all, with his abilities and the financial resources to offer high rewards, he would have a bright future no matter what he did, and there was no need to hang himself on a crooked tree.

(End of this chapter)