I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

After pondering for a moment, Roland stood up, found the Everyday Spell Compendium, and studied it for a while.

[You have learned the Ignite spell (0/100)]

[You have learned the Frost spell (0/100)]

A moment later, Roland took the cauldron from the alchemy table and brandished his wand.

The Bitter Slumber Cauldron floated in front of Roland, and ingredients flew from the shelves into the cauldron. Then, a small flame appeared at the bottom of the cauldron, slowly starting to heat it.

Roland chanted spells constantly, his eyes fixed on the changes inside the pot. Occasionally, he would flip through the recipe, adjusting the temperature according to the phenomena in the pot, or adding an ingredient.

This batch of magic potion failed perfectly.

Roland was expressionless, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote some notes on the recipe. Then, he started refining another batch of magic potion.

After three batches, the new magic potion was opened, and a strong magical aura filled the alchemy room.

Roland extracted this batch of magic potion, observed it in a test tube, and found that this batch was successful.

He summarized the experience in the alchemy log and continued brewing. This time, out of ten batches of magic potion, one was successful.

"Still not right." Roland stroked his chin and pondered: "According to the recipe, if there is a magical item to help, the success rate of this version of Serpent's Kiss is about 10%. But the phenomenon that appeared in the pot during the one successful time just now was different from what was recorded in the recipe!"

"Why did I succeed?"

"Is it the effect of the Bitter Slumber Cauldron?"

"No, something's not right!"

He picked up the recipe and the alchemy log and studied them for a long time. After a moment, he picked up a pen and circled a few steps on the recipe, and then started brewing the magic potion again.

After ten batches, there were 3 more bottles of magic potion on the shelf. Several more places were modified on the recipe.

In the next few hours, Roland refined another ten batches, and this time there were 8 more bottles of magic potion on the shelf, and two more places were modified in the recipe.

Putting down the pen in his hand, Roland, with bloodshot eyes, said to the recipe: "Senior sister, ah, senior sister, you are really a big坑货! The content you recorded on the recipe is wrong!"

Roland determined that Catherine must also have a magical item similar to the Bitter Slumber Cauldron. In the process of brewing magic potions, she repeatedly used problematic steps to successfully refine the magic potion. So, she recorded this wrong answer in the recipe!

Roland corrected the questions that the senior sister had written incorrectly, and his success rate reached 80%.

"I knew it, the steps are clearly perfect, and there is also the help of magical items, how could the failure rate be as exaggerated as nine out of ten?!"

Wiping the sweat from his head, Roland glanced at his pocket watch.

He had been working intently for 18 hours.

His feet were a little unsteady, and Roland ate a mermaid fruit: "Let's call it a day today. Water the mermaid herbs and then go to sleep."

In the following days, Roland only did three things:

Refining magic potions, meditating, practicing and researching magic, and practicing 'dancing'.

(Three weeks later)

Ding-ling-ling, the bell under the bed rang.

Roland suddenly sat up from the bed and looked around in horror.

Looking around, the entire bedroom was hung with densely packed thin lines, each line having a bell. It was like a spider web hanging with bells.

On the floor and walls of the bedroom were carved many runes, and in the center of the room was a demon-sealing array.

A breeze blew in from the window, and the bell on a certain thin line swayed a few times, making a tinkling sound.

"It turned out to be the wind."

Roland wiped the cold sweat from his head and breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out his wand from under the pillow and waved it, and the thin lines in the bedroom moved like snakes. For a time, the bells rang, and all the thin lines shrank to the corner of the room.

Roland now feels a little uncomfortable in his heart when he hears the bell.

Walking out of the bedroom, Roland was almost tripped over by a small piece of wood under his feet.

It was a wooden mouse sculpture, the wood carving was lifelike, just like a living thing.

Roland picked up the wooden mouse and said to it deeply: "Thank you for last night."

Looking up, the walls, ceiling, and floor of the living room were covered with runes, and there was also a demon-sealing array in the center of the hall.

The entire house looked like it had been carefully arranged by an exorcist, looking very strange, making people wonder if some evil spirit would suddenly crawl into the house and dance at midnight.

"No, the frequency is getting higher and higher. I must find a way to deal with this trouble, otherwise I can't stay in this place!"

In these three weeks, Roland had seen 'people' dancing in the room more than once or twice.

At first, it was once every few days, then it was once a day!

Later, it appeared several times a day!

Sometimes, while falling asleep, Roland could hear someone dancing upstairs.

Sometimes, when opening a door to go to the toilet, he would see an elegant dancer standing at the door!

Under this extreme stimulation, Roland finally couldn't bear it yesterday, dug out the Book of Demons in the front yard, and threw it into the distant swamp.

As a result, that night, the book and the dancer inexplicably appeared in the living room.

If it hadn't been for that mouse, there would have been one more puppet named 'Roland' in the hall yesterday.

Last night, after sealing the Ballet Ghost, Roland knelt on the ground and burned three incense sticks for it, begging it to let him get a good night's sleep.

Perhaps Aleyah Buddha showed his spirit, Roland didn't hear anyone dancing in the house last night.

He had a hunch that today would be very quiet.

Flipping through the Aleyah Handbook, Roland showed a wry smile.

He didn't expect that what he gained the most during this period, besides various magic and potion alchemy, was also his movement technique.

[Roland]

[Realm: Low-level Wizard Apprentice (96.8%)]

[Title: Dance Master]

[Abilities: Advanced. Valerian Swordsmanship (13.6%), Elementary Potionology (63%)]

[Cantrips: Several Level 1-3 Spells. Arc III (0.36%) Note 1]

[Magic: Modified. Chain Lightning III (0.36%) Note 2, Mind Blast II (0.7%)]

[Holy Seal (Passive): Dawnfire III (0.38%)]

[Forbidden Art: Elementary Forbidden Transformation Art III (0.2%)]

[Transformation Art Description: It is even more illogical. Duration: 3s. Consumes 90% of total magic power.]

Among them, the content about the Dance Master is like this:

[Dance Master: Evasion effect +3]

[Description: Your movements are elegant and agile, like a butterfly dancing gracefully, playing with enemies in the palm of your hand.]

"I have to go back to the academy today and buy some things, make some incense... Whether it's useful or not, prepare it first."

Rubbing his swollen forehead, Roland ate a mermaid fruit.

Under the strange effect of the mermaid fruit, Roland felt much better.

"Let's eat. After eating, go back to the academy... It had a lot of exercise last night, so it should be quiet for two days."

Roland found that every time the Ballet Ghost appeared, if he danced with it for a longer period of time, the time interval for its next appearance would be longer.

He didn't know if there was any metaphysics in this, but from a practical point of view, dancing with the Ballet Ghost could make it peaceful.

Rubbing his eyes, Roland washed up and then went to the kitchen to prepare today's meal.

The food was venison and wild vegetables.

During this period, Roland often mustered up the courage to search the forest outside the house.

He knew that there was still a female ghost outside, but now Roland's heart had been greatly improved under the training of the Ballet Ghost. Not to say that he wouldn't change his expression when the mountain collapsed, but when the female ghost suddenly appeared, his blood pressure could be maintained at a very stable value.

Compared to the Ballet Ghost, the Red Specter, although also elusive, was at least regular. So, Roland was able to avoid encountering it.

From observation, as long as he didn't leave the house too far, the Red Specter wouldn't appear.

It seemed that the ghost neighbor gave him a small range of activity, about one kilometer.

The deer that died of curiosity in the kitchen, as well as the wild vegetables, were all Roland's harvest near the house.

These wild things solved a big problem for Roland - he only brought a week's worth of supplies.

Soon, the venison stewed with wild vegetables was ready. Roland brought the food to the dining room.

Compared to three weeks ago, there were many more simple wooden furniture in the dining room, and there were also tables, wooden bowls, etc. These things were basically made by Roland with everyday spells, although they looked strange, they were still usable.

While eating, Roland couldn't help but recall the red ghost in his mind.

When he was cleaning up the house, he found some records left by the previous rangers.

That red ghost was very difficult to deal with.

Roland thought for a long time and found that he had no other way but to use the Ballet Ghost to eliminate it.

But the premise was that the Ballet Ghost had to cooperate with him.

In order to make the Ballet Ghost cooperate, Roland had considered many plans and observed the Ballet Ghost for a long time.

He found that the Ballet Ghost was not impossible to communicate with, but its consciousness was very incomplete, almost without any thoughts. It was like a sleepwalking vegetable person.

In the Book of Demons, there are many explanations about souls.

The Ballet Ghost's various behaviors are very similar to that of a 'nameless one' with a missing soul.

"There must be necromancy magic that can complete its soul."

"I can use the Book of Demons to record it, and I can use necromancy magic to complete its soul and control it!"