Magic!

Russell recalled while making plans for the future:

"It seems that I can only wait until I reach the third grade and rely on the scroll of knowledge to ascend spiritually and break through to the third grade level."

This is actually the path chosen by the vast majority of students.

It’s just that Russell’s upgrade speed was too fast before. He only hoped to break through early and reach the early third grade before absorbing the knowledge scroll.

In this way, after truly absorbing the scroll of knowledge, you can reach a higher level!

He had obviously been practicing hard in spiritual practice, practicing psychic skills through haunted houses and ghost films, purchasing new materials and trying to refine new potions, but he actually stayed in a small realm of "late second grade" for half a year, which really surprised Russell a little. .

You know, in the first year of school, it only took him half a year to rise from a low-level transcendent who was not even in the first grade to the early stage of the second grade!

Russell thought about it for a moment and realized that there were two reasons for the slowdown in upgrade speed.

The first reason is what Subway often told him - "The gap between the second grade and the third grade is the threshold for ordinary people from the junior college to ascend to the high school, and it is also the qualitative change to become a truly strong person."

After the spiritual level reaches the third grade level, the mental resistance will suddenly jump to a completely different level. You can be immune to the "making friends" ability of the wind chime, see through Clara's disguise memes, and stay awake in dreams.

The third-year powerhouse is closer to the source of extraordinary power. When learning spells that are not part of his major, it is far easier to master and become familiar with them than at the second-year level. Therefore, when encountering different situations, there is a qualitative change in comprehensiveness compared to the second grade level.

——Russell remembered that the red-robed demon priest "Shadow Hand", who was once blinded by the Hidden One, had cast many spells to remove blindness and illuminate darkness, although his core abilities were in the creation and summoning system. And almost every third-year strongman has the ability to fly, no matter which major they come from.

Among the elite extraordinary people who are lucky enough to reach the second-grade realm, 90% will never reach the third-grade realm. However, there is no such a solid threshold for promotion from third grade to fourth grade.

As for the second reason, Russell is very sure that it is because not much happened to him in the upcoming school year, which is completely incomparable with the first school year.

If it were placed in a novel, these 8 months could be skipped!

"But this school year is coming to an end. Duncan, uh, the seal Mr. Principal set on me should be about to expire." Russell sighed, with a lot of mixed emotions in his usually indifferent eyes.

For a moment, I didn't know whether I was happy or sad.

For Russell, who is used to being the protagonist of stories, the past eight months have been a bit boring and he is really not used to it.

But on the other hand, he was finally able to contact his parents without any psychological burden.

During this school year, after confirming through various signs that his abnormality had been sealed, Russell took leave of absence and left the college twice to meet his parents, who were on business trips abroad for a long time, and have some fun.

Russell also demonstrated a variety of magical spells to help parents solve many problems without violating the confidentiality code. He also used his knowledge of herbal medicine to cure his grandfather and grandmother's illnesses.

Those memories are as light as water, but with a bit of sweetness.

Putting these memories aside, Russell continued to study the ritual called "Fuji" in the Book of Shadows in his hand.

Russell is already very familiar with the rituals recorded in the Book of Shadows, such as the place of silence, calming the mind, out-of-body experience, and evoking the dead.

These rituals are difficult to use in combat, but functional. For example, the "Quiet Place" can create a secret area where no sound can be transmitted from the area, and the inside of the area will be quite blurry from the outside. It was invented by a French wizard during an affair.

Russell's research direction in the past few weeks has been to use his talent as a magic genius and a mutant to master and improve the "Fuji" ritual.

Fuqi is a ritual spell derived from necromancy techniques.

For the sake of simplicity, Russell has always referred to this ritual by its more modern name - "Pen Fairy".

The performer of the ritual first asks a question, and then summons a spirit body that can answer the question. The spirit body controls the body to write the answer to the question on paper or other media.

Compared with basic psychic techniques, the most esoteric part of the Bixian ritual is the ability to search for spirits within a wide range and try to find spirits that can answer questions. At the same time, it relies on the power of the ritual itself and the special characteristics of the spirits. , allowing the spirit body to transcend time and space within a certain range and obtain secret knowledge.

Although the Pen Immortal ritual seems very subtle, after some research, Russell found something worth optimizing based on his erudite occult knowledge...

"Ahhhhh it's so hot! Didn't you turn on the air conditioner?"

Amidst the clang of the door opening, Subway walked into the dormitory with his bag.

Russell continued to be a handsome boy reading quietly, and replied without raising his head:

"I've been busy with work at the haunted house recently, so Wind Chime isn't in the dormitory most of the time. If you want to turn on the air conditioner, you can turn on the real air conditioner."

"Ah, I miss the female ghost in our dormitory. The air conditioner that doesn't get hot or cold or cools naturally is really wonderful!" Subway was very disappointed, and then looked at Russell who was reading quietly and intently:

"Hey, Russell, what are you looking at? Is there anything fun you can show me?"

While studying the ritual principles in the book, Russell replied:

"Here is a relatively simplified version of Fuqi witchcraft - very close to the modern Bixian game. I am trying to use my supernatural talents and witchcraft knowledge to optimize and improve this Bixian ritual.

"If I can improve it successfully, I can truly master this ritual, and I can perform it without the help of the Book of Shadows."

When Subway heard that it was related to the Bi Xian game, he immediately became interested and got behind Russell:

"How do you plan to change it?"

Subway has been exposed to similar rituals from family elders before, and is no stranger to this witchcraft that has been passed down for thousands of years, has gone through many changes, and has many variations.

Russell replied calmly:

“The current Pen Immortal Ceremony still has the following shortcomings, which are also areas worthy of improvement.

“The first disadvantage is that the spirit that answers the question—hereinafter referred to as Bi Xian—must be possessed by the upper body. If Bi Xian is malicious and wants to suck the essence of the caster or cause other disadvantages, it will be very troublesome. . This risk is not inevitable, but it requires additional preparation.

"The second shortcoming is that the Bixian ritual relies on pens and words as tools for information transmission, and the efficiency of information transmission is too low. In addition, the caster's hands are shaking, the Bixian's own writing is too sloppy and ugly, and the Bixian is a foreigner who cannot read well. , and other problems, leading to poor information communication.

"The third shortcoming is that only one pen fairy can be recruited to write the answer at a time, which is not enough to brainstorm ideas."

Subway was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Then what is your improvement direction?"

Russell took out his magic weapon phone and pointed to a blue APP on the screen.

The APP icon is a floating ghost with two big "pen fairy" on the pattern.

Click on the APP, and a few lines of text pop up on the initial interface:

"Share your life experiences with the world", "Serious Bixian Q\u0026A community", "You will know Bixian once you see it", "Don't you Bians know how to type"...

Russell said:

“This is the Bixian APP that I recently developed based on my own psychic abilities and mobile phone magic tools!

“The APP combines the features of a forum, a search engine, and a Q\u0026A community. When you are confused, you can ask questions in the APP community, and a considerate Bi Xian spirit will answer your questions.

“The spirits who come to answer questions include ghosts of historical celebrities, nearby spirit-like undead creatures, and various naturally occurring spirits, such as nature spirits, lake fairies, tooth fairies, etc.

“More complex problems may require some high rewards or paid consultation.

"The APP uses an advanced Internet community question and answer model, replacing the traditional pen fairy who only uses a pen to transmit information, and does not require the troublesome process of spiritual body transfer. It is a major invention since the birth of psychics!"

Subway's eyes lit up:

"Russell, you are such a genius, let's try asking questions quickly!"

Russell took a while to complete the final parts of the ceremony improvement and APP development work, and then restarted the app.

At this moment, he felt his spirituality suddenly surge.

Lines of text suddenly popped up on the phone:

[Your combination of psychics and the Internet is a milestone invention in the history of psychics. 】

[You have received extraordinary feedback from your practice, and your spirituality has been greatly improved. 】

[You succeeded in breaking through, uh, but you still haven’t broken through to the early third grade. But you've gone further and further at the half-step third-grade level. 】

"It does seem to be a useful invention." Russell, who felt the spiritual feedback, said to himself.

"Russell, you ask a random question first and see if the Pen Fairies can answer it." Subway encouraged from behind.

Russell touched the screen lightly, injected spiritual energy into the phone, and posted the first question in the Bixian community:

"Please try to prove that any integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of three prime numbers!"

As the spiritual energy of psychics spreads through the Internet, some wandering ghosts around the world have recovered part of their thoughts and memories, while some wandering spirits in nature are also attracted by problems.

Ten seconds later, several anonymous ghosts came to answer the question.