Chapter 90 - 79: A Genius Is Omnipotent
As the Guiding Ring grew cool with a familiar sensation, another expected wave of rewards arrived.
[Reward Notification: Serial Number 7-118-256, Mo Ning.]
[Your improved Sub-zero Level Witchcraft, "Wind Chasing Needle," has high practical value and will be incorporated into the Academy’s Mysteries Hall.]
[As a reward for your contribution to the exploration of Witchcraft knowledge, the Black Tower Wizard Academy hereby grants you 300 Black Tower Points, two bottles of Magic Potion, and two bottles of Strong Magic Potion.]
[The awarded Magic Potions will be delivered to your secure locker within half an hour. Please be ready to retrieve them.]
The corners of Mo Ning’s lips curled up again.
’Last time, when I improved Flash, the reward was a paltry 50 points and a single bottle of Magic Potion.’
’But the reward for Wind Chasing Needle is several times greater.’
’The difficulty of improving a Witchcraft and its practicality are clearly proportional to the final reward.’
As for the Strong Magic Potion, it was also a common type of Magic Potion.
He had read about it in the tomes of the Royal Library. A single sip would boost the power of all Witchcraft he cast for a certain period.
Of course, the boost’s effectiveness varied depending on the type of Witchcraft.
More information flooded in, this time concerning long-term benefits:
[The Witchcraft Model for Wind Chasing Needle is now available in the Mysteries Hall. The Witchcraft is priced at 6 Black Tower Points.]
[For the next ten years, for every copy of the Wind Chasing Needle Witchcraft Model sold by the Mysteries Hall, the Academy will collect 2 Black Tower Points, and you will receive 4 Black Tower Points.]
[After ten years, the profit-sharing ratio will be adjusted: for every copy sold, the Academy will collect 3 Black Tower Points, and you will receive 3 Black Tower Points.]
Mo Ning was in high spirits. ’Another long-term meal ticket.’
A price of 6 Black Tower Points was 2 points higher than Illusion Flash’s 4 points—which was enough to indicate how the Academy valued this new Witchcraft.
He thought the messages from the Guiding Ring were over.
But the surprises kept coming.
[Given the impressive results you have achieved in Witchcraft research, the Rose Council hereby invites you to become a Second Level Preparatory Member.]
[As one of the three major organizations in the Black Tower Wizard Academy, the Rose Council offers its Preparatory Members the following generous benefits.]
[First, Preparatory Members receive a stipend.]
[First Level Preparatory Members receive 10 Black Tower Points per month, Second Level Preparatory Members receive 20 Black Tower Points per month, and Third Level Preparatory Members receive 40 Black Tower Points per month.]
[For Preparatory Members who make outstanding contributions, the Rose Council will grant a larger monthly stipend.]
[If you agree to join the Rose Council, you will receive a one-time signing bonus of 200 Black Tower Points. Do you accept this offer?]
Mo Ning blinked. ’They give out money every month. This organization isn’t half bad!’
He could guess that an organization like the Rose Council wasn’t indiscriminate in its recruitment; they only invited the most elite Apprentices.
To borrow a concept from the xianxia novels of his past life, the members of the Rose Council were equivalent to "Inner Sect Disciples," while other Apprentices were "Outer Disciples."
Invited Apprentices usually started as First Level Preparatory Members, needing to work their way up from the bottom rung by rung.
To be directly granted Second Level status like him was likely an extremely rare exception.
[Second, the 39 Witchcraft Laboratories under the Rose Council give priority to recruiting the council’s members.
[Given your profound foundation in the Secret Techniques of Divination and your ability to independently solve difficult Divination problems, the Deep Red Rose Witchcraft Laboratory hereby invites you to join the laboratory and is granting you the title of "Assistant Researcher."]
[The Deep Red Rose Laboratory is the second-ranked Witchcraft Laboratory under the Rose Council. Its founder is the veteran Second Level Wizard, Yi Lin, and the laboratory boasts a formidable research team.]
[Assistant Researchers receive a monthly stipend of 20 Black Tower Points, with further funding granted upon promotion.]
[The laboratory has numerous Witchcraft research projects, and participation in their completion will yield appropriate rewards.]
[If you agree to join the Deep Red Rose Laboratory, you will receive a one-time signing bonus of 300 Black Tower Points. Do you accept this offer?]
Mo Ning murmured "Deep Red Rose Laboratory" under his breath as a suspicion began to form in his mind.
He strongly suspected that the person responsible for monitoring the newcomers was most likely a member of the Deep Red Rose Laboratory.
Otherwise, the Rose Council wouldn’t have offered such a generous reward the moment he finished his paper, much less extend an olive branch when he had no "connections."
As for the Black Tower Points, he wasn’t particularly concerned.
Mo Ning had grown somewhat numb to this "endless stream of money."
To put it bluntly—and perhaps a bit obnoxiously—his threshold for excitement had been raised. It was hard to get him worked up anymore.
[Third, should you encounter danger, you can request rescue from the Rose Council and the laboratory at any time, and they will do their utmost to provide assistance.]
[Fourth, Preparatory Members may use the public facilities of the Rose Council and the laboratory and will enjoy corresponding discounts. The higher the membership level, the greater the discount.]
[Fifth...]
The Guiding Ring went on to list a whole series of benefits, more than a dozen in total.
Mo Ning quickly skimmed the list, becoming even more convinced that this was the difference between the "Inner Sect" and the "Outer Sect."
When he first entered the Academy from Lakefront Manor, Lai Te, the Second Level Apprentice in charge of guiding the newcomers, had stood before the first Black Tower and read out many of the Academy’s regulations.
Those regulations never mentioned that one could "request rescue when in danger," only that one should "report to the Academy as soon as possible."