Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Wuni's answer left Richard stunned for a moment, then he furrowed his brows and asked, "What exactly is the situation now?"

Wuni sighed slightly, glanced at the surrounding wizards, and said coldly, "All of you, leave."

The wizards heard this and immediately scrambled up from the ground, fleeing from the room as if escaping.

Wuni waved his hand, and a barrier to prevent snooping enveloped the room. Then he said gloomily, "Teacher, you should be aware of our shortage of lower-level personnel, right?"

Richard nodded slightly, "I know. Isn't the universal wizardization aimed at addressing the manpower shortage? Isn't that enough?"

"It's not enough, far from enough," Wuni shook his head and said, "We are now simultaneously at war with the Galaxy Mayfly in nearly a hundred worlds, such a vast front has already completely paralyzed the Wizard Academy system.

This batch of new wizards received intensive spell courses, and they can graduate in three years..."

"Three years!" Richard exclaimed.

"What can they learn in three years? Even if they have the best teachers breaking things down for them, at most they can learn a basic Rune Studies. Did the Crown Throne invent some Alchemy Magic to increase intelligence, greatly enhancing these new wizards' intellect?"

"Of course not," Wuni shook his head, "The Crown Throne only created a type of Magic Potion that can be mass-produced, effectively enhancing a wizard's concentration. Through this Magic Potion and targeted knowledge infusion, these new wizards can learn basic Rune Studies, basic Alchemy, Four Elements Introduction, plus ten standard Legion Witchcrafts before graduation."

At this, Richard already knew what kind of people these wizards were.

"Cannon fodder?"

"Yes, cannon fodder."

On the battlefield, creatures below the World Master have their combat power greatly compressed. A cluster Light Cannon from the Galaxy Mayfly would force both One Ring Wizards and Three Rings Wizards to rely on the Legion Shield to defend.

In this situation, the previous multi-skilled wizard education that had already been compressed became a waste. Wizards who maintain the front line only need to be able to perform Magic Concentrated Fire and cooperate in casting spells.

Exploring mysteries and pursuing truth, these should be done by a part of wizards; after all, most wizards' talents are limited to repeatedly reinventing the wheel.

"...It really has come to this point."

Richard sighed slightly, the oversized scale of the war finally forced the council to abandon the dignity of the wizards, creating these crash-course wizards to hold the line.

"So the Wizard Academy system has been abolished?"

"This has not," Wuni replied, "These cannon fodder wizards can hold the line, but true offense still requires a truly elite Wizard Army. Those who earn enough War Merit on the battlefield or show exceptional talent during apprenticeship are selected to enter the Wizard Academy for training as the elite Wizard Army."

"Seems like we're not at the end of the road yet," Richard said somewhat self-deprecatingly. After speaking, he paused and added, "The punishment for those few earlier has been waived, right? It's obvious that people who have only received three years of wizard education can't be expected to do too much."

"You are still as lenient as before," Wuni smiled and said.

Walking out of the Wizard Tower and looking at Extreme North City not far away, he casually asked, "How has Bone been these past years?"

Wuni was taken aback, asking, "You mean the lord of this Nightmare Farm? I haven't met him yet."

"Hmm?" Richard was puzzled, "Didn't you open the will I gave you?"

"A will? You are not dead; why would I touch the will? Ali said you were just traveling and would surely return in the future."

Seeing Wuni's natural attitude, Richard felt both amused and slightly moved.

"You should take a look," Richard laughed, "Because this Nightmare Territory of Extreme North City is actually mine, and Bone is my Nightmare Knight. I thought it was you and Bone who made an agreement to turn the territory into a Nightmare Farm."

"Ah?"

Wuni looked surprised, although he knew Richard had been studying the Nightmare World, he hadn't expected Richard to own a Nightmare Territory in the Nightmare World.

He suddenly recalled that this land of Extreme North City was originally barren and was only established because of Richard. And this connection...

"Teacher, your experiments are quite bold," Wuni genuinely admired.

Richard waved his hand with a smile, saying, "Compared to the council's methods, mine are not worth mentioning."

Having said this, he called out to Rick, "Go awaken Bone, your share won't be deducted."

Rick looked at the powerful aura of the soul in front of him, momentarily stunned.

Where did this guy come from? Why would he ask him to wake up Lord Bone?

Seeing Rick not moving, Richard casually summoned the Nightmare Body from the Wizard Tower.

"Don't recognize me?"

The Nightmare Body and Richard spoke simultaneously.

"This, this, this..." Rick was dumbfounded by the scene, his brain suddenly freezing.

Their Lord...is actually a wizard!?

"Don't just stand there, go quickly!" Richard urged.

"Yes..." Rick responded subconsciously, then added uncertainly.

"...Lord."

After Rick left, Richard turned to Wuni.

"The resurrection of Bone might take a long time, I might as well go see Teacher Ali and the others. These years they..."

Seeing Wuni's somewhat dim expression, the smile on Richard's lips gradually faded.

"Who has passed?"

Wuni shook his head and said softly, "...Teacher, you should ask who is still here."

"..."

Silence, an oppressive silence.

Richard's voice was somewhat low, "The teacher should still be here, right."

"Grandmaster is indeed still here, besides him, only Ali the teacher's wife is still here."

"...Open the door, I'll go see them."

Although he was mentally prepared, when faced with the departure of so many family and friends, Richard still felt as if he couldn't catch his breath.

An indescribable fear gripped his heart like a large hand.

Wuni opened the door, and Richard hesitated for a moment before drifting in.

After six hundred years, Richard returned to the Wizard World once again.

...

In the former Black Tower Wizard Academy wizarding community, Ali stood in front of the experiment table, her brow furrowed as she looked at the rune structure in front of her.

As a remnant of the old era, Ali hadn't been influenced by the habits of the new wizards. After returning from the front lines, she had been exploring the mysteries of runes in the Wizard Tower, improving her own strength.

Hum——

The vibrating sound of the Crystal Ball interrupted Ali's thoughts.

She looked at the Crystal Ball, her brows slightly furrowed. In this era, not many wizards had her contact information.

Using the Magic Hand, she brought the distant Crystal Ball to her hand, and Ali glanced at the communication request.

"Richard... Richard!"

Ali's eyes widened abruptly, staring at the information in the Crystal Ball in disbelief.

Richard is back?

Her hand trembled slightly as she tapped to open the communication, and a three-dimensional projection immediately shot out from within the Crystal Ball. In the center of the projection stood a figure she hadn't seen for over six hundred years.

"You look in good spirits."

A familiar voice came from the Crystal Ball, and Ali suddenly collapsed onto the chair behind her.

"You bastard..."

Ali cursed softly, but two tears welled up at the corners of her eyes.

"Hey, after hundreds of years, when did you learn to curse?"

This time, Richard's voice didn't come from the Crystal Ball. Ali turned her head sharply to see a somewhat ethereal Richard standing behind her.

Richard opened his arms and laughed, "Cursing is not a good habit, but I'll forgive you."

The two embraced, and after a long time, Ali released her hold.

"Why are you just a soul?" Ali's voice was still choked with emotion.

Richard shrugged, "I came back through the Nightmare World, and my body is still who knows how many Flowing Light Years away. But as for you..."

Richard pinched the muscle on Ali's arm.

"This body of yours is not bad, and why do I feel a familiar presence?"

"Of course, it should be familiar to you." Ali rubbed her face, then said mysteriously, "In this body, I've added your cells."

"My cells? You mean my extraordinary cells?"

By now, Ali was a Third Level being, and Richard's enhanced cells were no longer useful to her, so the cells were most likely his body cells after breaking through to the Third Level.

"Yes," Ali nodded slightly, "Thanks to these extraordinary cells of yours, otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to see me at all."

Richard used his spiritual power to examine Ali's entire body and found that Ali's body did not contain his cells, or rather, it was entirely composed of his cells. Every cell in this body was his, but the Life Core was Ali's.

And in this situation, his cells hadn't degenerated but instead driven the expression of the cellular core, thereby allowing this body to have one foot in the door of a Fourth Level being.

"What kind of technology is this?" Richard exclaimed.

Ali bragged proudly, "I call it Cellular Garb."

"Incredible." Richard gave a thumbs up, genuinely praising, "With this technology alone, you can firmly establish your position in the Physique School."

"Hehe." Ali raised her head proudly, "I'm an old wizard now, how can an old wizard not have her own special skills?"

"So do you want to go further?"

"Go further... go even further!?"

Under Ali's shocked gaze, Richard nodded slightly.

"I have an idea that should allow you to break through the limits of a Third Level being, and maybe even directly to a Three Rings Wizard."

"Ah..."

"But before that, I have to see the teacher first."

Ali was a bit dizzy from Richard's sudden change of subject.

"Alright, let's first go see Master Jolod. By the way, have you seen Wuni? He has become a Great Wizard."

"I've already seen him, he's the one who opened the door for me."

"Did he tell you... Master Jolod is nearing the end of his life."