After speaking, Lin Guang showed a slightly apologetic smile: "Sorry... I might have infringed on your privacy, but I really think this is... truly amazing."

He couldn't help but be curious.

Logically, in this world, Terrans occupy a position that neither parents nor gods love.

Magical beasts are typically only contracted by those who risk it all for power. Plus, there's a high chance that Terrans have the ore disease, a deadly illness that plagues Spirit Masters, making them barely competitive among magical beast types.

It's hard to imagine why anyone would delve so deeply into studying the seemingly useless Terran species, and their ore disease.

"..."

Kaiwen looked at him and sighed imperceptibly: "It's just living long enough and unknowingly learning more, that's all."

Lin Guang saw her sudden lack of interest and didn't say anything more.

After a few seconds of silence, Dr. Kaiwen suddenly stood up, moved to a cabinet, opened a drawer, and retrieved a pair of black fingerless gloves, along with an instruction manual.

Lin Guang activated the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence for a glance.

[Tier Two Spiritual Artifact · Red Lotus Gloves]

[Materials: 37 grams of Cold Ice Silk, 11 grams of Suture Spider Silk, 25 grams of Red Lotus Stone Powder...]

[Effect: Slightly enhances the wearer's control over Fire Attribute Ether, greatly increases the resistance of the worn parts against Fire Attribute Ether.]

The gloves are entirely black, with a golden corona design engraved on the back of the hand—this is an inscribed Spirit Rune Array.

The content in the manual mostly matches what the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence shows, with the remaining parts being maintenance and washing instructions.

Once he puts on these gloves, Lin Guang can not only use Explosion Fist more easily but also avoid the erosion of Fire Attribute Ether and the backlash from Explosion Fist.

Although Spirit Masters personally participating in battles is often a last resort, this certainly increases the choices Lin Guang can make in combat.

Lin Guang felt a bit of surprise, and a little embarrassed, as he scratched his cheek and nervously hid his right hand behind him—just the day before yesterday, his injury had barely improved, yet he used Samadhi True Fire for close combat, making his right hand still somewhat painful.

Observing Lin Guang's small movements, Dr. Kaiwen lightly shook her head: "Even if I asked you not to use it, you wouldn't listen, right? So, I got a Miracle Master to custom-make these gloves for you."

"..."

He didn't know what to say, so he could only honestly express his feelings, "Thank you, Dr. Kaiwen, for your concern."

"No need to thank me, this is what you deserve."

As she spoke, Dr. Kaiwen suddenly gave him a gentle smile, "Though it's a bit late, congratulations on winning the exchange competition."

"..."

Just like Vishdair's openly carefree demeanor and often inexplicable violent tendencies always make people forget she's actually extremely good-looking, with a great figure and completely unguarded as a beautiful maiden.

Dr. Kaiwen's consistently indifferent impression had indeed been etched into Lin Guang's subconscious, causing him to overlook her appearance.

Perfection is not a great descriptor because it doesn't sound as if it's describing a living person, but rather a cold lifeless object.

Yet at this moment, in front of Lin Guang, that cold statue seemed to suddenly come alive, the ice melting to reveal a soul-stealing smile.

He must admit, his heart did skip a beat just now.

Somehow, he suddenly recalled the previous classroom conversation with Wang Dawei and Deng Yifeng.

——In this world, an "age-difference romance" is really not a big deal.

"..."

Lin Guang shook his head quickly, casting aside the random thoughts.

Afterward, the two had a chat on academic matters, mainly researcher papers, clarifying their questions regarding the White Phoenix Parrot's study. After resolving their queries, Lin Guang bid farewell to Dr. Kaiwen with the gloves and went to join Vishdair, who was in training with Instructor Yu.

Incidentally, now for Vishdair to achieve tangible training results, Instructor Yu had to use her main Spirit Beast. Instructor Yu openly admitted her rapid progress, stating that if Lin Guang continued to assist, their main Spirit Beast might not be able to defeat Vishdair after some time.

Then he could step down successfully.

After simply settling lunch in the cafeteria, Lin Guang and Vishdair arrived at the school principal's office, knocking on the door.

The principal's office was very "standard." In the middle were eight sofas and two coffee tables. To the left were rows of aluminum filing cabinets, with several exquisite paintings on the wall. On the right, a wooden cabinet held various books and all sorts of trophies and medals—Lin Guang even saw the trophy they won from the No.1 High School prominently displayed—the walls adorned with some school rules and organizational structure.

Directly facing the door was a massive nanmu desk, beside it stood a vertical metal bird perch, with a dozing myna bird perched atop, and Principal Liu Feifan sitting behind the desk. Upon seeing the two enter, he promptly displayed a friendly smile, got up and moved next to the sofa, inviting them to sit, even offering to make tea himself, which Lin Guang promptly declined, citing that he doesn't drink tea.

"Principal Liu, what did you want to see me about?"

"Ahem..." Principal Liu coughed twice, showing a touch of embarrassment on his face, yet he spoke candidly, "First off, Lin Guang, I want to offer you an apology."

"?"

Lin Guang was dumbfounded.

He thought for a long time and indeed couldn't think of anything Principal Liu had done to wrong him.

"First off, there's the matter of forcing you to choose the volcano as the venue..."

Lin Guang shook his head: "Oh, that's actually no big deal. We were able to gain an advantage, and we won even faster."

"And there's another thing."

Liu Feifan sighed lightly: "At the time, all the leaders on stage thought you had taken some kind of drug. I should have defended you, but even I had my doubts about you... Fortunately, Liang Xing shot himself in the foot by finding a Four-Star Miracle Master to do a check-up for you, otherwise, who knows if this grievance would have been cleared."

He solemnly said, "As the principal, I undoubtedly failed in my duty, so I must apologize to you."

"Old guy, old guy! Judging people with a dog's eyes! Judging people with a dog's eyes!"

The myna perched on the bird stand chimed in timely, with a tone that was quite cheerful.

Instinctively, Lin Guang swept it with the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence, only to find a [50] representing its level on its head, with nothing else visible.

No wonder it dared to mock Principal Liu like that; it had been an old partner.

With such a high level, it could definitely speak as fluently as a human.

It was mimicking like an ordinary myna or parrot purely as a hobby.

"Principal Liu, there's no need for that."

"It's something I must do."

Liu Feifan suddenly let out a long sigh:

"I'm 120 years old this year, having held the principal position for over twenty years and seen countless students, yet I couldn't escape the bad habit of judging by appearances, thinking there was an insurmountable gap between Blue Talent and Purple Talent."

"As the principal of the Experimental School, to be so unaware of the students' abilities, resulting in misjudgment and even wanting you to win in a dishonorable, even improper way, is indeed a failure."

"..."

Having reached this point, Lin Guang could only accept this apology.

Afterward, Principal Liu seemed relieved, at least showing no awkwardness on the surface.

"Let's change the topic. I heard from Ouyang that many people attempted to contact you over the weekend?"

Lin Guang wasn't surprised, given that he had discussed it with his homeroom teacher, Ouyang Wei, on Sunday, and it was normal for the teacher to report it to the principal.

"Yes."

"Well... did you really not accept their invitations?"

"The school and Dr. Kaiwen have been good to me; I have no intentions of changing places."

"Good!"

Principal Liu slapped his own thigh in excitement, his eyes gleaming even physically, startling Vishdair, who sat idly by.

"Ah, sorry, sorry." Principal Liu sheepishly rubbed his thinning hair. "I'm getting old, haven't exercised in a while, and can't control my enthusiasm anymore."

"It's nothing. Without you, how would the Experimental School have achieved its current results?" Lin Guang sincerely praised.

The first principal of the Experimental School was from the Imperial Capital, known for his pride and had offended many people he shouldn't have, causing teachers and students to suffer. The school's reputation wasn't quite good back then; even dogs would avoid it.

Principal Liu was promoted at that time, being smooth with no arrogance of a Five-Star Spirit Master, actively engaging in various social events, even spending his own money to resolve issues left by his predecessor, and recruited talents who were unappreciated elsewhere, gradually improving the school's performance and reputation.

This centenarian truly cared for the Experimental School.

Principal Liu was momentarily stunned, then waved his hand, though the curve of his lips was irrepressible: "It's all just old stories; no need to mention them."

"Hmm, let's talk business then." An apologetic look crossed Principal Liu's face, "Thanks to you, we won the exchange competition and prevented First High School from achieving a 'three-peat victory'."

"It's thanks to the school's and teachers' proper nurturing, and the result of everyone's joint effort."

"Ah, you kid, always so modest."

Principal Liu shook his head with a smile, then turned serious, "Today, I've brought you here just to give you the exchange competition's reward."

Saying that, Principal Liu tapped the silver metal box on the table. Lin Guang glanced over and slightly raised his eyebrows, feeling that this box looked somewhat familiar.

Upon opening it, sure enough, inside were two rows of five exquisite glass bottles each, imprinted with a black dragon pattern logo.

[Spirit Beast Potential Development Potion · Series A No. 17 · Gentle Type (Tier Two · Perfect)]

[Spirit Beast Potential Enhancement Potion · Series A No. 17 · Gentle Type (Tier Two · Perfect)]

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