Refining Stones are peculiar ores discovered by humans in the Mythical World that can be used to refine a Professional's equipment. If the equipment refinement is successful, its effects will be improved to a certain extent.

The success rate of refinement, the number of possible attempts, and the amount of Refining Stones consumed vary greatly depending on the equipment's quality. For example, a Gray Inferior Apprentice Magic Staff can only be refined to +1, and each attempt requires one Level 1 Refining Stone.

Just like inlaying a Gemstone, it's best to use the exclusive skill 'Refinement' from the Blacksmith auxiliary Profession when using Refining Stones. This ensures a certain success rate. Of course, Fang Zhou, with his all-powerful attribute panel, was not bound by this restriction.

After tallying his gains, a satisfied Fang Zhou left the Simulation Battlefield and climbed out of the Simulation Pod. As with the previous day, a large crowd had gathered around him. Faced with the students' praise and admiration, Fang Zhou remained as humble and low-key as ever. At Gu Zhiqiu's invitation, he even gave a detailed explanation of his tactical insights to the spectators in the training field.

Although Fang Zhou's method of clearing the Abyss Difficulty 'Horn Demon Outpost' had a strong personal touch, his tactical insights still inspired many of the first-year students who were stuck on the Normal Difficulty 'Little Inferior Demon Camp.' They couldn't defeat the Little Inferior Demons head-on, but they could certainly make more use of environmental factors.

Ye Fan, Meng Hongzhuang, and the others also entered the Abyss Difficulty 'Little Inferior Demon Camp' with thoughtful expressions, hoping to make some progress. It wasn't just these freshmen, who had only been awakened for a month, that benefited. Even the senior students maintaining order in the venue gained many insights after listening to Fang Zhou's strategy-sharing session.

The senior female student, who had been somewhat arrogant before, was now completely won over by Fang Zhou. She glanced at her teammates and mocked, "A divine-level talent like Fang Zhou is a prodigy capable of surpassing titans like Senior Sister Wen Jiu and Senior Jianchi. Heh, wasn't there someone who was looking down on this year's freshmen before?"

Hearing this, the male student who had previously looked down on the freshmen remained unfazed. He retorted brazenly, "I admit I was blind, so what? Could you have imagined that a trash profession like an Undead Mage could produce a prodigy like Fang Zhou?"

At this moment, another student proposed, "Why don't we get Fang Zhou's contact info? He reached the Apprentice Middle Rank within a month; I bet it won't be long before he breaks through to the Upper Rank. If we establish a good relationship with him now, we'll be in the perfect position to invite him to team up with us for the Upper-rank Apprentice Simulation Battlefield."

The second-year students exchanged glances, a look of keen interest on their faces.

"If we can really ride on Junior Brother Fang Zhou's coattails, maybe we could even squeeze onto the Simulation Battlefield's historical speed-run leaderboard."

"Brilliant idea! Let's go!"

"I suggested it first! Don't you dare try to beat me to it!"

...

Seeing the crowd slowly disperse, Fang Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. He was just about to leave the training field with Bai Xiaochan, who had decided to just slack off, when a few unfamiliar students with powerful auras approached them.

Bai Xiaochan leaned in and whispered, "Fang Zhou, they're second-year seniors who've taken on the task of maintaining order in the venue for a while."

Fang Zhou nodded slightly and looked at the second-year students. Judging from their auras, each of them was at least at the Upper Rank of the Apprentice Stage.

Why are they looking for me?

Seeing the confused expressions on Fang Zhou and Bai Xiaochan, the refined-looking male student in the lead greeted Fang Zhou politely. "Hello, Fang Zhou! I'm Lu Renjia, a Warrior from the second year. I've been watching your battle broadcasts for the past two days. I'm thoroughly impressed and wanted to get your contact info so we might have a chance to team up in the future."

"I'm Lu Yiyi..."

"And I'm..."

The other second-year students also crowded forward, looking at Fang Zhou with enthusiastic expressions.

Bai Xiaochan muttered to herself on the side. When the Simulation Battlefield just opened yesterday morning, this bunch of seniors were so arrogant they didn't even deign to speak to us freshmen. To think they'd change their tune so completely when faced with the triumphant Fang Zhou today. How pragmatic.

But Bai Xiaochan tilted her head, and a new thought occurred to her. Then again, latching onto a powerful backer isn't shameful! A mythical-level backer like Fang Zhou... I have to hold on tight and not let anyone else snatch him away!

Not wanting to be rude to a friendly face, Fang Zhou naturally didn't refuse their goodwill. He smiled and added their contact information, seeing it as a perfect opportunity to get more information from them about Sea City Military Academy.

After seeing off the enthusiastic second-year students, Fang Zhou urged Bai Xiaochan to play him a 'Lullaby.' This time, bolstered by the 'Apprentice Lyre' that Bai Xiaochan had practically bankrupted herself to acquire, the magical effect of the song was significantly enhanced. It completely wiped away the fatigue from Fang Zhou's long battles.

Content, Fang Zhou bid farewell to Bai Xiaochan and walked back to his dorm with a spring in his step.

Sitting on his bed, Fang Zhou took out a vial filled with a pale blue gel. This was the 'Apprentice-level Spiritual Secret Medicine' he had redeemed. He uncorked the vial, and a fresh scent of pinewood slowly wafted out.

Fang Zhou tilted his head back and drank the Spiritual Secret Medicine in one gulp, then began circulating the 'Skeleton Monarch Meditation Method' according to the instructions. Thanks to his exceptionally high meditation efficiency, he swiftly absorbed the entire dose of the secret medicine.

"Spirit +0.6."

Fang Zhou opened his eyes and nodded to himself at the prompt on his attribute panel. A 0.6 point increase was equivalent to one-tenth of his total Spiritual Power; the effect of this secret medicine was quite remarkable. With this, he wasn't far from the threshold of the Apprentice Upper Rank.

According to Fang Zhou's observations of his Skeleton Clone, the Four-dimensional Attributes at the Apprentice Stage ranged from 1 to 10.

Lower-rank Apprentices had attributes from 1 to 5.

Middle-rank Apprentices were from 6 to 8.

Upper-rank Apprentices were from 9 to 10.

The higher the attribute, the harder it was to increase. Most Apprentice-level Professionals found it difficult to raise their attributes to the absolute limit of 10 points. However, with the endless feedback from his Skeleton Clone, Fang Zhou naturally didn't worry about this.

He tallied his earnings from the Simulation Battlefield over the past two days and found he had a total of 260 contribution points. For a Junior Sergeant, this was an enormous fortune. However, the majority of these points came from one-time first-clearance rewards, which were not sustainable. Adding the 200-plus contribution points he had received for uploading a new skill, he now had nearly 500 contribution points. That was enough to redeem five Black-Iron-level Skills, let alone Apprentice-level resources.

What troubled Fang Zhou now was the need to raise his F-level permissions. This would unlock more redemption options and allow him to convert these accumulated contribution points into actual combat power.

As for the newly deduced 'Skeleton Wings' and 'Skeleton Arrow Rain,' as well as the 'Skeleton Monarch Meditation Method,' Fang Zhou decided to follow Su Xinyan's advice. He wouldn't upload them immediately. Instead, he would wait until after he applied for a research project and use it as an opportunity to exploit the military academy's resources.

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