Miracle Doctor, Wild Empress: Genius Summoner

Chapter 120 - Finding Dark Magic

Translated by Luxican

Edited by madghost

The Royal Magic Academy's library was known as the treasure trove of magic books in the Great Zhou Empire. But of course, that was only a claim, and magic is still very unpopular. No matter how complete it is, it wouldn't get a second glance from the warrior fanatics of the Great Zhou Empire.

This was something that Yun Sheng had already discovered when she first entered the Hidden Book Pavilion.

The Hidden Book Pavilion was divided into two floors. The first floor was open to all students; the environment here was serene and elegant. Illumination arrays that never changed their light output made it impossible to discern from night and day. The Tranquil array is also flushing from time to time.

Yun Sheng walked around the first floor but was disappointed to find that among the texts that were located here, none could help her remove the darkness element worms!

The Darkness Worm was too small, not only was there no way to remove them with normal magic, it might even harm the herbs.

Just as she was planning to head to the second level, she was stopped by a tutor in the library.

"The second level is not open to ordinary students unless you can obtain a pass from your mentor."The instructor looked at Yun Sheng and realized that she was from the Potion Department. There was a little disdain flushing in his eyes.

Permission from a mentor?

Yun Sheng was flustered. She couldn't tell Mentor Mei Li that she had found Darkness Worms in the herb field. After all, she hadn't and couldn't tell anyone that a part of her Magic Soul she possessed was of the darkness element.

"Yun Sheng, why are you here?"While Yun Sheng was thinking, a voice came from behind her. Feng Kuo was standing not far away with a broad smile on his face.

The images of Feng Kuo and the elegant library really did not match.

'Right, she could also ask Feng Kuofor help.' Yun Sheng secretly thought, while relaxing her eyebrows.

With a wink towards Feng Kuo, she and Feng Kuo walked to stand at the side.

After Yun Sheng told Feng Kuo about her desire to enter the second floor of the Hidden Book Pavilion, Feng Kuo didn't even blink.

He looked at Yun Sheng in confusion,"Why do you want to go to the second floor? There are only some intermediate spells recorded there, as well as some forbidden magic,which is only used by the instructors as reference."

On the Wu JI Continent, there were many different ways to record magic. The most common being spell books and spell scrolls.

Comparing them both, the spell scrolls were more practical. Not only did they record the essentials of the spells, but they also often came with illusions for practice. Allowing the learner to clearly comprehend the core of the spell, including the chanting and forming of magic arrays.

On the other hand, spell books were often more dull. They only contained obscure recipes and vague methods of drawing magic cycles. Only magicians with sufficient strength and outstanding talent could comprehend spells directly through spell books.

Yun Sheng was still just a Magician who had joined the Magic Academy recently. She just learned elementary magic; those books on the second floor were still too difficult for her.

Also, the books of the second level were mostly records of intermediate combat spells. For Yun Sheng, a student of the Potion Department, to want to go there, would inevitably arouse suspicion of Feng Kuo.

"The final exam is coming up in a few months, and Mentor Mei Li requires us to prepare thoroughly. Plus, I offended a few students of the Fighting Department earlier..." Yun Sheng said while swallowing and acting like she was in an awkward position.

"Come to think of it, your crying summoned beast also can't be revealed carelessly to other people. Unfortunately, I have a lot on my hands these days, so I can't teach you anything either. I'll go and speak to that tutor so that you can go up there for a few hours." Feng Kuo quickly agreed.

Although he was also a tutor of the Fighting Department, he had already heard about the bullying incidents in the Royal Magic Academy.

He was bold in nature, but as an instructor, it wouldn't be good for him to lash out and teach the wicked students a lesson.

With Feng Kuo's presence, Yun Sheng's problem was immediately solved.

Before Yun Sheng went upstairs, the tutor from the Hidden Book Pavilion also gave her an extra reminder:"You can read most of the books, but some books are banned by the academy. Do not flip through them."

Yun Sheng's heart trembled slightly.These banned books are most likely the black magic books she was looking for.

She nodded vaguely and headed to the second floor.

***

The second floor of the Hidden Book Pavilion had a similar layout to the first floor. Except that it was only a third of the size, and there were fewer bookshelves.

On the wall, there were no Illumination arrays but a more sophisticated Concentration array, which helped the readers to concentrate.

Yun Sheng first flipped through some books. The spells they recorded were more diverse. Yun Sheng compared them to her recently learned spells, and concluded that they weren't as powerful as the spells of the spell scrolls given to her by Mentor Mei Li. And most of the intermediate magic was obscure and difficult to understand for her.

Yun Sheng knew that being too greedy would do no good, so she put down the books, and searched for the so-called banned books.

She set her eyes on the last row of bookshelves, which was conspicuously marked with: Banned Spell Books,for research purposes only!

It was a row of books that contained information related to taboo magic. Most of them were like biographies of people, not associated explicitly with dark spells,but rather with the development of black magic.

These books were donated to the academy by a large local bookseller back in the early days. After the academy inspected them to make sure that they did not contain any taboo spells, they were casually set aside for instructors to use in their classes.

However, in order to prevent younger students from being misled by the history of black magicians, these books were still revered to as banned books, and private borrowing was strictly forbidden.

Yun Sheng read a few pages about the history of black magic and was bored. Just as she was about to put  the books back, a small note that resembled a reading note fell out of the book.

The note was the size of a leaf, the paper had yellowed, but the messy runes written on it were still clear.

The red runes seemed to have a fishy smell still; just looking at it gave people a creepy feeling.

Looking at the handwriting, this note seemed to have been copied by a person at random, and the magic runes  were disorganized, disregarding all the rules of magical runes.

At first glance, it made one feel a bit of dizziness, making it impossible to concentrate on meditation.

This note undoubtedly has been looked over before, but ordinary magicians couldn't read the magic runes on it. When Yun Sheng observed the runes, a strange thing happened.

Her black Magic Soul part, which hadn't moved in a long time, became unusually active.

The black Magic Soul part flashed,reminding her of the strange nature of the note in front of her.

Yun Sheng pressed down the excitement in her heart; this little note was hiding something.

Yun Sheng's pupils shrank, she closed the book without a word and put it back in its original position. And the little note had been silently placed in the Beast Ring.