Professor of Magic

Chapter 33 Lesson 32 Teaching a Man to Fish
The college competition came as scheduled in the anticipation of everyone.

Lin Yuan had long been curious about what they would do with the college's annual event, and had made many guesses in his heart.But when it came to the day of the competition, he was still taken aback.

It was originally just an internal activity of Fenol College, but countless outsiders appeared from nowhere.And judging by the manner in which these people came to the academy, I am afraid they are all big shots.

"They all came to watch the ceremony." Maybe seeing Lin Yuan's doubts, Katyusha who came to find Lin Yuan early in the morning explained.

"What ceremony are you watching?"

"Fenor Academy of Magic is the leading magic academy in the mainland, and it has a very high status on the mainland of Farinos. The Academy Competition is the biggest event of the Academy in a year. What do you think of those big figures in Wendnuo City? Can you take a look at it?" Katyusha paused, and then said: "Not only Feynor College, but when I was in Pamir College, the annual college competition, the royal family and ministers of the Maginot Empire There will be a lot of people here, and in the past two years, the king has been there in person."

"Pamir College also has a college competition?"

Katyusha nodded: "Not only Feynor College and Pamir College, but also the other two major colleges and colleges of all sizes on the mainland have college competitions. Do you want to know why?"

"Nonsense, hurry up." Lin Yuan replied angrily.

Katyusha smiled softly: "Actually, these are all preparations for the Continental Magic Academy Contest next year. Every February, the Continental Magician Union will hold the Continental Magic Contest. The purpose is very simple, to promote The magic academy, which is the foundation of magicians, allows them to train students more attentively."

Lin Yuan nodded. To put it bluntly, if the college competition is a campus final exam, then the mainland magic academy competition is a national joint exam.If one can get a good result in the Continental Academy of Magic Competition, it will not only benefit the students, but also increase the prestige of the student's academy.

"Huh? Why is he here too?" Lin Yuan suddenly caught a glimpse of an acquaintance - Jia Luote.

Katyusha looked in the direction of Lin Yuan's finger, pursed her lips and smiled: "Lin, are you still holding grudges?"

He didn't see Carter next to Garrett, which made Lin Yuan feel better.

"It's not really a grudge, but you can't let me see them happy, right?" Lin Yuan's current strength is certainly not the same as when he was dueling with Carter at that time, and he really didn't have so many thoughts in his heart. "By the way, you haven't told me yet, what are they doing here?"

Katyusha gave him a white look: "Lin, have you forgotten that you are still a poor ghost?"

Lin Yuan blushed, and said embarrassingly, "After a few years of salary, I won't be poor. But what does this have to do with my problem?"

"Of course it does. Although magicians generally don't lack money, money doesn't just fall from the sky. After graduating from the Magic Academy, except for those whose family conditions are particularly good, the rest of the students should find a good job." Prepare for the future."

"Greatly, this is still a job fair." Lin Yuan suddenly realized.

No wonder the students attach so much importance to participating in the college competition. It turns out that their performance in the college competition will not only affect their life in the college, but also their future.

Thinking of the students in Class [-] losing this opportunity because of Trey, Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

Before that, he also went to Trey, trying to get him to take back the bet.After all, as a teacher, you can't harm the future of your students.But this proposal was rejected by Trey, and the students in Class [-] were also stubborn. Although they were not reconciled, they were all willing to admit defeat and refused to listen to Lin Yuan's advice.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Lin Yuan sighing suddenly, Katyusha asked curiously.

"It's nothing." Lin Yuan shook his head and didn't think about it too much. After all, the students in Class [-] are not under his control, at most they are doing their best. "By the way, Katyusha, since today is the day of the college competition, why are you so free to come and accompany me?"

"Then since you are the teacher in charge of Class Three, why are you so idle here?" Katyusha asked back.

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Speaking of which, these two guys are just lazy.Needless to say, Katyusha, after all, she is only a teacher in charge of teaching water magic, plus she just transferred to Feynor Academy, so it is easy to be lazy.But Lin Yuan is the head teacher of Class [-], Grade [-]. The students in his class have to participate in today's college competition. Logically speaking, he should be very busy.

It's just that Lin Yuan had done all the things he was supposed to do two days ago, and in the euphemistic name of "cultivating your independent spirit", today he rejected the students' requests for him to accompany the registration.

The two hid aside and watched for a while, and the college competition had officially started under the announcement of the vice president.After waiting for a while, they started wandering around the academy.

The rules of the college competition are not responsible, it is just a knockout match.It's just that there are so many students in the college and the grades are different, so we first divide them into 4 groups according to the grades, one for each grade.

In the first-year group, there are nearly 400 freshmen this year. Their respective positions are determined according to the lottery, and then they are single-eliminated. The final winner is the year group champion.

The champions of each grade group will have the opportunity to be taught by the dean for a week, and the college will also give them some magic items as rewards.

In addition to the academy, the Kus Empire has also added a lot of material rewards in order to support Feynor Academy.In addition to the major mercenary regiments and even the imperial military who came to the academy to observe, if the students can perform well, it is almost certain that they will rise to the top after this competition.

With these things as motivation, almost every student who participated in the competition went all out.Lin Yuan and Katyusha wandered around for a while, but saw that many students were injured and ended up in the field.

Of course, the students in Class [-], Grade [-] are an exception.

After working as a mercenary for more than a month, the students in class three of the first grade have much more practical experience than those students who have only focused on learning magic since childhood.If the two sides have the same level, the students of the third class of the first grade have won all the victories.There are also a few students who usually don't seem to be outstanding, but they also won the victory unexpectedly when they met with higher grades than themselves.

As a result, after the first round of the competition, Lin Yuan found out that the students in Class [-], Grade [-], except for a few who were really far behind their opponents, all the rest unexpectedly advanced.

"Lin, I really admire you more and more." Katyusha accompanied Lin Yuan around the various arenas, and witnessed most of the competitions of the first-grade and third-class students, and she was really shocked. "It's all the same students, the ones you teach are stronger. And I see that these students understand and use magic much better than most of their opponents. Tell me, how did you teach them? ?”

Lin Yuan chuckled, the students performed well, and as a teacher, he naturally felt honored.

"Didn't you stay with me for the first month? You should have seen how I teach the students."

Katyusha frowned and thought about it, she was indeed right, she spent most of the time when Lin Yuan led the students, and she also saw how Lin Yuan taught them.But she still couldn't understand why what Lin Yuan did could change the students so much.

"To put it bluntly, it is five words - subjective initiative." Lin Yuan explained. "There is a saying in my hometown that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. It means that it is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish and let him fish himself. In terms of teaching students, it is better to teach them how to learn magic than to give them magic one by one. When they know how to learn magic and learn to think about how to use magic, the effect is far better than that of teachers It’s good to teach them the magic one by one carefully.”

Katyusha nodded half-understood, Lin Yuan's words really overturned her childhood thinking.

Magicians on the continent of Farinos, if they need to teach another person magic, usually start with meditation a little bit.When the magic power in the student's body reaches a certain level, he will start handing in level 1 magic one by one according to the attributes of the magic power in his body, until the other party has mastered the level 1 magic and the magic power in the body is further advanced. Begins teaching 2nd level magic.

Of course, this is the way a magician takes an apprentice.As for the students who studied in the Magic Academy since they were young, the professors they got may be rougher than this.

As for teaching students how to learn magic and how to use magic, no magician has ever considered it.

Seeing Katyusha's face, Lin Yuan could only shrug his shoulders.After all, people are not from the same world, and there is still a gap in ideology.He also didn't expect Katyusha to understand, as long as the students understood.

(End of this chapter)