CHAPTER 185: CHAPTER 184: IF ANYONE CAUSES TROUBLE, THEY WILL END UP LIKE THIS TABLE! NO LENIENCY!

After all the Magic Plant Department students were seated, Li Hongsheng picked up the microphone and made his opening speech, "Dear students, hello, I am the Dean of the Magic Plant Department and also the Dean of the Magic Plant Research Institute, Li Hongsheng. Today, I am very pleased to sit here and welcome you together with the principal, mentors, and outstanding senior students."

"I believe you all know that before this year, the Magic Plant Department was an unpopular and seemingly futureless major. Many people believed that Magic Plants only had certain benefits for Magic Beasts and were useless to humans. As this notion took root, more and more people refused to engage in Magic Plant research, leading to the slow progress of Magic Plant research, and there was not a shred of advancement in its usefulness to humanity. Even the Magic Plant Research Institute under my leadership was facing the situation of having to cut the department for the human benefits aspect of Magic Plant research."

"But fortunately, at this time, an outstanding and imaginatively bold student changed this situation. Her Blood Stopping Magic Potion led our Magic Plant Research Institute to discover the possibilities of Magic Plants for humans and also revealed to us a new form of research, which is—Magic Reaction!"

"Similar to chemical reactions, a Magic Reaction is a marvelous reaction produced by the collision of different Magic Plants with modern chemical products. This reaction is incredibly magical and full of uncertainties. We do not know if we can derive new Magic Formulas from it like chemical reactions, but I believe with your future participation, the answer will soon emerge, and Magic Plants will undergo a tremendous change in the human world!"

"And you will be the first batch of new forces devoted to the Magic Plant industry, changing the current state of the world, researching more Magic Plant products beneficial to humanity, and defeating Demons and instances with humanity, becoming the new White Angels of mankind!"

"I hope that during your four years at Awakener University, you will lay a solid foundation of Magic Plant knowledge. In the future, our Magic Plant Department can also, like the Skill Department, boldly enter instances to find new Magic Plants and open up more possibilities for the Magic Plant industry!"

Li Hongsheng’s speech was met with warm applause from the freshmen of the Magic Plant Department. They believed that Magic Plant Study has a bright future and viewed Magic Plant Study as great, just like doctors and medical researchers who have put countless efforts into human health. Magic Potions that can bring physical enhancement and healing to humans are also another form of a doctor, even surpassing modern medicine in some aspects!

The ambitious young people were willing to dedicate their lives for their ideals, so they resolutely chose the Magic Plant Department.

"That concludes my speech. Next, Principal Zheng will speak." Li Hongsheng gestured to the principal sitting beside him.

The principal stood up and gave a slight nod to the freshmen before sitting down and speaking:

"Students, I am the principal of Awakener University, and I believe you already know me, so I won’t introduce myself any further. What Dean Li just said was very passionate, and I fully agree. Magic Plant Study needs new strength, needs you to venture onto the path of Magic Plant research. This path may be difficult, but it is undoubtedly the right one, meaningful and impactful on human history, and a significant stroke changing the world’s situation! I believe in you because you are passionate, idealistic, and possess an indomitable spirit. You can definitely achieve it!"

"Next, I have to speak to other departments, so I won’t stay longer. Now, I present to you an outstanding senior student, also the inventor of the Blood Stopping Magic Potion, Student Qian Qi, to speak to you."

The principal chose to come to the Magic Plant Department first, which was enough to demonstrate his emphasis on the department. After standing up, he patted Qian Qi beside him and proceeded to the backstage.

However, he did not leave because he felt Qian Qi, who is so rascal, would definitely say something frivolous, maybe even say something bad about him.

But he did not want to stop Qian Qi. He had found earlier that although this kid is not serious, always likes to trick them for money, she is very sharp and alert. She chooses buyers who won’t harm her. Rather than saying they were targeting her, it’s better to say she was targeting them.

Moreover, although this kid seems stingy and money-minded, she is actually very kind-hearted. It seems like she’s always tricking students for money, but what she sells is priceless. Swap her with a capitalist, and they wouldn’t leave the benefits to these simple college students.

He believed that her intentions would never be to harm her schoolmates.

As for why he didn’t stay in place... it’s because he’s afraid that when Qian Qi cues him, he won’t be able to hold his expression and lose face in front of the students.

"Ahem, freshmen, hello~" Qian Qi took a microphone from the side. She didn’t speak on the podium but walked to the very front, looking at the crowd of Magic Plant Department freshmen.

"What Dean Li and Principal Zheng said, just listen to it. Although it sounds grand, it’s very distant and impractical." Qian Qi laughed, "Now, let me tell you something practical~"

Principal: ... See, I knew she was going to cue me!

"Let me first ask a question." Qian Qi looked at the freshmen with a benevolent smile, "Why did you choose the Magic Plant Department?"

A student raised a hand and answered, "I also want to create Magic Potions! To be remembered in history!"

"I think Magic Plant Study is like medicine, very challenging and meaningful to humanity!"

"I want to learn how to make Magic Potions and then make money!"

"Great." Qian Qi nodded, "You all have two motives, essentially, idealism and realism. Ideally, to contribute to the Magic Plant Industry and be remembered in history. In reality, to eat well and live a stable life of wealth."

"So, let me talk to you about the inevitable outcome of the Magic Plant Industry’s future development, helping you figure out what you want to do after graduation. Simply put, let me tell you about the future career planning of the Magic Plant Industry."

Qian Qi’s eyes were bright, her voice clearly resonating throughout the hall, "First, Magic Potions will have a major impact on human society. The Magic Plant Research Institute will focus substantial energy on studying Magic Reactions. Choosing this path means you’ll be nestled in a laboratory day after day, facing numerous experiments and explosions, sifting through the ocean to find that one formula. But the formula’s emergence means all your efforts were not in vain, you contributed a major step toward human society’s progress!"

"Second, in the future, the impact of Magic Plants on Magic Beasts will change drastically. The strength of a Beast Master’s Contracted Beast requires Advanced Magic Plants for enhancement, and some Magic Beasts will be restrained by certain Magic Plants. If you cannot endure the monotonous experiments in the lab day after day, and you wish to contribute to conquering instances, then study the various Magic Beasts, research the effects of Magic Plants on them, so Magic Plants can exert stronger offensive power on the battlefield!"

"Third, this world needs both scholars and production laborers. If scholars research Magic Potions and Magic Plants, but productivity can’t keep up, then Awakeners, Contracted Beasts, and even ordinary people cannot achieve rapid growth, just like you have a disease but the medication stock is low and expensive, making it untreatable. For the Magic Plant Industry to develop, foundational cultivation is the foremost goal!"

"Without the support of cultivators and logistics, ordinary people cannot protect themselves, Awakeners cannot exert their full power on the battlefield, scholars lack protection, and researching Advanced Magic Plants becomes riskier, while Beast Masters will just be a facade, and the recovery period for injured Contracted Beasts will be long!"

"Different career directions mean your focus in learning also varies. I hope you consider your future development clearly, and don’t lose your life’s precise goals during four years of study!"

Qian Qi’s speech brought warm applause from the freshmen. When they chose Magic Plant Study, many of them were actually confused, simply wishing to create Magic Potions to benefit society or make a living like Qian Qi. But under Qian Qi’s analysis, they confirmed their effort’s specific direction as if the fog had cleared.

She also put their minds at ease; the Magic Plant Industry is destined to be immortalized!

Senior Sister Qian Qi truly lives up to her name! She is so sincere and heartfelt to these freshmen, and under her guidance, they will all become good youths contributing to society!

"Well, that’s all regarding career planning. Oh, I heard some of our students want to make money at farm stays or something," Qian Qi reverts to her laid-back self after serious talk, lazily saying, "Just started school, focus on learning the basics. There’s a thick book of ’Magic Plant Study’ you need to memorize, so talk less about the money stuff!"

"Young people, you have to be down-to-earth! If you add trouble to us senior sisters and brothers—" Qian Qi touched her leather jacket pocket, then her shorts pocket, finally found her small dagger, and abruptly cut off a corner of the podium, muttering, "Like this table! No mercy!"

Li Hongsheng: ...

Mentors: ...

The principal observing secretly: ...

All the new students of the Magic Plant Department: ...

Senior Sister Qian Qi, why are you so fierce! So scary, wuwuwuwu—