With dad's tutoring, I finally basically mastered the basic knowledge of magic.
"Not bad. It seems you really worked hard yesterday. Come with me."
As soon as I arrived this morning, Teacher Xiu gave me an assessment. Although I couldn't answer fluently, I managed to answer all the questions. Hehe, my hard work wasn't in vain. I don't have to run long distances today. I finally passed Teacher Xiu's test.
I followed Teacher Xiu to a small bungalow in the backyard of the academy. What's this for? Teaching me magic?
"Elian, you have basically understood the basic knowledge. You still need to enrich yourself constantly. Do you know what determines the power of magic?"
"The level of magic."
"Then how can you cast advanced magic?"
"Recite spells!"
"Nonsense." Teacher Xiu flicked me on the forehead.
"To be able to use advanced magic, you must have strong spiritual power as the backing. You really learned the basic knowledge for nothing. The best way to increase spiritual power is through meditation. Starting today, for the next 3 months, you will meditate every day. Tomorrow I have to go to the capital and may be away for about 3 months."
I was overjoyed. Finally free! But Teacher Xiu's next sentence pulled me back to hell.
"Elian, the teacher specializes in spatial magic. Although I'm only a grand mage, I can teleport back instantly. If I catch you slacking off during a surprise inspection, you'll be the national long-distance running champion."
Teacher Xiu threatened with a straight face.
"When meditating, you must concentrate, feel the light elements in nature, and try to store them. This way, your spiritual power will gradually increase. While I'm away, you must sit here and meditate for at least 8 hours every day. Did you hear that? If your spiritual power doesn't satisfy me when I come back, hehe..."
Listening to the devil's words, my heart went cold. Sitting for 8 hours every day will drive me crazy.
"The basic meditation method is in the basic knowledge book. I believe you already know how to do it. Meditation also has certain skills. You can go to the library to check books and find the meditation method you like best. This way, the effect should be better. When I come back, I will start teaching you the specific use of magic."
Alright, start meditating now.
Under his gaze, I sat on the futon, closed my eyes, and began my meditation journey.
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Although the devil is gone, I still can't feel the beauty of freedom. How can I increase my spiritual power without so much trouble? It seems I have to go to the library.
Coming to the library located in the northeast corner of the academy, I read many books about meditation. Finally, I found what I was looking for. Haha, finally free! I flipped through a yellowed book I just found in the corner. It looked very old. Looking at the author, it was actually written by a light magister 150 years ago. The book said that as long as you can feel the magic elements you want to gather, any posture is acceptable. The book gave several examples, such as meditating while lying down, sitting, etc.
I can meditate while lying down! For someone as lazy as me, lying down and sitting are completely different concepts. Haha, great!
Back in the classroom where I was alone (that small bungalow), I lay on the ground as the book said, concentrated my mind, felt the light elements in the air. Gradually, I felt many tiny light spots surrounding me. They gave me a feeling of tolerance and kindness, just like mom and dad hugging me. So comfortable!
"Are you light elements?" I asked in my spiritual world.
I felt a very warm emotion surrounding me.
"Uncles and aunts of light elements, hello. I'm Elian Rayner. Can I play with you in the future?"
Another wave of warmth.
"Then we'll be good friends from now on!"
I felt all the light spots split off a thin thread of light, which merged into my eyebrows. A warm energy surrounded me. If someone were here, they would definitely see a faint white light appearing around me, which lasted for a long time. I didn't know how long it took. I gradually felt that I had formed a communication channel with these light elements through my eyebrows. My whole body was warm, and I fell asleep unconsciously.
What I didn't know was that I had inadvertently gained the recognition of the light elements. Every mage practicing magic on the continent senses the surrounding elements first, then forcibly controls them to gather in their bodies to gradually increase their magic power. As the magic power increases, their spiritual power is gradually enhanced to achieve the purpose of cultivation. But I didn't want to meditate in the first place. Lazy me only wanted to increase my magic power without effort, so I naturally wouldn't force the elements to gather towards me. When I communicated with the light elements, I showed my innocence, which actually made the light elements recognize me. From then on, the speed of my magic gathering and recovery would be more than 3 times that of ordinary people. I really became friends with the light elements.
I don't know how long it took. I felt someone pushing me. I opened my eyes dazedly and saw that it was mom.
"Mom, why are you here?"
"Mom was so worried about you. It's so late and you haven't come home. I just came to the school to find the principal. The principal said you should be here for class. Don't study too hard. You even fell asleep."
Huh! I looked at the sky outside. It was already night. But I felt like I had just lain down for a while. It seems that meditating like this is really good. I silently checked my magic power. The little magic power I originally had had actually increased a lot, forming a small light ball. Wow, the effect is so good!
"Hurry home. Are you hungry? Mom is so happy to see you studying so hard!" Little did mom know that my teacher wasn't here at all. I just slept for a whole day. Haha, great! From now on, I can sleep and practice every day.
After dinner at home, I went back to my room.
I'm such a genius to come up with such a good method. Hehe, I couldn't help admiring myself. By the way, my magic power has increased. Shouldn't my magic power be better? Let's try. I stretched out my hand.
"In my name, Elian Rayner, light elements, illuminate everything in front of your friend!"
I cast the only magic I knew—Illumination.
As I chanted the spell, I felt a warm energy merging into my hand from my eyebrows, together with the magic energy in my body. A white light ball appeared in my hand, emitting soft light. Although it was bright, it wasn't dazzling at all.
Wow, the effect is so good! Before, I could only produce a little light on my palm. Yes! Great! My Illumination has achieved the best effect. I felt energy continuously flowing into the light ball in my hand, maintaining its brightness. And the light elements also kept pouring in from my eyebrows, so that the magic energy in my body showed no signs of exhaustion. This is my amazing magic power recovery speed.
Great! Practice like this. In the future, I can increase my magic power without hard meditation.
Alright, go to sleep.
I'd better sleep using the lying down meditation method. I sleep so soundly this way.
Just like that, my daily routine was: get up early—eat breakfast—go to the school classroom to start meditating (sleeping)—come home at night for dinner—start meditating again.
Three months passed. Through my continuous "efforts," the magic power in my body gradually strengthened. The light ball had grown 5 times larger.
Every time I meditated, I felt closer and closer to the light elements. They cared for me like my elders, and I acted like a child, acting coquettishly in their arms every day.
In this way, the Son of Light created his unique meditation method, which was also the most fundamental source of his endless magic power when he later became a Great Magister.