Chapter 5: Qin Xiu's Strange Flame (Xiu)
After more than an hour, Qin Xiu woke up from his meditative posture.
"How's it going?
"Well, I feel as if I have merged with nature, I am very happy in my heart, and my heart is calm" Qin Xiu nodded and smiled.
"Meditation is like that, you can communicate with nature, and then you can use the power of nature to strengthen yourself, and then you have to meditate for two hours every night when you go to bed, so that the magic in your body can slowly accumulate, but remember that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, two hours a day is enough," Makanov said.
"Why is two hours enough, isn't it good to meditate all the time?" Qin Xiu asked puzzled.
"Two hours of meditation can basically make people meditate without too many distractions, once there will definitely be too many distractions in the heart after two hours, the efficiency will plummet, and if you can't do the right meditation, you will naturally not be able to increase the magic power in your body, and the more distracting thoughts you can in your heart, the better you can meditate," Makanov explained.
"I understand, as long as you have distracting thoughts, you can't meditate properly, but you can continue to cultivate with too many distracting thoughts," Qin Xiu said.
"Well, that's it, your meditation lasted for more than an hour just now, which means that you basically didn't have too many distractions for more than an hour, well, it's late now, where are you going to stay?" asked Makanov.
"Is there a dormitory?" Qin Xiu asked.
"Yes, yes, but if you want rent, you can live with me for the time being, and when you get to work, you can rent a house by yourself, although the men's dormitory is big but not good," Makanov said, and walked down the hill
"Well, thank you, I will grow," Qin Xiu asked, keeping up with Makanov's footsteps.
Two days have passed, Qin Xiu also did some small work in the union, working as a waiter in the bar, Qin Xiu originally planned to do some tasks, but Makanov didn't want him to do tasks for the time being, he had to be a waiter to deliver wine to everyone, and he could also get a salary, and when the salary came down for a month, he could rent some cheap houses to live in, the monthly rent of the men's dormitory was only 40,000 J, although it was much cheaper than the 150,000 J of the women's dormitory, but the environment of the men's dormitory was much worse, unlike the women's dormitory in the suburbs, the men's dormitory was on the other side of Magnoria, where there was a garbage disposal plant, so the boys basically did not rent the men's dormitory, but they rent a house outside, and some have their own homes, so Makanov said that it is better to rent a house by himself, the reason is the poor environment.
"Ah Xiu, please give me a glass of juice," a female voice shouted.
"Well, I know, I'll be there right away" Qin Xiu picked up a glass and poured a glass of demon tail's special juice and walked towards Mirazhen.
"Mira, this is the juice you want," Qin Xiu said.
"Thanks, Ah Xiu heard that you are studying magic, do you want to be a bar waiter because you can't fight?" said Mirajan.
"Hmm" Qin Xiu nodded.
"It's a little too boring," said Mirajan, taking a sip of juice.
"Sister, don't say that, it's good if you can't fight to help everyone," Lisana said.
"That's it, Mira, why are you hitting people like this?" said a young man with an upper body on the table next to him.
"Gray, you put on your clothes first," Mirajan said, glancing at Gray.
"Got it" Gray looked around and found his clothes under the table.
"It's the president who won't let me do the task work, so I have to be a waiter," Qin Xiu said with a smile.
"People are studying, and it's normal for the president not to let Ah Xiu go to work," Lishana said.
"I know, actually, I'm also worried that Ah Xiu is learning magic so late, and you will be much behind the others," Mirajan said.
"As long as I can learn magic, it doesn't matter if I'm a little behind, and I'm not learning magic to compete with others," Qin Xiu said.
"Haha, Mira was laughed at" The union burst into laughter.
Qin Xiu was stunned, confused for a while.
I saw Mira Zhen glance at Qin Xiu, and turned her head not to look at Qin Xiu.
"What's wrong?" Qin Xiu looked at Lishana.
"It's okay, sister, she's like that," Lisana said with a smile.
"Really?" Qin Xiu looked at Mirazhen suspiciously, not knowing that he had provoked her there.
"Why didn't you see Natsu?" said Gray.
"I don't know, I'm going to play," Lisanna said.
"Even you, Lisanna, don't know it, it looks like you're missing," Gray said.
"Hey, Gray, who did you say is missing" Suddenly a voice came from the door, a young man with cherry red hair followed by a blue cat, it was Natsu that Gray was talking about.
"Yo, it doesn't seem to be missing, so I'm glad for nothing," Gray glanced at Natsu.
"What do you mean?" said Natsu as he bumped into Gray's forehead in dissatisfaction, a look of rage.
"That's what I meant," Gray said dissatisfied.
"Okay, don't quarrel as soon as you two meet," Lisanna said.
"Well, for Lisanna's sake, I don't care about you," Gray snorted as he sat down in his chair.
"That's what I'm supposed to say," Natsu roared.
"Alright, Natsu sit down obediently, whatever you want to eat, I'll ask you" Lisanna said as she pulled Natsu away and pressed Natsu into her chair.
"I'm not hungry," Natsu snorted, her eyes squinting at Gray.
"Love, I'm hungry, Lisanna, I want to eat fish" The blue cat behind Natsu suddenly spoke, Qin Xiu knew that this cat could talk yesterday, this time the cat called Harpy is a talking cat Qin Xiu was startled when he first knew that it could talk.
"Ah Xiu, give me the fish," Harpy jumped onto the table and looked at Qin Xiu and said.
"Well, I'll give it to you right away" Qin Xiu nodded and turned around and walked to the kitchen, all the facilities in the union are very complete, and the kitchen bar is available.
After Qin Xiu took a fish and handed it to Harpy, he sat down and listened to their conversation.
After Qin Xiu sat down, Natsu looked at Qin Xiu and asked, "Ah Xiu, I heard that you are learning fire magic, when you learn it, you can team up with me."
"Well, why is it flame magic and not anything else," Qin Xiu wondered.
"Because Natsu is also a Flame Magus, and not your average Fire Magus, but a Dragon Slayer Magi," Harpy said, whimpering with the fish.
"Slaying the dragon?" Qin Xiu looked at Natsu suspiciously.
"Ah, here I would like to formally introduce myself, I am Natsu Doranigal, a dragon slayer of fire," Natsu stood up and looked at Qin Xiu and said.
"Natsu's magic is taught by dragons, it's actually magic used to fight dragons, it's ancient magic," Lisana said.
"Ancient magic, that sounds amazing," Qin Xiu said in surprise.
"Well, Natsu can eat flames to regain her magic and stamina, so I heard that you learned fire magic, so I'm going to team up with you," Lisana said.
"In this case, wouldn't Natsu and Ah Xiu be invincible if they team up" Lishana looked at Qin Xiu and Natsu.
"There's no defeat there, it can only be said that Natsu treats Ashu as a tonic, and Ashu doesn't want to team up with Natsu," Mirajane said.
"Can you eat fire, it's too terrifying, Natsu, you try" A large cloud of emerald green flames appeared in Qin Xiu's hand and stretched out in front of Natsu.
"W-what kind of flame is this? How is it green?" Gray was taken aback.
"Hey, Macao, have you seen this flame?" asked Vacaba to Macao.
"I've seen it somewhere, I haven't even heard of it," Marcao said.
"Amazing, I've never seen this kind of flame, I'm welcome, I don't know what it smells like" Natsu looked at the flame in Qin Xiu's hand and rubbed his hands with an excited expression.
Natsu reached out to the flame and took it from Qin Xiu's hand, "How do you feel that this flame is weird?" Natsu said with this flame in his hand.
"What's weird?" asked Lisanna.
"Oh, it just feels like the flame is hot," Natsu said, holding the flame, "and it's getting hotter."
Makanov on the side noticed the question in Natsu's words, "Hot?" and then paid attention to Qin Xiu's movements.
"I'm going to eat" Natsu didn't feel anything biting the flames at all, and Qin Xiu was also startled, he could really eat fire.
Natsu took a bite of the flames and swallowed them, froze.
"Isn't it delicious? Natsu, look at you're stupid," Lisana laughed.
Natsu still didn't speak, and kept stunned, and at this time everyone seemed to notice that something was wrong with Natsu.
"Hey, Natsu, what's wrong with you," Mirajan nudged Natsu with her hand.
At this time, Natsu suddenly shouted, "It's hot, it's hot, it's hot, it's so uncomfortable" Natsu's hand holding the flame suddenly dispersed, and the flame dissipated as it fell to the ground, rolling back and forth on the ground with his hand covering his neck.
"Natsu, are you alright?" Lisana panicked as she looked at Natsu's uncomfortable appearance.
Qin Xiu looked at Natsu who was rolling on the ground, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart, "Natsu, are you okay?"
"Isn't it hot, Natsu, are you being funny?" asked Mirajane, looking at Natsu quizzically.
"Sister, do you think Natsu looks funny?" retorted Lisa.
"It really doesn't look like this, it's a joke that people who eat fire all day long can be burned by fire, haha" Mirajan said and hugged her stomach and laughed.
After hearing Mirajan's words, Qin Xiu relaxed slightly, Natsu seems to be able to eat fire, this time it seems that he is burned, seeing Milajan's smile on his face, it seems that Natsu will be fine, but he is still a little worried when he sees Natsu looking uncomfortable.
Natsu suddenly stood up and rushed to Kana to the side, snatched the barrel from Kana's hand, picked it up, and drank it.
"Hey, Natsu, what are you doing?" said Kana angrily as she looked at Natsu, who had snatched her drink.
I saw Natsu take a few gulps, and after stopping, his face turned red and he spewed out a thick pillar of flame in front of him, and the pillar of flame was mixed with a hint of emerald green.
"Hey, Nazron breath can't be sprayed here"
"Wow, it's burning me"
"It's burning, put out the fire"
"Gray, put out these fires with ice"
"Got it, don't"
"Natsu, look at the good things you've done"
The perpetrator, Natsu, fell to the ground with a red face and fell asleep.
"Hey, Natsu, you're too embarrassed to sleep"
"I think I'm drunk from my wine."
"How could he get drunk so quickly, he must have tried to escape his responsibilities and pretend to be asleep," Mirajan said with a kick to Natsu, who was unconscious on the ground.
Looking at the people in the union who were busy fighting fires, Qin Xiu was a little worried about his situation, "This, it has nothing to do with me, right?"
"There is a certain amount of responsibility," Mirazhen said, glancing at Qin Xiu.
"Don't worry, this matter won't be on your head, but Natsu may be miserable," Lisana said.
"That's great, what will Natsu do?" Qin Xiu asked as he looked at Natsu who had fallen to the ground.
"The loss in the union will be compensated when Natsu wakes up, and Natsu will be busy working for a while," Lisana said with a sigh.
"Really?" Qin Xiu had some cold sweat on his forehead.
Makanov looked at the people who were busy fighting the fire without saying a word, and in a few places where it was burning, the red flame was mixed with a hint of emerald green, "Ashu's flame Natsu didn't swallow it, but it was burned, this is a kind of flame that Natsu can't eat, it's not an ordinary flame anymore, I'm afraid this special flame can't be used correctly without special magic, so that kind of magic is suitable for this special flame?" Makanov said.
"It's really hard to do, flames, how can there be such strange flames in the flames, hey, how to make this kid learn his own fire magic, it's nerve-wracking," Makanov whispered, scratching his hairless head on top of his head.
"Gray, freeze them with ice," Lishana shouted at Gray.
"How can the flame be frozen, but to extinguish it," Gray complained.
"Then you should hurry," Lishana said.
"Okay, I'll do it right away, damn Natsu, what you've done will cause me to wipe your ass," Gray said disapprovingly as he glanced at Natsu.
"Hurry up"
"Got it, just use ice slag" Gray put his hands close to a magic array and appeared, and a large amount of ice slag suddenly poured out a large amount of ice slag in the place where the fire was burned, and the fire was quickly extinguished, and everyone was relieved after seeing the fire extinguished.
Makanov looked at Gray and then at Qin Xiu, "Styling?, that's right, styling, speaking of which, Axiu's flame is the same as Natsu, it will not hurt itself and can be released freely, so I think of a good teacher" Makanov laughed.