On the other side, Li Jinyi walked around the trading market where he had purchased the charm for a while, and did not find the person he was looking for, so he went straight to the east and walked towards the place agreed before.

Five minutes later, he walked out of the east gate of the town, walked over an old stone bridge, and on the yellow hillside in front of him, he saw the farm with the windmill and the neatly arranged greenhouses.

It should be here, Li Jinyi touched his chin and walked towards the hillside.

When he came to the courtyard, he leaned on the low fence and looked inside.

In the corner of the yard was a pile of wood, on which some herbs could not be named. In the center of the yard hangs a long iron wire, on which are hung many tanned animal skins. Next to the pool in the courtyard, a tanuki cat is staring intently at this side, its eyes full of vigilance.

Li Jinyi stretched out his hand to say hello to the cat, and at that moment, he heard a voice behind him, the voice of a girl.

"Is the gentleman here for my father?" the voice asked.

Li Jinyi hurriedly turned around, and a girl who looked about his age and a little boy who seemed to be less than ten years old immediately appeared in his eyes. The girl was plainly dressed, with a soft face, clear eyes, and her black hair tied in a bunch in front of her left shoulder. She held a bundle of herbs in one hand and the little boy in the other, as if they had just come out of the greenhouse.

Li Jinyi recognized the child, he was one of the 25 rescued children, so he nodded and said:

"Yes, the two of them must be the family of the cat master, so there is a lot of disturbance. That's the case, a few days ago, I made an appointment with Ling Zun, and I had time to come to his house to learn how to make spells, and today I happened to be free, so I found it according to what he said. ”

As soon as the words fell, the child in front of him suddenly became excited.

"Sister, sister, he's the big brother who saved me!" the boy recognized Li Jinyi and kept tugging at his sister's hand.

The girl was startled at first when she heard this, and then her eyes were full of gratitude, and she said to Li Jinyi with some restrained movements: "Mr. is the benefactor who rescued my brother? Thank you so much, sir!"

Li Jinyi only smiled slightly: "The duty lies." ”

"It's a great honor for our family to be here, and I'm going to take you to see my father. As she spoke, the girl walked to the gate of the courtyard, pushed open the dilapidated wooden gate, and beckoned gently to Li Jinyi, motioning for him to follow.

As soon as the girl walked into the yard, the tanuki kitten by the pool greeted her, but she ignored it, walked quickly to the house, and shouted, "Daddy, the benefactor who saved Lin Hu has come to the house." ”

Lin Hu? The family's original surname was Lin, and I thought the surname was Mao, Li Jinyi half-jokingly slandered.

Then, standing in the courtyard, he heard the voice of the cat master from inside the house.

"Li Shaoxia, come in and sit in the house. The old cat said to the people in the house, "Long'er, go make a pot of tea." ”

Li Jinyi walked into the house and looked around, the interior of the house was far more exquisite than the outside, the spotless wooden floors, the exquisite furniture, and the tasteful wall ornaments all made his eyes shine.

Walking in the direction of the living room, he saw the cat master standing in front of the sofa, smiling, clubbing with a cane, and a prosthetic leg below the knee of his left foot.

"Morning, Master Cat. Li Jinyi said with a smile.

"Please sit down, please take a seat. The old cat pointed to the couch next to him.

Li Jinyi happily sat down, and the two exchanged a few words, and then the old cat asked him about the situation inside the Void Shroud Area.

Just as the two were talking, the girl, whom the old cat called "Long'er", came out of the kitchen with a tray containing a steaming teapot and two teacups.

The girl came to the wooden table in front of them, filled their teacups, and waited.

The old cat picked up the teacup, took a sip of the hot tea, and said to Li Jinyi happily:

"The tea made by the little girl Lin Long is very good. ”

Li Jinyi was not interested in tea, but out of politeness, he still picked up the teacup and tasted it a little.

Drinking the tea, the refreshing fragrance instantly spread to every corner of the mouth, and the taste was indeed much purer than that of his own brew, and he involuntarily took another sip.

"Good tea. He put down his teacup and gave a thumbs up.

The old cat sighed when she heard this: "Although the little girl is proficient in all kinds of housework, she is very slow to magic techniques, and I don't know if anyone will want it in the future." ”

At this time, Lin Long was standing behind him, hearing these words clearly, and his face suddenly turned red.

"Daddy, why are you saying that!" she ran back to her room with a look of grievance.

Li Jinyi was slightly embarrassed when he saw this, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Master Cat, when can you start teaching charms?"

The old cat grinned and said, "Haha, I'll go after drinking this cup of tea." ”

Li Jinyi nodded in agreement.

In the middle of the night, the teacup bottomed out, the old cat stood up with a cane, slowly but steadily led in front, the two walked out of the door, through the courtyard, to the side house opposite the windmill mill, Li Jinyi noticed that there was an obvious isolation barrier on the ground around the side house, probably to prevent rune magic from getting out of control and affecting the outside world.

Stepping into the side room, all kinds of supernatural sensations are intertwined, and they have been affected by various magic methods for a long time, and the utensils in the house are more or less stained with some spirituality. At the eaves, a pair of scissors is undulating and circling, the edge of the knife automatically opens and closes, as soon as people walk in, it hurriedly dodges, as if there is life. On the chair, a brush stained with various fuels stood up out of thin air and began to twist from side to side, as if to welcome the two visitors.

"Did you learn how to prepare basic materials in school?" asked the old cat as he walked over to the workbench.

Li Jinyi shook his head and said: "No, because it is a profitable project, the college only teaches this knowledge to students who choose this major, of course, you can also study it yourself, but books are very expensive, and I can't afford it for the time being." ”

"Well, you have to start from scratch. As he spoke, the old cat began to rummage through the cabinets, and found a large pile of bark, herbs, animal skins, ores, etc., packed in sacks, and placed them on the workbench.

"Are you ready? I'm going to talk. The old cat crossed his waist and said.

"Listen up. Li Jinyi said with a smile.

"Okay, let's talk about the classification of rune spells, the preparation of basic materials, and the use of primary nourishment circles. The old cat said and handed Li Jinyi a stool.

"Nourish the Circle?" Li Jinyi was curious about the term.

"Well, that's actually part of the preparation of materials, so let's talk about it at the end of the day, step by step. The old cat explained, walking over to a small blackboard, picking up a piece of chalk, and starting the lesson.

"The difference between runes and charms can be summed up in one sentence, runes are engraved on the Philosopher's Stone, which are of average but relatively controllable effect, and spells are written on paper or leather, which have a significant effect but are easy to get out of control. ”

As he spoke, he drew four patterns on the blackboard, pointed to them and said, "These two are generally similar, they are both divided into four categories, and they all have corresponding patterns. Next, with the exception of a few special mentions, I will refer to both with runes. ”

"The oval symbolizes energy, and most of these runes are associated with defense, strengthening, and recovery spells. ”

"The triangular image represents the Force, and in addition to being able to generate and manipulate various forces out of thin air, these runes can also affect inertia. ”

"The pentagram symbolizes the elements, and this is the category that makes the most difference between runes and charms. ”

"This diamond is surrounded by a circle, like an eye, which symbolizes the spirit and the ability to influence people's consciousness, dreams, and give certain objects or creatures higher intelligence. ”

Can it affect dreams?

"Any questions?" the old cat noticed his expression.

"Well, I'd like to ask if a dream affected by runes will cause the dreamer's true body to go directly into the dream? He asked, slightly nervous.

The old cat looked at the ceiling, thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "As far as I know, there is no such rune, what you are talking about is more like a ritual magic, or some kind of forbidden art, I only know something about this aspect, but I don't know it clearly." ”

Ritual Magic, Forbidden Arts, Li Jinyi quickly thought about the people he knew in this regard, and soon, he had a result.

Well, I have time to go to Xiao Xuan and ask about this matter cryptically. He muttered to himself silently.

"I'm sorry Master Cat, I interrupted your lecture, please continue. He said apologetically.

The old cat replied with relief: "Well, it's okay, if you have any questions, it means that you are listening carefully." Then let's move on. ”

"The classification is roughly what I just said, and then we will talk about the preparation of basic materials, in fact, there are many things to talk about at this point, and I will only talk about a general one today. ”

As he spoke, he walked to the workbench, took out a few of the piles of materials, and placed them neatly on the table, explaining while indicating the corresponding materials with his hands.

"The preparation of runes requires the use of animal bones and various stones, some of which are more precious, such as various colored gems, gold, diamonds, and some rare animal bones are not very easy to collect. ”

"Spells will use tree bark, herbs, animal skins, and some animal blood, which I will explain in the following lessons. ”

The old cat turned around and took out an old book with a reddish-brown cover from the cabinet and handed it to Li Jinyi.

"This is a collection of materials that I have written in my handwriting, and you can pay more attention to collecting these things, of course, I can't guarantee that the contaminated materials in the Void Envelop will work. The old cat said half-jokingly.

"Thank you, Master Cat!" Li Jinyi took the complete list of materials and skimmed through them cursoly, there were hundreds of rune runes and the materials they needed, he was stunned, he originally thought that the rune runes and spells added up to dozens at most, but he didn't expect that there were thousands of them.

"Knowing what materials you need is only the first step, and there's still a long way to go before you really learn how to make runes. The old cat reminded.

"Understood. Li Jinyi nodded and put the book in his pocket.

"Next, I want to talk about a very important step, and the first key point for the success of the rune, which is to nourish the use of the circle. ”

"There are many levels of nourishment circle, so let's talk about the beginner level first. The old cat said and took out a bottle of crystal blue liquid.