【“…… The promotion was smooth and the whole process was no different from the rehearsal they did for me at Cassan. ”】

The ink left clear and delicate handwriting on the flexible and yellowish paper, and the beating magic quill paused, and as the master's thoughts paused for a moment, the tip of the pen touched the paper again, as if it was controlled by an invisible hand, and the writing began.

【“…… Compared to the four-year advance level of the official mage, I feel that the mentality before and after this advancement is very flat, like accepting something that has been expected to happen for a long time. ”】

Successfully achieving the perfect promotion of the highest difficulty, Lin An of course also felt a faint joy.

However, it was far less exhilarating than the sense of accomplishment that had been exhilarated after being promoted to a full-fledged mage—just like the joy and self-confidence that had been strengthened by self-improvement after every progress in the previous work, but more joy in meeting the requirements of the wardens.

【“…… Perhaps, as Lulu said, the level of my knowledge and experience has far exceeded my spell casting level. ”】

And from these experiences, I have gained a powerful power to match, although magic is the path that I have always adhered to as the core of development. ”】

I have to admit that Lin An's own strength composition is very complicated.

Among them, the power brought by the blessing of the goddess of nature, and the protection and escape ability brought to Lin An by the Sky City Soul Deed, have played a decisive role in the past few life-and-death moments.

On the contrary, it is the spell-casting ability brought by the mage's own position, although it is still one of Lin An's important power components, but when it comes to turning the situation around at a critical moment, there are already signs of gradual marginalization.

【“…… This made me wonder if I had unconsciously relied too much on the power of other sources, and neglected the in-depth study and flexible use of spells. ”】

This time the quill paused for a much longer time.

【“…… But after thinking about it, I don't think so. ”】

It seemed that a large number of words came out of his mind, and the speed at which the ink flowed out of the quill ink tube was much faster, and the handwriting was connected.

【“…… The depth and potential of the magical path, I have never doubted. ”】

【“…… In my mind, studying magic is not so much for spells and powers as it is the only way I can use to understand the nature of this world. ”】

Yes, it's an inevitable change in mindset.

When Lin An gradually broke away from the situation where she had to gain strength in exchange for living space, and rose to a new level to look at the world, magic naturally changed from being regarded as a tool for drawing strength by her to a crutch for understanding the world.

【“…… In this transformation, the meaning of magic to me has not decreased, but has increased like never before. ”】

Magic has been integrated into Lin An's soul.

Like every mage, Lin An inevitably observes the world from a perspective that is beyond the mundane, thinks about problems, and sums up experience.

It is precisely the difference in the mode of thinking that leads to the thinking concept that is generally different from ordinary people, and is incompatible with the world.

No matter how much Lin An's own strength was different from that of mages of the same level, in this regard, she was no different from other mages.

【“…… The most precious treasure that the magic lock bestows on the mage is not so much the unimaginable variety of spells and the power drawn from them, but the vast and leafy system itself, and the inspiration and reflection that magic gives us in the process of understanding this system. ”】

【“…… When I realized this, my heart shook even more than a perfect promotion. ”】

【“…… Due to various external factors, although I have not relaxed my daily meditation and magic research, I have to admit that I have not had a truly profound introspection and summary of my own changes in mentality for a long time. ”】

This is very unqualified for a mage, especially a mage who has a deep understanding of the soul realm.

【“…… I am glad that I chose the right time for my promotion. ”】

【“…… I could feel that as I wrote these words, the thin speck of dust that had been quietly spilled on my soul had been gently wiped away and cleared again. ”】

The jumping ink became more brisk, and the tail of the handwriting almost flew off the paper.

【“…… With this lesson, maybe I should start a new habit for myself from now on, and make a mood review at least once every three months. ”】

Writing this, the self-combing of his mentality came to an end, and Lin An began to make specific measurements of his own strength changes and spell-casting ability.

This is done in conjunction with the process of gathering mana, adapting to new spellcasting abilities, and at the same time gradually understanding and mastering one's own magic.

This process usually takes about half a month for ordinary archmages, but Lin An estimates that with his own spiritual power, the time can be reduced by at least half, and he can just get out of the customs three days before the canonization ceremony.

Of course, this is not to say that it only took seven or eight days for Lin An to make the magic power that was so huge and terrifying due to his perfect promotion that he could cast spells as freely as before.

"Magic is a mage's most precious rough diamond." ――

This sentence is a famous quote from Master Michelangelo, the archmage of the plastic energy department seven hundred years ago.

Since the promotion of the archmage, in the daily meditation homework of the mage, in addition to communicating spiritual power, refining spiritual power and absorbing elements, there is another necessary homework, which is to polish magic power.

Among them, the first three correspond to meditation, mental resonance, and elemental absorption in the meditation method.

And the part of polishing magic that corresponds to the meditation method is the magic power refining technique. At the same time, this is also an important part of the meditation method that will only appear after the advanced archmage.

The reason why there is more than this part is related to the transformation of the human body by magic after the advanced archmage.

As we all know, the mage is advancing to the archmage, and the silver sword master is advancing to the golden sword master, and the life length will suddenly increase from the level of ordinary people to the limit of five hundred years.

But where does the increased longevity come from?

In fact, in the final analysis, the two have the same path, both from the process of advancement, the extension of the life span of the soul after the sublimation of the soul level, and the transformation of the body by the elemental particles that constitute magic and fighting energy after transforming the external elements into their own fighting energy or magic power.

From the above summary, it can be seen that the extension of the life span of the soul is leapfrogging, and it has basically been completed in the process of promotion; However, the extension of the body's life span is long-term and sustainable.

Therefore, there are also some strong people who are seriously injured, their bodies decay and fall before their longevity.

The same is the change of the elements on the body, in the formal mage stage, this change is called elemental erosion, which is the key factor in the weakness of the mage's physique, but in the archmage stage, it has become the root cause of the enhancement of the physique.

The difference between the two lies in the changes brought about by the integration of the demon pools in the body into one during the promotion process of the archmage.

After being called the archmage, the magic pool after fusing with each other is no longer called the magic pool, but evolves into the magic source, which increases at least three times in magnitude, and at this time, the archmage's physique is called the magic activation physique (the golden sword master corresponds to the fighting qi activation physique, which has a similar meaning, and will not be explained later).

Figuratively speaking, before becoming an archmage, although the human body is also composed of elements, but compared with the external free elements, nine out of nine of these elements that make up the human body are die-hard elements, with their ears closed, unable to communicate, let alone playing hand in hand, less than one in a thousand activists are in it, and people are soft-spoken and do not play much role.

Therefore, at this stage, when the external elements are converted into magic power, or when the magic power communicates with the outside world to cast spells, it is often at the cost of the erosion of the body, and over time, the weakening of the mage's physique is inevitable.

The archmage's magic power activates the physique, which is equivalent to the evolution of at least one percent of the active elements among the diehards, and the affinity with the free elements in the outside world has greatly increased.

At this time, the replenishment of external elements is no longer an infringement on the human body, but an energy tonic.

Although flesh and blood still need to eat, if under normal circumstances, the archmage does not eat and drink, and only relies on meditation, maintaining stable vital signs for seven to ten days, it is not a problem at all.

And because of his strong physique, the Golden Sword Master can even increase this period to more than twenty days, and maintain a certain amount of activity, and his survivability is greatly increased.

It can be said that the activation of the physique is the first step in the transformation of the essence of their life for the archmage, although it has not completely separated the archmage from the lower life level composed entirely of matter, but has already begun to evolve.

As the magic power increases, the activated elements in the archmage's body will gradually increase, and the "tonic" rate of the elements on the body will increase year-on-year, and the archmage's lifespan will naturally increase slowly until it reaches an upper limit.

It must be explained that the elements that can help the archmage "nourish" are naturally not directly taken from the free elements from the outside world, but are converted into magic and ingested in the same source of magic as the body.

For this reason, the more pure and free of impurities, the better it is for the body's "tonic", which is why the Archmage's later meditation method added magic refining techniques.

As for why the official mage stage doesn't require mana refining?

This is because of the fact that among the magic transformed by the Elemental Absorption Technique, the free elements are actually extremely rare, less than one in ten thousand.

With the total amount of mana of the official mage, the influence of this free element on the ability to cast spells is completely negligible.

At this time, cultivating the magic power refining technique in advance was a complete waste of time and reduced efficiency, even with Lin An's cultivation speed, there was no need to refine the magic power in advance.

Especially when her magic itself has been refined several times due to adventures.

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