Starring remembered when he was still a mage's apprentice.

"Star Ring, what is the purpose of your spell study?" At that time, his teacher asked him such a question.

"I think it's probably about studying the way of mages, and then devoting your limited time to infinite learning." Starring said.

In fact, that's not what he actually thinks.

It's just that he thinks that saying this will make the teacher feel happy, so he takes it for granted.

However, his teacher's response took him by surprise.

"Stupid!"

This was the reply of his teacher, who had failed the Great Magister exam for six years in a row.

"My life has an end, and there is no end to knowledge. With an end, there is no end, and it is gone! The teacher harshly criticized, "Since life is finite, then pursue finite things, and if you have to pursue infinite things, then set a goal for yourself, because I have the most profound experience of what you just said." ”

"I'm seventy-five years old, and as a human race, I think I'm probably about to reach the limit of my life." The teacher said, sighing, "But ah, thinking back to the decades I've been a mage, I have nothing left but remorse, by the way, do you know my childhood dreams? ”

Xinghuan looked at the teacher in front of him who had a sudden change in emotion, and could only shake his head.

"When I was a kid, I wanted to be a musician." The teacher looked at the starry sky in the distance and shook his head, "But later, due to family reasons and some force majeure factors, I could only join the Mage Academy and started my journey to the Demon Dao. ”

"Although I don't hate this discipline, and I do spend a lot of my youth and sweat in this discipline and contribute a lot of research, but in the end, I still have only regrets, I regret that I didn't do more of what I wanted to do." There seemed to be some sadness in the teacher's tone, which made Star Ring dare not say a word, so he could only listen with his head down.

"You may not believe it, although I haven't passed the Great Mage exam for six years now, do you know how many years I have spent on the Grand Mage exam?" The teacher asked with a sudden smile.

"Three years?" Star Ring casually bullshyed a number.

"Six months." The teacher shook his head, "I was only twenty-six years old at the time, so when I was admitted to the Archmage, everyone was shocked, they thought I was an amazing genius, a leader in the mage world, and a candidate for the next Four Great Magiers, but what do you think about me now?" ”

Star Ring lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

"So that's what I'm trying to say." The teacher shook his head, "The so-called people have limits, they may be outstanding at the beginning of a certain industry, but they don't know that that is their limit, I mean...... They can do better than anyone else in a certain part of an industry or a certain aspect, but that's about it, and so am I. ”

"Wait." Xinghuan listened to what the teacher said, as if he realized something, "Teacher, it has taken you six years to take the Great Mage exam, and you were admitted to the Grand Mage at the age of twenty-six, so ......"

"yes." The teacher nodded, "From the age of twenty-seven to sixty-nine, I have been taking the Magister test for the past forty-two years, and now you understand what the so-called limit means." ”

Starring nodded dumbfounded.

"But...... You ended up pushing the limits, didn't you? Although he was dumbfounded, he still tried to give his master some encouragement.

"And at what cost?" The teacher smiled and shook his head, "It took me forty-two years, but I only did one thing that others could do in a few years, I wondered, if I use these forty-two years to learn some other things, will I be able to gain more?" ”

"Star Ring, it's a good thing to go beyond the limit, but you have to be clear that people often only care about the result rather than the process, and they applaud you because you did it, not because you spent forty-two years doing something that you thought was stupid." The teacher said earnestly, "Remember what I said at the beginning? My life has an end, and there is no end to knowledge. With an end, there is no end, and it is gone! ”

"The original author of this sentence is not me, it is an ancient philosopher, but I like this sentence very much, because it means what I have just experienced." The teacher sighed, "Humans are not like elves, our life is very short, don't waste our time on some stupid insistence, that's what I want to say to you." ”

"But ......"

Xinghuan looked at the wrinkled face of the master in front of him, and finally said what he wanted to say.

"Teacher, you are such a person."

"Huh." The teacher smiled.

"That's why I'm standing here as your teacher, otherwise, I'd already be promoted to the Four Great Magisters by now, where would I be demoted to take you a little hairy boy?"

……

That's why Star Ring went to practice swordsmanship.

Because the teacher's words are still in his heart, as a yardstick to remind himself at all times.

Star Ring has made a summary of his own learning behavior, which is called dabbling.

That is, to learn a little bit about everything, and never stop at just one project.

In fact, this is what his teacher once wanted to do.

It's just that his teacher unfortunately passed away due to illness while preparing for his eleventh Grand Magister exam.

Therefore, when Star Ring wandered around as a traveling scholar, he was actually fulfilling his teacher's legacy.

"Now that I think about it, I really owe my teacher a lot of thanks."

Star Ring looked at the two mecha girls in front of him, couldn't help but shake his head, and then extinguished the Flame Demon Sword in his hand.

When he was banned, this invincible sword belonging to a magical creation could no longer be used.

But.

"If it weren't for him, I don't know how many times I'd fallen on the journey of my life." Starring reached into his cloak and pulled out a large sword from it.

"Although a lot of what the old man said was tainted with a sour and rotten atmosphere, it was crepe." Starring slipped his other hand into his cloak and drew a broadsword.

"But ah, there is a sentence of his, which I have remembered to this day, although the original author of this sentence is not him."

Looking at the number one and number two in front of him, Star Ring crossed the two swords in his hand in front of him.

"My life has an end, and there is no end to knowledge. With an end, there is no end, and it is gone! ”