Chapter 1: Activation Ritual
On the Miracle Continent, activation ceremonies are held in various regions at the beginning of each year. Twelve-year-old children go in to activate the tower to receive the ceremony, and the children who activate the spiritual root will be recruited and cultivated by the various academies. And children who have not activated the spiritual root can only be an ordinary person honestly for the rest of their lives.
"Bai Yi, hurry up! The activation ceremony will start immediately! If you are fifteen minutes late, you will not be allowed to enter the activation tower!" Bai Ling'er frowned slightly, crossed her hands on her waist, and looked at Bai Yi who was still slowly devouring breakfast with a dissatisfied expression.
Seeing her sister urging herself, Bai Yi began to speed up her chewing and swallowing, her mouth full of food, and said indistinctly: "Okay, okay, right away." ”
After a while, he finally waited until Bai Yi finished eating. Bai Yi touched his stomach with a satisfied face, and just as he wanted to say something, he was dragged up by Bai Ling'er, who was already waiting impatiently, and ran outside.
"Eh, don't pull me, the clothes I just bought yesterday!" Bai Yi's voice echoed in the air, but the figure was gone.
Activate under the tower.
Bai Ling'er dragged Bai Yi into the already full crowd and came to the activation tower.
An old woman stood at the door, she saw Bai Ling'er and the two appear, and Bai Ling'er also saw the old woman at a glance.
"Granny Xu is early!" Bai Ling'er said hello with a smile, and Bai Yi also said hello.
"Morning, Xiao Ling'er, why are you here, hurry up and get in, the ceremony is about to begin." The old woman waved her hand, and the door slowly opened.
"Okay mother-in-law, then let's go in. Bai Ling'er pulled Bai Yi and walked in.
"Good luck to you. Granny Xu shouted at the backs of the two, and then waved her hand, and the door slowly closed again.
Walking into the hall of the tower, the two saw that it was already full of people. To be exact, it was full of all the twelve-year-olds in White City.
In the center of the hall, a crystal cylinder with the thickness of three people standing there, with two notches in the column.
"Looks like everyone is here. Granny Xu's words sounded overhead, and everyone looked up to see a ball of light floating in the air. This is sound transmission magic, and two orbs of light cast by the same person can transmit sound in one direction, "In that case, let's start the ritual." ”
Granny Xu, who was still outside, waved her hand, and a light curtain appeared above her head. It's shadow magic, allowing people on the outside to see what's inside. The people outside the tower are all parents of the children inside the tower, and they all want to know if their children can activate the spiritual root for the first time.
"Do you see the two gaps in the pillar?" Granny Xu said to the ball of light, "As long as you put your hands in it, you can activate the crystal pillar for activation, you can arrange the order yourself." ”
A group of children in the tower, you look at me, I look at you, and no one said anything for a while. The first person to go up must have attracted much attention, and it would be very embarrassing if they couldn't activate the spirit root. Twelve years old is the age when you want to save face, and no one wants to be the object of ridicule.
"Is there no one, then I'll come!" Bai Ling'er saw that no one was silent, so she volunteered to walk out and quickly put her hand in.
"That's the eldest lady of the city lord's family!" someone outside exclaimed, recognizing Bai Ling'er's identity.
After Bai Ling'er put her hand in, it only took a breath for a while, and the crystal pillar emitted a bright light, and two colors of light were clearly visible in the pillar, one red and one white.
"Dual-attribute spiritual root! It's actually a dual-attribute spiritual root!" everyone exclaimed. You must know how rare the multi-attribute spirit root is, not to mention Baicheng, even the Cangluan Empire has not appeared for decades.
The red glow represents the fire attribute, while the white glow is metallic.
"I'm actually a dual-attribute spirit root!" Bai Ling'er was originally very nervous, after all, this was about the fate of his life. Then when he saw that he not only had a spiritual root, but even a rare dual-attribute spiritual root, he was immediately very happy. Bai Ling'er, who was extremely excited, ran to Bai Yi, and regardless of whether he wanted to or not, he grabbed Bai Yi's shoulder and shook it wildly, and kept shouting in his mouth: "Bai Yi! I'm a dual-attribute spiritual root!
was suddenly caught by Bai Ling'er and shook violently, Bai Yi was a little stunned for a while, "I saw it, I am not blind." ”
"Xiao Ling'er, the ceremony is not over yet. Granny Xu's voice sounded again, "You put your hand for a while, and the crystal pillar will show the current value of the magic element in your body." ”
"Ahh Bai Ling'er actually knew the whole process of activation, but she was so excited all of a sudden that she subconsciously forgot about the rest of the matter.
Bai Ling'er walked back in front of the crystal pillar and put her hand in again. After a breath, a string of numbers appeared above the crystal pillar: 43
Mana is the root of magic and the source of magic energy. Basic magic only needs to consume the corresponding mana element to be cast, but elemental magic is different. Elemental magic requires the use of spiritual roots, and throughout the casting process of magic, spiritual roots act as intermediaries in the middle. The spiritual root communicates the elements between heaven and earth, while the magic element provides energy.
There is an upper limit to the amount of magic that can be stored in everyone's body, so it is necessary to practice exercises to break through and increase the upper limit. Nowadays, on the mainland, according to the value of the upper limit of magic element, the mage level is divided into seven realms, of which there are a total of twenty-eight levels. The first major level is Qiyao, which is divided into seven levels: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, as long as the maximum number of mana reaches 100, it means that you have become a red light mage, and then the upper limit increases by one level every 100.
And after the upper limit reaches 700, that is, the purple light level, the upper limit needs to be increased to 1,000 before it can be regarded as stepping into the next realm.
"Actually, there is a 43 magic element limit just after activating the spirit root, and the average person is only less than 5, which is worthy of being a double spirit root!"
"Yes, as long as you raise 57 more, you will officially become a mage, this girl really has a bright future!"
Looking at Bai Ling'er dancing with her hands, with this good start, everyone's minds began to be eager to try, and they stepped forward to activate it one after another. However, it is not a joke that one out of ten people has a spiritual root, although it is not as accurate as one-tenth of them, but there are very few people who can activate the spiritual root. After Bai Ling'er, dozens of people stepped forward to activate it, but only two people activated the spirit root. This made everyone who had just burst out of the flames in their hearts suddenly feel as if they were poured cold water, and they cowered like at the beginning, and no one stepped forward.
"It's really a coward, whether you have a spiritual root or not is innate, this fact will not change because you activate it later, I really don't know what you have to hesitate about. A burly boy walked out and looked around with disdain.
The people present were all twelve-year-old teenagers, and they were all very angry, and they wanted to step forward to refute, but when they saw that this person's shoulders were broad and round, and that bear-like back and strong limbs, they forcibly swallowed back the words that came to their mouths.
"My name is Mu Yang, the young hall master of the White City Martial Arts Pavilion. Mu Yang suddenly began to introduce himself, "How can you only cultivate magic and forget about the physical body in this era? Mages who don't pay attention to physical cultivation are just a group of turrets, and once they are approached by powerful martial artists, they will become constrained and easily defeated. Starting tomorrow, the Baicheng Martial Arts Hall will recruit a new class of apprentices, everyone only needs to report my name, and they will all be half price!"
Teenagers: "······"
Outside the tower: "······"
In fact, Mu Yang is not wrong. Those ordinary people who have not activated the spiritual root, after the arduous physical cultivation, not only become physically strong and powerful, but also move quickly and quickly, this is the martial artist. Although mages are capable of casting powerful magic, their physical fitness is no different from that of ordinary people. Once you are hit by a warrior's surprise attack at close range, you will immediately lose your combat effectiveness.
And the way to deal with it is to cultivate the physical body to a certain extent without delaying the cultivation of magic, so that your physical body becomes a little stronger, and the bearing capacity of the physical body is improved, so that at least you will not lose your combat effectiveness immediately after being attacked by a martial artist.
After Mu Yang promoted his martial arts hall, he finally returned to the topic, walked to the crystal pillar, and put his hand inside.
Although his family opened a martial arts gym, it didn't mean that he didn't want to become a mage. After all, it is every man's dream to cast high-level, dazzling and powerful magic with his own hands. Although it was only a breath of time, Muyang felt as if half a century had passed.
A burst of intense white light burst out from the crystal pillar, and the dazzling light made everyone unable to open their eyes for a while.
"It's ······" Outside the tower, Granny Xu looked at the scene in the light curtain, her eyes widened, and she muttered, "Is it difficult to ······"
Not only Granny Xu, but everyone present had an idea in their hearts.
After another breath, the light faded away, revealing a string of numbers on the pillar of light: 100
Sure enough, that's what everyone thought of in their hearts.
This is a rare situation, as soon as the spirit root is activated, it has a maximum number of mana elements of 100, and directly becomes a red light level mage. This is due to the fact that the activated spirit root is several times stronger than ordinary people, so that once activated, it has a maximum number of magic elements of 100, and people call this spirit root an alien spirit root. Not only does the Alien Spirit Root have a higher starting point than others, but its subsequent cultivation is several times more efficient than others.
With the same exercises, ordinary spirit roots can increase by 1 in one day, but alien spirit roots can increase by 5 or more!
"Hahaha, although I don't know what's going on, but it's certain that I'm a genius!" Seeing his magic element limit, Mu Yang suddenly burst out laughing.
Mu Yang, who was laughing, saw Bai Yi, the only one present who had not yet been activated, stepped forward and patted Bai Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Little brother, you are the only one left, go quickly, when you also activate the spiritual root, let's go out together!"