Chapter 42: Magical Genius?
"Haha, it turns out that I am really a magical genius who has been delayed by qi refining."
As Gao Ren turned the "Basic Summary" in his hand to the last page, his frowning brow finally relaxed at this moment, and the smile gradually bloomed on his face, becoming thicker and thicker, until he was almost mad.
At this time, he could no longer express the ecstasy in his heart in words, and could only express the joy in his heart with laughter.
The clouds that had once hung over his head about the inability of the Qi Refiner to practice magic had all dissipated at this moment.
After systematically understanding the magic system, through comparison with the way of qi refining, he found that the reason why qi refiners could not practice magic at the same time, and mages could not cultivate qi at the same time, was only caused by the difference between Eastern and Western cultures.
For example, the way of refining qi attaches great importance to experience, emphasizing the unity of heaven and man and epiphany.
When exploring the mysteries of supernatural power, the practitioner is required to enter a state of mysticism and mystery, in which he relies on his own experience of supernatural power and constantly perceives the mysteries therein, so that he can incorporate the supernatural power into his body and use it for his own use, so that he can also become extraordinary.
Even the exercises of the way of refining qi are just the process of feeling, experiencing, and how to explore the mysteries of the process of writing down, so that the later ones can repeat the same operation along such a process.
Magic, on the other hand, is that the mage observes and comes into contact with extraordinary powers, expresses it in the special form of incantations, and then puts forward various theoretical assumptions to verify the results of the expression, and finally derives a logical theory of magic.
Unlike Qi Refiners who use their own bodies to experience, perceive, and accept transcendent powers, mages use spells composed of words, geometry, and even numbers to derive a theoretical formula, and use this formula to borrow the energy of the universe to achieve the purpose of using transcendent powers.
The difference between the two is that the way of refining qi is stable and can allow people to achieve immortality, but it lacks innovation, and cultivation is relatively slow.
Magic, on the other hand, is highly transcendent and revolutionary.
However, compared to Qi refining, the energy used when magic is used does not come from the caster itself, but is borrowed from the outside world.
At the same time, although magic can allow extremely talented mages to master powerful supernatural powers in a short period of time, this power cannot help mages live forever.
Mages need to use special energies from the outside world to achieve immortality, such as Dormammu, a mage who abandoned his body and entered the dark dimension with his soul to achieve immortality.
To sum up, the difference between qi refining and magic can be illustrated by a vivid metaphor.
A Qi Refiner is like a lame liberal arts student in science, and a mage is like a lame liberal arts student.
Let a lame liberal arts student in science like a Qi Refiner understand the 'advanced algebra' of the mage, of course, he feels that it is ethereal and unreasonable.
In the same way, let a lame science student like the mage, understand the awkward 'classical Chinese' of the qi refiner, of course, it is the first two big, and it also feels ethereal and unreasonable.
Fortunately, Gao Ren came from the student days when he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry well and was not afraid to go all over the world.
Although the liberal arts are not good, the science can be quite good.
This has reached the realm of magic, which emphasizes theory and logic, and the thinking of those science students cultivated before the crossing, as well as their good logical ability, suddenly played a huge role.
Let him understand magic faster than refining qi.
In Kama Taj's library, as Gao Ren's almost crazy laughter echoed in the library, the librarian Surya, who was sorting out the various magic books in the library and putting them in his rightful place, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "It seems that it's really crazy!" ”
I've heard a lot of laughter like this these days, and my ears are calloused.
But at this moment, he couldn't help but feel sorry for the big fat man who had been buried in the library, who was originally a qi refiner with a great future, but because of his desire to learn magic, he drove himself crazy.
Even though Gao Ren looked like a normal person, Surya still thought so.
After all, since ancient times, no Qi Refiner has been able to learn magic, how could he suddenly become the so-called 'Magical Genius Delayed by Qi Refining', and the person who said this is not crazy.
Just as Surya was pondering whether to report Gao Ren's madness to the Ancient One Mage, Gao Ren also finished reading the last magic book in his hand and closed the book again.
Soon he came to Surya with the finished magic book and said to him, "Master Surya, I have finished reading these books. ”
"This is the Book of Vision, this is Solomon's Key, this is the New Edition of the Universe, this is the ...... of the Foundations" Surya looked through one magic book after another that Gao Ren had read, looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Have you read all of this and understood it all?" ”
"Yes, Mage Surya." Gao Ren looked at Surya confidently and said to him.
But the more confident Gao Ren was, the more Surya felt that Gao Ren's illness was terminal, and he had to tell the Ancient One Master to find a way to save the poor worm in front of him.
Thinking so in her heart, Surya said perfunctorily: "So what type of magic book are you going to read next?" ”
Unexpectedly, Gao Ren said to him: "No, I am going to practice those magic theories in the book." ”
Seeing that Gao Ren was going to carry out the so-called practice, Su Ya didn't know what to say, and he expected that Gao Ren would inevitably fail, so he had to send his blessing weakly and said to Gao Ren: "Is it? That's good luck. ”
At this time, he seemed to have seen Gao Ren, who had failed in practice, and he couldn't help but pray in his heart, hoping that Gao Ren could withstand such a blow.
Just as Surya was praying for Gao Ren in his heart, he heard Gao Ren ask him, "Do you have any vows here?" ”
Surya asked, puzzled, "What do you want it to do?" ”
Gao Ren replied, "Through space, Master Surya. ”
Surya was not optimistic about Gao Ren's idea of using the suspension ring to travel through space, but he still took out his suspension ring and handed it to Gao Rendao:
"Okay, here you go.
But please ...... it after you fail to cast it."
Before Surya could finish speaking, Gao Ren, who had put on the hanging ring, manipulated the spell and opened a portal in front of him.
"No, it can't be." Gen Surya was dumbfounded, "You haven't tried meditation, and you can't use these spells without the energy you have gathered through meditation. ”
At the last moment of drilling into the portal, Gao Ren smiled at Sur Yawaner and said, "Mage, the energy required to manipulate the spell does not have to be collected from the outside world, but can also be obtained from your own body."