"The essence of magic is to harness the free energy in the air, at least mostly. We can call this energy magic. The principle of magician using magic is to use his own mental power to manipulate the magic in the air. One thing to keep in mind is that mental power and magic are interconnected, and in some special moments, if you can't connect to magic power, you can also directly consume mental power to forcibly use magic. But this is only a last resort, and it is best not to use it lightly. Then again, your mental strength is amazing, but it's not a big problem. ”

In the antique shop, Balsa was teaching Lin Xuan his first lesson. There is a lot about the nature of magic, and the basic principles.

"Teacher, you just said that most magic is achieved through magic. Does that mean that there is still some magic that uses other energies to do so? ”

Balsa hesitated for a moment but said, "Yes, there are other ways to use magic. But it's mostly some black magic. Use blood, sacrifices, and trade with certain creatures from different planes to cast magic. Earlier, certain devout clergy could also use magic-like abilities, but I hadn't seen that in years. ”

"Does blood also contain energy?"

"This is the category of black magic, which is generally believed to contain the life force of the human body in the blood. They draw this energy to get the effect of magic. These are very evil methods, and all you have to do now is to seriously learn the magic of our lineage. ”

"Yes, teacher. So, what about spells? Since we use psychic power to cast magic, what role do spells play in this process? ”

"To be able to think about this at this time shows that you are very talented. We do use psychic manipulation magic to cast magic. But magic isn't that easy to manipulate. They may be lifeless, but they will resist your call. This requires us to use stronger mental power to control them. However, some powerful magic has too strict requirements for the manipulation of magic power, and as long as there is any slight mistake in the operation of a complex magic power, the entire magic will fail, and even attract backlash. That's where the spell comes in. Most of the spells are very obscure and illogical. This is because we don't need any logical sentences, what we need is to pronounce the subtle vibrations that the spell produces to fine-tune the workings of the magic. ”

"That means the spell itself doesn't make sense, right?"

"Yes, all spells are just auxiliary things to a certain magic. In a sense, if you have strong mental power and precise control, you can cast all your magic without any spells. In fact, the strength of your mental power can be said to be the only one who can do it. ”

"You've always said that my mental strength is strong, so how strong is it?"

"In terms of mental power, the magician doesn't have a real unit to describe it. To put it simply, your mental power is the strongest I have ever seen, several times stronger than me. In the beginning, I could hardly believe that there were people in the world who were so mentally strong. It's a pity that the Merlin Ring didn't recognize you, otherwise you might become the strongest Merlin heir. ”

Lin Xuan settled in an antique shop and began his life of learning magic. Balsa has a complete magical heritage and cherishes this disciple very much. He even slowed down his search for Merlin's heirs and concentrated on teaching Lin Xuan.

Unlike magic lessons in worlds like Harry Potter, Baltha's first lesson is combat magic. In his words, magic is born on the brink of danger. We have to contend with the Dark Mage, the supernatural disasters, and the invasion of the Alien Plane. So what every mage has to learn before is to fight.

A blue flame ignited in Balthaze's hand, and with a wave of his hands, a magic array burning with blue flames appeared on the ground.

"This is the Merlin Circle, he can help you gather the magic better and perceive it more effectively. Now, stand here. ”

Lin Xuan walked into the Merlin Circle as he said, and the blue flame did not bring a burning feeling. There was just a warm feeling that surrounded him.

"Now close your eyes and slowly release your mental power to perceive your surroundings."

Lin Xuan concentrated his energy, released his spiritual power, and entered an extremely ethereal state. Suddenly, I found that around his body, a completely different picture was presented.

It was some elven light, and they were dancing around him. Lin Xuan could easily feel the power contained in them. It was a pure energy, and it was in an extremely unstable state, which is probably why it could be molded into magic of various attributes. Lin Xuan could even feel that he could use his spiritual power to easily gather this energy. But he thought about it again and again, and still held back. Forcibly gathering magical elements without any preparation is most likely to cause an explosion.

He withdrew from that peculiar state and gave Balthaze a detailed account of his feelings.

"You're the first person to be able to depict magical elements so clearly when you first perceive them. It's good, remember the feeling. You have to be able to perceive the magic clearly, even without the Merlin Circle. This shouldn't be a problem for you. ”

"Yes, I can do it now." Lin Xuan said, and a crooked ball of light appeared in his hand.

Balsa suddenly felt a shock, the three of them were able to be guarded by Merlin back then, which shows that the magical talent must be first-class. But now this disciple in front of him is simply a demon. If he knew that Lin Xuan had been hiding most of his spiritual power in order not to be scared, he didn't know what kind of mood he would have.

Balsa steadied himself and said, "In that case, let's start the first magical connection." Particle balls are a common attack method used by magicians. We bring together the elements of magic and shape it. Through the guidance of spiritual power and the cooperation of spells, it is transformed into a particle ball. Then release it to attack the opponent. It can produce a certain impact effect, as well as an electric shock effect. If a large number of magical elements are gathered, it can also produce a certain explosion and high temperature effect. Now do as I say. ”

Lin Xuan followed Balthaze's guidance, gathered the magic elements, and recited the incantation. A ball of blue, pulsing particles gradually took shape in his hand.

"Steady, remember. The moment the particle ball is about to take shape is the most likely to make a mistake. ”

With Baltha's words, Lin Xuan could really feel it. The particle ball in his hand has a tendency to go berserk. He hurriedly concentrated, chanting the incantation over and over again. Finally succeeded in stabilizing the particle ball. As his hand pushed forward, a fist-sized particle ball slashed through a blue light and hit the target in front of him. Due to his strong mental power, the power of the particle ball was unexpectedly powerful. Directly blasted the target in front of him to smithereens.

This was the first magic that Lin Xuan successfully cast, and it was also the beginning of his magic path.