These days, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling would come to the magician's study every day to stay for a few hours.

The unknown magician had a large collection of books, but all the books they had turned to so far were about history, war, art, and literature, and although they also mentioned magic, most of them were related to historical events, or articles and poems praising the greatness of magic, and there was no discussion of the nature of magic and how to use it.

Xiao Chen put a copy of "The Art Style of the Moncayo Region" back on the shelf, and took another book from the shelf. The title is quite attractive, it is called "The History of the War of the Black Dragon Empire". He cursolutly flipped through a few pages, and a random passage of text caught his interest.

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“...... Emperor Luca led a large army to the territory of the elves, demanding that they submit to him, worship him as their lord, and worship him every year. But the elf rejected the offer and used the magic of nature. The woods grew wildly, tangled and tangled with each other, and became an impenetrable wall that soldiers and horses could not pass through, and not even dragon knights could fly to the top of the wall. Lukka had the soldiers cut down the trees with knives and axes, but steel was not as hard as the trees, and Lukka had the soldiers set them on fire, but the normally flammable plants and trees could not be lit anyway. Lukka was held back in front of the forest wall for three days, until his ministers called Master Grion, who spent another five days magically refining a black beetle, and when he put the black beetle on the tree wall, a plague of trees began, and in just one day, all the trees that made up the wall withered and rotted. When the tree wall fell, the plague spread to the forest behind the wall, and as more and more trees died, the elves' power became weaker and weaker. The Emperor's army has finally broken through the obstacles and begun to conquer the Elven Kingdom......"

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"The invulnerable, towering tree walls, the black beetles that poison the entire forest in one day, this is too powerful, more powerful than biological weapons, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a mythical story. Xiao Chen read a paragraph to Luo Ling.

Luo Ling shook her head contemplatively and said: "I think it's different from mythological stories, most of the historical books here are clearly recorded, the sources are clear, you can see the specific year, place, people, circumstantial evidence, and relevant cited historical materials are very complete." I think the authenticity should not be low. ”

"I just think these examples deviate from the law of conservation of matter, which is not scientific. You see, in the book, Master Gracia used a horseshoe to conjure up a herd of healthy horses, allowing Emperor Lucca and his guards to escape from the enemy's encirclement, which was already generated out of thin air. I'd rather believe in the magic of a computer game where you raise your hand and blast out a fireball. ”

"This is magic, what's so strange about not being scientific? How do you know that this world and ours are the same universe?" Luo Ling asked rhetorically.

Xiao Chen couldn't refute it, so he had to continue to look through other books.

A long time has passed, the sun has turned west, and a little dim sunlight is sweeping obliquely on the bookshelf, Xiao Chen put a book back on the shelf, and said a little tiredly: "We have turned through at least two-thirds of the books in the past few days, but we still haven't found anything really related to magic." ”

"That's why there will always be times when I don't want to study. Luo Ling threw a book on the desk, "There is always a lot more nonsense in the book than useful content." ”

"I heard that you are already an associate professor at such a young age, and you have broken school records, how can you not love reading?" Xiao Chen asked her with a smile.

"Don't equate studying with reading. You're an older graduate student, you haven't understood this truth yet, have you?" Luo Ling retorted.

Xiao Chen spread his hands, "People like me, who have been in the society for a while, recall the school, and the deepest impression is that they can study with peace of mind." ”

"Beware of reading books and reading beetles. Since you like to read so much, then the next row belongs to you. Luo Ling pointed to a row of bookshelves in the corner of the room and said.

Xiao Chen was about to say a few more words, but when he saw the row of bookshelves that Luo Ling was pointing to, he stood up thoughtfully. He retreated to the center of the room, looked carefully at the first shelf, and then frowned and said, "There's something wrong with that shelf!"

He walked over to the bookshelf, pointed to the middle of the bookshelf and said, "Look at these two shelves, they are the closest to the seats, but the middle two floors are empty, and the upper and lower floors are filled with books. Why does the owner of this place go to the distance and not put books in the most convenient place? You must have a bookshelf in your house, right? Shouldn't such a space be filled with the most commonly used and important books?"

Luo Ling got up and touched the empty position: "You mean, there are magic books here, but they have all been moved?"

"No...... Not to move away. Xiao Chen stared at that position and said with certainty, "You know that my eyes have gained a strange mutation, and when I just looked at that position very seriously, I felt a layer of fog that seemed to be there. ”

"Tricks?"

"It's much more powerful than that, haven't you touched anything after touching it with your hand for a long time?

"Star-Moon Badge!" the two said in unison.

Xiao Chen hurriedly took out the badge that had unsealed the entire room last time. Focusing on it, the badge once again shimmered. He took the badge and moved closer to the shelf, and a strange twisted ripple appeared in the air. Xiao Chen leaned his head over, the badge pressed against his forehead, his hands clenched tightly, his knuckles protruded, trembling slightly, as if he was struggling to open a locked door.

After a long while, a corner of the bookshelf really slowly showed the appearance of a book and two scrolls, and Xiao Chen shouted: "Take it down!"

Luo Ling didn't dare to touch it with her hands, pulled out the short sword on Xiao Chen's waist, slapped it horizontally on the bookshelf, and swept the books and scrolls to the ground. Xiao Chen let go of the badge, and the person also sat down on the ground without strength.

"This seal is very strong, my head is about to explode!" Xiao Chen covered his head, closed his eyes and leaned on the desk.

Luo Ling walked over and squatted beside Xiao Chen, gently softening his temples with her hands. Her eyes glanced at the book, but when she saw the title, she was shocked, and her hand was heavy, and she pinched Xiao Chen out.

The name of that book is "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll", and it is written in four large Chinese characters.

After a long while, Xiao Chen recovered, he opened his eyes slightly and said, "I can feel that there are still some scrolls and books on the bookshelf that have been sealed, but I can only lift one corner of the seal with all my might. ”

Luo Ling didn't answer, and handed him the book just now, Xiao Chen was also surprised when he saw these four words, "This world is really inextricably linked to the earth......! The title of the book is also very classical, with a kind of martial arts cheats. ”

He took the thirty-centimeter-square book in his hand and looked at it repeatedly.

It resembles a magic book in a fantasy game, and the outer skin is made of an unknown red leather, with metal inlays at the corners, and although it looks old, the leather and metal are well maintained. The peculiarity of this book lies in the fact that its cover is thick, a finger's width apart, while the main page appears to be so thin that it is barely visible between the two covers. There is also a buckle on the back cover of the book, which locks the pages. The four words on the cover are written very vigorously and powerfully, not inferior to the stele that Xiao Chen has seen.

Driven by curiosity, Xiao Chen couldn't wait to open the buckle, open the cover, and what greeted him was a number of signatures, which were somewhat messily covered the entire title page, Xiao Chen saw that there were Chinese names, such as "Zhao Qitian", and Spanish names written in Chinese, such as "Agrecio Grion", as well as foreign language names spelled all in letters.

"These are supposed to be the successive masters of this book. Luo Ling read these names, "There are relatively few Chinese names, only seven or eight, there are a dozen Spanish names written in Chinese, and the remaining twenty or so are spelled with letters." ”

"In terms of the order, everyone used Chinese at first, but eventually it became Spanish. Our previous speculation is reasonable, not only is there a connection to the earth, but also Chinese have been here for a long time. Xiao Chen recognized the names, and then turned the page.

There is only one line on the back page, which is also written in simplified Chinese characters:

My apprentice under the Tower of Dreams, only when the spiritual power reaches the realm of concentrating, can read this book.

"Tower of Dreams?" the two couldn't help but look at each other when they saw this, and they both saw the doubt and worry in each other's eyes. Xiao Chen thought for a while, stretched out his hand and was about to continue turning back, but Luo Ling held down the page.

"No!" she exclaimed.

"Give it a try, just take a look. Xiao Chen gave her an affirmative look.

Luo Ling shook her head and said, "It's too dangerous! What does it mean that spiritual power has reached the realm of condensation? What is the risk if it is not reached? What will happen after seeing it? We don't know anything, so we can't take risks like this." ”

"You're overly nervous, maybe you don't get there, you just don't learn anything. Just a book, relax. Xiao Chen said lightly, but the will he expressed was categorical, "Besides, we already know that this is a magical world, and if we don't understand our opponents, we won't have a future." You see, there has to be the first person to eat the crab. ”

"We still have schools, we have so many people, we have science and technology, we have guns and ammunition, you don't have to rush to that responsibility. Everyone's future is everyone's. How old are you Xiao Chen?" Luo Ling still refused to budge.

"I'm not old, I just took the first step, and when I touched the white light, I was changed. That white light strengthened my psychic powers, opened a door to this world for me, and gave me the opportunity to come into contact with magic, and to be able to wield the Flame Shortsword and the Star-Moon Emblem. So now this opportunity, no one is more suitable to try it than me. Every little bit we learn about the world, the better our chances of survival. Otherwise, we will end up like a short-sighted ant, and we may be trampled to death without realizing it. Xiao Chen insisted.

Luo Ling was a little sad, and also looked at Xiao Chen with some admiration, "Maybe you can slow down and wait until your mental power is stronger......"

"Don't you know that many boys have dreams of becoming magicians? Xiao Chen winked at Luo Ling, removed her hand, he turned around, didn't let Luo Ling see the contents of the book, calmed down, and turned the pages of the book.

Luo Ling could only see the strong colorful light emanating from the book, which made Xiao Chen's face change, a bit like being illuminated by neon at night. But soon her heart was tightly gripped, because Xiao Chen kept turning the pages and never moved again.