Maria left Duk Town, and the townspeople were as peaceful as ever, if only Amon became a qualified miner. Every day when he saw this familiar town, he found that the smell of the fire in the streets, the houses, was not so attractive to him, and he always felt like something was missing. There seemed to be an indescribable emptiness in his heart, or as if something had been taken away.

Amon always recalled that scene, and he didn't understand it, but he seemed to understand why she did it. In her room, eyes burning each other, he put his hand on her breasts and was about to kiss her hot lips when he was suddenly pushed away by a strange force.

It was a force he knew well, similar to the wave he emitted the moment he opened the core with a sledgehammer. Mary left in a hurry early the next morning, of course, with Master Dick, but it seemed to Amon as if he were intent on getting rid of some temptation from him—Amun would rather think so, though it was impossible.

Lying alone in bed in the dead of night, Amon looked at the low roof, those blurred shadows and ambiguous light, and there always seemed to be a circle of light flickering in the middle. He couldn't help but think of her, and even wondered what might have happened if she hadn't pushed him away and Master Gabriel hadn't come in.

The fourteen-year-old boy had no experience of what was next, but thinking about it, somewhere in his body was shamefully hard, and he bounced up uncontrollably, which made him excited and ashamed. In fact, Amon is obviously stronger and more mature than children of the same age. He didn't think he was just trying to have something to do with her, but he really longed for that feeling, and he was a little confused and overwhelmed by it.

In the end, Amon finally thought that he had figured it out, but in fact, what happened at that time was not his decision at all, so he got up with a sigh and slipped out of the house to take a bath in the cold spring.

For some reason, for the first time, Amon had a desire - this biting cold spring could be even colder, soaking every pore of his body, and giving him inner peace. But he hadn't lost his mind and forgotten the old madman's advice, and he should have come out when a warm current rose in his body. Spend a moment on the shore, then sit down and quietly adjust your breathing, close your eyes and listen to the sound of blood flowing in the limbs, and feel the feeling of every pore slowly opening, as if you can see and control your body.

According to experience, there will be a warm current overflowing the whole body at this time, which makes people feel very comfortable and peaceful, comfortable to moan, quiet and unwilling to think about anything. But today felt different from before, there were strange tickles in the body and soul, the warm current became hot, as if impulsive, and the cold spring in front of her seemed to exude a strange fragrance—it was her breath.

The cold spring bath did not have the same tranquility as before, and after dawn, Amon was accustomed to chatting with the old madman with his surname. He wasn't a man who liked to reveal secrets, but it was really uncomfortable to hold such a thing in his heart, after all, he was only a fourteen-year-old child, and he absolutely trusted the old madman.

Amon didn't say anything about his stay in the room that night, just about the trouble he had encountered while bathing in the cold spring. As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked at his toes, as if he had committed some sin.

The old madman was not surprised when he heard this, but laughed and handed him a glass of wine.

Amon instinctively shrunk back and replied, "I don't drink. "My father was an alcoholic, and Amon had seen enough of his father's drunkenness, and he had an inexplicable resistance to alcohol since he was a child.

The old madman laughed: "Not everyone will become drunkards, child, you have grown up, it is time to taste many things in the world, just like this wine." ”

The old madman's words seemed to be a temptation, Amon took the wine glass like a miracle, tasted it gently, there was a spicy sensation and an unfamiliar mellow aroma, the taste was not very comfortable, but it seemed to be exactly what he wanted, and he couldn't help but take another big sip, so that the spicy hot current went down his throat and directly into his body.

The old madman raised the jug and filled his glass, and asked with an inscrutable smile, "If you are confused and want to ask me for advice, make it clear whether it has anything to do with that Mary?" ”

Amon was a little surprised, and his face turned red, wondering if it was because of the wine. He asked rhetorically, "What do you know?" How do you know?", and then he looked a little trying to hide it, and lowered his head and took a long sip of wine.

The old madman still filled his glass, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I know what is my business, and whether you say it or not is your own business." Don't forget that you came to me, looking like you had something to say. ”

Amon drank for the first time, and the old madman's wine was so strong that he was a little drunk after a few big sips, and finally told everything, and then looked at the cup and said to himself, "Isn't it shameful for me to do this?"

The old madman burst out laughing, and his messy beard was trembling: "What's so shameful about this? It seems that you like her, it's just a human name...... But the way you are now, it looks like you've been tempted by the devil. ”

"No, Mary is not the devil!" Amon looked up and blurted out discontentedly.

The old madman put away his smile, shook his head solemnly, and said, "You misunderstood, Mary is not a devil, but you have a devil in your heart. ”

"Devil, what devil?" Amon was stunned, in his impression, the devil is the representative of evil in myths and legends, and is disgusted and killed by the gods.

The old madman explained unhurriedly: "You are wrong, this devil is not another devil, but the restlessness in your soul, this devil lurks in your heart and lurks in **." If you get lost in this restlessness, the devil will take possession of your heart and will be tantamount to selling your soul, which is also called the Fall. In fact, one of the tests that a magician faces in the process of cultivating divine art is the 'temptation of the devil'. ”

Amon wondered, "I'm not a magician, will I also encounter the 'temptation of the devil'?"

The old madman shook his head, and his messy hair floated up: "No, no, no, anyone can experience the temptation of the devil, but for a magician, if he wants to reach the peak of mid-level divine art, he must pass this test. As for you, you haven't reached this point yet, and the test you are facing at the moment is the 'awakening of the **". The little story that happened between you and Mary has something to do with it. ”

Amon was even more puzzled, and suddenly remembered something, and asked curiously: "The other day, Lord Gabriel asked me if I had studied physical arts, and you mentioned divine arts today, can you tell me what is going on with them? Why did Master Gabriel ask me like that? Why do you say that I am facing a test? I have not learned anything!"

The old madman snorted coldly and poured himself a glass of wine: "Why haven't you learned it? There are miners' skills in Duke Town, but no one understands it! And the way I teach you is different from what others have learned, if you want to hear me say well, you just shut up and don't ask any more questions, let me finish the conversation once at once." ”

Amon stopped squeaking, and the old madman drank as he explained what magic and body art were. In the Tianshu Continent, slaves are not allowed to learn physical arts, and only nobles are qualified to learn divine arts. Amon had heard of this for the first time, and he didn't know that there was a lot of deviance in what the old madman had to say.

Both divine and physical arts can gain superhuman powers, but they take two different paths.

In myths and legends, people are created by the gods, and there is still the blood of the gods in the body, awakening it can make the muscles and bones strong, increase strength and courage, and also make people stronger and more responsive. When this power is fully stimulated and very powerful, it can also be emitted from the inside out.

It is said that physical arts were originally just a way for people to exercise themselves to become stronger, but later they were more used in battles and battles, and there were many use techniques, so it was also called martial arts, and those who practiced martial arts were also called samurai. There are nine levels of physical arts: samurai of the first to third ranks are often referred to as low-rank samurai, fourth- to sixth-level samurai are often referred to as intermediate samurai, and seventh-ninth samurai are often referred to as high-rank samurai or great samurai.

It is especially difficult to become a high-level warrior, which means that you have become one of the top warriors on the continent.

What is awakened by divine magic is the mysterious power between heaven and earth, and the magician communicates with the various energies of the outside world to control, transform, and use them. This is an ability that ordinary people do not have, and it should only be possessed by the gods, so it is regarded as a gift from the gods. Divine arts, like physical arts, are also divided into nine levels.

The high-level sorcerers of the seventh to ninth levels, also known as the Great Sorcerers, are transcendent beings on this continent, almost as magical as gods in the eyes of ordinary people.

Both the study of divine arts and physical arts require the power of awakening, but the power of awakening is different. Awakening the power bestowed by the gods is much more difficult than awakening the power that lurks in the body's blood, and only a few people can do it. It is generally believed that as long as the body is healthy, strong-willed, and pious, people can awaken the power in their bloodlines and learn physical arts.

Which kind of power is the first time to be awakened, or which is the main one, determines the direction of one's cultivation. Therefore, the number of divine magicians on the Tianshu Continent was far less than that of warriors, and on the other hand, the number of people who were qualified to learn divine arts was of course much smaller.

There are a few people who may be awakened to two forces at the same time, and there is also a strange phenomenon that when one power is cultivated to a very strong level, the other power will gradually be awakened. Some people can combine physical cultivation and divine arts, which mainly occurs in samurai. The process of cultivating divine arts is much more difficult than practicing physical arts, so divine magicians generally do not practice physical arts at the same time, and the profound and complex divine arts are enough to make them spend a lifetime of energy.

Whether it is an ancient oracle or an actual situation, it tells people that it is impossible to practice both divine arts and physical arts at the same time, and only one can be used as the main and the other as a supplement. For example, a warrior like Gabriel could not cultivate his divine skills to the same level as his physical arts, and he only used simple divine skills to assist in combat.

Divine art and physical art are divided into nine levels and three levels, the difference between the same level is only the skill mastered and the proficiency of the use, but there is a qualitative difference in the use of power between different levels, which are called: the awakening of power, the control of power, and the transformation of power.

Cultivating divine arts is more difficult than cultivating physical arts, on the one hand, because there are very few people who can awaken the power given by the gods, and on the other hand, every level of divine arts has to go through the test of the gods.

To receive the power bestowed by the gods, the test that needs to be passed to get started is the "awakening of **".

To cultivate low-level divine arts to the pinnacle, the test that needs to be passed is the "appraisal of faith".

To cultivate the mid-level divine art to the pinnacle, the test that needs to be passed is the "Devil's Temptation".

Before becoming a great magician, there is also a difficult test, "the fusion of faith". -- Only by merging the world that you believe in with the world you are in order to transform your power to an incredible level.

And the advanced physical arts don't seem to need these, just the cultivator has been strong and hard training, which seems to contain indescribable luck. This is not to say that the advancement of physical arts is easy, it is also difficult, but it is easier than divine arts.

These are all for the low-level and mid-level situations, when you reach the seventh level or above, whether it is a sorcerer or a samurai, it becomes extremely difficult to advance to the next level, and the secrets are probably only known to the high-level leaders of the great temples of the kingdoms. In particular, the highest ninth level is extremely rare in the entire continent, whether it is a ninth-level sorcerer or a samurai, it is said that they have the power to fight against gods in the human world, and they are even called demigods.

Hearing this, Amon couldn't help but interject and asked, "Demigods, how can mortals have the power to fight against gods?"

The old madman spoke with a wine glass in one hand and a wave of gesturing with the other. Interrupted by Amon, he asked a little unhappily, "Why not? Some gods who claim to be gods in the human world are probably just demigods." ...... It is said that such people are the descendants of gods and mortals to have such power. - I think that's a lie!"

Amon was puzzled and asked, "Lying, how do you know?"

The old madman drank all the wine in his hand, his eyes were deep and he didn't know where to look, and replied very clearly: "Because I know one, he is my student, a ninth-level great magician. ”

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