When anyone has a distracted mind, this would not have attracted special attention, but for a person like Amun, who has always been very stable, it is an anomaly to do this for a long time. He was already a second-level divine magician, and he had already mastered the basic meditation of divine arts, but he suddenly couldn't enter that introspective state of mental concentration, and there were always all kinds of distracting thoughts that were uncontrollable, which was the obstacle he faced to continue to cultivate divine arts.

This kind of obstacle does not appear in a vacuum, but when a person's heart is very stable, things that may not be thought about or forgotten memories appear in the depths of the mind. A third-level magician can learn mid-level magic, which requires absolute inner stability in a meditative state, and enters a state where he will not be disturbed by the clutter of information from the outside world and all kinds of distracting thoughts in his heart. Before that, then, he had to go through this test, and his body and mind entered a subtle realm that had never been seen before.

This test is called the firmness of faith, and it is actually a test of a person's determination and determination. Faith is a very important help for magicians, because at this time people tend to be irritable and cranky, and have doubts about the magic they are learning and the teachers who teach it. A devout belief in the gods can help to settle the mind and break through a deeper state of tranquility.

If you understand the true meaning of this kind of test, you should know how to face it, or you don't have to ask the gods, it is still a test of the self in the final analysis.

Amon suddenly figured it out, and lamented that the more devout a person is, the easier it is to pass such a test, and for a person like him, if he doesn't understand the truth, I'm afraid that he will be troubled at this stage for the rest of his life.

Amon has developed a good habit since he was a child, he will not dwell on useless things, and first do what needs to be done with peace of mind. So he no longer thought much about how to pass this test, nor did he think about how to unlock the secret of the gods, which was an unattainable goal, but still practiced the basic meditation of divine arts every day, trying to maintain stability in the state of various distractions.

He also told Link and Medanzo not to disturb him during this time, and to practice magic on their own.

Medanzo had been in the dwarven tribe long enough this time, and he was worried about the situation at home and needed to go back, so he carried a large heavy leather bag to say goodbye to Amon before leaving. Amon taught him the complete secrets of several low-level magic techniques, told him what the next test would be, and called Link together to make them take an oath.

In the Tianshu Continent, people believe that the oath is valid, and the oath that Amon asked them to take is very special, that is, they must keep the secret of learning divine art from him, and they must not use this to betray or hurt him, otherwise they will not be able to pass the various tests they will face in the future, such as "firm faith", "temptation of the devil", "integration of body and mind".

This kind of vow is indeed very effective, and the next test Amon is not very clear, but after he comprehends "firmness of faith" as "firmness of faith", he also understands that in order to pass the test, there must be no doubt in the mind, and the oath is the seed sown in faith.

Medanzo's backpack was filled with all fine iron embryos and a few pieces of the finest horse leather steel billets, and a middle-level samurai actually did the coolie work of climbing mountains with heavy loads, and also doubled as a small merchant and smuggler.

Amon asked curiously, "You're not tired, how much are these things worth?"

Medanzo patted his leather pocket and said, "Dozens of gold coins! Just these few horse leather billets are worth five gold coins!" He took out three fist-sized horse leather billets from his backpack, which were the finest fine iron that had been smelted but had not yet been made into utensils, and some of them were displayed in front of Amun.

Amon had been dealing with iron ore and furnaces since he was a child, and his staff was made of the same fine iron, except that in the Kingdom of Baron, the name of this fine iron was horse leather steel. Medanzo was showing off how valuable it was, but Amon was a little surprised—it wasn't very valuable, and it had gone through a lot of hardships and dangers to carry it out of the mountains, and it had only sold for five gold coins in the distant capital of the King of Baron.

The town only paid the blacksmith the wages and not the money for the purchase of the iron, and most of the time the wages were directly offset by the cores received, so Amon did not know how much the iron was worth.

After showing off, Medanzo put the three pieces of horse leather steel into the backpack and carefully put them away, and said to Amun: "The harvest this time is really not small, the most important thing is to learn the magic with you, you are my teacher and guide, in my mind, I am willing to call you as the god Amun like Link." ...... You must go to Barron City when you have time, and I will do my best to give you the best hospitality possible, and this time I have made a small fortune. ”

Amon thought for a moment and said, "I won't stay here forever, and I do plan to visit Barron in the future." You hold this divine stone, it takes a lot of energy to cultivate divine arts, and you probably don't have time to run around all the time to make money. ”

Amon casually gave Medanzo a divine stone, Medanzo's eyes glared at the boss, and Link's jaw was about to fall. The two of them were stammering for a long time, and then Link gasped and said, "O God Amun, you are so generous. ”

Medanzo stammered, "My God, Amon, how can I accept such a precious gift from you. ”

Amon secretly said in his heart that a divine stone is not worth making such a fuss, right? In Duke Town, where he lives, the best wine, a divine stone, can only buy two barrels, and the merchant can at most take another sheep is already an additional discount. These two uninformed guys hadn't heard of the Earth Pupil before, and they didn't know how much the black divine stone they had used was worth, otherwise they wouldn't have to faint in fright?

"Nor is it a gift, you have made a vow to me, and promised to wait to meet me in the city of Barron. And I have taught you the Divine Arts, and I hope you can concentrate on cultivating the Divine Arts. This is for you to settle down with your family and yourself first when you go back, and you can practice well at home during this period of time. I'll look for you in the future, so you can just wait with peace of mind. Amon smiled and told Medanzo to put the stone in his hand.

Mei Danzo was even moved with excitement, tears were about to fall, and he patted his chest and said a bunch of admiring words. Of course, Amun made sense to do this, and he had never seen a noble magician on the mainland who still worked hard to make a living, let alone carry a heavy amount of refined iron ore for private trading. The practice of magic also requires a stable environment, otherwise Amun would not have chosen to stay in the tribe of cavemen.

It would take several months for Medanzo to travel back and forth to the deep mountain tribe, and if he could bring back something worth dozens of gold coins, he would be lucky, and after deducting the items exchanged with the tribe and the cost of travel expenses, he would not even earn half a divine stone at a time. Amon gave him a sacred stone, which was at least worth the money he made by reselling the fine iron for a year.

Medanzo went away thankfully, and as he was leaving, he repeatedly begged Amon not to forget that he must go to the city of Barron to find him. Link sent him out of the village with Amun, and when he returned, he looked at Amon pitifully and didn't speak. Link's careful thinking is more obvious, he is also a student of Amon, and the teacher gave Medanzo such a precious thing, maybe he will give him something.

Amon saw this, and when he returned to the village, he said to Link, "I have a story about a town mayor who asked the children of the town to herd sheep and give them two silver coins a month. Later, when the boy could no longer herd the sheep, he asked the other child if he could give a silver coin for a month's worth of sheep? You say, does Mayor Mare's owe him a silver coin?"

Amun's story is not made up, the mayor of the town is Dusty, and the child who took a silver coin and released the sheep for a month is himself. Link was very clever, and immediately understood what Amon meant, and quickly explained: "God Amon, I didn't say anything, and I didn't dare to ask you for the Divine Stone, I just envied Medanzo a little! You taught me magic and gave me the power of the gods, I should only thank you and give you my good things, how can you say that you owe me anything?"

Amon smiled, went back to his hut and took out a beautiful copper bottle and handed it to Link, "You and your people respect me very much, and I have enjoyed a lot of food and wine, so I will give you this bottle of wine." As a patriarch, you still use clay pots to hold wine in your home, and you also need this thing to decorate. As for the Divine Stone, you already have it on your staff, and Medanzo, as a magician who practices magic privately, needs to use the Divine Stone many times. He has lent your staff here a lot, and I have seen it all. ”

Link took the brass bottle, it was the most beautiful thing in their clan, and the people here had never seen it before. It was bought by Amun's father for fifteen silver coins, and the wine in it was drunk by Schrödinger, and the bottle was very beautiful. Link held it in his arms like a baby and went home happy.

In the following period, Amon only concentrated on cultivating the basic meditation of divine arts, and the distracting thoughts gradually precipitated, and the soul seemed to dive into a deeper world. He sat there, as if he had another pair of invisible eyes that could see his body and mind, and he knew very well what he was thinking, and he had an unprecedented experience, and the world outside his body became clear.

The power cultivated by the magicians must communicate with the outside world and learn how to control various energies, and only when their minds are stable and overcome distractions can they perceive the world more clearly.

Amun had a heart but not an intention, and one night while he was practicing meditation, he suddenly and inadvertently entered this state. Naturally, he inadvertently tried a mid-level divine technique, which was a detection divine technique that he had already experienced. You don't have to open your eyes in the dark, the subtle sounds outside the house are heard so clearly, and you can see a small insect crawling in the corner of the wall with the sound.

He successfully passed the test of "firmness of faith". Being able to use at least one mid-level divine technique is one of the criteria for assessing a third-level divine magician. Although Amon had not yet read the texts of divine detection, he had learned the most basic principles of puppet eye magic from the comprehensive sensing of various elements regardless of each other. It has already been summarized in the divine classics, and Amon has also figured it out on his own.

Just as he was pondering this novel detection method, he suddenly heard rolling thunder in the distance.

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