Zhang Gu and Long Xiu were shocked at the same time, how could there be bandits here.

Zhang Gu walked out of the car and found that he had been surrounded by bandits, and there were more than a dozen of them, which seemed to have been ambushed in advance. Some came with swords, some with swords, and some with sticks. The coachman was too frightened to speak, and his hand shook with his whip in his hand. The horses in the carriage also began to stir restlessly.

Zhang Gu pressed Long Xiu's shoulder and said, "Long Xiu, stay in the car and don't come out." ”

Long Xiu didn't know why Zhang Gu was still so confident now, these were more than a dozen bandits, and they were all armed with weapons, how could an old man deal with so many people.

"Grandpa Zhang, be careful. ”

A bandit who looked like a leader looked at an old man and a child in the car. I was even bolder, and I was worried that there would be a lot of people in the car, so I walked forward with a knife.

"Hehe, I understand, my brothers don't want to kill people today, so if you know each other, hand over the money, and let you go, oh. The leader pointed at him with his knife, and felt that all this was already his.

When the old man heard this, the corners of his mouth turned up and said, "Alas~ I don't want to kill people today." What if I don't?"

"If you don't pay, you will leave your life behind. ”

Bandit No. 1 said: "Big brother, don't talk nonsense with him, just kill him." ”

Bandit No. 2 said, "That's it." ”

The leader put his knife and said: "Don't be, we are all thieves with professional ethics, how can we fight and kill when we open our mouths, salute first and then soldier." ”

Long Xiu listened to the black lines in the car, the first time he encountered the bandits, it was a group of high-quality bandits, and at the same time, he was worried about Zhang Gu, why was Grandpa Zhang so confident.

Zhang Gu smiled and said, "Good, not bad." I didn't think you still had a work ethic, so I wouldn't kill people today. Go on, you can't take my old man's life, and you can't take away the money. ”

"This is your final answer?" the leader pointed at Zhang Gu with a knife.

"Yes, get on board, I'm still on my way. ”

When the leader heard that the old man was so ignorant, he immediately said angrily: "Shameless, brothers, cut him off for me." ”

"Oh," he said, and a gang of bandits rushed up.

Seeing so many people rushing over, Zhang Gu was not in a hurry, closed his eyes and palms, his hands suddenly lit up, and he drew a mysterious trajectory in front of him. What was still in his mouth: "O Lord of the earth, in my name, listen to my command, the prison of the earth." ”

With a loud shout, earthen walls began to appear under the feet of the bandits, forming a square to enclose the bandits. The bandits immediately panicked, what was the situation? They hurriedly hit the earthen wall beside them with the weapons in their hands, but the earthen wall was so strong that they couldn't even cut into it with a knife.

"Big brother, I can't get out. ”

"Big brother, I'm trapped, what is this?"

“......”

They were all shouting that I couldn't get out, and the bandit leader was also slashing this earthen wall with a knife, I stabbed, I stabbed, I chopped

"Don't howl, Grandma Drop. I can't get out, old man, let me go out or I want you to look good, let me go out and kill you. ”

I can't get out and I still have to look good, it's really a group of high-quality bandits. Long Xiu sat in the car and watched dumbfounded, is this magic? No wonder Grandpa Zhang is so confident, it turns out that he is still a magician.

"Oh, you guys, come out and kill me. The old man plucked out his ears and said. He patted the equally stunned driver and said, "Let's go." ”

The carriage had already moved away, and all kinds of wailing sounds could be heard behind it.

"Grandpa Zhang, you drink water. Long Xiu hurriedly poured a glass of water for the old man, but he couldn't hide the flattering expression on his face.

The old man looked at Long Xiu's appearance and wanted to laugh a little, took a sip and said, "You kid, a little slippery head, do you want to learn magic?"

Hearing this, Long Xiu nodded like pounding garlic. Now that he is about to regret his death, he knew that the old man next to him was a master, so he should have taught him earlier. It's a waste of so much time now, but there's still some time to get to the Taiping Demon Capital.

"Grandpa Zhang, was that magic just now? However, my meridians are very narrow, and I don't know if I can learn it. Remembering that his meridians were very narrow, Long Xiu's face was a little gloomy.

"Hehe, magic is different from the cultivation of the East, and there is no requirement for the meridians. The old man said as he drank water.

"Really, can I learn from that?" the originally dim eyes were shiny again.

"I don't know if you can do this, magic has no requirements for meridians, but it does require spiritual power and elemental perception. Don't worry, listen to grandpa tell you slowly"

The cultivation of a magician requires two elements, the first is spiritual power, the so-called spiritual power is actually spiritual energy, which is a necessary condition for launching magic. The second is the elements, and the world is made up of elements, including many elements. For example, most of the land is made up of earth elementals, and I just used earth magic. And everyone has different attributes, and I'm an earth magician. Spiritual power is used to control the magic power in the body, and then use the magic power in the body as a guide to affect the magic elements of heaven and earth, so as to launch the magic ......"

Long Xiu listened carefully to the old man's explanation of the knowledge of magic, for him, now anything that makes him stronger cannot be let go. Now that you know what the Taiping Demon is, you have to find a way to survive, and the most direct way is to make yourself strong enough, only in this way can you go back alive.

After a long time, after explaining the basic knowledge of magic, Zhang Gu saw that Long Xiu was combing through this knowledge on the paper, smiled slightly and went to make a cup of tea.

Long Xiu was still silently memorizing such knowledge, and the pen in his hand tapped his head from time to time. I don't know what I'm muttering, as if I'm talking to myself.

First, all objects in the world are made of elements, and elements are the original energy of some basic substances. Including: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind. From the above basic elements, the combination of different components and different ways will form different objects.

The elements that make up an object are themselves a mere energy. The distribution and arrangement of the elements will directly affect the shape of the object.

Second, energy is divided into biological energy and natural energy. Biological energy is the general term for mental power and energy in the body, while natural energy is elemental energy. And the energy in the body is mana.

Using spiritual power to control magic power as a traction to guide the elements between heaven and earth to rearrange and combine, what is formed is magic. When the bio-energy is depleted, the guided elements will rearrange back to their original positions, and if the guidance is wrong, it may backlash.

Third, the level of magicians is divided into eight levels, generally becoming first-order magicians, second-order magicians, and so on. Magic is divided into elemental magic and synthetic magic.

There are six types of elemental magic, which are wind, water, fire, earth, darkness, and light. These six primitive basic uses transform various forms from them to obtain offensive or defensive effects.

The ability to manipulate elemental magic, such as accuracy and variation, depends on the user's affinity for the element and the strength of their mental power.

The synthesis magic is the synthesis of various [elemental magic], and the main application magic system developed:

Ice (Water and Wind Synthesis): Ice Attack Defense Magic, Mist Magic, Rainstorm Magic;

Fire (various synthesis): Fireball attack magic, high temperature magic;

Wood (water and earth synthesis): attack magic, defense magic, growth magic;

Sandstorm magic (wind and earth synthesis);

Thunder and lightning (light and water synthesis): electric shock magic, lightning strike magic;

......

After a long time, Long Xiu felt that he had almost remembered. He raised his head and asked, "Grandpa Zhang, I remember these." If there is anything else, teach me a little more. ”

Zhang Gu stroked his beard, thinking about what else he could teach.

"You make me think, can you remember so much with your little brain? ”

Long Xiu didn't agree when he heard it, the more he learns now, the more chance he has to become stronger, and the chance of going home is greater. Busy said: "Yes, yes." Grandpa, you say it, as long as you say I can remember. ”

"If you don't ask, Grandpa can't think of anything else to teach me now. ”

Long Xiu thought for a while and said, "I just saw Grandpa Zhang chanting, 'Lord of the earth, in my name, listen to my orders - the prison of the earth' What is this?"

Zhang Gu was a little surprised when he heard it, he said it directly just now, and his voice was not high, after such a long time, this little guy actually remembered everything.

"This is a magic spell, and there is also a kind of spell magic when casting magic, which is not divided into magic divisions, such as writing text symbols, chanting spells, and laying magic arrays, etc., to get the use of power from gods, devils, or nature, and change various forms from it, and get attack, defense, or healing effects. ”

Long Xiu listened as he jotted it down on a piece of paper.

"That Earth Prison that Grandpa Zhang just cast, when the mana you used just now runs out, will those earth elements return to the earth?"

"Yes, I just used biological energy as a guide, and rearranged the earth elements to form an earth wall, trapping them there. When the biological energy is depleted, the earth elementals will return to their original places. With so many earthen walls, it is impossible for my mana to form. ”

“......”

Zhang Gu kept explaining the world of magic, and Long Xiu listened and memorized at the same time.

At night, the moon is in the sky.

Since they had not yet reached town, the three of them had to sleep in the woods. From time to time, there are also some sounds of birds chirping.

Zhang Gu and Long Xiu slept in the car, and the coachman simply set up a tent outside, and the snoring sound shook the horses and couldn't sleep.

Long Xiu sat up and looked at Zhang Gu, who was already asleep. Long Xiu quietly put on his coat and crept out of the car. The campfire outside was still burning, but it had subsided. Fearing being attacked by wild beasts in the woods, the trio lit a bonfire in advance.

When Long Xiu got up, Zhang Gu had already woken up, just curious about what this little ghost was going to do, so careful. When Long Xiu got out of the car, Zhang Gu also got up, wanting to see what Long Xiu was going to do.

Long Xiu used a branch to brighten the bonfire a little, the humidity in the woods was still relatively large, and the night was even colder, Long Xiu tightened his coat, took out the things he had written down during the day and began to look at it. For him now, as long as he is stronger, he has a better chance of surviving.

Suddenly felt his shoulders sinking, and Long Xiu turned around and saw that it was Zhang Gu who also came out. And he put his clothes over him. Long Xiu got up and said, "Grandpa Zhang, I'm sorry, I'm noisy with you." ”

Zhang Gu shook his head, sat down and added some firewood to the bonfire and said, "No, sit down." It's too hard to study at such a late hour. This spirit of learning is not stronger than when I was studying magic. ”

Long Xiu embarrassedly touched the back of his head and laughed.

"Hehe~ No. I couldn't cultivate since I was a child, because my father and mother always had to worry about me, and I was going to the Taiping Demon Capital, if I could learn magic and take care of myself, they would be very happy. ”

Zhang Gu was a little moved when he heard this, such a young child was so sensible. He was only seven years old and had to go to a place like the Taiping Demon Capital for the sake of the sect, Zhang Gu knew what kind of place it was, and it was very difficult for adults to survive there, let alone such a child.

Maybe this is the charm of Long Xiu, and the people around him will consciously want to be with him because of his persistence and hard work.

Zhang Gu patted the side and motioned for him to sit down. "What else do you want to learn, grandpa will teach you. ”

"By the way, Grandpa Zhang, you haven't told me if you can learn magic. ”

Zhang Gu suddenly did not do the most important thing. Even if you teach him all the magic, it's useless if your mental power and elemental perception are not enough. It's like dragon slaying, you learn dragon slaying only to find that there are no dragons in this world at all.

"Hehe, I'm an old fool. Come, you close your eyes, and meditate. ”

"What is meditation?" asked Long Xiu, puzzled.

"Well, just tell me what you feel. ”

Long Xiu closed his eyes when he heard this. The old man raised his hand, condensed his mana, and the surrounding lights of various colors began to fly to his hand. His hands began to glow with a flash. Zhang Gu put his hand on Long Xiu's forehead and asked, "How do you feel?" ”

If you can't feel the elements with such strong mana, you won't be able to become a magician.

"Well, I felt some small blue dots in front of my eyes. Long Xiu said.

"Is it much?"

"Not much, very sparse. There are about a dozen of them for one or two. ”

"Well, open your eyes. Zhang Gu also took his hand back, and with a wave of his hand, all the light in his hand dispersed. Xindao: This kid can only see a dozen points of light with such a strong magic power, and he will only become a first-order magician at most if he cultivates for a lifetime. Basically, there is no need to cultivate.

But he couldn't tell Long Xiu this, Zhang Gujue's Long Xiu was already very pitiful, and he was unwilling to hit him anymore.

"It seems that you can feel the water element, and the water element is blue. I'm an earth magician, and I don't know much about water magic. It doesn't seem to teach you. If you have the chance, you can ask some of the water magicians for advice. ”

"Grandpa Zhang, tell me the truth. I am not unable to learn magic, it doesn't matter, my body I know. Long Xiu had already guessed a few points when he saw Zhang Gu's expression.

"Alas~" Zhang Gu sighed and said: "You can only feel the water element slightly, but you basically can't learn magic, because your elemental perception is too poor, and it will be very slow when condensing magic, even if you learn magic, you can only learn some simple uses at most." Become a first-order mage at most. ”

"Really?" asked Long Xiu in surprise.

Zhang Gu looked at Long Xiu in surprise, the expression he imagined was different. I thought Long Xiu would be very disappointed, why did he start to be happy.

In fact, he didn't know that for a person who had been ridiculed since he was a child and couldn't cultivate, this was already happy enough. A first-order mage is better than nothing at all. It's better to eat something than not to eat at all.

Zhang Gumu nodded.

"It's better to be a first-order magician than nothing. Hehe~ Didn't Grandpa Zhang say that you still need mental power to become a magician?, how about my mental power?" asked Long Xiu, he would not give up as long as he had a little hope now.

"Mental power, some people are born with strong mental power, I don't have a test for you now, you need to go to the magic academy to test. However, you can sense the water element, and even if your mental power is weak, you can use it to learn magic. ”

Zhang Gu saw Long Xiu tilting his head, as if he didn't quite understand, and continued to explain: "Hehe, spiritual power can be cultivated, for example, if you want to control your hand raised, you won't tell yourself that I want to raise your hand, but when you think about it, your hand will be raised." This is a subconscious action, and the same is true of spirit, mental power is that the higher your understanding of magic, the stronger your mental power. ”

"If you are a water system, if you have read a lot of magic books and know a lot about water magic, although your elemental perception is relatively poor, and you can't use a lot of magic, but you know all about these magics. For example, if you know water polo, the higher your understanding of water magic, the stronger the water spirit, and the same water polo technique will be better than others in your control ability. ”

Long Xiu thought about it, seemed to understand and said, "Oh, that Grandpa Zhang can't teach me if he doesn't know water magic, can you tell me something about magicians." ”

"What do you want to hear about the magician?"

Long Xiu thought for a while and said, "For example, how do you fight, how do you usually cultivate, and what are the powers and moves of each type of magic?"

"Let me think about it, for example, your water magic is biased towards defense and support. Of course, there are also offensive moves, but there are relatively few of them, just like 'Sea Dream Echo' is a defensive move, and 'Rain Arrow' is an offensive move. Fire-based magic, on the other hand, is mostly offensive and rarely used to support ...... Another example is earth magic, which can be used for defense, such as earth walls and earth armor. If you use it to attack, you have a ground thorn ......."

"When fighting, the magician will generally be assisted by Warcraft, because some large-scale magic needs to be chanted for a long time, so Warcraft is needed to fight together. For example, if you fight against a warrior, you must bring a monster, and if there is no monster, the magician will be killed by the warrior before he can chant. In general, the combat effectiveness of a mage is higher than that of a warrior. The combat power of a mage who has entered the third order is the same as that of the fourth order......"

In the following time, the old man explained to Long Xiu little by little what the world of magic was like.