In Faerun, there is not much threshold for just asking for spells, and many people can perform level 0 tricks when they are just adults, and as long as they are willing to invest time, energy, and money, even an illiterate farmer can be trained to become a real mage, although the final achievement may not be high.

Xia Duo didn't really worry much about whether he could cross the threshold of spellcasting, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to get enough self-protection power.

Completely putting aside Mu Yan's guidance, Xia Duo tried to cast spells according to his own understanding of the spell casting element - concentration, and the only spell casting element he knew for the time being was concentration, so he would achieve the ultimate concentration and carry it out to the end.

Xia Duo plucked a hair and put it on the back of his hand, stopping in front of him, focusing all his attention on one end of the hair, but he didn't think about changing anything in his heart, just staring, staring.

The light in the tent at night was not bright, it was just the light of an oil lamp hanging near the doorway, but Xia Duo seemed to feel that his hair was so bright because his attention was so focused.

So much so that it broke the shackles of reality.

But this is not enough to expose him to magic, and he must also use some auxiliary measures, such as meditation, pain stimulation, etc.

Xia Duo didn't know if the mages could meditate, his meditation was just a way to sort out the distracting thoughts in his mind, he was a writer before the crossing, and when he met Kavin, he often emptied himself, and after eliminating distracting thoughts, he started writing again.

The same is true now, Xia Duo closed his eyes and meditated, dissecting all the current thoughts one by one, clarifying those distracting thoughts such as fear of failure, fear of death, longing for hometown, etc., and did not want to expel them, which is unnecessary and impossible.

Amplify your desire to focus on one point, then open your eyes and stare at one end of your hair.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Xia Duo felt that this hair seemed to move, if he was on earth, he would never think so, but in Faerun, everything is possible, Xia Duo will not let his inherent cognition limit himself. (Cognition is different from the three views, the three views are the position and the starting point, and cognition is all the content obtained from the three views, and the cognition is changeable and the three views are difficult to change)

"More fire!"

Xia Duo knows that people's energy is limited, and it is impossible for a state of high concentration to continue indefinitely, so he must add fire and push at this moment.

The story of the hanging beam piercing the strands, Xia Duo didn't know how many times he had heard it since he was a child, he couldn't hang the beam here, but he could stab the strands with a knife, Xia Duo took out the iron dagger from his arms and stabbed it fiercely in the thigh.

The instantaneous pain made Xia Duo's expression hideous, but he smiled.

Because at the moment of pain, he felt a magnificent and energetic structure, which spread between heaven and earth, and even he himself was in this structure.

It's a magic web! Xia Duo immediately thought of this.

In a moment of severe pain, Xia Duo glimpsed the magic net, but that moment only lasted for a short time, and when the magic net disappeared into his perception, Xia Duo was a little stunned, but he quickly remembered what he should do.

Still focused on the end of the hair, and when he felt his eyes glaze a little, Xia Duo stabbed his thigh with a dagger again, and this time he felt the magic net again, and more than that-

The strand of hair in front of him was actually glowing with a little fluorescence.

Xia Duo rubbed his eyes, to make sure that it was not his eyes, he was a little overjoyed, he jumped up excitedly, and couldn't wait to find someone to share his joy, at this moment Xia Duo thought of Mu Yan who was in the compartment on the other side of the tent.

"Mr. Mu Yan, I succeeded, Mr. Mu Yan, I succeeded!"

Lifting the curtain of the door, Mu Yan was writing something on a piece of parchment, seeing Xia Duo, his expression was a little shocked, he was just in the process of creating, and he didn't perceive such a faint fluctuation of the magic net, but he didn't expect Xia Duo to suddenly break in, and said that it was successful.

"Mr. Mu Yan, look!" Xia Duo stretched out his hand in front of Mu Yan's eyes, the fluorescence of the hair on the back of his hand was so faint that it was almost invisible, but it did exist, it was the power of magic.

Mu Yan saw this glowing hair, and his expression was very exciting, "You have come into contact with the magic net?!" ”

The tone seemed a little regretful, but there was relief.

"Yes, Mr. Muyan, is there anything wrong?" Xia Duo was a little apprehensive, for fear that Mu Yan would say something he didn't want to hear.

"There's nothing wrong with that, you're doing a great job, it's just that you might not really be fit to be a bard."

Later, Mu Yan explained, "Usually the first spell that the bard acquires is [Illusion] or [Light Magic], and these spells also come from the magic web, but they don't need to be understood, just the magic follows our hearts.

"But your first spell is [Magic Trick], and this spell is usually the first spell that a mage gets, which means that you have chosen reason, and maybe you are really suitable to become a mage."

Xia Duo didn't understand how he was considered by Mu Yan to be a [magic trick] by Mu Yan for letting his hair shine, and how he chose reason, but he didn't need to know this for the time being, he just needed to confirm that he had stepped into the threshold of spellcasting.

The Long March has just taken the first step, but it is a key step from scratch, originally Xia Duo was still faintly worried in his heart, whether the earthlings would be magically insulated or something, but now this worry has also been swept away.

I just came into contact with the magic net and triggered the power of the magic net, and now my mood is suddenly relaxed, Xia Duo can't hold on anymore and faints.

Before passing out, Xia Duo only saw Mu Yan's mouth move, as if he was saying something, but he couldn't hear it anymore.

……

The next day, Xia Duo woke up from the simple folding bed, covered with a blanket, and as soon as he got out of bed, he touched the wound on his thigh, and then he realized that the wound had been bandaged.

"Xia Duo, any spell caster needs to be cautious about magic, you are too messy, just contact the magic net and overcast spells, it will affect your soul, you better not try to cast spells in the past two days."

Mu Yan's voice of concern and reproach came from outside, Xia Duo hurriedly got up, and Mu Yan walked in, holding a large number of things in his hands, including the feathers of unknown birds, dry droppings, animal claws, horns, and so on.

Placing the groceries on the wooden table, Mu Yan began to pull things out of the inner pocket of his robe, shiny metal, powders of various colors, and a white crystal, and put them on another wooden table.

"Regarding mages, I can't give any training, and it is a good choice for you to join Lord Saville's mage tower, after all, you are a descendant of the Great Arcanist, and you still have some background. Now, I'm here to give you one last gift, and I'm leaving here tomorrow. ”

Xia Duo only then remembered that he had been here for two days, and today was the third day, and it was also the day when the results of the Mage Tower's assessment came out. And Mu Yan also knows this, and also hopes that Xia Duo will join the Mage Tower.

"Mr. Mu Yan, you really don't need to do anything more, I've gained enough in the past two days."

Xia Duo knew that Mu Yan treated him like this entirely because Mu Yan thought that Xia Duo was also a Karatu person, and the tradition of the Karatu people was that "all brothers in the four seas", and there were so few Karatu people in the Faren Continent, Mu Yan, as a senior, naturally had a little responsibility to guide the juniors.

But—

Chado is not from Karatu!