Chapter 233: The Key to Learning Spells
A stick figure is a stick figure after all.
In its rudimentary head, made of rough graphite lines, it was completely unable to accommodate a normal soul.
How could a professor come to the classroom with thugs?
It doesn't make any sense.
Before Zheng Qing could complain to his friends about the weird way of thinking of the stick figure villain, the classroom door slammed open.
Professor Yao hurriedly walked into the classroom with lecture notes and clothes in his handouts, followed by two stout gray-robed school workers, who carried a wooden box in their hands.
The box is about half a meter high, with red patent leather, brass lotus leaf locks, and landscape patterns embedded on the countertop, which looks blue and white, like jade.
"Good morning!" the professor simply waved his hand and nodded to his classmates: "No need to get up...... Sit, sit, just sit...... You two just put the boxes here. β
He pointed to the open space next to the lectern and gestured to the two gray-robed school workers.
The box was heavy, with a dull echo as it landed, and the two school workers looked relieved, and they bowed slightly to the professor before heading straight out of the classroom.
Zheng Qing poked his head out, trying to stretch his neck, trying to see what was in the box.
There were many other students who thought like him, and the classroom suddenly heard the noise of desks and chairs rubbing against the floor.
Only sitting in the corner of the back row of the classroom, the old student Nicholas, who had repeated a grade twice, put an end to these curiosities. He just smiled slightly, and buried himself in the workbook in his hand, not caring about the atmosphere in the classroom that was gradually becoming restless.
"Professor, what's in the box?" Li Meng quickly raised her short arm and asked everyone's questions.
No matter what the class, among all the students, it seems that she is the only one who can ignore the aura-intimidating aura of each professor and dare to raise her doubts anytime and anywhere.
Professor Yao squinted and smiled, and instead of answering everyone's questions directly, he asked another question:
"Are you done with your homework?"
The homework for the last Charms class was not about practicing newly learned spells. In fact, in addition to the first to learn the bondage spell, the second spell taught by Professor Yao, Yuanchen Guardian, has not been released until now.
Even if Zheng Qing memorized the mantra of that spell and was able to wave it in the spell book, he would not be able to make a slight change in his spell book, let alone successfully release the spell.
Zheng Qing didn't even know what kind of scene would appear after this spell was released.
It was as if the professor had passed on a wrong spell.
Therefore, after the last class, Professor Yao did not arrange for everyone to practice 'Yuanchen Guardian' or write its mantra silently after class as usual, but arranged a new task.
Analyze the 'Law Book'.
Each person writes an essay of more than 3,000 words on the theme of 'Understanding the Fa Book', and there is no limit to the content, scope, or format β there are no restrictions other than the number of words.
This means a lot of room to play.
Zhang Jixin's prose lists several law books he has used since he was a child, and their endings, while lamenting the passage of time - Zheng Qing has never found that this rough man has such delicate brushstrokes.
Dr. Xiao wrote a concise dissertation. He briefly outlined the reasons for the rise of the Book of Spells, the roots of the decline of the wand and the formula, and focused on 'how the Book of Magic became a medium for spellcasting'.
Xin Fatzi, on the other hand, wrote a 3,000-word argumentative essay on the types and specifications of the law book.
In Zheng Qing's view, this is purely opportunistic.
In Dylan's words, 'The fat man's paper is completely a copy of the product introduction in Shangyuan Bookstore...... It's not technical!, but amazingly, the assignment meets the professor's requirements...'
In contrast, although Zheng Qing did not have a deep understanding of the law book, he accidentally participated in the process of 'blood refining the law book' when he bought the book, so he briefly described the process of buying the book in the tone of reminiscence.
In any case, the homework that Professor Yao left behind in the last class was not that difficult.
But the atmosphere in the classroom, which had been a little restless because of the strange large box, quickly calmed down after the professor asked about the homework, so that it was silent.
Although everyone has finished their homework, given Lao Yao's bad taste, no one can guarantee that the professor will not ask a student to come on stage and read his homework in public.
Even Li Meng, who has always been bold and reckless, quietly withdrew his arm and hid his body under the desk slightly.
"Didn't you do your homework?" Professor Yao looked at everyone strangely, his brows furrowed.
"Written!" replied in unison this time.
"Why don't you say anything when you write it...... Professor Yao scolded with a smile: "This group of rabbit cubs scared me...... Downton, collect your homework first, and put it away for me. β
The tall class leader rose in response, dragging his heavy steps, and began to put away one desk after another.
At the same time, Professor Yao was not silent.
He leaned back on the podium, took his pipe out of his pocket, slammed it casually on the edge of the podium, and put it back into his mouth.
There was no tobacco, no ignition, and the green smoke rose from the pipe, hiding his face behind the smoke, leaving only a large black head looming in the air, like a large dormant beetle.
"It's been a month since school started...... You've all learned two powerful spells from me. β
"The Bondage Spell, and the Yuanchen Guard. β
"However, I was disappointed. β
"So far, it seems that most of the students in the class have not been able to fully cast these two spells. β
Zheng Qing remembered that he still made no progress in the Yuanchen Guardian Mantra, and lowered his head quite embarrassedly, and his gaze fell on the Yuanchen Guardian Mantra that was copied on the law book.
"I thought about it when I went back. β
"It's not entirely your fault...... I find that you are not aware of a very critical foundational issue. β
Lao Yao brushed away the green smoke in front of him, revealing a serious expression:
"That's the relationship between spells and spells. β
"It's a very basic question, and I was supposed to tell you about it in the first lesson, but I think you will have a deeper impression of the lesson if you adjust it this way. β
"Lessons, it's still boring and clichΓ©. β
"Daniel, it's enough for you to really step on the ladder of the world of spells. β
Zheng Qing couldn't help but raise his head.
"There are two keys to learning spells. One is a mantra and the other is a dharma book. β
"The spell book carries the projection of spells in this world, and the spell is the introduction to this projection. β
Professor Yao opened the law book in his hand and flicked his fingers.
A string of colorful symbols floated from between the pages, like a rainbow, splashed onto the blackboard.
Strings of scribbled handwriting gradually reveal as the rainbow disappears:
"When you don't understand these two words correctly, you can't cast a spell, no matter how powerful it is. β