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Chapter 58 I'm Going to Cast a Spell

Just like a runner, how fast you can run is actually limited by racial and personal talent, and there is an upper limit that cannot be broken.

But in reality, most people are still far from this limit, but they can use scientific training methods and running techniques to continuously push themselves closer to their physical limits.

The person giving the lecture to Lu Ren and Jiang Yueying was an old man with gray hair named Wang Fa, an old scholar who had spent half his life studying magic.

I heard he's a Star Cocoon Realm mage, formerly a rogue cultivator, now serving the Shen family.

He also brought his great-grandson today to train together. It seems that he had just broken through to the Zhuzhao realm not long ago. His name is Wang Liuxing, a 17-year-old boy with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a serious personality.

Being a Star Cocoon Realm expert is already incredibly powerful, and magic users are among the most destructive of all professions. Star Cocoon Realm magic users have an elemental affinity of hundreds of thousands, enabling them to unleash devastating magic that can cover an entire city.

At this level and age, he can do whatever he wants without overstepping the bounds. Lu Ren couldn't quite understand why the Shen family had actually hired such a top-notch teacher for him.

However, the old man clearly thought he was very capable, but his teaching skills were mediocre. He spoke on a whim, occasionally pausing for a long time as if he was thinking about something. In the middle of his conversation, he could even talk about how he met his wife.

"I met my wife in New Zealand that year. I was young then, and there was a foreign magician..."

"Great-Grandpa, nobody wants to hear this! If you're going to give a lecture, just give it properly!"

Actually, Lu Ren and Jiang Yueying were quite eager to hear about the old man's battles against nature when he was young.

"Young people are just too impatient. Okay, okay, what did I just say? Oh, the definition of magic. Now, let's talk about the background and significance of magic..."

"Great-Grandpa, didn't you say you were going to teach elemental manipulation today? You were supposed to be teaching elemental control, but what you're teaching now is all useless stuff!"

"Xiao Xing!"

The old man became slightly serious and looked at him, saying, "How can you talk about yourself like that? Who dares to say you're useless? I'll go find him."

"Great-grandfather!"

The grandfather and grandson were acting out a skit, while Lu Ren watched from the side, grinning broadly.

Faced with his grandson's persistent insistence, the old man could only helplessly put down his book, shake his head, and say:

"Young man, really... Lu Ren."

"Huh? Yes!"

"What do you think magic is?"

What is magic? Was this taught before?

Which lesson taught the definition of magic? Lu Ren doesn't seem to remember it.

He glanced furtively to the side, but Jiang Yueying kept her eyes straight ahead, as if afraid of meeting his gaze.

They have absolutely no sense of camaraderie.

Lu Ren could only bite the bullet and answer, "What is magic? Magic... it's a tool for killing, right?"

The old man was taken aback for a moment, clearly not expecting this answer, and then smiled and said:

"Young people these days are just so hot-tempered."

The old man paused for a moment, then continued:

"In fact, many mages have never explored the essence of elemental affinity. The vast majority of mages do not know magic at all; they only know how to use skills."

Grandpa Wang raised his hand, and suddenly, a blue-purple flame surged from his withered palm.

Soon, the flames in the old man's hand began to change shape, turning into a persistent hurricane. The hurricane condensed into water droplets, the water droplets formed solid ice, and the solid ice shattered into lightning!

Lu Ren was shocked, not because of the old man's magical skill, but because the old man had not used any skills from beginning to end!

He conjured the elements of wind, fire, water, earth, and electricity with his bare hands!

Is this reasonable?

However, Jiang Yueying and Wang Liuxing, who were standing to the side, seemed quite calm about the matter.

This situation seems reasonable, rather than being due to any special ability.

"Essentially, elemental affinity is the manipulation of surrounding elements, while skills are merely an outlet for the release of elements, pouring out elemental power in a specific form."

However, blindly pursuing more powerful skills while neglecting the control of the elements is putting the cart before the horse…

The old man changed his style from the previous few days and actually started talking about practical stuff, all of which was practical stuff from a decades-old magician. He was so dry it was almost choking him.

Lu Ren suddenly understood. Just as a high physical attribute grants terrifying strength even without skills, a high resonance attribute grants powerful perception and even the ability to resonate and transmit sound without skills.

Are mages only capable of killing enemies through skills? Elemental affinity is hardly such an inconvenient thing.

What Lu Ren had never noticed before was that even without learning any skills, improving any of the nine attribute values ​​would inevitably bring him extraordinary benefits.

Perceive elements, mobilize elements, release elements.

If elemental affinity is money, then skills are finished weapons. Mages can use money to directly exchange for weapons and then deal damage.

But if you have money, you can buy the tools, blueprints, and materials to make the weapons you want. This can even reduce costs and save a lot of money. Moreover, the weapons you design yourself are more to your liking.

However, there is a problem here. In the course of battle, it is obviously faster to buy ready-made and reliable weapons than to buy materials and make them yourself. Moreover, ready-made skills are definitely more mature. Therefore, mages usually use skills directly in battle.

"The elemental affinity of Firefly Realm mages is too low, making it difficult for them to manipulate the elements. Now that you have all reached the Candle Illumination Realm, you should start learning to manipulate the elements without relying on skills."

Old Master Wang's test was that they were not allowed to use skills, but to unleash magic capable of shattering a target 100 meters in front of them, and any form of magic was acceptable.

"Huh, is there another assessment?" Lu Ren was a little confused.

"Of course, didn't I tell you? I'm your Dharma examiner."

That never happened.

"And it turns out there really was practical training. That old man even spent several days telling us about the history of magic and its significance?"

"Heh heh, young people are so impatient. Theoretical courses are also quite important."

Wang Liuxing, being straightforward, said, "That's just how Grandpa is. If we let him keep talking, he might not even get to the point by next year."

We really have to thank this student Wang. There's only a little over a week left until the exam. If the old man had told him to get ready for the exam the day before, Lu Ren would have been in real trouble.

Since both physical and magical cultivators have assessments, surely divine cultivators must have them too? Why didn't the young lady tell him? Never mind, I'll ask her when I get back tonight.

Without saying much, the three of them began to try to manipulate the elements, following the method the old man had just explained.

This training process serves two purposes: firstly, it improves the ability to control elements.

Secondly, this process will naturally increase elemental affinity, unlike third-rate mages who train by constantly releasing skills and exhausting their stamina, resulting in low attribute improvement.

However, this process is actually quite dangerous, because beginners are not very skilled and it is easy for elements to get out of control.

Jiang Yueying lost control twice, almost causing the fire element to go berserk and blow several people into the sky.

But whenever the element was about to go berserk, the old man would help suppress it.

Without a highly skilled teacher by your side, it would be difficult to complete such training.