After Rosalian returned to the small castle with a wild deer in her mouth, she saw Xuan Weizi sitting in the garden, holding Sandori's short staff with small yellow flowers in her arms, closing her eyes and saying nothing.
Since Xuan Weizi had been away for several days, the effect of the spiritual link could not be maintained, so Rosalian could not take the initiative to communicate with Sanduoli. Only the big leopard head showed a vivid expression of doubt. After seeing it, Sanduoli whispered:
"He said he wanted to understand the effect of this short wooden staff so that he could teach me his skills."
Rosaleen didn't think much about it, and walked to the stable nearby, which Sandori had transformed into a sleeping place for Rosaleen, and threw the wild deer carcass into it.
"That's it." Xuan Weizi was not disturbed. He just put the short staff in his hand and turned it around, and said: "According to the mage, this is a secondary super magic staff."
"What is that?" Sandori asked: "This and the flower-and-tree short staff are handed down from the Spotted Beast tribe. I feel that they can strengthen my spells when I use them."
"This is the classification of magic items by mages... It just so happens that I will take this opportunity to explain it to you so that you don't know anything about mages." Xuan Weizi explained patiently -
Magic items are actually a very broad term, with many categories, but there are two basic categories: spell storage and enchantment.
The history of enchantment can be said to be long and well-established. Its essence is to attach magical effects to items, and the magical effects are linked to the soul or body of the user to produce effects. For example, the bark armor previously made by the Spotted Beast Tribe is a typical example.
The enchantment category.
The stored spell type is to store spells in things in advance, activate them in a specific way, and cast the spells directly. The most classic one is the magic scroll.
There are no particularly strict rules on the appearance of these two types of magic items. For example, it is a ring. It can be an enchantment that allows the wearer to improve the reflex immunity, or it can be a magic weapon with five "any doors" stored in it.
kind.
Generally speaking, enchanted items can produce corresponding effects as long as they are worn on the body. Some spellcasters who are good at making magic items can also give enchanted items a switch function, allowing the wearer to activate or deactivate them in some way.
This ensures that the enchantment will last longer.
As for the use of magic storage items, there is a certain threshold. It requires the user to master how to use magic items and devices, and also know how to use specific items and props, such as special passwords and gestures.
Anyway, magic-storing items cannot be used immediately as soon as you get them. Even a magic scroll cannot be unfolded by an illiterate farmer and release fireballs. It might even cause an accident.
Normally, mages will use spells such as "detection magic", "identification skills", and "analyzing spells" to learn about newly acquired magic items. Just like Xuan Weizi will use his spiritual sense to detect things.
Magic items that are also in the shape of a staff actually have many details to distinguish them. The most commonly used items by mages are wands, staffs and scepters.
A wand is generally a long and slender stick that only stores one spell, but can be used multiple times. The situation is somewhat similar to firearms and magazines on earth. A pistol can only fire pistol bullets. When the number of charges in the wand is used up,
It's just an ordinary thin stick.
Wands come in various shapes and materials, ranging from metal to wood, and they store multiple spells of similar types. Each spell can be used multiple times. And unlike the wand, the caster can use his existing spells.
Add as many spells as the staff can hold.
The scepter is even more special. First of all, it can be either a magic storage type or an enchantment type. The magic storage type scepter is similar to a magic wand. It also stores multiple spells, but after each consumption, it will automatically regenerate after a certain period of time.
Charging is restored and does not require the caster to replenish it.
The enchanted scepter has its own metamagic effect, which can increase the power and effect of the spells cast by the caster, and increase the range and diffusion range. Of course, this kind of scepter can generally only provide spells for specific factions or fields.
Metamagic effectiveness. For example, if an evocation mage who is good at the fire element holds a conjuration metamagic wand, it will be of little use.
However, there are a very small number of advanced spellcasters who have scepters that are compatible with spell storage and enchantment, but these are often not something you can buy with money, because the production itself is quite difficult.
In fact, although many mages are holding long staffs, they are not necessarily staffs and scepters, some are just for show.
Sandori's flowery short staff is an enchanted staff, and it is a super-magic upgrade that enhances the medical field's spells. Although based on the definition of a mage, this super-magic staff is indeed rough in workmanship and of poor quality.
It's inferior, but in Xuan Weizi's eyes, it coincides with the principle of the sacrificial refining method.
"I guess this short wooden staff should have been influenced by the totem djinn and guardians a long time ago, and a form of super-magic efficacy was built inside it. And just like its appearance, although it has blossomed, it has not yet borne fruit." Xuan
Wei Zi said.
Sandori understood somewhat: "You mean, can this short wooden staff continue to improve?"
"At least there is still a certain potential." Xuan Weizi said: "But it has something to do with what I will teach you next. Please listen carefully..."
After learning about Druid spells, Xuanweizi re-improved the spirit spell. In the past spirit spells, Sandori needed to communicate with the totem giant spirit and the spirit. What Xuanweizi now teaches is the other way around.
Sandori condenses her soul inwardly, and adjusts her soul itself to make her state "in sync" with the spirit and the natural giant spirit.
It seems that Sandori still wants to communicate with the spirit and the natural giant spirit, but there is no need to actively communicate with the soul, because the state of the soul has changed, and the spirit can be used for its own use. In the most advanced cultivation, there is "refining"
The wonder of "Soul Controlling the God" can even lead directly to the realm of the Yang God.
Xuan Weizi has compared spirit messengers and druids. Although both are spell casters developed from primitive totems or nature worship, they also focus on spells based on perception. However, spirit messengers focus more on spiritual experience.
Druids, on the other hand, pay more attention to the actual substances in nature.
For alchemy monks like Xuan Weizi, spirit and matter are equally important. Life, form and spirit, and body and mind are interconnected and cannot be separated for a moment. However, for spellcasters in this world, it is too difficult to force them to directly cultivate both life and life, so they can only
Start with one end and then teach more in-depth skills when the time comes.
After spending most of the day, Xuan Weizi explained in detail the basic techniques and techniques for condensing the soul. After listening to this, Sandoli frowned and asked: "It sounds difficult, the soul is really
Will it change?”
You ask me, who should I ask? - Xuan Weizi really didn't dare to say it. In fact, he had this confusion from the first day he came to this world.
The "soul" in Taoism is usually not an entity, but a collective term for the overall function of the spirit and mind. The so-called soul peace means clear mind, soul peace means smooth qi and blood, soul stability means physical and mental peace, and lost soul means physical and mental instability.
If the soul is scattered, the body will die.
As for the Yang Shen of the alchemy monks, it is more of a physical nature, but it is a profound achievement after condensing the soul. The energy matter and functional mechanism of self-existence have been highly integrated, which is why it is possible for the Yang Shen to be separated from the body.
But the soul of the creatures in this world is a physical existence. Although it is invisible and intangible to ordinary people, it can be detected and even captured through magic. This is very magical.
What Xuan Weizi taught Sandoli was the method of condensing the soul from the "One Yuan Pure Yang" in the "Five Emperors Immortal Letter". However, on earth, this method adjusts the body by adjusting the functional mechanism of the mind.
The result is a unique method of practicing Xing Gong.
What Xuan Weizi is not sure about is whether it can affect the physical soul of this world by adjusting the functional mechanism of the mind. If successful, then Sandori can make her soul resonate with the spirit without having to actively form a connection.
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And because it is also related to the practice of sexual power, this method is also slightly similar to psychic powers. Xuan Weizi wants to know whether Sanduoli will also obtain magical abilities similar to psychic powers, so as to discover the relationship between the soul and the mind in this world.
Relationship.
Sandori may not be able to understand at all. She is already an experimental subject in Xuan Weizi's eyes to verify the relationship between physical existence and conceptual cognition - of course, the premise is that Sandori can really succeed in cultivation.
"There are no things in the world that cannot change."
"Oh." Sandori responded vaguely, and then asked: "Then what does this have to do with the short wooden staff?"
Xuan Weizi returned the short wooden staff to Sandori and said: "If you can adjust and transform your soul, then how the totem giant influenced the short wooden staff to have super-magic effects, you can also do the same.
way to improve it.”
In fact, this method is an alternative kind of sacrificial refining method, which only uses the resonance of one's own soul and spirit to drive the power of nature to achieve the effect of transforming and enhancing magic items.
Sandori was stunned: "You mean, you want to turn me into a totem giant?"
"Uh... of course that's not what I meant." Xuan Weizi didn't know how to answer, because he really had this kind of intention.
Totem djinn, to put it bluntly, is the expression of natural information in a certain area, and if Sandori can reach the realm of "soul refining and mastering the gods", her soul may really be equivalent to the totem djinn, and she can completely control the nature of a certain area.
Information, so that every move and every move is assisted by wind, thunder, water and fire, and the power of landslides and earth cracks. If Xuan Weizi guessed correctly, the effects of these spells should be supernatural forces!
"Anyway... you practice slowly first." Xuan Weizi said.
Sandori asked: "What is the name of this skill?"
Xuan Weizi touched his chin and said: "I didn't think of a name originally, but since you mentioned it, let's call it 'Soul Refining and Awakening to the Gods'... I have to go into seclusion for the next few days, so you guys are fine."
Come to me."
After saying this, Xuan Weizi went to a stone room at the innermost part of the small castle, closed the door, silently adjusted his breath and mind, and entered into a mysterious state of concentration.
Xuan Weizi came back this time not only to teach Taoism to Sandoli, but more importantly, to sort out the practice during this period.
Although I have learned about spirit spells, druid spells, and have made many attempts and improvements to psychic powers, and can even obtain the ability to simulate mage arcane spells through the "Crown of Stars", these are all magical uses, not Taoist practice.
Basically, it is too complex and complicated, which may not be beneficial to the cultivation of Taoism itself.
Moreover, Xuan Weizi discovered that since he began to practice certain soul spells, his soul structure and body and mind combination model began to have slight deviations. The deviation here does not refer to problems in alchemy practice, but this
This model of mind-body union is not entirely compatible with psions.
Xuan Weizi had vaguely heard of this situation after time travel, and it was called "part-time punishment" by the world.
According to the principles of alchemy cultivation and the Taoist pursuit of Taoism and nature, the body and mind can change and transform the internal and external forms at will. The so-called eighty-one transformations and seventy-two transformations are metaphors for those who have achieved immortality.
There are no restrictions, let alone "part-time punishment".
Nowadays, Xuan Weizi is far from reaching this level, and even the golden elixir is still some distance away. Although he relied on the power of his soul to transform his body and mind and adjust his soul at will, he was finally punished. Not
Because you are a Taoist and a time traveler, the world will give you some preferential treatment.
Fortunately, Xuan Weizi discovered this situation early, so he began to retreat and reorganize his past practice and spell-casting skills. If there was no result, he would not come out.
…
In a vast white snow field, three carriages were speeding at an unusual speed. The carriages were blessed with the "Feather Falling Technique" and were so light that they left no obvious ruts. Even the horses pulling the carriages were translucent light blue.
The phantom horse's hooves trampled on the snow without making any sound, as if it were a ghost convoy.
Theus opened the car window and looked out at the cold and gray scene, with little interest on his face. Looking back at the car, there were teammates sitting here who were also wearing mage robes, and incense floated to assist meditation and concentration.
Smoking lightly, the smell in the carriage was so strong that Theus wondered if his sense of smell had become numb.
"Well, we agreed to take the duty rotation. We originally thought we could return to Fire Dance City, but it turned out that an ancient giant ruins had been detected. It took us more than half a year to locate it. As soon as we found the general direction, we hurriedly sent us
Here we come." Theus wrapped himself in the mage's robe. Even though the carriage was not disturbed by the cold outside at all, he still wanted to lie in the arms of the two newly bought indigenous girls. Thinking of this, Theus couldn't help but change his mind.
Get into a sitting position.
Opposite Theus, a middle-aged mage wearing a sapphire ring sneered: "You also know that now the empire and the Magic Council are like mad dogs when they hear the news about the ancient giant ruins, and they want to occupy all the ruins in the New World."
Another slightly younger mage checked his magic items and said: "Isn't it enough? I heard that there are not as many mages in the mainland as there are in the new continent. Are you really not afraid of any problems in the old continent?"
"Shh!" The middle-aged mage was a little nervous. He checked the "avoidance detection" in the carriage and then said cautiously: "You may not understand, but I have heard that the lizard people in the southern part of the empire have started to cause trouble. It is said that
It’s because a sub-dragon has evolved successfully.”