Back in the small library on the first floor, where Lillian was, Austen pushed the door open and entered, she was continuing to look through the book that had been placed on the small round table that afternoon, and transcribing notes from time to time. The door was opened, and a faint cool breeze caused Lillian to subconsciously look up, just in time to meet Austen's gaze.
"You're here, what's the result?" The girl, who was about the same age as Austen, finally stopped looking indifferent and brought a hint of curiosity. "Yes, it's okay. Master Zecil said that my bloodline comes from hell refining, and the purity of my bloodline is similar to that of a half-blooded special mage of three or four generations. Austin replied very honestly, although he could see that Master Zecil was very happy, but he really didn't understand how strong and rare his bloodline was! Anyway, it would be good to become a special mage, this was his greatest expectation.
"What?'s Demon Refining Bloodline?or is it the level of three or four generations of half-bloods?" Lillian's face was so surprised that she didn't even notice that the quill slipped out of her hand. Austin didn't know the strength of her bloodline, and she had been an apprentice to Master Jersey for five or six years, so how could she not know what it meant?
"Can you please explain this to me?" Austin smiled innocently, "You know, I'm a poor boy from Oni City, and I've never been exposed to this kind of knowledge, and this is the first time I've heard of it." "
Lillian didn't refuse, she motioned for Austin to come in and sit down, then got up and ran to a shelf at the back of the house, where she easily removed a book with a black cover. If Austen knew how to read, after seeing a few large gilded characters on the cover, he would immediately know that it was the "Special Mage Bloodline Awakening Exercise Method" that he needed.
Returning to her place, Lillian quickly flipped to one of the pages, which contained a large description of the text and a humanoid monster with huge fiery red wings and a long, powerful tail.
"Purchemists, legendary infernal creatures, evolved from the Dire Na Demon or Qilu Demon, usually 3-4 meters tall, weigh more than 1,000 pounds, have fiery red wings, fly extremely fast, they are natural fire control masters, like to live in the burning region. "
"Alchemists are the backbone of Hell, not only do they possess powerful melee combat abilities, they can tear apart enemies with their sharp claws and fangs, they also wield a variety of powerful spell-like abilities, and they are highly intelligent, proficient in stratagem and contracts, and are often assigned to be the commander of the Hell's legions. "
"Only the most powerful mortal spellcasters are qualified to summon alchemists from hell, but even if these summoners themselves are legends, it is difficult to truly suppress and control them, and alchemists who are proficient in contracts can find various loopholes to break free from the shackles of summoning spells, and then calmly return to hell after harvesting souls in the mortal world. "
After Lillian finished reading the book one by one, she pushed the book in front of Austin, pointed to the illustration on the page, and said, "You see, this is the normal form of alchemy. The simplest example of this is an adult dragon, whose power is comparable to that of the most powerful of the five-colored dragons, and they can easily destroy a city. As for the extent of the third and fourth generations of mixed blood you asked? Let me tell you this, such a person has about one-tenth of the blood of legendary creatures flowing in his body, don't think it is less, except for natural idiots, there are almost no of them who are not special mages, even if they are idiots, they may release a few fireballs at will. "
I have to say that Lilian is a good teacher, she explained it very clearly, and the examples she gave were also very vivid, Austin understood it as soon as she heard it, and she was immediately shocked by her own bloodline, he didn't know about demon refining, he had heard about dragons countless times, and after a little comparison, he understood how lucky he was. If he was a normal breeder of three or four generations of mixed-race special mages, then he could directly tell others that his great-ancestor was a so-and-so demon refiner.
After a brief moment of shock, he remembered Master Zecille's command: "By the way, Miss Lillian, the master wants you to teach me literacy tonight, and what kind of exercise method there is." "
Literacy?Tonight?The frost on Lilian's face that had just melted was instantly frozen, and she hadn't finished her daily homework yet, so how could she have time to teach him to read from scratch? But that special mage's bloodline exercise method is not too complicated, just explain to him how to do it directly, it won't take too much time, anyway, let's fool him over tonight first.
"Austen, I know you're anxious to learn to write and read right away, I understand this feeling, and I was the same when I first became my master's apprentice, but literacy is not something that can be achieved overnight, it takes a lot of time to memorize and accumulate to master. Even if you spend all your time learning this tonight, it will teach you at most the basic characters that make up the text. I don't think it's as good as this, now I'll teach you the content of the "Special Mage Bloodline Awakening Exercise Method" first, this is not difficult to learn, and you should be able to practice before going to bed tonight. "
Lillian deliberately spoke slowly, which made Austin immediately understand that the maid teacher didn't want to teach him to read tonight.
If she is forced to teach, she will definitely not pay attention, waste time and not say anything, and it will make the relationship worse, which is not good for future learning.
Then let's learn that exercise method first! Maybe if you practice tonight, you will be able to see the results tomorrow and awaken to become a special mage. Austin figured out the pros and cons after a little thought, nodded and replied, "Okay, then please teach me that special mage exercise method first." Anyway, it's been a year to learn to read, so let's take our time, but I'm actually stupid, and I'm not learning things fast, so don't be surprised when the time comes. "
"Well, well, you have to listen to me carefully. Lillian was pleased with Austen's intellect, and then she picked up the book, flipped to the next page, and began to talk word for word:
"The pure blood of demon refining often has a high temperature of nearly 1,000 degrees, as hot as flowing magma, the human body can not bear it at all, they almost cannot have direct offspring with humans, it is often other kinds of demons and demon refining in hell have offspring, and after several times of mixed blood dilution with other types of creatures, there is the possibility of normal reproduction with humans. Although this avoids the direct erosion and damage of the descendants by the blood of the demon refining, it also increases the difficulty of awakening and activating this powerful bloodline. "
"The legendary archmage of the Sinis Empire, Mocario, who is also a powerful special mage with demon refining bloodline, has finally summed up a set of safe and feasible training methods after more than 100 years of research on himself and his clan, and published it in the ... in 3577 in the Sinis calendar."
"The core of this method is a visualization technique that has been improved on the basis of meditation, through the visualization of various scenes of hell in the mind, combined with the corresponding movements, spells and medicines, to stimulate one's purgatory bloodline to slowly awaken and become active. At this point, Lillian put down her book for a moment, stood up and walked to the empty area behind the door, and stretched out her white tender hands under Austen's inexplicable gaze.
"I'll teach you the gestures that accompany the visualization technique first, it's easy to learn, just 3 movements, you can see it. "
After saying that, Lillian began to show Austin the 3 movements recorded in the book to cooperate with the visualization, first a starting gesture with arms around the chest, then an open arms to embrace the sun, and then slowly drew a large circle with her hands and retracted it to her chest, thus completing a cycle.
"The main function of this set of movements is to help you eliminate distracting thoughts, calm your mind, and let you enter the state of visualization faster, which is very, very important!" Afraid that Austin would despise this set of only three steps because of its simplicity, Lillian deliberately emphasized it.
"Eun, I remember. Austin nodded repeatedly.
"Then I'll teach you the corresponding spells, as for the medicine, it's for people with thin blood, so you don't have to. It's a long spell, 45 notes, so you'll have to memorize it! It's a very relevant spell that will help you ward off the effects of hellish thoughts lurking in your veins. "
As a result, it took half an hour to complete the study of this spell, not that Austin was too stupid, but Lillian was very strict, not only could not pronounce the wrong sound, but also could not make any mistakes in the intonation, which was completely required of him by the standard of a mage learning to cast spells!
"Teacher Lillian, may I ask if this spell is an algorithm?" After finally reciting the spell, Austin asked a question in his mind, he thought, since this spell can have a magical effect, it must be a spell, but he is not even a mage apprentice, how can he recite a spell and cast a spell? Isn't this contradictory?
After hearing this, Lillian also fell into a similar thinking as Austin, feeling that it does have the effect of a spell, but if it is a spell, it is contradicted by her own common sense, how can there be a spell that does not need to establish a spell model, and a spell that is cast by spells alone? But as soon as she became a teacher, she couldn't pull her face and said that she didn't know, so she had to answer vaguely: "This question is still too difficult for you to understand, and I will tell you when you have laid a good foundation." "
If Austen's attention wasn't on the spell at this time, she would definitely find that a lovely crimson had appeared on Lilian's face, and she had secretly resolved to wait for the answer to be asked in the next week's class with her master, so as to prevent the big words from being exposed in the future.
And Austen, after carefully tasting Lilian's words, felt that it was very right: what a magical thing a spell is, it must be extremely profound and incomprehensible, and he has no foundation at all, and it is normal to not understand it now, so let's put it for the time being.
"Ahem... Let's move on then. Now that you're familiar with the mantra, I'm going to teach you the most crucial visualization technique. Lillian coughed deliberately to ease her embarrassment, then flipped to the next page of the book and resumed her lesson.
"Visualization is the art of imagining something with one's own mind and depicting it in one's mind when one's mind is ethereal. This is similar to the basic practice of the mage, 'meditation', but it is also different: no matter how real and subtle what you visualize, it is all virtual and cannot have an impact on the world around you, while after the mage opens his spiritual sea, what he thinks and thinks is no longer illusory, but is really sketched with the brush of spiritual power, and if the content of the 'drawing' is meaningful and can resonate with the magic net, then it can be expressed in the real world. "
At this point, Lillian was no longer completely following the script, but had added some of her own understanding. She has been practicing meditation for more than five years, and is very familiar with this aspect, and the daily work of building a spell model is completed in her own sea of spiritual power, once the model is successfully constructed and 'recognized' and 'recognized' by the magic net, then she is equivalent to successfully memorizing a spell, and then only needs to use spell casting gestures, spells or other media materials to trigger it, and then she can cast this spell.
"What you have to do now is to look carefully at the hell on these pages, and when you go back to sleep, do that set of movements a few more times, and then recite the mantra a few times, until you have no distractions in your mind, and then start concentrating on the hell scene. According to the book, once you can successfully visualize, the demonic bloodline in your body will react, usually manifested as accelerated blood flow, fever and sweating, and will be accompanied by evil thoughts from the bottom of your heart, or induce your lust, or make you become a mad demon who only knows how to kill, or other manifestations, in short, it will interfere with your continued visualization, at this time, you should secretly recite the mantra, do not stop, do your best to maintain the visualization state. The longer this state is maintained, the more likely it is that you will awaken your alchemy bloodline and awaken to a special mage. "By the way, your bedroom tonight is sixth to the right in the kitchen, don't go wrong." "
With that, Lillian pushed the book in front of Austin and asked him to see the hellish scenes depicted in the illustrations in the memory book for herself. She, on the other hand, ignored Austin and continued her unfinished work, which might not be finished before the clock struck midnight...