"Reverence currency?" Lucien was moved, not expecting to earn his first unit of system currency so quickly. Although he was still not very clear about the value of Reverence Points, since the system said this virtual currency was exceptionally precious, its value must be quite high.
Lucien looked at Carly with even greater satisfaction.
This student had been sensible since she was little.
"Instructor Lucien..." Carly felt somewhat uneasy at this moment. Although the Third-level Wizard Apprentice responsible for reception had shared some basic information about wizards during the airship ride, Carly still couldn't help feeling nervous as she was about to truly embark on the path of witchcraft.
"A blank slate." Lucien looked at the nervous Carly in front of him and sighed inwardly.
To be honest, this was his first time providing witchcraft enlightenment to someone, so he too was slightly nervous.
"Alright, then our teaching will start from the essence of a wizard." Lucian looked at Carly and, after organizing his thoughts, began to explain from the essence of witchcraft.
Although many instructors opted for simplicity in their teaching approach by handing over basic meditation methods to their students and calling it a day, Lucien didn't plan to be as perfunctory as they were.
After all, if nothing unexpected happened, this young girl was going to be with him for a very long time.
"Come, first tell me about your understanding of witches." Lucian spoke gently, having just vented his frustrations over at Nolian, but he certainly wouldn't take out his emotions on his apprentice.
"The... essence of a witch?" Carly was a bit mystified; she didn't quite grasp the meaning of Lucian's words.
After all, even the servants in her native city knew a bit about wizards.
Wizards, mysterious, powerful, able to manipulate unimaginable forces!
"Not bad, but you didn't grasp the essence of a wizard." Lucien listened patiently as Carly explained her understanding of witches, nodding gently to give Carly the encouragement she most needed as a newbie.
Carly also understood the hint in Lucien's words, which was that her answer was not correct.
At this moment, her slightly puzzled eyes couldn't help but look towards Lucien.
"Wizards, essentially, are a group of scholars who use knowledge as a lever to pry the rules and thus gain power," Lucien explained to Carly, sharing his understanding which he had formed over the past few days, combining his acquired knowledge and the original master's perception of witches.
"Knowledge..." Carly blinked, apparently having a bit of difficulty comprehending Lucien's somewhat abstract explanation.
"Yes, knowledge." Lucien nodded, looking at Carly's eyes brimming with a desire to learn, and a sense of accomplishment emerged within him.
"Knowledge is the core essence through which witches perceive, understand, and even transform the rules, while what you know as meditation methods, witchcraft, etc., are the specific applications of witches' knowledge," Lucien explained with a smile, using the simplest language to aid Carly in achieving an enlightenment about witchcraft.
"Here's the simplest example: you know that fire can cause burns to people, then you use a burning torch to combat enemies and manage to successfully repel them," Lucien said with a smile, "Here, fire is the rule that exists in reality, knowledge is your awareness that fire can cause burns to people, and the medium is the torch you hold in your hand, which represents the witches' witchcraft and other tangible methods."
"Rule, knowledge, medium..." Carly murmured, as if a whole new door was now fully open to her.
"Instructor Lucien is so awesome..." Carly couldn't help but think.
[Your student Carly holds you in high reverence, Reverence Points +2]
Lucien's lips curved subtly, as he found himself starting to like this feeling.
"So, in a broader sense, the term 'wizard' could refer to any intelligent being that understands knowledge and uses it to leverage rules," he said.
"However, more specifically, a 'wizard' has formed a basic power system, which we can call the Wizard-Meditation Method System."
Lucien explained from the simple to the complex, beginning to introduce Carly to the hierarchical division of wizards and the relationships and functions of the foundational concepts in the wizard system such as the meditation method, spiritual power, witch power, and witchcraft.
As he concluded the introduction, Lucien's instruction was about to come to the main topic, which was teaching Carly the basics of the meditation method.
The basic meditation method is a generic term used for all wizard apprentices to temper their spiritual power, especially beneficial for those just beginning their magical enlightenment.
The purpose of these meditation methods is the same, to temper spiritual power and solidify spiritual runes in the spirit sea of Wizard Apprentices through special means, though different meditation methods yield vastly different effects.
For example, the basic meditation methods circulated within some royal kingdoms and organizations of wild witches with incomplete wizarding heritages, generally can only solidify a few or a dozen spiritual runes. Such inferior basic meditation methods have no chance of advancing someone to a Formal Wizard, and even advancing to a second-level Wizard Apprentice is very difficult for them.
In contrast, the basic meditation methods passed down within wizard organizations or wizarding families with a Formal Wizard, are considered quite superior, capable of solidifying several dozen spiritual runes, enough to support a Wizard Apprentice's advancement to a Formal Wizard.
As an institution with a profound heritage, Greybone Academy's basic meditation method can solidify 108 spiritual runes, making the challenge of becoming a Formal Wizard slightly easier. This is considered quite superior among the various basic meditation methods.
The meditation method that Lucien mastered and was preparing to teach to Carly is indeed this "Greybone Meditation Method".
Nevertheless, Lucien was still curious about his own system.
He was eager to know what exactly would happen when, according to the system, the student mastered the knowledge and he in turn would master the upgraded knowledge.
After all, the system had not specified what constitutes knowledge.
Just like the basic wizarding concepts he had explained to Carly, which could be considered knowledge in a way, the system showed no response.
Now that he was about to teach the meditation method, would this finally count as recognized knowledge by the system?
As Lucien pondered this, he continued teaching, beginning to guide Carly hands-on in how to meditate.
The basic meditation method, being basic, is naturally quite simple. Even the relatively superior Greybone Meditation Method is not very difficult to master.
With Lucien's guidance, it took Carly just over half an hour to successfully enter a meditative state. Clearly, at this point, Carly had preliminarily mastered the Greybone Meditation Method.
[Your student Carly has now learned the Greybone Meditation Method, congratulations on your comprehension of the Greybone Meditation Method·Modified!]
Suddenly, Lucien felt as though his brain was flooded with countless unfamiliar yet familiar pieces of information: meditation… structure… runes…