"Here are all the plant-based spells in the academy. There are only a dozen or so in front of us, which is not a lot."
Gray looked at Athir: "As for light spells, there seem to be only a few, and they are not very practical. I don't recommend you to choose them."
Athir nodded and then looked forward.
There were more than a dozen depressions on the stone slab in front of him, and something was placed in each depression. Next to the depressions, there were a large number of ancient Sith characters engraved, which introduced the origin and history of these spell templates, as well as their approximate effects and learning conditions.
"The spell templates here are the most basic versions. There are no first-level spell templates here."
Looking at Athir's gaze, Gray began to explain again.
Hearing this, Athir said with understanding: "I understand."
Spell templates are the wizard's application of knowledge and one of the most valuable assets of every wizard.
These basic templates are not so bad, they are basically some zero-level spells. Although they are also very precious, they are nothing for formal wizards.
But this is not the case with those first-level spells. Every first-level spell is the result of the hard work of a formal wizard, and it is impossible to use it under normal circumstances.
Of course, given the preciousness of spell templates, even if a first-level spell template was really produced, there would definitely be few apprentices who could afford it.
Thinking of this, Athir looked at the stone slab in front of him.
There are more than a dozen spell templates on the stone slab in front of him. Although they are a bit rare compared to other spells, Athir still needs to choose some.
"I am a peak knight. After being promoted to a second-class apprentice, my physical strength has been further improved. With the help of the knight's secret skills, I am already strong enough in close combat. The only thing I lack is long-range and defense, as well as some other auxiliary means."
Standing there, watching the introduction of these spells, many thoughts flashed through Athir's mind in an instant.
After considering his shortcomings, he no longer hesitated and began to search among the dozen or so spells in front of him.
"Thorn Armor, Catalysis, Life Drain..."
Although there were quite a few spells in front of him, after screening, only these three met his requirements.
The effects of other spells either did not meet his requirements or the prerequisites for mastering them were too high, which Athir did not meet.
Take the spell of catalysis for example, its function is to slightly accelerate the growth rate of plant organisms. However, in order to master this spell, the prerequisite is to master several subjects such as elementary energy science, otherwise it is impossible to condense the spell template in the mind, let alone successfully perform it.
After all, knowledge is the foundation of a wizard, and spells are merely the result of a wizard's application of knowledge.
If one does not have a thorough understanding of the knowledge but wants to condense a corresponding template, it will only fail, wasting one's mental energy in vain, and may even cause permanent damage.
"How about it, have you decided?" Gray's unique loud voice sounded at the side.
He stood there in a gray robe, looking at Athir, seeming curious about what spell he had chosen.
"I've already chosen it, let's use the catalysis technique."
Hearing Gray's voice, Athir didn't turn back, but just thought about it and said.
After all, he is now in the academy. As long as he does not leave the academy, he will not encounter any danger. If he chooses the other two spells, the chances of using them will not be very high.
Moreover, compared with the other two spells, Catalysis was much cheaper and just within his affordability.
"Catalysis, no wonder."
Hearing Athir's choice, Gray touched his nose, and a look of understanding appeared on his broad face: "After all, you are an apprentice under Master Edith, so it's not surprising that you learned this spell."
"What do you mean?"
Hearing his words, Atier turned around and looked at him with some confusion.
"Don't you know?" Gray was a little surprised: "Your instructor is the best plant wizard in the academy. He is said to be the best in the academy in terms of research on plant organisms."
"With your talent, Athir, once you are promoted to a third-level apprentice, you will definitely be accepted as a student by Lady Edith. At that time, she might even be able to give you a formal spell template."
He paused here, with an envious expression on his face: "Although Catalysis is only a basic spell, it has a lot of uses. Many formal spells are modified based on Catalysis. If you start learning now, you can save a lot of effort when you learn this kind of formal spells in the future."
"Is that so?" Standing there, listening to these words, Atier seemed to be thinking about something.
He hadn't thought so much about it before. It was just that he didn't have enough magic stones on hand, and he felt that other spells were not useful for the time being, so he made this choice. He didn't think of this at all.
"Okay, since you've made up your mind, Athir, just go and pay the bill."
Gray pointed to a corner and introduced it to Athir: "The person in charge here is in that corner. You can just go there and talk to him."
Athir nodded, said goodbye to Gray in front of him, and walked directly to the corner he pointed to.
After a while, he walked to the corner.
There, an old man in a gray robe was sitting there, his face was full of wrinkles, he looked a little old, and exuded a decadent smell.
Feeling this breath, Athir stopped.
He knew that the apprentices arranged by the academy in these places were actually former third-class apprentices. Because they were too old, they had no hope of being promoted to formal wizards, so they were arranged by the academy to act as managers in these places.
The man in front of him looked so old. In fact, it was probably because he had failed in his attempt to become a formal wizard and his vitality was burned out.
"New apprentice, very good."
As if hearing Athir's footsteps, the gray-robed old man in front of him turned around and looked at Athir with a pair of turbid eyes: "What spell do you want?"
"Catalysis."
Athir didn't say much and spoke directly.
"Yeah, it's a very basic spell."
The old man nodded, his face calm: "A total of twenty magic stones."
Even though he was mentally prepared, Atier couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard the price.
This is just a basic spell template, and even among the basic templates, it is considered cheap, but it costs this price.
The prices of more advanced spell templates, or even improved powerful spells, would probably be unacceptably high.
Standing in place, Athir reached down to his waist with his right hand, took out two medium-sized magic stones, and placed them quietly on the table.
Looking at the two medium-sized magic stones, the gray-robed old man's expression remained unchanged. He just wiped his sleeves on the table and put away the two magic stones.
After putting away the magic stone, he took out a blue crystal ball and threw it directly to Athir: "This is a crystal of wisdom. It contains the content of catalysis. When you go back, just take it and absorb the knowledge in it."
"The key is universal across the academy, you should know that."
He looked at Athir and said.
In response, Athir nodded, reached out and took the blue crystal ball on the wooden table, and left.
After walking out of the recording room and looking around, Atier left the underground market directly and chose to walk towards the accommodation area.
After returning to the familiar room, he closed the door with a bang, sat on a chair beside him, and took out the light blue crystal ball from the package.
This crystal ball is made of a unique kind of spiritual crystal, which can store some information using special techniques, and can be regarded as a universal resource for wizards.
Holding the crystal and sitting on the chair, Athir murmured softly, with low sounds constantly coming out of his mouth.
As his voice continued to ring out, a light blue crystal ball began to glow before his eyes, slowly illuminating the surroundings.
Looking at this scene, Atier's expression remained unchanged. He simply reached out and held the crystal ball in his hand.
As the contact came, his spirit began to extend out, coming into contact with the crystal in front of him and touching the contents within.
In an instant, following the contact between spirit and body, a huge stream of information poured into Athir's mind.
"The chip will sort out the new information and transfer it to my memory area."
Sitting on the chair, trying hard to suppress the mental tearing feeling that suddenly appeared in his mind, Athir gave orders to the chip in his mind.
As the chip in his mind moved, a large amount of external information flow was quickly sorted out and then transmitted intact into Athir's mind.
"Sure enough, compared to this crude way of transmitting information, the chip's transmission is more efficient. Not only does it reduce the damage to a minimum, but the memory efficiency is also higher."
Feeling the pain in his mind quickly fading away, Athir concluded.
At this moment, a large amount of complex new knowledge emerged in his mind.
This is the specific knowledge of the catalytic template, which not only contains the history of this spell, including tedious information such as the creator and improver, but also is full of the application results of this spell.
Of course, the most important thing is to explain how to use mental power to condense this template in your mind.
After sitting there silently for a while, Athir began to construct a spell template in his mind.
Athir has already mastered a lot of the prerequisite knowledge required for this spell, and his mastery is far better than that of ordinary apprentices. However, even so, it is still very difficult to construct.
The process of constructing a spell template is somewhat similar to meditation. It requires mental power to condense into complex templates in the mind and finally stabilize them.
The spell template is equivalent to an engine, and the mana condensed from various energy particles is equivalent to energy. As long as the corresponding energy particles are injected into a stable spell template, the spell can be used.
Depending on the structure of the spell templates and the different energy particles used, the final effects will be different. Even the slightest change will lead to different final results.
When wizards cast spells, they basically construct the corresponding spell template in their minds before using it, and then use it.
Therefore, the faster the spell template condenses, the shorter the time required to cast the spell. If the corresponding spell template can be condensed in an instant, then the spell can be cast instantly and the required spell can be released in an instant.
(End of this chapter)