Oak Town is a small town not far from the border of the Principality of Edino. It has a small population, only five to six thousand people.
Similar to a dozen nearby small towns, the residents of Oak Town are mainly engaged in agriculture, and some lumberjacks go to nearby mountains to cut down trees, cut them into pieces, process them briefly, and sell them to merchants who come to buy them.
"Excuse me, are the houses here for rent?" In front of an extremely secluded small courtyard on the edge of Oak Town, a young man knocked on the door and asked a woman who answered the door.
This big guy was Ryan who had just left the Principality of Purs and entered the Principality of Edino. After accepting the mercenary mission of escorting the caravan to Edino from Capuas City, he successfully escaped from the Principality of Purs.
Later, during the two-day escort trip, Ryan witnessed the madness of bandits. Ryan really gained experience. The bandits he encountered when he escorted the caravan from Kata City to Skayas City had nothing to do with this area.
Compared with the bandits in the area, they can be regarded as a group of well-behaved babies.
Bandits usually come in groups of dozens, and sometimes as many as hundreds. They are all relatively strong. About half are low-level swordsmen or above, there are even a handful of intermediate-level high-level swordsmen, and the remaining half are non-swordsmen.
.But don’t think that non-swordsmen are inferior in strength. These desperadoes are very ferocious. When it comes to fighting for their lives, low-level swordsmen with inferior strength are no match for them.
The robbers roared in and attacked the caravan like locusts, putting great pressure on the dozens of mercenaries in Ruian's caravan. Ruian performed well among the mercenaries in the caravan.
He does not show superior strength to others, nor does he show any inferiority to other mercenaries.
After two days of almost-missing journey, the caravan arrived at its destination, the border city of the Principality of Edino. Ruian easily received the mercenary reward, 5 gold coins.
Don't think that these 5 gold coins are easy to earn. Even with the strength of Ruian's level 4 swordsman, you have to be very careful, otherwise it will easily capsize if you are not careful.
After completing the mercenary mission, Ruian couldn't wait to leave. Now that he was safe and didn't have to worry about being hunted down, he just wanted to find a place to retreat and continue to practice magic.
Ryan's sensing of magic elements before was just the first step on the road to magic. Next, he will sense more magic elements.
Only when these magic elements are absorbed into the body and converted into magic power can he truly succeed in cultivation. After that, he must successfully cast the magic power in his body to become a magician.
After that, Ryan randomly found a small town, namely Oak Town, and found a courtyard on the edge of the town to rent. He planned to live in seclusion in this place and practice magic wholeheartedly.
Ruian is very satisfied with this courtyard, which is very suitable for his cultivation.
The courtyard is very large, surrounded by walls more than two meters high, which can prevent curious passers-by from looking in. There is a courtyard more than ten meters long and wide inside, which is convenient for Ruian to practice sword skills, and there are three children, one large and two small.
Although the room and courtyard are a bit big, it is no problem at all for Ruian, who now has a little money.
ryan in it
In a room, he dug a hole in the ground, and then got into it naked to practice. He wanted to try to see if the magic element could be sensed in the environment of the room, just like the hole in the woods.
As a result, Ruian did not sense the magic element after practicing for a long time. He thought that it would not work in the room and that he would have to go to the woods. But just when he was about to give up, a yellow light spot appeared.
Ruian was immediately overjoyed. He no longer had to worry about practicing in the wild woods anymore. He could hide at home and practice as long as he wanted.
In the days that followed, Ruian spent all his time meditating on magic. He had stopped practicing Dou Qi and also stopped practicing sword skills. Except for one or two hours of sleep and eating time throughout the day, Ruian spent all his time on magic.
meditation.
In this way, after a month of intensive training, Ruian made very obvious progress. He sensed more and more magical elements.
From the earliest days, only one magic element could be sensed, and gradually the number increased, until now, a month later, more than a hundred magic elements can be sensed at the same time.
According to the magic meditation method taught by Uncle Paxiuchas, more than a hundred magic elements have reached the minimum standard for absorbing magic elements. In other words, Ryan has reached the next step of practicing magic meditation, absorbing magic elements and converting them into magic.
stage.
In fact, Ryan's magic talent is really poor. It took him a full month to reach this level, and he is still very energetic and only needs a little sleep.
It took others twice as long to reach this level. In fact, it took Ryan more than two months as an ordinary magic apprentice to reach this level.
You know, those magic apprentices who have magic talents and can naturally sense magic elements can usually sense hundreds of magic elements and start to absorb them within ten days. As for those genius magic apprentices, it only takes two days.
It takes three days to reach this level.
It can be seen from this that Ruian's magic talent is really poor. However, Ruian is not without merit. His diligence and persistence are unmatched by other magic apprentices.
The next practice of absorbing magic elements, Ruian's practice was not very smooth. Although he had experience in absorbing qi during fighting qi practice, after all, the two are completely different systems. It took Ruian another month to barely absorb qi.
A magic element is inhaled into the body and transformed into magic power.
Ruian was overjoyed, but also a little frustrated. It took him two months to finally successfully complete magic meditation. When he thought about his poor magic talent and the gap between him and other magicians, how could he not
Feeling frustrated?
In fact, Ryan was a bit wrong. Indeed, it took him a lot more time to sense magic elements than other magic apprentices, but the time it took him to learn to absorb magic elements and turn them into magic power was no slower than other magic apprentices. Generally speaking,
It is said that it takes at least several months for a magic apprentice to learn this step, and some are even worse.
It took several years to succeed. It took Ryan about more than two months when compared to an ordinary magician, which is already very fast.
It is very difficult and time-consuming for magicians to practice magic, and it requires talent. Otherwise, there would be many magicians, such as Uncle Paxiuchas, who have practiced magic all their lives. Even when they are old, they still cannot reach the level of a high-level magician.
Except for Ryan's ability to sense magic elements, his other talents are pretty good. However, this does not mean that Ryan's future achievements will definitely surpass other magicians, because when other magicians can sense tens of thousands of magic elements at the same time,
, it is possible that Ruian can sense hundreds of them at the same time, so no matter how good Ruian's other talents are, he will still be kept at a distance.
In the following days, Ruian continued to consolidate the success rate of absorbing magic elements until he could absorb them freely every time he practiced.
At this point, Ryan is considered a true magic apprentice. In the future, as the magic power accumulates, until he can cast a magic, he can be regarded as a level 1 magician.
However, Ruian has a new worry at this time, that is, should he practice fighting spirit or magic in the future?
Indeed, this is a difficult choice
Ruian's swordsman level has reached the level of a level 4 swordsman, and he is practicing high-level fighting spirit secrets. There will be absolutely no problem in reaching the level of a level 6 swordsman in the future. It is also possible to even break through the bottleneck of a level 6 swordsman.
However, now there is a choice to practice magic. The mysterious and powerful strength of magicians is more powerful than others.
A person with a slightly higher status is even more desirable. Moreover, not to mention mid-level and high-level magicians, even low-level magicians are not respected by some mid-level and high-level swordsmen. Ruian's magic
His talent is not strong, and he doesn't know what level his magic level can reach, but he is absolutely confident that he can reach the level of a low-level magician, and even an intermediate magician is not impossible.
"How to choose?" Ruian hesitated.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too? Do you really have to choose the same thing?
From his limited experience, Ryan seems to have never heard of anyone who can do both.
Indeed, Ruian is not the only one in this world who can practice Dou Qi and magic at the same time, but people's energy is limited and there is simply not enough time to practice both at the same time. These people usually choose only one of them as their main training profession, and then do it here.
On the premise that you are successful in one practice, you can practice another one. Therefore, this situation cannot be said to be practicing both.
Of course, there are some people who are reluctant to give up one of them and pursue both, but in the end they end up with very low levels of both, which makes the gains outweigh the losses.
Ruian didn't know these situations. He just subconsciously felt that if he practiced both at the same time, there seemed to be not enough time. Originally, he was confident that he could break through the level 4 swordsman and reach the level 5 swordsman within one or two years, but if he practiced at the same time,
If he continues to practice magic, his promotion time will be pushed back far.
But if Ruian was asked to give up a certain item, he was very reluctant to give up, especially the devil.
Magic, it was Ryan who spent countless time and energy to barely have the talent for magic.
Faced with this choice, Ruian hesitated for several days, unable to make a decision even with his head hurting. Finally, one day he shouted fiercely: "I don't want to think about it anymore, practice both, douqi during the day and magic at night."
Suddenly, Ruian felt that the troubles in his heart disappeared like dark clouds hitting the sun.
In fact, Ruian is very energetic and has the advantage of having much less sleep than others, so it's not like he can't do both.
As for the results, that is unknown.
After making his choice, Ruian lived in this rented compound for several more months until he became bored and didn't want to live any longer.
One day, Ruian had a thought in his heart and decided to go out for a walk, visit every place in the world, and travel around the world.
So the next day, Ruian packed his luggage and quietly left Oak Town, heading in one direction and walking slowly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.