But Salin reacted quickly. His eyes widened and he shouted: "Magician! You are a magician!"
His voice was filled with excitement and fear, and he almost choked back the last few words. wWW. QuANbEn-XiAoShUo. comSalin never thought that a magician would appear in front of him. There has not been a magician in the city of Ceylon for more than two hundred years. This does not mean that everyone is unaware of the existence of magicians.
The magician represents mystery, status, terror, and remoteness. Ordinary people have no way to come into contact with magicians. Only nobles, emperors, armies, wealthy people and other classes are lucky enough to know magicians.
Magicians are very wealthy people who live in isolation and possess great magical powers. A magician can destroy a city, even in front of the emperor, the magician does not have to bow...
In other words, The Magician is a living legend. They build magic towers and practice in the towers, which cannot be restrained by secular forces. Even if there is a war, the army of any force must go around the magic tower. If a noble gains the favor of a magician and gets the opportunity to support the magician, the noble's status will immediately increase.
Salin's mind became confused, and he was keenly aware that the appearance of this magician would change his destiny. But he doesn't know how to grasp it. Does he want more money? Will it make the magician unhappy
gold! gold! bread…
"How about a hundred gold coins? I'll go to the city and buy you a small house, enough for you to live in." The magician looked at the child with some pity. Salin's body was so thin that he could count the number of ribs. The ribs were still covered in black and blue, which made him look even more pitiful.
Salin was overwhelmed by the amount of one hundred gold coins, and he almost agreed immediately. But the pain in his ribs suddenly came, and he took a breath of cold air, frowned, and bent down.
"Oh, let me see." The magician supported Salin with one hand and released a magic with the other hand. Cyan light shone and enveloped Salin's body.
Salin felt like he was being soaked in warm water, blue light penetrated from his skin, and the pain on his body disappeared.
A thought appeared in Salin's mind, like a devil's temptation, lingering.
"I don't want gold coins!" Salin straightened his body and said, "Mr. Magician, please accept me as your student."
Salin didn't know how to salute, so he raised his head and looked directly into the magician's eyes. At this moment, his mood could no longer be described as uneasy. How would the magician react? Do you feel that you have insulted the profession of mage, will you fall out and kill yourself
The magician's black eyes are deep and bright, like obsidian, as if they have inner texture. He looked at Salin thoughtfully and said, "Do you want to be my student?"
"Yes, I want to learn magic." Salin's voice was firm. Although he was scared, the injury to his ribs was irritating his heart. No matter how much money you get from selling your house, what's the use? If you just sit back and have nothing, you don't have any survival skills. If you encounter a thief, you may not even be able to save your life.
"Learning magic is difficult." The magician stopped Salin from interrupting and continued: "Nine out of ten people can become magic apprentices, but out of a hundred magic apprentices, only one or two may become magicians. The number of magic apprentices The power is not strong and can only be used as a skill to make a living. If you become my student, you are not allowed to change careers without my permission."
Salin knelt down on the ground, bowed his head and said, "I am willing to be your student." He tried to make his words less vulgar and learned to use honorifics.
"Get up." The magician's voice turned cold, and he said in an unquestionable tone: "Even a magic apprentice cannot bend the knee to others. You must remember that if you want to be my student, this is the last time in your life. One kneel at a time.”
"Yes, teacher." Salin stood up happily. He knew that the magician had agreed to his request.
"What's your name and how old are you?" The magician's voice softened again.
"My name is Salin Metatrin, and I am 12 years old." Salin answered respectfully, but his stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
The magician smiled and said, "Go change your clothes and eat something. I'll wait for you in the living room."
"Yes." Salin agreed and quickly ran to the second floor. He returned to his room, put his coat on, then went down the stairs and ran into the kitchen. There was still half a bag of old rice on the stove. He opened the oil paper bag, grabbed a handful of rice and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Are you going to eat this?" The magician's voice sounded at the door. Salin was startled. He stopped and was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say. The magician sighed, took out a piece of meat, and handed it to Salin. Salin's tears fell directly, not even staying in his eye sockets for a moment.
He wiped it with his sleeve, and instead of eating the meat, he said to the magician: "Teacher, I will not cry or embarrass you in the future."
The magician looked at the boy crying and devouring the food without saying anything. In fact, given his status, even if he was given 10,000 gold coins, he might not be able to convince him to accept a student. Just the first time he saw Salin, he felt very unbearable. There was no life in Salin's eyes, only despair on the verge of death.
The magician didn't ask Salin to do anything. He took out more meat jerky and bread and put them in the kitchen. Salin didn't know how these things were conjured, but he had no doubts. In his heart, magicians were omnipotent.
The magician asked Salin to rest first. He watched Salin go to bed and cast a hypnotic spell. Salin's eyesight went dark and he immediately fell asleep. When he opened his eyes, he felt hungry again. The magician's voice rang in my ears: "Look around first, get familiar with the environment, and then come to the living room."
Magical magic, this sound is sent directly to the ears, neither light nor heavy. Salin sighed and jumped out of bed. His shoes were already dry. He put on his shoes and found that his room had an extra door. The room has also changed, with tables, chairs, and cabinets, with a huge mirror on top of the cabinet.
The whole room looked as if it had been cleaned and spotless. The furniture is not new, only mattresses, quilts and pillows are included. I slept so soundly that I didn't feel anything. Opening the door, the corridor is also extremely clean. Doors have been installed in several rooms and some oil paintings are hung on the walls. Everything was just like when his parents were still alive. Salin had the urge to cry again, but this time, he held back.
There are eight rooms on the second floor, four large and four small. The room Salin lived in was small, at the end of the corridor. He looked at each room and found that all four large rooms had been converted into studies. One of the remaining three small rooms was a bedroom, and the doors of the other two could not be opened.
What surprised Salin was that the entire second floor had been re-paved, and the doors and windows had been repaired, with countless mysterious symbols added to them. The walls seemed to have been repainted, and the ceiling was clean. Not a single spider could be seen.
The house became very strange. Salin walked down the stairs uneasily. Furniture had been placed in the main hall on the first floor, and the kitchen was also filled with kitchen utensils. Salin did not look at the basement. He came to the living room and opened the door. Although he was mentally prepared, he opened his mouth wide and looked at the completely changed living room in surprise.
There was a huge table in the center of the living room. There was no visible material. The rectangular table was filled with utensils that Salin didn't recognize. Various utensils were in strange shapes. There was a black flame burning under a crucible. There is only one chair around the table, and there are several cabinets standing against the wall, and the cabinets are full of things.
There was nothing that Salin recognized. He only saw mysterious symbols everywhere. Crystal lamps hung on the ceiling, and the light shone softly, but no light or shadow could be seen.
The magician raised his head and said gently: "Salin, wake up, go get something to eat, and then we can talk."
"Teacher, please tell me first, I'm not hungry yet." Salin stood at the table politely, feeling uneasy.
"Okay, let me talk first. My name is Jason Statham, a member of the Qin Yin Empire, a fifth-level magician. As my student, I can't give you much guidance because I don't have that much time. I will first I will teach you a reading magic, which is a level 0 magic. If you can master this magic, I will teach you the rules of meditation. Then you can read magic books by yourself and master magic knowledge. Before you become a level 10 apprentice, I will give you no further guidance.”
"Level 10 apprentice?" Salin asked cautiously. He didn't understand what a level 10 apprentice was.
"There are 10 levels of magic apprentices in total. During the magic apprenticeship stage, you can only master level 0 magic. Level 0 magic is magic that can be cast without magic strings, as long as you have enough mental power and the corresponding elemental affinity. That's it. The amount of mental power determines your ability to control magic, and the elemental affinity determines how many magic you can release continuously. If one of the two is unqualified, you will not be able to become a real magician."
"Then how to advance?"
"A level 1 apprentice can cast two level 0 magics in a row, a level 2 apprentice can cast four level 0 magics in a row, and so on. When you can cast twenty level 0 magics in a row, I will guide you on how to become a magician. .Okay, now I will teach you your first level 0 magic." Magician Jason said, reciting a spell with strange syllables. At the same time, his hands also made a fixed magic gesture.
"If you follow this, you can learn words and magic knowledge from books." Jason chanted this spell repeatedly, and Salin followed and learned it over and over again. After three times, Salin could recite this spell word for word, and his hand gestures were no longer a problem.
"Okay, you can practice it yourself. After you succeed, I will teach you the rules of meditation. Then you can read the books I prepared for you by yourself. Starting from the first room, I have not finished reading the books in this room. , just don’t look at the next room.”
"Yes, teacher." Salin bowed and saluted, as if he were a person from Ceylon City meeting a noble.
Magician Jason shook his head, and then thought, let’s talk about etiquette issues later. He did not correct Salin's behavior, but waved his hand to signal Salin to leave.
Salin closed the door and walked briskly to the kitchen. He found the box where the rice and noodles were stored, but he was very hungry, so he simply took off the hanging meat jerky, ate it happily with white bread and water.
While eating, he recalled the magic he had just learned. Neither spells nor magical gestures were difficult for him. Especially the mantra, he memorized it the first time and only corrected the pronunciation the next two times. It seems that he is still talented, at least he is not stupid. Thinking of this, Salin felt that his future was bright.