Bai Jin tried to inject magic power into the magic circle again, but the magic power that was available at any time before seemed to despise her in the desert and there was no way to gather it together.
"It is difficult to use magic in the desert. The sand constitutes a natural magical shield, absorbing a lot of magic in the air.
Only magical beasts that can live in the desert can use the magic power stored in the sand anytime and anywhere."
After a pause, Qingshi raised his hand, concentrated his mind, and activated the magic he had learned, forming a small vortex in the palm of his right hand.
As the vortex turned, an egg-sized piece of ice soon appeared in Qingshi's palm.
“It’s difficult, but it doesn’t mean you can’t use magic in the desert.
The desert wind is everywhere, stirring up the sand and releasing the magic stored in it.
As long as one can sense the thin magic power in the desert, one can capture it and use it for one's own benefit.
Miss Bai Jin, you haven't received any training in magic perception, right?"
Bai Jin nodded and said, "Magic perception ability is a necessary ability to learn various types of surveillance magic.
I don’t like spying on others, and I have no plans to improve my magical perception abilities at the moment.”
"The role of magic perception should be more than that." Qingshi smiled, "I heard that when high-level magicians use large-scale magic to bombard each other, they will compete for the magic in the air to reduce the power of the opponent's magic, so as to win.
The stronger the magic perception ability, the more likely one is to gain the initiative in the magic competition."
It was the first time that Bai Jin heard that magic perception could have such an effect.
When Gordon was using powerful magic that day, Bai Jin was also weaving magic at a rapid speed to try to stop Ken Luo, but she clearly felt that the casting speed had slowed down, as if the magic power in the air had been taken away.
If it was really as Qingshi said, assuming that I could really improve my perception ability, I shouldn't be so embarrassed then.
"For people living in other places, magic is everywhere like air, and many people lack training in magic perception. But for us, magic perception is the cornerstone of survival and must be mastered."
Using his thumb and index finger to pick up an ice cube and put it into his mouth, Qingshi encouraged:
"Miss Bai Jin, don't worry. I heard that as you become more proficient in magic, your ability to perceive magic power will also increase.
Now, you can try not to call upon the surrounding magic power, but to call upon more of your own magic power to make up for the lack of external magic power. You should still be able to use magic.
But using magic like that will consume more mental and physical energy."
Following Qingshi's advice, Bai Jin concentrated his mind and filled the magic circle with his own magic power as if adding his own magic mark to someone else's crystal ball. Snowflakes poured out of the pure white magic circle formed at the front end of the staff, and the temperature around him suddenly dropped a few degrees.
After opening the system, Yang Yu discovered that Bai Jin's physical strength and MP consumption had indeed increased significantly, more than three times the consumption when using skills normally.
There are benefits. Using skills in this way will make the release speed much faster.
Perhaps, I can discuss with Bai Jin and use this skill of directly injecting one's own magic power into the magic circle as a killer weapon.
After taking a tired breath, Bai Jin sat back under the tent.
“Ice magic is very useful in the desert. It can help us replenish water in the desert and also cool us down.
But in the desert, one's own magic power recovers very slowly, so using magic like that won't last long."
With the help of Bai Jin's magic, Qing Shi gathered the water vapor in his palm again, intending to make ice cubes to distribute to everyone to cool down.
“If you really want to use magic in the desert, I suggest you improve your magic perception ability.
In the vast desert, no one knows what accidents may happen.
Improve your magical perception and prevent danger."
Yang Yu raised his hands in agreement with Bai Jin's proposal to improve her magic perception ability, and by the way, he also wanted her to learn some surveillance magic.
“You don’t like surveillance magic, but surveillance magic is not only used to monitor others, it can also be used to obtain intelligence and prevent the team from falling into danger.
A high level of magical perception can also give you an advantage when facing other magicians.
After we cure Qingshi's father, we still have to cross the entire desert. We have plenty of time. Just treat this as a form of practice."
As he spoke, Yang Yu took out the popsicles he had prepared in advance and distributed them to everyone. Seeing this, Qingshi stopped the magic in his hand, stopped producing ice cubes, and took the popsicle from Yang Yu.
It happened to be a break, so Yang Yu asked Qingshi to explain to them some techniques on how to improve their magical perception, and Qingshi agreed directly.
He asked Bai Jin to close her eyes and simply release the magic power in her body to get familiar with this unique power first. Then Qingshi transferred the magic power gathered in his hands to let Bai Jin remember the feeling of external magic power. Then, Qingshi asked Bai Jin to throw the gathered magic power up and let it drift with the wind, so that Bai Jin could sense when the magic power disappeared from her consciousness.
In Bai Jin's perception, the magic power she threw out was like a handful of sand that was blown away by a strong wind and disappeared without a trace in a short while. The distance was about five meters.
Hearing Bai Jin's description, Qingshi felt a pang in his heart. You know, when he was learning from his father, he could hardly sense the magic power in his hands as soon as it disappeared.
Through hard training, Qingshi could only sense the magic power within a few hundred meters around him, which was far from meeting the standards of a desert guide.
With a talent like Bai Jin, it would probably only take a few months to reach the same perception range as him.
It turns out that people's physiques cannot be generalized.
However, such a talented person would definitely not stay to be a desert guide.
It takes ordinary people like them to help travelers get out of the desert.
“The magic power in the desert is relatively thin, so it is very convenient to practice perception. If you are in the outside world, because the magic power is too abundant, you will not be able to sense where the magic power you just controlled disappeared, so you will not be able to practice.
I will teach you how to extend your perception, just for fun."
Time passed bit by bit, and Bai Jin learned a lot of techniques from Qingshi to improve her perception range. As long as she persisted every day, her magic perception ability would be greatly improved.
But this is only limited to desert areas. Due to the lack of magic power in the desert, people's perception of magic becomes sensitive.
If we return to the outside world where magic power is abundant, the range of magic perception will be greatly reduced.
It's like throwing a beautiful woman you like into a bunch of ugly women. You can still find her no matter how far away she is. But if you throw the beautiful woman you like into a crowd of beautiful women, then even if the beautiful woman you like is only ten meters away from you, you may not be able to find her.
(End of this chapter)