Ma Qi's voice lowered: "I, I, I just got impatient, and I want to ask where you picked up the ore core?... Amon, we are neighbors, and I watched you grow up Yes, how could I hurt you?… I apologize for what happened tonight, even if it didn’t happen, if you forgive me, I will…”
His words came to an abrupt end here, and Amon saw the most bizarre scene in his life. A layer of imperceptible thin ice had condensed on the ground, but at this moment it suddenly spread and wrapped around Ma Qi's body, freezing him completely. Immediately afterwards, countless cracks appeared in the thin ice, which shattered densely, and Ma Qi's body also shattered into countless small pieces.
The ice layer disappeared immediately, leaving only a dark red mark on the ground, flesh and mud, and Ma Qi disappeared forever without a sound.
Amon looked up, and it was indeed the old lunatic who came, and he couldn't tell what kind of magic this great magician just used, freezing, space cutting? Casting them at the same time with a flick of the finger, Ma Qi disappeared without even asking. It was the first time for Amon to see a murder with his own eyes, and it was such a weird and frightening scene. After taking a few breaths, he asked, "Old lunatic, you just killed him like this, and you didn't ask him clearly?"
The old lunatic's face was watery: "He has been following you for ten days, and he has been to your house three times in the middle of the night. Today, he suddenly charged at you in such a place with a sledgehammer. What other possibility do you think?"
Amon was taken aback: "He's been to my house? While I'm not around!"
The old lunatic nodded: "Yes, although you were calm a few days ago, you were not meticulous enough. You made progress and breakthroughs tonight, and you discovered him. You should always pay attention to the subtle changes in the environment. How important is it?... Sigh, this may be asking too much of you, after all, you are just a child! Anyway, you didn’t beat him to death with a stick immediately, which shows that you have passed the test of desire and impulse.”
Amon asked back with some puzzlement: "You said that I passed the test of desire and impulse, but why did you kill people without asking, at least let him explain clearly." When he spoke, he looked at the dark red on the ground with lingering fear. The traces still haven't calmed down.
The old lunatic: "Child, you don't need to ask some nonsense! What you have to learn is not only magic or physical skills, but more importantly, how to see the world clearly. Otherwise, what's the use of only power? The power of beasts is great, you Want to be as ignorant as a beast?"
Amon: "Ignorance? I just want to ask why he came here, what he wanted to do just now, did he want to catch me or kill me?"
The old lunatic pointed at the traces on the ground: "If you want to catch a child, you don't need to swing such a hammer, let alone burst out with such speed and power. He is a sure-fire blow... He wants to kill him without even asking." You, maybe he was worried that he would not be able to make a move, so instead he used the most direct method without hesitation."
Amon couldn't help shivering slightly: "Are you so sure?"
The old lunatic sighed again: "Ma Qi knows you, he is a neighbor in the small town. He has watched you grow up since he was a child, and he is familiar with you. But he didn't mask his face today, so he didn't think about it if you recognized him. What should you do when you come? That can only explain one thing, before he came, he never thought that you could still tell this matter. "
Amon bowed his head and said: "I really didn't expect Ma Qi to do such a thing. He deserves to die, but I was also at fault. If I hadn't brought You Lan Shuixin out to force Xiao Gu that day, maybe there would be no disaster today."
The old lunatic nodded lightly: "Do you know he was sent by Xiao Gu?"
Amon: "After you reminded me, why didn't I think of it? He didn't even hide his face. He didn't just want to grab something, but killed people directly. Then it can only be Xiao Gu's instigation, and Ma Qi is Xiao Gu's servant."
The old lunatic came over and patted Amon on the back, as if to comfort him: "You just said that you were at fault, and that is only your own business. These have nothing to do with Ma Qi's fate. To him, you are not wrong at all. None... You can kill him or not, but if you want to forgive a person for a certain purpose, you must first understand two things."
Amon raised his head and said, "Which two things?"
The old lunatic replied slowly: "First, you must know clearly that when anyone makes a certain choice, he has chosen the corresponding consequence, whether he is willing or not. For example, since Ma Qi decided to do so, He should bear the consequences of being killed, whether he realizes it or not.
Second, if you choose to forgive and forgive, you must understand and be able to bear the consequences of this forgiveness. You have to be clear whether doing this is resolving hatred, or causing more harm to yourself or others... As for Ma Qi, as a third-level warrior, it is impossible for him not to notice that you just used a magic spell to kill you. If you don't, you will definitely report on you. You have done nothing wrong, but he wants your life. "
Amon lowered his head again and said: "You don't need to say so much, in fact, there is no need for Ma Qi to go back and report. You have already told me that he is a third-level warrior. I just let him go, and he can kill me."
The old lunatic laughed again as if mocking himself: "I can't remember how many people I have killed in my life. This is the first time I have explained so much to a child. Amon, this is the first time you have seen someone kill someone face to face , I am much calmer than when I was a child! Remember what happened today, there is a first time for everything, and experience is the wealth of life."
Amon looked at the ground, and replied with a dazed expression: "Ma Qi is dead, he died of his own trap, and also died of Xiao Gu's desire. But Xiao Gu is still there, what should we do?"
"You can figure it out! Think about it, what would you do without me?" The old lunatic replied. After thinking about it, he probably felt that it was too embarrassing for a child, and looked at the city in the distance with a mocking look. Ke Zhen glanced at him and said, "If you're smart, you actually don't need to do anything. The time now is precious, and it's not worth wasting it for that kind of person."
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Amon quickly understood why the old lunatic said "no need to do anything". Master Xiao Gu is ill again, this time the illness is not serious, and he has lost weight obviously, and looks worried all day long. He didn't bother to find Amon again, and occasionally wandered around the town, and would even take a detour when he saw Amon from afar, as if he didn't dare to see Amon.
Ma Qi was considered an important person in Duke Town, so it was quite a disturbance to just disappear out of thin air. There was a lot of talk, and his family and helpful neighbors looked around, but there was no news. Ma Qi's wife cried all day long, and the family members went to the Muyun Temple to pray to the guardian goddess full of anxiety.
I don’t know if Goddess Mu Yun heard the prayers of Ma Qi’s family. Anyway, the priest heard it. It is said that Xiao Gu also gave a large sum of money to appease Ma Qi’s family. The townspeople were very moved and surprised!
Paying that tax for Amon, Xiao Gu almost didn't go bankrupt, so how could he be so kind as to spend a large sum of money? Because he felt guilty and scared, he didn't know what happened to Ma Qi. Ma Qi lost his way in the black fire forest, was killed by mistake, was caught and imprisoned for interrogation, and escaped after the incident was revealed...and so on.
Xiao Gu was even prepared. If Ma Qi was captured by mistake and confessed to be his instigation, he would deny it outright and firmly insisted that he had nothing to do with it. It was Ma Qi who became greedy when he saw Amon possessing so many god stones , So I want to murder for money. Anyway, there is no circumstantial evidence, and there is no basis for empty words. Ma Qi's testimony cannot be used against a nobleman like him, but will be added with a charge of framing.
But this kind of thing didn't happen, Ma Qi disappeared without a trace like air, but Mayor Dusty once asked when he came to see his condition, was there any clue that Ma Qi disappeared? Of course Xiao Gu said that he didn't know anything about it, but somehow felt that the mayor's eyes were a little strange, which made him uneasy.
Xiao Gu really wanted to know what happened? I felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching. Ma Qi was sent by him to kill Amon, but Amon came back unscathed, as if nothing had happened. Xiao Gu didn't dare to ask Amon, for fear of revealing his guilty conscience, but he couldn't figure out how this happened, so the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.
In the end, Xiao Gu was tortured by himself and couldn't stand it, so he asked the mayor for leave, went to the city-state to find a better magician to see a doctor, and temporarily "escaped" Duke Town while sick.
What was Amon doing during this time? He didn't have time to pay attention to Xiao Gu, the old lunatic taught him a lot of things, to be exact, he was not teaching, but just instilling, explaining almost all the content of low-level first-level magic arts to him. It was impossible for Amon to practice one by one in such a short period of time, and the old lunatic didn't ask him to practice, but just asked him to remember as much as possible.
No matter how good a great magician is, it is impossible to be proficient in all divine arts, but he must understand them and know how to deal with various situations. On the other hand, the old lunatic didn't know what Amon would be best at in the future. He seemed to be unable to wait to observe slowly, so he laid such a foundation for Amon. Such a method of teaching divine arts is almost invisible in the major temples.
Amon worked so hard that he could only memorize so many complicated magic formulas in a state of concentration, which is more tiring than mining. In contrast, it is much easier to learn physical skills that use strength. The old lunatic just asked him to memorize and understand various low-level divine arts, but it was physical arts that Amon was practicing during this time.
The first level of physical skill needs to awaken the power of explosion, which has already been done for Amon, and the old lunatic asked him to use this power. Sending and receiving power from the heart is included in the art of miners in Duke Town, but from the perspective of physical art itself, its earliest purpose is for people to exercise a strong self, and the most important skill in reality is used in fighting, so Also known as martial arts.
The old lunatic is not very good at fighting skills, so he only let Amon use that "twig" to practice and feel how to use power by himself. A great magician like him does not need to fight with a sword, but in fact, many magicians believe that it is against their noble status to engage in rough hand-to-hand combat.
There are a lot of important fighting experiences that need to be better mastered in the actual fighting experience, and the old lunatic can't teach them too much. As for strength, accuracy, agility and endurance, Amon can practice in normal times.
Amon felt very tired mentally. If it wasn't for the divine arts practice some time ago, he could hardly remember the content of the divine arts explained by the old lunatic, but his body became stronger and stronger, and he felt more and more relaxed and comfortable. But just after Xiao Gu left Duke Town, suddenly, Amon became "sick" too!
Amon has no concept of "disease" at all. He has never been sick since he was a child, so the illness came suddenly and strangely, and he often had chills and fever, as if he had just bathed in a cold spring two years ago. The strange thing is that he accidentally broke his leg two years ago, and sprained one shoulder and back a year ago. These injuries have healed up long ago, but now it seems to have happened again, and the previous injuries are always faint. The pain was unbearable.
On the surface, he tried his best not to show abnormalities, and he didn't want to worry his father, but he endured it secretly, and it was almost difficult to accurately control the iron rod when practicing physical skills. The old lunatic gave him a healing technique. The healing technique of an eighth-level great magician can only relieve Amon's pain but not the disease. Various minor problems still recur.
Amon didn't know what was going on with him. Although he wasn't afraid, he was a little worried, and the old lunatic looked very happy instead.
The old lunatic saw Amon's worry, and one day he finally smiled and said, "Son, have you been feeling hard these days? Speaking of which, I have to thank you. From you, I have confirmed a conclusion I have drawn over the years. And You really didn't disappoint me, you faced a new test so soon."
Amon asked puzzledly: "What conclusion? What test? I remember you once said that the first test to become a magician is the 'awakening of desire', and to practice low-level magic to the peak, The next test to go through is 'firmness of faith', which has nothing to do with my current situation?"
The old lunatic shook his head lightly: "This is not just a test faced by magicians. Since you have awakened the power of two sides of one body, what you are facing is also a test of two sides of one body. I call it 'purity of the body'. It should be encountered when practicing Taishu, but it is often ignored by people. There is no clear record in the classics of Taishu. Before explaining it, let me tell you an experience. It is summarized from the lessons of countless casualties. "