When anyone is distracted, this will not attract special attention, but for a person like Amon who has always had a stable temperament, it is abnormal for a long time. He is already a second-level divine magician, and he has already mastered the basic meditation of divine magic very proficiently, but suddenly he can't enter the introspective state of concentration, and there are always various distracting thoughts that are out of control. Obstacles to continue practicing divine arts.
This kind of obstacle does not appear out of thin air, but when a person's heart is very stable, things that may not be thought about on weekdays or forgotten memories emerge in the depths of the mind. A third-level magician can learn middle-level magic, which requires absolute inner stability in a state of meditation, and enters a state that will not be disturbed by messy information from the outside world and various distracting thoughts in the heart. So before that, he had to pass this test and absorb his body and mind into an unprecedented subtle state.
This test is called the firmness of faith, and it actually tests a person's determination and concentration. For magicians, faith is a very important help, because at this time people tend to be irritable and cranky, and have doubts about the magic they have learned and the teachers who teach them. Devout belief in the gods can help to settle down and break through to a deeper state of tranquility.
If you understand the true meaning of this kind of test, you should know how to face it, and you don't need to pray to the gods. In the final analysis, it is still a kind of self-test.
Amon suddenly figured it out, and lamented that the more pious people are, the easier it is to pass such a test. For a person like him, if he doesn't understand the truth, he will probably be stuck at this stage for the rest of his life. not before.
Amon has developed a good habit since he was a child. He will not bother with useless things, and he will do the things that need to be done first with peace of mind. So he no longer thinks about how to pass this test, nor does he think about the unreachable goal of how to unlock the secrets of the gods, but he still practices the basic meditation of divine arts every day, and tries to maintain stability in the state of various distracting thoughts .
He also told Link and Medanzuo to try not to disturb him during this time, and to practice divine arts by themselves.
Medan Zuo had stayed in the dwarf tribe for a long time this time, and worried about the situation at home, he needed to go back. Before leaving, he came to bid farewell to Amon with a heavy leather bag on his back. Amon taught him the complete secrets of several low-level divine arts, and told him what the next test was, and called Link together to make them make an oath.
On the Tianshu Continent, people believe that the oath is valid, and the oath that Amon asked them to swear is very special, that is, they are asked to keep the secret of learning magic from him, and they cannot use this to betray or hurt him, otherwise Words cannot pass the various tests that he will face in the future such as "firmness of faith", "temptation of the devil", "integration of body and mind".
This kind of oath is indeed very effective. Amon is not very clear about the next test, but after he understands "firmness of faith" as "firmness of faith", he also understands that in order to pass the test, there must be no hesitation in his mind. The oath is the seed sown in the faith.
Mei Danzuo's knapsack was filled with fine iron blanks and a few pieces of the best horse leather billets. An imposing mid-level warrior actually did the hard work of mountain climbing with heavy loads, and also did small business and smuggling. Skills are really not in vain! Ordinary people can't do this job.
Amon asked curiously: "You are not too tired, how much are these things worth?"
Mei Danzuo patted his leather pocket and said, "Dozens of gold coins! Just these few pieces of horse leather billets are worth five gold coins!" He took out three fist-sized horse leather billets from his backpack, It is the finest iron that has been smelted but not yet made into utensils, and it is displayed in front of Amon in a somewhat ostentatious manner.
Amon has worked with iron mines and furnaces since he was a child, and his staff is made of the same high-quality iron, but in the Kingdom of Baron, the name of this high-quality iron is called horse leather. Medanzuo was showing off how valuable this thing was, but Amon was a little surprised—it turned out that this thing wasn't too valuable, and it was only sold for five gold coins in the distant capital of King Baron after going through all kinds of hardships and hardships to carry it out of the mountains.
High-grade refined iron is the exclusive material of the kingdom in Duke Town, and it is mined and handed over to the city-state. The town only pays the blacksmith's wages and not the purchase of refined iron, and most of the wages are directly offset by the received mine cores , so Amon didn't know how much refined iron was worth.
After showing off, Mei Danzuo put the three pieces of horse-leather steel into his rucksack and put them away carefully, and said to Amon, "The harvest this time is really not small. The most important thing is that I learned the magic with you. You are my teacher and my teacher." Guide, in my mind, I would like to call you the God of Amon just like Link... You must go to Baron City when you have time, I will try my best to give you the best hospitality, and I will also make a small fortune this time Woolen cloth."
Amon thought for a while and said, "I won't stay here forever. I really plan to visit Baron in the future. You take this sacred stone. It takes a lot of energy to practice divine magic. I'm afraid you won't have time to run around all the time." make money."
Amon casually gave Mei Danzuo a divine stone, Mei Danzuo's eyes widened, and Link's jaw almost fell off. The two were tongue-tied for a long time before Link gasped and said, "God Amon! You are too generous."
Medan Zuo stammered and said, "My God! Amon, how could I accept such a precious gift from you."
Amon secretly thought that a god stone is not worth such a fuss, right? In the Duke town where he lived, the best wine, one god stone can only buy two barrels, and the merchant can at most send a sheep as an extra discount. These two uninformed guys haven't heard of the Eye of the Earth before, so they don't know how much the black god stone they used is worth, otherwise they would faint from fright
"This is not a gift. You swore an oath to me and promised to wait for me in the city of Baron. And I taught you the magic, and I hope you can concentrate on practicing the magic. This is to let you go back and settle your family first. With my own, I will practice hard at home during this period of time. I will look for you in the future, you can just wait with peace of mind." Amon smiled and told Mei Danzuo, and put the god stone in his hand.
Mei Danzuo was so excited and moved that tears almost came down, and he patted his chest and said a lot of words of admiration. Of course Amon made sense in doing so. On the mainland, I have never seen any noble magician working hard to make a living by himself, let alone carrying heavy refined iron ore for thousands of miles to do private business. Practicing divine arts also requires a stable environment, otherwise Amon would not have chosen to stay in the tribe of cave dwellers.
It would take several months for Mei Danzuo to travel to and from the remote mountain tribes, and he would be lucky if he could bring back something worth dozens of gold coins. After excluding the items exchanged with the tribe and the travel expenses, he would not even be able to earn half a god stone at a time. . Amon gave him a sacred stone, which was at least worth the money he earned from reselling refined iron for a year.
Mei Danzuo left with a thousand thanks, and begged Amon repeatedly before leaving, don't forget, he must go to Baron City to find him. Link and Amon sent him outside the village, and when they came back, they looked at Amon pitifully and said nothing. Link's careful thinking is quite obvious. He is also a student of Amon. If the teacher gave Medanzuo such a precious thing, he might give him something too.
Amon saw it, and after returning to the village, he said to Link: "I have a story. There was a town mayor who asked the town's children to herd sheep and gave him two silver coins a month. Later, the child was unable to herd sheep because of something. Then I asked the other boy if he could give a silver coin to keep the sheep for a month? The other child agreed. Do you think the mayor owes him a silver coin?"
The story of Amon is not made up. The mayor is Dusty, and the child who took a silver coin and let go of the sheep for a month is himself. Link was very clever, and immediately understood what Amon meant, and quickly explained: "God Amon, I didn't say anything, and I didn't dare to ask you for the God Stone. I just envy Mei Danzuo! You taught me I am magical and bestowed on me the power of a god, I should only thank you and give you my good things, how can you say that you owe me anything?"
Amon smiled, and went back to his hut to take out a beautiful copper bottle and handed it to Link, saying, "You and your clansmen respect me very much, and I have enjoyed a lot of food and wine, and this wine bottle is Give it to you. As the patriarch, you still use clay pots to store wine in your family, so you need this thing to decorate. As for the sacred stone, you already have it on your staff, and Medanzo, as a magician who privately learns magic , I need to use the god stone a lot. He often borrows your staff here, I have seen it."
Link took the copper vase, which was considered the most exquisite artifact in their clan, and the clansmen here had never seen it before. Amon's father bought it for fifteen silver coins. Schrödinger drank all the wine in it, and the bottle was also very beautiful. Link held it in his arms like a baby, and went home happily.
In the next few days, Amon only concentrated on practicing the basics of divine arts and meditation, and the disturbing thoughts gradually settled down, and his soul seemed to sneak into a deeper and quieter world. Sitting there, he seemed to have another pair of invisible eyes that could see his body and mind, and knew exactly what he was thinking. He had an unprecedented experience, and the world outside him became clear.
The power cultivated by magicians needs to communicate with the outside world and learn how to control various energies. Only when one's mind is stable and overcomes distractions can one perceive the world more clearly.
Amon intentionally but unintentionally, one night when he was practicing meditation, he suddenly entered this state unintentionally. Naturally, he unintentionally tried a middle-level divine art, which was the divine detection art that he had experienced for a long time. In the dark night, there is no need to open your eyes, the subtle sounds outside the house can be heard so clearly, as if you can see bugs crawling by the corner of the wall along with the sound.
He successfully passed the test of "firmness of faith". Being able to use at least one middle-level magic technique is one of the criteria for assessing a third-level magician. Although Amon hadn't read the classics of detecting the divine art, he understood the most basic puppet eye art principle from the comprehensive induction of various elements regardless of each other. It has long been summarized in the divine arts classics, and Amon has also explored this step by himself.
While he was pondering over this novel detection method, he suddenly heard thunder rolling from the distant horizon.