Unleashing Magic, Exploring Talent

Chapter 11 Unleashing Magic, Exploring Talent

Mo Fan's subsequent exposure of his fire element inevitably caused some minor commotion. Mu Bai and Zhao Kun's faces turned even paler, and the corners of the homeroom teacher Xue Musheng's mouth unconsciously curved up a bit.

After the Awakening Gift Ceremony, each class was led back by their homeroom teacher to prepare for the freshmen's first class in high school.

Without any of the usual entrance education, Xue Musheng immediately began teaching the essentials and precautions of magic cultivation.

"Students, casting magic only involves three simple steps: meditation, control, and release!" Xue Musheng slapped the blackboard and shouted.

"Concentrate your mind, empty your thoughts, and banish all the clutter from your head! Once the magical stardust you've awakened emerges in your empty world, you've completed your meditation! Now, give it a try!"

Meditation is really simple; most students can get into the state relatively smoothly after a few attempts.

In just a moment, almost all the students in the classroom entered a meditative state.

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After school, it was already evening. Ling Tianyu said goodbye to Mo Fan and the other person and went to a park near Tianlan Magic High School by himself.

The trees were lush and the shadows were long in the setting sun. Birds hopped and frolicked, and the evening breeze carried the fragrance of the trees. Ling Tianyu took a deep breath and felt completely relaxed. He could vaguely sense the plant-type stardust cheering and jumping for joy, as if it was thoroughly enjoying the environment.

This is a cultivation technique that Ling Tianyu discovered by chance not long ago. As long as he cultivates in a place full of natural energy, his meditation efficiency is about 20% higher than usual, and he can control the stars more easily.

Ling Tianyu closed his eyes, his consciousness escaping into the sea of ​​his mind. The seven emerald green plant-type stars before him streaked across the universe like shooting stars, flying swiftly.

"Come on, get in line!"

Ling Tianyu released his spiritual power and dispersed his spiritual thoughts, transmitting them to the Stars.

The first star answered the call and successfully arrived at its designated orbit, followed by the second, the third...

"My mental strength is still too weak. I'm already struggling to divide it into six strands." Ling Tianyu let out a long breath, his mental focus was extremely concentrated, and he carefully divided his mental focus into another strand.

"Hold on, hold on! Don't let the first star escape!"

Controlling the stars is like setting up dominoes; if one link in the chain goes wrong, all efforts are wasted, and you have to start all over again, needlessly expending a lot of mental energy.

Under Ling Tianyu's coaxing and cajoling, the seventh star finally reluctantly moved to its workstation to work with its six colleagues to guide magical energy.

Star trails appear, magic manifests!

"Vines grow!"

Ling Tianyu was surrounded by vitality, radiating emerald light, and dazzling star trails streaked across his black pupils.

A snake-like magical vine broke through the surface soil and, guided by Ling Tianyu, quickly wrapped around a lush tree in front of him.

The tree's bark is extremely tough; the first-level magic vines cannot penetrate its defenses and can only bind it tightly.

However, the effect is powerful enough that even violent mages like lightning and fire mages would find it difficult to turn the tide once they were restricted by his magic vines.

In the second level, [Vine Transformation: Pursuit], the magical vines become even more resilient and can automatically lock onto targets with life force, requiring no manual control from the mage. Therefore, at the second level, the mage can control multiple magical vines, resulting in a significant increase in control over their abilities.

The third level, [Vine Transformation - Binding], further enhances the toughness of the second level and adds binding power, instantly controlling the target tightly. Even a powerful demon servant would find it difficult to break free in a short time.

"plunder!"

Ling Tianyu activated his plant-type innate talent, [Plunder]. The lush trees in front of him withered and turned yellow at a visible speed, and the fallen leaves flew away. In no time, only bare tree trunks remained, which were extremely conspicuous in the lush forest.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, it's mainly because I didn't control the force well during my first experiment."

"I'll restore you to your original state right away!" Ling Tianyu said, then returned the life force he had absorbed intact.

The tree seemed to have been turned back on, transforming from an ancient, venerable tree into a lush, green one, its vitality even more pronounced than before.

Ling Tianyu hadn't thought much about it; he simply infused the life energy from the demonic vine into the tree, and unexpectedly, he was pleasantly surprised.

Could it be that I can not only absorb the life force of plants, but also generate life energy myself? If so, why would I need a healing type? Plant type is awesome!

The brief joy did not dispel Ling Tianyu's rationality. He quickly pondered, "Such talent is of great importance, especially this 'life bestowal,' which is nothing short of a panacea for elderly mages whose lifespan is nearing its end and whose death is imminent. Although death is difficult to avoid, it can greatly delay the process of passing away."

In this respect, even healing-type effects cannot compare to Ling Tianyu's plant-based side effects.

Many mages who have mastered forbidden spells are elderly men with white hair. What they pursue is no longer the improvement of their magical realm, but rather a frantic search for ways to prolong their lives. If they knew about his talent, the consequences... Ling Tianyu shuddered.

"This must be kept secret!"

Overall, though, today was very fruitful!

Time flies, and half a year has passed quietly.

During these six months, the stimulus of the Bo City crisis and the desire to become stronger forced Ling Tian to concentrate on cultivation, refine his plant-type stardust, solidify his foundation, and set aside time to control the cursed child.

If Plant Star is a quiet-looking but wildly energetic tomboy, then Curse Star is a complete yandere. She seems harmless, but if you do anything that doesn't go her way, well, she'll unleash a merciless mental curse on you!

Although it cannot harm the soul, the pain is extremely real, and it often takes him a few minutes to regain control.

Of course, there are gains and losses. Under such tempering, Ling Tianyu's mental strength is improving little by little, which is an extra benefit that he does not have when cultivating the plant system.

These improvements, accumulated over time, are still far from enough to allow his mental strength to reach the level of "Entry into the Realm." After all, it is a realm that only high-level mages can reach. For someone with only initial cultivation, unless they possess the mental talent of a "victim" like Ding Yumin, it can only be achieved in dreams.

However, improving mental strength is not without its benefits. Putting aside other things, just considering magic types like curses, which are particularly dependent on mental strength, even a slight difference in mental strength can lead to defeat!

Even if one is only at the initial stage of the first realm of spiritual cultivation, the bonus to curse-type abilities is equivalent to that of elemental spirit seeds.

In general, the spiritual realm is divided into nine realms. The first to third realms amplify power similar to spirit seeds, the fourth to sixth realms are similar to soul seeds, and the seventh realm and above are comparable to heavenly seeds. As for whether there is a higher tenth realm? Ling Tianyu estimates that there is, but with the human physique, spiritual power is already at its limit at the ninth realm. Mo Fan also broke through the limit later with the help of the [Black Dragon Set], barely reaching the [Pseudo-Tenth Realm].

Cursed stars are indeed troublesome, but the rewards are also extremely rich. For example, the improvement in mental strength has led to higher cultivation efficiency. Since waking up, more than half a year has passed, and the plant magic has broken through to the second level, and the curse magic can also be skillfully released.

In the original timeline, Mo Fan only managed to cast lightning magic for half a year, while his fire magic remained completely unaffected. No, wait, it seems to have been five months? Never mind, it doesn't matter anyway.

(End of this chapter)