Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 256 Is there a sweet scent in the air?

Facing Saint Shalia's concerned look, Ling Ge felt a little strange and asked, "Is taking the potion dangerous?"

He did not suffer any harm during the process of spiritual awakening.

"Yes, in the past." Saint Shallia replied, "The medicinal properties of traditional potions are not only used to stimulate spirituality, but also integrated into the body and mind, becoming a force to transform the soul. But if the soul is not strong enough and cannot withstand the medicinal properties, the soul will collapse, and then the body and mind will also be deformed, becoming a demented and crazy monster. Therefore, the mortality rate of extraordinary people under the potion system is very high. Only a small number of them die in battles, while the vast majority die from erosion, loss of control, and collapse during the advancement process."

"That sounds like a dangerous profession."

Linger sighed for the umpteenth time, then glanced at the empty glass in his hand. The golden liquid did not leave any stains on the smooth wall of the glass. “But I am taking a magician’s modern potion.”

"Then the situation I mentioned would not happen."

"If that's the case, why did you look at me like that just now?"

"I'm sorry, did I offend you?"

"No, I'm just a little curious."

After being told the Riddler by Alice several times, she began to learn how to explain certain things in the simplest possible language.

"It seems that I am lucky." Lingge put down the glass, but there was no joy on his face, because he suddenly began to agree with what Alice said: the goddess seemed unfair to humans.

"Because I'm worried about whether you are qualified to stimulate your spirituality." Saint Shallia explained, "Not all humans are qualified to stimulate their spirituality. Some people - in fact, it should be said that the vast majority of people, their spirituality is always dormant and will not be awakened by any external force. Therefore, they will never be qualified to come into contact with mysterious power in their entire lives."

"This is normal." Saint Shallia said, "Because 'premonition' is originally an illusory thing. It does not come when you need it, but comes when it is needed and gives you some enlightenment."

Not only are they the only intelligent race that is naturally unable to use magic, but even the qualifications to awaken spirituality are not something that everyone can have, but are the privilege of a few lucky people. Although from the perspective of today's era, if humans generally master magic, coupled with their complex minds, strong ambitions and terrifying fertility, the balance between humans and aliens will be completely broken.

But when the goddess created all living beings, how did she cast her sights into the world tens or even hundreds of thousands of years later, see the current scene, and take precautions in advance?

The "premonition" of the Shepherd's Path will be sublimated into a "prophecy" at Sequence 1... As he was deep in thought, Saint Shallia called him back: "Lingge, what are you thinking about?"

"kindness."

"Are you worried that I might be one of them?"

"Let's try to use your favor magic." Saint Shallia said, "Control the spirit, light up the stars... Well, to put it simply, just imagine it in your mind."

Everything was normal, nothing unusual, at least not as loud as when Fialli used magic.

The young man collected his thoughts and shook his head slightly in response to the shepherdess's clear and simple question. He did not speak out what he was thinking. After all, Saint Shallia was the offspring of the goddess. How could he slander their mother in front of her offspring?
However, he intentionally or unintentionally ignored the fact that he was actually a believer of the goddess.

Linger frowned slightly: "Then how do I determine the right time to use it?"

Lingge tried it as she said, and indeed he successfully lit up the star. The dim fruit released a soft golden glow, illuminating the cold and silent sea surface, and also cast a sacred veil over the sacred tree in the sea. Does this mean that the magic was successful? However, nothing happened.

"It's not certain, so this is why magicians are far less powerful than extraordinary people. Sequence 9 extraordinary people of the Shepherd's Path also have the blessing of 'premonition', which they call a trait. It is passive and can happen at any time. Magicians can only judge the timing of using magic and pray that during the period when the magic is effective, the mysterious fate will favor them and bring them enlightenment." Saint Shallia said, blinking her eyes: "It is said that the more sensitive a person's innate spirituality is, the greater the probability of receiving enlightenment."

“What does it mean to be naturally spiritually sensitive?”

"You can sense your own etheric sea. The etheric sea opened up by spirituality can reflect this difference most intuitively: a magician with innate spiritual sharpness can open up a more vast etheric sea, and therefore can have three magic slots in each sequence; while a magician with average innate spirituality can only have two magic slots in each sequence. Of course, the lowest is also two. People who are innately spiritually dull or even dormant cannot awaken and become magicians." Ling Ge listened to her words and carefully sensed his own etheric sea. Although the scene he "saw" showed that this ocean was very large, he got a hint in his heart: you can grow new fruits on the two nearest branches, but no more than that.

In other words, two magic bits?

Saint Shallia, who knew the result, felt regretful: "It seems that your innate spirituality is rather average, Lingge."

Lingge remained silent and did not answer. He simply calculated that from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1, a magician with innate spiritual keenness can have 27 magic slots, while a magician with innate spiritual averageness can only have 18. The gap is very obvious.

It seems that spirituality is a gap that divides ordinary people, mediocre people and geniuses.

Saint Xia Liya regarded Ling's silence as a kind of loss. She was unwilling to go deeper into this topic, fearing that Ling would be hit by it, so she changed the subject: "Ling, how long can you use this grace magic now?"

Linger felt it for a while and gave the answer: "About half an hour."

Within half an hour, you will get a mysterious premonition and may get a revelation of fate, but the probability depends on luck, which sounds much weaker than the "curiosity" of the Scholar Path. However, since it was his own choice, Lingge did not complain and accepted it calmly.

"It's okay. Once you become a magician, you can learn all the magic of Sequence 9." Saint Shallia said, taking out a square white letter from her pocket and handing it to Linger. The young man took it, unfolded it and took a look, and found that it was filled with information about various magics:

牧羊人途径序列9“牧师”的魔法【信仰亲和】与【语言艺术】、学者途径序列9“学者”的魔法【思维敏捷】与【头脑冷静】、正义途径序列9“骑士”的魔法【善恶论】、造物主途径序列9“工匠”的魔法【心灵手巧】、锚途径序列9“旅者”的魔法【身手灵敏】与【攀爬技巧】……有部分魔法后面做了标记。

"The marked magics all have insufficient materials, and the corresponding potions cannot be made for the time being." Saint Shallia said softly: "After you decide on the magic you want to learn next, I will help you prepare the potion. After you take the potion, you can build the corresponding magic model in the ether sea. With the model, you can use magic, but that is only the most superficial application. You need to absorb the free magic power from the outside world and analyze the model until you have mastered it thoroughly. The process of analyzing the model is actually a process of helping you accumulate magic power and practice magic power usage skills."

"When you have completed the analysis of all magic positions in the current sequence, the magic capacity in your body has accumulated to a certain level, and you have become more proficient in the use of magic, then you can start to try to analyze magic of a higher sequence, and you can advance after the analysis is completed. For a magician, the improvement of the sequence is a process of accumulation, analysis, and experimentation. People who are knowledgeable, have rational thinking logic, and know how to summarize experience are more likely to advance. Unlike extraordinary people, they need to digest potions and temper their souls, bodies, and spirits until they can withstand the potency of the next sequence of potions without collapsing. Therefore, before Sequence 4, magicians advance much faster than extraordinary people."

"However, the strength of a magician cannot be judged purely by the sequence level, but by how many magics he has learned and what types of magic he has learned. Although some magicians have a high sequence, they have only learned auxiliary magic. Such magicians are naturally not as strong as their counterparts who focus all their energy on offensive magic. You should be able to understand this principle, right, Lingge?"

She asked, Linger nodded slightly, then pressed his finger on a line of words on the letter paper: "Then, I want to learn this magic."

Have you decided so quickly?

This was a rare thing considering Lingge's personality, and Saint Xia Liya thought he would think about it for a longer time.

Saint Shallia glanced at the magic he was going to learn, raised no objection, and whispered, "Shami."

"Roger that!"

The elf Xie Mi, who had been watching the show on the side, finally got his chance to show his skills. He once again got into the canvas backpack on the lamb's back and rummaged around, looking for ingredients for the potion.

Saint Shallia quietly watched the materials being placed on the table. Suddenly, she said to the young man beside her in a voice that only she and Lingge could hear: "Learning magic is not a difficult thing. You can definitely do it, Lingge."

Ling Ge was slightly startled, then looked away unnaturally: "Thank you."

"what?"

Xie Mi in the backpack held a material and sniffed it with a puzzled look on his face: "What is this, is it sweet?"

"So sweet."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)