Chapter 8 Mutation

  "Kowtowing? What a strange custom, no, no."

  The great magician heard that Lin Feng was willing to learn magic with him, so he quickly took out a magic ball from his own pocket and placed it in front of Lin Feng: "To become a magician, the first thing you need to have is the ability to perceive magical elements. This is a magic ball, which is used to test whether you have the ability to sense magical elements. You just need to put your hand on the magic ball and follow my instructions, that's all."

  Lin Feng nodded and stretched out a small hand to place it on the magic ball in front of him.

  "Close your eyes, concentrate and then tell me what you see."

  The great magician began to use the magic ball to concentrate the magical elements. Only by concentrating the magical elements can a beginner feel the magical elements in the air for the first time. If they still cannot sense the magical elements, it means that this person does not possess the ability to perceive magical elements.

  "Hmm... I see various colored small particles floating around me, green, red, yellow, blue..."

  Lin Feng said what he saw according to the great magician's instructions.

  "Alright, you can open your eyes and remove your hands now. The green, red, yellow, and blue represent the wind, fire, earth, and water elements of magic respectively. You being able to see these means you possess magical perception abilities."

  The great magician recalled the magic ball, with a hint of excitement in his tone, and continued: "Alright, next is to test your spiritual power. If your spiritual power is extremely low, then it's also impossible for you to become a magician."

  "Wait, great magician."

  Lin Feng suddenly furrowed his brow: "According to what you just said, the four colors I sensed represent the four types of magic, but you also mentioned earlier that aside from these four types of magic, there are also light and dark magic. Why can't I sense them?"

  "Alright, kiddo, unless you join the Holy See or the Dark See and receive a baptism to become a being of light or darkness, you won't have the ability to sense these two elements. However, if you do become one of these two types of beings, you'll no longer be able to sense any other magical elements, that's the special nature of holy and dark magic."

  The great magician stretched out a palm in front of Lin Feng: "Don't ask any other questions for now, I'm going to test your spiritual strength. If you're ready, close your eyes and don't think about anything."

  Lin Feng closed his eyes after hearing that, but when he sensed the magical elements earlier, apart from those four magical elements, he also felt the presence of ions in the air. Of course, as for the matter of ions, the great magician before him didn't understand it any better than himself, so there was no need to tell him at all.

  As soon as he closed his eyes, Lin Feng immediately felt the rough old hand of the great magician touch his forehead, and then he felt a surge of energy enter his brain.

  "Alright, kid, your mental strength is quite impressive, it's beyond my expectations. Your mental strength has already reached the level of a second-class magician."

  The great magician withdrew his palm, but the voice couldn't hide the joy. Lin Feng was so young and already had such a strong spiritual power. Although his perception ability was average, it was enough to become a magician. Even if Lin Feng didn't have that strange talent called "electric current", he had already thought of taking Lin Feng as an apprentice.

  After all, a suitable disciple is hard to find, and at his age, he might suddenly pass away at any moment. He didn't want to take the results of his life's magical research into the grave with him.

  It's just that he has always had very high demands for his apprentices, and as a result, he hasn't found one yet. But Lin Feng now really makes him want to take on an apprentice. Magical perception can be improved gradually when using magic in the future, but having such strong spiritual power at such a young age is something he has never seen before in his life.

  "So that means I can learn magic from you now?"

  Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes and finally revealed a hint of a smile: "Then you'd better teach me quickly!"

  "Haha, alright, little guy, don't be in a rush, first listen to me explain the principles of magic, otherwise you'll take a lot of detours when you start learning."

  The great magician saw Lin Feng agree to become his apprentice, and he couldn't help but feel elated: "So-called magic is nothing more than the magical elements in the world being stirred up through the powerful spiritual force of a magician, with incantations as the medium..."

  Lin Feng interrupted in confusion: "Induce? Isn't it absorbed into the body?"

  "Little guy, you forgot again! You shouldn't interrupt me when I'm speaking!"

  The great magician scolded Lin Feng with a sentence, and his emotions suddenly became agitated: "Damn it! What absorption into the body, do you want to die?!"

  Lin Feng was smart this time and didn't say a word, but he raised an eyebrow instead.

  "That's the energy of nature, how can it be absorbed into the body?! With our mages' weak bodies, I'm afraid that if we absorb magical elements, we'll immediately explode and die!"

  Finally, the great magician's voice gradually calmed down: "So, I want to remind you not to try to absorb magical energy into your body. What we need to do is just to activate these energies."

  Lin Feng stuck out his tongue, although he didn't say anything, but in his heart, he couldn't help but think: just now, I clearly felt the existence of ions in the air, shouldn't those ions be considered magical elements too? The electric current on my body is what I've been absorbing bit by bit from the air over the past ten years since arriving in this world. However, the ions in the air are only static electricity and extremely weak. If it weren't for me having gained control over electricity after crossing over, I probably wouldn't have been able to absorb those weak ions into my body, let alone convert them into electric current.

  I suppose there's no such thing as "thunder magic" in this world, probably because the air only contains static electricity.

  It's probably because I've been absorbing ions in the air for years that I was able to possess the mental strength of a 2nd class magician at such a young age.

  "Alright, kiddo, stop daydreaming and whatever you do, don't try to absorb magical elements into your body."

  The great magician let out a deep sigh: "In the days to come, you just need to improve your spiritual power and practice magic more. At night, I will tell you the method of meditation. As long as you meditate according to my method, your spiritual power will grow rapidly. Now, you have to tell me which system of magic do you want to learn?"

  "Of course it's fire magic, aren't you a great fire magic master, teacher?"

  Lin Feng shrugged, he didn't care about which school of magic it was. He chose fire magic simply because the old man in front of him was a renowned great magician of the fire school. By learning fire magic from him, Lin Feng would definitely progress much faster than if he were to learn other schools of magic from him. After all, this old man's lifelong experience and insights into fire magic would undoubtedly help Lin Feng avoid many detours.

  "Haha, the little guy's choice is not bad. Our fire magic is the strongest attacking magic among the four elemental magics, although its defensive power is slightly weaker. However, offense is the best defense. If we only knew how to defend like that earth magic, how could we kill the enemy?"

  The great magician looked at Lin Feng with a benevolent expression, as if to say "this child is worth teaching", just as he was about to continue talking endlessly about the benefits of fire magic, when suddenly a woman's terrified scream came from outside the house!

  "Ah——"

  Upon hearing the terrified scream, Lin Feng's face changed instantly and he subconsciously rushed towards the door. Before he could even open it, he anxiously shouted to the great magician: "It's my mother!"