novel bin Chapter 12, Level 6
Chapter 12, Level 6
Clutching the sacred magic staff gifted to him by Lauen, Lin Tian returned to the palace with a heart full of joy. Upon seeing his father and mother, he couldn't wait to show off this precious staff. The staff shimmered with a silver light under the sunlight, its embedded magic crystal core resembling a pulsating, fiery heart, radiating powerful magical energy.
The Emperor and Empress gazed at the magic wand, their eyes filled with amazement and pride. The Empress gently grasped Lin Tian's hand and instructed, "Lin Tian, the Holy Archmage Lauen values you so much, bestowing upon you such a precious gift. You must heed his teachings; he truly cares for you."
Lin Tian nodded vigorously, his eyes resolute, and said, "Mother, don't worry, I definitely will. I've seen and remembered all of Teacher Lao En's careful guidance."
After talking with his parents, Lin Tian returned to his bedroom. Sitting on the edge of his bed, he took a deep breath and began his meditation session. After an unknown amount of time, feeling increasingly exhausted, he slowly drifted off to sleep.
Spring comes and autumn goes, time flies like an arrow, and four years have passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Tian is now ten years old. Thanks to his continuous warrior training, his physical strength has reached the level of a level five warrior. He has grown to 1.7 meters tall, and his upright posture and resolute eyes make him look like a teenager if you don't look at his slightly immature face.
Because of the instructions given by Lauen and Potter that day, Lin Tian has focused on cultivating his mental power in the past few years. He has not studied the mutated fireball technique in depth. He only occasionally summons a fireball in his spare time, stares at it quietly, and carefully senses the subtle changes in the elements within it.
With the strong support of the royal family, Lin Tian's mental strength successfully broke through to the peak of the fifth-level mage before the new year. While a two-level improvement in four years might not seem like much, Lin Tian's training schedule was extremely tight. Every morning, as the first rays of sunlight shone on the palace walls, Lin Tian began his warrior training, strengthening his body and honing his will. In the morning, he would study various etiquette and art-related knowledge to improve his refinement and temperament. The afternoon was his unwavering time for magic training, where he focused on improving his magical skills and learning new spells. Only in the evening could Lin Tian calm his mind to meditate and accumulate mental strength.
As he grew older and his knowledge accumulated, his morning rituals and arts studies finally came to an end in the past year, replaced by training in warrior skills and fighting spirit. As a result, his meditation time was severely insufficient.
Lin Tian had originally planned to use his afternoons for meditation to quickly accumulate mental energy and become a Saint-level mage as soon as possible. However, one time, after excessive meditation, his mental energy was severely depleted, leaving him exhausted and even briefly unconscious. Upon learning of this, Lauen strictly limited Lin Tian's meditation time for mental energy cultivation, solemnly warning him: "Lin Tian, cultivation must not be rushed. If the consumption of mental energy exceeds the body's capacity, not only will all your previous efforts be wasted, but it may also leave hidden dangers that will affect your future cultivation path."
A mage's cultivation naturally slows down in the later stages. Lin Tian's ability to reach the peak of level five mage was not only due to his exceptional talent, but also to the royal family's generous provision of various precious resources and the methods he found that suited him to quickly enhance his mental strength.
With his breakthrough to the fifth level of magic, Lin Tian's cultivation progress slowed considerably. He racked his brains, trying to find a method similar to the Flat Sword Style that could quickly increase his mental power. He pondered for several days without any success. After all, the fire element of fire magic was too explosive, easily causing burning and destruction in many situations, making it difficult to find a suitable method.
Later, while practicing combat skills and preparing to choose a weapon, Lin Tian suddenly remembered a weapon master from the Purple Flame Warrior family, one of the four ultimate warriors Lin Lei had encountered. A thought flashed through his mind, and he decided to learn how to use fire magic to forge weapons, hoping it might help him improve his mental strength.
Lin Tian approached Lao En and excitedly shared his idea: "Teacher Lao En, I want to try forging weapons using fire magic. Do you think this will quickly improve my mental strength?"
Laun frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "That is indeed a novel idea. Forging weapons with fire magic does require precise control of the fire element, which may help improve mental strength. But the process is not easy, so be prepared to endure hardship."
Lin Tian nodded firmly: "Teacher, I'm not afraid of hardship, I'm willing to try."
After gaining Laun's approval, Lin Tian immediately began to take action. However, how to begin was also a problem. Weapon masters in the Mayan continent still used normal furnaces when forging weapons, and generally, weapon masters were warriors who cultivated battle qi, using battle qi to increase the temperature of the flames when assistance was needed.
After pondering for a long time, Lin Tian suddenly thought of the cultivation novels he had read in his previous life. In those novels, cultivators mostly used their own internal fire when refining weapons, and they didn't need to hammer or anything like that. They could directly create a single piece of the weapon. So, could he also directly melt materials and then use his mental power to control the melted materials to turn them into weapons?
Lin Tian instantly cast a large fireball, maintaining its temperature, and then added various materials. To more directly perceive the changes in the fire element, while the fireball melted the materials, Lin Tian carefully used his mental energy to sense the variations in the fire element. During the melting process, because different materials had different melting points, Lin Tian needed to constantly adjust the temperature of the fireball. His mental energy also needed to be focused on controlling the temperature. In this process, Lin Tian felt as if he had established a closer connection with the fire element, and unknowingly, his mental energy was enhanced.
With this focused training method, Lin Tian reached the peak of level 5 magician in less than a year, just a little bit away from becoming a level 6 magician.
Therefore, Lin Tian decided to forge a suitable weapon for himself and use the focus during the forging process to break through to the sixth level of magic. Due to his admiration for Zhao Zilong, the White Horse Silver Spear, in his previous life, the image of the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear appeared in his mind, so he carefully designed a weapon similar to it.
During the forging process, Lin Tian devoted himself entirely to it, continuously channeling his mental energy into it. He carefully controlled the temperature and shape of the fireball, allowing the molten material to gradually take shape according to his design. As the weapon's outline became clearer, Lin Tian's mental energy also steadily increased. Finally, at the moment the weapon was completed, a powerful fluctuation of mental energy emanated from his body, and Lin Tian's mental energy successfully broke through to level six.
Looking at the brand-new weapon in his hand, and sensing his sixth-level mage's mental power, Lin Tian felt both joy and regret, sighing, "It's a pity I didn't experience enlightenment and missed the opportunity for a surge in mental power."