Wizard Earl

Chapter 28 Elemental Properties

"Mentor, someone has placed a mark inside my body..." Hearing Reyes mention the danger, Connor finally remembered the purpose of his visit.

Reyes glanced at Connor's right arm, where the green light was located, with a half-smile. Then, he grabbed it casually, and Connor felt a strong suction. Then, the green light that had been bothering him suddenly emerged from Connor's arm!

Reyes glanced at the green dot of light, a disdainful look on his lips, and with a casual wave of his hand, the green dot of light exploded with a "bang"!

"Alright, it's nothing. Those guys from the Worshiping Cult really overreached themselves, they even dared to touch Rune!" Reyes said calmly.

Reyes spoke casually, but Connor's heart skipped a beat. Reyes's strength far exceeded his expectations; with a few effortless moves, the green light that had filled him with dread vanished without a trace. Moreover, from Reyes's words, it was clear that he already knew the green light was related to the Cult of Spirits.

"Come on, put your hand on this, let me test your elemental affinity! Theoretically speaking, a wizard can master any power, but choosing the path with the highest elemental attribute will allow you to go faster and further..." Reyes took an exquisite crystal ball from the drawer and placed it on the desk, gesturing for Connor to place his hand on it.

The crystal ball that Reyes took out was somewhat similar in appearance to the crystal ball that Connor got from Vidal, but upon closer inspection, the crystal ball that Reyes took out was obviously of a higher grade. Not only were the details more perfect, but it also seemed as if there was river water rolling inside the crystal ball.

"Mentor, my elemental talent is darkness, and there are some silver specks I don't recognize!" Connor hesitated for a moment before saying, looking at the crystal ball.

When Connor said the first part of the sentence, Reyes showed no expression on his face, but Connor noticed that when he mentioned the silver light spot, Reyes' eyelid twitched suddenly.

"It seems you've already had your elemental attributes checked, Connor, but believe me, this crystal ball will reveal your talents in even greater detail!" Reyes pointed to the crystal ball on the main table.

Seeing Reyes's insistence, Connor nodded and placed his hand on the crystal ball.

"Ding!"

As Connor placed his hand on it, the crystal ball immediately emitted a crisp sound. After three to five seconds, black mist began to rise from the originally crystal-clear ball, and within the black mist, there were bright silver specks of light, like stars in the night.

"Very good, Connor, you have the highest dark elemental attribute, which means you will have good combat power in your wizarding career. As for those silver spots, they represent the mental element, which means you also have talent in mental power. This should be good news for you..." After carefully observing the scene displayed on the surface of the crystal ball, Reyes gestured for Connor to pick it up.

Glancing thoughtfully at Connor's constipated expression, Reyes chuckled and explained, "The principle behind a wizard's extraordinary power can be simply understood as cultivating mental strength, then using that mental strength to draw runes in their divine sea, and then using those runes to absorb energy particles from the air to increase their cultivation!"

"If a wizard chooses the path of cultivation that best suits their elemental attribute, they will achieve twice the results with half the effort. Conversely, if they choose a path that their elemental attribute lacks, they will achieve half the results with twice the effort!"

"Therefore, in this process, those with the elemental attribute of mental power are very strong. Their mental power is naturally stronger than others, and they can draw runes in their divine sea much faster. Their cultivation speed is also relatively fast."

Listening quietly to Reyes's story, Connor knew that Reyes would definitely add a "but" later, otherwise, if the elemental attribute included mental abilities, Reyes would never have described it as "which should also be considered good news".

Connor was right. Sure enough, after explaining the benefits, Reyes started saying "but".

"With gain comes price. Wizards with elemental attributes and spiritual talents, although their innate spiritual power allows them to progress faster than ordinary wizards, also means they have heightened intuition. They can hear horrors that ordinary wizards cannot hear and see terrors that ordinary wizards cannot see. So, in a sense, they are lucky! But also unlucky!"

"According to unofficial statistics, wizards with mental talents among elemental attributes are more than 60% more likely to lose control during cultivation than ordinary wizards!" Reyes said, his refined smile long gone, his tone solemn and low, with a sense of shared sorrow.

"Mentor, do you also have a mental talent among your elemental attributes?" Connor asked cautiously.

When asked about Connor's question, Reyes made no attempt to hide anything, saying calmly, "The path I've chosen is the mental path, so don't be surprised if I ever lose control one day!"

Reyes's joke, intended to lighten the mood, sent a chill down Connor's spine. He seemed to see himself in the future, losing control of his cultivation and turning into a monster, neither human nor ghost, living a life worse than death.

Was choosing the path of a wizard the right thing to do, or the wrong thing? If I hadn't taken this path, with my noble status, I could at least have lived a life free from want. Although the Ferguson family had declined, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse, and a centipede dies but doesn't fall down easily. Perhaps I could have lived a peaceful life for the rest of my life.

The thought had barely crossed her mind when Connor frowned and banished it from her thoughts. Connor Ferguson wasn't a sentimental woman who hesitated to act. Now that she was a wizard, she might as well make the best of it and see what the ultimate "truth" of the wizarding path was! Having chosen a path, she would walk it to the end, even if she had to crawl!

"Ding!"

Suddenly, the wind chimes in the study rang out with a clear and melodious sound even without wind. Reyes frowned slightly, then took a small crystal ball from the bookshelf and handed it to Connor: "This is a memory crystal that can only be used once. Inside is an advanced meditation technique that I prepared for you. The basic meditation technique you are currently practicing, although it doesn't have any major problems, is only so-so in effect."

(End of this chapter)