American comics: Incredible comprehension, hand-crafted forbidden spells

Lin Jie returned to his dormitory with a head full of questions and stuffed the Stone Sword, which had caused a major earthquake as soon as it was forged, under his bed.

After a full day of intense magical exertion, he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

The next morning, warm sunlight pierced through the thick fog and shone on the newly restored stone bricks of the ruins.

Lin Jie got up feeling refreshed, stretched, and strolled into the main hall where the Supreme Master practiced.

"Good morning, Master." Lin Jie rubbed his sore eyes and yawned.

Ancient One, holding a folding fan, looked over calmly: "I heard that last night, you were already able to cast magic in your soul form?"

Hearing this, Lin Jie reached up and scratched his head: "Master, you know everything that happened last night?"

Gu Yi stood up, poured a steaming cup of tea and handed it to him: "It's early in the morning, have some tea to warm your stomach first."

Lin Jie obediently took it and glanced at it, his eye twitching involuntarily.

Chrysanthemum tea again.

He felt a pang of unease.

Lately, whenever he sees the little yellow flowers floating on the water, an image of Thor clutching his butt and howling automatically pops into his mind.

To be honest, it's been quite a few days since I've seen that big, dumb Asgardian.

"Do you know why, despite causing the God-King so much trouble, he hasn't come to settle accounts with you yet?" Gu Yi asked slowly, watching Lin Jie drink his tea.

Lin Jie shook his head; he was genuinely puzzled by this.

Odin, as the ruler of the nine realms, was even more irritable than Thor in his youth.

He had tormented Odin quite a bit, and by all accounts, he should have been punished by the gods and turned into charred remains long ago. But apart from looking a little unpleasant each time, Odin hadn't really done anything to him.

Lin Jie himself felt wronged. He was only somewhat familiar with two places in this universe: Dormammu's Dark Dimension and Asgard.

Whenever he urgently needs to use teleportation or summoning, his mind involuntarily focuses on those two places, and there's nothing he can do about it.

"Because Ragnarok is coming." The Ancient One looked at Lin Jie, her tone deep. "In this multiverse, no one can live forever. All life comes to an end, even gods. Ordinary people call this death, but to us, it's just ascending to a higher dimension."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jie understood somewhat: "Master, you mean... Odin is about to collapse?"

Gu Yi took a sip of tea: "You can understand it that way."

Lin Jie understood.

It turned out that the old God-King was on his deathbed and had no energy to settle scores with him.

But why did Gu Yi specifically bring this up with him so early in the morning?

"Are you wondering why I'm telling you all this?" Gu Yi seemed to be able to see through Lin Jie's thoughts.

Lin Jie nodded hurriedly, like a chick pecking at rice.

"Kamar-Taj and Asgard have maintained a peaceful coexistence for many years. I'm telling you this in the hope that if Asgard were to suffer a devastating catastrophe in the future, you would be willing to lend a hand to Thor," the Ancient One said calmly.

"You want me to help Thor?" Lin Jie asked, his face full of doubt.

Kamar-Taj has always kept to itself and never interfered in worldly affairs. Apart from fighting off monsters and demons from other dimensions, it doesn't even bother with the grudges of Earth's own people. Why is it suddenly concerned about the life and death of aliens?

However, since his master had spoken, Lin Jie didn't hesitate: "Okay, if I'm able to help out then, I don't mind."

Gu nodded and didn't continue the conversation on the topic.

In fact, Gu Yi was also sighing in her heart.

Kamar-Taj and Asgard have no connection whatsoever; they haven't even crossed paths once in centuries.

It's all because that brat Lin Jie really screwed over the old God King!

Late last night, Odin, despite his weakened state and nearing the end of his life, deliberately tore through space to come to Kamar-Taj to reason with her. The Ancient One could only swallow her pride and accept the mess her disciple had made, thus owing the old God-King a favor.

"You've managed to cast spells in a spirit state in just two days, that's impressive." The Ancient One steered the conversation back on track. "How's your practice of the Astral Projection technique I taught you last night?"

"I practiced it and thought about it a bit," Lin Jie answered honestly.

"How does it feel?"

"It seems alright, I'm starting to get the hang of it." Lin Jie said very modestly.

Gu Yi smiled slightly: "It seems you've figured out something new. Show it to me here."

Lin Jie nodded in agreement and was about to begin.

Suddenly remembering something, the Ancient One quickly added, "Just give it a quick show, don't make too much of a commotion. The buildings in Kamar-Taj have only just been repaired."

Lin Jie indicated that he understood, then sat down cross-legged, took a deep breath, and his soul instantly floated out of his body.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Jie's soul began rapidly forming hand seals in mid-air.

As magic circulated deep within his soul, Lin Jie's translucent body began to shake violently.

Gu Yi's heart skipped a beat when she saw the energy fluctuations emanating from Lin Jie's soul.

This starting stance... why does it look so familiar?

Under the somewhat astonished gaze of the Supreme Mage, another identical transparent soul slowly separated from Lin Jie's soul that was floating in mid-air!

A soul clone?!

The Ancient One could no longer sit still!

How is that possible!

Only three days since I started using astral projection!

Lin Jie has even mastered the art of creating soul clones?!

It should be noted that creating a soul clone consumes a great deal of the user's magic and mental energy.

If one's foundation is not strong enough, forcibly splitting oneself into two parts will only cause the soul to collapse on the spot, and the body will also suffer severe damage.

Lin Jie only studied for a few days, yet he was able to successfully separate a perfect clone?

The Ancient One was still in shock.

However, Lin Jie's actions did not stop.

Then came the second, third, and fourth clones...

Lin Jie's soul was like a copy and paste, constantly splitting into new phantoms in the air of the quiet room.

Gu Yi stared wide-eyed at the countless identical "Lin Jie" figures floating around the room, forgetting to even wave her small folding fan.

Lin Jie finally stopped when the thirtieth clone was steadily suspended in mid-air, filling the entire quiet room to the brim.

Gu Yi: ...

Thirty soul clones lined up in rows in mid-air in the quiet room, all looking down at the Ancient One.

"Master, I've mastered it."

Thirty Lin Jies spoke at the same time, their overlapping voices echoing in the quiet room, making the window paper rattle.