My health recovery is incredibly fast.

"Hehe...what tenacious vitality. With this rate of health regeneration, who can kill me? Hmm? Who can kill me?"

Xia Zuo rubbed his hands together excitedly, a confident smile spreading across his face.

Once you become a mage, you will have no shortage of attack methods, not to mention the existence of weapon alchemy.

Only an absolutely massive amount of health and extremely high resistance are the ultimate goals worth pursuing!

The message from the cheat system came to my mind:

"Successfully ingesting the elemental toxin will reward you with 300 experience points, 0.3 points of Willpower attribute, and a 0.3% increase in all four elemental resistances."

Xia Zuo had already devised a plan for how to handle inquiries about the elemental toxin used for testing. He wouldn't offer any explanation unless Beatrice asked.

There's only a little bit of the toxin powder left on the bedside table; I can't gather enough for another dose to get the reward.

After the Vitality attribute value exceeds 50 points, no new special skill rewards appear; perhaps an even higher value is needed.

Xia Zuo shook his head regretfully and put the elemental toxins on the tray back into the metal box.

Next, we'll get down to the main business of this retreat.

Try taming the unruly elements once using basic meditation techniques.

If taming is successful, immediately place the animal in its enclosure. If unsuccessful, then use the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation method.

Xia Zuo closed the suitcase, drank the functional potion prepared in advance on the table, picked up the Elemental Imprisonment Bottle, and sat on the bed.

Place your right hand over the bottle opening and enter a shallow meditation.

A stinging sensation came from the palm of the hand. If one's willpower is weak, it is very likely that one will not be able to maintain a shallow level of meditation in this state.

Xia Zuo calmed his mind and stared at the brown light spot in the bottle, using his mind to trace the elemental patterns of the [Shaping] quality around it again and again.

The pain in my palm began to weaken.

After maintaining a shallow meditation for several hours, night fell outside the window, plunging the room into darkness.

As night fell, Xia Zuo noticed that the pain in his palms had weakened to the point of almost imperceptible, and was beginning to turn into a tingling sensation.

He raised his left hand, took the calming potion from the bedside table, and swallowed the light blue liquid, entering a deep meditative state.

In the ocean of the spirit.

The originally drifting, docile wind elements are now fitting perfectly into the patterns of the [Shaping] attribute.

It kept circling the brown light on the wall, helping its owner to persuade the unruly elements outside the body to accept this simple spiritual ocean.

To understand how the obedient element achieves all this, you need to learn the advanced "Eye of Kolas" meditation technique.

All Xia Zuo can do now is to continue to use his mind to outline the elemental patterns of the [Shaping] quality in the brown light until the hazy, fluffy light converges into clear little points of light.

Time flies by in deep meditation.

The morning of fifteen days later.

Xia Zuo awoke from his meditation, feeling a soft, comforting touch on his palm.

Success! The taming was successful.

He moved his limbs slightly, his right hand still on the bottle cap, and after drinking the second batch of functional drugs, he entered deep meditation again.

Another fifteen days have passed.

Xia Zuo struggled to get out of bed, supported himself against the wall, and went to the bathroom to shower. While being washed in warm water, he browsed through the information on the golden finger.

..

[Mental Strength] 21.7 points

【Spirit Gauge】6.5/84

【Elemental Traits】

【Earth Attribute】Shaping x1

[Spell Power]

Earth-type Power: 1 point

(Only the newly added items are listed; others are omitted.)

..

With the [Shaping] trait, an Earth elementalist can learn the Fireball spell!

Xia Zuo changed into clean clothes and took out his pocket watch to check the time.

2 pm.

It's a good time to find a mentor to learn new spells.

He tidied up his dormitory room, opened the door, and strode towards the spiral staircase of the tower.

Chapter 26 Fireball

Inside the study in the tower.

Xia Zuo took the spell scroll from Beatrice's hand and gently stroked the smooth, soft scroll cover and red ribbon.

[Fireball] was originally a spell that only formal mages could learn.

After being simplified by the tower mage, it became a magic trick that even mage apprentices could learn.

The learning method is the same as that of Wind Hand and Communication; it can only be instilled into the mind using spell scrolls.

This spell scroll is worth 200 points.

Expensive, but definitely worth every penny.

Using spell scrolls to imbue spells can save you from the lengthy learning and training process. That time would be more worthwhile to spend on crafting poisons.

Secondly, Fireball is a dangerous and complex compound spell.

The earth magic that creates flammable material, the fire magic that ignites flammable material, the fire magic that controls the speed of combustion, and the earth magic that controls the burning flammable material are four separate magics. Only when all four are combined can a fireball be created that can be completely controlled by the spellcaster.

The absence of any one of these tricks would cause the fireball to malfunction, such as exploding prematurely, the fire becoming too intense, or the flames going out unexpectedly.

These accidents can cause spells to fail or even injure the caster.

“Professor, I would like to use a spell scroll here and then practice in the spell training room.” Xia Zuo looked at his instructor with an expectant expression.

"Yes, be careful during training, and don't hurt yourself."

Beatrice looked at the students' hopeful expressions, smiled and nodded, then busied herself writing in her notebook with her pen, handling the affairs of the academy and the kingdom.

"I will, thank you, Professor."

Xia Zuo untied the red ribbon and laid out the spell scroll on the desk.

The milky-white parchment scroll is covered with tiny characters and wavy lines, as well as many unintelligible symbols.

Beatrice introduced these contents when teaching her students how to use spell scrolls; it was a special language that only scholars of the Tower could master:

The language of the weaver.

Joining the Tower Scholars is very difficult; according to Beatrice, the Tower Scholars no longer accept new members below the rank of High Mage.

It will probably be decades before we can learn the language of the weavers.

Xia Zuo composed himself and placed his right index finger on the spiral pattern in the center of the scroll.

The text and graphics on the parchment scroll seemed to come alive, slowly swimming like tadpoles, flowing clockwise around the center of the scroll, and being swallowed up little by little by the central spiral pattern.

Xia Zuo closed his eyes and listened to the whispering voice in his ear. The voice was indistinct and low, unlike the clear and distinct voice when he obtained the innate spell.

A few minutes later.

The text and images on the parchment scroll had all disappeared, revealing a milky white surface, as clean as new.

Xia Zuo opened his eyes, rolled up the scroll, retied the red ribbon, greeted his mentor, and walked towards the door deep inside the study, while mentally reviewing the spell template for the fireball spell.

..

[Spell Name] Fireball

[Spell Type] Attack

[Spell Grade] Trick

[Related Trait 1] Fire: Combustion

[Related Trait 2] Earth: Shaping

[Spell Power] Currently, the maximum power is 4 points (2+2).

[Spell Description] Before the fireball explodes, the fireball itself is a projectile.

[Spell Effect]

When this spell is cast, a fireball will be summoned. The size, duration, and trajectory of the fireball can be controlled by thought.

The explosive power of a fireball is related to the power of the spell.

The projectile speed and maximum flight distance of the fireball are also affected by its power. Currently, the maximum speed is 4 meters per second, and the straight-line flight distance is no more than 14 meters.

..

Inside the spell training room.

Xia Zuo stood facing the target, stretched his right arm forward, palm up, and kept his hand as far away from his head as possible.

With a calm expression and composed gaze, he entered a state of light meditation.

Following his knowledge of fireball magic, Xia Zuo sketched out the patterns of the [Shaping] attribute while imagining a round, flammable object with a hollowed-out surface and covered with tiny holes.

Two seconds later, a black sphere appeared out of thin air and hovered ten centimeters above the palm of the hand.

"call!"

The black sphere was ignited, and fiery red flames enveloped the sphere, extending tongues of fire that licked the surrounding air like nimble tongues. Heat waves emanated from the flames, and a faint burning sensation came from the palm of the hand.

"So beautiful..."

Xia Zuo stared intently at the fireball in his palm, continuing to mold flammable material into the black sphere to maintain the flame's burning momentum.